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Popular Culture November 2017
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Winter Solstice
by Elin Hilderbrand
Preparing for a particularly joyful holiday season after Bart's safe return from Afghanistan, the Quinn family members count their blessings, from Kevin's marriage to Patrick's rehabilitation, only to encounter unexpected challenges. (general fiction). Simultaneous.
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That inevitable Victorian thing
by E. K Johnston
In a near-future Toronto where the British Empire never fell, Helena, August, and Margaret are caught off-guard by the discovery of a love so intense they are willing to change the course of the monarchy to keep it.
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Merry and bright : a novel
by Debbie Macomber
Enduring a challenging year of constant work and family care, Merry struggles to take a break from her everyday responsibilities by creating an online dating profile and striking up an online friendship with a charming stranger who turns out to be someone she recognizes.
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Stolen marriage
by Diane Chamberlain
Impulsively ending her engagement to another man to marry a mysterious stranger from a small North Carolina community in 1944, Tess rapidly discovers that she is trapped in a loveless relationship and is treated with suspicion by secretive neighbors before discovering her talents as a nurse during a devastating polio outbreak.
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Origin
by Dan Brown
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon navigates a dangerous intersection of humanity's two most enduring questions, interweaving codes, science, religion and other disciplines before making a paradigm-shifting discovery. By the best-selling author of The Da Vinci Code.
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My cousin Rachel
by Daphne Du Maurier
When Rachel, the beautiful widow of his cousin, arrives at his Cornwall estate, Philip Ashley is enchanted despite his doubts regarding his cousin's death, and must decide whether she's out to destroy him or is an innocent victim of suspicions.
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The dinner : a novel
by Herman Koch
Meeting at a fashionable Amsterdam restaurant for dinner, two couples move from small talk to the wrenching shared challenge of their teenage sons' shattering act of violence that has triggered a police investigation and revealed the extent to which each family will go to protect those they love, in a U.S. release of an international best-seller. 50,000 first printing.
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The mountain between us
by Charles Martin
Stranded in a frigid mountain wilderness after a plane crash, a gifted surgeon and a young magazine writer are forced to rely on each other for survival while confronting painful truths about their personal lives. By the author of Where the River Ends.
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Murder on the Orient Express : a Hercule Poirot mystery
by Agatha Christie
While en route from Syria to Paris, in the middle of a freezing winter's night, the Orient Express is stopped dead in its tracks by a snowdrift. Passengers awake to find the train still stranded and to discover that a wealthy American has been brutally stabbed to death in his private compartment. Incredibly, that compartment is locked from the inside. With no escape into the wintery landscape the killer must still be on board. Fortunately, the brilliant Belgian inspector Hercule Poirot is also on board, having booked the last available berth.
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NOW YOU CAN CHECK OUT A FREE PASS TO THE REYNOLDA HOUSE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Beginning Monday, September 25th Reynolda House Museum of American Art, in partnership with the Library, will offer passes to the Reynolda House Museum of American Art for residents of Forsyth County. These free passes can be checked out with a valid Forsyth County Public Library card from any library location for up to seven days and are good for general admission for two adults during regular museum hours. Children and student admission is free. This offer is in conjunction with Library Card sign-up month and in collaboration with Forsyth County's sponsorship of Reynolda's centennial year celebrations. Through November 19th, Reynolda House is hosting the landmark exhibition "Georgia O'Keefe: Living Modern," an exhibition that has already broken attendance records at the museum. While reservation of timed tickets is highly recommended, residents who present the library pass will be granted admission. The museum encourages residents to check the Reynolda House website for further information on current exhibitions and hours. |
You can help people and improve our community by joining with the Forsyth County Public Library as a volunteer. Discover the rewards of giving your time and energy to an organization that enriches the lives of people every day. WHY VOLUNTEER AT THE LIBRARY? - Use your unique talents–when you can, where you want to
- Volunteer at any branch in town
- Learn something new every day
- There’s always something going on at the Library
- Help others and have a great time too
- Meet new people in a great community atmosphere
For more information send an email to smithrf@forsyth.cc with FCPL Volunteer Interest as the subject. |
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