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Staff Picks September 2017 |
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Dark matter : a novel
by Blake Crouch
Kidnapped and drugged at gunpoint for inexplicable reasons, physics professor Jason Dessen awakens in a lab and is informed that his entire life has been an illusion and that he is being hunted by a deadly adversary. By the best-selling author of the Wayward Pines trilogy.
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The snowman
by Nesbø Jo
The award-winning Norwegian author of The Devil's Star finds the irascible Harry Hole investigating the disappearance of a woman whose scarf is found on a mysteriously built snowman, a case that is complicated by subsequent abductions and a menacing letter.
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Falling angels
by Tracy Chevalier
In a novel of manners and social divisions set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century England, two girls from different classes become friends, and their families' lives become intertwined in the process. By the author of Girl With a Pearl Earring. Reader's Guide available.
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The mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
A hardcover edition of the best-selling classic follows the legend of King Arthur as told by the women central to the tale, from the zealous Morgaine, sworn to uphold her goddess at any cost, to the devout Gwynhefar, pledged to the king but drawn to another.
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Hello, cupcake! : Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make
by Alan Richardson
An imaginative array of unique cupcake designs explains how to use snack items and common candies to create a variety of confectionery masterpieces to suit any occasion, from a big-top circus cupcake tier for a child's birthday, to a white cupcake Christmas wreath, ghost chocolate cupcakes, turkey cupcake place cards, or sausage and pepperoni pizza cupcakes for April Fool's Day.
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The sacred lies of Minnow Bly
by Stephanie Oakes
Losing everything including her family, her hands and her ability to trust after spending 12 years in a cult, a traumatized Minnow struggles to find her voice in juvenile detention in the aftermath of her leader's death.
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Adored
by Tilly Bagshawe
Possessing a magnetic sexuality and a driving ambition to be her generation's most successful actress and model, Siena McMahon embarks on a series of affairs with the wrong men and continues the legacy of her powerful family.
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Noteworthy Nonfiction DVDs
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Imposter
A young Frenchman convinces a Texas family that he is their teenage son who has been missing for three years
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Jinx:
Explores the life of real estate icon Robert Durst, the key suspect in a series of unsolved crimes.
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Loving story
Documents the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple whose fight for equality resulted in Loving v. Virginia, which invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage.
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Building Star Trek /
Examines the props and other various elements used in creating the Star Trek television show franchise, and others are restored and put on display at various locations in the United States
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