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New @ PPL Books on CD and PlayawaysOctober 2016
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Fiction - by author's last name
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Hag-Seed
by Margaret Atwood
A psychologically charged story inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest, reimagined by the award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale, follows the retribution plot of a deposed artistic director who teaches prison inmates while consulting with a fantasy child who has taken the place of the daughter he lost years earlier.
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Hook, line, and murder
by Donald Bain/Jessica Fletcher
When convicted killer Darryl Jepson breaks out of prison, his lawyer is found murdered, and the sheriff's wife goes missing, Jessica Fletcher must wade through lies, deceit, and ulterior motives to find her friend
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The Mothers
by Brit Bennett
It is the last season of high school life for Nadia Turner, a rebellious, grief-stricken, seventeen-year-old beauty. Mourning her own mother's recent suicide, she takes up with the local pastor's son. Luke Sheppard is twenty-one, a former football star whose injury has reduced him to waiting tables at a diner. They are young; it's not serious. But the pregnancy that results from this teen romance, and the subsequent cover-up, will have an impact that goes far beyond their youth.
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The Terranauts
by T. Coraghessan Boyle
A deep-dive into human behavior in an epic story of science, society, sex, and survival, from one of the greatest American novelists today, T. C. Boyle, the acclaimed, bestselling, author of the PEN/ Faulkner Award-winning World's End and The Harder They Come.It is 1994, and in the desert near Tillman, Arizona, forty miles from Tucson, a grand experiment involving the future of humanity is underway. As climate change threatens the earth, eight scientists, four men and four women dubbed the "Terranauts," have been selected to live under glass in E2, a prototype of a possible off-earth colony. Their sealed, three-acre compound comprises five biomes--rainforest, savanna, desert, ocean, and marsh--and enough wildlife, water, and vegetation to sustain them. As the Terranauts face increased scrutiny and a host of disasters, both natural and of their own making, their mantra: "Nothing in, nothing out," becomes a dangerously ferocious rallying cry. Told through three distinct narrators--Dawn Chapman, the mission's pretty, young ecologist; Linda Ryu, her bitter, scheming best friend passed over for E2; and Ramsay Roothorp, E2's sexually irrepressible wildman--The Terranauts brings to life an electrifying, pressured world in which connected lives are uncontrollably pushed to the breaking point.
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The Hawaiian Quilt
by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Mandy Frey and three friends leave their Amish community in Indiana for the trip of a lifetime to Hawaii. But when Mandy and one of her friends miss the cruise ship after a port of call on Kauai, how will they adjust and get back home?
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Echoes of Sherlock Holmes : Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon
by Echos of Sherlock Holmes/ Leslie S. Klinger
A brand-new anthology of stories inspired by the Arthur Conan Doyle canon. In this follow-up to the acclaimed In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, expert Sherlockians Laurie King and Leslie Klinger put forth the question: What happens when great writers/creators who are not known as Sherlock Holmes devotees admit to being inspired by Conan Doyle stories? While some are highly regarded mystery writers, others are best known for their work in the fields of fantasy or science fiction. All of these talented authors, however, share a great admiration for Arthur Conan Doyle and his greatest creations, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.To the editors' great delight, these stories go in many directions. Some explore the spirit of Holmes himself; others tell of detectives inspired by Holmes' adventures or methods. A young boy becomes a detective; a young woman sharpens her investigative skills; an aging actress and a housemaid each find that they have unexpected talents. Other characters from the Holmes stories are explored, and even non-Holmesian tales by Conan Doyle are echoed. The variations are endless!Although not a formal collection of new Sherlock Holmes stories, some entries do fit that mold while others were inspired by the Conan Doyle canon. The results are breathtaking, for fans of Holmes and Watson as well as listeners new to Doyle's writing.
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Bridget Jones's Baby : The Diaries
by Helen Fielding
As Bridget careens towards baby-deadline, a series of classic Bridget Jones moments finally leads her into pregnancy--but just not quite as intended. It's a pregnancy full of cheesy potatoes, outlandish advice from Drunken Singletons and Smug Mothers, chaos at scans and childbirth classes, high jinks and romance, joy and despair--but all of it dominated by the terribly awkward question: Who's the father?
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Order to kill
by Vince Flynn/Kyle Mills
A follow-up to the best-selling The Survivor finds anti-terrorism operative Mitch Rapp chasing false leads throughout the world to prevent nuclear weapons from falling into terrorist hands before posing as an American ISIS recruit in Russia, where he uncovers a catastrophic plot.
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A Sister's Wish
by Shelley Shepard Gray
A dutiful Amish woman unexpectedly falls in love with a community member with a tragic, tainted past, prompting their efforts to prove that they have a future together in spite of her family's disapproval. By the award-wining author of A Daughter's Dream.
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The whistler : a novel
by John Grisham
A follow-up to the highly successful Rogue Lawyer combines the author's signature legal savvy and high-suspense storytelling in a latest thriller that pits an unforgettable cast of characters against unexpected twists and turns. By a #1 best-selling author.
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The Kid
by Ron Hansen
Ron Hansen showcases his masterful research and inimitable style as he breathes life into history, bringing listeners back into the late 1800s and into Billy the kid's boyhood as a ranch hand just trying to wrest a fortune from an unforgiving landscape. Listeners are with Billy in every gunfight and horse theft, and they get to know him in full before his grand death in a hail of bullets in 1881 at the age of twenty-one.
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Winter storms : a novel
by Elin Hilderbrand
A conclusion to the best-selling trilogy finds the Quinn family's efforts to reunite and prepare for a long-anticipated wedding during the Christmas season overshadowed by a health scare, addiction problems and commitment issues. By the author of Here's to Us.
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The Mistletoe Murder : And Other Stories
by P. D. James
"As the acknowledged "Queen of Crime," P.D. James was frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a special short story for Christmas. Four of the best have been collected together for the first time in one volume ... P.D. James's understanding of human nature illuminates each of these stories, making them ideal reading for the darkest days of the year. Each treats the reader to her masterfully atmospheric storytelling, a mystery to be solved, and enjoyable puzzles to keep the reader guessing. With wry humour, she pays tribute to her English crime-writing forebears, delighting in the secrets that lurk beneath the surface at enforced family gatherings and in old country houses--from the title story about a strained family reunion on Christmas Eve, to another about an illicit affair that ends in murder, and two cases that introduce James's poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh as a young detective sergeant."--|cProvided by publisher.
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News of the world : a novel
by Paulette Jiles
In the aftermath of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, an elderly widower and itinerant news reader, is offered fifty dollars to bring an orphan girl, who was kidnapped and raised by Kiowa raiders, from Wichita Falls back to her family in San Antonio.
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Crockett of Tennessee
by Cameron Judd
Davy Crockett was a cattle drover, bear hunter, husband and father, Indian fighter, soldier, politician, Martyr. He rose from a dirt-poor youth in the hardscrabble hills of Tennessee to earn the love of his countrymen and to strike fear into his enemies whether manning the battle lines in the savage war against the Creeks or walking the corridors of power in Washington.
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The Lost Boy
by Camilla Lackberg
Detective Patrik Hedstrom is no stranger to tragedy. A murder case concerning Fjällbacka's dead financial director, Mats Sverin, is a grim but useful distraction from his recent family misfortune. It seems Sverin was a man who everybody liked yet nobody really knew--a man with something to hide...
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Twelve days of Christmas
by Debbie Macomber
Determined to get Cain Maddox to like her, Julia Padden decides to kill him with kindness and track her progress in a blog, but Julia must decide if she should tell Cain the truth about chronicling their relationship.
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Long Way Gone
by Charles Martin
A radical retelling of the story of the prodigal son takes the reader from tent revivals to the Ryman Auditorium to the tender relationship between a broken man and the father who never stopped calling him home.
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Texas Sunrise
by Fern Michaels
The last in Fern Michaels' critically acclaimed Texas romance novels, sharing the final chapters for the Coleman family.
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The undoing of Saint Silvanus : a novel
by Beth Moore
Summoned back to the New Orleans home she fled nearly twenty years earlier to attend her father's funeral, Jillian is drawn into the lives of the eccentric residents of her grandmother's apartment house and the mystery of strange messages and relics thathave been appearing on the steps.
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Paris for one & other stories
by Jojo Moyes
An 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.
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Mercy
by Michael Palmer
An outspoken doctor and advocate for the right to die reconsiders her convictions when her fiancé is rendered a quadriplegic by a motorcycle accident and begs to be allowed to end his life before dying from a rare form of heart failure that places the doctor under suspicion. Co-written by the best-selling author of Extreme Measures.
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Missing: a Private Novel
by James Patterson
Craig Gisto and his elite team at Private Sydney are tasked with finding Eric Mossùthe CEO of a high-profile research company, who has had all trace of his existence wiped away. Co-written by a #1 best-selling author.
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Small Great Things
by Jodi Picoult
uth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene?
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The Last Chance Christmas Ball
by Mary Jo Putney
Guests are arriving to celebrate Christmas at Lady Holly's ball, and at the top of each guest's wish list is a last chance to find true love before the New Year. Amid the sumptuous delicacies, glittering decorations, and swell of the orchestra, every duchess and debutante, lord and lackey has a hopeful heart. There's the headstrong heiress who must win back her beloved by midnight-or be wed to another, and a spinster whose fateful choice to relinquish love may hold one more surprise for her. Even the charming rake finds far more than he bargained for among the pretty guests. These and many other dazzling, romantic tales fill this star-studded collection that will fill your heart and spice up your holidays!
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Escape clause
by John Sandford
Virgil Flowers' investigation into the theft of two rare Siberian tigers from the Minnesota zoo is complicated by a summer visit from his girlfriend's sister, who aims to seduce him. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Prey series. Read by Eric Conger.
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The Girl from Venice
A beautiful, heart-wrenching novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Tatiana and Gorky Park, set against the dangers of Italy in World War II as a young couple must outrun the Nazis to protect their forbidden love.
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Two by two : a novel
by Nicholas Sparks
The seemingly charmed life of a Charlotte family man abruptly tumbles around him, leaving him an unemployed single father who embarks on a new reality that tests his skills and emotional resources beyond his imagining. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Longest Ride.
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An Irish Country Love Story
by Patrick Taylor
Long before Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly came to the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo, young Surgeon-lieutenant O'Reilly answered the call of duty to serve in World War II. Fingal just wants to marry his beloved Deirdre and live happily ever after. First he must hone his skills at a British naval hospital before reporting back to the HMS Warspite, where, as a ship's doctor, he faces danger upon the high seas. With German bombers a constant threat, the future has never been more uncertain, but Fingal and Deirdre are determined to make a life together.
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Seduced
by Randy Wayne White
A fishing guide and part-time investigator, Hannah Smith is a tall, strong Florida woman descended from many generations of the same. But the problem before her now is much older even than that. Five hundred years ago, Spanish conquistadors planted the first orange seeds in Florida, but now the whole industry is in trouble. The trees are dying at the root, weakened by infestation and genetic manipulation, and the only solution might be somehow, somewhere, to find samples of the original root stock. No one is better equipped to traverse the swamps and murky backcountry of Florida than Hannah, but once word leaks out of her quest, the trouble begins. "There are people who will kill to find a direct descendant of those first seeds," a biologist warns her--and it looks like his words may be all too prophetic.
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The Candidate
by Lis Wiehl
In covering the presidential election campaign, star newsmaker Erica Sparks notices that favored candidate Senator Mike Ortiz seems dependent on his wife to an unnatural degree. Celeste Ortiz is a brilliant and glamorous billionaire who along with her best friend and confidant Lily Lau has engineered her husband's meteoric rise. The White House is within their reach. But the more Erica investigates the Ortizes strange relationship, the more intrigued she becomes.
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Love Bears All Things
by Beth Wiseman
Charlotte returns to her friends in Paradise, Pennsylvania―this time with a very different mission in mind. Englischer Charlotte Dolinsky makes plans to visit her friends in Lancaster County, hoping to heal from a recent break-up with her boyfriend, Ryan. But when a surprise visitor shows up on her doorstep in Texas, she’s forced to put aside her own worries to help her Amish friends. Within a few days, Charlotte is back in Paradise, Pennsylvania, tangled in a web of deception. But this time, she isn’t the only one keeping secrets. Daniel Byler had hoped to be married by now, but his one true love―Edna Glick―married another man. He gets through each day with a chip on his shoulder. But when Daniel finds out two members of his family are keeping secrets, he fears for his loved ones―fears of a shunning―and possibly even death. Charlotte and Daniel don’t care for each other much, and neither one of them is looking for romance. But when they are forced to combine their efforts to help those they love, is it possible that God is giving them a second chance at happiness?
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Sex, Lies & Serious Money
by Stuart Woods
Stone Barrington arrives home, fresh off the runway at Teterboro, to find an unexpected new client on his doorstep, soliciting Stone's help anxiously. But everything is not as it seems, when the client reveals the true nature, and value, of his recent turn of fortune. His client is pursued from all angles, from luxury New York high-rises to the sprawling New Mexico desert...and Stone learns quickly that easy money is not always so easy.
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Non-fiction - by call number
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Filthy Rich : A Powerful Billionaire, The Sex Scandal That Undid Him, and All the Justice That Money Can Buy: The Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein
by James Patterson
364.1 PAT Jeffrey Epstein rose from humble origins to the rarefied heights of New York City's financial elite. A college dropout with an instinct for numbers--and for people--Epstein amassed his wealth through a combination of access and skill. But even after he had it all, Epstein wanted more. And that unceasing desire--especially a taste for young girls--resulted in his stunning fall from grace. From Epstein himself, to the girls he employed as masseuses at his home, to the cops investigating the appalling charges against him, Filthy rich examines all sides of a case that scandalized one of America's richest communities. An explosive true story, Filthy rich is a riveting account of wealth, power and the influence they bring to bear on the American justice system.
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Get what's yours for Medicare : maximize your coverage, minimize your costs
by Philip Moeller
368.3 MOE The co-author of the best-selling social security entry in the Get What's Yours series shares advice for saving money and maximizing health coverage through Medicare, explaining the essentials of signing up, understanding what it costs and selecting which plans are most appropriate.
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Being a Dog : Following the Dog into a World of Smell
by Alexandra Horowitz
636.7 HOR Alexandra Horowitz, the author of the lively, highly informative New York Times best selling blockbuster Inside of a Dog, explains how dogs perceive the world through their most spectacular organ, the nose, and how humans can put their under-used sense of smell to work in surprising ways.
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The French Chef in America : Julia Child's Second Act
by Alex Prud'Homme
921 CHILD, J., Pru Julia Child is synonymous with French cooking, but her legacy runs much deeper. Now, her great-nephew and My Life in France coauthor vividly recounts the myriad ways in which she profoundly shaped how we eat today. He shows us Child in the aftermath of the publication of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, suddenly finding herself America's first lady of French food and under considerable pressure to embrace her new mantle. We see her dealing with difficult colleagues and the challenges of fame, ultimately using her newfound celebrity to create what would become a totally new type of food television. Every bit as entertaining, inspiring, and delectable as My Life in France, The French Chef in America uncovers Julia Child beyond her 'French chef' persona and reveals her second act to have been as groundbreaking and adventurous as her first.
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Not Dead Yet : The Memoir
by Phil Collins
921 Collins, P., Col From the Genesis frontman and hugely successful solo artist, a reflective memoir taking stock of iconic songs and performances and a sometimes tumultuous, ever-thrilling lifeWith 280 million lifetime record sales between his time with Genesis and his earthshaking solo career, Phil Collins has lived a life that few people can imagine. In this unflinchingly honest memoir, Collins reveals the heart and soul of what drives him as a performer and a dynamically creative individual. He takes us from his ill-fated near-big break as a session percussionist on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass through the rise of Genesis and his emergence as the band's leader to the height of his fame as a solo artist. While Collins rubbed shoulders with some of the greatest pop stars of the era, his stories are given depth and color by his remarkable capacity for self-reflection. Whether he's walking us through the making of his greatest music or mining the dark days of his wholly enveloping alcohol and drug addictions, he's candid, expansive, and always entertaining.This book will capture the eye-popping exterior facets of Collins' career, but more vitally, will delve deeply into the workings of a complex, tireless man to explore the verve that propelled him from the early days into a canon of pop iconography few other musicians can claim to share. Told with ebullience and more than a dose of humor, Collins' refreshingly forthright voice will equally charm and enlighten pop culture audiences and die-hard music fans alike.
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The magnolia story
by Chip Gaines
921 GAINES, C., Gai The husband-and-wife team from HGTV's Fixer Upper share an in-depth portrait of their lives together and the renovations that have forged their partnership, offering behind-the-scenes stories about their courtship, early marriage and rise as entrepreneurial celebrities.
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The Fleet at Flood Tide : America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
by James Hornfischer
940.5 HOR Timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, an unprecedented account of the monumental Pacific War campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its power and supremacy and established the foundation for America as the dominant global superpower. Filled with memorable action set pieces and closely observed portraits of the most compelling warriors and commanders of the day, this is the broadly encompassing story of the most consequential campaign of World War 2.
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Rogue Heroes : The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
by Ben MacIntyre
940.5 MAC Britain's Special Air Service, or SAS, was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat whose aimlessness in early life belied a remarkable strategic mind. Where most of his colleagues looked at a battlefield map of World War II's African theater and saw a protracted struggle with Rommel's desert forces, Stirling saw an opportunity: given a small number of elite, well-trained men, he could parachute behind enemy lines and sabotage their airplanes and war material. Paired with his constitutional opposite, the disciplined martinet Jock Lewes, Stirling assembled a revolutionary fighting force that would upend not just the balance of the war, but the nature of combat itself. He faced no little resistance from those who found his tactics ungentlemanly or beyond the pale, but in the SAS's remarkable exploits facing the Nazis in the Africa and then on the Continent can be found the seeds of nearly all special forces units that would follow.
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Non-fiction - by call number
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Playaway Fiction - by author's last name
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Pushing Up Daisies
by M. C. Beaton
When Agatha Raisin left behind her public-relations business in London, she fulfilled her dream of settling in the cozy British Cotswolds where she began a successful private detective agency. Unfortunately, the village she lives in is about to get a little less cozy.
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Sting
by Sandra Brown
When Jordie Bennet and Shaw Kinnard lock eyes across a disreputable backwater bar, something definitely sparks. Shaw gives off a dangerous vibe that makes men wary and inspires women to sit up and take notice. None feel that undercurrent more strongly than savvy businesswoman Jordie, who doesn't belong in a seedy dive on the banks of a bayou. But here she is . . . and Shaw Kinnard is here to kill her.
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Home
by Harlan Coben
A decade ago, kidnappers grabbed two boys from wealthy families and demanded ransom, then went silent. No trace of the boys ever surfaced. For ten years their families have been left with nothing but painful memories and a quiet desperation for the day that has finally, miraculously arrived: Myron Bolitar and his friend Win believe they have located one of the boys, now a teenager. Where has he been for ten years, and what does he know about the day, more than half a life ago, when he was taken? And most critically: What can he tell Myron and Win about the fate of his missing friend?
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Insidious
by Catherine Coulter
In Washington, D.C., Venus Rasmussen, a very wealthy, elderly grand dame of Beltway high society, is in fear for her life, sure that someone is trying to kill her. The suspects are many and the repercussions dire, and Savich and Sherlock must race to find out if she's really in danger, or just delusional.
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Pirate
by Clive Cussler
An 800 year old treasure, an ancient cypher wheel, a brutal murder, and a man who will stop at nothing to claim what he considers rightfully his. Husband and wife treasure hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo have gone on impossible missions before and faced many perils, but never have they faced an adversary as determined as the one before them now. The battle will take them halfway around the world, and at its end will be either one of the most glorious finds in history, or certain death.
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Fast and Loose
by Fern Michaels
With the women of the Sisterhood away on a covert assignment, their significant others could be expected to kick back and enjoy a little drama-free downtime. But that's not the way Jack, Ted, Harry, Charles, and the rest of their comrades roll. An urgent call has come to the headquarters of their organization, BOLO Consultants. Bert Navarro, head of security for Countess Anna de Silva, suspects that Annie's deluxe casino, Babylon, is being stealthily and expertly robbed. But figuring out who's hacking into Babylon's security system proves more difficult than expected--and may have implications for one of BOLO's own. The security expert working for them has unlocked one hard fact--that there are more than enough suspects to investigate. But the men of BOLO will do what it takes to prove that, even in Vegas, there's no gambling with justice...
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Texas Sunrise
by Fern Michaels
Billie Coleman Kingsley, beloved matriarch of the clan and founder of a fabulously successful fashion empire, is dying. As her family gathers together in this time of sorrow, the indomitable Billie offers new hope to heal the rifts that separate them. Even as her own strength fails, Billie instills courage, fortitude, and her conviction that life goes on after tragedy. From the seductive waters of Hawaii to the rustic splendour of Vermont, from the familys sprawling Texas ranch, Sunbridge, to the exotic beauty and high-tech glamour of Japan, the Colemans have been driven apart by the passions and betrayals of a new generation. But now, as they deal with the shattering news of Billies illness, all the Colemans must transform their lives.
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Small Great Things
by Jodi Picoult
Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene?
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Apprentice in Death
by J. D. Robb
The shots came quickly, silently, and with deadly accuracy. Within seconds, three people were dead at Central Park₂s ice skating rink. The victims, a talented young skater, a doctor, and a teacher. As random as random can be. It's up to Eve Dallas to find out the connection and find the killer.
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Escape Clause
by John Sandford
Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil Flowers's case, make that two. The first comes from, of all places, the Minnesota zoo. Two large Siberian tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are very concerned that they've been stolen for their organs. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes their parts for home remedies, and people will do extreme things to get - and keep - what they need. As Virgil is about to find out. Then there's the home front. Virgil's relationship with his girlfriend, Frankie, has been getting kind of serious, but when Frankie's sister, Sparkle, moves in for the summer, things get a lot more complicated. Sparkle has a roving eye, and it's fixed right on Virgil. Forget a storm - this one's a tornado.
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The Kept Woman
by Karin Slaughter
It's the most dangerous case of Will Trent's career. He knows this from the moment he sets foot in the abandoned Atlanta warehouse where a body lies on the floor; the body of an ex-cop. Bloody footprints leading away from the scene reveal that another victim, evidently a woman, was carried away, and has vanished into thin air. And, worst of all, the warehouse belongs to the city's biggest and most high-profile athlete; a local hero protected by the world's most expensive lawyers. A hero married to Will's ex-wife. A hero whom Will's superiors at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have spent the last six months investigating for rape.
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Rushing Waters
by Danielle Steel
A forceful, dramatic novel about the lives of multiple people caught in a major hurricane and flood in New York City and the new relationships that develop in the aftermath.
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Playaway - Non-fiction - by call number
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The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo
by Amy Schumer
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In The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy mines her past for stories about her teenage years, her family, relationships, and sex, and shares the experiences that have shaped who she is--a woman with the courage to bare her soul and stand up for what she believes in, all while making us laugh. Ranging from the raucous to the romantic, the heartfelt to the harrowing, this highly entertaining and universally appealing collection is the literary equivalent of a night out with your best friend--an unforgettable and fun adventure you wish could last forever. Whether she's experiencing lust at first sight while in the airport security line, sharing her own views on love and marriage, admitting to being an introvert, or discovering her boot camp instructor's secret bad habit, Amy Schumer proves to be a bighearted, brave, and thoughtful storyteller who will leave you nodding your head in recognition, laughing out loud, and sobbing uncontrollably--but only because it's over.
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Fiction - by author's last name
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Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
by Alan Bradley
Excitedly sailing home to England after being ejected from her stuffy young ladies' school, 12-year-old Flavia receives news of her father's serious illness and is surrounded by annoying family members before stumbling onto a murder scene where the only witness is the cat. By the co-author of Ms. Holmes of Baker Street.
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Twilight at Blueberry Barrens
by Colleen Coble
Kate has devoted herself to keeping her family's blueberry barrens thriving. But when blossom blight devastates her blueberry fields, she's forced to come up with alternative ways to replace that income. Fixing up the small cottage on her property as a rental seems an obvious choice, but it won't be enough. When Drake Carver drives by with his two nieces in tow, looking not only for a place to rent for the summer but also for a nanny for the girls, it's almost too good to be true.
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The Wonder
by Emma Donoghue
A small Irish village is mystified by what appears to be a miracle but may actually be murder in the next masterpiece from New York Timesbestselling author Emma Donoghue. A small village in 1850s rural Ireland is baffled by Anna O'Donnell's fast, which began as a self-inflicted and earnest expression of faith. After weeks of subsisting only on what she calls 'manna from heaven,' the story of the 'miracle' has reached a fever pitch. Tourists flock in droves to the O'Donnell family's modest cabin hoping to witness, and an international journalist is sent to cover the sensational story. Enter Lib, an English nurse trained by Florence Nightingale who is hired to keep watch for two weeks and determine whether or not Anna is a fraud.
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Darkest Journey
by Heather Graham
Charlene ''Charlie'' Moreau stumbles across the body of a Civil War reenactor, the second murdered in two days. Charlie is shocked to learn that her father -- a guide on the Journey, a historic paddle wheeler that's sponsoring the reenactment -- is a suspect. Meanwhile, Ethan Delaney, new to the FBI's Krewe of Hunters, is brought in on the case. He and Charlie have a history of their own, dating back to when he rescued her from a graveyard. Charlie arranges a Mississippi River cruise so she and Ethan can get close to the reenactors and find out who knows what. But they discover a lot more as they resume the relationship that ended ten years ago.
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Closed Casket
by Sophie Hannah
A follow-up to the internationally best-selling The Monogram Murders continues the adventures of Agatha Christie's beloved self-congratulatory sleuth.
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Downfall
by Judith A. Jance
Juggling her pregnancy, family deaths, her daughter's imminent departure for college and a reelection campaign, Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady investigates two suspicious falling deaths that may be the work of a serial killer. By the best-selling author of the Ali Reynolds series. Read by Hillary Huber.
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Commonwealth
by Ann Patchett
A five-decade saga tracing the impact of an act of infidelity on the parents and children of two Southern California families traces their shared summers in Virginia and the disillusionment that shapes their lasting bond. Read by Hope Davis.
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Apprentice in death
by J. D. Robb
Investigating a Central Park sniper attack that has left three dead, Eve Dallas discovers that the killer was potentially miles away from the victims and may be the protTgT of an even more deranged shooter. By the best-selling author of Brotherhood in Death. Read by Susan Erickson.
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A gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles
Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal in 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is sentenced to house arrest in a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin, where he endures life in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history unfold. By the best-selling author of Rules of Civility.
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Seize the Day : Living on Purpose and Making Every Day Count
by Joyce Meyer
248.4 MEY Joyce Meyer encourages listeners not to waste another minute. There is something special, valuable waiting for them to discover in each day. And when they spend time with God daily, asking Him to help them find it, they'll unlock the wonderful purpose He has in store for them.
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Frontier Grit : The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer Women
by Marianne Monson
A fascinating and rare look at women pioneers and their tales of courage and hardship in the untamed American West.These are the stories of twelve women who heard the call to settle the West and who came from all points of the globe to begin their journey: the East Coast, Europe, and as far away as New Zealand. They endured unimaginable hardships just to get to their destination, and then the next phase of their story began. These are gripping miniature dramas of good-hearted women, selfless providers, courageous immigrants and migrants, and women with skills too numerable to list. All the women in this book did extraordinary things: One became a stagecoach driver, disguised as a man. One became a frontier doctor. One was a Gold Rush hotel and restaurant entrepreneur. Many were crusaders for social justice and women's rights. All endured hardships, overcame obstacles, broke barriers, and changed the world--inspiring examples for the modern woman.
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Good Vibrations : My Life As a Beach Boy
by Mike Love
921 Love, M. Lov Love describes the stories behind his lyrics for pop classics such as "Good Vibrations," "California Girls," "Surfin' USA," and "Kokomo," while providing vivid portraits of the turbulent lives of his three gifted cousins, Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson. His partnership with Brian has few equals in American pop music, though Mike has carved out a legacy of his own -- he co-wrote the lyrics to eleven of the twelve original Beach Boy songs that were top 10 hits while providing the lead vocals on ten of them. The band's unprecedented durability also provides a glimpse into America's changing cultural mores over the past half century, while Love himself has experienced both the diabolical and the divine -- from Charles Manson's "family" threatening his life to Maharishi instilling it with peace. A husband, a father, and an avid environmentalist, Love has written a book that is as rich and layered as the Beach Boy harmonies themselves.
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Oswald's Tale : An American Mystery
by Norman Mailer
In perhaps his most important literary feat, Norman Mailer fashions an unprecedented portrait of one of the great villains--and enigmas--in United States history. Here is Lee Harvey Oswald--his family background, troubled marriage, controversial journey to Russia, and return to an "America [waiting] for him like an angry relative whose eyes glare in the heat." Based on KGB and FBI transcripts, government reports, letters and diaries, and Mailer's own international research, this is an epic account of a man whose cunning, duplicity, and self-invention were both at home in and at odds with the country he forever altered.
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Pearl Harbor : From Infamy to Greatness
by Craig Nelson
940.5 Nel Published in time for the 75th anniversary, a gripping and definitive account of the event that changed twentieth century America, based on years of research and new information uncovered by a New York Times best selling author.
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Eleanor and Hick : The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady
by Susan Quinn
A warm, intimate account of the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickoka relationship that, over more than three decades, transformed both women's lives and empowered them to play significant roles in one of the most tumultuous periods in American history.
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