BCLS Staff Picks
January 2016
The Intern's Handbook : A Thriller
by Shane Kuhn

John Lago, New York City's most successful hit man, doubles as an intern at a prestigious Manhattan law firm where he gathers intel to pull of a clean, untraceable hit, but finds his plans thwarted by a sexy FBI agent who is assigned to take down the same law partner he's been assigned to kill.
 
recommended by Melissa in Manvel
Past Perfect
by Leila Sales

Accepting a summer job at a Colonial reenactment village in order to forget about Ezra, the boy who has broken her heart, Chelsea is horrified to learn that he is working at the same place, which makes moving on and forgetting him a lot more complicated… even when Chelsea starts falling for someone new. By the author of Mostly Good Girls.
 
recommended by Sara in Administration
Opposites
by Ingrid Schubert

The creators of The Umbrella present a sumptuous sequence of images that depict contrasting animal subjects in nonsensical scenarios, from a little badger who takes shelter underneath a tall giraffe during a storm to an elephant who lounges in a treetop nest that is circled by flying fish and alligators.
 
recommended by Natalie in Freeport
Carthage Must Be Destroyed : The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
by Richard Miles

An epic history of the city whose defeat was one of the ancient world's defining moments draws on a wealth of new archaeological research to cover such topics as its founding among the Phoenician settlements of Lebanon, its rise to the Mediterranean's greatest sea power and the contributions of military leader Hannibal. 25,000 first printing.
 
recommended by Tom in Administration
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