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What Unites Us : Reflections on Patriotism
by Dan Rather
Audiobook: The Emmy Award-winning veteran journalist shares passionate essays about what it means to be an American and the relevance of patriotism in today's world, exploring subjects ranging from the institutions that support the nation, major events from that past half century and how the country can better unite to secure a collective future.
Recommended by Jackie, Ewing Branch
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The Private Eye
by Brian K Vaughan
Graphic Novel: A detective story set in 2076, when everyone in the United States has a secret identity.
Recommended by Sharon, Hickory Corner Branch
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The Lines We Cross
by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Young Adult Fiction: A story about the power of choosing tolerance by the award-winning author of Does My Head Look Big in This? finds basketball enthusiast Michael attending anti-immigration rallies with his parents until a friendship with a Muslim refugee newcomer from Afghanistan compels him to question his family's politics.
Recommended by Kaneeze, Hightstown Memorial Branch
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The 57 Bus : A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changed Their Lives
by Dashka Slater
Young Adult Non-fiction: Documents the true story of two Oakland high school students, a white girl from a privileged private school and a black youth from a school overshadowed by crime, whose fateful interaction triggered devastating consequences for both, garnering national attention and raising awareness about hate. By the author of The Sea Serpent and Me.
Recommended by Christine, Hollowbrook Branch
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The Deep
by Nick Cutter
Fiction: When a seemingly miraculous healing agent is discovered in the Pacific in the wake of a devastating plague, a team of brave heroes descends through pitch-black waters to an incommunicado research lab in the ocean deep.
Recommended by Andrea, Hopewell Branch
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A Week in Winter
by Maeve Binchy
Fiction: A final novel by the late best-selling author of Tara Road follows the efforts of a woman who against the opinions of local detractors turns a coastal Ireland mansion into a holiday resort and receives an assortment of first guests who throughout the course of a week share laughter and the heartache of respective challenges.
Recommended by Laura, Lawrence Headquarters Branch
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet
by David Mitchell
Fiction: Dispatched to the influential Japanese port of Dejima in 1799, ambitious clerk Jacob de Zoet resolves to earn enough money to deserve his wealthy fiancée, an effort that is challenged by his relationship with the midwife daughter of a samurai.
Recommended by Melanie, Robbinsville Branch
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas on Sesame Street
by Lillian Jaine
Picture Book: A Sesame Street adaptation of the classic Christmas Eve poem finds Cookie Monster delightedly greeting Santa and his reindeer only to realize that he has eaten all of the cookies that were prepared for Santa's snack.
Recommended by Diana, Twin Rivers Branch
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A Bend in the River
by V. S. Naipaul
Fiction: In an African country that has suffered revolution and civil war and that is headed by a man of almost insane energy and crudity, one restless, reflective, and isolated villager and his friends uneasily submit to the tide of events.
Recommended by Rina, West Windsor Branch
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Delicious!
by Ruth Reichl
Fiction: Working as a public relations hotline consultant for a once-prestigious culinary magazine, Billie Breslin unexpectedly enters a world of New York restaurateurs and artisanal purveyors while reading World War II letters exchanged between a plucky 12-year-old and James Beard. A first novel by the best-selling author of Tender at the Bone.
Recommended by Amelia, Information Technology Department
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