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New Fiction Highlights…

A Friend of The High Arcadia by Iain Pears Mr. Lincoln Mountains of by Stephen Harrigan Portugal “Dazzlingly inventive and “A galvanizing portrait of by Yann Martel deeply satisfying, Arcadia Abraham Lincoln during a crucially revealing “Filled with tenderness, tests the boundaries of period of his life, the humor, and endless storytelling and asks: if the early Springfield years, surprise, it takes the past can change the when he risked both his reader on a road trip future, then might the sanity and his ethical through Portugal in the future also indelibly alter last century--and through bearings as he searched the past?” for the great destiny he the human soul.” believed to be his.”

The Friends We Keep - Susan Mallery More New Fiction… Violent Crimes - Phillip Margolin

Cometh the - Jeffrey Archer Under the Influence - Joyce Maynard Death of a Nurse - M.C. Beaton Cat Shout for Joy - Shirley Rousseau Murphy The Wolves - Alex Berenson - Jo Nesbo The Killing Forest - Sara Blaedel Black Deutschland - Darryl Pinckney Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen Brotherhood in Death - J. D. Robb - Lois McMaster Bujold No Cure for Love – Peter Robinson Remembrance - Meg Cabot Saving Jason – Michael Sears The King of Fear - Drew Chapman Interior Darkness – Peter Straub The Art of War - Stephen Coonts No Shred of Evidence – Charles Todd Blood Will Tell - Jeanne M. Dams He Will Be My Ruin – K.A. Tucker The God's Eye View - Barry Eisler The Cellar – Minette Walters

Shoot - Loren D. Estleman She's Not There - Joy Fielding The Mystery of the Venus Island Fetish Author Spotlight: Stephanie Barron - Tim Flannery Recreating the world of author Jane Austen and Regency Wedding Cake Murder - Joanne Fluke England while working in some mystery, wit, and humor is Find Her - Lisa Gardner Barron’s specialty. Her most popular titles include:

Back Blast - Mark Greaney Jane and His Lordship's Legacy Missing Pieces - Heather Gudenkauf Jane and the Canterbury Tale The Fourth Horseman - David Hagberg Jane and the Ghosts of Netley The Illegal - Lawrence Hill Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron The Lion's Mouth - Anne Holt Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas Into Oblivion - Arnaldur Indridason The Opposite of Everyone - Joshilyn Jackson Jane and the Waterloo Map is her latest.

Shylock Is My Name - Howard Jacobson She also writes espionage and mystery My American Duchess - Eloisa James novels in her real name: Francine Mathews. Breakdown - Jonathan Kellerman You can learn more about the author at: The Blue Hour - Douglas Kennedy www.stephaniebarron.com and francinemathews.com Hidden Bodies - Caroline Kepnes Robert B. Parker's Blackjack - Robert Knott ______Honky Tonk Samurai - Joe R. Lansdale The Quality of Silence - Rosamund Lupton Looking for Nonfiction? A Girl's Guide to Moving On - Debbie Macomber Please see the back page.

New Nonfiction Highlights…

The Importance The Point Is: Making Originals of Being Little Sense Of Birth, Death, by Adam Grant

by Erika Christakis and Everything in “Using surprising studies Between and stories spanning “A pragmatic program to business, politics, sports, by Lee Eisenberg encourage parents and and entertainment, Grant teachers to rethink how “What it takes to find explores how to recognize and where young a good idea, speak up children learn best by enduring meaning and purpose in life.” without getting silenced, taking the child's eye build a coalition of allies, view of the learning choose the right time to environment.” act,” and more!

In Other Words Better Living Leonard: My Fifty-Year by Jhumpa Lahiri Through Criticism Friendship with a

“Presented in a dual- by A. O. Scott Remarkable Man language format, this is “The New York Times film by William Shatner a wholly original book about exile, linguistic and critic shows why we need “As much a biography of otherwise, written with criticism now more than Nimoy as a story of their an intensity and clarity ever.” friendship, Leonard is a not seen since Vladimir uniquely heartfelt book Nabokov: a startling act written by one legendary of self-reflection and a provocative exploration actor in celebration of of belonging and another.” reinvention.”

More New Nonfiction…

United - Cory Booker A Mother's Reckoning - Sue Klebold The Black Calhouns - Gail Lumet Buckley Bold - Steven Kotler and Peter Diamandis Earnhardt Nation - Jay Busbee Exit Right - Daniel Oppenheimer Untangled - Lisa Damour Blackballed - Lawrence Ross Lit Up - David Denby While the City Slept - Eli Sanders Cosmosapiens - John Hands Sweet Dreams Are Made of This - Dave Stewart Eat Fat, Get Thin - Mark Hyman

Nonfiction Author Spotlight: Michael Eric Dyson

A professor, radio host, minister, and author, Dyson explores African-American history and related issues.

In Dyson’s latest book, The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America, “President Obama's own voice – from an Oval Office interview granted to Dyson for this book – along with those of Eric Holder, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, and Maxine Waters, among others, add unique depth to this profound tour of the nation's first black presidency.”

Other popular titles by Dyson include: Debating Race Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip Hop Pride: The Seven Deadly Sins

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