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Pearland Picks February 2017
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LaRose by Louise ErdrichHorrified when he accidentally kills his best friend's 5-year-old son while hunting, Landreaux Iron gives away his own young son to his friend's family according to ancient tradition, a decision that helps both families reach a tenuous peace that is threatened by a vengeful adversary. By the National Book Award-winning author of The Round House. Pearland Bookworms Monday, February 6, 6:30 PM
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The Scorpio Racesby Maggie StiefvaterThe best-selling author of Shiver follows the experiences of a pair of youths who are swept up by a fantastical horse race across a treacherous cliff that makes them feel supremely alive and threatens dire consequences. Teen Book Club Monday, February 13, 12 PM
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienHaving no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived. Children's Book Club Monday, February 27, 12 PM
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Behold the Dreamers : A Novelby Imbolo MbueTwo marriages, one immigrant working class and the other from the top one percent, are shaped by financial circumstances, infidelities, secrets and the 2008 recession. A first novel. Novel Discussions Monday, February 27, 6:30 PM
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Public Library and Other Stories by Ali SmithA new collection by the author of The Accidental celebrates the power of books and the libraries they live in, tracing the stories of such protagonists as a scholar who debates Wilfred Owen with her deceased father, a girl who discovers books bound with sheet music and a woman whose dreams seem to be set in a 1960s novel.
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The Mortifications : A Novelby Derek PalacioConflicting political ideals, culture clashes, spiritual crises and divided passions challenge a Cuban-American family over multiple generations at the turn of the 21st century. A first novel.
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No Echo
by Anne Holt
When a popular celebrity chef is found murdered on the steps of the Oslo police headquarters, police investigator Billy T. and long-absent Hanne Wilhelmsen team up for an investigation that reveals that few people really knew the victim or his mysterious activities.
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The Adjustment League : File 1 : The Boiled Child
by Mike Barnes
Called to investigate a case of maternal neglect by a prominent Toronto family, a man known only as "The Super," finds himself being pulled into a spiral of brutal violence in a case that may cost him his sanity
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Stripped Bare
by Shannon Baker
The wife of Grand County Sheriff and heir to a family-owned cattle ranch is shocked and must investigate when she learns that her grandfather is dead, her husband has been shot and possibly paralyzed and her niece has gone missing.
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All That Man Is : Stories
by David Szalay
In a brilliantly conceived portrait of contemporary life that interrogates the state of modern manhood while bringing to life the physical and emotional terrain of an increasingly globalized Europe, nine men, at different stages in life, strive to understand what it means to be alive, hear and now.
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The Way of the Strangers : Encounters with the Islamic State
by Graeme Wood
The writer of The Atlantic's cover story, "What ISIS Really Wants," presents an intimate and unsettling examination of the motivations that drive the men and women of the Islamic State, sharing the stories of individual followers against a backdrop of the violent events of today. Includes two charts.
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Fit for the Presidency? : Winners, Losers, What-ifs, and Also-ransby Seymour MorrisSeymour Morris Jr. applies an executive recruiter’s approach to fifteen presidential prospects from 1789 to 1980, analyzing their résumés and references to determine their fitness for the job. Were they qualified? How real were their actual accomplishments? Could they be trusted, or were their campaign promises unrealistic?
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