Vol. 19 ◊ Issue 6
Nov / Dec 2018
Discover What’s New at Your Library
eep the library in mind pick up a copy of our monthly K when planning your program calendar at any of our holiday activities! PCDL branches!
We offer lots of fun and exciting events such as holiday open Visit any Preble County District Library branch to donate to houses and parties, the annual the local homeless shelter or food banks and the library Night Out with Dad program, will...WAIVE YOUR FINES!* free crafting programs and the Maker Space where you can Items All PCDL Branches will accept create those last-minute gifts, Personal-sized toiletry items such as toothpaste, tooth and so much more! brushes, deodorant, shower gel, wash cloths, Check out our online events shampoo, etc. Visit the library for the full list (including calendar (preblelibrary.org), or items for children) or go online to: https://bit.ly/2RBeYM0
Non-perishable food items such as canned goods, etc. Book Club Don’t have fines? No worries! You can still donate to Supplies for Fines! Just bring approved items to any PCDL On The Run branch. You can also ask that your donation be put toward someone else’s fines!
Eaton Library Book Discussion Group
No meetings! Please & Thank You! No pressure! Just read good books and, if you wish, share your ideas with others on this online forum! Items past their expiration date will not be accepted.
Vote on books to read, write reviews, and find a new author to enjoy...perfect for those who are busy and on the go! *Each item is worth $1 in fines waived.
Join us at goodreads.com @ Donation dollar amounts will not be applied toward lost/ damaged items or collection fees. http://bit.ly/pcdlbc
What we’re reading in the coming months:
November (Book available to check out):
The Glass Forest / Cynthia Swanson
December (Free copy of the book to first 10 patrons):
The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge: A Christmas Tale Continued / Charlie Lovett
Library Admin. Office 450 S. Barron St. Eaton, OH 45320 (937) 456-4250 www.preblelibrary.org facebook.com/preblelibrary W ould you like to learn more about computers? Do you have a new tablet or smartphone you'd like to learn more about? The Reference Librarian is happy to help!
EmilyEmily Hackett, Hackett, Reference Reference Librarian Librarian B ook an appointment on Wednesday afternoons between 1-4 for assistance with: Tablets/e-readers Computers One-Hour Microsoft Office Session Internet One-on-One Resumes & job searching Assistance Using the library catalog Research
C all 937-456-5562, email [email protected], or stop by the library in person to set up an appointment!
The Preble County District Library is Pleased to Offer Hoopla to You!
Hoopla is a digital media service that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV! Crafting with Emily Broke Holidays With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later. We have hundreds of thousands of titles to choose from, with more being added daily. Thurs, Dec 6
Hoopla is like having your public library at your fingertips. Anytime. Anywhere. Eaton Branch Download their free app on your device today! 6:30 PM
Want to add a homemade touch to your Christmas presents but don’t have the money? Join us as we do our annual cleaning out of the craft cabinet! We can give you some gift ideas if you need them. All supplies provided.
This crafting session will be held during the library’s Holiday Open House from 4 - 7:30 PM. Join us!
Emily Hackett, Reference Librarian
Here are some of the movies you could be watching right now on Hoopla! And it’s FREE with your PCDL library card!
Sometimes titles appear in the Library Ink Newsletter Library Admin. Office 450 S Barron St Eaton, OH 45320 that are not listed in the library’s online catalog. Tues. - Thurs. 9-5 / Fri 9-3 / 1st & 3rd Sat. 9-5 What’s a patron to do? There are several options: A patron recently brought in a few hundred postcards of Preble 1. Visit your local PCDL branch and request the item County and several local school yearbooks for us to copy and add to from a staff member. Don’t be shy! We’re more our collections. than happy to do this for you! Note: You may request up to four items per month, within sixty Staff is continuing to add to our funeral card collection and our days of publication or release date of the item. murder books. We have oral histories of Preble County citizens now uploaded online, too. 2. Request the item yourself from the library’s
online catalog: We recently acquired the cane belonging to former Preble County resident, Sherman Potterf, a famous midget who, along with his wife, ran a miniature railroad in New York and then the Midget Theater in Dayton with his brother.
November and December are Recommend a title to purchase is available from the chock full of library’s welcome page at www.preblelibrary.org.* *Remember to always check the online catalog first programs and before making a request. special events!
Crafting opportunities Check out the Library’s Special guests -- human and sea life! events calendar to keep up on all of the exciting Storytimes for babies and children events and programs A variety of groups to join
available every month! Holiday open houses
Night Out with Dad (Eaton Branch) The events calendar is available online at preblelibrary.org. Or pick up a copy from any Maker Space to explore (Eaton Branch) of our seven library branches! Book club (Eaton Branch) 24 Hours to Live I visited the library in my Dead Draw PJs…by downloading Just Getting Started The Neighbor eeeeeeeebooks! Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Relentless Justice League Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told Red Dog Download popular titles for FREE! Love to watch The Stray movies? Ohio Digital Library offers streaming and Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again downloadable videos! Book Club ohioebooks.org Is the item you’re interested in unavailable? Keep in mind that returns are automatic, so the wait may not be Book2Movie too awfully long. Items can be returned early, too!
After 50 years of saying no, Judy Blume has finally granted the rights to her seminal classic, Are You There, God? It’s Me Margaret, to be made into a feature film. The deal was just struck in October, so the film will not be out any time soon, but it’s definitely something to look forward to! The book was originally published in 1970.
Juby Blume bibliography:
Fudge series Hometown Harvest A Harvest of Hope This Christmas Gooseberry Patch Lauraine Snelling Jane Green, et al 1. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (1972) 2. Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (1972) 3. Superfudge (1980) 4. Fudge-a-mania (1990) 5. Double Fudge (2001)
Just as Long as We're Together series 1. Just as Long as We're Together (1987) Picture books: 2. Here's to You, Rachel Robinson (1993) The One in the Middle is Pain and the Great One series Looking for Lorraine I Will Jesus is Risen the Green Kangaroo Imani Perry 1. Soupy Saturdays (2007) Lisa Kleypas David Limbaugh 2. Cool Zone (2008) Freckle Juice 3. Going, Going, Gone (2008) 4. Friend or Fiend? (2008)
Novels Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret (1970) Iggie's House (1970) Then Again, Maybe I Won't (1971) It's Not the End of the World (1972) Deenie (1973) Wild Hunting Eichmann Strange Weather in Blubber (1974) Jill Barnett Neal Bascomb Tokyo Forever.... (1975) Hiromi Kawakami Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself (1977) Tiger Eyes (1981) Adult Wifey (1978) Titles Try Libby the new app for downloading ebooks Smart Women (1983) Summer Sisters (1998) and audio books! In the Unlikely Event (2015) Nov
Winter Loon: A Novel / Susan Bernhard A Christmas Revelation / Anne Perry: Formerly Once a Midwife / Patricia Harman (Hope River Novel, 4) a river urchin living on the banks of the Thames, A Christmas Revelation / Anne Perry (Holiday Mystery) nine-year-old Worm has never experienced a Nine Perfect Strangers / Liane Moriarty family Christmas. But thanks to a job at Hester Someone Like Me / M. R. Carey (Supernatural Thriller) Monk’s clinic in Portpool Lane, he’s found a You Don’t Own Me / Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke makeshift family in kindly volunteer Miss (Under Suspicion, 5) Claudine Burroughs and curmudgeonly old Come With Me / Helen Schulman (Literary Thriller) bookkeeper Squeaky Robinson. Long Road to Mercy / David Baldacci (Altee Pine, 1) The Shadows We Hide / Allen Eskens When Worm witnesses the abduction of a (Sequel to The Life We Bury) beautiful woman by a pair of ruffians just days before Christmas, he Past Tense / Lee Child (Jack Reacher, 23) frantically turns to Squeaky for help. A one-time brothel owner, Heads You Win / Jeffrey Archer Squeaky knows the perils of interfering in nasty business, but he can’t Target / James Patterson (Alex Cross, 26) bear to disappoint Worm—or leave the boy to attempt a rescue on Fire and Blood / George R. R. Martin & Doug Wheatley his own. What neither of the would-be saviors expects, however, is (History of House Targaryen of Westeros, 1) that the damsel in distress already has her dilemma well in hand . . . Silent Scream / Karen Harper (South Shores, 5) and is taking steps to bring her captors to justice for crimes far worse Hazards of Time Travel/ Joyce Carol Oates than kidnapping. But the rogues, as cunning as they are deadly, are Robert B. Parker’s Blood Feud / Mike Lupica (Sunny Randall, 7) not to be underestimated. The aid of cynical old Squeaky and hopeful Ways to Hide in Winter / Sarah St. Vincent young Worm just might make the difference between a merry White Elephant / Emily Raymond triumph over evil and a terrible yuletide tragedy. Bleak Harbor / Bryan Gruley The Feral Detective / Jonathan Lethem Long Road to Mercy / David Baldacci: Introducing a remarkable new character from #1 Dec New York Times bestselling writer David Into the Night / Sarah Bailey (Gemma Woodstock, 2) Baldacci: Atlee Pine, an FBI agent with special The Boy / Tami Hoag skills assigned to the remote wilds of the Once Upon a River / Diane Setterfield southwestern United States who must confront a Death of an Eye / Dana Stabenow new threat . . . and an old nightmare. The Second Goodbye / Paricia Smiley (Pacific Homicide, 3) Pandemic / Robin Cook (Stapleton/Montgomery, 11) Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Catch a tiger by its toe. A Delicate Touch / Stuart Woods (Stone Barrington, 48) Broken Ground / Val McDermid (Karen Pirie, 5) It's seared into Atlee Pine's memory: the kidnapper's chilling rhyme as Flamingo Lane: A Novel of Southern Noir / Tim Applegate he chose between six-year-old Atlee and her twin sister, Mercy. (Standalone sequel to Fever Tree) Mercy was taken. Atlee was spared. Radiant Shimmering Light / Sarah Selecky She never saw Mercy again.
The Second Goodbye / Patricia Smiley: Three decades after that terrifying night, Atlee Pine works for the FBI. Assume nothing―that's the touchstone for She's the lone agent assigned to the Shattered Rock, Arizona resident every homicide investigation Detective Davie agency, which is responsible for protecting the Grand Canyon. Richards undertakes. She approaches her latest case the same way, determined to learn as So when one of the Grand Canyon's mules is found stabbed to death much about the victim as she does about the at the bottom of the canyon-and its rider missing-Pine is called in to killer. But there's nothing about thirty-four- investigate. It soon seems clear the lost tourist had something more year-old Sara Montaine or her death that clandestine than sightseeing in mind. But just as Pine begins to put makes sense. together clues pointing to a terrifying plot, she's abruptly called off the case. Was Sara a saint caring for her dying husband or a gold-digger with a sketchy background? Did she commit suicide or was she If she disobeys direct orders by continuing to search for the missing murdered? Before her marriage, Sara lived comfortably without man, it will mean the end of her career. But unless Pine keeps any obvious source of income, unusual for an orphan raised in working the case and discovers the truth, it could spell the very end foster care. As Davie digs deeper, she unearths Sara's troubled of democracy in America as we know it... past and a viper's nest of villains who are willing to kill to keep their secrets hidden. (A Pacific Homicide, 3) December Witch Cats of Cambridge series by Clea Simon
A Spell of Murder: Becca, newly single and newly unemployed, wants November to believe she has psychic powers. With nothing but time – and a desire Tarot Cats series by Diane A. S. Stuckart for empowerment – she’s studying to become a witch. What she Fool's Moon: Most days, Ruby doesn’t know is that her three cats – Harriet, Laurel, and Clara – are the Sparks feels like the sign that ones with the real power. And when Harriet – “a cream-colored says Tarot Card Reader longhair with more fur than commonsense” – conjures a pillow for her Extraordinaire should say Tarot Card own comfort, Becca believes her spells are finally working. Could that be why Reader Fairly Competent. But as Trent, the coven’s devilishly handsome leader, has been showing her special challenging as it is to take care of her attention? Or why Suzanne, a longtime coven member, draws her aside to share a half-sister's new age shop―and her growing secret – a confidence that may lead to murder? menagerie of mystically inclined pets―Ruby never worries that she's bitten off more than she Sarah Blair series by Debra H. Goldstein can chew . . . until a customer wants her to divine One Taste Too Many: Married at eighteen, divorced at twenty-eight, the truth about a murder. Sarah Blair reluctantly swaps her luxury lifestyle for a cramped studio apartment and a law firm receptionist job in the tired hometown she When her own life is threatened with a double never left. . . dose of danger, Ruby begins to wonder if she's being played for a fool. Luckily, she has Ophelia Sarah knew starting over would be messy. But things fall apart and Brandon―sibling black cats with a talent for completely when her ex drops dead, seemingly poisoned by Emily’s tarot―and a feisty pitbull friend who all lend a award-winning rhubarb crisp. Now, with RahRah wanted by the woman who broke paw in collaring the culprit before Ruby finds up her marriage and Emily wanted by the police for murder, Sarah needs to figure herself taking her final cat nap. out the right recipe to crack the case before time runs out.
Book Tea Shop series by Joy Avon Literary Pub series by Sarah Fox In Peppermint Peril: This Christmas, Wine and Punishment: Booklover Sadie Coleman knows that in life, Callie Aspen returns to her childhood as in fiction, the right setting can make a world of difference. The small hideout Heart's Harbor, Maine where town of Shady Creek, Vermont, seems like the perfect place to start her great aunt runs Book Tea, a over after losing her Boston job to a merger and her relationship to vintage tearoom where every sweet her ex’s gambling addiction. She’s bought and redecorated the old treat contains a bookish clue. Upon grist mill pub, transforming the Inkwell into a cozy spot where tourists arrival in the fairy-tale snowy town, Callie is and regulars alike can enjoy a pint or a literary-themed cocktail, or join one of drawn into the preparations for a special tea several book clubs. party at Haywood Hall, the rambling house of Little by little, Sadie is adjusting to the rhythms of her new home. Fall in Shady Heart's Harbor's oldest resident, rich but lonely Creek is bookmarked by the much-anticipated Autumn Festival...Unfortunately, widow Dorothea Finster, who invited her the season also brings an unwelcome visitor—Sadie’s ex, Eric. estranged relatives, old friends and the elite of the town to make a mysterious announcement Before Sadie can tell Eric to leave, he’s found dead near the Inkwell. When the about her will. local antique shop catches fire on the same night, it’s clear the town is harboring at least one unsavory character. Now...Sadie must uncover the truth . . . before a Believing they can touch a part of her fortune, killer declares last call. everybody is determined to come, despite not liking each other or even their hostess. And 4th Installment in the Lucky Paws Petsitting Series by Bethany Blake Callie's old friend Sheila complicates things by using the tea party to announce her daughter's A Midwinter’s Tail: Professional pet sitter Daphne Templeton loves the engagement, even though her daughter isn't sure holidays in Sylvan Creek, Pennsylvania. And nothing gets her into the she's in love with the young lawyer her mother spirit more than the town’s annual Bark the Halls Ball. The whole thinks so perfect for her. community will be there to wag their tails, especially this year’s special guest—Celeste “CeeCee” French, founder of a national chain of pet care Catering to people who each have their own franchises, who’s returning home to announce plans for a bright new agenda isn't easy for the Book Tea crew, flagship store. especially once the valuable engagement ring goes missing and a dead body turns up in the But not everyone’s celebrating CeeCee’s homecoming. Daphne’s friend Moxie conservatory. Can Callie and her great aunt use Bloom, owner of Spa and Paw, a unique salon for people and their pets, has plenty their love of clues to dig into the crimes and show to growl about. So when CeeCee is found face down under Sylvan Creek's town their unhappy hostess and squabbling guests the Christmas tree, stabbed with a distinctive pair of professional-grade pet shears, true Christmas spirit? suspicion lands squarely on Moxie. Despite Daphne’s promises to Detective Jonathan Black, she quickly reprises her role as amateur sleuth. Christmas Tree Farm, #2
Mysteries available in Nov -- See titles you like? Request them at your library! ‘Twas the Knife Before Title Author Series Title or FYI No. Christmas / Jacqueline Frost: Harvest of Secrets Ellen Crosby Wine County 9 When a body City of Secrets Victoria Thompson Woman-on-the-Run 2 turns up in a A Wrench in the Works Kate Carlisle Fixer-upper 6 larger-than-life The Colors of all the Cattle Alexander McCall Smith No. 1 Ladies' Det. Agency 19 candy bowl filled with peppermints on the town A Vintage Death Mary Ellen Hughes Keepsake Cove 2 square, Holly White is horrified Fatal Festival Days Jamie M. Blair Dog Days 3 to learn her best friend ‘Twas the Knife Before Christmas Jacqueline Frost Christmas Tree Farm 2 Caroline is the main suspect. Death and Daisies Amanda Flower Magic Garden 2 Everyone in town, including Mistletoe, Maine’s sheriff, saw Naughty on Ice Maia Chance Discreet Retrieval Agency 4 Caroline fighting with the A Scandal in Scarlet Vicki Delany Sherlock Holmes Bookshop 4 victim on the night of his The Novel Art of Murder V. M. Burns Mystery Bookshop 3 death. Worse, a custom kitchen Slay in Character Lynn Cahoon Cat Latimer 4 knife, engraved with Caroline's initials was found with him. A Midwinter's Tail Bethany Blake Lucky Paws Petsitting 4 Cut to the Chaise Karen Rose Smith Caprice De Luca 8 Now, just ten days before Christmas, Holly’s up to her The Name of the Rosè Christine E. Blum Rosè Avenue Wine Club 3 jingle bells in holiday Violet Tendencies Kate Dyer-Seeley Rose City 2 shenanigans and in desperate Let the Dead Keep Their Secrets Rosemary Simpson Gilded Age Mystery 3 need of a miracle. Juggling How to Knit a Murder Sally Goldenbaum Seaside Knitters 2 extra shifts at her family’s Christmas tree farm and The Coloring Crook Krista Davis Pen & Ink 2 making enough gingerbread Deceased and Desist Misty Simon Tallie Graver 3 jewelry to satisfy the crowd is Just Plain Murder Laura Bradford Amish Mystery 6 already more than she can Yule Be Dead Lorraine Bartlett Victorian Square 5 handle―and now she has to find time to clear her best The Whispered Word Ellery Adams Secret, Book, & Scone 2 friend of murder. Mysteries available in Dec -- See titles you like? Request them at your library! But her Sherpa-lined mittens come off when Caroline is Catch Me If Yukon Maddy Hunter Passport to Peril 12 taken into custody. Can Holly Baker Street Wedding Michael Robertson Baker Street Letters 6 wrap up the case in time for Batter Off Dead Maymee Bell Southern Cake Baker 2 Christmas…even after she gains Hooks Can Be Deceiving Betty Hechtman Crochet Mystery 13 the true killer’s attention?
Death by Dragonfly Jane Tesh Grace Street 6 Previous: Botched 4 Murder J. C. Eaton Sofie Kimball 4 Twelve Slays of Fashions Fade, Haunted is Eternal Rose Pressey Haunted Vintage 7 Christmas Gown With the Wind Stephanie Blackmoore Wedding Planner 4 Steamed Open Barbara Ross Maine Clam Bake 7 Death Comes to Bath Catherine Lloyd Kurland St. Mary 6 Eighth book in Laura Childs’ Cackleberry Club Mystery Series Eggs on Ice: Some say that casting crusty attorney Allen Sharpe as Scrooge in the Kindred Players production of "A Christmas Carol" is just playing to type. He's not the most beloved man in town. In fact, you'd have a dickens of a time finding someone who liked him. Still it's a shock when the Ghost of Christmas Past stabs him during the first rehearsal. Suzanne, co- owner of the Cackleberry Club café, Kindred's favorite combination diner, craft store and bookshop, chases the murderer out of the building but loses him in the alley.
The women of the Cackleberry Club are determined to find the killer before he can add another victim to his Christmas list. Contemporary Romance & Women’s Fiction Nov Look Alive Twenty Five / Janet Evanovich (Stephanie Plum)
Night of Miracles / Elizabeth Berg Tony’s Wife / Adriana Trigiani Wendy Webb: Queen of the Northern Gothic Another Chance with You / Jacquelin Thomas Ghosts of the past come calling in a (DuGrandpres of Charleston, 4) spellbinding heart-stopper Master of His Fate / Barbara Taylor Bradford (House of Falconer, 1) Driven to Distraction / Lori Foster (Road to Love, 1) Beauchamp Hall / Danielle Steel Daughters of the Lake: After the end of her The Black Market / Kiki Swinson marriage, Kate Granger has retreated to her parents’ home on Lake Superior to pull herself Dec together—only to discover the body of a Strawberry Hill / Catherine Anderson (Mystic Creek, 5) murdered woman washed into the shallows. The Last True Cowboy / Laura Drake (Chestnut Creek, 1) Tucked in the folds of the woman’s curiously The Cottage on Rose Lane / Hope Ramsay (Moonlight Bay, 1) vintage gown is an infant, as cold and at peace as Defending Chloe / Susan Stoker (Mountain Mercenaries, 2) its mother. No one can identify the woman. Except for Kate. She’s seen her before. In her dreams…
One hundred years ago, a love story ended in tragedy, its mysteries left unsolved. It’s time for the lake to give up its secrets. As each mystery unravels, it pulls Kate deeper into the eddy of a haunting folktale that has been handed down in whispers over generations. Now, it’s Kate’s turn to listen.
As the drowned woman reaches out from the grave, Kate reaches back. They must come together, if only in dreams, to right the Book #2 in the Peachtree Bluff Series sinister wrongs of the past. by Kristy Woodson Harvey
The Secret to Southern Charm: After finding out her military husband is RayAnne Thayne’s Holiday Offering missing in action, middle sister Sloane's 9th in the Haven Point series world crumbles as her worst nightmare comes true. She can barely climb out of Season of Wonder: Dani Capelli has never truly bed, much less summon the strength to belonged anywhere. And from her earliest days as be the parent her children deserve. a foster child in Queens, she would have been lost if it weren’t for her love of animals. Until high Her mother, Ansley, provides a much- school, when she fell hard for the wrong boy, and needed respite as she puts her personal life on hold to found herself pregnant—and married—by help Sloane and her grandchildren wade through their graduation. Two daughters later, Dani realized new grief-stricken lives. But between caring for her own her mistake and filed for divorce, and with the aging mother, her daughters, and her grandchildren, help of scholarships and loans...she enrolled in vet school. Things Ansley's private worry is that secrets from her past will were finally looking up…until her ex-husband became come to light. her late husband, in the most notorious way possible. But when Sloane's sisters, Caroline and Emerson, remind Now Dani and her daughters need an out-of-town pass more than Sloane that no matter what, she promised her husband ever. So when the retiring Haven Point veterinarian offers her a she would carry on for their young sons, Sloane finds the chance to settle in the small Idaho town and take over his support and courage she needs to chase her biggest practice, she jumps at it. But adjusting to the charming mountain dreams - and face her deepest fears. Taking a cue from community isn’t easy; thirteen-year-old Silver begins acting out her middle daughter, Ansley takes her own leap of faith while six-year-old Mia is growing too attached to Haven Point and and realizes that, after all this time, she might finally be everything in it, especially their next-door-neighbor, Deputy able to have it all. Sheriff Ruben Morales. And Dani can’t blame her. Ruben is 1st book in the series: Slightly South of Simple everything she ’s secretly wanted—and everything she can’t bear to risk loving…and losing. Paranormal, Suspense, & Fantasy
Nov
Leopard’s Run / Christine Feehan (Leopard Novel, 11) Another Chance with You / Jacquelin Thomas: Fatal Invasion / Marie Force (Fatal Novel, 13) Retired Secret Service agent Landon Trent stuns Dec Jadin DuGrandpre with the announcement that Bachelor Unbound / Brenda Jackson (Bachelors in Demand, 6) they’re still married. Even as passion reignites, Before We Were Strangers / Brenda Novak winning back Jadin’s trust won’t be easy— Of Blood and Bone / Nora Roberts (Chronicles of the One, 2) especially when a trial pits the two Charleston Watching You / Lisa Jewell attorneys on opposite sides. But Landon isn’t Out of Time / Monica McCarty (The Lost Platoon, 3) giving up on their future. Can they recapture what they once Final Shadows / Kay Hooper (Bishop Filies, 3) shared or will they lose this second chance? (DuGrandpres of Charleston, 4)
Library of Absolution / Jennifer Derrick: Alarick Brandon is the powerful wizard who operates The Keep, a refuge for magical people fleeing the persecution of the Ministry. A bitter realist, Alarick knows it's only a matter of time until the Ministry succeeds in eradicating magic from the world―and exterminating all magical beings―so he has been careful to avoid any personal involvement with the Nov people who pass through his sanctuary. My One and Only Duke / Grace Burrowes (Rogues to Riches, 1) But when Elissa Stone arrives at The Keep, her village a The Other Miss Bridgerton / Julia Quinn (Bridgerton Prequel) smoldering ruin and only her magical talent and a forbidden Lady Traveler’s Guide to Deception with an Unlikely Earl / Victoria library left to her name, Alarick's ordered world descends into Alexander (Lady Travelers Society, 3) chaos. The Duke that I Marry / Cathy Maxwell (Spinter Heiresses, 3) A Duke Changes Everything / Christy Carlyle (The Duke’s Den, 1) Elissa is a Book Mesmer, a magical talent long believed extinct. Someone to Trust / Mary Balogh (Westcott, 5) She can enchant books, making them indestructible, The Good, the Bad and the Duke / Janna MacGregor Historical Romance unreadable…even deadly to unauthorized readers. But while
Dec her magic can secure a legacy for future magical generations, The Bride Chooses a Highlander / Adrienne Basso (McKennas, 3) it's not a skill that's good in a fight, and certainly not one Alarick The Governess / Christi Caldwell (Wicked Wallflowers, 3) sees any real use for. But there's something compelling about a Not the Duke’s Darling / Elizabeth Hoyt (Greycoat, 1) woman who defies the Ministry's edicts against female literacy, What a Widow Wants / Jenna Jaxon (Widow’s Club, 3) and she seems determined to prove that knowledge is a Bound for Temptation / Tess LeSue weapon in its own right… (Legacy of the Book Mesmer, 1)
(Cavensham Heiresses, 4) The Other Miss Bridgerton / Julia Quinn: Fiercely Highlander Ever After / Paula Quinn (Highland Heirs, 4) independent and adventurous, Poppy Bridgerton will only wed a suitor whose keen intellect and interests match her own. Sadly, none of the fools from her London season qualify. While visiting a friend on the Dorset coast, Poppy is pleasantly surprised to discover a smugglers’ hideaway tucked inside a cave. But her delight turns to dismay when two pirates kidnap her and take her aboard a ship, leaving her bound and gagged on the captain’s bed… Home to Wind River / Lindsay McKenna: After a harrowing tour of duty in Afghanistan, Army nurse Lily Known to society as a rascal and reckless privateer, Captain Thompson escapes to Wind River Ranch to find herself Andrew James Rokesby actually transports essential goods and once more. Working as a caregiver to foreman Jake documents for the British government. Setting sail on a time- Murdoch’s elderly mother, Lily almost feels at peace— sensitive voyage to Portugal, he’s stunned to find a woman except for the unsettling presence of Jake, a tight- waiting for him in his cabin. Surely, his imagination is getting lipped, intimidating man everyone calls Bear. But one the better of him. But no, she is very real—and his duty to the look in the powerful ex-Marine’s eyes and Lily glimpses a Crown means he's stuck with her. (A Bridgerton Prequel) vulnerability that shakes her soul: a hurt she understands all too well—and longs to heal . . .
Wind River Valley Series, 7 The following titles will be published in 2018. See something that interests you? Please search the library’s online catalog (www.preblelibrary.org). You may also request titles that are not available from the catalog. You may submit four requests per month (within 60 days of the item’s publication date.)
Nov Amish Palooza A Season of Grace / Lauraine Snelling Sept (Under Northern Skies, 3) The Amish Christmas Cowboy / Jo Ann Brown (Amish Spinster Club, 2) On Magnolia Lane / Denise Hunter (Blue Ridge, 4) The Amish Christmas Letters / Patricia Davids Wait for Me / Susan May Warren (Montana Rescue, 6) Amish Country Amnesia / Meghan Carver A Wells Landing Christmas / Amy Lillard Dec Courting Her Secret Heart / Mary Davis (Prodigal Daughters, 2)
The Bride of Ivy Green / Julie Klassen Oct (Tales from Ivy Hill, 3) Amish Christmas Secrets / Debby Giusti (Amish Protectors, 4) Searching for You / Jody Hedlund (Orphan Train, 3) An Amish Holiday Wedding / Carrie Lighte The Lieutenant’s Bargain / Regina Jennings (Fort Reno, 2) (Amish Country Courtship, 2) His Amish Choice / Leigh Bale (Colorado Courtships, 2) Who I Am With You / Robin Lee Hatcher (Legacy of Faith, 1) Nov Moondust Lake / Davis Bunn (Miramar Bay, 3) A Seat By the Hearth / Amy Clipston (Amish Homestead, 3) The Amish Midwife’s Secret / Rachel J. Good (Love and Promises, 2) Amish Christmas Memories / Vannetta Chapman (Indiana Amish Brides, 2) An Amish Match on Ice Mountain (Ice Mountain, 5) Her Amish Christmas Gift / Rebecca Kertz (Women of Lancaster County, 4)
Dec Where the Heart Takes You / Virginia Wise (Amish New World, 1) King of Christmas: Richard Paul Evans The Teacher’s Bride / Kathleen Fuller The Noel Collection (Amish Brides of Birch Creek, 4) The Amish Sweet Shop / Emma Miller The Noel Stranger: Maggie Walther feels like her world is imploding. The Christmas Remedy / Cindy Woodsmall & Erin Woodsmall: Publicly humiliated after her When an Old Order Amish woman takes a job at a small-town husband, a local councilman, is pharmacy struggling to survive in a world of "big box" stores, arrested for bigamy, and her her motive is to help her Plain community. But the advent of subsequent divorce, she has isolated the holiday season brings an unusual mystery to the surface-- herself from the world. When her and possibly love. only friend insists that Maggie climb A Simple Christmas / Charlotte Hubbard: The rustic beauty of a out of her hole, and embrace the season to get her out of country Christmas fills the Simple Gifts crafts shop, while the her funk, Maggie decides to put up a Christmas tree and Amish residents of Willow Ridge pull together in uncertain heads off to buy one—albeit reluctantly. She is times—and in the face of an unexpected homecoming. immediately taken by Andrew, the kind, handsome man Series: Simple Gifts, 3 who owns the Christmas tree lot and delivers her tree. She soon learns that Andrew is single and new to her city When God Calls the Heart at Christmas / Brian Bird: Inspired and, like her, is also starting his life anew. by best-selling author Janette Oke and the Hallmark Channel original TV series When Calls the Heart, these twenty-five As their friendship develops, Maggie slowly begins to devotions not only explore God-moments from the series, but trust again...Then, just when she thinks she has finally also commemorate favorite holiday recipes, stories, and found happiness, she discovers a dark secret from traditions - many of them contributed by the Hearties, the Andrew’s past. beloved fans of the show.
The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters: The Men of Violence / Bill Brooks Tragic and Glamorous Lives of Jackie Remington 1894 / William W. Johnstone and Lee / Sam Kashner & Nancy Wichita Town Tamer / Dale Graham Schoenberger: A poignant, evocative, and wonderfully gossipy The Deadly Shadow / Paul Bedford account of the two sisters who Sharpshooter / Dusty Richards represented style and class above all Deception Creek / Ned Oaks else—Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill. The Waiting Gun: A Western Story / Wayne D. Overholser Bono: The Amazing Story of a Gunfighters in Hell: A Western Duo / Max Brand Rescue Cat Who Inspired a A Ranger Called Solitary / Barry Cord Community / Helen Brown: New Hang Him Twice / William W. Johnstone & J. A. Johnstone York Times bestselling author Helen Three Trials to Triangle / Robert J. Horton Brown relates a funny and moving account of her life-changing month Libertarians on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls in New York City as a foster mother--to a homeless Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making cat named Bono. of the Little House Books / Christine Woodside: In this groundbreaking narrative Inspector Oldfield and the Black of literary detection, Christine Woodside Hand Society: America's Original reveals for the first time the full extent of the collaboration between Laura and her Gangsters and the U.S. Postal daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. Rose hated Detective Who Brought Them to farming and fled the family homestead as an adolescent, Justice / William Oldfield and eventually becoming a nationally prominent magazine Victoria Bruce. writer, biographer of Herbert Hoover, and successful novelist, who shared the political values of Ayn Rand and became mentor to Roger Lea MacBride, the second An interactive Libertarian presidential candidate. Drawing on original program for nursing manuscripts and letters, Woodside shows how Rose home residents. reshaped her mother's story into a series of heroic tales that rebutted the policies of the New Deal. Their secret collaboration would lead in time to their estrangement. A Nov Topic: Thankful Hearts fascinating look at the relationship between two strong- Dec Topic: Holiday Bliss willed women, Libertarians on the Prairie is also the deconstruction of an American myth.
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Nov O’Malley’s of Texas, 2 Rewrite: Loops in the Timescape / Gregory From Western Writers of America Spur Award-winning Benford: In this thematic sequel to Gregory author Dusty Richards comes a thrilling new chapter in the Benford’s award-winning bestseller Timescape, O’Malley family saga, a blazing American epic of blood, a history professor finds that he is able travel bullets, and brotherhood set deep in the heart of Texas . . back to 1968, the year he was sixteen—here, he finds a slew of mentors with the same ability, including Robert Heinlein, Albert Einstein, and Dead Aim / Dusty Richards: Long John Philip K. Dick and becomes a successful O'Malley is only nineteen years old, but he's Hollywood screenwriter until some wicked time travelers try to no greenhorn. The oldest and boldest of the subvert him. O'Malley brothers, Long John cut his teeth Wild Justice / Loren D. Estleman: The riveting tangling with Commanche at the tender age of 13th western novel starring beloved character sixteen. He risked his life to rescue a group of Page Murdock from Spur Award-winning author captive women settlers--and forged his own Loren D. Estleman. destiny as a hero in the making. Now he's
taking on his biggest challenge yet: riding shotgun on a wagon train across the hostile Nebraska Territory. It's a treacherous Hard Ride / Elmer Kelton: Bandits, outlaws, trail, and it's not long before the young Texan is earning his romance, and adventure abound in Hard Ride, the paycheck by fighting off a tribe of bloodthirsty Sioux. But the second-ever collection of tales of the American real test lies in the journey ahead--a genuine ride to hell and West from renowned, seven-time Spur Award- winning author Elmer Kelton. back, from the Rocky Mountains to Sante Fe and all the way home--that will either make Long John O'Malley a living legend . . . or a dead men. Tom Clancy Oath of Office / Marc Cameron: Marine officer. CIA analyst. President. Jack Ryan has devoted his life to protecting the United States. What if this time, he can't? President Ryan and the Campus return in the eleventh entry in Tom 16th in The NUMA Files Clancy's #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Sea of Greed / Clive Cussler & Graham Brown: After an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico destroys three oil rigs trying to revive a dying 5th Jack West, Jr. Thriller field, Kurt Austin and the NUMA Special Projects Team are tapped by the President of Coming in December the United States to find out what's gone wrong. The trail leads them to a brilliant The Three Secret Cities / Matthew Reilly: A billionaire in the alternative energy field. Her shadow world behind the real world: When Jack goal is the end of the oil age; her company has spent billions developing the worlds' most advanced fuel-cell systems. But is West, Jr. won the Great Games, he threw the she an environmental hero...or a rogue genetic engineer? four legendary kingdoms into turmoil.
A world with its own history, rules and prisons: The NUMA crew discovers that the oil fields are infected with Now these dark forces are coming after Jack...in bacteria that are consuming the oil before it can be pumped out of the earth--a bacteria originally lost decades ago when two ruthless fashion. submarines vanished in the Mediterranean. That is reaching into our world...explosively: With the end of all things rapidly approaching, Jack must find the Three Secret With hired killers on his trail, can Kurt Austin locate a submarine that's remained hidden for more than fifty years? And even if he Cities, three incredible lost cities of legend. can, can the biological terror that's been unleashed be stopped? It’s an impossible task by any reckoning, but Jack must do it while he is being hunted...by the greatest hunters in history. Biography & Memoir
Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing up Bernstein / Twilight of Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock / Jamie Bernstein: The oldest daughter of revered Steven Hyden: The author of the critically composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein offers a rare look acclaimed Your Favorite Band is Killing Me offers an eye- at her father on the centennial of his birth in a deeply opening exploration of the state of classic rock, its past intimate and broadly evocative memoir and future, the impact it has had, and what its loss would mean to an industry, a culture, and a way of life. The composer of On the Town and West Side Story, chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic, television star, The Fisherman’s Tomb: The True Story of the Vatican’s humanitarian, friend of the powerful and influential, and Secret Search / John O’Neill, et. al.: In 1939, a team of the life of every party, Leonard Bernstein was an enormous celebrity during workers beneath the Vatican unearthed an early one of the headiest periods of American cultural life, as well as the most Christian grave. This surprising discovery launched a protean musician in twentieth century America. secret quest that would last decades a quest to discover the long-lost burial place of the Apostle Peter. But to his eldest daughter, Jamie, he was above all the man in the scratchy brown bathrobe who smelled of cigarettes; the jokester and compulsive Homespun: Amish and Mennonite Women in Their Own teacher who enthused about Beethoven and the Beatles; the insomniac Words / Lorilee Craker: Ever wish you could visit with a whose 4 a.m. composing breaks involved spooning baby food out of the jar. group of Amish or Mennonite women over a cup of He taught his daughter to love the world in all its beauty and complexity. In coffee? In the pages of Homespun, Amish and Plain public and private, Lenny was larger than life. Mennonite women swap stories and spin yarns while we listen in. In Famous Father Girl, Bernstein mines the emotional depths of her childhood and invites us into her family’s private world. A fantastic set of Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s characters populates the Bernsteins’ lives, including: the Kennedys, Mike Most Notorious Pirates / Eric Jay Dolin: With surprising Nichols, John Lennon, Richard Avedon, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins, tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas and Betty (Lauren) Bacall. intrigue, Black Flags, Blue Watersvividly reanimates the “Golden Age” of piracy in the Americas. Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time / Ian O’Connor: Bill Belichick is perhaps the most Reagan: An American Journey / Bob Spitz: From New fascinating figure in the NFL—the infamously dour face of York Times bestselling biographer Bob Spitz, a full and one of the winningest franchises in sports. As head coach rich biography of an epic American life, capturing what of the New England Patriots, he’s led the team to five made Ronald Reagan both so beloved and so Super Bowl championship trophies. In this revelatory and transformational. robust biography, readers will come to understand and see Belichick’s full life in football, from watching college games For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics / Donna as a kid with his father, a Naval Academy scout, to Brazile, et. al.: The four most powerful African American orchestrating two Super Bowl–winning game plans as defensive coordinator women in politics share the story of their friendship and for the Giants, to his dramatic leap to New England, where he has made how it has changed politics in America. history.
In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown / Nathaniel Philbrick: In the fall of 1780, after five frustrating years of war, George Washington had come to realize that the only way to defeat the British Empire was with the help of the French navy. But as he had learned after two years of trying, coordinating his army's movements with those of a fleet of warships based thousands of miles away was next to impossible. And then, on September 5, 1781, the impossible happened. Recognized today as one of the most important naval engagements in the history of the world, the Battle of the Chesapeake-- fought without a single American ship--made the subsequent victory of the
Americans at Yorktown a virtual inevitability.
Low-Mess Crafts for Kids: 72 Projects to Create Your Own Magical Worlds /
Debbie Chapman: This book brings Eat It! parents and caretakers solutions to the Pretty Simple Cooking / Sonja Overhiser craft time conundrum. As well as being The Easy 5-Ingredient Ketogenic Diet Cookbook / Jen Fisch low-mess, all 72 of these awesome Homefront Cooking: Recipes, Wit, and Wisdom from American Veterans projects feature everyday items like pipe cleaners, pom and Their Loved Ones / Tracey Enerson Wood, et. al. poms and clothespins, which make playtime a cinch. And Superiority Burger Cookbook / Brooks Headley, et. al. with step-by-step pictures, kids of any age can create Prep-ahead Breakfasts & Lunches / Alea Milham Foolproof Christmas / Gooseberry something they can be proud of. Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering / Joanna Gaines Once Upon a Chef, the Cookbook / Jennifer Segal Watch as little ones create their own enchanting Cook Fast, Eat Well: 5 Ingredients, 10 Minutes, 160 Recipes / Sue Quinn worlds―whether they want to explore outer space with a Taste of Home Christmas 2018 Paper Plate Flying Saucer, race cars on a Poster Board Road Eat at Home Tonight: 101 Simple Busy-family Recipes for Your Slow Cooker, Sheet Pan, Instant Pot and More / Tiffany King Track, or create a whimsical fairy city with Paper Roll Fairy Houses, each craft promises to spark your child’s Make It! imagination... Homespun Style / Selina Lake Craft a Life You Love: Infusing Creativity, Fun & Intention Into Your Everyday / Amy Tangerine Heavy-duty Sewing: Making Backpacks and Other Stuff / Gooseberry Patch Anton Sandqvist Simple Patchwork Projects: 20 Animal-themed Projects to Sew & Quilt / Hayley Smith Seasonal Cookbook Tomoko Fuse’s Origami Boxes / Tomako Fuse
Foolproof Christmas: Christmas is coming! Do It! Swirling snowflakes have us reaching for The Baking Soda Companion: Natural Recipes and Remedies for Health, our coziest scarves and mittens, thinking Beauty, and Home / Suzy Scherr about tree trimming and cookie baking. Troubleshooting and Repairing Diesel Engines / Paul Dempsey Foolproof Christmas is filled with yummy tried & true recipes shared by home cooks Rescue, Restore, and Redecorate: Amy Howard's Guide to Refinishing across the country...sure to put you in the Furniture and Accessories / Amy Howard spirit in no time at all. After a day of frosty winter fun with Spread too Thin: Opting Out of Frantic Living, Opting in to Lasting the kids, serve up crescent-top chicken casserole and Peace / Ellen Miller tossed salad with apple cider dressing. Relax with a steaming bowl of creamy chicken & rice soup and a basket of warm applesauce muffins after shopping.
On Christmas morning, slow-cooker sausage & egg casserole is perfect after opening gifts. Serve up a memorable holiday dinner of homestyle pot roast, garlic smashed potatoes and honey-glazed carrots. And since it's Christmas, we can't forget the sweets! Almond butter cookies, chocolate crinkle cookies, fudgy mocha brownies and peppermint snowballs are all easy to make and sure to be welcome on cookie platters. So get comfy by a crackling fire, enjoy a steamy cup of tea and get ready to create sweet new memories for Christmases to come!
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Some Tame Gazelle (1950) Excellent Women (1952) Jane and Prudence (1953) English novelist Barbara Pym was best the publisher declined to publish Less Than Angels (1955) known for her series of social comedies, subsequent work after 1961, citing her A Glass of Blessings (1958) most notably Excellent Women (1952) style as too old-fashioned for No Fond Return of Love (1961) and A Glass of Blessings (1958). She has contemporary readers. Quartet in Autumn (1977) the distinguished honor of being the only Barbara’s health began to suffer. In 1971 The Sweet Dove Died (1978) author named twice in a Time Literary she was diagnosed with breast cancer A Few Green Leaves (1980) Supplemental list as one of the most and underwent a mastectomy. Three Published Posthumously underrated novelists of the century. years later, she suffered a small stoke and An Unsuitable Attachment (1982) Born to Frederic and Irena Pym on June 2, moved in to a small cottage in Finstock. Crampton Hodnet (1985) 1913, Barbara was raised in Oswestry, Oxfordshire with her sister, Hilary. An Academic Question (1986) Shropshire, a large marketing town Despite continued rejection, Barbara kept located near the Welsh border. writing, though she lamented, 'I get ~ Why You Should Read Barbara Pym ~ At the age of twelve, she attended moments of gloom and pessimism when To read a Barbara Pym novel or short story is to Huyton College, a boarding school for it seems as if nobody could ever like my enter a world that is uniquely hers. It’s a place girls. She later studied at St. Hilda’s kind of writing again....' brought to life through her ability to create richly College, Oxford, earning her second-class Suddenly, in 1977, her sixteen-year hiatus drawn characters, to make humorous, slightly honors degree in English Literature. from publishing came to an end with the wicked observations about love and life and Her first novel, Some Tame Gazelle, was publication of the January 21st issue of everything in between, and to give the reader a completed in 1935 when she was only 22 the Times Literary Supplement. In it, kind of idealized, yet candid, portrayal of years old. The story featured two spinster noted historian Lord David Cecil and poet provincial English life. sisters based loosely on herself and sister, Philp Larkin twice named her as the most Barbara Pym’s early work is considered high Hilary. She submitted the novel to under-rated novelist of the century. The comedy, a type of comedy writing that satirizes publishers, but to no avail. Determined title led to the quick revival of her career. genteel society in a sophisticated and witty not to be discouraged, she continued to Barbara’s comeback novel, Quartet in manner. Her style has been compared to that of write and submit stories and novels. Autumn, published by Macmillan in Jane Austen, only with a twentieth-century twist. 1977, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize During World War II, Barbara and she was later elected as a Fellow of A Barbara Pym ‘novel of manners’ is peppered participated in the war the Royal Society of Literature. with ordinary characters leading ordinary lives effort, first working at the set against the ordinary back-drop of English Censorship Office at Bristol, Barbara quickly followed Quartet in teas, jumble sales, and walks in the woods. What then later joining the Autumn with The Sweet Dove Died (1978) makes her stories so extraordinary is the way Women’s Royal Navel and A Few Green Leaves (1980). Both she is able to peel away the layers of ordinary to Service. She was assigned to Naples novels were met with critical acclaim. reveal the richness of setting and character where she served until the war’s end. Sadly, just as she was beginning to enjoy beneath. Her characters become people with In 1946, Barbara joined the International her renewed success, Barbara was once quirks and foibles, and endearing eccentricities; African Institute as an assistant editor for again diagnosed with breast cancer. She her settings become home with succinct, and, the scholarly journal, Africa. She worked succumbed to the disease on January 11, sometimes, blunt descriptions. there for seventeen years. 1980 at the age of 67. Filled with wit and wicked humor, the novels of Then, in 1950, the London publishing firm Barbara Pym have become classics of the British Jonathan Cape agreed to publish Some comic novel. Don’t waste a moment, read a Tame Gazelle . Five more novels followed, Barbara Pym novel as soon as you can! but despite their success and popularity, ~Cheryl Richter~
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