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New Books to BPLD June 11, 2024
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The Wren in the Holly Library
by K. A. Linde
Trapped in the library of an old Brownstone with a monster filled with terrible power and darkness, street thief Kierse, when, instead of killing her, the monster offers her a job?—?gets a glimpse into who she really is, which could be something far worse than a monster.
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Rednecks
by Taylor Brown
Dramatizing the 1920 to 1921 events of the West Virginia Mine Wars, this powerful story of rebellion against oppression follows a Black WWI veteran and coal miner as he leads a miners' revolt and a Lebanese American doctor who risks his life and career to treat the sick and wounded miners.
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The comfort of ghosts
by Jacqueline Winspear
In 1945 London, psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs visits a vacant Belgravia mansion where she finds four adolescent orphans and a demobilized, gravely ill soldier and as she tries to bring comfort to them all, she is forced to examine her own painful past and the beliefs she has always accepted as true.
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Knife River : a novel
by Justine Champine
When her mother's remains are found 15 years after her disappearance, Jess returns to Knife River and to her sister Liz, who has become obsessed with unsolved missing persons cases, and seeking answers, is faced with a list of suspects who wanted their mother dead.
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Invisible labor : the untold story of the cesarean section
by Rachel Somerstein
This incisive and personal look at the science of the cesarean section exposes the ways modern medical technology promotes its overuse and can sometimes lead to significant and life-changing consequences. 30,000 first printing.
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Life after doom : wisdom and courage for a world falling apart
by Brian D. McLaren
Drawing on insights from philosophers, poets, scientists and theologians, a public theologian and activist discusses the catastrophic failure of both our religious and political leaders to address today's dominant issues while exploring how to live with wisdom, resilience and love during these turbulent times.
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Paradise of the damned : the obsessive quest for El Dorado, the legendary city of gold
by Keith Thomson
An ambitious courtier, confidant to Queen Elizabeth and El Dorado fanatic, Sir Walter Raleigh, released from the Tower of London, journeys across an ocean to find the fabled city, gambling his painstakingly acquired wealth, hard-won domestic bliss and his very life, while back home, his rivals plotted his demise. Illustrations.
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