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Fort Scott Public Library Newsletter May 2017
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Norse Mythology
by Neil Gaiman
The New York Times best-selling author of A View From the Cheap Seats presents a bravura rendering of the major Norse pantheon that traces the genesis of the legendary nine worlds and the exploits of its characters, illuminating the characters and natures of iconic figures Odin, Thor and Loki.
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Six Wakes
by Mur Lafferty
Awakening in a cloning vat, streaked with blood and possessing no memory of how she died, new clone Maria Arena discovers the clones of six former starship crew members and must identify their murderers before the killer strikes again.
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The Lives of Tao
by Wesley Chu
When out-of-shape IT technician, Roen, started hearing voices in his head, he naturally assumed he was losing it. He wasn't. Now he has a passenger in his brain - an ancient alien life-form called Tao, whose race crash-landed on Earth before humanity existed. Now split into two opposing factions - the peace-loving, but rapidly dwindling Prophus, and the savage, powerful Genjix - the aliens have been in a state of civil war for centuries. Both sides are searching for a way off-planet, and the Genjix will sacrifice the entire human race, if that's what it takes. Roen now has to train to be the ultimate secret agent. As if that's going to end well...
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Sandry's book
by Tamora Pierce
Having been sent to Winding Circle Temple, Daja, Briar, Tris, and Sandry begin to feel that they finally found a place where their magical gifts are respected.
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Star wars, Thrawn
by Timothy Zahn
A stand-alone novel in the Star Wars Legends series traces the origin story of fan-favorite character Grand Admiral Thrawn and the events that established him as one of the franchise's most iconic villains. By the best-selling author of Heir to the Empire.
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Vicious circle
by C. J Box
Rescuing his daughters from the violent Cates family, game warden Joe Pickett realizes that his new adversaries have plotted revenge against his entire family before teaming up with his friend, Nate, to take defensive steps. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Off the Grid.
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All by myself, alone : a novel
by Mary Higgins Clark
Taking a cruise to escape the humiliation of her fiancé's arrest, gems expert Celia Kilbride befriends octogenarian passenger Emily Haywood, who is found dead three days out to sea at the hands of someone who has stolen the victim's priceless emerald necklace. By the best-selling author of As Time Goes By.
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The burial hour : a Lincoln Rhyme novel
by Jeffery Deaver
A return to Deaver's successful series finds Lincoln Rhyme investigating the abduction of a traveling businessman from an Upper East Side street, a case that is complicated by an 8-year-old girl who was the crime's only witness. 100,000 first printing.
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Mississippi blood : a novel
by Greg Iles
A conclusion to the best-selling trilogy that includes The Bone Tree finds a shattered Penn Cage shut out by his once-revered Southern doctor father, who is about to be tried for murder in the wake of revelations about a mixed-race child and KKK associations. 400,000 first printing.
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If not for you : a novel
by Debbie Macomber
Moving away from her oppressive parents in hopes of taking charge of her own life, Beth takes a job as a school music teacher and initially resists her attraction to a tattooed mechanic who is the epitome of everything her conservative parents fear. By the best-selling author of A Girl's Guide to Moving On.
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The black book
by James Patterson
A devoted Chicago cop from a family of career detectives miraculously survives an attack that kills his partner but that he cannot remember himself, an event that causes him to be charged with double murder and tasked with uncovering what really happened to clear his name. By the authors of The Murder House. 500,000 first printing.
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Lincoln in the Bardo : a novel
by George Saunders
A long-awaited first novel by the National Book Award-nominated, New York Times best-selling author of Tenth of December traces a night of solitary mourning and reflection as experienced by the 16th President after the death of his 11-year-old son at the dawn of the Civil War.
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Two days gone : A Ryan DeMarco Mystery
by Randall Silvis
When a woman and her children are brutally massacred, Sergeant Ryan DeMarco begins doubting the opinions that cast suspicion on the woman's fugitive professor husband, who may have left important clues in a half-finished manuscript. Original.
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Dangerous games : a novel
by Danielle Steel
A television journalist and an ex-Navy SEAL place their lives at risk during a perilous assignment involving a corrupt Vice President and his connections to the revered widow of a visionary, assassinated scion of a powerful political family.
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Never let you go
by Chevy Stevens
Ending a marriage to an abusive man sentenced to prison, Lindsey starts over with a new business while raising a traumatized daughter who she is challenged to protect when her ex is released and someone begins stalking through their new hometown. By the award-winning author of Still Missing.
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Mangrove lightning
by Randy Wayne White
Approached by a legendary charter captain who believes his family has been cursed for their role in a multiple murder in 1925, a skeptical Doc Ford follows trails of attacks on the family from Key Largo to Tallahassee, only to suffer a series of near-fatal mishaps himself.
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Scythe
by Neal Shusterman
Forced to become trained killers in a disease-free world where people can only die if eliminated by professional assassins, teens Citra and Rowan reluctantly train under a master reaper who informs them that the one who successfully kills the other will become his apprentice. By the best-selling author of the Unwind dystology.
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Jane Austen's Emma
by Nancy Butler
Presents a tale of mischief and romance as Emma Woodhouse, a spoiled young woman used to having her own way, learns that she is not the best person to make decisions about other people's lives. Graphic novel format.
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The Dark Prophecy
by Rick Riordan
Leaving the safety of the demigod training ground, a disgraced Apollo embarks on a quest across North America to find a dangerous ancient-world Oracle while navigating the challenges of the evil Triumvirate.
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Arrow : The Dark Archer
by John and Carole Barrowman
Volume One follows Oliver Queen's story as he battles the Church of Blood, with the fate of Starling City hanging in the balance. Written by show creators Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg, this collection features an all-star cast of Oliver's greatest allies and enemies including the Huntress, Black Canary and Deathstroke!
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The book of beasts
by John and Carole Barrowman
Possessing extraordinary powers, including the ability to bring artwork to life, twelve-year-old twin Matt Calder must find a way to return from the Middle Ages and prevent his father from taking control of the beasts of Hollow Earth.
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Pay it forward : young readers edition
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
"Trevor McKinney, a twelve-year-old boy in a small California town, accepts his teacher's challenge to earn extra credit by coming up with a plan to change the world. His idea is simple: do a good deed for three people and instead of asking them to return the favor, ask them to 'pay it forward' to three others who need help"
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Whose hands are these? : a community helper guessing book
by Miranda Paul
Asks young readers to identify the occupation of each community helper from the type of tasks they perform and explains how these helpers work together to keep communities clean and safe and people healthy through fun, rhyming text.
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