TEENS OUTLAWS OF THE ATLANTIC: Sailors, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail. Marcus Rediker. WE WERE LIARS. E. Lockhart HISTORY. This maritime history “from below” exposes the Cadence Sinclair Easton comes from an old-money family, headed by history-making power of common sailors, slaves, pirates, and a patriarch who owns a private island off of Cape Cod. Each summer, other outlaws at sea in the era of the tall ship. In Outlaws of the the extended family gathers at the various houses on the island. Atlantic, award-winning historian Marcus Rediker turns maritime Cadence and her cousins have been inseparable since age eight. history upside down. Outlaws of the Atlantic is an unexpected and During their fifteenth summer however, Cadence suffers a mysteri- Holiday compelling peoples’ history of the “age of sail.” ous accident. She spends the next two years trying to piece together just what happened.

GARDENS IN DETAIL. Emma Reuss I’LL GIVE YOU THE SUN. Jandy Nelson GARDENING. Explore 100 gardens from around the world with Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. Something has this illustrated guide to the design elements of each—from happened to wreck the twins in different and dramatic ways and, historical style to planting and landscape design. Both experi- now, three years later Jude and Noah are barely speaking. What the twins don’t realize is that they each have only half the story, and Gift enced and armchair gardeners will find that Gardens in Detail will enhance their appreciation of how good design decisions are if they could just find their way back to one another, they’d have a made at every scale. chance to remake their world.

NO SUMMIT OUT OF SIGHT. Jordan Romero HUDSON VALLEY CHEF’S TABLE: Extraordinary Recipes On May 22, 2010, at the age of thirteen, American teenager Jordan from Westchester to Columbia County. Julia Sexton Romero became the youngest person to climb to the summit of Mount COOKING. With over 80 recipes for the home cook from the Everest. Jordan, now seventeen, recounts his experience, which Suggestions state’s most celebrated eateries and showcasing full-color started as a spark of an idea at the age of nine and, many years of photos featuring mouth-watering dishes, famous chefs, and training and hard work later, turned into a dream come true. lots of local flavor, Hudson Valley Chef’s Table is a feast for the eyes as well as the palate.

THE RITHMATIST. Brandon Sanderson JUST MERCY: A Story of Justice & Redemption. Bryan Stevenson More than anything, Joel wants to be a Rithmatist; someone who LAW. A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to has the power to infuse life into two-dimensional figures known as redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice— Chalklings. When students start disappearing, Joel and his friend 2014 from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time. Melody, find themselves on the trail of an unexpected discovery—one Just Mercy is unforgettable account of an idealistic, gifted young that will change Rithmatics—and their world—forever. lawyer’s coming of age and an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice.

TRUST ME, I’M LYING. Mary Elizabeth Summer Julep Dupree comes from a family of con artists. When she comes MUDVILLE MADNESS: Fabulous Feats, Belligerent Behavior, home to a ransacked apartment and her father gone, Julep’s carefully and Erratic Episodes on the Diamond. Jonathan Weeks. laid plans for her future go awry. With everything she has at stake, Julep is in way over her head but that’s not going to stop her from The extent to which remarkable things can happen SPORTS. using every trick in the book to find her dad before his mark finds her. on a baseball field is virtually limitless. Bats break, balls carom w i l d l y , p e r s o n a l i t i e s c l a s h , a n d p l a y i n g fi e l d s a r e i n v a d e d b y uninvited guests. This book is a jaunt into the realm of the extraor- dinary and (at times) outright bizarre. YA GRAPHIC NOVELS GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: The Trial of Jean Grey. BLACK CANARY AND ZATANNA: Bloodspell. Paul Dini Brian Michael Bendis, Sarah Pichelli and Justin Ponser ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL. Two of the DC Universe’s brightest The arrival of the original X-Men in the present sent shockwaves through the Marvel Universe, but we’ve only seen the effects on Earth stars join forces to combat a deadly new threat-a chilling super- - until now! When an alien race discovers that Jean Grey, host of the natural foe that preys on their weaknesses and unleashes their destructive Phoenix Force is back on Earth, they decide to hold her awesome powers against each other. accountable for the heinous acts of Dark Phoenix!

LARCHMONT SECONDS. Bryan Lee O’Malley. Public Library ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL. The highly anticipated new stand- THE SHADOW HERO. Gene Luen Yang & Sonny Liew 121 Larchmont Avenue alone full-color graphic novel from Bryan Lee O’Malley, author In the comics boom of the 1940s, a legend was born: the Green Tur- Larchmont, NY 10538 and artist of the hugely bestselling Scott Pilgrim graphic novel tle. He solved crimes and fought injustice just like the other comics 914.834.2281 series. Here is a madcap new tale of existential angst, everyday characters. The Green Turtle was the first Asian American super hero. LarchmontLibrary.org obstacles, young love, and ancient spirits that’s sharp-witted With artwork by Sonny Liew, this gorgeous, funny comics adventure for and tenderhearted, whimsical and wise. teens is a new spin on the long, rich tradition of American comics lore. One enduring stereotype about librarians is that we spend all ANCILLARY JUSTICE. Anne Leckie THE BREWER’S TALE: A HIstory of the World According to our time reading books. The reality is that we spend far more Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, British Science Fiction, Locus and Arthur Beer. William Bostwick time reading about books than actually reading them. There is no C. Clarke Awards. On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq FOOD/SPIRITS. The Brewer’s Tale is a beer-filled journey into the guarantee that we have read everything we are recommending here. is drawing closer to completing her quest. Once, she was the Justice past: the story of brewers gone by and one brave writer’s quest to of Toren - a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking bring them—and their ancient, forgotten beers—back to life, one But you can be assured that we have read about as much as there thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that taste at a time. So pull up a barstool and raise a glass to 5,000 years of fermented magic. is to read about each book, thus you can rely on our suggestions conquered the galaxy. Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, for the best books to give as gifts. If you’re still unsure about our leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, and recommendations or if you’re looking for additional holiday gift a burning desire for vengeance. ideas, we suggest you come to the Library and have a look at the books. RENDEZ-VOUS WITH ART. Philippe de Montebello & Martin Gayford ART. The fruits of a lifetime of experience by a cultural colossus, THE WORLD OF ICE & FIRE: The Untold History of Westeros Philippe de Montebello, the longest-serving director of the Metro- & the Game of Thrones. George R.R. Martin politan Museum of Art in its history, distilled in conversations with FICTION This lavishly illustrated volume is a comprehensive history of the an acclaimed critic. This book confronts the elusive questions: Seven Kingdoms, providing vividly constructed accounts of the epic how, and why, do we look at art? battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead to the events With 75 illustrations. STONE MATTRESS. Margaret Atwood of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones. Margaret Atwood turns to short fiction for the first time since her 2006 collection, Moral Disorder, with nine tales of acute psy- THE BROKEN ROAD: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos. chological insight and turbulent relationships bringing to mind Patrick Leigh Fermor her award-winning 1996 novel, Alias Grace. In these nine tales, TRAVEL. The Broken Road is the long-awaited account of the final Margaret Atwood is at the top of her darkly humorous and seriously THE BONE CLOCKS. David Mitchell leg of Leight Fermor’s adventure that began with A Time of Gifts playful game. An elegant conjurer of interconnected tales, a genre-bending dare- and Between the Woods and the Water. Assembled from Fermor’s devil, and a master prose stylist, David Mitchell has become one of manuscripts by biographer Artemis Cooper and travel writer Colin the leading literary voices of his generation. His hypnotic new novel, Thubron, this is perhaps the most personal of all Leigh Fermor’s books. The Bone Clocks, crackles with invention and wit and sheer story- DRY BONES IN THE VALLEY. Tom Bouman telling pleasure—it is fiction at its most spellbinding. CAPTURING MUSIC: The Story of Notation. Thomas Forrest Kelly When an elderly recluse discovers a corpse on his land, Officer Henry Farrell follows the investigation to strange places in the countryside MUSIC HISTORY. In today’s digital landscape, we have the luxury of experiencing music anytime, anywhere. But before this instant acces- and into the depths of his own frayed soul. With vivid characters and sibility and dizzying array of formats—before CDs, the radio, and the flawless pacing, Tom Bouman immerses readers in rural northeastern ORFEO. Richard Powers turntable—there was only one recording technology: music notation. Pennsylvania, a region in the grip of change. In these derelict woods It allowed singers and soloists to travel across great distances and In Orfeo, Richard Powers tells the story of composer Peter Els as full of whitetail deer and history, the hunt is on. perform their work with stunning fidelity, a feat that we now very he opens the door one evening to find the police on his doorstep. much take for granted. His home microbiology lab—the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to find music in surprising patterns—has aroused the suspi- cions of Homeland Security. Panicked by the raid, Els turns fugitive. ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE. Anthony Doerr As an Internet-fueled hysteria erupts, Els—the “Bioterrorist Bach”— THE GOOD DOCTOR: A Father, a Son, and the Evolution of From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, pays a final visit to the people he loves, those who shaped his musical Barron H. Lerner this beautiful, stunningly ambitious instant New York Times best- journey. Medical Ethics. seller is about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths MEDICINE. The story of two doctors, a father and son, who prac- collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of ticed in very different times and the evolution of the ethics that profoundly influence health care. A timely and compelling story of World War II. LILA. Marilynne Robinson one family’s engagement with medicine over the last half century, Marilynne Robinson, returns to the town of Gilead in an unforget- The Good Doctor is an important book for those who treat illness— table story of a girlhood lived on the fringes of society in fear, and those who struggle to overcome it. awe, and wonder. Revisiting the beloved characters and setting of Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Gilead and Home, a National Book Award finalist, Lila is a moving expression of the mysteries of FACTORY MAN: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, GREAT NORTH ROAD. Peter F. Hamilton existence that is destined to become an American classic. Stayed Local, and Helped Save an American Town. Beth Macy New York Times bestselling author Peter F. Hamilton’s riveting new BUSINESS. The Bassett Furniture Company was once the world’s thriller combines the nail-biting suspense of a serial-killer investiga- biggest wood furniture manufacturer. In Factory Man, Beth Macy tion with clear-eyed scientific and social extrapolation to create a brings to life Bassett’s deeply personal furniture and family story, and shows how they used legal maneuvers, factory efficiencies, and future that seems not merely plausible but inevitable. NON-FICTION sheer grit and cunning to save hundreds of jobs, she also reveals the truth about modern industry in America.

THE MAP THIEF: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps. Michael Blanding THE INVENTION OF WINGS. Sue Monk Kidd CRIME. E. Forbes Smiley is a revered map dealer with an unsavory WHAT IF?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothet- secret. The Map Thief interweaves Smiley’s escapades with stories of Inspired by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke, Kidd goes beyond ical Questions. Randall Munroe the record to flesh out the rich interior lives of all of her charac- the explorers and mapmakers he knew better than anyone. Tracking a series of thefts as brazen as the art heists in Provenance and a sub- SCIENCE. From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, ters, both real and invented, including Handful’s cunning mother, culture as obsessive as the oenophiles in The Billionaire’s Vinegar, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you prob- Charlotte, who courts danger in her search for something better. This Blanding has pieced together an unforgettable story of high-stakes ably never thought to ask. What If? will be required reading for exquisitely written novel is a triumph of storytelling that will leave crime. xkcd fans and anyone who loves to ponder the hypothetical. no reader unmoved.