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Recent Arrivals - Book - Sat, 05/08/2021 - 1:34am

Author: Evanovich, Janet.
Published: 2009 2008
Call Number: PB EVANOVIC
Format: Books
Summary: Personal vendettas, hidden treasure, and a monkey named Carl will send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most explosive adventure yet.

Cell : a novel

Recent Arrivals - Book - Sat, 05/08/2021 - 1:34am

Author: King, Stephen, 1947-
Published: 2006
Call Number: PB KING
Format: Books
Summary: Civilization doesn't end with a bang or a whimper. It ends with a call on your cell phone. What happens on the afternoon of October 1 came to be known as the Pulse, a signal sent though every operating cell phone that turns its user into something...well, something less than human. Savage, murderous, unthinking-and on a wanton rampage. Terrorist act? Cyber prank gone haywire? It really doesn't matter, not to the people who avoided the technological attack. What matters to them is surviving the aftermath. Before long a band of them-"normies" is how they think of themselves-have gathered on the grounds of Gaiten Academy, where the headmaster and one remaining student have something awesome and terrifying to show them on the school's moonlit soccer field. Clearly there can be no escape. The only option is to take them on.

Hero, come back

Recent Arrivals - Book - Sat, 05/08/2021 - 1:34am

Author: Laurens, Stephanie. Lost and found. Dodd, Christina. Third suitor. Boyle, Elizabeth. Matchmaker's bargain.
Published: 2005
Call Number: PB HERO
Format: Books
Summary: Includes: "Lost and Found" by Stephanie Laurens; "The Matchmaker's Bargain" by Elizabeth Boyle and "The Third Suitor" by Christina Dodd.

A feast for crows

Recent Arrivals - Book - Sat, 05/08/2021 - 1:34am

Author: Martin, George R. R.
Published: 2005
Call Number: PB MARTIN
Format: Books
Summary: The uneasy peace that exists following the death of Robb Stark is threatened by new plots, intrigues, and alliances that once again will plunge the Seven Kingdoms back into all-out war for control of the Iron Throne.

Annette Gordon-Reed’s Surprising Recollections of Texas

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 05/07/2021 - 4:09pm

With “On Juneteenth,” Gordon-Reed recalls integrating her town’s school, and explains why she thinks back fondly on her native state.

Michael Lewis on ‘The Premonition’

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 05/07/2021 - 2:55pm

Lewis discusses his new book about the pandemic, and Annette Gordon-Reed talks about “On Juneteenth.”

Haruki Murakami, OxyContin and Other Letters to the Editor

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 05/07/2021 - 5:00am

Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.

New in Paperback: ‘Squeeze Me’ and ‘The Inequality Machine’

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 05/07/2021 - 5:00am

Six new paperbacks to check out this week.

Art’s Greatest Enemy Might Not Be Science

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 05/07/2021 - 5:00am

In two new books, “Wonderworks” and “The Modern Myths,” writers at the intersection of aesthetics and empiricism reveal the humanities at war within themselves.

The One Book Stacey Abrams Would Require the President to Read

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 05/07/2021 - 5:00am

The Georgia politician and romance writer, whose latest novel is the thriller “While Justice Sleeps,” recommends “Master of the Senate,” by Robert Caro: “It is a seminal work on the nature of power, the limits of the presidency and the awesome demands politics make on the soul.”

Ann Hood’s New Novel Plumbs Sibling Guilt and Sorrow

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 05/07/2021 - 2:18am

In “Jude Banks, Superhero,” a boy wonders whom he can save if he couldn’t save his sister.

10 New Books We Recommend This Week

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 05/06/2021 - 3:00pm

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

The Tale of a Chaotic and Failed Attempt to Explore Antarctica in 1897

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 05/06/2021 - 11:55am

Julian Sancton’s “Madhouse at the End of the Earth” details Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery’s effort to explore Antarctica, and all of the ways it went wrong.

'Things We Lost To The Water' Is A Literal And Allegorical Look At Dislocation

NPR Book Reviews - Thu, 05/06/2021 - 5:00am

Eric Nguyen's debut novel plays off a Vietnamese word that means both country and water, examining all the ways those two things affect a family of Vietnamese refugees who resettle in New Orleans.

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'Everybody' Examines The Idea That Bodies Can Confine Or Free

NPR Book Reviews - Thu, 05/06/2021 - 5:00am

Olivia Laing weaves the history of people and ideas in with her own life, bringing readers on a fleet, gracious tour of bodily distress and joy that takes in Malcolm X, the Marquis de Sade and others.

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“Great Circle,” by Maggie Shipstead: An Excerpt

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 05/04/2021 - 8:56am

An excerpt from “Great Circle,” by Maggie Shipstead

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Fearless fourteen

Cell : a novel

Hero, come back

A feast for crows

Annette Gordon-Reed’s Surprising Recollections of Texas

Michael Lewis on ‘The Premonition’

Haruki Murakami, OxyContin and Other Letters to the Editor

New in Paperback: ‘Squeeze Me’ and ‘The Inequality Machine’

Art’s Greatest Enemy Might Not Be Science

The One Book Stacey Abrams Would Require the President to Read

Ann Hood’s New Novel Plumbs Sibling Guilt and Sorrow

10 New Books We Recommend This Week

The Tale of a Chaotic and Failed Attempt to Explore Antarctica in 1897

'Things We Lost To The Water' Is A Literal And Allegorical Look At Dislocation

'Everybody' Examines The Idea That Bodies Can Confine Or Free

Michael Lewis Chronicles the Story of Covid’s Cassandras

Want to Become a Writer? Lauren Hough Recommends Bartending.

A ‘Right Stuff’ for Our Moment of Space Travel

A Daughter Rediscovers Her Deceased Father's Life In 'Negative Space'

“Great Circle,” by Maggie Shipstead: An Excerpt

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