MAIL-A-BOOK 2020 CATALOG NO. 1 | SAVE THIS CATALOG | GOOD THROUGH DECEMBER 2021 5528 EMERALD AVENUE, MOUNTAIN IRON, MINNESOTA 55768 218-741-3840 | www.alslib.info | [email protected] Mail-A-Book Arrowhead Library System 5528 Emerald Avenue Mountain Iron, MN 55768-2069 218-741-3840 (Main Office) 1-800-257-1442 (Toll Free) 218-748-2171 (FAX) [email protected] www.alslib.info/services/mail-a-book www.facebook.com/alslibinfo Table of Contents Audiobooks ......................................... 1 Bestsellers ............................................ 4 Cookbooks, Health & Parenting ......... 7 DVDs ................................................... 9 Fiction ................................................ 16 Home & Garden ................................ 20 Inspirational ....................................... 21 Juvenile Non-Fiction ......................... 23 Middle Readers ................................. 25 Minnesota Books ............................... 28 Fiction....................................... 28 Non-Fiction .............................. 29 Music CDs ......................................... 30 Mystery .............................................. 30 Non-Fiction ....................................... 33 Old Favorites ..................................... 36 Picture Books .................................... 36 Board Books ............................. 38 Book and CD Sets .................... 38 Romance ............................................ 38 Harlequin Bookmark ................ 42 Love Inspired Bookmark ......... 43 Science Fiction & Fantasy ................ 44 Video Games ..................................... 46 Westerns ............................................ 46 Young Adult ...................................... 47 Fiction....................................... 47 Non-Fiction .............................. 48 AUDIOBOOKS bus to help an old man who is obviously just a victim waiting to happen. The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer (12 hrs.) A sweeping debut set in Paris in the 1930's about the The Burglar by Thomas Perry (10 hrs.) love story between Vogue model turned An elite young burglar stumbles upon a grisly triple photographer Lee Miller and the artist Man Ray. homicide while stealing from a wealthy art dealer and must solve the crime to prevent becoming a victim. Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed (14 hrs.) On the verge of victory in an endless war, five former City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert (15 hrs.) rebel pilots transform from hunted to hunters as they Eighty-nine-year-old Vivian recounts her life after strike out against the vestiges of the Empire. A Star being kicked out of Vassar College, living in Wars audiobook. Manhattan with her Aunt Peg and the personal mistake that resulted in a professional scandal. An American Summer by Alex Kotlowitz (10 hrs.) The numbers are staggering: over the past twenty The Current by Tim Johnston (14.5 hrs.) years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and Surviving the accident that killed her friend, a young another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. How woman delves into the case from a decade earlier to does this affect the community? identify a killer among her neighbors. Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry by Neil Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Reid (10 hrs.) deGrasse Tyson (3.5 hrs.) Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late America's most celebrated astrophysicist invites sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, young listeners to explore the mysteries of the sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at universe. Extra explanations make accessible even the Whisky a Go-Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, the trickiest concepts, including questions around the but it's the rock and roll she loves most. nature of space and time. Dark Age by Pierce Brown (34 hrs.) Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson (13 hrs.) The four heroes reckon with the consequences of the After devastating losses at the hands of the First events of Iron Gold in this direct sequel. Book 5 in Order, General Leia Organa has dispatched her the Red Rising series. agents across the galaxy in search of allies. Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly (10.5 Bloody Genius by John Sandford (11 hrs.) hrs.) At the local state university, two feuding departments LAPD detective Renee Ballard returns to Hollywood have faced off on the battleground of PC culture. Station to find a stranger in her office. The intruder is When someone winds up dead, Virgil Flowers is retired detective Harry Bosch, investigating the death brought in to investigate. of 15-year-old Daisy Clayton. Blue Moon by Lee Child (11.5 hrs.) Reacher is on a Greyhound bus, minding his own business, with no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. Then he steps off the 1 The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (10 hrs.) newly assigned to the elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy fears a serial killer is roaming near Austin. combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his Just Show Up by Cal Ripken Jr. (3.5 hrs.) family from poverty to enormous wealth. Since retiring from the sport in 2001, Cal Ripken Jr. has enjoyed a successful career as a baseball analyst, The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from entrepreneur, and author. Here he reflects on his life Alagaësia, Volume 1 by Christopher Paolini (5 and career to offer lessons for the next generation. hrs.) Welcome back to the world of Alagaësia! The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal (11 hrs.) The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes (14 hrs.) Edith Magnusson's rhubarb pies are famous in the When Alice Wright agrees to marry handsome Twin Cities, they were named the third-best in the American Bennett Van Cleve and leave behind her state, and St. Anthony-Waterside Nursing Home has stifling life in England for a new adventure in quickly become the hottest dinner ticket in town. Kentucky, she's soon disenchanted by her newlywed status and overbearing father-in-law. Last Things by Jacqueline West (9 hrs.) Anders Thorson, front man of his metal band, Last Good Riddance by Elinor Lipman (8 hrs.) Things, is unusually gifted for a teenager, but strange In this delightful romantic comedy, Daphne's family things in the Minnesota woods near his hometown secrets may end up being jeopardized by a are threatening him. Thea, the new girl in town, says filmmaking neighbor who finds her late mother's she's there to protect him, but is that the whole truth? highly annotated yearbook. The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski (10.5 hrs.) The Guardians by John Grisham (12 hrs.) Geralt de Riv, a witcher, uses his vast sorcerous Cullen Post, an Episcopal minister and lawyer, fights powers to hunt down the monsters that threaten the to exonerate Quincy Miller, who has spent over 20 world. Book 1 in the Witcher series. Books 1 and 1.5 years in prison for murder, only to discover that are short stories. Book 2 begins a saga that goes powerful forces want the murder to remain unsolved. through book 7. Also available: Sword of Destiny (13 hrs.) (Book 1.5) How to be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery Blood of Elves (11 hrs.) (Book 2) (3.5 hrs.) Time of Contempt (10 hrs.) (Book 3) Understanding someone who belongs to another Baptism of Fire (12 hrs.) (Book 4) species can be transformative. No one knows this The Tower of the Swallow (16.5 hrs.) (Book 5) better than author, naturalist, and adventurer Lady of the Lake (20.5 hrs.) (Book 6) Montgomery. Season of Storms (12 hrs.) (Book 7) Into the Black Nowhere by Meg Gardiner (12 Lessons from Lucy by Dave Barry (4 hrs.) hrs.) Barry shares how he learned to age gracefully, taking In southern Texas, on Saturday nights, women are cues from his beloved dog Lucy. disappearing. Rookie FBI agent Caitlin Hendrix, 2 Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian (11 hrs.) The Next Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin (7 This is a bighearted, sprawling epic about friendship hrs.) and love and the revolutionary act of living life to the Being the new kid at school isn't easy, especially fullest in the face of impossible odds. when you have to follow in the footsteps of a classroom prankster like Paulie Fink. Loki: Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee (9 hrs.) Rediscovering Travel by Seth Kugel (11 hrs.) Before the days of going toe-to-toe with the An indispensable companion for rookie and veteran Avengers, a younger Loki is desperate to prove travelers alike that promises to revolutionize both himself heroic and capable. how and why we vacation. Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci (11 hrs.) The Source of Self-Regard by Toni Morrison (16 Atlee Pine is an FBI special agent assigned to the hrs.) remote wilds of the western United States. Ever since The most celebrated and revered writer of recent her twin sister was abducted by a notorious serial times releases a new non-fiction collection: a rich killer at age five, Atlee has spent her life hunting gathering of her essays, speeches, and meditations on down those who hurt others. society, culture, and art, spanning four decades. Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures, Volume 1 by This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger Louis L’Amour (18 hrs.) (14.25 hrs.) A collection of mysterious stories, lost notes, and Minnesota, 1932. The Lincoln School is a pitiless unfinished manuscripts from one of the world's most place where hundreds of Native American children popular novelists. are sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie O'Banion, a lively boy whose exploits The Phantom Tollbooth