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Ask a Manager : How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work
by Alison Green
Non-Fiction: From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York magazine's work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to navigating 200 difficult professional conversations--featuring all-new advice! There's a reason Alison Green has been called "the Dear Abby of the work world." Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don't know what to say. Thankfully, Green does--and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career.
Recommended by Jackie, Ewing Branch
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Jaffa Beach
by Fedora Horowitz
Fiction: Fedora Horowitz, born in Romania, is a professional musician who continued her musical career in Israel and in United States. Living amongst Arabs and Jews in Israel inspired her to write Jaffa Beach. This is a love story set in the volatile context of the founding of the State of Israel, and the concomitant rise of Palestinian longing for a homeland. In this novel of epic proportions, spanning many decades and three generations, the author finds the common humanity of both Arabs and Jews. The reader will find himself steeped in the stringent rigidity of Hassidic fanaticism while in the Arab world he will be introduced to a life style, adherent to the strictures of Islamic theocracy. Jaffa Beach is a story of clashing cultures, deeply held secrets, and one young woman’s (Shifra) journey from her happiness with Musa to the abyss of despair when all she holds dear in both worlds start to slip away. She must make a life altering decision. Through the eyes of a Jewish girl, the reader is taken into a world seldom seen by both sides of the Jewish/Arab conflict.
Recommended by Amy, Hickory Corner Branch
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The Sentence is Death : A Novel
by Anthony Horowitz
Mystery: Detective Daniel Hawthorne and his literary sidekick risk their lives to expose dangerous secrets while investigating the murder of a celebrity divorce lawyer and teetotaler who was bludgeoned to death with an expensive bottle of wine.
Recommended by Emily, Hightstown Memorial Branch
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Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
by Mackenzi Lee
Young Adult Fiction: Hoping to travel to Germany to ask for help enrolling in medical school, Felicity has no money for the trip until a mysterious woman offers to travel with her and pay her way, which ends up entangling Felicity in a perilous quest across Europe.
Recommended by Christine, Hollowbrook Branch
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The First Rule of Punk
by Celia C. Pérez
Juvenile Fiction: When her first day at a new school is overshadowed by a clash with a queen bee and her dress code violating punk-rock clothes, 12-year-old Malú listens to her faraway dad's advice and resolves to be herself by pursuing the interests she loves and standing up to an anti-punk administration. A first novel.
Recommended by Briana, Hopewell Branch
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Snap
by Belinda Bauer
Mystery: Waking up to discover a knife and sinister note in her bed, a young woman is connected to a string of burglaries and the recent brutal murder of a mother of three. By the author of The Beautiful Dead
Recommended by Donna, Lawrence Headquarter Branch
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Fruit of the Drunken Tree : A Novel
by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Fiction: A novel set against the violence of 1990s Colombia follows a sheltered girl and a teen maid, who forge an unlikely friendship as the families of both struggle to maintain stability amidst Bogotá's rapidly escalating violence.
Recommended by Ilene, Robbinsville Branch
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One Perfect Lie
by Lisa Scottoline
Mystery: A single mom's efforts to support her shy star athlete son's recruitment into a Division I college are violently complicated by a secretly disturbed young man from an affluent family and a new teacher with a mysterious agenda. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Most Wanted.
Recommended by Hope, Twin Rivers Branch
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Picnic in Provence : A Memoir With Recipes
by Elizabeth Bard
Non-Fiction: In a recipe-accented account, the author of the best-selling Lunch in Paris chronicles her and her husband's move from Cosmopolitan Paris to rural Provence.
Recommended by Queenie, West Windsor Branch
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The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom
Fiction: Fifteen years after Eddie died saving a little girl named Annie, Annie suffers a terrible accident and finds herself reunited with Eddie, one of the five people who will show her how her life mattered in ways she never considered.
Recommended by Jennifer, Business Administration Office
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