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RFPL Staff PicksAugust 2019
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The last stone
by Mark Bowden
The best-selling author of Black Hawk Down documents the story of how five skilled detectives navigated the deceptions of a prisoner who hid his role in the 1975 disappearance of two young sisters
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The mother-in-law
by Sally Hepworth
A woman's obsessive fears about how much she disappoints her successful, pillar-of-the-community mother-in-law lead to a controversial disinheritance and a suspicious suicide. By the best-selling author of The Family Next Door
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Prodigy (DVD) Sarah believes that her son Miles's disturbing behavior is a sign that an evil supernatural force has taken over him. She has to choose between the need to investigate who or what is causing the darkness in him and her maternal instinct to protect him.
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Unsolved
by James Patterson
Baffled by an outbreak of suspicious fatal accidents, FBI agent Emmy Dockery finds her investigation complicated by her vindictive ex and a plotting stranger. By the authors of The Murder House. 500,000 first printing
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Yesterday (movie soundtrack) In the film Yesterday, a global blackout has wiped the Beatles from history. Only Jack, a struggling singer-songwriter, remembers. The soundtrack features performances of Beatles classics by the film's star, Himesh Patel.
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BTTM FDRS by Ezra Claytan DanielsOnce a thriving working class neighborhood on Chicago's south side, the "Bottomyards" is now the definition of urban blight. When an aspiring fashion designer named Darla and her image-obsessed friend, Cynthia, descend upon the neighborhood in search of cheap rent, they soon discover something far more seductive and sinister lurking behind the walls of their new home. Like a cross between Jordan Peele's Get Out and John Carpenter's The Thing, Daniels and Passmore's BTTM FDRS (pronounced "bottomfeeders") offers a vision of horror that is gross and gory in all the right ways. At turns funny, scary, and thought provoking, it unflinchingly confronts the monsters--both metaphoric and real--that are displacing cultures in urban neighborhoods today.
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Someone who will love you in all your damaged glory : stories
by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
The creator of BoJack Horseman presents a debut collection of offbeat love stories that includes the tales of a wedding that is disrupted by mandated goat sacrifices and an up-and-coming rock band that manifests superpowers while drunk
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The brilliant death by Amy Rose CapettaUsing her out-of-control transformative powers to eliminate her Mafia family's enemies, Teodora disguises herself as a boy and travels across the mountains in search of a wise shapeshifter who can teach her how to control her powers and defeat her nation's corrupt ruler.
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Dry by Neal ShustermanWhen a longtime drought in California escalates to catastrophic levels, turning her once-quiet suburban street into a warzone of desperation, a teen is forced to make life and death decisions to protect her family. By the National Book Award-winning author of Challenger Deep.
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The friendship war by Andrew ClementsA girl who has always enjoyed the spotlight encounters an unexpected rival in her own best friend, who has accidentally triggered a hot new fad at school. By the best-selling author of Frindle.
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My not so perfect life : a novel
by Sophie Kinsella
After being unexpectedly fired by, Demeter Farlowe, her brilliant and creative boss, Katie Brenner retreats to her family's farm to help them set up a vacation business, but when Demeter shows up out of the blue, Katie has a new chance at re-evaluating—and resetting—her life. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author.
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Park Avenue summer
by Renée Rosen
In 1965, small-town aspiring photographer Alice Weiss finds herself working as a secretary for the new editor-in-chief at Cosmopolitan, and must navigate her way through office politics, city life, and unscrupulous men while trying to hold on to her dreams
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The season of Styx Malone
by Kekla Magoon
Caleb Franklin and his younger brother, Bobby Gene, spend an extraordinary summer with their new, older neighbor, Styx Malone, a foster boy from the city
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The lager queen of Minnesota
by J. Ryan Stradal
A talented baker running a business out of her nursing home reconnects with her master brewer sister at the same time her pregnant granddaughter launches an IPA brewpub. By the award-winning author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest
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Pride, prejudice, and other flavors : a novel
by Sonali Dev
"A neurosurgeon from a politically ambitious immigrant family clashes with a talented dessert chef who would prove he is more than his pedigree. By the award-winning author of ""A Distant Heart"". Original. 30,000 first printing."
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Recursion : a novel
by Blake Crouch
Assigned to the case of a suicide victim who claimed her son's existence had been erased, investigator Barry Sutton follows leads to the outbreak of a memory-altering disease and the technological innovations of a controversial neuroscientist.
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Red, white & royal blue
by Casey McQuiston
After an international incident affects U.S. and British relations, the president's son Alex and Prince Henry must pretend to be best friends, but as they spend time together, the two begin a secret romance that could derail a presidential campaign
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We are the perfect girl by A. E. KaplanA warmhearted retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac finds two teens, the outgoing Aphra and the beautiful Bethany, working together in an unintentionally escalating deception to win the heart of a mutual crush. By the author of Grendel's Guide to Love and War.
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An American summer : love and death in Chicago
by Alex Kotlowitz
The award-winning author of There Are No Children Here examines the humanity and brutality of Chicago's most turbulent neighborhoods through a series of deeply intimate profiles that illuminate the firsthand realities of gun violence in today's America
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As brave as you
by Jason Reynolds
Leaving Brooklyn for the first time to visit their grandparents in the Virginia countryside, Genie and his big brother, Ernie, discover that their grandfather is blind and ask countless questions about how he copes before realizing that he never leaves the house. By the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award-winning author of When I Was the Greatest. Simultaneous eBook.
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Front desk
by Kelly Yang
Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was anengineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason
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Captain Marvel (DVD) Set in the 1990's, the film revolves around Carol Danvers, a crack air force pilot. Though trials and tribulations she becomes one of the galaxy's mightiest heroes and joins an elite outer space military team known as Starforce. Her membership in the Kree military team puts her in danger when Earth becomes hopelessly stuck in battle between two other alien worlds, forcing Danvers to take on the role of Captain Marvel and use her new powers for the greater good. Despite her mighty power, Captain Marvel will discover things about herself she never hoped to know...
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Long live the tribe of fatherless girls : a memoir
by T Kira Madden
An acclaimed literary essayist presents this raw and redemptive debut memoir about coming of age and reckoning with desire as a queer, biracial teenager in Boca Raton, Florida, where she, the only child of parents continually battling drug and alcohol addictions, found loving friendships with fatherless girls.
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Ladies who punch : the explosive inside story of "The view"
by Ramin Setoodeh
Draws on host interviews and unprecedented access in a dishy backstage tour of the influential morning television show that shares first-person insights into its strong personalities, power struggles and interpersonal dynamics. TV tie-in. Illustrations.
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Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
A classic novel of romantic suspense finds the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter entering the home of her mysterious and enigmatic new husband and learning the story of the house's first mistress, to whom the sinister housekeeper is unnaturally devoted. Reprint.
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Apollo 11 (DVD)A cinematic event 50 years in the making. Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65mm footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, the film takes viewers straight to the heart of NASA's most celebrated mission, the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names.
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Green river killer : a detective story
by Jeff Jensen
"The story of one of America's most notorious serial killers and the true detective who cracked the case is revealed in this true-crime graphic novel unlike any other! New introduction by Brian Michael Bendis. Throughout the 1980s, the highest priority of Seattle-area police was the apprehension of the Green River Killer, the man responsible for the murders of dozens of women. In 1990, with the body count numbering at least forty-eight, the case was put in the hands of a single detective, Tom Jensen. After twenty years, when the killer was finally captured with the help of DNA technology, Jensen spent 180 days interviewing Gary Leon Ridgway in an effort to learn his most closely held secrets--an epic confrontation with evil that proved as disturbing andsurreal as can be imagined. Written by Jensen's own son, acclaimed entertainment writer Jeff Jensen, Green River Killer: A True Detective Story presents the ultimate insider's account of America's most prolific serial killer"
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Hope Rides Again by Andrew Shaffer When former President Barack Obama's cell phone is stolen and the perpetrator winds up dead, Obama and his vice-president Joe Biden investigate, uncovering a conspiracy in the heart of Chicago.
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The last stone
by Mark Bowden
The best-selling author of Black Hawk Down documents the story of how five skilled detectives navigated the deceptions of a prisoner who hid his role in the 1975 disappearance of two young sisters
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The sad little fact
by Jonah Winter
Locked away for telling the truth, a sad little fact is relegated to an underground prison, where it unites with other hidden-away facts in an effort to spread the truth, in a modern-day parable by the acclaimed author of Elvis Is King and the award-winning illustrator of The Bad Seed
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Furious hours : murder, fraud, and the last trial of Harper Lee
by Casey N. Cep
Documents the remarkable story of 1970s Alabama serial killer Willie Maxwell and the true-crime book on the Deep South's racial politics and justice system that consumed Harper Lee in the years after To Kill a Mockingbird. A first book
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Public (DVD)When a brutal blast of cold hits Cincinnati, the public library transforms from a safe haven for the homeless into a potential war zone. Those who have no place of retreat to evade the cold stage a sit-in in the library where they are tended by members of the library's staff. Soon the police arrive and a stand-off threatens to bring tragedy to the homeless individuals and those who care about their well-being. An eye-opening exploration of the basic values of humanity plays out as the cold rages outside.
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Save me the plums : my Gourmet memoir
by Ruth Reichl
The six-time James Beard Award-winning journalist and best-selling author of My Kitchen Year chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine and her work with legendary fellow epicureans to transform how America thinks about food
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Tiny hot dogs : a memoir in small bites
by Mary Giuliani
The event planner and humorist describes her childhood in a loving family and her efforts at building her own catering business, describing her mishaps and encounters with celebrities and the celebrity lifestyle
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Everyday blessings : the inner work of mindful parenting
by Myla Kabat-Zinn
The author of the best-selling Wherever You Go, There You Are joins with his wife to show parents how they can enrich their own and their childrens' lives through raising their awareness of life's gifts. 150,000 first printing. Tour.
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The paper wasp : a novel
by Lauren Acampora
A first novel by the award-winning author of The Wonder Garden traces the dark friendship of twisted ambition shared between a failed artist and a rising star in contemporary Hollywood
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