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Fort Scott Public Library Newsletter March 2017
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Portraits of courage : A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors
by George W. Bush
A vibrant collection of military oil paintings and stories by the 43rd President, published to benefit the Military Service Initiative at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, stands as an official tie-in to the exhibition scheduled for March 2017 at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.
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Gordon Parks : I Am You: Selected Works 1942-1978
by Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks captured half a century of the vast changes to the American cultural landscape in his multifaceted career. I Am You: Selected Works 1934–1978 reveals the breadth of his work as the first African American photographer for Vogue and Life magazines as well as a filmmaker and writer.
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Death of a ghost
by M. C Beaton
Spending an investigative night at a local castle reputed to be haunted, Sergeant Hamish Macbeth and his policeman associate, Charlie "Clumsy" Carson, discover a dead body that suddenly goes missing.
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The rook : a novel
by Daniel O'Malley
A high-ranking member of a secret organization that battles supernatural forces wakes up in a London park with no memory, no idea who she is and with a letter that provides instructions to help her uncover a far-reaching conspiracy.
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August Snow
by Stephen Mack Jones
A debut mystery by an award-winning playwright finds mixed-race Detroit police officer August Snow winning a wrongful dismissal case, only to return to the city 12 years later to discover that his innumerable enemies have scores to settle.
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Bone box : a Decker/Lazarus novel
by Faye Kellerman
When Rina Lazarus makes a shocking discovery in the woods near her upstate New York community, her husband, police detective Peter Decker, becomes embroiled in a series of gruesome, decades-old unsolved murders.
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Heartbreak Hotel
by Jonathan Kellerman
Surprised by a nearly 100-year-old new client who refuses to explain the reason she needs his services at their first session, Alex Delaware is shocked by the woman's subsequent murder and teams up with detective Milo Sturgis to investigate her mysterious life and death.
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The dime
by Kathleen Kent
A woman from a family of take-no-prisoners police detectives relocates from Brooklyn to Dallas, where she tackles adversaries ranging from drug cartels and cult leaders to difficult vagrants and society wives before a first major investigation is challenged by unruly subordinates, a stalker, a criminal organization and an unsupportive girlfriend.
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All our wrong todays : a novel
by Elan Mastai
Living in an alternate world of flying cars, moon bases and plentiful food, aimless Tom Barren is blindsided by an accident of fate that leads to a time-travel mishap that lands him in our less-than-ideal 2016, where he discovers wonderful unexpected versions of his own life.
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Humans, bow down
by James Patterson
Surviving a terrible war between the victorious Robots and defeated humans who must submit to their new rulers or be banished to the desolate Reserve, Six, a feisty young survivor, launches a rebellion to save the human race.
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Behind her eyes
by Sarah Pinborough
The secretary of a successful psychiatrist is drawn into the seemingly picture-perfect life of her boss and his wife before discovering a complex web of controlling behaviors and secrets that gradually reveal profound and dangerous flaws in the couple's relationship.
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Echoes in death
by J. D. Robb
Rescuing a severely traumatized survivor of a violent house invasion that ended the life of her obsessive husband, New York lieutenant Eve Dallas makes unsettling discoveries about the victim while struggling to piece together baffling clues about the killer. Includes full-color poster.
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Copycat
by Kimberla Lawson Roby
A standalone novel by the best-selling author of the Reverend Curtis Black series presents the story of an anti-heroine who struggles with relatable insecurities and vulnerabilities while navigating high-emotion challenges.
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The lose your belly diet : change your gut, change your life
by Travis Stork
Based on new research about the dramatic benefits of vibrant gut health and a diverse gut microbiome, a detailed plan aims to help each reader nurture his or her gut while helping to burn off excess weight and harmful belly fat.
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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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A square meal : a culinary history of the Great Depression
by Jane Ziegelman
The author of 97 Orchard and her culinary historian husband present an in-depth exploration into the Depression-era food crisis and how it indelibly shaped American attitudes about utilitarian cuisine, government-sponsored charities and processed food.
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Heartless
by Marissa Meyer
A stand-alone prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, written by the best-selling author of the Lunar Chronicles, follows the story of the Queen of Hearts, whose talent for baking and love for a mysterious court joker conflict with her mother's ambitions to make her a queen.
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The Glorkian warrior delivers a pizza
by James Kochalka
Embarking on a perilous journey to deliver a clam-and-peanut-butter pizza, a not-so-bright Glorkian Warrior navigates a series of pratfalls while receiving advice from his trusty talking backpack. By the award-winning creator of Dragon Puncher Island.
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Bah! said the baby
by Jennifer Plecas
A family scrambles to decode a baby's first word, "Bah!" by bringing him balls, books, bottles and other possible objects before realizing that the baby was just saying "bye-bye." By the creator of Olive's Perfect World.
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Dragon captives
by Lisa McMann
A debut entry in a spin-off series to The Unwanteds follows the adventures of identical twins Fifer and Thisbe, whose amazing but uncontrolled magical abilities cause a terrible accident before they are enslaved by the evil ruler of the dragon land.
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Hoot, owl!
by Shelby Alinsky
Describes the physical characteristics, natural habitat, and life cycle of the snowy owl in a format perfect for children who are beginning to read.
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