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Staff Picks February 2018 Laura S. from Community is providing our picks for the month.
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Extremely loud & incredibly close
by Jonathan Safran Foer
A new novel by the author of Everything Is Illuminated introduces Oskar Schell, the nine-year-old son of a man killed in the World Trade Center bombing who searches the city for a lock that fits a black key his father left behind.
Call Number: F FOER, JONATHAN S.
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The girls
by Emma Cline
Mesmerized by a band of girls in the park she perceives as enjoying a life of free and careless abandon, 1960s teen Evie Boyd becomes obsessed with gaining acceptance into their circle, only to find herself drawn into a cult and seduced by its charismatic leader.
Call Number: F CLINE, EMMA
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Handling the truth : on the writing of memoir
by Beth Kephart
A critically acclaimed National Book Award finalist offers writing lessons and examples for those interested in putting their memories down on paper and explains the difference between remembering and imagining and describes the language of truth.
Call Number: 808.08 KEP
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In a dark, dark wood
by Ruth Ware
Reluctantly accepting an old friend's invitation to spend a weekend on the English countryside, reclusive writer Leonora awakens in a hospital badly injured, unable to recall what happened and confronting a growing certainty that someone involved has died.
Call Number: F WARE, RUTH
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Cinco
by Jim Gaffigan
America's king of clean comedy delivers wickedly funny jokes in his fifth hour-long special.
Call Number: CD 814.6 GAF
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The dead lands
by Benjamin Percy
A post-apocalyptic reimagining of Lewis and Clark's epic journey is set in a world decimated by a superflu and nuclear fallout, where two explorers investigate rumors of an area of growing crops, plentiful rain and a dangerous rising army.
Call Number: SF PERCY, BENJAMIN
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A piece of the world
by Christina Baker Kline
Tells the story of Christina Olson, who served as the host and inspiration for artist Andrew Wyeth, despite an incapacitating illness. By the New York Times best-selling author of Orphan Train.
Call Number: F KLINE, CHRISTINA B.
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Saga
by Brian K Vaughan
Saga #1
When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to raise their child in a dangerous world.
Call Number: GN VAUGHAN, BRIAN K.
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Smoke gets in your eyes : & other lessons from the crematory
by Caitlin Doughty
The blogger behind the popular Web series "Ask a Mortician" describes her experiences working at a crematory, including how she sometimes got ashes on her clothes and how she cared for bodies of all shapes and sizes.
Call Number: B DOUGHTY, CAITLIN
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Enchantress of numbers
by Jennifer Chiaverini
Rigorously educated in mathematics and science by her mother, the only legitimate child of brilliant Romantic poet Lord Byron is introduced into London society as a highly eligible heiress before forging a deep bond with inventor Charles Babbage and using her unique talents to become the world's first computer programmer. By the best-selling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker.
Call Number: F CHIAVERINI, JENNIFER
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100 amazing facts about the Negro
by Henry Louis Gates
In 1934, '100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof: A Short Cut to the World History of the Negro' was published by Joel A. Rogers, a largely self-educated black journalist and historian. Now, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., gives us a corrective yet loving homage to Rogers's work. For 100 questions, 100 answers, intended to shine light on the sheer complexity and diversity of being African American.
Call Number: 973.0496 GAT
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Passage
by Khary Lazarre-White
Navigating the snowy streets of 1993 Harlem and Brooklyn, secure in the love of his family but confronted constantly by human and supernatural reminders about prejudice, a young black man struggles to graduate from an underprivileged school while becoming increasingly subject to the spirits of his oppressed ancestors.
Call Number: F LAZARRE-WHITE, KHARY
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Victoria & Albert : a royal love affair
by Daisy Goodwin
An official tie-in to the hit PBS show Victoria, written by the it's creator and screenwriter, gives a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the show, featuring never-before-seen interviews, photos, diary entries, profiles on all major characters and sumptuous detail on the costumes and props that bring Victoria and Albert's world to vivid life. TV tie-in.
Call Number: 941.081 SHE
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