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"It was before there were any words; there were just things without names, and things without names don't stay in your mind. They fall out, and then they're gone." ~ from M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts
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| A God in Ruins by Kate AtkinsonFiction. Unlike his older sister Ursula, heroine of Life After Life, Teddy Todd is born just once, although his existence encompasses multiple, overlapping roles. Skipping back and forth in time, sometimes within the span of a paragraph, A God in Ruins follows Teddy's journey from boy to man, from dashing RAF pilot to stoic veteran, and from husband and father to grandfather. Complex characters and a moving, multilayered narrative distinguish this meditation on war and its effects on people and society. |
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| The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 by Joseph J. EllisHistory. The United States was never a foregone conclusion. In 1776, explains historian Joseph Ellis, 13 American colonies joined forces in a temporary alliance against the British Empire. Nationhood was never the goal, and once the war ended, the individual colonies could have gone their separate ways, were it not for the efforts of four influential men: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison. Profiling his subjects and identifying their individual contributions, Ellis skillfully traces America's "transition from confederation to nation." |
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| The Wright Brothers by David McCulloughBiography. Bachelor brother bicycle mechanics pursue their shared passion for aviation, becoming pioneers in the nascent industry of commercial human flight. This biography by by Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author David McCullough introduces Orville and Wilbur Wright; describes their unconventional upbringing in Dayton, Ohio; and examines how their distinct personalities coupled with complementary strengths and weaknesses enabled the duo to achieve their ambitions and shape the course of history. |
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| God Help the Child: A Novel by Toni MorrisonFiction. Born with "midnight black" skin, Lula Ann Bridewell horrifies her mother, Sweetness, whose own complexion is light enough to pass for white. Growing up without physical affection or emotional support, Lula Ann carries the pain of her mother's rejection as she reinvents herself as "Bride," the glamorous businesswoman who has just launched her signature high-end cosmetics line. But when Lula Ann's troubled past catches up to her, she'll have to face her inner demons. Infusing her narrative with magical realism as well as keenly observed details of contemporary American life, author Toni Morrison explores family relationships, race, and identity. |
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The assassination of Margaret Thatcher : stories by Hilary MantelA collection of contemporary short stories about modern England includes monster tales, near-memoir pieces and mini-sagas of family and social fracture as triggered by sex, marriage and class. By the award-winning author of Wolf Hall.
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The little strangerby Sarah WatersAfter being summoned to treat a patient at dilapidated Hundreds Hall, Dr. Faraday finds himself becoming entangled in the lives of the owners, the Ayres family, and the supernatural presences in the house
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Abraham Lincoln: vampire hunter by Seth Grahame-SmithReveals the hidden life of the sixteenth U.S. president, who was actually a vampire-hunter obsessed with the complete elimination of the undead, and uncovers the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of the nation
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Doomed by Chuck PalahniukA follow-up to the best-selling Damned continues the afterlife adventures of snarky Madison Spencer, who wanders Earth as a ghostly spirit in search of her do-gooding celebrity parents while fighting the influence of Satan, encountering her grandfather at a fetid highway rest stop and confronting her destiny on a plastic Pacific continent known as Madlantis.
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Yolo County Library
226 Buckeye St. Woodland, California 95695 530-666-8005
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