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From left to right, back row: Robin Harvey, Yvette Morgan, Tatum Fichthorn, Suzanne Martella, Rosanna Nissen, Libby Stowell, Cheryl Bailey; front row: Brianna Schneider, Riley, Sheila Daley, Sally Lovegrove Gingerbread Christmas, Jan Brett Brett’s Gingerbread Baby re - turns in a fun-filled Christ - Christmas in the Barn, Margaret Wise B rown mas caper! Gingerbread Baby &‘ ATnnias De wtdhneye (I lluSstreatoar) son and his friend, Matti, take his First published in 1952, this gingerbread band to the reissued edition tells the Na - Christmas Festival where tivity story in lovely rhyming they are a hit until the aroma text interpersed with snippets of gingerbread reaches the of familiar carols. Set in a rural children, signaling that it is landscape, the farm animals time to run away. Clever are brought to life by the won - Matti uses snow to disguise the gingerbread instruments derfully expressive art work of while Gingerbread Baby leads the audience on a merry chase Anna Dewdney, creator of the to the smartest hiding place ever--a giant Christmas tree. beloved Llama, Llama series. This gentle tale is a delightful way to introduce young chil - Stick Man, Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheppler dren to the true meaning of Christmas. “Stick Man lives in the family tree With his Stick Lady Love and their The Nutcracker, The New York City Ballet, stick children three.” Valeria Docampo (Illustrator) But one day, Stick Man is carried off For the first time, this beloved hol - by a mischievous dog who wants to iday story is told based on George play fetch! Things go from bad to Balanchine’s famous production. worse as Stick Man is carried farther The storyline of this gorgeous pic - and farther away from home. Lonely ture book mimics the choreogra - and lost, Stick Man wants nothing phy of the famous ballet and the more than to be home with his family illustrations are inspired by the for Christmas. And when he helps Santa Claus out of a bind, backdrops and scenery from the he finds the perfect ticket home! actual production. A holiday tradi - tion for many families, now read - ers who can’t travel to New York The Christmas Boot , Lisa Wheeler, will be able to experience this col - Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator) orful celebratory story. Lonely Hannah is delighted to dis - cover a warm black boot as she The Great Spruce, John Duvall gathers wood in the forest. Poor & Rebecca Gibbon (Illustrator) woman, she doesn't have proper shoes on her cold feet. "Glory be! I Alec loves to climb trees. His fa - only wish I had your mate," she vorite is the great spruce, with its says, and the next morning, to her sturdy trunk and branches that great surprise, there is not just one stretch up to the sky. Alec’s boot but two sitting by her bed! grandpa planted it as a sapling More wishes bring even better years before Alec was born, and gifts—but the best is still to come: A every Christmas, they decorate the visitor arrives at her door—a man with a big white beard, tree together. One day, some men wearing a red suit and only one boot. Who could this magical come by and asked if they could cut visitor be? Santa Claus, of course! And he has one more sur - it down to take to the city where it prise in store for Hannah: She wakes up the next morning to will be enjoyed by thousands of find a new puppy waiting for her! people who come to celebrate. Though it’s a huge honor, Alec’s heartbroken and comes up with a plan to save his favorite tree in this joyful holiday tale. The Biggest Smallest Christmas Present, Harriet Muncaster A Night of Great Joy, Mary Engelbreit Every year, Clementine tries to tell Santa she’s small. But the In her signature style, the author cookies she ices with a message celebrates the joyful season of to Santa are eaten, and the Christmas. This book tells the story words she stamps out on the of the nativity through the per - roof are covered by fresh snow. formance of a children’s Christmas It’ll take a whole lot of Christ - pageant. With adorable illustra - mas spirit for Clementine to tions and simple storytelling, En - find the right way to reach gelbreit paints a wonderful picture Santa—and when she does, she of the night that Jesus was born. just might get the toy of her dreams! PERFECT PAIRS BCeforhe Miolrdninrg, eJoynce S’sidm aPn & iBcetht Kuromrme es In a bustling city, busy people come and go during a day. But, a child wishes for a different sort day and uses the power of words, in the form of an invocation, to persuade fate to bring her family a ‘snow day’—a day slow and unhurried enough to spend at home together. The simple These irresistible, cuddly plush animals from text and the beautiful scratchboard art perfectly capture the magic of a world Jellycat make a wonderful add-on to three of our turned soft and white and inside-out. favorite pictures books of the season. Ages 4-7 Panda Pants, Jacqueline Davies Teacup , Rebecca Young & Matt Dudley & Sydney Hanson A boy must leave his home and find A hilarious battle of wills ensues another. He brings with him a when a young panda tries to con - teacup full of earth from the place vince his father why pants make where he grew up, and sets off to perfect sense. (Even though, as Dad sea. At last, the boy finds land, but points out, Pandas DON’T wear it doesn't feel complete—until an - pants). After all, pants are soft, other traveler joins him, bearing pants keep you warm. Some pants the seed to build a new home. With even have POCKETS! In spare text lyrical text and gorgeous artwork, and deliciously droll illustrations, this poignant picture book offers this gentle funny tale is a delight! the perfect framework for dis - Ages 3 - 5 cussing life’s toughest challenges— a big move, long-distance separation, or even the current refugee Henry & Leo, Pamela Zagarenski crisis—in a reassuring way. Ages 4-8 Leo isn’t just a stuffed toy, he is Henry’s best friend and brother. He A Child of Books, Oliver Jeffers & Sam Winston is as real as a tree, a cloud, the sun, A little girl sets sail on her raft the moon, the stars, and the wind. across a sea of words, arriving at the But when the two are accidentally house of a small boy. She invites him separated, no one in Henry’s family to join her on an adventure into the believes Leo is real enough to find world of stories. And, as they chart his way home. With beautiful their way through a fantastical mixed-media paintings, the Calde - landscape ingeniously composed of cott Honor–winning artist Pamela exerpts from childrens’s literature, Zagarenski explores the transcen - they discover the power of imagina - dent nature of friendship and love. tion to enrich life. This clever and vi - Hooray! Another gorgeous book sually stunning book, is a reminder from this amazing artist and author. Ages 4-7 to all readers of how richly books can enlarge the world and allow us to share the lives of others. Ages 4 and up Penguin Problems, Jory John & Lane Smith Everyone has bad days when prob - The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles, lems seem overwhelming—even Michelle Cuevas & Erin Stead Mortimer the penguin whose life in A man lives alone atop a hill. It Antartica is no picnic. For starters, is his task to open any bottles it is FREEZING. Also, penguins found at sea and make sure that have a ton of natural predators. the messages are delivered to Plus, can you imagine trying to find the right person. He loves his your mom in a big ol’ crowd of iden - job, but wishes one bottle might tical penguins? But a wise walrus be just for him! One day he points out that in spite of chal - opens a party invitation with no lenges, there is much to be thankful name attached. Searching high for and penguin finally realizes, and low for the recipient, he “This is my only home, and this is ends up finding something even my only life. Maybe things will work out after all.” A light more special—the possibility of new friends! Ages 4-8 hearted reminder to appreciate your world. Ages 3 - 5 The 50 States Fun Facts, Gabrielle Balkan & Sol Linero Each page of this colorful, over - sized interactive board book fea - CNanehttei’sl Bdagruetten, M’os Wi llPems icture tures 50 things unique to each Mo Willems' hilarious new pic - state. From food to celebrations, ture book follows our plucky there’s lots to discover! Add a heroine on her first big solo trip make-your-own puzzle on the to the bakery. But . . . will final spread, and you have a Nanette get the baguette from great way for young readers to baker Juliette? Or will Nanette learn about the USA. Ages 4-7 soon be beset with regret? Set in a meticulously handcrafted- The Ultimate Book of Space , paper-modeled French village, the uniquely vibrant laugh-out-loud world of Nanette's Anne-Sophie Baumann & Olivier Latyck Baguette may be Mo's best creation yet. Get set to ‘krack’ into Bursting with 40 flaps, pop-ups, pull an irresistible tale you won't soon forget! Ages 4-8 tabs, and movable parts, The Ulti - mate Book of Space provides a richly Ada Twist, Scientist, illustrated, hands-on exploration of space travel, the Earth's place in our Andrea Beaty & David Roberts galaxy, the solar system, and so In catchy, rhyming text and comical, much more! Sure to encourage curi - expressive illustrations, the creators ous young readers to venture deeper of Rosie Revere, Engineer and Iggy into space, this is a must-have book Peck, Architect introduce Ada Twist, for any budding scientist's library. a young girl whose head is exploding Ages 5-8 with questions about everything in her world. Her quest to explore leads her into some tricky situa - tions, but with a supportive family THE LEGEND GOES ON and the space to figure it out, she’ll Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, be able to feed her curiosity in the ways a young scientist should. (Illustrated Edition, Book 2) Touching on themes of perseverance and problem solving, Ada J.K. Rowling comes to learn that her questions might not always lead to The second book in the beloved se - answers, but rather to more questions—and maybe some ries joins the first in a beautiful il - breakthrough discoveries! Ages 5-7 lustrated edition. The original text is presented in a larger format and Illuminature , Carnovsky & Rachael Williams is adorned with Jim Kay’s colorful The WOW book of the sea - artwork on almost every page. The son! Ingeniously designed story of Harry Potter’s second year by the Carnovsky design at Hogwarts will delight both the firm, this amazing book is a dedicated fan and a child being in - work of graphic art as well troduced to the series for the first time. Ages 8-12 as a treasure trove of fasci - nating information on ten of Harry Potter Puzzles the earth’s most diverse Available both in large 1,000 ecosystems. From the piece and mini 100 piece ver - Congo rain forest to the sions, perfect for the Christmas Andes mountains, each two stocking, these puzzles featur - -page spread hides the ani - ing the cover art of the original - mals and plants native to books will provide hours of fun for any fan. that region. Using the col - ored lenses in the pocket of The Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them , the cover, the flora and (Original Screenplay) J.K. Rowling fauna are magicaly revealed. Discover the mysterious creatures When Magizoologist Newt Scamander ar - of the night, whose super-sensory powers allow them to survive rives in New York, he intends his stay to be in the dark .Then, switch the lens to step into daylight, where just a brief stopover. However, when his mag - the heat of the sun supercharges creatures big and small. Fi - ical case is misplaced and some of Newt's nally, use the third lens to see the luscious plant life of every fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for habitat as you travel through jungle, reef, grasslands, and everyone! Featuring a cast of remarkable woodland. Interspersed with the images is text that places all characters, this is epic, adventure-packed the elements in a rich factual context. Ages 7 & up storytelling at its very best! Ages 8-15 by Brianna Schneide r Full of Beans, Jennifer L. Holm Scythe, Neal Shusterman OThis dledlighteful hrist oriKcal ficitidon nsovel takes What would happen if scientists all but place in Key West during the Great Depres- eradicated death in human beings, creat - sion when the New Deal was working to ing a world with no hunger, disease or war make this down-on-its luck Florida town a and where no one ever dies? National Book winter vacation destination. The goal was to Award winner Neal Shusterman takes on encourage the community to clean up their this issue in the first novel of a thrilling neighborhood and paint their homes bright new dystopian series. The answer is the colors to bring the rich and famous to their creation of scythes who exist with the sole town. The story is told through the eyes of a purpose of ending life to maintain popula - pack of kids that remind you of the innocence tion controls. Two teenagers are unexpect - of the Little Rascals and would make a won- edly pulled into this world as they are derful ‘read aloud’ for adults and children to enjoy together. chosen to become scythe apprentices. They must learn the Ages 8-12 “art” of taking a life knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own. The story is well written and Gertie’s Leap to Greatness, Kate Beasley carries the right balance of action, young romance and unan - The reader immediately falls in love with swerable ethical questions to keep the reader engaged, pages Gertie and her spunky personality. She has turning and looking forward to the next book. Ages 12-17 a daddy who works on an oilrig, a great-aunt who always finds the lowest prices at the Pig- The Sun is Also a Star, Nicola Yoon gly Wiggly, and two loyal best friends. So Nominated for the National Book Award when her mother decides to move away from for Young People’s literature, this novel is their small town, Gertie sets out on her a New York City love story that debates the greatest mission yet: becoming the best fifth value of fate and science. Natasha and her grader in the universe to show her mother family are being deported to Jamaica after exactly what she'll be leaving behind. Chal- her father is arrested for drunk driving. lenged by a new girl with the same goal, this She is spending her last day in the city try - book is a tale of hope and homecoming that will make you want ing to find a way to stay in this country. more from this first time author. Ages 8-12 Daniel is on his way to an interview for Yale where he doesn’t want to go. But, his When the Sea Turned to Silver, Grace Lin South Korean parents have big plans for This breathtaking, full-color illustrated fantasy is inspired by their first generation America son. On the way to his inter - Chinese folklore and is a companion to the view, he runs into Natasha and believes that he can make her Newbery Honor winner Where the Mountain fall in love with him in one day. Little does he know, one day Meets the Moon. In this new novel, Pinmei's is all Natasha has left in this country. The story is told in al - loving grandmother, Amah, always has the ternating short chapters by the main characters, and people most exciting tales for her granddaughter and objects that they meet throughout the day. Its unortho - and the other villagers. However, the peace dox style and modern love story make it a must read. is shattered one night when soldiers of the Ages 12-17 emperor kidnap the storyteller. Learning the emperor wants The Luminous Stone, Pinmei Our Chemical Hearts, Krystal Sutherland and her friend Yishan set out on a dangerous This brilliant debut novel is equal parts quest to find it in order to barter for Amah’s release. A stunning wit and heartbreak. It is the story of two addition to a deservedly beloved set of novels. Ages 8-12 people who aren’t meant to be together. Henry has focused hard on his grades, get - The Secret Keepers, Trenton Lee Stewart ting into a semi-decent college and finally Fans of Stewart’s Mysterious Benedict Soci- becoming editor of his school newspaper. ety series will be delighted in his new stand- Everything changes when Grace, the new alone novel. Reuben, an 11-year-old boy girl in town, is also named editor of the discovers an extraordinary antique watch paper. There is something unusual and with a secret power. It allows him to be tem- broken about Grace. She walks with a porarily invisible. At first thrilled, as one se- cane, wears oversized boy’s clothes and cret leads to another, Reuben finds himself rarely seams to shower. But, her mysteriousness, seems to torn between his honest nature and the lure make her more appealing to Henry. He wants nothing more to be a hero. Now, on a dangerous adventure than to help her put the pieces back together again. But, that full of curious characters and treacherous might be more complicated then it seems. For fans of John traps, he races to solve the mystery before Green and Rainbow Rowell this irresistible story of first love, it is too late. A heart pounding adventure, laced with mystery broken hearts, and the golden seams that put them back to - and magic. Ages 10 - 13 gether again is not to be missed. Ages 12-17 Cruel Beautiful World, Caroline Leavitt Set in 1969, Lewitt’s haunting novel begins with 16-year-old Lucy who has fallen in The Unseen World, Liz Moore love with her much older teacher, William, Staff Picks the coolest teacher in the high school and The Unseen World by Liz Moore is one object of many classmates romantic obses - of my recent favorite books. It is a coming sions. Lucy ultimately runs away from her of age story set primarily in Boston in the family to live in rural PA with her lover. At 1980s. Its protagonist is a twelve-year- first, she enjoys living with William in their old girl named Ada who is the daughter little house where she writes, cooks and of single parent David. Although he is de - practices for the day she turns 18, and they voted to her, his parenting style is a bit can marry. Soon however, Lucy begins to unorthodox, and home schooled Ada get bored and want more, but William re - spends much of her time in David’s com - fuses to let her leave to further herself or her education for fear puter lab at his university. This arrange - of being caught and arrested. ment is fine with both of them until David’s mind begins to falter and a mys - Lucy’s adoptive mother, Iris, and sister, Charlotte, are devas - terious past begins to be revealed. Told from present day and tated by Lucy's disappearance and try to figure out where she flashbacks from both Ada and David, this is a heartbreaking could have gone, and what could have happened to her. Char - story about a daughter’s love for her father and her quest to lotte, in particular, finds herself unable to focus on her school - find out the truth about him. — Sally Lovegrove work or meeting people, because all she can do is wonder what happened to her sister, for whom she has always served as pro - tector. Another Brooklyn, Jacqueline Woodson Jacqeline Woodson’s short, poignant Ultimately, Lucy begins to come of age in the time of “free love” novel Another Brooklyn is about a young but realizes quickly that it is not so free after all. The love, friend - girl leaving her rural farm in Tennessee ship, devotion and family ties of all of these characters is extraor - and moving to Brooklyn with her father dinary. The hints of what is coming next is both shocking and and brother. It is set in the 1970s and told devastating. in short, almost journal like entries by August, named for the long, hot month in There are many different storylines that weave each of these Tennessee. After arriving in Brooklyn, beautiful (and cruel) people together. I particularly enjoyed Iris motherless August quickly becomes in - as the elder woman who takes on two young girls and raises separable from three tough yet vulnera - them as her own, right when she is about to begin her new life ble girls. The story follows these girls and after her husband dies. I cheered for Lucy, wanting her to live, their coming of age but also incorporates laugh and love like she so desperately desired and also hoped the stories of August’s mother and August’s Uncle who has do-gooder Charlotte would bust out of her shell and live life to been drafted into the Vietnam War. Another Brooklyn is a the fullest. I really loved this book and each character in their powerful and beautiful read. — Sally Lovegrove own way. One of the best books I’ve read this year! — Tatum Fichthorn

News of the World, Paulette Jiles The Nix, Nathan Hill In 1870 Texas, 70-year-old Captain Jeffer - Nathan Hill’s behemoth of a debut novel son Kyle Kidd is a war veteran and an has received much well deserved positive itinerant “news reader.” He travels from publicity. It is a many-layered tale of a town to town with a stack of newspapers young professor/writer named Samuel try - to read the news of the world to assem - ing to track down his mother, Faye, who bled audiences. When in Wichita Falls, a abandoned the family when he was 11. He federal agent requests that he return Jo - has not seen her since, when a video of her hanna, a 10-year-old girl who has been throwing rocks at a conservative presiden - held captive for four years by the Kiowa tial candidate becomes the most watched Indians, to her only living relatives resid - video on YouTube. Suffering from writers ing four hundred miles away in San An - block, Samuel uses her new fame as a start - tonio. The wild, terrified girl, who has ing point for a book—and an excuse to come forgotten all the language and manners of her pre-Kiowa life, looking for her. What follows is a journey back in time to Faye’s is entrusted to Captain Kidd. The journey that follows is college years, the Chicago protests of 1968, Samuel’s fraught punctuated by encounters with vicious highwaymen, unpre - childhood, and ultimately to the answers he searches for. dictable weather and incredible resourcefulness in obtaining food, weapons and shelter. In poetic prose, Jiles paints an un - Nathan Hill has been compared to such authors as David Foster forgettable portrait of a deepening bond of love, trust and re - Wallace, Donna Tartt and John Irving. Lots to discuss in this bil - spect between Kidd and Johanna. Their story is filled with dungsroman, The Nix is a great book club selection! humor and, in the end, achingly beautiful poignancy. Histor - —Sally Lovegrove ical fiction at its best. — Robin Harvey A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles Moscow, 1922. Count Alexander Illyrich Rostov, aristocrat, member of the Jockey Mr. Monkey, Francine Prose Club, Master of the Hunt, and a former StafThfe titPle of ithcis wkildlsy imaginative novel hero of the Russian Revolution based on a refers to a third-rate children’s musical poem he produced, is found by the Bolshe - about an orphaned monkey who is viks to have succumbed irrevocably to adopted by a family in New York City. “the corruptions of his class” and is sen - But, at its heart the narrative consists of tenced to a lifetime of house arrest. Al - the stories of a disparate group of charac - ready living in a luxurious suite in the ters connected to the production. We meet famed Metropol Hotel, he is now confined Ray Ortiz, a Vietnam vet “with a tiny to living there in a tiny attic room, and if touch of PTSD” whose breakdown on a he ventures outside the hotel, he will be shot. visit to the monkey cage at the zoo in - spired the play; Adam, the 12-year-old Rostov, a wry optimist, makes the most of his new circum - gymnast, “poisoned with testosterone” who dons a brown che - stances by following as many of his old rituals and routines nille costume each night to act the lead role; Edward, the in - as possible and seeking out whatever intellectual and per - nocent, beautiful child who during a moment of silence in the sonal interactions he can. When he befriends the inquisitive play turns to his grandsfather and says, “very loud and clear, nine-year-old Nina, another hotel resident, he begins a rela - Grandpa, are you interested in this?” Because of the author’s tionship that will have ramifications far beyond the eight prodigious talent, we are indeed interested in each of the years she spends in the hotel. As class distinctions fall away, lives portrayed in this quirky, engaging novel. As the charac - Rostov forms deep friendships with the hotel staff (he even ters reveal their fears and regrets—how they have missed becomes a waiter in the fancy restaurant). This is a group of out, messed up, and still improbably hope for a better fu - fully developed characters definitely out of a different time ture—the reader roots for each of them. and place when chivalry, genteel manners, intellectual curios - ity, moral discipline and wit were commonplace. Although the At once, a laugh-out-loud comedy and a deeply felt explo - historical events of the thirty years Rostov spends in the ration into how each individual experiences the relentless Metropol are introduced into the plot, the deprivations, war passage of time and the inexorable march towards extinction, and terrorism in Russia during this time are secondary to this novel is a bravura performance that deserves a standing Rostov’s musings about literature, philosophy and love. Plus, ovation. I loved it! — Sheila Daley there is a page-turning ending whose events are inspired, in part, by a viewing of the movie “Casablanca”! This is a charm - Moonglow, Michael Chabon ing, old-fashioned novel about human connections featuring Michael Chabon is a masterful story teller. a fascinating protagonist you won’t soon forget. In his newest book, Moonglow , which has — Robin Harvey been called “an autobiography wrapped in a novel disguised as a memoir,” Chabon I’ll Take You There, Wally Lamb presents his own family’s story told with I’ll Take You There is based around Felix love, respect, and acceptance. Funicello, a character from one of Wally Lamb’s earlier books, Wishin’ and Hopin’. Soon after the publication of his first Felix is now a divorced father and film novel, Chabon went to spend time with his scholar who runs a movie club at a former mother and her terminally ill father. His vaudeville theater. While preparing for tongue and memory loosened and released movie night one evening, Lois Weber, a by medication, Chabon’s grandfather journeys back through silent film director, visits Felix. The only time, revealing and clarifying family secrets and stories. Usu - problem is that Lois died many, many ally taciturn and guarded, he proves to be an illuminating years ago. While Felix begins to wonder if tour guide. To “Mike”, his grandfather’s’ life has always been he’s losing his mind, Lois “directs” Felix to a source of curiosity. His grandfather, an army engineer who revisit his past on the big screen. had spent time in prison, was a spy recruited by Wild Bill Donovan to kidnap Wernher von Braun. His grandmother was The book feels like an updated version of A Christmas Carol a Holocaust survivor with demons of her own. Yet through and each encounter teaches Felix more about the prejudices everything, they stayed together, persevering and managing women of all eras have faced in all aspects of their lives. until her early death from cancer. Watching these films, Felix beings to understand the women in his life in a different way and comprehend why he has Chabon’s grandparents’ complicated lives and relationship made the choices he has made. make us examine what it means to be devoted to and respon - sible for one another. His rich and lyrical prose takes a some - Wally Lamb takes an unexpected detour into magical realism what somber narrative and brings it to life with vivid details in his latest book and while the book takes a more light- and descriptions. It invites the reader to sit back, pay atten - hearted tone, it doesn’t take away from the book’s powerful tion, and experience the journey. — Libby Stowell message. Lamb delivers another incredible story. — Tatum Fichthorn The MoSthertsa, Brfitf B ePnneittcks Born to RuMn, Breucem Sproingistr een In an African-American beach community Growing up Catholic in Freehold, New in Southern California, 17-year-old Nadia Jersey, Springsteen had his ‘ahah’ mo - Turner is spinning out of control. Devas - ment when he saw Elvis Presley’on The tated by the recent suicide of her mother, Ed Sullivan Show. In Born to Run , he re - the beautiful Nadia falls into a reckless counts his relentless drive to become a relationship with 21-year-old Luke, the musician, his early days as a bar band local pastor’s son. The resulting preg - king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E nancy and its termination will have con - Street Band. With disarming candor, he sequences that will affect Nadia, Luke also tells the story of the personal strug - and Nadia’s God-fearing best friend, gles that inspired his best work. Written Aubrey, for years to come. Although Nadia with the lyricism of a singular songwriter escapes the small town gossip of the local church’s “Mothers” and the wisdom of a man who has thought deeply about his by attending college and law school in Michigan, she is forced experiences, this memoir is winner. to confront her past when her father’s illness brings her back home. This coming-of-age novel tackles tough questions about Spaceman, Mike Massimino race, friendship, motherhood and religion. Most importantly, Taking us through the surreal wonder it asks if the mistakes we make in our youth have to shape and beauty of his first spacewalk, the our lives forever. — Robin Harvey tragedy of losing friends in the Columbia shuttle accident, and the development of Miss Jane, Brad Watson his enduring love for the Hubble Tele - This beautifully written story of Miss scope—which he and his fellow astro - Jane Chisolm, from birth to old age, was nauts were tasked with saving on his inspired by the life of the author’s great final mission—Massimino has written an aunt. Born in rural Mississippi in the ode to never giving up and the power of early 20th century with a genital birth de - teamwork to make anything possible. fect that stands in the way of ever getting Spaceman invites us into a rare, wonder - married and having children, she faces ful world where science meets the most thrilling adventure, her challenges with the love and support revealing just what having “the right stuff” really means. of her parents and the doctor who deliv - ered her, and who dedicates himself to Hungry Heart, Jennifer Weiner trying to find a medical solution for her No subject is off-limits in this intimate, hi - condition. Alone at times, but never larious and moving collection of personal lonely, she is blessed with intellect, common sense and a re - essays. Born in Louisiana, raised in Con - fusal to feel sorry for herself. At once witty, strange, and necticut, educated at Princeton, Jennifer lovely, this is truly a wonderful novel. — Yvette Morgan spent years feeling like an outsider (“a Lane Bryant outtake in an Abercrombie & Faithful, Alice Hoffman Fitch world”) before finding her people in As a teenager, Shelby Richmond is in - newsrooms, and her voice as a novelist, ac - volved in a horrific car accident that tivist, and New York Times columnist. In leaves her best friend comatose. She is Hungry Hear t, she dives deep into the living her life as an observer rather than heart of female experience with the wit and active participant. This story follows candor that have endeared her to readers all over the world. Shelby’s journey as she takes small steps coming to terms with her survival. All A Life in Parts, Bryan Cranston this with encouragement from a mysteri - In his riveting memoir, Cranston recalls ous source in the form of short notes -- the many odd parts he has played in real “Say Something”, “Feel Something”, ” Do life as well as his evolution on camera, Something”. A tale of heartbreak and re - from soap opera player to one of the most demption told in the author’s unique style memorable performances ever captured will stay with you. I am a huge Alice Hoffman fan and as is on screen: Walter White, chemistry the case with most of her novels, this one was hard to put teacher turned drug kingpin. Describing down. — Suzanne Martell his art as few actors can, he has much to say about creativity, devotion, and craft, as well as innate talent and its chal - lenges. But ultimately A Life in Parts is a story about the joy, the necessity, and the transformative power of simple hard work. The General vs. The President , H.W. Brands After VJ and VE days in 1945, the world by Bob Wells was tossed into uneasy peace. Japan was American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant, in ruins, ripe for picking by either the Biography Russians or the Chinese. And in Europe, Ronald C. White, Jr. once again, the carcases of losers were November 8th. Election Day. No, not being picked over by various allies. FDR 2016 but 1864. If there ever was a need had died, launching a reluctant Harry of a hero to help Abraham Lincoln gain a Truman to a front row seat. Yes, victory 2nd term, Ulysses S. Grant was it. A was in the air, but perilous pitfalls laid rather uncivil war was raging. The coun - ahead. try was torn apart at the seams -- with its fate hanging in the balance. Truth be told, Truman was obsessed with Europe. The Mar - shall Plan there was playing a part to preserve democracy in Grant was living proof that heroism can the region. The Kremlin was eyeballing Iran. Greece and spring from the most unlikely places. Turkey were in play. China fell to the communists. Mean - Born next to nowhere in the American while, a lone ranger, General Douglas MacArthur, took up res - western frontier, Grant—the little "tanner boy”—lucked into idence in Tokyo to craft parameters for peace in Japan -- an appointment to West Point where he graduated 21st in a without instructions from anyone. class of 39 students. His personal invisibility as "a quiet man" and dislike for self-promotion, unlike so many others around Yes, MacArthur was brilliant. And a military leader par none. him, molded him a man of uncommon character. The Mexican But as put by a compatriot, General Omar Bradley, War and defensive stints in Panama taught him leadership... "MacArthur was a megalomaniac." Bradley would say, "he and off he rode into life. held an obsession for self-glorification and a contempt for the judgment of his superiors". At every turn, Grant proved a talent for bringing people to - gether in the most complicated situations. He was a brilliant So, here's Truman, trying to juggle the global and domestic and selfless strategist. He could erase shortcomings, look pieces on a chess board where the squares are in constant mo - through walls, imagine all scenarios on the fly, deal with dilet - tion. While MacArthur, wildly popular as a great American tantes and smash adversaries -- simultaneously. Rivals hero, began careening like a loose canon across the Pacific. In sought to paint him as a sot. (While he was assuredly not.) a matter of time, dominoes looked like they were falling, as Where other generals proved inept, Grant bulldozed his forces some said. Kim Il Sung (Un's grandfather) decided to attack through enemies who scattered around him. He knew how to South Korea, probably with Stalin’s approval. One thing led fight. And if one could use the word "decency" in the same to another and Field Commander MacArthur had himself an - sentence as "war", Grant was in the room. other opportunity to shun peace and bloody some bastards.

U.S. Grant was an unlikely candidate to become a hero. He On one hand, Truman, working with the fledgling United Na - was only 5'8" in height. Quiet, even pensive. His normal attire tions, wanted to avoid WWIII. MacArthur wanted to take it was scruffy at best. His somewhat plain wife for life was even to the Reds -- once and for all. He'd teach those commies. And a bit cross-eyed, but Grant never saw her in a bad light. Com - he'd ram his way right down their throats -- with a touch of ing from homes with slaves, he matured to be passionately theatrics that would put Shakespeare to shame. against slavery and unjust treatment of Native Americans. The oppressed became his cause throughout life although he So an unfortunate Korean War waged on. Truman, the State was surrounded by so many others who cared less. and Defense Departments, not to mention the Chiefs of Staff voiced contrary directives. MacArthur basically did whatever If Grant had a fault, he trusted his loyal friends too much. he wanted to. Disagreements stayed sub rosa, until Truman After the Civil War and when he was President, temptations finally pulled the plug -- to a firestorm from an adoring public. of wealth ate away at morals of men close to him -- and re - Politics were only about 1/2 inch below the surface of actions sulted in tarring Grant himself. He dabbled with shysters by a partisan Congress. Truman survived, but decided not to who lured him into what turned out to be "get poor quick" in - run for another term. And the world bumped along into the vestments. And he spent his waning days perilously close to Cold War and all the inanity we see today as the West frays poverty. Fortunately, one devoted friend was Mark Twain, from the East. who saw greatness in Grant and convinced him to write a memoir which was finished on Grant's death bed in 1885. Could we have descended into redeployment of our potent nu - clear weapons? How close to triggering WWIII were we? When he died, a column of mourners accompanied his body Were we simply dancing with appeasement while the commu - through New York City— stretching seven miles long. Today, nists were eating our lunch? Say hello Joseph McCarthy! he doesn't get "his due,” particularly in these times when we The author, H.W. Brands, does a fine job of driving us through need legitimate heroes. So, be a hero, read this book -- even the dark days that should have been nothing but rosy as our though it’s over 650 pages. Hey, it's apt to be a long winter. troops returned from the horrors of war. And here we are. Quite a bit different. But quite a bit the same. Hero of The Empire, Candice Millard The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the In - BioAlgexanrdear, Hpitlerh andy countless others dian Wars forH thei Asmetriocanr Wy est, Peter Cozzens probably were once snotty-nosed little With the end of the Civil War, the nation kids. Many were impulsive. Impudent. recommenced its expansion onto tradi - Even indolent. And so was adolescent tional Indian tribal lands, setting off a Winston Churchill. Judging by his lore - wide-ranging conflict that would last - not to mention his extraordinary writing more than three decades. In an explo - legacy -- one skips the "young whipper - ration of the wars and negotiations that snapper" in Churchill. But Candice Mil - destroyed tribal ways of life even as they lard dials back Big Ben to beget the made possible the emergence of the mod - "braggart" of Winston's early days. ern United States, Peter Cozzens gives us both sides in comprehensive and sin - From the beginning, Winston was consumed by war. His gularly intimate detail. He illuminates grandfather, John Churchill, was seen by friend and foe as the encroachment experienced by the tribes and the tribal England's greatest general. As an apple falling from this tree, conflicts over whether to fight or make peace, and explores young Winston staged mock battles by the hours with his the squalid lives of soldiers posted to the frontier and the eth - 1,500-plus toy soldiers. Privilege surrounded him. Yet he ical quandaries faced by generals who often sympathized with held an itch to "break out". their native enemies.

And so, off to war. Way before Gallipoli, there was India, the Rogue Heroes, Ben Macintyre Sudan, and the Boer War in Southern Africa. Young Winston Bringing his keen eye for psychological just had to get in the thick of things. Maybe part of this yen detail to a riveting wartime narrative, was to shed his precious and delicate upbringing. But even Ben Macintyre uses his unprecedented in the hellish places he would land, he would drag along his access to SAS archives to shine a light in - aristocratic tastes and somehow achieve special treatment. side a legendary unit long shrouded in se - crecy. The result is not just a tremendous Winston thrust himself into Africa, traveling with the British war story, but a fascinating group por - Army and signed on as a correspondent with a newspaper. trait of men of whom history and country The imbed turned heroic, even a daring leader of men. He asked the most. tackled dramatically dangerous situations. Saved lives. Be - came a valuable aristocratic prisoner. Managed a miraculous David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristo - escape. And lived to mature and begin his next life -- one oft crat looked at the stalemate in the African theare and saw an chronicled by others. opportunity, given a small number of elite, well-trained men, to upend Rommel’s strategy. With the help of Jock Lewes, he Millard is an accomplished story teller. And, as with The assembled a revolutionary fighting force that would change River of Doubt , focusing on a troubled time in Teddy Roo - not just the balance of the war, but the nature of combat it - sevelt's life, she picks an obscure period in Winston self—and would become the model for all special forces units Churchill's past and brings it to lively light. — Bob Wells that would follow.

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His Bloody Project, Graeme Macrae Burnet The Twilight Wife, A.J. Banner A brutal triplMe murdyer isn a tremeoter Scyotti sh & ThrillKyera Wrins throp is a marine biologist suffering farming community in 1869 leads to the ar - from amnesia after a diving accident. She has rest of seventeen-year-old Roderick Macrae. no recollection of the circumstance surrounding There is no question that Macrae commit - her accident or her life a few years before the ac - ted this terrible act. What would lead such cident. After discharge from the hospital, her a shy and intelligent boy down this bloody husband Jacob moves with her to Mystic Island path? And will he hang for his crime? Bur - off the coast of Seattle in the Pacific Northwest net’s multilayered narrative centered to recover. As images and memories start to sur - around an unreliable narrator will keep the face, Kyra becomes confused and paranoid. The reader guessing to the very end. A Man island setting is described beautifully…you can Booker finalist, this inriguing crime novel from an exceptional feel the chill and misty rain. This is a psychological thriller with a new voice, is hard to put down. surprise ending . — Suzanne Martella

The Whistler, John Grisham The Wrong Side of Goodbye , Michael Connelly At the heart of Grisham’s riveting new Harry Bosch is California's newest private investigator. He doesn't novel is an investigation into a judicial advertise, but it doesn't matter. His thirty years bribery scam—an elaborate conspiracy in - with the LAPD speak for themselves.Soon he volving an Indian reservation, an organized gets his first client, a reclusive billionaire who crime syndicate and a crooked judge skim - nearing the end of his life wants to find out if he ming a small fortune from the tribal has a heir. In his youth, he was in love with a casino’s monthly haul. When Lucy Stoltz, Mexican girl. But soon after becoming pregnant, an investigator for Florida’s judicial con - she disappeared. Harry realizes that his mission duct board gets wind of it from an insider could be risky with so much money involved. looking to collect millions as a whistle- But as he uncovers the haunting story with un - blower, she suspects that this case could be canny links to his own past, Bosch knows he deadly. Vintage Grisham - great characters, intricate plotline. cannot rest until he finds the truth.

Night School , Lee Child The Fall Guy, James Lasdun It’s 1996, and Reacher is still in the army. In It is summer, 2012. Charlie invites his troubled the morning they give him a medal, and in cousin Matthew to visit him and his wife in the afternoon they send him back to school. their idyllic mountaintop house. As the days His assignment—to find an American at the grow hotter, the friendship between the three heart of a terrorist plot before it’s too late. begins to unravel, and with the arrival of a From Langley to Hamburg, Jalalabad to fourth character, the household finds itself sud - Kiev, Night School moves like a bullet denly in the grip of uncontrollable passions. through a treacherous landscape of double The Fall Guy is a complex moral tale as well crosses, faked identities, and new and terri - as a gripping suspense story, probing ble enemies, as Reacher maneuvers inside questions of guilt and betrayal with ruth - the game and outside the law. less incisiveness.