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New Books Added to our Collection🍂 No images? Click here Fresh Off the Press:Your insider look at the best new books added to our collection.“I am so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables FICTIONFantasyA Court of Splintered Harmony by Sarah J. Maas Book 6 of the series follows the immortal villain Koschei deep into the continent where the Deathless is finally stirring from his millenia-long imprisonment in a mountain lake. He is gathering powerful allies who want to reclaim the human lands, spreading danger across Fae territories. Historical FictionPeck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus The number one bestselling author of global sensation "Lessons in Chemistry" returns with an irresistible, delightful, and tender story about a young man whose life turns upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious, secretive, and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world: the renowned Peck & Peck of New York City. Whale Harbor by Mary Beth Keane Inspired by the author's own family history, it follows the fortunes of eleven brothers, whose lives are set on different paths in the wake of a sudden tragedy. One brother mysteriously disappears and becomes estranged from the family, it sparks a lifelong quest to find him. Mystery/ThrillerRealistic FictionRomanceSci-Fi/RomanceLife Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger Alba DeTamble, a time-traveling violinist navigating a dystopian future while torn between two romantic partners. One is Zach, a grounded man living firmly in the present day. The other is Oliver Thornton-Yang, a fellow time traveler she meets at the Yellow House. NON FICTIONBiographyAmerican Pope by Daniel Burke and Scott Detrow From the co-host of NPR and NPR’s Senior Editor of Religion and Spirituality, a deeply reported, revelatory biography of Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, that offers rare and exciting new insight into the life and times of the man who would come to lead the Catholic Church. CookbookHistoryAn American Girl by Amanda FitzSimons An American Girl is the fascinating story of Pleasant Rowland, the trailblazing founder who disrupted the toy industry with her line of dolls defined by their high-quality craftsmanship and rich, educational backstories—and how those dolls shaped girlhood for an entire generation. On the Mark by Florence Hazrat A lively history of punctuation, from ancient times to the age of the emoji - Weaving together anthropology, the history of writing, the philosophy of language, psychology, literature, and more, On the Mark masterfully proves that punctuation is at the heart of human communication. The Rush by Nathaniel Philbrick Philbrick follows the gold as it moves from riverbed to the halls of power, revealing how vigilantism hardened into law and how debates over slavery in the West tipped the balance in Washington. The result is a clear, human story of how a scramble for wealth reshaped ideas of freedom, labor, and belonging—and how California's rise helped push a fractured nation toward war. Uniting the States by Brian Kilmeade Together, these six men, John Adams, George Washington, Captain Daniel Shays, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Quincy Adams played a crucial part in unifying the fledgling U.S.A., setting it on a trajectory unlike any other. Kilmeade shows how they defined freedom in America and paved the way for the country we are today. Wine by Kathleen Burke From the Stone Age to the present day, historian Kathleen Burk traces how wine has evolved over time and place as a religious, social, cultural, economic, and even culinary force―including the complicated relationship between Islam and alcohol, the rise and decline of France as the world’s wine superpower, and the rapidly growing importance of Asian countries in the world of wine. NatureThe Forest Year by Ethan Tapper A pragmatic and hopeful vision for our relationship with forests and other ecosystems. - A forest almanac for our time, rooted in a full year observing a rural woodland. The book explores flowers, birds, forest ecology, biodiversity, while also reflecting on stewardship, community, and what it means to be rooted in place. Culture/RomanceI’ll Believe in Anything by Jacob Tierney (LGBT) From Jacob Tierney, the creator of Heated Rivalry, in partnership with Brendan Brady and Accent Aigu, comes I'll Believe in Anything, an official and complete collection of annotated scripts for the biggest cultural sensation of the year, with all new exclusive behind-the-scenes content. BOOK CLUBSMain Book Club - RML - Kennedy RoomSaturday, November 7th, 12 - 1 pm100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez The story of the rise and fall, birth and death of a mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendia family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad, alive with unforgettable men and women, and with a truth and understanding that strike the soul.
Book Share DiscussionSaturday, November 7th, 1:00 - 1:30 pm in RML Kennedy Room Join us to share the book(s) you've just read or find out what your friends & neighbors are recommending… or NOT recommending!
MAIN BOOK CLUB - RML - Kennedy RoomSaturday, December, 5th - 1 pm
The Improbable Victoria Woodhull - Eden Collinsworth The Improbable Victoria Woodhull takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of 19th-Century America in this rags to riches tale of two beautiful con artists who rose from the backwaters of Ohio to conquer British society. — Debby Applegate |