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RFPL Staff PicksJune 2018
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Insidious: The Last Key (DVD)Parapsychologst Elise Rainier learns that she must face a demon haunting her own home.
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Lady Bird (DVD)Seventeen-year-old Lady Bird McPherson struggles to balance the challenges of her last year of high school with her family relationships.
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Last flag flying (DVD)A Vietnam veteran reunites with two of his buddies to bury his son, a Marine killed in the Iraq War.
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Mudbound : a novel by Hillary JordanIn 1946, Laura McAllan tries to adjust after moving with her husband and two children to an isolated cotton farm in the Mississipi Delta.
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Red alert : an NYPD Red mystery
by James Patterson
When a fundraiser involving New York's wealthy elite is targeted by a fatal blast, detectives Zack Jordan and Kylie MacDonald discover a link between the bombing and the murder of a high-profile woman filmmaker before realizing that the bombers may be among the A-list guests they were hired to protect. 500,000 first printing.
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Secret scripture (DVD)When a psychiatrist is called in to assess the condition of a woman who has been institutionalized for fifty years, he discovers her Bible, to which she is fiercely attached, has cryptic diary entries that provide the key to her tragic past.
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The woman in the window
by A. J. Finn
An agoraphobic recluse languishes in her New York City home, drinking wine and spying on her neighbors, before witnessing a terrible crime through her window that exposes her secrets and raises questions about her perceptions of reality. A first novel. 200,000 first printing.
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Brazen : Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope BagieuThrough characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, a celebrated graphic novelist profiles the lives of formidable female role models—some world famous, some little known—including Nellie Bly, Mae Jemison, Josephine Baker, Naziq al-Abid and many others, in an entertaining, comic-style biography that is sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
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I'll be your girl (Hoopla music album) Contents: Once in my life -- Cutting stone -- Severed -- Starwatcher -- Tripping along -- Your ghost -- Everything is awful -- Sucker's prayer -- We all die young -- Rusalka, rusalka/ The wild rushes -- I'll be your girl.
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My American dream : a life of love, family, and food by Lidia BastianichThe Emmy Award-winning host of Lidia's Kitchen and best-selling author of Lidia's Celebrate Like an Italian shares a heartwarming, revelatory memoir that traces her impoverished but loving upbringing under Tito's communist regime, her years as a refugee while trying to enter the United States and her early start as a restaurant worker.
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My Plain Jane by Cynthia HandMove over, Charlotte Brontë. The authors of the New York Times bestselling My Lady Jane are back with an irreverent spin on Jane Eyre--a tale of mischief, romance, and supernatural mayhem perfect for fans of The Princess Bride or A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue.
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Tearing at the seams (Hoopla music album) Contents: Shoe boot (4:44) -- Be there (3:39) -- A little honey (3:11) -- Say it louder (3:23) -- Hey mama (4:01) -- Babe I know (3:05) -- Intro (4:19) -- Coolin' out (4:02) -- Baby I lost my way, (but I'm going home) (2:55) -- You worry me (3:34) -- Still out there running (4:53) -- Tearing at the seams (5:14).
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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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Too close to breathe : a novel
by Olivia Kiernan
Investigating the suspicious hanging death of a woman in a quiet Dublin suburb, Detective Chief Superintendent Frankie Sheehan, still recovering from injuries sustained during a prior murder investigation, struggles to piece together clues from the enigmatic victim's life, before a mysterious caller implies that the killer is closer than anyone would like. A first novel.
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Worry-free living : trading anxiety for peace
by Joyce Meyer
A #1 New York Times best-selling author and one of the world's leading practical Bible teachers shows readers how to rid themselves of worry and fear by drawing on the peace of God, explaining how to trade anxiety for joy and develop a childlike attitude of faith. 100,000 first printing.
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Lying in wait : a novel by Liz NugentFrom the international bestselling author of Unraveling Oliver, an "unputdownable psychological thriller with an ending that lingers long after turning the final page" (The Irish Times) about a Dublin family whose dark secrets and twisted relationships are suddenly revealed. Coming June 12!
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Social creature : a novel by Tara Isabella BurtonA sharp, biting, and irresistible debut about parties and ambition in New York City--introducing a talented Mr. Ripley for the digital age, with all the glitz and grit of Bright Lights, Big City. Coming June 5!
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Baskets Season 3 (DVD)Chip (Zach Galifianakis), his twin Dale (Zach Galifianakis) and their mother Christine (Louie Anderson) form a family rodeo on the third season of the comedy.
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Deadly cure : a novel (Hoopla audiobook)by Lawrence GoldstoneIn 1899 Brooklyn, Dr. Noah Whitestone is accused of prescribing a lethal dose of medicine that killed a 5-year-old boy, prompting him to join forces with muckraking journalists to clear his name, find the origins of a deadly experimental drug from overseas and root out the real killer. By the author of Anatomy of Deception.
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The family next door
by Sally Hepworth
A new mother struggling with profound depression in the aftermath of her first child's birth hides the truth about her unhappiness before forging a friendship with an unpopular single mother and renter who chose to move to the community for a secret purpose. By the author of The Mother's Promise.
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The Female Persuasion by Meg WolitzerGreer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will change her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty-three, has been a central pillar of the women's movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world. At its heart, this is a story about the people who guide and the people who follow (and how those roles evolve over time), and the desire within all of us to be pulled into the light.
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Good fight Season 1 (DVD)When an attorney loses her entire life savings and is forced out of the Chicago firm that she works for as a result of a finacial scam, she must start from scratch at a new firm.
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Hot Mess (Hoopla audiobook)by Emily BeldenAfter her drug-addict chef boyfriend skips out on his new restaurant—and her—with her money, 20-something Chicagoan Allie Simon is left with nothing but a massive withdrawal slip and a restaurant that absolutely must open in a matter of weeks and finds herself thrust into a world of luxury and greed, cutthroat business and sensory delight. 70,000 first printing.
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Barney Miller: The Complete Series (DVD)Follows the adventures of a New York City police captain and his detectives.
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Brazen : Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
by Pénélope Bagieu
Through characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, a celebrated graphic novelist profiles the lives of formidable female role models—some world famous, some little known—including Nellie Bly, Mae Jemison, Josephine Baker, Naziq al-Abid and many others, in an entertaining, comic-style biography that is sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies. Simultaneous.
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Captain America: Civil War (DVD)A feud develops between Captain America and Iron Man as a result of political interference in the the Avengers' activities.
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Everything happens for a reason : and other lies I've loved
by Kate Bowler
A divinity professor and young mother with Stage IV cancer shares her perspectives on friendship, love and death while describing her efforts to remain true to her faith in spite of impossible hardships. By the author of Blessed.
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Mean Girls (OCR) (Hoopla music album) Contents: A cautionary tale It roars Where do you belong? Meet the plastics Stupid with love Apex predator What's wrong with me? Stupid with love (reprise) Sexy Someone gets hurt Revenge party Fearless Stop What's wrong with me? (reprise) Whose house is this? More is better Someone gets hurt (reprise) World burn I'd rather be me Do this thing I see stars.
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Spider-Man: Homecoming (DVD)Peter Parker tries to navigate his new identity as Spider-Man living at home with his Aunt May until a new villain called the Vulture appears.
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Thor, Ragnarok (DVD)Imprisoned on the other side of the universe, Thor races against time to free himself and stop Hela from destroying Asgard.
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Baby Monkey, private eye
by Brian Selznick
The Caldecott Medal-winning creator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret blends the styles of a picture book, beginning reader and graphic novel in a story for younger audiences that conveys the imaginative adventures of Baby Monkey, Private Eye, who searches for lost jewels, sniffs out a missing pizza and tracks down a stolen spaceship.
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The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo : a novel
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
When an aging and reclusive Hollywood icon selects an unknown magazine reporter to write her life story, the baffled journalist forges deep ties with the actress during a complicated interview process that exposes their tragic common history.
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The wild robot escapes by Peter BrownA sequel to The Wild Robot finds a shipwrecked Robot Roz struggling to survive the challenges of the civilized world and find her way home to Brightbill and the island. By the award-winning author of Creepy Carrots! 150,000 first printing.
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Best of 2017 Rock (Hoopla music album)Welshly Arms, Sam Getz, James Weaver, Fall Out Boy, Butch Walker, The Killers, Jacknife Lee, 30 Seconds To Mars, Jared Leto, Catfish & The Bottlemen, Dave Sardy, Rise Against, Nick Raskulinecz, I Prevail, DOROTHY, Ian Brendon Scott, Mark Jackson, Starset, Barns Courtney, Sam Bartle, Bruno Martini, Greta Van Fleet, Marlon Young, Al Sutton, Herschel Boone, Ryan Adams, Mondo Cozmo, Joshua Ostrander, Marilyn Manson, Tyler Bates, Goodbye June, Paul Moak, Incubus, Feist, Mocky, Renaud Letang, Prophets Of Rage, Brendan O'Brien, The Struts, The Preatures, Jack Moffitt, American Authors, Beaches, Emily Haines, James Shaw, Bernard Fanning, Nick Didia, Boy Epic, Jason Evigan, Ecca Vandal, Richie Kidnot Buxton, Gyroscope, Dave Parkin, All That Remains, Howard Benson, The Horrors, Paul Epworth.
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Five-carat soul
by James McBride
The National Book Award-winning author presents a never-before-published collection of stories that are funny and poignant, insightful and unpredictable and imaginative and authentic, and explore the ways we learn from the world and the people around us.
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Gender revolution (DVD)Examines the roles of science, society, and culture regarding gender roles and identity. With Katie Couric.
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The immortalists
by Chloe Benjamin
Sneaking out to get readings from a traveling psychic reputed to be able to tell customers when they will die, four adolescent siblings from New York City's 1969 Lower East Side hide what they learn from each other before embarking on five decades of respective experiences shaped by their determination to control fate. By an award-winning author.
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59 Illustrated National Parks
by Joel Anderson and Nathan Anderson
A celebration of the 100 years of wilderness and wonder at the 59 National Parks.
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Backpacker magazine's backpacking basics : planning, preparing, and packing by Clyde SolesBakpacking Basics informs readers about choosing where to go; selecting the appropriate gear; properly packing their equipment; finding their way in the wilderness; and planning easy and tasty meals. This handy pocket-sized guide is 96 pages, includes two popouts, and incorporates color photos, charts, and illustrations as needed throughout the interior.
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Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiComing of age in a land where her magi mother was killed by the zealous king's guards along with other former wielders of magic, ZĂ©lie embarks on a journey alongside her brother and a fugitive princess to restore her people's magical abilities. A first novel.
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Murder on the Orient Express (DVD)When a murder occurs on a lavish express train after an avalanche causes a delay, Hercule Poirot tries to find the killer before the train can start up again.
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Queens of Fennbirn by Kendare Blake In "The Young Queens," a set of triplet sisters born to fulfil their destiny--to fight to the death to win the crown; and in "The Oracle Queen," tells the story of the last queen born with the gift of sight.
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