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New and Featured Books for 11/12/2013:

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FICTION:

The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg

The new No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novel.

The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith

Winners by Danielle Steele

Savage Texas: The Stampeders by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone

A Big Sky Christmas by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone

Through The Evil Days by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Poisonous, smart, and outrageously entertaining.

The Dinosaur Feather by S. J. Gazan

Dark Witch by Nora Roberts

By the author of The Joy Luck Club.

The Valley Of Amazement by Amy Tan

Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope

Found by H. Terrell Griffin

A prelude to Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

Havisham by Ronald Frame

Batman, vol. 3: Death Of The Family by Scott Snyder and illustrated by Greg Capullo

NON-FICTION:

November 22, 1963: Ordinary And Extraordinary People Recall Their Reactions When They Heard The News by Jodie Elliott Hansen and Laura Hansen

The Letters Of John F. Kennedy, edited by Martin W. Sandler

Fosse!

Fosse by Sam Wasson

Chaser: Unlocking The Genius Of The Dog Who Knows A Thousand Words by John W. Pilley with Hilary Hinzmann

His own story.

Jimi Hendrix: Starting At Zero – His Own Story

All American: Two Young Men, The 2001 Army-Navy Game And The War They Fought In Iraq by Steve Eubanks

Their Life’s Work: The Brotherhood Of The 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, Then And Now by Gary M. Pomerantz

The life and art of Norman Rockwell.

American Mirror: The Life And Art Of Norman Rockwell by Deborah Solomon

The Embassy House: The Explosive Eyewitness Account Of The Libyan Embassy Siege By The Soldier Who Was There by Morgan Jones and Damien Lewis

American Heroes On The Homefront: The Hearts of Heroes by Oliver North and Bob Hamer

Game Change 2012.

Double Down: Game Change 2012 by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann

Chasing Utopia: A Hybird by Nikki Giovanni

Miss Kay’s Duck Commander Kitchen: Faith, Family, And Food – Bringing Our Home To Your Table by Kay Robertson with Chrys Howard

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Previous New/Featured books:

10/25/13.

10/23/13.

10/21/13.

10/18/13.

New and Featured Books for 10/23/2013:

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FICTION:

Identical by Scott Turow

Guests On Earth by Lee Smith

Rasputin casts a long shadow indeed...

Rasputin’s Shadow by Raymond Khoury

Mirror, Mirror by J. D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Elaine Fox, Marky Kay McComas, and R. C. Ryan

Rough Passage To London: A Sea Captain’s Tale by Robin Lloyd

Gilt Trip by Laura Childs with Diana Orgain

The dirtiest.

Dirty Love by Andre Dubus III

Vicious Circle by Wilbur Smith

Seances!

The Seance Society by Michael Nethercott

Dark City – Repairman Jack: The Early Years by F. Paul Wilson

The Wolves Of Midwinter by Anne Rice

Silencing Eve by Iris Johansen

Bond, James Bond.

Solo by William Boyd

Mortal Bonds by Michael Sears

Just One Evil Act by Elizabeth George

Law Of The Desert Born, adapted by Charles Santino, scripted by Beau L’Amour and Katherine Nolan, based on a short story by Louis L’Amour, and illustrated by Thomas Yeates

Sometimes life is a competition.

Losing To Win by Michele Grant

Lighthouse Island by Paulette Jiles

Absolute Top Ten by Alan Moore and illustrated by Gene Ha and Zander Cannon

Those are some tough looking mice.

Mouse Guard: The Black Axe by David Petersen

Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen

The Counterfeit Mistress by Madeline Hunter

The Tilted World by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly

NON-FICTION:

Who Really Killed Kennedy? – 50 Years Later: Stunning New Revelations About The JFK Assassination by Jerome R. Corsi

Where Were You? – America Remembers the JFK Assassination, compiled and edited by Gus Russo and Harry Moses

The creation of one nation, indivisible.

The Men Who United The States: America’s Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics, And Mavericks, And The Creation Of One Nation, Indivisble by Simon Winchester

America!!!!

One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson

Practice To Deceive by Ann Rule

From Scratch: Inside The Food Network by Allen Salkin

Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story by Peter Bagge

All that jazz!

Duke: A Life Of Duke Ellington by Terry Teachout

Johnny Carson by Henry Bushkin

Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, And Other Powerful Web Tools For Classrooms by Will Richardson

Who Discovered America? – The Untold History Of The Peopling Of The Americas by Gavin Menzies and Ian Hudson

Jeff Bezos and the age of Amazon.

The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos And The Age Of Amazon by Brad Stone

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Previous New/Featured books:

10/21/13.

10/18/13.

09/25/13.

09/18/13.

09/03/13.

New and Featured Books for 09/25/2013:

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FICTION:

The new novel by the popular author.

Dissident Gardens by Jonathan Lethem

Thankless In Death by J. D. Robb

The House Of Journalists by Tim Finch

The answer to your weird little prayers.

Stumptown, vol. 2: The Case Of The Baby In The Velvet Case by Greg Rucka and illustrated by Matthew Southworth

I can see you!

The Animal Man Omnibus by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Chaz Truog, Doug Hazlewood, Tom Grummett, Paris Cullins, Steve Montano, Mark McKenna, and Mark Farmer

Star Trek, vol. 5 by Mike Johnson, F. Leonard Johnson, and Ryan Parrott and illustrated by Claudia Balboni

A Seaside Christmas by Sherryl Woods

Cartwheel by Jennifer duBois

A Question Of Honor by Charles Todd

The long awaited sequel to The Shining.

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

The Bones Of Paris by Laurie R. King

Moonrise by Cassandra King

Gone With The Woof by Laurien Berenson

Scandalous.

The First Affair by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

The Dead And The Beautiful by Cheryl Crane

NON-FICTION:

Lawrence In Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly And The Making Of The Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson

Our last, best hope...

Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope For A Future On Earth? by Alan Weisman

The Message: The Reselling Of President Obama by Richard Wolffe

O, What A Luxury: Verses Lyrical, Vulgar, Pathetic & Profound by Garison Keillor

Europe goes to WAR.

Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes To War by Max Hastings

Killing Jesus: A History by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

09/18/13.

09/03/13.

08/14/13.

08/06/13.

07/16/13.

New and Featured Books for 09/18/2013:

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FICTION:

The Hive by Gill Hornby

Something Borrowed, Something Dead by M. C. Beaton

Blindsided by Fern Michaels

The final cut.

Dexter’s Final Cut by Jeff Lindsay

Christmas Carol Murder by Leslie Meier

The Impersonator by Mary Miley

The new book by Thomas Pynchon.

Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon

Big Sky Wedding by Linda Lael Miller

Charge!

Wonder Woman, vol. 3: Iron by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Cliff Chiang

New Avengers, vol. 1: Everything Dies by Jonathan Hickman and illustrated by illustrated by Steve Epting

Avengers, vol. 2: The Last White Event by Jonathan Hickman and illustrated by Dustin Weaver and Mike Deodato

Meow!

Lost Cat by Jason

Beloved Enemy by Eric Van Lustbader

The Night Is Alive by Heather Graham

Blind Justice by Anne Perry

Sometimes the tables get turned...

The Player & The Game by Shelly Ellis

The NYT bestselling author of The Book Of Air and Shadows

The Return by Michael Gruber

The Blood Gospel by James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell

The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks

The Final Cut by Catherine Coulter and J. T. Ellison

NON-FICTION:

Samantha Geimer

The Girl: A Life In The Shadow Of Roman Polanski by Samantha Geimer and Lawrence Silver with Judith Newman

Five Days At The Memorial by Sheri Fink

Infiltrated: How To Stop Insiders And Activists Who Are Exploiting The Financial Crisis To Control Our Lives And Our Fortunes by Jay W. Richards

Kate: The Future Queen by Katie Nicholl

A brief history of Stephen Hawking.

My Brief History by Stephen Hawking

Sex, power, and the quest for perfection.

Wonder Women: Sex, Power, And The Quest For Perfection by Debora L. Spar

Grain Brain: The Surpristing Truth About Wheat, Carbs, And Sugar – Your Brain’s Silent Killers by David Perlmutter with Kristin Loberg

Masterminds & Wingmen: Helping Our boys Cope With Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, And The New Rules Of Boy World by Rosalind Wiseman

The invention of the American meal.

Three Squares: The Invention Of The American Meal by Abigail Carroll

Imploding web, obsolete searchs, brain tech, and everything else.

Breakpoint: Why The Web Will Implode, Search Will Be Obsolete, And Everything Else You Need To Know About Technology Is In Your Brain by Jeff Stibel

Command And Control: Nuclear Weapons, The Damascus Accident, And The Illusion Of Safety by Eric Schlosser

You’ll Get Through This: Hope And Help For Your Turbulent Times by Max Lucado

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

09/03/13.

08/14/13.

08/06/13.

07/16/13.

New and Featured Books for 07/30/2013:

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FICTION:

The Homecoming by Carsten Stroud

An Eve Duncan novel.

Hunting Eve by Iris Johansen

The English Girl by Daniel Silva

The Hen Of The Baskervilles by Donna Andrews

Two Fronts: The War That Came Early by Harry Turtledove

The Panopticon.

The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan

The White Princess by Phillippa Gregory

Love, dishonor, marry, die, cherish, perish.

Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish by David Rakoff

Batman, The Dark Knight, vol. 2: Cycle Of Violence by Gregg Hurwitz and illustrated by David Finch

Earth 2, vol. 1: The Gathering by James Robinson and illustrated by Nicola Scott Eduardo Pansica

The Violet Hour by Katherine Hill

The night of the comet.

The Night Of The Comet by George Bishop

New New Earth.

New Earth by Ben Bova

Before Watchmen: Nite Owl/Dr. Manhattan by J. Michael Straczynski and illustrated by Andy Kubert, Joe Kubert, Bill Sienkiewicz, Adam Hughes, and Eduardo Risso

Before Watchmen: Comedian/Rorschach by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by J. G. Jones and Lee Bermejo

Storm Riders by Margaret Weis and Robert Krammes

Love affairs.

The Love Affairs Of Nathaniel P. by Adella Waldman

NON-FICTION:

Sense and nonsense.

Do You Believe In Magic? – The Sense And Nonsense Of Alternative Medicine by Paul A. Offit

The Center Holds: Obama And His Enemies by Jonathan Alter

New news.

New News Out Of Africa: Uncovering Africa’s Renaissance by Charlayne Hunter-Gault

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

07/16/13.

07/10/13.

07/02/13.

06/18/13.

06/06/13.

New and Featured Books for 07/10/2013:

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FICTION:

The highly anticpated new novel by the NYT bestselling author.

The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman

Unseen by Karin Slaughter

The Newcomer by Robyn Carr

Big Girl Panties by Stephanie Evanovich

An Easy Rawlins mystery.

Little Green by Walter Mosley

Hidden Order by Brad Thor

Dirty Rotten Liar by Noire

Nemesis by Bill Pronzini

The Good Luck Girls Of Shipwreck Lane by Kelly Harms

Please Don’t Tell by Elizabeth Adler

Who watches the watchmen

Before Watchmen: Minutemen/Silk Spectre written and illustrated by Darwyn Cooke and Amanda Conner

Before Watchmen: Ozymandias/Crimson Corsair by Len Wein and John Higgins and illustrated by Jae Lee, John Higgins, and Steve Rude

Superman, vol. 2: Secrets And Lies by Dan Jurgens, Keith Giffen, Scott Lobdell, and Fabian Nicieza and illustrated by Dan Jurgens, Jesus Merino, Vicent Cifuentes, and others

Green Lantern Corps, vol. 2: Alpha War by Peter J. Tomasi and illustrated by Fernando Pasarin

Let It Burn by Steve Hamilton

Freud’s Mistress by Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman

An FBI thriller.

Bomb Shell by Catherine Coulter

NON-FICTION:

A creative revolution.

Difficult Men: Behind The Scenes Of A Creative Revolution: From The Sopranos And The Wire To Mad Men And Breaking Bad by Brett Martin

Circle Of Friends: The Massive Federal Crackdown On Insider Trading – And Why The Markets Always Work Against The Little Guy by Charles Gasparino

Here Is Where: Discovering America’s Great Forgotten History by Andrew Carroll

Rose Kennedy: The Life And Times Of A Political Matriarch by Barbara A. Perry

A life inside the center.

Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside The Center by Ray Monk

Hunting Che: How A U.S. Special Forces Team Helped Capture The World’s Most Famous Revolutionary by Mitch Weiss and Kevin Maurer

How to achieve your goals, thrive in adversity, and grow in character.

A Survival Guide For Life: How To Achieve Your Goals, Thrive In Adversity, And Grow In Character by Bear Grylls

True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure by Andrew Weil, Sam Fox, and Michael Stebner

Cooking Italian With The Cake Boss by Buddy Valastro

Old-School Comfort Food: The Way I Learned To Cook by Alex Guarnaschelli

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

07/02/13.

06/18/13.

06/06/13.

05/31/13.

05/28/13.

New and Featured Books for 06/06/2013:

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FICTION:

A Cookbook Conspiracy by Kate Carlisle

A novel of two generations of sisters and secrets set int he stunning South Carolina lowcountry.

The Time Between by Karen White

Time Flies by Claire Cook

Big Brother by Lionel Shriver

The Black Country by Alex Grecian

You can call me Al.

The Confessions Of Al Capone by Loren D. Estleman

The Night Is Watching by Heather Graham

Batman And Robin, vol. 2: Pearl by Peter J. Tomasi and illustrated by Patrick Gleason, Lee Garbett, Andy Clarke, and Tomas Giorello

Friends and sins.

Never Keeping Secrets by Niobia Bryant

Sidewinders: The Butcher Of Bear Creek by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone

Skinny Bitch In Love by Kim Barnouin

Sandstorm by Alan L. Lee

Lovers and trains

Trains And Lovers by Alexander McCall Smith

NON-FICTION:

Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.

Duel With The Devil: The True Story Of How Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr Teamed Up To Take On America’s First Sensational Murder Mystery by Paul Collins

Doc: A Memoir by Dwight Gooden with Ellis Henican

The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets And Lives Of Christine Granville by Clare Mulley

Wild ones!

Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking At People Looking At Animals In America by Jon Mooallem

What Do Women Want? – Adventures In The Science Of Female Desire by Daniel Bergner

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

05/31/13.

05/28/13.

05/09/13.

04/29/13.

04/22/13.

New and Featured Books for 05/31/2013:

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FICTION:

Saving Laura by Jim Satterfield

Good Kings, Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum

A Mama Ruby novel.

Lost Daughters by Mary Monroe

TransAtlantic by Colum McCann

Ladies’ Night by Mary Kay Andrews

Close Knit Killer by Maggie Sefton

Into Darkness.

Star Trek Into Darkness, a novelization by Alan Dean Foster

Choke Point by Ridley Pearson

Batman: Noir – The Deluxe Edition by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Eduardo Risso

A Lincoln Rhyme novel.

The Kill Room by Jeffery Deaver

Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews

Steadfast by Mercedes Lackey

Earth Afire: The First Formic War by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston

NON-FICTION:

The Boys In The Boat: Nine Americans And Their Epic Quest For Gold At The 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

And how it all came crashing down...

Straight Flush: The True Story Of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way To A Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire – And How It All Came Crashing Down… by Ben Mezrich

Double Double: A Dual Memoir Of Alcoholism by Martha Grimes and Ken Grimes

An Atheist in The Foxhole: A Liberal’s Eight-Year Odyssey Inside The Heart Of The Right-Wing Media by Joe Muto

The amazing adventures of Jerry and Joe!

Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures Of Jerry Siegel And Joe Shuster – The Creators Of Superman by Brad Ricca

To Move The World: JFK’s Quest For Peace by Jeffrey D. Sachs

Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny, And The American Dream by Deepak Chopra and Sanjiv Chopra

Revolutionary Summer: The Birth Of American Independence by Joseph J. Ellis

A history of the U.S. in 10 firearms.

American Gun: A History Of The U.S. In Ten Firearms by Chris Kyle with William Doyle

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

05/28/13.

05/09/13.

04/29/13.

04/22/13.

04/17/13.

New and Featured Books for 05/09/2013:

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FICTION:

A House Divided by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Angora Alibi by Sally Goldenbaum

An absolute master of the thriller, says Dean Koontz.

Murder As A Fine Art by David Morrell

Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris

Dead, White, And Blue by Carolyn Hart

Spenser in Wonderland.

Robert B. Parker’s Wonderland by Ace Atkins

Wonder Woman, vol. 2: Guts by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Cliff Chiang

Superman – Action Comics, vol. 2: Bulletproof by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Rags Morales, Gene Ha, Cully Hamner, and Ryan Sook

Batman: Detective Comics, volume 2: Scare Tactics, written and illustrated by Tony S. Daniel

Avengers: Season One by Peter David and illustrated by various artists

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo: A Graphic Novel, Book 2 by Stieg Larsson, adapted by Denise Mina and illustrated by Leonardo Manco and Andrea Mutti

The fine art of strange crimes.

Red Handed: The Fine Art Of Strange Crimes by Matt Kindt

Long Live The King by Fay Weldon

Star Wars: Dawn Of The Jedi – Into The Void by Tim Lebbon

The return of Mike Hammer.

Complex 90 by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

NON-FICTION:

American Phoenix: John Quincy And Louisa Adams, The War Of 1812, And The Exile THat Saved American Independence by Jane Hampton Cook

Believe it or not!

A Curious Man: The Strange And Brilliant Life Of Robert “Believe It Or Not” Ripley by Neal Thompson

Six weeks that saved the nation.

Through The Perilous Fight: Six Weeks That Saved The Nation by Steve Vogel

Picasso To Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters by Jodi Hauptman, with essays by Samantha Friedman and Michael Rooks

Global Tilt: Leading Your Business Through The Gerat Economic Power Shift by Ram Charan with Geri Willigan and Charles Burck

Tourettes, faith, strength, power, family.

The World’s Strongest Librarian: A Memoir Of Tourette’s, Faith, Strength, And The Power Of Family by Josh Hanagarne

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

04/29/13.

04/22/13.

04/17/13.

02/28/13.

New and Featured Books for 04/29/2013:

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FICTION:

Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs

Calculated In Death by J. D. Robb

Forbidden Sister by V. C. Andrews

The third in the Legend of St. Dwynmwen trilogy.

The Marrying Season by Candace Camp

Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Imzadi by Peter David

Batman, vol. 2: The City Of Owls by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV and illustrated by Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, Rafael Albuquerque, Jason Fabok, Becky Cloonan, Andy Clarke, and Sandu Florea

Batman: Night Of The Owls by various writers and artists

Meet Lisbeth Salander.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo: A Graphic Novel, Book 1 by Stieg Larsson, adapted by Denise Mina and illustrated by Leonardo Manco and Andrea Mutti

The Hot Box by Zane

Skyscraper by Zane

Knife Of Dreams by Robert Jordan

NON-FICTION:

My Share Of The Task: A Memoir by Stanley McChrystal

If You Can Read This: The Philosophy Of Bumper Stickers by Jack Bowen

What can we learn from traditional societies

The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies? by Jared Diamond

The Dead Hand: The Untold Story Of The Cold War Arms Race And Its Dangerous Legacy by David E. Hoffman

Secrets Of An Organized Mom – From The Overflowing Closets To The Chaotic Play Areas: A Room-By-Room Guide To Decluttering And Streamlining Your Home For A Happier Family by Barbara Reich

The Dressmaker Of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, And The Woman Who Risked Everything To Keep Them Safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Space... for sale!

Realizing Tomorrow: The Path To Private Spaceflight by Chris Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom

The Other Schindlers: Why Some People Chose To Save Jews In The Holocaust by Agnes Grunwald-Spier

My beloved world.

My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor

The thoughts and emotions of our fellow creatures.

Animal Wise: The Thoughts And Emotions Of Our Fellow Creatures by Virginia Morell

How To Be A Friend To A Friend Who’s Sick by Letty Cottin Pogrebin

China Airborne: The Test Of China’s Future by James Fallows

The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir by William Friedkin

A city, a siege, a revolution!

Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

04/22/13.

04/17/13.

02/28/13.

02/07/13.

New and Featured Books for 04/17/2013:

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FICTION:

Did You Miss Me? by Karen Rose

Lake People by Abi Maxwell

Alex Cross, Run by James Patterson

Heart Of Ice by P. J. Parrish

Thats a nasty place to have an accident.

The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman

Have mercy!

The Office Of Mercy by Ariel Djanikian

Farewell, Dorothy Parker by Ellen Meister

The Gray Ghost  Murders by Keith McCafferty

The Dark Legacy Of Shannara: Bloodfire Quest by Terry Brooks

There is no going wrong with a Mina mystery.

Gods And Beasts by Denise Mina

Frances And Bernard by Carlene Bauer

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

Batman: Arkham Unhinged

Gotcha! by Fern Michaels

Red Velvet Cupcake Murder: A Hannah  Swensen Mystery With Recipes by Joanne Fluke

NON-FICTION:

Shouting Won’t Help: Why I – And 50 Million Other Americans – Can’t Hear You by Katherine Bouton

Defeating the culture of bullying and rediscovering the power of character and empathy.

Sticks And Stones: Defeating The Culture Of Bullying And Rediscovering The Power Of Character And Empathy by Emily Bazelon

With Charity For All: Why Charities Are Failing And A Better Way To Give by Ken Stern

The Stranger Beside Me – Ted Bundy: The Classic Case of Serial Murder by Ann Rule

Law & Disorder: The Legendary FBI Profiler’s Relentless Pursuit Of Justice by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker

Electric light and the invention of modern America.

The Age Of Edison: Electric Light And The Invention Of Modern America by Ernest Freeberg

The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-The-Scenes Look At The Power, Personalities And Politics At The Heart Of The Catholic Church by John Thavis

The Last Best Cure: My Quest To Awaken The Healing Parts Of My Brain And Get Back My Body, My Joy, And My Life by Donna Jackson Nakazawa

Keynes/Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics by Nicholas Wapshott

The Pope’s Last Crusade: How An American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI’s Campaign To Stop Hitler by Peter Eisner

Eighty Days: Nellie Bly ANd Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around The World by Matthew Goodman

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

02/28/13.

02/07/13.

01/31/13.

01/02/13.