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New Adult Materials at East Granby Library (last updated March 2010)

 

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BK/CD

 

Fiction

Bohjalian, Christopher A.

Secrets of Eden.

Haunted by final words of newly baptized congregation member who was subsequently murdered by her husband, reverend abandons his pulpit to spend time with author who writes best-selling books about angels.

BK/CD

 

Fiction

Chevalier, Tracy

Remarkable creatures.

Marked for greatness after being struck by lightning in infancy, woman discovers fossilized skeleton near her 19th century home that triggers attacks on her character and upheavals throughout religious, scientific, and academic communities.

BK/CD

 

Fiction

Grafton, Sue

"U" Is for undertow.

Hired by preppy college dropout to discern fate of 4-year-old girl who disappeared more than 20 years earlier, p.i. investigates young man's sketchy memories about burial scene he believes he discovered at age 6.

BK/CD

 

Fiction

Griffin, W.E.B.

The Honor of spies.

Assigned to help German lieutenant colonel escape from POW center, World War II OSS officer learns of  colonel's role in conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler and must outmaneuver plot to kill man's Nazi-connected parents.

BK/CD

 

Fiction

Parker, Robert B.

Split image.

Overwhelmed by double homicide involving mob hit, high-ranking crime figure and twin mafia wives, investigator increasingly succumbs to alcoholism before agreeing to assist fellow investigator on seemingly unrelated case.

 

 

Fiction-General

Banville, John

The Infinities.

At deathbed of renowned mathematician, his 2nd wife and adult children reflect on their personal demons, including son's pretty wife, who has caught the attention of the mischievous god Zeus.

 

 

Fiction-General

Bohjalian, Christopher A.

Secrets of Eden.

Haunted by final words of newly baptized congregation member who was subsequently murdered by her husband, reverend abandons his pulpit to spend time with author who writes best-selling books about angels.

 

 

Fiction-General

Burdett, John

The Godfather of Kathmandu.

Struggling to focus on promotion-making case while studying under exiled drug-pushing Tibetan lama, Thai police detective finds his efforts complicated by new appointment and his battle for control of illegal network.

 

 

Fiction-General

Campbell, Bonnie Jo

American salvage.

Story collection centered in rural Michigan, where against all odds, salvation counterbalances loss and despair in unexpected ways, where everyone is yoked together for better and worse, and where what looked like junk to most people could be worth real money.

 

 

Fiction-General

Coomer, Joe

Pocketful of names.

Woman comfortable with her life as dedicated and solitary artist living on island off coast of Maine is increasingly disturbed by and forced to adjust to series of unexpected and uninvited visitors.

 

 

Fiction-General

Delinsky, Barbara

Not my daughter.

Devastated by her teenage daughter's pregnancy, single mother/high school principal is targeted by unfair criticism when pregnancies of additional teens are rumored to be part of a pact.

 

 

Fiction-General

Erdrich, Louise

Shadow tag.

After she discovers that her husband has been reading her diary, woman turns it into manipulative farce, while secretly keeping 2nd diary that includes her true thoughts about her shaky marriage, its affect on her children, and her struggles with alcohol.

LP

 

Fiction-General

Erdrich, Louise

Shadow tag.

After she discovers that her husband has been reading her diary, woman turns it into manipulative farce, while secretly keeping 2nd diary that includes her true thoughts about her shaky marriage, its affect on her children, and her struggles with alcohol.

 

 

Fiction-General

Eslami, Elizabeth

Bone worship.

After fallout from disastrous relationship causes her to fail out of school, young woman returns home to her enigmatic Iranian father, who is planning her arranged marriage, and she must endure series of strange suitors as she searches for her father's true self.

 

 

Fiction-General

Israel, Andrea

The Recipe club: A Tale of food and friendship.

 "Novel cookbook" that combines authentic story of friendship with more than 80 delicious recipes.

 

 

Fiction-General

Oates, Joyce Carol

Little bird of heaven.

After woman is murdered, police target her estranged husband and her lover leading men's children to become obsessed with one another, each believing the other's father is guilty.

 

 

Fiction-General

Rahimi, Atiq

The Patience stone (Sange-E Saboor).

In story inspired by Persian folk tale about patience stone that will bring about  apocalypse after exploding from absorbing too much hardship, a resentful woman sits beside her brain-dead war soldier husband, talking endlessly about her grievances--and a dire secret.

 

 

Fiction-General

Shepard, Sam

Day out of days: Stories.

In series of tales set mainly in the West, man is trapped inside restaurant where endless loop of Shania Twain songs is playing, actor recounts his teenage debaucheries with old friend, and squabbling family on vacation remains oblivious to beauty of Yucatán Peninsula.

 

 

Fiction-General

Steel, Danielle

Big girl.

After her sister gets engaged to carbon copy of her narcissistic father, plus-size woman, who has fled L.A. for less-body-conscious NYC, must learn to love herself for who she is if she is ever going to get on with her life.

LP

 

Fiction-General

Tyler, Anne

Noah's compass.

Preparing to retire early from unfulfilling teaching job, man struggles to recall missing memories of night before he awoke in hospital with a head injury.

 

 

Fiction-Historical

Benjamin, Melanie

Alice I have been.

Octogenarian, who as child inspired Lewis Carroll's famous Wonderland character, looks back on life marked by implacable mother, her halcyon days in Oxford and sons who went off to war.

 

 

Fiction-Historical

Cornwell, Bernard

The Burning land.

After breaking with King Alfred of Wessex and joining Danes and Vikings in hopes of reclaiming Bebbanburg, warlord switches sides again after daughter of former ally pleads with him to take command of Mercian army.

 

 

Fiction-Historical

Hambly, Barbara

Homeland.

Exchanging letters throughout devastation of  American Civil War, 2 women - a southerner and a northerner -  share their thoughts about their husbands' military service, literature, and  prospects of 19th-century women.

 

 

Fiction-Mystery

Black, Cara

Murder in the Latin Quarter.

Computer-security analyst, forever entangled in murder investigations, finds herself balancing paying clients against freelance sleuthing involving Haitian woman who claims to be her half-sister.

 

 

Fiction-Mystery

Black, Cara

Murder in the Palais Royal.

Accused of shooting her partner, sleuth must also contend with fact that someone is impersonating her, taxman is investigating her firm, and 2 murders may have connection to youth she sent to prison.

 

 

Fiction-Mystery

Todd, Charles

The Red door.

Investigating death of Lancaster woman in summer of 1920, Scotland Yard detective links her demise to disappearance of man who was wrongly believed to have gone to serve in World War I.

 

 

Fiction-Religious

Goldstein, Rebecca Newberger

36 Arguments for the existence of God: A Work of fiction.

Psychology professor finds his relationship with fellow theorist challenged by former girlfriend's invitation to join her biochemistry experiment in immortality, an effort that is complicated by his ongoing quest to understand religion.

 

 

Fiction-Science Fiction

Card, Orson Scott

Hidden empire.

Sequel to "Empire" finds captain becoming increasingly concerned about new U.S. president 's tough-handed foreign policy stance, a perspective that causes him to be targeted and prompts his investigation into president's role in an assassination plot.

 

 

Fiction-Suspense

Boyd, Noah

The Bricklayer.

FBI recruits agent it has just fired to solve extortion plot by group that is killing human targets one by one unless bureau gives them cash.

 

 

Fiction-Suspense

Hamilton, Steve

The Lock artist.

After surviving act of violence as a child, boy stops talking and grows up with ability to open any lock or safe, a talent he sells to any buyer in the crime world, until botched heist forces him to go home to face secret that has kept him so quiet.

 

 

Fiction-Suspense

Higgins, Jack

The Wolf at the door.

When several members of elite intelligence unit are murdered by unknown assailant, fellow agent finds his life in danger upon attempting to obtain evidence proving that old nemesis is the killer.

 

 

Fiction-Suspense

Hosp, David

Among thieves.

Nearly 20 years after large-scale art heist, the unsolved case is reopened in wake of bizarre murders of Boston underground criminals whose killings suggest work of IRA-trained individual.

 

 

Fiction-Suspense

Parker, Robert B.

Split image.

Overwhelmed by double homicide involving mob hit, high-ranking crime figure and twin mafia wives, investigator increasingly succumbs to alcoholism before agreeing to assist fellow investigator on seemingly unrelated case.

 

 

Fiction-Suspense

Patterson, James

Worse case.

Detective and FBI agent investigating kidnapper who is murdering children of wealthy New York families discover that killer has hatched elaborate plot to decimate the entire city.

 

 

Fiction-Suspense

Rollins, James

Altar of Eden.

Pregnant veterinarian along with U.S. Marshall risks everything to unravel mystery of smuggler's cache of mutated animals.

 

Bio Connolly

Nonfiction-Biography

Connolly, Kevin Michael

Double take: A Memoir.

Memoir of man born without legs explores what it is to see another person clearly.

 

Bio Okrant

Nonfiction-Biography

Okrant, Robyn

Living Oprah: My one-year experiment to walk the walk of the queen of talk.

Chronicles author's efforts to live for 1 year as Oprah advises on her TV show, in her magazine and on her website.

 

Bio Lacks

Nonfiction-Biography

Skloot, Rebecca

The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks.

Documents how scientists took cells from unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization and gene mapping.

 

Bio Smith

Nonfiction-Biography

Smith, Patti

Just kids.

Artist/musician recounts her romance, lifetime friendship and shared love of art with Robert Mapplethorpe.

 

Bio Dave

Nonfiction-Biography

Todd, Leonard

Carolina Clay: The Life and legend of the slave Potter Dave.

Traces story of slave, formerly owned by author's ancestors, who became singular pottery artist of 19th century, in account that describes Dave's bold decision to reveal his literacy by signing and inscribing poetry on many of his works.

 

Bio Anne Boleyn

Nonfiction-Biography

Weir, Alison

The Lady in the tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn.

Account of Henry VIII's 2nd wife's final days seeks to vindicate her from popular negative perceptions while offering insight into additional nuances that affected her character and marriage to the infamous monarch.

 

Bio Edwards

Nonfiction-Biography

Young, Andrew

The Politician: An Insider's account of John Edward's pursuit of the presidency and the scandal that brought him down.

Key player in scandal surrounding John Edwards's extramarital affair, which resulted in a child, explains his role in the controversy.

 

330.973 Sti

Nonfiction-Business

Stiglitz, Joseph E.

Freefall: America, free markets, and the sinking of the world economy.

Nobel Prize winner explains current financial crisis--and the coming global economic order.

 

Vegetarian 641 Moo

Nonfiction-Cooking

 

Moosewood Restaurant cooking for health: More than 200 new vegetarian and vegan recipes for delicious and nutrient-rich dishes.

Over200 health-conscious recipes, focusing entirely on vegetarian and vegan cuisine that is both nutrient-rich and delicious.

 

Memoirs 641 Col

Nonfiction-Cooking

Colon, Suzan

Cherries in winter: My family's recipe for hope in hard times.

Author describes how loss of her job and subsequent need to economize inspired her to look for wisdom from her own family's past in stories told by her mother and in recipes of her indomitable grandmother.

 

610.28 Gaw

Nonfiction-General

Gawande, Atul

Checklist Manifesto: How to get things right.

Explains how simple checklists have prompted striking and immediate improvements in surgical and hospital settings, then goes beyond field of medicine to explore how checklists have improved everything from homeland security to investment banking.

 

155.9 Gei

Nonfiction-General

Geiger, John

The Third man factor: Surviving the impossible.

Explores human capacity to survive extreme conditions, noting phenomenon in which people in life-endangering circumstances often sense unseen presence who offers encouragement and guidance.

 

307 Kot

Nonfiction-General

Kotkin, Joel

The Next hundred million: America in 2050.

Makes predictions for mid-21st-century America, assessing how anticipated additional 100 million citizens will transform everything from community life and employment to technology and renewable energies.

 

912.73 Les

Nonfiction-History

Lester, Toby

The Fourth part of the world: The Race to the ends of the Earth, and the epic story of the map that gave America its name.

Chronicle of early 16th-century creation of  Waldseemüller map offers insight into how monks, classicists, merchants, and other contributors from earlier periods shaped map's creation.

 

974.6 Wil

Nonfiction-History

Williams, Mark

The Brittle thread of life: Backcountry people make a place for themselves in early America.

Colonists who settled the backcountry in 18th-century New England were recruited from social fringe, people who were desperate for land, autonomy, and respectability and who were willing to make hard living in rugged environment.

 

973.4 Woo

Nonfiction-History

Wood, Gordon S.

Empire of liberty: A History of the early republic, 1789-1815.

Account of early American Republic, ranging from 1789 and beginning of national government to end of War of 1812.

 

811 Ger

Nonfiction-Poetry

Gerstler, Amy

Dearest creature.

Latest collection by National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Bitter Angel is comprised of disparate works that consider such fantastical scenarios as chorus chant by hallucinogenic plants, dog that grants an interview, and caterpillar that offers life advice.

 

973.932 Hei

Nonfiction-Politics

Heilemann, John

Game change: Obama and the Clintons, Mccain and Palin, and the race of a lifetime.

Inside story of 2008 race for the White House explains reasons behind rise of Barack Obama, breakdown of Hilary Clinton's campaign, McCain's choice of Sarah Palin for running mate and Palin's widespread, yet polarizing, appeal.

 

324.973 Plo

Nonfiction-Politics

Plouffe, David

The Audacity to win: The Inside story and lessons of Barack Obama's historic victory.

44th president's campaign manager reveals strategies that he credits with Obama's successful primary and general elections, explaining how combination of technology and grassroots organization is revolutionizing politics.

 

153.1 Pin

Nonfiction-Self-help

Pink, Daniel H.

Drive: The Surprising truth about what motivates us.

Challenges popular misconceptions to reveal what actually motivates people and how to harness that knowledge to promote personal and professional fulfillment

 

204 Ray

Nonfiction-Self-help

Raynor, Andrea

The Voice that calls you home: Inspiration for life's journeys.

Cancer survivor and hospice chaplain who worked at Ground Zero after September 11 attacks provides positive, affirming collection of essays that teaches how to understand and accept life's darkest hours.

 

158 Rub

Nonfiction-Self-help

Rubin, Gretchen

The Happiness project: Or, why I spent a year trying to sing in the morning, clean my closets, fight right, read Aristotle, and generally have more fun.

Chronicles author's year spent testing edicts of conventional wisdom to assess their potential for improving life, describing various activities ranging from getting more sleep and singing to her children to starting a blog and imitating a spiritual master.

 

917.299 Fod 2010

Nonfiction-Travel

 

Fodor's Bermuda 2010.

Information on accommodations, restaurants, and local attractions.