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New and Featured DVDs for 12/17/13:

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Come and check out these and some of the other new DVDs and materials (or at least new to us) added to our library collection…

FICTION:

Flight

War Horse

Midnight In Paris

The Ice Storm

Creature From The Black Lagoon

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

...and by each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

Cloud Atlas

Sherlock, season 2

Howl’s Moving Castle

Pain & Gain

The Neverending Story

The Stepford Wives

Oblivion

Certified Copy

The closer you look, the less you will see.

Now You See Me

The Squid And The Whale

Django Unchained

Ted

The Flowers Of War

The Shining

They are taking adventure to new lengths...

Tangled

The Black Hole

It

Take Shelter

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Side Effects

Rango

Downton Abbey, season 3

Godzilla

Hereafter

No one cared who I was until I put on the mask...

The Dark Knight Rises

The Rock

My Fair Lady

Tiny Furniture

Identity Thief

NON-FICTION:

Afraid Of The Dark

The Creation Of The Computer

A film by Sarah Polley.

Stories We Tell

Thomas Jefferson

Jesse James

Brain Games

Jesus Camp

The 500 year legacy that shaped a nation.

Latino Americans

Houdini

Herod’s Lost Tomb

A Martin Scorsese picture.

Bob Dylan: No Direction Home

Yoga For Beginners With Desi Bartlett

Yoga For Weight Loss

Dance Off The Inches: Hip Hop Party

10 Minute Solution: Fat Blasting Dance Mix

Secrets Of Body Language

The Science Of Sex Appeal

The future is now!

What Will The Future Be Like?

The Fabric Of The Cosmos

The Medal Of Honor: The Stories Of Our Nation’s Most Celebrated Heroes

Wyatt Earp

Wanted: Billy The Kid, Dead Or Alive

Guns: The Evolution Of Firearms

Creativity can solve anything.

Art & Copy

Harlan Ellison: Dreams With Sharp Teeth

Bully

A Place At The Table

Mythbusters, Collection 2

American Teacher

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Previous New/Featured DVDs:

10/31/13.

10/24/13.

10/05/12.

06/28/12.

Previous New/Featured books:

11/12/2013.

10/25/13.

10/23/13.

10/21/13.

New and Featured Books for 10/30/2013:

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Come and check out these and some of the other new books and materials (or at least new to us) added to our library collection…

FICTION:

The Hunter And Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett, edited by Richard Layman and Julie M. Rivett

The new novel by the acclaimed author.

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Secret Daughter Of The Tsar by Jennifer Laam

Outlaw by Mark Sullivan

Silent Night: A Spenser Holiday Novel by Robert B. Parker

A trail of intrigue that will captivate you from page one.

Drone by Mike Maden

Green Lantern, vol. 3: The End by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Doug Mahnke

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – Last Shots by Robin Furth and Peter David and illustrated by Richard Isanove

The Mole: The Cold War Memoir Of Winston Bates by Peter Warner

The NYT bestsellign author of True Sisters.

Fallen Women by Sandra Dallas

Bertie Plays The Blues by Alexander McCall Smith

The Cartographer Of No Man’s Land by P. S. Duffy

Abominable!

Abominable by Dan Simmons

Purgatory by Ken Bruen

A Nantucket Christmas by Nancy Thayer

The Counselor: A Screenplay by Cormac McCarthy

NON-FICTION:

Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, And Line Their Own Pockets by Peter Schweizer

The untold story...

Backstage At The Lincoln Assassination: The Untold Story Of The Actors And Stagehands At Ford’s Theatre by Thomas A. Bogar

Allied heroes, nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history.

The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, And The Greatest Treasure Hunt In History by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter

What’s So Funny? – My Hilarious Life by Tim Conway with Jane Scovell

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Please note that books mentioned here could be checked out between the time they end up on the blog and when you come to check them out. If you don’t see the items you’re looking for then please come up to the front desk, OR call us, OR send us an email at robinsbaselibrary@gmail.com and  we’ll put your name on the reserve list for when the item returns.

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Previous New/Featured books:

10/25/13.

10/23/13.

10/21/13.

10/18/13.

09/25/13.

New and Featured Books for 10/25/2013:

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FICTION:

The Spymistress by Jennifer Chiaverini

It takes a cat to write the purrfect mystery.

The Litter Of The Law by Rita Mae Brown

Longbourn.

Longbourn by Jo Baker

The Good Sister by Wendy Corsi Staub

The Last Winter Of Dani Lancing by P. D. Viner

Cantrell: A Western Duo by T. T. Flynn

A V. I. Warshawski novel.

Critical Mass by Sara Paretsky

Captive: The Forbidden Side Of Nightshade by A. D. Robertson

Police by Jo Nesbø

Twas the woof before Christmas...

The Dogs Of Christmas by W. Bruce Cameron

Red planet blues.

Old Mars, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois

The October List by Jeffery Deaver

Quiet Dell by Jayne Anne Phillips

A sequel to A Time To Kill.

Sycamore Row by John Grisham

Outlaw by Ted Dekker

We Are Water by Wally Lamb

Duck The Halls by Donna Andrews

The Spanish Queen by Carolly Erickson

NON-FICTION:

The last of the old media empires.

Murdoch’s World: The Last Of The Old Media Empires by David Folkenflik

Provence, 1970: M. F. K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, And The Reinvention Of American Taste by Luke Barr

Risk, human nature, and the future of forecasting.

The Map And The Territory: Risk, Human Nature, And The Future Of Forecasting by Alan Greenspan

Lidia’s Common Sense Italian Cooking by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali

Eminent Hipsters by Donald Fagen

Robert Plant: A Life by Paul Rees

Mr. October.

Becoming Mr. October by Reggie Jackson with Kevin Baker

Skinny Bitch Bakery by Kim Barnouin

Cyber Law: Maximizing Safety And Minimizing Risk In Classrooms by Aimée M. Bissonette

Key strategies, technology toolkit, and tips for managing techno-brain burnout.

iBrain: Surviving The Technological Alteration Of The Modern Mind by Gary Small and Gigi Vorgan

Camelot’s Court: Inside The Kennedy White House by Robert Dallek

The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ by Roger Stone with Mike Colapietro

Inspired by a true story.

The Butler by Wil Haygood

Days Of Fire: Bush And Cheney In The White House by Peter Baker

Heart: An American Medical Odyssey by Dick Cheney and Jonathan Reiner with Liz Cheney

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Please note that books mentioned here could be checked out between the time they end up on the blog and when you come to check them out. If you don’t see the items you’re looking for then please come up to the front desk, OR call us, OR send us an email at robinsbaselibrary@gmail.com and  we’ll put your name on the reserve list for when the item returns.

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Previous New/Featured books:

10/23/13.

10/21/13.

10/18/13.

09/25/13.

09/18/13.

New and Featured DVDs for 10/24/13:

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Come and check out these and some of the other new DVDs and materials (or at least new to us) added to our library collection…

FICTION:

The Witches

Teeth

Pet Semetary

Letters From Iwo Jima

A film by Frank Capra.

Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

Octopussy

The Bad Sleep Well

Shallow Hal

Down With Love

Red Corner

By the author of The Firm and The Client.

A Time To Kill

The Toy

The Diving Bell And The Butterfly

American Graffiti

United 93

An adaptation of the book by E. M. Forster.

Howard’s End

Last Dance

Elevator To The Gallows

The Holiday

Freaky Friday

Ghost In The Shell

Inconceivable!

The Princess Bride

The Hunt For Red October

Secondhand Lions

Jump

Miss Congeniality

The Lake House

Secret Honor

3:10 To Yuma (both the original and the remake)

Stuck in the middle with you.

Reservoir Dogs

Magnificent Obsession

K-19: The Widowmaker

NON-FICTION:

Ben Franklin Tech

Explorers: From The Titanic To The Moon

The Carol Burnett Show!

The Carol Burnett Show: Let’s Bump Up The Lights!

The Carol Burnette Show: Show Stoppers!

Peter & Paul And The Christian Revolution

Essential Dinosaur Pack

Oswald’s Ghost

Uslysses S. Grant: Warrior, President

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Previous New/Featured DVDs:

10/05/12.

06/28/12.

06/07/12.

03/15/12.

Previous New/Featured books:

10/23/13.

10/21/13.

10/18/13.

09/25/13.

New and Featured Books for 10/18/2013:

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Come and check out these and some of the other new books and materials (or at least new to us) added to our library collection…

FICTION:

The Night Is Forever by Heather Graham

Gold and babies.

The Pure Gold Baby by Margaret Drabble

Starry Night by Debbie Macomber

Three Can Keep A Secret by Archer Mayor

Inherit The Dead by various authors

Robert B. Parker’s Damned If You Do by Michael Brandman

Yeah, seriously. Who?

Who Asked You? by Terry McMillan

Secrets Of The Notebook by Eve Haas

Star Wars: Kenobi by John Jackson Miller

The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

Deadline by Sandra Brown

Will the circle remain unbroken?

The Circle by Dave Eggers

Loss Of Innocence by Richard North Patterson

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

The Double by George Pelecanos

Death Over Easy by Toby Speed

The night guest!

The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane

Ghost Gone Wild by Carolyn Hart

Doing Hard Time by Stuart Woods

NON-FICTION:

The sense of an ending.

Levels Of Life by Julian Barnes

My Story by Elizabeth Smart with Christ Stewart

Gaddafi’s Harem: The Story Of A Young Woman And The Abuses Of Power In Libya by Annick Cojean

When politics worked.

Tip And The Gipper: When Politics Worked by Chris Matthews

There’s More To Life Than This: Healing Messages, Remarkable Stories, And Insight About The Other Side From The Long Island Medium by Theresa Caputo

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Please note that books mentioned here could be checked out between the time they end up on the blog and when you come to check them out. If you don’t see the items you’re looking for then please come up to the front desk, OR call us, OR send us an email at robinsbaselibrary@gmail.com and  we’ll put your name on the reserve list for when the item returns.

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

09/25/13.

09/18/13.

09/03/13.

08/14/13.

08/06/13.

New and Featured Books for 09/03/2013:

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FICTION:

A Quirke novel.

Holy Orders by Benjamin Black

Evil Eye: Four Novellas Of Love Gone Wrong by Joyce Carol Oates

Richard Castle’s A Calm Before The Storm: A Derrick Storm Mystery by Peter David and illustrated by Robert Atkins with Al Barrionuevo and Carlos Rodriguez

The Childhood Of Jesus by J. M. Coetzee

Shadows Of The New Sun: Stories In Honor Of Gene Wolfe, edited by J. E. Mooney and Bill Fawcett

The title is a palindrome.

MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood

The Mayan Secrets: A Fargo Adventure by Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry

The Given Sacrifice: A Novel Of The Change by S. M. Stirling

Declan’s Cross by Carla Neggers

The Whole Enchilada by Diane Mott Davidson

The inspiration for the FOX TV series.

Bones Of The Lost by Kathy Reichs

Runaway Man by David Handler

A thriller!

Good As Gone by Douglas Corleone

Tell No Lies by Gregg Hurwitz

Never Go Back by Lee Child

NON-FICTION:

Protecting childhood and family relationshps in the Digital Age.

The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood And Family Relationships In The Digital Age by Catherine Steiner-Adair with Teresa H. Barker

Serve To Win: The 14-Day Gluten-Free Plan For Physical And Mental Excellence by Novak Djokovic

Battle For Ground Zero: Inside The Political Struggle To Rebuild The World Trade Center by Elizabeth Greenspan

A true Treasure Island ghost story.

Headhunters On My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story by J. Maarten Troost

Under Fire: The Untold Story Of The Attack In Benghazi by Fred Burton and Samuel M. Katz

Power, scandal, and tragedy!

Crazy Rich: Power, Scandal, And Tragedy Inside The Johnson & Johnson Dynasty by Jerry Oppenheimer

Enemies Within: Inside The NYPD’s Secret Spying Unit And Bin Laden’s Final Plot Against America by Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman

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Please note that books mentioned here could be checked out between the time they end up on the blog and when you come to check them out. If you don’t see the items you’re looking for then please come up to the front desk, OR call us, OR send us an email at robinsbaselibrary@gmail.com and  we’ll put your name on the reserve list for when the item returns.

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

08/14/13.

08/06/13.

07/16/13.

07/10/13.

07/02/13.

New and Featured Books for 08/14/2013:

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FICTION:

Heirs And Graces by Rhys Bowen

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived!

Queen’s Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle

Save yourself!

Save Yourself by Kelly Braffet

Under A Texas Sky by Dorothy Garlock

The Beast by Faye Kellerman

The people in the trees.

The People In The Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

Justice For Sara by Erica Spindler

Magic is real.

The Thinking Woman’s Guide To Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker

Hotshot by Julie Garwood

Rose Harbor In Bloom by Debbie Macomber

Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain

Tragic by Robert K. Tanenbaum

Dreamy, strange, magical.

The Color Master: Stories by Aimee Bender

NON-FICTION:

The final years of Jack and Jackie.

These Few Precious Days: The Final Years Of Jack With Jackie by Christopher Andersen

Stalking The Black Swan: Research And Decision Making In A World Of Extreme Volatility by Kenneth A. Posner

Long For This World: The Strange Science Of Immortality by Jonathan Weiner

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

08/06/13.

07/16/13.

07/10/13.

07/02/13.

06/18/13.

New and Featured Books for 08/06/2013:

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FICTION:

Ghosts Of Bungo Suido by P. T. Deutermann

Blood Of The Lamb by Sam Cabot

The old X-men are all new and they are here to stay.

All-New X-Men, vol. 2: Here To Stay by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by David Marquez and Stuart Immonen

Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon

Defiance Of Eagles by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone

Fiat lux.

Light Of The World by James Lee Burke

The lost adventure by Douglas Adams.

Doctor Who: Shada – The Lost Adventure By Douglas Adams by Gareth Roberts

Formic Wars: Silent Strike by Aaron Johnston and Orson Scott Card and illustrated by Giancarlo Caracuzzo

The Last Witness by W. E. B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV

Murder can be made to look like suicide, and suicide can be made to look like murder...

Mistress by James Patterson and David Ellis

NON-FICTION:

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Collision 2012: Obama vs. Romney And The Future Of Elections In America by Dan Balz

Fevered: Why A Hotter Planet Will Hurt Our Health – And How We Can Save Ourselves by Linda Marsa

Undercover Cop: How I Brought Down The Real-Life Sopranos by Mike Rusell with Patrick W. Picciarelli

The rituals of love and karaoke.

Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals Of Love And Karaoke by Rob Sheffield

Lincoln’s Citadel: The Civil War In Washington, DC by Kenneth J. Winkle

The life and times of Charles Manson.

Manson: The Life And Times Of Charles Manson by Jeff Guinn

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Please note that books mentioned here could be checked out between the time they end up on the blog and when you come to check them out. If you don’t see the items you’re looking for then please come up to the front desk, OR call us, OR send us an email at robinsbaselibrary@gmail.com and  we’ll put your name on the reserve list for when the item returns.

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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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Please note that books mentioned here could be checked out between the time they end up on the blog and when you come to check them out. If you don’t see the items you’re looking for then please come up to the front desk, OR call us, OR send us an email at robinsbaselibrary@gmail.com and  we’ll put your name on the reserve list for when the item returns.

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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 Young Adults for 06/28/2013:

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Come and check out these and some of the other new books and materials (or at least new to us) for Young Adults added to our library collection…

FICTION:

The Carrie Diaries: Summer And The City by Candace Bushnell

Jane Austen Goes To Hollywood by Abby McDonald

Or, the girls and Cameron.

Cameron And The Girls by Edward Averett

The Loop by Shandy Lawson

Reboot!

Reboot by Amy Tintera

By the NYT best selling author of Monster.

Darius & Twig by Walter Dean Myers

NON-FICTION:

Gangsters, Bootleggers, And Bandits by Heather S. Schwartz

A teen guide.

A Teen Guide To Eco-Gardening, Food, And Cooking by Jen Green

How To Beat Physical Bullying by Alexandra Hanson-Harding

Frequently Asked Questions About Same-Sex Marriage And When A Parent Is Gay by Tracy Brown

Abracadabra! – Cool Magic Tricks With Cards by Nicholas Einhorn

Alakazam! – Sensational Magic Tricks With Silk, Thimbles, Paper, And Money by Nicholas Einhorn

Do not choke!

How Not To Choke On Tests: Achieving Academic And Testing Success by Stephanie Watson

A Career As A Dental Hygienist by Ann Byers

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Please note that books mentioned here could be checked out between the time they end up on the blog and when you come to check them out. If you don’t see the items you’re looking for then please come up to the front desk, OR call us, OR send us an email at robinsbaselibrary@gmail.com and  we’ll put your name on the reserve list for when the item returns.

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

06/18/13.

06/06/13.

05/31/13.

05/28/13.

And for Young Adults:

06/05/13.

05/08/13.

04/18/13.

02/06/13.

And for Kids/Juvenile Readers:

06/19/13.

06/18/13.

05/21/13.

05/06/13.

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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Please note that books mentioned here could be checked out between the time they end up on the blog and when you come to check them out. If you don’t see the items you’re looking for then please come up to the front desk, OR call us, OR send us an email at robinsbaselibrary@gmail.com and  we’ll put your name on the reserve list for when the item returns.

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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.