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Fort Scott Public Library Newsletter January 2018
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Out of my mind : a novel
by Sharon M. Draper
Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
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Tom Clancy power and empire
by Marc Cameron
A newly belligerent Chinese government leaves U.S. President Jack Ryan with only a few desperate options to control a series of attacks designed to sabotage peace negotiations. By the best-selling author of the Jericho Quinn series.
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Refuge cove
by Janet Dailey
A bride on the run from her would-be husband becomes stranded in the Alaska wilderness before accepting help from a rugged bush pilot who would reconnect with his estranged son. By the best-selling author of Texas True.
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Hiddensee : a tale of the once and future Nutcracker
by Gregory Maguire
The best-selling author of Wicked presents an imaginative tale rooted in early 19th-century German Romanticism that explores parallels between the origin legend of the famous Nutcracker with the life of Drosselmeier, the toymaker who carves him. 175,000 first printing.
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Year one
by Nora Roberts
A tale of suspense and survival is set in the wake of a cataclysmic pandemic that wipes out more than half the world's population, replacing science and technology with magic and compelling Lana, a practitioner of good witchcraft, to embark on a perilous journey west with her lover and other survivors. By the best-selling author of the In Death series.
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Past perfect : a novel
by Danielle Steel
An abrupt job relocation that takes them from their well-ordered Manhattan life to San Francisco triggers a collision between the past and present for a successful married couple who during a small earthquake experience visions of their new home's original inhabitants from a century earlier. By the best-selling author of Blue.
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Canto Bight : Journey to Star Wars: the Last Jedi
by Saladin Ahmed
A collection of stories brings to the life the inhabitants and visitors of a mysterious casino city Canto Bight, which will be featured in the forthcoming film Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Movie tie-in
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Beau death
by Peter Lovesey
When human remains in 18th-century clothing are discovered on a demolition site, Chief Inspector Peter Diamond eagerly embarks on a mission to prove that a scandal-marked fashion icon from Bath may have had quite a different end than the one popularly believed.
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Overload : finding the truth in today's deluge of news
by Bob Schieffer
The legendary television journalist and former host of CBS's Face the Nation examines today's political journalism and those who practice it, drawing on interviews with more than 40 media leaders to survey the perils and promises of today's rapidly changing journalism landscape.
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Breaking free : how I escaped polygamy, the FLDS cult, and my father, Warren Jeffs
by Rachel Jeffs
The daughter of the self-proclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints describes the abusive patriarchal culture in which she was raised by sister wives and dominating men, sharing insight into how her father remains a powerful influence on his followers in spite of his life prison sentence. 200,000 first printing.
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Craig & Fred : a Marine, a stray dog, and how they rescued each other
by Craig Grossi
A Marine Corps veteran and Purple Heart recipient shares the inspirational story of his friendship with a stray dog he met on an Afghan battlefield and how, against military regulations, he worked to bring the dog home, where the pair battled PTSD and began touring America to work with veteran programs. 100,000 first printing.
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The accidental president : Harry S. Truman and the four months that changed the world
by A. J. Baime
A suspenseful chronicle of the 33rd president's first four months in office traces his unlikely rise to the Oval Office and his pivotal contributions to major decisions, from the founding of the United Nations and the Nazi surrender to the liberation of concentration camps and the decision to drop the bomb. 50,000 first printing.
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Dawn
by Erin Hunter
The questing cats return to a forest devastated by the Twolegs, where they must find a way to convince their Clans to leave in search of a new home, even though they have no idea where they are going.
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Garfield Feeds His Face
by Jim Davis
Join the famous, orange feline for a 64 adventure through the world of lasagnas, coffee, Mondays, spiders, teddy bears, and dogs.
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Why we took the car
by Wolfgang Herrndorf
An American debut by a best-selling German author follows the darkly comic coming-of-age story of misfits Mike and Tschick, whose decided unpopularity and exclusion from a gorgeous girl's party trigger a fateful road trip.
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Savage
by Nicole Conway
"Never send a hero to do a monster's job. Forty years have passed since Jaevid Broadfeather brought peace to Maldobar and Luntharda. But that fragile truce will be tested as darkness gathers on the horizon. As Maldobar burns, the world is desperate for a new hero. Destiny has called, and one boy will rise to answer."
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Before and After
by S. E. Smith
"Join Dust and his friends as they fight to overcome an evil force determined to create a new species unlike anything the world has ever known."
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Cancer hates kisses
by Jessica Reid Sliwerski
"As Mom goes through treatment for cancer, her family supports her with what cancer hates most: love."
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The legend of rock, paper, scissors
by Drew Daywalt
The award-winning author of The Day the Crayons Quit and the best-selling illustrator of Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich present a laugh-out-loud tribute to the fictional warriors who invented a classic childhood game.
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Leave me alone!
by Vera Brosgol
Grandmother wants so badly to be left alone to finish the knitting for her grandchildren that she leaves her tiny home and her big family to journey to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet.
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Guinness world records 2018
by Guinness World Records
A new edition of a full-color favorite incorporates thousands of new entries of broken records, hundreds of new photographs, highlights of classic records, infographics and much more, in an edition that has superheroes as a running theme.
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