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RFPL Staff PicksMarch 2017
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Alias Grace by Margaret AtwoodTakes readers into the life and mind of Grace Marks, one of the most notorious women of the 1840s, who is serving a life sentence for murders she claims she cannot remember. 200,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo. FICTION ATWOOD
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The Black Widow by Daniel SilvaA latest entry in the series starring the inimitable art restorer, assassin and spy Gabriel Allon is set in the aftermath of a shocking event in Paris. By the award-winning author of The English Spy. 500,000 first printing. FICTION SILVA
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No Good Duke Goes Unpunished (MOD ebook)by Sarah MacLeanThe third book in the best-selling author's Rule of Scoundrels series, in which four dark heroes try to steal the hearts of their heroines.
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Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg SloanTwelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident. MS FICTION SLOAN
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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasDragged off to a treacherous magical land as retribution for killing a wolf, huntress Feyre learns that her captor is one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world. TEEN FICTION MAAS
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferIn 1946, as England emerges from the shadow of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton finds inspiration for her next book in her correspondence with a native of Guernsey and his eccentric friends, who tell her about their island, the books they love, German occupation, and the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a book club born as an alibi during German occupation. 75,000 first printing. FICTION SHAFFER
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Red Queen by Victoria AveyardWhen her latent supernatural powers manifest in front of a noble court, Mare, a thief in a world divided between commoners and superhumans, is forced to assume the role of lost princess before risking everything to help a growing rebellion. A first novel. 150,000 first printing. TEEN FICTION AVEYARD
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The Adventures of Fat Rice : Recipes from the Chicago restaurant inspired by Macau by Abraham ConlonA first-of-its-kind cookbook to explore the vibrant food culture of Macauùan East-meets-West melting pot of Chinese, Portuguese, Malaysian and Indian foodwaysùfeatures 100 recipes from the cult favorite Chicago restaurant, Fat Rice, where the chefs and owners serve their own unique take on the food of Macau. 641.595 CON
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Now That's What I Call the 80s Hits (Hoopla music) Contents: (I've had) The time of my life / Time after time / Down under / Footloose / Relax / Notorious / Always something there to remind me / Mony mony / Venus / You keep me hangin' on / Take me home tonight/Be my baby / On the dark side / At this moment / Open arms / Never tear us apart / Against all odds (Take a look at me now) / Heat of the moment / Don't dream it's over.
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Y : the Last Man. Book one (Hoopla ebook)by Brian K VaughanWhen all the men and male mammals on the planet suddenly die, twenty-two year old Yorick Brown, the last man left alive, sets out to discover what has caused this man-killing plague.
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You Can't Touch My Hair : And other things I still have to explain by Phoebe RobinsonThe stand-up comedian and WNYC podcaster offers humorous, poignant essays describing her experience as a black woman in modern America on topics such as how she’s been questioned on her love of Billy Joel and U2 and why you can’t touch her hair. BIOGRAPHY ROBINSON
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Lily and Dunkin by Donna GephartIn a poignant tale by an award-winning author, a transgender girl and a boy struggling with bipolar disorder forge a friendship based on their respective experiences as outsiders trying to fit in. By the author of As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! MS FICTION GEPHART
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Eight Flavors : The untold story of American cuisine by Sarah LohmanThe young gastronomist formerly behind New York magazine's Grub Street food blog presents a culinary history of America that chronicles the diverse cultures that shaped the nation's cuisine, using long-forgotten recipes to explain how eight distinct flavors changed how we eat. 641.597 LOH
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One-Pan Wonders : Fuss-free meals for your sheet pan, dutch oven, skillet, roasting pan, casserole, and slow cooker by America's Test KitchenProvides over 130 delicious, taste-tested recipes that can each be cooked in a single pan, from a Dutch oven to a skillet, including Pan-Roasted Chicken with Root Vegetables, Skillet Paella, Indian-Style Vegetable Curry and Sheet Pan Beef Fajitas. 641.82 COO
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The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola YoonA scientifically minded girl who avoids relationships to help keep her family from being deported and a dutiful student who endeavors to live up to his parents' high expectations unexpectedly fall in love and must determine which path they will choose in order to be together. By the best-selling author of Everything, Everything. TEEN FICTION YOON
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Wires and Nerve by Marissa MeyerA first graphic novel by the best-selling author finds beloved Lunar Chronicles android Iko embarking on a dangerous and romantic new adventure with a little help from Cinder and the Lunar team. TEEN GRAPHIC NOVEL MEYER
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Age of Anger : A History of the Present by Pankaj MishraA columnist at Bloomberg View and regular writer for The Guardian explores the rising tide of paranoid hatred in modern times and attributes it to our inability to fulfill the promises of a globalized economy. 909.8 MIS
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Black Widow by Christopher BrookmyreRogue reporter Jack Parlabane investigates the case of a skilled surgeon and fierce blog activist who endured brutal persecution before her whirlwind romance and marriage to a man who she has been accused of killing. By the award-winning author of Dead Girl Walking. MYSTERY BROOKMYRE
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Behind Her Eyes by Sarah PinboroughThe 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. FICTION PINBOROUGH
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A Book of American Martyrs by Joyce Carol OatesTraces the intricately linked lives of a grieving family and an ardent Evangelical patriarch who has assassinated a small-town abortion doctor in the name of God. By the award-winning author of We Were the Mulvaneys. 100,000 first printing. FICTION OATES
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Dark Money : The hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right (audiobook on CD)by Jane MayerWhy is America living in an age of profound economic inequality? Why, despite the desperate need to address climate change, have even modest environmental efforts been defeated again and again? Why have protections for employees been decimated? Why do hedge-fund billionaires pay a far lower tax rate than middle-class workers? --Publisher CD BOOK 320.512 MAY
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The Devil Crept In : A novel (Hoopla audiobook)by Ania AhlbornIn a town plagued by mysterious disappearances and unsolved crimes, one of which resulted in murder, young Stevie Clark is determined to find out what really happened to his best friend, Jude, who has been missing for several days, but the awful truth may be too horrifying to imagine. By the best-selling author of Brother and Within These Walls.
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The Dry (MOD ebook)by Jane HarperReceiving a sinister anonymous note after his best friend's suspicious death, federal agent Aaron Falk is forced to confront the fallout of a 20-year-old false alibi against a backdrop of the worst drought Melbourne has seen in a century. A first novel.
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Forty Thieves by Thomas PerryTwo retirees from the LAPD and a pair of assassins are hired to offer professional expertise for the same murder case, which is hampered by a mysterious contractor's deadly efforts to keep the facts hidden. By the Edgar Award-winning author of the Jane Whitefield series. MYSTERY PERRY
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OJ : Made In America (DVD)An essential examination of the rise and fall of Orenthal James Simpson, and parallels between his incredible story with that of race in America. This critically-acclaimed documentary series reveals how he first became a football star, why America fell in love with him off the field, what happened in the trial for his ex-wife's murder, and finally, why he is now sitting in jail for another crime 20 years later. DVD NF HIS OJM
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The River at Night by Erica FerencikStruggling with a soul-crushing job, a beloved sibling's death and a divorce, Wini joins her friends on a hiking and rafting trip only to become stranded away from their survival gear and targeted by sinister rescuers who force the women to reconsider their loyalties and secrets. FICTION FERENCIK
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Swing Time by Zadie SmithTwo dark-skinned dancers with very different talents share a complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in early adulthood in a story that transitions from northwest London to West Africa. By the award-winning author of On Beauty. FICTION SMITH
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Transit by Rachel CuskMoving to London with her two young sons in the wake of a family collapse, a writer endures personal, moral, artistic and practical transitions while confronting difficult questions about her vulnerability and power. By the author of Aftermath. FICTION CUSK
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All Quiet On the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe testament of Paul Baumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World War I, illuminates the savagery and futility of war. FICTION REMARQUE
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Born a Crime (audiobook on CD)by Trevor NoahThe host of The Daily Show With Trevor Noah traces his wild coming of age during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed, offering insight into the farcical aspects of the political and social systems of today's world. CD BOOK BIOGRAPHY NOAH
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The Likeness by Tana FrenchA follow-up to In the Woods finds a traumatized detective Cassie Maddox struggling in her career and relationship with Sam O'Neill while investigating the unsettling murder of a young woman whose name matches an alias Cassie once had used as an undercover officer. 50,000 first printing. FICTION FRENCH
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken KeseyA lavish fortieth anniversary edition of this American classic story of Randle Patrick McMurphy, a criminal who feigns insanity and is admitted to a mental hospital where he challenges the autocratic authority of the head nurse features a new introduction by Robert Faggen and drawings the author made when he worked at the psychiatric hospital that was the inspiration for his powerful novel. 17,500 first printing. FICTION KESEY
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Difficult Women by Roxane GayA collection of stories by the award-winning author of Bad Feminist explores the hardscrabble lives, passionate loves and quirky human connections experienced by diverse protagonists, including a woman who pretends she does not know that her husband and his identical twin switch places with her. FICTION GAY
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No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay Sarah Kay, in collaboration with illustrator Sophia Janowitz, releases her debut collection of poetry featuring work from thefirst decade of her career. Her poems celebrate family, love, travel, and unlikely romance between inanimate objects. 811 KAY
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The Rose & the Dagger by Renée AhdiehA sequel to The Wrath and the Dawn finds Shahrzad reunited with her family and working to develop her latent powers while she is torn between loyalties to her husband and her childhood sweetheart. TEEN FICTION AHDIEH
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Hoopla audiobook)by Benjamin Alire SáenzFifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.
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Scrappy Little Nobody (audiobook on CD)by Anna KendrickA collection of whimsical autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air recounts memorable milestones from her New England upbringing to the blockbuster films that have made her one of Hollywood's most popular actresses. Read by the author. CD BOOK BIOGRAPHY KENDRICK
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In her first work of nonfiction, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood recounts her experiences on Gilmore Girls, the first and second time, and shares stories about life, love, and working in Hollywood. This collection of essays is written in the intimate, hilarious, and down-to earth voice. CD BOOK BIOGRAPHY GRAHAM
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Wishful Drinking (Hoopla audiobook)by Carrie FisherA memoir based on the author's one-woman show describes growing up with celebrity parents, her early success in "Star Wars," battle with addiction and mental illness, turbulent romances, role as a single mother, and struggle for recovery and healing.
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Dory Fantasmagory: Dory Dory Black Sheep by Abby HanlonWhen Dory's best friend learns to read before she does, Dory retreats into her wild imagination and finds herself in the middle of one of the babyish books she is struggling to read where she encounters imaginary friends and enemies. J FICTION HANLON
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Eleanor and Hick : The love affair that shaped a First Lady by Susan QuinnAn intimate account of the close relationship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok shares compassionate insights into how their more than three-decade friendship transformed their lives and empowered them to play significant roles in one of the most tumultuous periods in American history. BIOGRAPHY ROOSEVELT
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History is All You Left Me by Adam SilveraHaving lost his first boyfriend in a terrible accident, Griffin, a youth with OCD, forges a friendship with his lost love's ex-boyfriend, Jackson, who exhibits suspicious signs of guilt. By the best-selling author of More Happy Than Not. TEEN FICTION SILVERA
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The Vegetarian : a novel by Kang HanDeciding to go vegetarian in the wake of violent thoughts, Yeong-hye, a woman from an Asian culture of strict societal mores, is denounced as a subversive as she spirals into extreme rebelliousness that causes her to splinter from her true nature and risk her life. FICTION HAN
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Dressmaker (DVD)Returning to her small Australian town after decades abroad mastering the art of dressmaking, a woman begins making articles of clothing that arouse competition and envy in town, but it soon becomes clear that her mind is set on revenge. DVD DRM DRE
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Florence Foster Jenkins (DVD)The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a woman who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite her lack of a good singing voice. DVD COM FLO
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Paris For One and Other Stories (audiobook on CD)by Jojo MoyesAn anthology by the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Me Before You and After You includes the title story, in which a girl abandoned during a romantic mini-vacation gathers the courage to embark on an independent tour of Paris. CD BOOK MOYES
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The Rain in Portugal : poems by Billy CollinsA latest poetry collection by the former Poet Laureate and New York Times best-selling author of Aimless Love includes more than 40 new works and offers insight into the writer's use of generosity themes, playful language and insightful reflection. 811.54 COL
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When Green Becomes Tomatoes : Poems for All Seasons by Julie FoglianoA poetic celebration of the seasons by the author of If You Want to See a Whale blends gentle illustrations with evocative verses about elements ranging from flowers blooming through sheets of snow and happy frogs dancing in the rain. J 811 FOG
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An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout. FICTION STROUT
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Extreme Prey by John SandfordInvited to join his governor friend's campaign staff for the presidency, Lucas Davenport discovers that the governor is being stalked by a would-be assassin who proves lethal to anyone in the way of his target. By the award-winning author of the Virgil Flowers series. FICTION SANDFORD
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No Man's Land by David BaldacciA follow-up to the best-selling The Escape and The Forgotten continues the high-suspense story of military investigator John Puller. 500,000 first printing. FICTION BALDACCI
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Award-winning comedian Paula Poundstone is legendary for her spontaneous wit and razor-sharp humor. She is a popular panelist on NPR's Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! and tours regularly, keeping audiences laughing in her one-woman shows. In North by Northwest, Paula is at her best in two memorable performances, one recorded in Bayfield, Wisconsin, at Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua and the other at the historic Aladdin Theater in Portland, Oregon. Join Paula Poundstone in her element: sharing too much information, telling unpredictable stories, and interacting with her audience with a spontaneity that is considered without peer. Says Paula about her first double live CD, "Laughter is the best medicine, and I prescribe two CDs when symptoms occur."This audiobook is ALWAYS AVAILABLE in Hoopla! Click here to check it out with your RFPL card number and Hoopla account!
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Say Nothing : a novel by Brad ParksWhen their children are abducted by a man who blackmails them to follow instructions at the risk of the children's lives, a judge and his wife endure a terrorizing ordeal of no-holds-barred deceit and bond-breaking suspicions. By the award-winning author of The Player. FICTION PARKS
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There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say (Hoopla audiobook)by Paula PoundstoneBlending elements of memoir and monologue, the comedian offers a candid, humorous, and touching account of her life, using details from the lives of legendary historical figures to illuminate episodes from her own life and reflecting on her own successes and failures, as well as the incident that nearly destroyed her career. 80,000 first printing.
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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry : a novel by Fredrik BackmanSeven-year-old Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending the girl on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales. By the internationally best-selling author of A Man Called Ove. FICTION BACKMAN
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople (DVD)When a foster child and his adopted uncle go missing in the wild bush, they must learn to survive together despite their differences.
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Hillbilly Elegy : A memoir of a family and culture in crisis by J. D. VanceShares the poignant story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle-class life and the collective demons of the past. 25,000 first printing. 305.562 VAN
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