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Staff PicksJune 2014
Donna from circulation is providing our picks this month.
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12 years a slave /
Tells the story of Solomon Northup, a free black man who was abducted in Washington, D.C., and forced to spend the next twelve years of his life in captivity as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation.
Call Number: DVD Drama Twe
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The book thief
by Markus Zusak
Living with a foster family in Germany during World War II, a young girl struggles to survive her day-to-day trials through stealing anything she can get her hands on, but when she discovers the beauty of literature, she realizes that she has been blessed with a gift that must be shared with others, including the Jewish man hiding in the basement. Reprint.
Call Number: F Zusak and YA Zusak
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In the blood
by Lisa Unger
A master manipulator and compulsive liar, Lana Granger, with her trust fund almost depleted, takes a job babysitting a troubled boy named Luke, who, accustomed to controlling the people in his life, threatens to reveal the truth about her involvement in the disappearance of her closest friend. Original.
Call Number: F Unger
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Missing you
by Harlan Coben
The Edgar Award-, Shamus Award- and Anthony Award-winning author of such best-sellers as Six Years and the Myron Bolitar series presents a latest high-stakes thriller inspired by today's headlines.
Call Number: M Coben
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Happy, happy, happy : my life and legacy as the Duck Commander
by Phil Robertson
"This no-holds-barred autobiography chronicles the remarkable life of Phil Robertson, the original Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty star, from early childhood through the founding of a family business. Life was always getting in the way of Phil Robertson's passion for duck hunting. An NFL-bound quarterback, Phil made his mark on Louisiana Tech University in the 1960s by playing football and completing his college career with a master's degree in English. But Phil's eyes were not always on the books or the ball; they were usually looking to the sky. Phil grew up with the dream of living the simple life off the land like his forebears, but he soon found himself on a path to self-destruction--leasing a bar, drinking too much, fighting, and wasting his talents. He almost lost it all until he gave his life to God. And then everything changed. Phil's incredible story tells how he followed a calling from God and soon after invented a duck call that would begin an incredible journey to the life he had always dreamed of for himself and his family. With great love for his country, his family, and his maker, Phil has finally found the ingredients to the "good life" he always wanted".
Call Number: B Robertson
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Mimi Malloy, at last! : a novel
by Julia MacDonnell
A long-anticipated new novel by the non-fiction editor of Philadelphia Stories finds Mimi Malloy confronting early retirement and dependency in the wake of an unfavorable brain scan before recovering painful childhood memories about a long-lost sister and a cruel stepmother. 35,000 first printing.
Call Number: F MacDonnell
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One way out : the inside history of the Allman Brothers Band
by Alan Paul
A major portrait of the legendary American rock-and-roll band draws on exclusive interviews to track their career from 1969 to the present and is complemented by previously unpublished photographs and memorabilia. 100,000 first printing.
Call Number: 782.421 Pau
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Remember me like this : a novel
by Bret Anthony Johnston
A family shattered by the abduction of an older son endures the fallout of four nightmarish years when he is found alive and returned to them badly traumatized. A first novel by the award-winning author of Corpus Christi. 35,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Johnston
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Vienna nocturne : a novel
by Vivien Shotwell
A tale inspired by the romance between genius composer Wolfgang Mozart and prodigy soprano Anna Storace follows her transformation from an ambitious and carefree girl to a passionate young woman facing the dilemmas of her choices in controlling 18th-century Vienna. A first novel.
Call Number: F Shotwell
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And the mountains echoed
by Khaled Hosseini
The best-selling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns presents a story inspired by human love, how people take care of one another and how choices resonate through subsequent generations.
Call Number: F Hosseini
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Hidden order : a thriller
by Brad Thor
When a string of high-profile kidnappings in Washington, D.C. escalate upon the discovery that the victims are being murdered, an eventual ransom demand triggers terror throughout the country. By the best-selling author of Blowback. 650,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Thor
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Touching the sky
by Tracie Peterson
When Laura Marquardt's sister, Carissa, marries her Confederate beau, Laura--as a supporter of Union ideals--finds herself in a difficult situation when she overhears plots to kill Union soldiers. Book 2 in the Land of the Lone Star series.
Call Number: F Peterson
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You must remember this : life and style in Hollywood's golden age
by Robert Wagner
The legendary actor and best-selling author of Pieces of My Heart offers a nostalgic look at Hollywood's golden age, touring favorite hotspots and exploring period business practices before the advent of paparazzi culture and high-powered agents.
Call Number: 791.43 Wag
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