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New Fiction 2014 – 2015

A Touch of Stardust (F Alcott) - Although Julie Crawford has dreams of becoming a screenwriter, the only job she's able to find is one in the studio publicity office of the notoriously demanding producer David O. Selznick--who is busy burning through directors, writers and money as he begins filming "Gone with the Wind." A Prisoner of Night and Fog (F Brinkman) - In 1930s Munich, the favorite niece of rising political leader Adolph Hitler is torn between duty and love after meeting a fearless and handsome young Jewish reporter. The Boston Girl (F Daimant) - A story] about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early in twentieth century. Addie Baum is The Boston Girl, born in 1900 to immigrant parents who were too unprepared for and suspicious of America and its effect on their three daughters. Growing up in the North End, then a teeming multicultural neighborhood, Addie's intelligence and curiosity take her to a world her parents can't imagine, a world of short skirts, movies, celebrity culture, and new opportunities for women. Addie wants to finish high school and dreams of going to college. She wants a career and to find true love. Eighty-five- year-old Addie tells the story of her life to her twenty-two-year-old granddaughter, who has asked her 'How did you get to be the woman you are today. The Empire Striketh Back: Star Wars’ Part the Fifth (F Doe) - A retelling of "The Empire Strikes Back" in iambic pentameter, the style of Shakespeare. All the Light We Cannot See (F Doerr) - A blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II." Midnight Crossroads (F Harris) - A blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II." A Winter’s Street (F Hilderbrand) - A family Christmas gathering at Kelley Quinn's Nantucket inn is thrown into turmoil by his four adult children's personal dramas and the discovery of his second wife's infidelity.

The Revival (F King) - Relates the story of a young man and a new minister who fifty years earlier encountered a terrible tragedy and while the minister renounces his ministry the young man leaves his hometown only to fight the demons inside of him with addiction, but these two men once again meet up and the young man realizes that revival has more than one meaning. The City (F Koontz) - There are millions of stories in the city--some magical, some tragic, others terror-filled or triumphant. Jonah Kirk's story is all of those things as he draws readers into his life 2 in the city as a young boy, introducing his indomitable grandfather, also a "piano man;" his single mother, a struggling singer; and the heroes, villains, and everyday saints and sinners who make up the fabric of the metropolis in which they live--and who will change the course of Jonah's life forever" On Such a Full Sea (F Lee) - In a future where America has been in a long-decline, self-contained labor settlements replace abandoned urban neighborhoods, containing contented workers who devote their lives to the cultivation of pristine produce and seafood for the wealthy residents of distant elite walled villages. Fan, a Chinese descendant, fish-tank diver, and resident of the B-Mor labor settlement, shocks her community by leaving the safety of the walls to search for the man she loves after he disappears. After I’m Gone (F Lippman) - When Felix Brewer meets Bernadette 'Bambi' Gottschalk at a Valentine's Dance in 1959, he charms her with wild promises, some of which he actually keeps. Thanks to his lucrative--if not all legal--businesses, she and their three little girls live in luxury. But on the Fourth of July, 1976, Bambi's comfortable world implodes when Felix, newly convicted and facing prison, mysteriously vanishes" Station Eleven (F Mandel) - In a future in which a pandemic has left few survivors, actress Kirsten Raymonde, having witnessed paparazzo-turned-EMT Jeevan Chaudhary try to save the life of actor Arthur Leander after he suffered a heart attack on stage, travels with a troupe performing Shakespeare and finds herself in a community in which a prophet will not let anyone leave alive. Includes subplots about Jeevan as he watches the world change from the pandemic and Arthur before his death. Best Seller Lists Northanger Abbey (F McDermid) - In this modern retelling of Austen's classic, bookish minister's daughter Cat Morland joins her well-to-do friends in Edinburgh and falls for an up-and-coming lawyer who may harbor unsettling secrets. The Children Act (F McEwan) - Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London presiding over cases in family court. She is fiercely intelligent, well respected, and deeply immersed in the nuances of her particular field of law. Often the outcome of a case seems simple from the outside, the course of action to ensure a child's welfare obvious. But the law requires more rigor than mere pragmatism, and Fiona is expert in considering the sensitivities of culture and religion when handing down her verdicts. But Fiona's professional success belies domestic strife. Her husband, Jack, asks her to consider an open marriage and, after an argument, moves out of their house. His departure leaves her adrift, wondering whether it was not love she had lost so much as a modern form of respectability; whether it was not contempt and ostracism she really fears" Best Seller List The Winter People (F McMahon) - Ruthie Washburne does not understand her mother's insistence that they live off the grid, until her mother suddenly vanishes and she finds the diary of Sara Harrison Shea, a woman who disappeared months after the tragic death of her daughter and is rumored to haunt the streets of West Hall, Vermont, and gains insight into Sara's desperate need to hold her daughter once again. The Last Kind Words Saloon (F McMurtry) - "Traces the rich and varied friendship of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday from the town of Long Grass to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Denver, then to Mobetie, Texas, and finally to Tombstone, Arizona, culminating with the famed gunfight at the O.K. Corral" The Arsonist (F Miller) - A series of summer house fires exposes deep social faults in the hometown of Frankie Rowley, who makes unsettling discoveries about her aging parents while engaging in an affair with a local journalist. 3

Big Little Lies (F Morarity) - ollows three women, each at her own personal crossroads, as they work together to solve the murder. The Wonder of All Things (F Mott) - fter an air show thirteen-year-old Ava has her ability to heal physical ailments revealed to the world, but she has trouble dealing with all the people who come seeking a , especially since, with each healing, she grows weaker. A King’s (F Penman) - Tells the story of the last event-filled years in the life of Richard, Coeur de Lion, who had been taken captive by the Holy Roman Emperor while en route home, in violation of the papal decree protecting all crusaders, in which he ends up spending fifteen months imprisoned, much of it in the notorious fortress at Trefils, while Eleanor of Aquitaine tries to raise the exorbitant ransom. Leaving Time (F Picoult) - "Alice Metcalf was a devoted mother, loving wife, and accomplished scientist who studied grief among elephants. Yet it's been a decade since she disappeared under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind her small daughter, husband, and the animals to which she devoted her life. All signs point to abandonment... or worse. Still Jenna--now thirteen years old and truly orphaned by a father maddened by grief-- steadfastly refuses to believe in her mother's desertion. So she decides to approach the two people who might still be able to help her find Alice: a disgraced psychic named Serenity Jones, and Virgil Stanhope, the cynical detective who first investigated her mother's disappearance and the death of one of her mother's co-workers. Together these three lonely souls will discover truths destined to forever change their lives" Best Seller Lists Blue Labyrinth (F Preston & Childs) - Agent Aloysius Pendergast begins to dig deep into his own family's sinister past after the murdered corpse of one of his enemies is found on the doorstep of his home and a gem is found in the victims stomach. Part of a series, but can be read without reading the other books in the series The Kraker Project (F Preston) - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is designing a probe which will be dropped into the Kraken Mare, one of the methane seas of Titan. There, it will embark on a journey of exploration. As the probe is being tested at Goddard, things go awry, and an explosion kills seven scientists. The AI program in the probe, a powerful, self-modifying AI called "Dorothy," flees into the Internet. Series character Wyman Ford is tapped by the president's science advisor to track down the software with the help of Dorothy's creator, Melissa Shepherd. As the two of them trace Dorothy in her wanderings in cyberspace, they realize Dorothy's horrific experiences in the wasteland of the Internet have changed her--utterly" The Lost Island (F Preston and Childs) - After being tasked with stealing a page from a priceless, ancient book, brilliant scientist and master thief Gideon Crew discovers a hidden map on the back of the book's parchment"- Part of the Gideon Crew Series The Good Luck of Right Now (F Quick) - When his mother dies, 38-year-old Bartholomew Neil, who doesn't know how to be on his own, discovers a letter in his mother's underwear drawer that causes him to write a series of highly intimate letters to actor Richard Gere, while embarking on a quest to find out where he belongs. Bellweather Rapsody (F Racculia) - A young music prodigy goes missing from a hotel room that was the site of an infamous murder-suicide fifteen years earlier, renewing trauma for a bridesmaid who witnessed the first crime and rallying an eccentric cast of characters during a snowstorm that traps everyone on the grounds." 4

Prince Lestate (F Rice) - The vampire world is in crisis. Vampires are proliferating out of control and a strange Voice has awakened the Old Vampires, sending them on killing sprees in major cities around the world to destroy the maverick vampires. As Louis, Armand, David Talbot, the Talamasca, and others try to discover the source of the Voice, Lestat, the vampire rebel, is conspicuously absent. Lila (F Robinson) - Abandoning her homeless existence to become a minister's wife, Lila reflects on her hardscrabble life on the run with a canny young drifter and her efforts to reconcile her painful past with her husband's gentle Christian worldview. Betrayed (F Scottoline) - Maverick lawyer Judy Carrier suspects foul play when the housekeeper and best friend of her beloved Aunt Barb is found dead of an apparent heart attack. In the meantime, Judy's poor relationship with her boss, Bennie Rosato, jeopardizes her making partner at the firm, and her best friend Mary DiNunzio is planning a wedding, leaving Judy feeling left behind as well as newly unhappy in her relationship with her live-in boyfriend Frank. Keep Quiet (F Scottoline) - Jake Whitmore is enjoying a rare bonding moment with his sixteen-year-old son, Ryan, when disaster strikes. They get in a terrible car accident that threatens to derail not only Kurt's chances at college, but his entire future. Jake makes a split-second decision that saves his son from formal punishment, but plunges them both into a world of guilt, lies, and secrecy. Just when Jake thinks he has everything under control, a malevolent outsider comes forward with the power to expose Jake's secret and taunts him to the breaking point"--Provided by publisher. The Smoke at Dawn: A Novel of the Civil War (F Shaara) - "The last great push of the Army of the Cumberland sets the stage for a decisive confrontation at Chattanooga that could determine the outcome of the war" The Girls of August (F Siddons) - Every August, four women would gather together to spend a week at the beach, renting a new house each year, but when one of the girls dies tragically, the group slowly drifts apart, until years later, a new marriage reunites them and they decide to come together once again on a remote barrier island off the coast of South Carolina, and there they make startling discoveries that will change them in unexpected ways. The Vacationer (F Straub) - "Celebrating their thirty-fifth anniversary and their daughter's high-school graduation during a two-week vacation in Mallorca, Franny and Jim Post confront old secrets, hurts, and rivalries that reveal sides of themselves they try to conceal" A Wedding in Provence (F Sussman) - When Olivia and Brody drive up to their friend's idyllic inn, set in a valley in the Mediterranean town of Cassis--they know they've chosen the perfect spot for their wedding, but when Olivia and Brody's guests check-in, their peaceful wedding weekend is quickly thrown off balance as each guest has an agenda of his or her own. We are not Ourselves (F Thomas) - Born in 1941 in Queens and raised by alcoholic Irish immigrant parents, Eileen Tumulty dreams of better life and she thinks she's found the perfect partner in a promising research scientist, but Eileen quickly discovers Ed doesn't aspire to the same American Dream and later it becomes clear that his growing reluctance is part of a deeper psychological shift. A Spool of Blue Thread (F Tyler) - "The changing needs of aging parents impact a family gathering during which Abby Whitshank relates how her husband and she fell in love during the summer of 1959 and shares decades of marriage impacted by children and long-held secrets. Best Seller Lists 5

The Same Sky (f Ward) - Tells the story of Alice Conroe, a forty year old Texas barbecue owner who has the perfect life, except she and her husband long for a child. Unable to conceive, she's trying desperately to adopt but her destiny is quickly altered by a young woman she's never met. Fearless thirteen-year-old Carla Trujilio is being raised by her grandmother in Honduras along with her four year old twin brothers. Her mother is sending money home from Texas where she's trying to make a better life for her family, but she only has enough to bring one son to her. When Carla's grandmother dies, Carla decides to take her fate into her own hands and embarks on a dangerous journey across the border with Junior, the twin left behind. All Fall Down (F Weiner) - "Allison Weiss is a typical working mother, trying to balance a business, aging parents, a demanding daughter, and a marriage. But when the website she develops takes off, she finds herself challenged to the point of being completely overwhelmed. Her husband's becoming distant, her daughter's acting spoiled, her father is dealing with early Alzheimer's, and her mother's barely dealing at all. As she struggles to hold her home and work life together, and meet all of the needs of the people around her, Allison finds that the painkillers she was prescribed for a back injury help her deal with more than just physical discomfort--they help her feel calm and get her through her increasingly hectic days." Before We Met (F Whitehouse) - Hannah, who believes she has married the perfect man, begins to have doubts after her husband disappears during a trip to the United States and his coworkers, who know nothing about the trip, have a different story to tell about the man she thought she knew. Digging deeper into his life, Hannah is led to a place of violence and fear. The Beekeepers Ball (F Wiggs) - "Isabel Johnson returns to Bella Vista to turn her childhood home into a destination cooking school and forget her past, but Cormac O'Neill wants to dig up old history"

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41 (B Bush) - George W. Bush describes George H.W. Bush's life and accomplishments, including what it was like to follow his father in the political arena and as President of the United States.

Leaving Before the Rains Come (B Fuller) - "One journalist's memoir of her personal friendship with Harper Lee and her sister, drawing on the ... access they gave her to share the story of their lives"

The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee (B Lee) - "One journalist's memoir of her personal friendship with Harper Lee and her sister, drawing on the ... access they gave her to share the story of their lives"

Updike (B Updike) - A biography of Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Updike. 6

What I Know for Sure (B Winfrey) - A collection of writings from Oprah Winfrey's "What I Know For Sure?" column that appeared in "O, The Oprah Magazine," in which she shares her insights and revelations organized by theme, including joy, resilience, connection, gratitude, possibility, awe, clarity, and power.

The Innovators 004.09 Isa) – Walter Isaacston chronicles the lives and careers of the men and women responsible for the creation of the digital age, including Doug Englebart, Robert Noyce, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and more.

The Most Dangerous Man in the World (025.6 Fow) - Reveals the story of how Julian Assange, a man with a turbulent childhood and brilliance for computers created a phenomenon that has disrupted the worlds of both journalism and international politics, leading from the founding of WikiLeaks right up to Cablegate and the threat of further leaks.

When Your Life is on Fire: What Would You Save (121 Kol) - A collection of essays based on interviews in which thirteen notable individuals, including Alan Alda, Regina Carter, and Jane Pauley, discuss what they value in life.

Think Like a Freak (153.4 Lev) - Presents a decision-making handbook that analyzes one's decisions, plans, and morals, showing how insights can be applied to daily life to make decisions.

Rock Breaks Scissors: A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody (303.49 Fou) - Is based on a simple principle: people are unable to act randomly. Instead they display unconscious patterns that the savvy person can outguess. The principle applies to friends playing rock paper, scissors for a bar tab as well as to the crowds that create markets for homes and stocks"

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt (332.6 Lew) - "Flash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, post-financial crisis, the markets have become not more free but less, and more controlled by the big Wall Street banks"

Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General (355 Ore) - "Killing Patton" takes readers inside the final year of the war and recounts the events surrounding Patton's tragic demise, naming names of the many powerful individuals who wanted him silenced.

The First Family Detail (363.28 Kes) Presents details about the personal lives of America's leaders and the Secret Service agents who protect them.

H is for Hawk (598.94 Mac) - Explores the story of Helen Macdonald, who purchases Mabel, a goshawk, as she battles with the reality of losing her father, a falconer, and turns to T.H. White's book, 'The Goshawk', ready to embark on the business of trying to train the bird as a way of dealing with her grief.

When the Game Stands Tall (796.33 Hay) - Visits behind-the-scenes at De La Salle High School, where coaching legend Bob Ladouceur instills his football players with a spirit of discipline and dedication extending beyond the field to all aspects of life, and gives an account of the greatest winning streak in sports history. DVD is available in the IMC

The Kingdom of Ice: the Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (910.4 Sid) - dramatic account of the ill-fated 19th-century naval expedition to the North Pole cites the contributions of German cartographer August Peterman, New York Herald owner James Gordon 7

Bennett and famed naval officer George Washington De Long in the team's efforts to survive brutal environmental conditions.

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia (947.08 Fle) - Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, true story of the Romanovs—at once an intimate portrait of Russia's last royal family and a gripping account of its undoing. Using captivating photos and compelling first person accounts, award-winning author Candace Fleming deftly maneuvers between the imperial family’s extravagant lives and the plight of Russia's poor masses, making this an utterly mesmerizing read

Rebel Yell: The Violence, the Passion, and the Redemption of Stonewall Jackson (973.3 Gyw) - Discusses Stonewall Jackson's role in the Civil War and shares details from his life.

These are Must Read Take These Home and Enjoy

The Boston Girl (F Diamant) - A tale about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early in twentieth century. Addie Baum is The Boston Girl, born in 1900 to immigrant parents who were too unprepared for and suspicious of America and its effect on their three daughters. Growing up in the North End, then a teeming multicultural neighborhood, Addie's intelligence and curiosity take her to a world her parents can't imagine, a world of short skirts, movies, celebrity culture, and new opportunities for women. Addie wants to finish high school and dreams of going to college. She wants a career and to find true love. Eighty-five-year-old Addie tells the story of her life to her twenty-two-year-old granddaughter, who has asked her 'How did you get to be the woman you are today.' Everyone who checked this out, loved it.

All the Light We Cannot See (F Doerr) - "A blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II." This is on all the Best Seller Lists

The Girl on the Train (F Hawkins) – Staff Book Club Selection. "Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning ... past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She's even started to feel like she knows them ... Their life-as she sees it-is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to 8

the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?"

11/22/63 (F King) - When English teacher Jake Epping discovers a portal to the past he decides to use it to prevent the John F. Kennedy assassination. Quick and fascinating read

Station Eleven (F Mandel) - In a future in which a pandemic has left few survivors, actress Kirsten Raymonde, having witnessed paparazzo-turned-EMT Jeevan Chaudhary try to save the life of actor Arthur Leander after he suffered a heart attack on stage, travels with a troupe performing Shakespeare and finds herself in a community in which a prophet will not let anyone leave alive. Includes subplots about Jeevan as he watches the world change from the pandemic and Arthur before his death. Anothr Best Seller

The Good Lord Bird (F McBride) - Henry Shackleford, a slave boy from the Kansas Territory, is caught up in John Brown's crusade for freedom of slaves and when he escapes from his master's home, he must disguise himself as a girl in order to stay safe and is nicknamed Onion by John.

The Chaperone (F Morarity) If you like The Orphan Train - Adolescent, pre- movie-star Louise Brooks, and her thirty-six-year-old chaperone have their lives changed on their visit to New York City in the summer of 1922. This is a great companion book to the Orphan Train

The Goldfinch (F Tartt) - Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art. A Best Seller

A Spool of Blue Thread (F Tyler) - Anne Tyler follows four generations of the Whitshanks family, beginning with Abby and Red, who met in 1959 and built a life together over decades spent in a sturdy Baltimore home. From there, the tale reaches back to Abby’s parents’ arrival in Baltimore in the 1920s, and forward into the 21st century to follow the lives of her children and grandchildren. Through it all, Tyler reveals indelible truths about life and family, and about how the stories we share with the world don’t tell the whole story. Ann Tyler fans will love this book

Cutting for Stone (F Verghese) Summer Staff Book Club Selection - Twin brothers Marion and Shiva Stone come of age in Ethiopia, sharing a deep bond that has helped them survive the loss of their parents and the country's political upheaval, but when they both fall for the same woman, their bond is broken and the two go 9

their separate ways, until a medical crisis reunites them. This is the Staff Book Club Summer Book, read it and join us for a discussion

The Martian (F Weir) - Astronaut Mark Watney is stranded and completely alone on Mars, with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive, but Mark isn't ready to give up and drawing on his engineering skills and determination, he faces each obstacle with resourcefulness, but will it be enough for him to survive? On Best Seller Lists

The Story of A. J. Fikry’s ( Zevin) - A. J. Fikry's life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sale in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. Slowly, he is isolating himself. And then a mysterious package appears at the bookstore. It gives him the opportunity to make his life over, the ability to see everything anew.

Memoirs and Biographies No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy Seal (359 Owe) - Recounts definitive moments from the author's career as a Navy SEAL, discussing the missions that had the greatest personal meaning for him and explaining the lessons and values he hopes to pass on to the next generation.

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women who Helped win World War II (976.8 Kie) - Relates the history of the women who contributed to the war work in World War II at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and captures the spirit of the secret war work and contributions of those women.

My Salinger Year (818 Sim) – Joanne Rakoff reflects on her experiences as an assistant to J.D. Salinger's literary agent in the late nineties. Also Available as a e book

Traveling with Che Guevara: The Making of a Revolutionary (918.04 Gra) - resents the diaries of Albert Granado describing his motorcycle journeys through South American in 1952 with Ernesto Guevara, later to be known as Che Guevara, and includes archival photographs and timeline.

The Roosevelts: An Intimate Portrait (973.91 War) - Chronicles the lives and political careers of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt. Also available as a DVD from the PBS program

Imperfect: An Improbable Life (B Abbott) - The autobiography of major-league baseball player Jim Abbott, the disabled Michigan native who pitched for the Los Angeles Angels and the New York Yankees as well as other teams before retiring from the game in 1999. 10

The Astor Orphan (B Aldrich) - Aldrich, a direct descendant of John Jacob Astor, tells the story of her eccentric, fractured family; her 1980s childhood of bohemian neglect in the squalid attic of Rokeby, the family's Hudson Valley Mansion; and her brave escape from the clan.

The Astronauts Wives Club (B Ast) - Describes the stories of the wives of America's Mercury Seven astronauts who formed the Astronaut Wives Club.

In the Water, They Can’t See You Cry (B Beard) - Relates the experiences of Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard, discussing her swimming career; struggle with bulimia, depression, and drugs; unhealthy relationships; marriage; son; and more.

A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of my Father (B Burroughs) - Presenst a memoir of Augusten Burroughs' relationship with his father, which consisted of abuse, aloofness, and .

41: A Portrait of my Father (B Bush) - George W. Bush describes George H.W. Bush's life and accomplishments, including what it was like to follow his father in the political arena and as President of the United States.

Bossypants (B Fey) - Actress Tina Fey recounts her life, sharing how she managed to fulfill her dream of one day becoming a comedian on television and discussing her childhood, marriage, career, and views on beauty, politics, motherhood, and relationships.

Leaving Before the Rains Come (B Fuller) - child of the Rhodesian wars and daughter of two deeply complicated parents, Alexandra Fuller shares her life, revealing how the American financial crisis triggered the failure of her unorthodox marriage, recalling her unusual courtship in Zambia, and struggling to understand her younger self as she overcomes her current misfortunes, Fuller soon realizes what is missing from her life is something that was always there: the wisdom from her father, the man who warned his daughter that "the problem with most people is that they want to be alive for as long as possible without having any idea whatsoever how to live."

Rethinking Normal: A Memoir in Transition (B Hill) - Nineteen-year-old Katie Hill a transgender girl shares her personal journey of growing up as a boy and then undergoing gender reassignment during her teens"--Provided by publisher.

The Detachment (B Kidder) - The author presents realistic day-to-day reports on his mission in Vietnam which included daily reports on enemy troop movements and commanding a small detachment of men.

The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee ( Lee) - "Marja Mills’ memoir of her personal friendship with Harper Lee and her sister, drawing on the ... access they gave her to share the story of their lives"--Provided by publisher.

True Love (B Lopez) - Explores the life and career of Jennifer Lopez.

Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, and a Journey to Manhood (B Marx) - Journalist Jeffrey Marx reflects upon his season covering Maryland high school football team the Gilman Greyhounds, describing the lessons he learned about manhood from the Greyhounds' coach, football-star-turned-minister Joe Ehrmann, and the impact it had on his relationship with his father.

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It was Me All Along: a Memoir (B Mitchell) - A memoir of weight loss by a young food blogger who battled body image issues and overcame food addiction to find self-acceptance.

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (B Onassis) - A biography of first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, arguing that she suffered from PTSD after her first husband's assassination.

What Jackie Taught Us (B Onassis) - Offers insight on marriage, motherhood, courage, and motivation through the life and legacy of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Her: a Memoir (B Parravani) - Christa Parravani's memoir of growing up with her identical twin Cara chronicles being raised in poverty by a single mother, becoming artists, Cara's downward spiral into depression and drugs after being raped, and her struggle to stay alive after her sister's death.

Yes, Please (B Poehler) – Amy Poehler best known for her work on 'Parks and Recreation' and 'Saturday Night Live' reveals personal stories and offers her humorous take on such topics as love, friendship, parenthood, and her relationship with Tina Fey.

Helena Rubinstein: The Woman who Invented Beauty (B Rubinstein) - This vivid account pops with fascinating detail and reads like fiction. Wonderfully, it isn't. She understood women. She understood beauty. And she started a revolution. Denise Skow loved this book

Pete Rose: An American Dilemma (B Rose) - Examines the life of polarizing sports legend Pete Rose, from his record-setting career to being banished from the game for being an unrepentant gambler, and discusses the complex moral issues keeping him out of the Hall of Fame.

With or Without You (B Ruta) - Presents the memoir of Domenica Ruta and the relationship she had with her drug addict mother.

Angry Orphan (B Stewart) - A biography of Jon Stewart, television personality and comedian, discussing his career from struggling standup comic in New York to the "The Daily Show."

My Year of Living of Living with Joy (Spencer-Wendel) - A memoir by celebrated journalist Susan Spencer-Wendel who makes the most of her final days after discovering she has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Wild from Lost to Found on the Pacific Rim Trail (B Strayed) - Cheryl Strayed recounts the impact of her mother's death on her life at age twenty-two and chronicles her experiences after she made the impulsive decision to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert all the way into Washington State.

The Glass Castle (B Walls) – Jeannette Walls recalls her life growing up in a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic father and distant mother and describes how she and her siblings had to fend for themselves until they finally found the resources and will to leave home.

Men We Reaped (B Ward) - An autobiography of Jesmyn Ward, an African American author, in which she describes how she grew up in poverty in rural Mississippi, revisiting the losses of young African American men in her life, and describing her community with its history of racism and economic struggle that fosters drug addiction and the dissolution of family.

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The Main Eater of Tsavo (599.757 Pat ) ‐ Chronicles the nine-month "reign of terror" in 1898 Tsavo, Kenya, in which two lions killed up to 135 people during the British-led construction of a transcolonial railroad, and examines why these lions killed humans, why lions in the region do not have manes, and whether or not these points are related, as well as what circumstances lead other lions to kill humans.

Touching the Void (796.5 Sim) - Joe Simpson shares the story of his miraculous survival after he was injured while climbing in the Andes in 1985 and left for dead by his partner. Savage Mountain (796.52 Jor) ‐ Presents the true stories of five women who reached the summit of K2 in the Karakoram mountain range along the border of China and Pakistan and examines how these women lived and died.

Into Thin Air (796. 52 Kra ) ‐ The author relates his experience of climbing Mount Everest during its deadliest season and examines what it is about the mountain that makes people willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. DVD Available

Hell on Two Wheels (796.6 Syn) - Provides an account of the Race Across America, a three- thousand-mile bicycle race from the Pacific Coast to Annapolis, Maryland, discussing the physical and mental challenges faced by participants, and the emotional and spiritual rewards of surviving the ordeal.

In the Heart of the Sea (910 Phi) - Tells the story of the Essex, a whaleship that set sail from Nantucket in 1819 on a routine voyage, and was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale in the South Pacific, setting the twenty-man crew adrift in three tiny boats.

In the Kingdom of Ice (910.4 Sid) - A dramatic account of the ill-fated 19th-century naval expedition to the North Pole cites the contributions of German cartographer August Peterman, New York Herald owner James Gordon Bennett and famed naval officer George Washington De Long in the team's efforts to survive brutal environmental conditions.

Over the Edge of the World (910 Ber) - A fascinating account of Ferdinand Magellan’s life, most notably his groundbreaking circumnavigation of the globe. Bergreen makes even the details of trip preparation and basic elements of life at sea into page turning events in this excellent historical narrative

A Walk in the Woods (917.404 Bry) - Bryson share his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail with a childhood friend. The two encounter eccentric characters, a blizzard, getting lost, and rude yuppies along the way.

Undaunted Courage (917.804 Amb) - Chronicles the experiences of Meriwether Lewis, the man chosen by President Jefferson to lead a voyage from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, discusses the experiences of those who took part in the expedition, and tells of the leading political, scientific, and military figures involved in the mapping of the American West

The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Adventure (919.8 Ale ) ‐ Provides an account of the Shackleton expedition of 1914, during which explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew of twenty‐seven set out to cross the Antarctic continent on foot, only to have their ship, Endurance, break up eighty‐five miles short of their destination, leaving them stranded for close to two years. Includes a photographic record of the adventure. 13

The Lost City of Z (918.1 Gra) ‐ Details English explorer Percy Fawcett's exploration for a lost city in the jungles of South America and relates efforts made by the author and other individuals to find out what happened to him.

Band of Brothers (940.54 Amb) ‐ The story of the men who were in Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne during World War II. DVD available.

Shadow Divers (940.54 Kur) - Tells the story of the discovery in 1991 of a World War II German U-boat, sunk sixty miles off the coast of New Jersey, by deep sea divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, and their six year obsession with identifying the submarine which sank with its crew onboard.

In Harm’s Way (940.54 Sta) ‐ Tells the story of the "USS Indianapolis," a battle cruiser torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine shortly after delivering parts of the atom bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima; and discusses the struggles of sailors who survived the blast to stay alive in the sea for nearly five days before help arrived.

The Perfect Storm: The Story of Men Against the Sea (974.45 Jun) - Uses interviews, memoirs, radio conversations, and technical research to recreate the last days of the crew of the Andrea Gail, a fishing boat that was lost in a storm off the coast of Nova Scotia in October 1991. DVD available in the IMC

No Bones Unturned (979.7 Ben - Chronicles Doug Owsley's forensic scientist and a curator for the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History on his adventures and the legal battle for America’s oldest skeletons.

Lost in Time (998.2 Zuc) - In November 1942, a U.S. cargo plane crashed into the Greenland ice cap, the B-17 sent on the search-and-rescue mission got caught in a storm and also crashed, miraculously all nine men aboard survived. A second rescue operation was launched, but the plane, the Grumman Duck, flew into a storm and vanished. The survivors of the B-17 spent 148 days fighting to stay alive while waiting for rescue by famed explorer Bernt Balchen. Then in 2012 the U.S. Coast Guard and North South Polar mount an expedition to solve the mystery of the vanished plane and recover the remains of the lost plane's crew.

Unbroken (B Zamperini) - A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.

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Meg Cabot (F Cabot)

The Queen of Babble Get Hitched - Lizzie Nichols feels her life is finally on the right track, with a career she loves, the perfect fiance, and a dream wedding in the works, but everything begins to fall apart when she finds herself falling for her fiance's best friend.

Every Boy’s Got One - Cartoonist Jane Harris is not looking forward to a week in Italy with Cal Langdon; but when Holly and Mark's wedding plans hit a snag, it is Jane and Cal who have to try and fix things up.

Jane Green (F Green)

Another Piece of my Heart - Andi finally finds the man of her dreams and marries into a ready-made family with his two daughters, but when Ethan's daughter insists on fighting against her all of their happiness is in danger.

Family Pictures - As dark truths from the past reveal themselves, two middle- aged women must learn to forgive--for the sake of their children and themselves.

Promises to Keep - Callie Perry, a successful family photographer living in upstate New York, and her younger sister, Steffi, a free spirit who works as a vegan chef in Manhattan, receive shocking news that summons them to a summer in Maine and changes their lives forever.

Emily Giffin (F Giffin)

Something Borrowed - Rachel White, a young Manhattan attorney, finds her ordered life in an uproar when she gets drunk on her thirtieth birthday and winds up in bed with her best friend's fiancé, Dex.

Marian Keyes (F Keyes)

The Brightest Star in the Sky - A wandering spirit brings an expectancy of change to the residents of a Dublin town house, including forty-year-old public relations representative Katie, who has just dumped her commitment-phobic boyfriend; Lydia, a sassy cab driver having a casual affair while trying to figure out what to do about her mother's advancing dementia; Jemima, an aging psychic invaded by her hunky foster son--just cast in a television show; and a struggling newlywed couple.

Sushi for Beginners - Three modern women set out to find happiness in different ways, one through the perfect job, the other through a search for fulfillment, and the last through an extra-marital affair.

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Confessions of a Shopaholic - Ruth Saunders leaves her Massachusetts home and heads west with her seventy-year-old grandmother to pursue her dream of becoming a screenwriter, and when after six years she finally gets the call, for her sitcom, her dreams of Hollywood happiness are threatened by demanding actors, number-crunching executives, an unrequited crush on her boss, and her grandmother's impending nuptials. DVD is available in the IMC The entire series is available

I’ve Got Your Number - After she loses her engagement ring and her phone is stolen during a hotel fire drill, Poppy Wyatt, discovering an abandoned phone in a trash can, crashes into the life of the phone's owner, businessman Sam Roxton, when she uses his phone to make her wedding preparations.

Twenties Girl - Lara Lington fears her imagination has gone into overdrive when she begins seeing the ghost of her great-aunt Sadie, who demands Lara find her missing necklace and in the process teaches Lara a great deal about herself, her heritage, and the importance of leading a fulfilling life.

Jennifer Weiner (F Weiner)

All Fall Down - Allison Weiss is a typical working mother, trying to balance a business, aging parents, a demanding daughter, and a marriage. But when the website she develops takes off, she finds herself challenged to the point of being completely overwhelmed. Her husband's becoming distant, her daughter's acting spoiled, her father is dealing with early Alzheimer's, and her mother's barely dealing at all. As she struggles to hold her home and work life together, and meet all of the needs of the people around her, Allison finds that the painkillers she was prescribed for a back injury help her deal with more than just physical discomfort-- they help her feel calm and get her through her increasingly hectic days"

Best - Addie Downs and Valerie Adler, who were best friends in grade school but grew apart when they became teens and are now in their thirties, find their relationship evolving once again when Valerie shows up at Addie's house with blood-stained sleeves and says Addie is the only person who can help her.

Fly Away Home - After Senator Richard Woodruff's extramarital affair makes the headlines, his wife, Sylvie, and daughters, Lizzie and Diana, are caught in the national spotlight and begin to reconsider the choices that they have made in life and who they believe they were meant to become.

The Next Best thing - Ruth Saunders leaves her Massachusetts home and heads west with her seventy-year-old grandmother to pursue her dream of becoming a screenwriter, and when after six years she finally gets the call, for her sitcom, her dreams of Hollywood happiness are threatened by demanding actors, number- crunching executives, an unrequited crush on her boss, and her grandmother's impending nuptials. 16

Lauren Weisberger (F Weisberger)

Chasing Harry Winston - Longtime friends Emmy, Leigh, and Adriana, each beautiful and accomplished, look at their lives as they approach the age of thirty and, unsure if they like what they see, two of them make a pact to make some drastic changes within one year.

Revenger Wears Prada: the Devil Returns - Andy Sachs and her partner, Emily, are blossoming throughout eight years at the head of a wildly successful high fashion bridal magazine only to be haunted by memories of their former boss on the eve of Andy's wedding. Sequel to The Devil Wears Prada DVD available in the IMC

Almost ChickLit – Other Women Writers That Women Love

Nora Roberts (F Roberts)

Valley of Silence - A circle of six, including Irish sorcerer Hoyt, his vampire twin Cian, the witch Glenna, the warrior Blair, shape-shifter Larkin, and the scholar Moira--who has traveled through time to claim her rightful place as queen of the ancient kingdom Geall--band together to fight the evil queen Lilith and her vampire army in a battle that will determine the fate of the world, while Cian and Moira struggle to deny their passion for each other.

Vision in White - A circle of six, including Irish sorcerer Hoyt, his vampire twin Cian, the witch Glenna, the warrior Blair, shape-shifter Larkin, and the scholar Moira--who has traveled through time to claim her rightful place as queen of the ancient kingdom Geall--band together to fight the evil queen Lilith and her vampire army in a battle that will determine the fate of the world, while Cian and Moira struggle to deny their passion for each other. Part of a Series

Anne Rivers Siddons (F Siddons)

The Girls of August - Every August, four women would gather together to spend a week at the beach, renting a new house each year, but when one of the girls dies tragically, the group slowly drifts apart, until years later, a new marriage reunites them and they decide to come together once again on a remote barrier island off the coast of South Carolina, and there they make startling discoveries that will change them in unexpected ways.

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Off Season - After the unexpected death of her husband, Cam, Lily sets off on a road trip to their favorite spot on the coast of Maine, where she takes a hard look at her past and tries to make sense of her future.

Lady Catherine’s Necklace (F Aiken) ‐ A sudden blizzard causes upheaval, meddling, and kidnapping in the De Bourgh household in this seventeenth-century romantic story.

A Touch of Star Dust (F Alcott, K) - Although Julie Crawford has dreams of becoming a screenwriter, the only job she's able to find is one in the studio publicity office of the notoriously demanding producer David O. Selznick--who is busy burning through directors, writers and money as he begins filming "Gone with the Wind."

The Exploits and Adventures of Miss Althea Darcy (F Aston) Follows the life of Alethea Darcy, daughter of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, after she disguises herself as a gentleman and flees a disastrous marriage with her maid, Figgins, to stay with her sister in Venice, but along the way gets involved in the Italian opera scene and becomes an acquaintance of Titus Manningtree, who is on a quest of his own to obtain a lost Titian painting. This is one of a series about Darcy and his children

Skeletons at the Feast (F Bohjalian) - Follows the life of Alethea Darcy, daughter of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, after she disguises herself as a gentleman and flees a disastrous marriage with her maid, Figgins, to stay with her sister in Venice, but along the way gets involved in the Italian opera scene and becomes an acquaintance of Titus Manningtree, who is on a quest of his own to obtain a lost Titian painting 18

The Painted Girls (F Buchanan) - In Paris, France, the Van Goethem struggle for survival after the sudden death of their father, a situation that prompts young Marie's ballet training and her introduction to a genius painter.

Mrs. Lincoln’s Rival (F Chiaverini) - Tells the story of Mary Todd Lincoln's very public social and political contest with Kate Chase Sprague

Manuscript Found in Accra (F Coelho) - A novel of philosophical reflection set in Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades. Here a community of Christians, Arabs, and Jews who have long lived together harmoniously have been warned of an imminent attack and certain destruction. Contemplating their demise, the community assembles to seek the wise counsel of a Greek Copt, who imparts comforting and guiding wisdom on the enduring attributes of human character.

Netherfield Park (F Collins) This is one book in the Pemberly series - During the mid-Vicorian era, Jonathan Bingley, the dignified son of Charles and Jane Bingley, returns to Hertfordshire as head of the estate at Netherfield Park, and while Jonathan remains intent to please his friends, family, and young bride, Jonathan struggles with the way the world around him is changing.

The Last Kingdom (F Cornell) - Presents a fictionalized account of Uhtred, the son of an English nobleman, kidnapped by a Danish chieftain, Earl Ragnar, in A.D. 866, during the Vikings wars against England. Cornw.

Lord Byron’s Novel – The Evening Land (F Crowley) - Presents a story that deals with the supposed discovery of a novel by Lord Byron that was hidden away by his daughter Ada about Ali, the illegitimate son of the demonic Lord Sane, who was taken from his life in Albania to be raised as a proper English gentleman.

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (F Sijie) - Two boys, moved to the country for "re-education" as part of Mao's Cultural Revolution, find little to amuse them, but things change when they discover a stash of Western classics in Chinese translation and use the stories of Balzac to capture the attention of the beautiful daughter of the local tailor.

The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls (Discafami) - Thea Atwell is sent to a private girls school called the Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls after her mysterious role in a family tragedy and while there she grapples with her responsibility for the events of the last year.

Frog Music (F Donough) - "Summer of 1876: San Francisco is in the fierce grip of a record-breaking heatwave and a smallpox epidemic. Through the window of a railroad saloon, a young woman called Jenny Bonnet is shot dead. The survivor, her friend Blanche Beunon, is a French burlesque dancer. Over the next three days, she will risk everything to bring Jenny's murderer to justice--if he doesn't track her down first. The story Blanche struggles to piece together is one of free-love bohemians, desperate paupers and arrogant millionaires; of jealous men, icy women and damaged children. It's the secret life of Jenny herself, a notorious 19

character who breaks the law every morning by getting dressed: a charmer as slippery as the frogs she hunts."

In the Company of the Courtesan (F Dunant) - Famed courtesan Fiammetta Bianchini and her dwarf companion, Bucino Teodoldi, escape to the wealthy and powerful city of Venice in order to rebuild their business.

The Last Report of the Miracles at Little No Horse (F Erdrich) - Father Damien Modeste has served the Ojibwe on the remote reservation of Little No Horse for more than half a century, and as he nears the end of his life, he begins to fear that if the tribe discovers he is really a woman who has lived a man's life, all of his hard work will be undone.

The Fall of Rome: a Novel of a World Lost (F Ford) - Fictionalizes the battle between Romulus Augustus and Attila the Hun for the fate of Rome, and its aftermath.

Hannah’s Daughters (Frederiksson) - As Anna sits by her mother's deathbed she begins to study old diaries, letters, and photographs in an attempt to understand why her past was kept hidden from her.

A Reliable Wife (F Goolrich) - Wealthy businessman Ralph Truitt advertises for a reliable wife to make a home for him on his estate in rural Wisconsin in the early twentieth century and although he knows immediately that Catherine Land is not the woman she presented herself to be, he decides to marry her anyway in what becomes a risky arrangement for them both.

The White Queen (F Gregory) - Passionately in love with Richard III in spite of her arranged marriage to pretender to the throne Henry Tudor, Princess Elizabeth of York is forced to marry the man who murdered her lover and create a royal family under the controlling gaze of his mother, Margaret Beaufort. This is just one of Gregory’s 10 historical fiction novels.

Forever (F Hamill) - Cormac O'Connor, an Irishman who has come to New York in 1740 to avenge the deaths of his parents, is given of immortality after helping an African shaman, on the condition that he never leave the island of Manhattan, and goes on to become involved in many of the historical events of the city, while pursing a blood enemy throughout the ages.

The Stolen Crown (F Higginbotham) - Young Katherine Woodville's life abruptly changes when her older sister Elizabeth secretly marries King Edward IV. When Edward dies, royal insiders join forces with Edward's younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, in an effort to seize the throne, and Kate is determined to do everything in her power to keep her family together. 20

The Forever Queen (F Hollick) - In 1002 England, Saxon queen Emma must take charge when her husband and king, Aethelred, fails to deal with the threat to their kingdom by Danish Vikings led by Swein Forkbeard and his son.

Under the Wide and Starry Sky (F Horan) - In 1002 England, Saxon queen Emma must take charge when her husband and king, Aethelred, fails to deal with the threat to their kingdom by Danish Vikings led by Swein Forkbeard and his son. Horan also wrote Loving Frank.

Seen the Glory: a Novel of Gettysburg (F Hough) - In 1002 England, Saxon queen Emma must take charge when her husband and king, Aethelred, fails to deal with the threat to their kingdom by Danish Vikings led by Swein Forkbeard and his son. You might also like: Shaara’s

Emperor the Death of Kings (F Igguiden) - A fictionalized account of Julius Caesar's attempts to dominate the Mediterranean and Gaius Brutus's rise to power. This is just one of the novels of Igguiden.

In Lucia’s Eyes (F Japin) - In eighteenth-century Europe, the servant girl in an Italian manor house flees in shame after being disfigured by the pox and moves across Europe searching for happiness and redemption.

The Good German (F Kanon) - CBS correspondent Jake Geismar uses his latest assignment, a series of articles on the Allied occupation during World War II, as an excuse to look for the German mistress he left behind at the outbreak of the war.

Victim of the Aurora (F Keneally) - Anthony Piers, a member of the New British South Polar Expedition, discovers the truth of what happened to Sir Eugene Stewart's expedition over sixty years before.

The Invention of Wings (F Kidd) - The story follows Hetty "Handful" Grimke, a Charleston slave, and Sarah, the daughter of the wealthy Grimke family. The novel begins on Sarah's eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership over Handful, who is to be her handmaid and follows the next thirty-five years of their lives

The Poisonwood Bible (F Kingsolver) - Nathan Price and his family move to the Belgian Congo in 1959, and the experiences they have while living in Africa affect each member of the family in a different way.

The Lightening Keeper (Lawrence) - Arriving in New York in 1914, inventor Toma Pekocevic designs a powerful water turbine that leads to a career within General Electric and a love affair with Harriet Bigelow, the daughter of a New England dynasty that has fallen on hard times.

Black Venus (MacManus) - A tale based on the romance between Charles Baudelaire and the Haitian cabaret singer who inspired his most controversial poems is set against the art scene of nineteenth-century Paris and follows their scandalous public trial for obscenity. 21

Wolf Hall (Mantel) - Henry VIII, anxious about the consequences of dying without a male heir, is denied permission to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn, but the power struggle between the Church and the Crown is mediated by astute politician Thomas Cromwell, who manages to get the king what he wants while keeping his eye on the prize of a free England.

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie (F Mathis) - In 1923, African American Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia, settles in Philadelphia, marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment, loses her first-born twins, and raises her next nine children to face a world that will not love them.

Cloud of Sparrows (F Matsuoka) - In 1861 Japan a prophetic nobleman, a Shogun secret police chief, a legendary swordsman, a seductive geisha, and a group of American missionaries find their lives intertwined.

The Devil’s Brood (F Penman) - The three eldest sons of Henry II, with the encouragement of their mother, take part in rebellion and treachery against their father in an attempt to gain power, land, and money. This is just one of many historical novels by Penman

Redeeming Love (F Rivers) - Retells the story from the Bible book of Hosea, set in California's gold country in 1850, in which Angel, sold into prostitution as a child, cannot accept that her husband truly cares for her, and must make peace with God before she feels free to take the love Michael offers.

All That is (F Salter) - In the years after World War Two, ex-naval officer Philip Bowman finds a place for himself in America as a book editor, and an enthralling woman sets him on a course he could never have imagined for himself.

Peony in Love (F See) - In post-Ming dynasty China, Peony, a young girl betrothed to someone she has never met, observes a handsome man while hidden from view at a performance of the opera "The Peony Pavilion"--a work that has compelled young Chinese women to starve themselves to death--and, dead at sixteen, begins a transformative journey as a "hungry ghost. See has other novels set in China – good reads

Cane River (F Tademy) - A fact-based novel in which the author draws upon her own family history to trace four generations of African-American women from slavery on a Creole plantation to the pre-civil rights South.

We are not Ourselves (F Thomas) - Born in 1941 in Queens and raised by alcoholic Irish immigrant parents, Eileen Tumulty dreams of better life and she thinks she's found the perfect partner in a promising research scientist, but Eileen quickly discovers Ed doesn't aspire to the same American Dream and later it becomes clear that his growing reluctance is part of a deeper psychological shift. 22

The Silver Star (F Walls) - Two motherless sisters, Bean and Liz, are shuttled to Virginia to live with their Uncle Tinsley in a decaying mansion. When school starts in the fall, Bean easily adjusts and makes friends, and Liz becomes increasingly withdrawn. Then something happens to Liz and Bean is left to challenge the injustice of the adult world.

Knight of the Black and White (Whyte) - Sir Hugh de Payens, initiated into the secret Jewish society known as the Order in 1088, is so sickened by the carnage of the First Crusade that he forms an order of monks dedicated to protecting pilgrims on the road to Jerusalem, but he is called to service by the Order once again--this time to find ancient documents hidden deep within the Temple Mount that will prove Christianity is built upon a myth.

Birds of a Feather (F Winspear) - London Private investigator Maisie Dobbs is hoping for some relaxation after a busy year, but in the early spring of 1930, Maisie is summoned to Dulwich to find a runaway heiress whose disappearance seems to be linked to the Great War.

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