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Category |
Author |
Title |
Description |
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Fiction-General |
Allen, Sarah Addison |
The Sugar queen. |
Quiet, awkward woman's peaceful life caring for her elderly
mother is turned upside down when sassy, confident, and bold waitress
fleeing abusive boyfriend decides to hide out in her home. |
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Fiction-General |
Buffett, Jimmy |
Swine not?: A Novel pig tale. |
Moving their beloved pet pig from their TN hometown to their new
home in posh no-pets-allowed New York City hotel, southern belle and
her twin children struggle to hide swine from hotel staff. |
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Fiction-General |
Dubus, Andre, III |
The Garden of last days. |
Reluctantly bringing her daughter to her men's club office when
her babysitter falls ill, stripper endeavors to keep her child safe
while servicing wealthy foreign client, while drunken regular angrily
retaliates for being thrown out of the club. |
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Fiction-General |
Guterson, David |
The Other. |
Two boys from profoundly different backgrounds, brought together
by their fierce love of natural world, grow up to pursue vastly
different paths in life, one as a devoted schoolteacher, and the other
as a recluse seeking refuge in the wilderness. |
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Fiction-General |
Lazar, Zachary |
Sway. |
Novel inspired by histories of Rolling Stones and Manson family
follows experiences of CA youth whose life is influenced by love
triangle involving Keith Richards, social movements of 1960s, and
Manson's community of followers. |
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Fiction-General |
Olshan, Joseph |
The Conversation. |
Fleeing to Paris to escape the past and find himself, young
American translator and writer is caught up in 2 separate affairs: a
passionate but doomed romance and a stable but emotionally cool
relationship with much older poet. |
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Fiction-General |
Stein, Garth |
The Art of racing in the rain. |
Evaluating his life on eve of his death, atypical canine
considers sacrifices his master has made in his pursuit to become
professional race car driver, and dog's own efforts to preserve
master's family. |
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Fiction-General |
Weisberger, Lauren |
Chasing Harry Winston. |
Making pact that they will change things that most challenge them
within year's time, 3 Manhattan friends shed their downtrodden
identities in order to pursue the high life. |
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Fiction-Historical |
Enger, Leif |
So brave, young, and handsome. |
In 1915 Minnesota, novelist, joins outlaw intent on reconciling
with his family, but on their journey novelist leaves his own family
behind and outlaw is pursued by relentless former Pinkerton agent. |
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Fiction-Historical |
Rushdie, Salman |
The Enchantress of Florence. |
Story of woman attempting to command her own destiny in a man’s
world. |
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Fiction-Historical |
Shaara, Jeff |
The Steel wave: A Novel of World War II. |
Fictional account of D-Day and Allied invasion of Europe
chronicles events of campaign and personalities who took part, from
ordinary soldiers to such leaders as Dwight Eisenhower and George
Patton. |
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Fiction-Mystery |
Craig, Philip R. |
Vineyard chill: A Martha's Vineyard mystery. |
Man's happy domesticity with wife and kids is disrupted by
surprising call from reckless old friend who needs help hiding from
would-be assailants, a situation with ties to beautiful woman's
disappearance. |
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Fiction-Mystery |
Evanovich, Janet |
Fearless fourteen. |
Irrepressible bounty hunter and her motley companions become
entangled in adventure involving premier funeral home and family pot
roast. |
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Fiction-Mystery |
Hart, Carolyn |
Dead days of summer. |
Bookstore owner goes undercover to pursue clever killer who has
framed her husband for murder. |
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Fiction-Mystery |
McMahon, Neil |
Dead silver. |
Follow-up to Lone Creek finds Montana lawman and his sidekick
investigating unsolved double homicide involving recently discovered
cache of photographs and earring that once belonged to woman who had
been killed for protesting opening of controversial silver mine. |
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Fiction-Romance |
Rice, Luanne |
Light of the moon. |
Feeling adrift after her mother's death and a failed love affair,
anthropologist leaves CT to travel to French Camargue to see its
fabled white horses and to investigate saint linked to her family's
history, but her life is changed forever by encounter with lonely man
and his wounded daughter. |
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Fiction-Romantic Suspense |
Roberts, Nora |
The Hollow. |
As the madness, which happens for 7 days every 7 years, prepares
to descend upon town, 3 men bound by blood and 3 woman bound by
ancestry to a demon join forces to stop terror from beginning again. |
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Fiction-Suspense |
Child, Lee. |
Nothing to lose. |
Arriving in small CO. town, man finds himself taking on entire
town as he searches for truths behind its sinister connection to
brutal war that is killing Americans thousands of miles away. |
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Fiction-Suspense |
Hart, John |
Down river. |
Five years after fleeing to NY in the wake of murder acquittal,
man returns to NC and hostile family, only to find himself trapped in
middle of new case of violence, greed, family secrets, and murder. |
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Fiction-Suspense |
Iles, Greg |
Third degree. |
Tale spanning single traumatic day follows experiences of
35-year-old woman, who awakens in her idyllic small-town home to
discover her husband frantically preparing for what he claims is IRS
audit, but she soon realizes that he has discovered truth about her
affair with another man. |
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Fiction-Suspense |
Mina, Denise |
Slip of the knife. |
When ex-boyfriend and fellow journalist is found murdered,
reporter is shocked to learn that victim has left her his home, where
she discovers suitcases filled with incriminating notes. |
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Fiction-Suspense |
Patterson, James |
Sail. |
Struggling to maintain family cohesion after the death of her
husband, Anne Dunne plans elaborate sailing vacation that is
unexpectedly challenged by her teenage daughter's suicidal thoughts,
her older son's drug use, her younger son's apparent catatonia, and a
catastrophic accident. |
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Nonfiction-Biography |
Cordery, Stacy A. |
Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House princess to
Washington power broker. |
Portrait of Teddy Roosevelt's daughter relates such facts as her
tempestuous teen years and flouting of social conventions in order to
promote women's rights, her infidelity-tested marriage to Nicholas
Longworth, and her criticism of FDR's New Deal programs. |
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Nonfiction-Biography |
Defrank, Thomas M. |
Write it when I'm gone: Remarkable off-the-record conversations
with Gerald R. Ford. |
In series of private interviews, conducted over 16 years with
stipulation that they not be released until after his death, former
president offers revealing, reflective self-portrait as he describes
his relationships with Nixon, Carter, Reagan, and Clinton; experiences
on Warren Commission; and opinions on Bush administration, Iraq war,
family, and aging. |
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Nonfiction-Biography |
Hall, Lincoln |
Dead lucky: Life after death on Mount Everest. |
2006 survival story of famed Australian mountain climber who was
pronounced dead and abandoned by Sherpas during climb of Mount Everest
only to be discovered alive the next day. |
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Nonfiction-Biography |
King, Richard |
My Maggie. |
Story of love and loss for childhood sweetheart where wife
battled poverty, severe hearing loss at early age, progressive
blindness, melanoma, breast cancer and finally ovarian cancer. |
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Nonfiction-Biography |
Wall, Elissa |
Stolen innocence: My story of growing up in a polygamous sect,
becoming a teenage bride, and breaking free of Warren Jeffs. |
Describes author's childhood in Fundamentalist Church of Latter
Day Saints, her forced marriage to her abusive cousin at 14, how she
managed to break free, and her testimony against sect's leader, Warren
Jeffs. |
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Nonfiction-Biography |
Winchester, Simon |
The Man who loved China: The Fantastic story of the eccentric
scientist who unlocked the mysteries of the Middle Kingdom. |
Portrait of mid-20th-century scientist and adventurer traces his
British government mission to China, his love affair with visiting
student, and his pivotal influence on Western world's understanding of
China's culture and history. |
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Nonfiction-Cooking |
Lee, Jennifer |
The Fortune cookie chronicles: Adventures in the world of Chinese
food. |
NY Times reporter describes her quest for excellent Chinese
cuisine while offering insight into such topics as contributions of
illegal immigrants and relationship between Jewish people and Chinese
food. |
|
Nonfiction-Finances |
Soros, George |
The New paradigm for financial markets: The Credit crisis of 2008
and what it means. |
Legendary financier George Soros explores origins of most serious
financial upheaval since Great Depression and its implications for the
future. |
|
Nonfiction-General |
Hood, Ann |
Comfort: A Journey through grief. |
Author of The Knitting Circle documents her family's journey of
grief after sudden death of her 5-year-old daughter after a virulent
illness, a process during which she learned how to knit and
experienced comfort in unexpected ways. |
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Nonfiction-General |
Mcclellan, Scott |
What happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's
culture of deception. |
Former White House press secretary examines how and why Bush
administration went awry, providing look at George W. Bush and his top
aides in terms of such crises as Hurricane Katrina, Iraq war, and
Washington's political infighting. |
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Nonfiction-General |
Moyers, Bill D. |
Moyers on democracy. |
In collection of speeches, broadcaster shares his thoughts on
state of America, betrayal of nation's democratic ideals by Bush
administration, and need to reconnect with our constitutional
principles and history of reform. |
|
Nonfiction-General |
Scheuer, Michael |
Marching toward hell: America and Islam after Iraq. |
Veteran CIA counter-terrorism analyst provides sobering analysis
of U.S. Iraqi War policy while making unsettling predictions about how
American security will be affected by the conflict. |
|
Nonfiction-General |
Sedaris, David |
When you are engulfed in flames. |
Collection of essays celebrates foibles of author's everyday life
in France and America, from attempt to make coffee with water from
flower vase to drug purchase in NC mobile home. |
|
Nonfiction-General |
Zakaria, Fareed |
The Post-American world. |
Explores how rapid rise of such nations as China, India, and
Brazil is countering America's previous dominance over global economy,
geopolitics, and culture, and shares advice on how US can thrive in
face of international changes. |
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Nonfiction-History |
Sorensen, Ted |
Counselor: A Life at the edge of history. |
Prominent international lawyer and former advisor to JFK recounts
their conversations during some of the most decisive moments of 35th
president's career, including Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, and
writing of "Profiles in Courage." |
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Nonfiction-Nature |
Barcott, Bruce |
The Last flight of the scarlet macaw: One woman's fight to save
the world's most beautiful bird. |
Describes efforts of few determined villagers in Belize, led by
head of Belize Zoo, to stop attempts to build huge dam that would
destroy one of Central America's great rivers and the last scarlet
macaws in Belize. |
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Nonfiction-Parenting |
Bernstein, Neil I. |
There when he needs you: How to be an available, involved, and
emotionally connected father to your son. |
Celebrity psychologist and author of Treating the Unmanageable
Adolescent counsels today's busy fathers on how to manage everyday
issues related to parenting sons, in step-by-step reference
complemented by case stories. |
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Nonfiction-Religion |
Kraybill, Donald B. |
Amish grace: How forgiveness transcended tragedy. |
Examines Amish community's intention to forgive man who killed 5
Amish children at West Nickel Mines School in PA in 2006, discussing
how Amish concept of forgiveness has long tradition in their religion
and is part of deeply embedded belief in pardon and reconciliation. |
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Nonfiction-Religion |
Shea, Suzanne Strempek |
Sundays in America: A Yearlong road trip in search of Christian
faith. |
Born and raised Roman Catholic, woman is inspired to visit
non-Catholic Christian churches after personal health scare and death
of John Paul II, when passion of mourners on her streets and TV
impressed her. |
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Nonfiction-Science |
Ammodt, Sandra, Ph.D |
Welcome to your brain: Why you lose your car keys but never
forget how to drive and other puzzles of everyday life. |
Challenges popular myths while drawing on recent findings in
neuroscience to offer insight into how human brain works. |
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Nonfiction-Travel |
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Fodor's Canada, 29th ed. (2008) |
Where to stay and eat; must-see sights and local secrets. |
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Nonfiction-Travel |
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Fodor's Pacific Northwest, 17th ed. (2008). |
Oregon, Washington and Vancouver. |
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Nonfiction-Travel |
Cahill, Jamie |
The Patisseries of Paris. |
Profiles almost 100 of the best patisseries, chocolate shops, tea
salons, ice cream parlors and other sweet spots in Paris. |