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Staff Picks January 2017 Lynnae D. from Community is providing our picks this month.
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Lady cop makes trouble
by Amy Stewart
Kopp Sisters #2
She's proven that she can’t be deterred, evaded, or outrun. But when the wiles of a German-speaking con man threaten her position and her hopes for this new life, and endanger the honorable Sheriff Heath, Constance may not be able to make things right. Constance is tracking down victims, trailing leads, and making friends with girl reporters and lawyers at a hotel for women. Cheering her on, and goading her, are her sisters Norma and Fleurette--that is, when they aren't training pigeons for the war effort or fanning dreams of a life on the stage.
Call Number: CD F STEWART, AMY
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A Lesson in Hope
by Philip Gulley
Hope #2
Sam Gardner has been pastor of Hope Friends Meeting for just four months when ninety-eight-year-old member Olive Charles passes away. What's more shocking news is that Olive has left her entire estate--worth nearly one million dollars--to the meeting. As word of the unexpected windfall spreads, it stirs up a storm of conflicting opinions amongst the church members as to how the money would best be used. And before the estate is even released to the meeting, Olive's estranged niece, Regina Charles, threatens a lawsuit over what she believes is rightfully hers.
Call Number: F GULLEY, PHILIP
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Luncheon of the boating party [sound recording]
by Susan Vreeland
Meeting his closest friends for a summer lunch on a café terrace along the Seine, master Impressionist painter Auguste Renoir undertakes the most challenging project of his career while struggling with the issues that are polarizing post-Franco-Paris War France.
Call Number: CD F VREELAND, SUSAN
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Arabella of Mars
by David D. Levine
A plantation in a flourishing British colony on Mars is home to Arabella Ashby, a young woman who is perfectly content growing up in the untamed frontier. But then one day her mother moves her to an exotic world Arabella has never seen: London, England. However, when events transpire that threaten her home on Mars, Arabella decides that sometimes doing the right thing is far more important than behaving as expected. She disguises herself as a boy and joins the crew of the Diana, a ship serving the Mars Trading Company. Now Arabella just has to weather the naval war currently raging between Britain and France, learn how to sail, and deal with a mutinous crew...if she hopes to save her family remaining on Mars.
Call Number: SF LEVINE, DAVID D.
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Based on a true story : a memoir
by Norm Macdonald
A possibly true memoir by the former SNL cast member, raconteur, gambler and stand-up comedian traces his origins in a rural Canadian town, to his epically disastrous appearance on Star Search, through his eventual stumbles into fame, a personal account that is imparted to a deeply disturbed ghost writer.
Call Number: B MACDONALD, NORM
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Chaos : a Scarpetta novel
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Suspicious of a bizarre death by lightning strike, Cambridge forensics examiner Kay Scarpetta identifies links between the case and a series of poetry emails being sent to her by an anonymous cyber-stalker who has gained access to Kay's personal information.
Call Number: M CORNWELL, PATRICIA D.
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Grit : the power of passion and perseverance
by Angela Duckworth
Argues that focused persistence is more important than talent in enabling high achievement, drawing on the author's pioneering research and experiences as the daughter of a hard-to-please parent to counsel caregivers, educators, athletes, students and businesspeople on how to promote optimal performance through perseverance.
Call Number: 158.1 DUC
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Sting
by Sandra Brown
Changing his mind about his crime partner's abduction of wealthy party planner Jordie Bennet, seductive bad boy Shaw Kinnard flees with his elegant captive from the FBI and her brother's corrupt boss while trying to ignore the chemistry that challenges their escape.
Call Number: F BROWN, SANDRA
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Babylon's ashes
by James S. A Corey
The Expanse #6
Summoned by the remnants of old political powers for a desperate mission to reach Medina Station at the heart of the gate network, James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are challenged by alliance vulnerabilities, an alien mystery and a band of desperate vigilantes.
Call Number: SF COREY, JAMES S. A.
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Blind sight
by Carol O'Connell
Investigating the baffling disappearances of a blind child and a Catholic nun, Detective Kathy Mallory and her NYPD Special Crimes Unit colleagues race against time to stop a deadly spree by a killer with ties to high levels of public office.
Call Number: M O'CONNELL, CAROL
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I shot the Buddha
by Colin Cotterill
Dr. Siri Paiboun #11
Retired coroner, Dr. Siri Paiboun, offers assistance when a quirky Buddhist monk tries to help a fellow monk escape across the Mekhong River into Thailand, in the latest addition to the series following Six and a Half Deadly Sins.
Call Number: M COTTERILL, COLIN
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I'm just a person
by Tig Notaro
The popular comedian and cast member on Transparent traces a wrenching year in her life marked by a debilitating rare illness, her mother's sudden death, a romantic breakup and her diagnosis with breast cancer.
Call Number: B NOTARO, TIG
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The trouble with goats and sheep : a novel
by Joanna Cannon
In 1976 England, 10-year-olds Grace and Tilly, after their neighbor Mrs. Creasy goes missing, decide to take matters into their own hands and find her and bring her home, going door to door in search of clues and soon discovering that everyone on the Avenue has something to hide.
Call Number: F CANNON, JOANNA
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