January - February 2023
 Available Formats: Hardcover, BRIDGES eBook and BRIDGES Audiobook
The Bodyguard
by Katherine Center

Hired as superstar actor Jack Stapleton's bodyguard, Hannah Brooks must pose as his girlfriend while visiting his family's ranch in Texas where she finds it easy to protect him, but hard to protect her own, long-neglected heart. 
Available Formats:  Hardcover, BRIDGES eBook and BRIDGES Audiobook
American Wife: Love, War, Faith, and Renewal
by Taya Kyle

The widow of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle shares their private story: an unforgettable testament to the power of love and faith in the face of war and unimaginable loss-- her husband's murder at the height of his fame and the author's struggles to persevere and raise their children as a single parent. . A moving tribute to a man whose true heroism ran even deeper than the legend.
Available Formats: Hardcover, BRIDGES eBook and BRIDGES Audiobook
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by Victoria Schwab

In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a bargain to live forever--and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. This begins her extraordinary adventure that will play out across centuries and continents. Everything changes when, after 300 years, Addie stumbles across a man in a bookstore  a man who remembers her name.
Available Formats: Hardcover, Large print, CD, BRIDGES eBook and BRIDGES Audiobook
The Investigator
by John Sandford

Working with Homeland Security in Texas to investigate the thefts of crude oil, Letty Davenport, the brilliant and tenacious daughter of Lucas Davenport, is pitted against a militia group as the case quickly turns deadly.
Available Formats: Hardcover, BRIDGES eBook and BRIDGES Audiobook
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann

The best-selling author of The Lost City of Z presents a true account of the early 20th-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
Available Formats:  Hardcover, BRIDGES eBook and BRIDGES Audiobook
The Push
by Ashley Audrain

A devoted mother with a painful past gradually realizes that something is very wrong with her daughter, a fear that is complicated by her husbands dismissive views and the birth of a healthy son. The Push is a tour de force you will read in a sitting, an utterly immersive novel that will challenge everything you think you know about motherhood, about what we owe our children, and what it feels like when women are not believed.
Available Formats: Paperback
The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style
by Christopher Riley

Describes in clear, vivid prose and hundreds of examples how to format every element of a screenplay or television script, with new chapters on avoiding a dozen deadly formatting mistakes, clarifying the difference between a spec script and production script, and mastering the vital art of proofreading. 
Available Formats: Hardcover
Guns on the Prairie
by David Robbins

Alonzo Pratt, alias Robert Grant, has survived by his wits, going from petty pickpocket to polished con artist and master impersonator. When Federal Marshal Jacob Stone hears that Cal Grissom's gang is in the area and comes across another lawman, he's grateful for the assistance. But he does wonder why Deputy Grant seems so . . . reluctant.
Available Formats:  Paperback
The One-Minute Organizer Plain & Simple: 500 Tips for Getting Your Life in Order
by Donna Smallin

This easy-to-follow guide includes 500 strategies that will help you make your world a more orderly place so that you can spend more time enjoying the things that really matter. Even if you don’t have time for a top-to-bottom organizational makeover, you can still unclutter your life one short minute at a time!

Upcoming Book Discussions
 
 
January 23, 2023
6:30pm at the Library
Book Discussion:
The Christie Affair
by Nina de Gramont
 
February, 2023
Date/time TBD
Book Discussion:
One Book Indee
To be announced! 
Multiple copies are made available at the library for upcoming selections. Contact the library for
more information.
 
 
 
 
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Independence, Iowa 50644
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