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How It All Began by Penelope Lively The mugging of a retired schoolteacher on a London street has unexpected repercussions when it inadvertently reveals an illicit love affair. Recommended by Linda |
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Part Wild: Caught Between the World Of Dogs and Wolves by Ceiridwen Terrill The author had wolf-dog hybrid named Inyo, who was ultimately unable to be domesticated. Recommended by Jennifer |
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The Diviners by Libba Bray Teenager Evie O'Neill is thrilled to be exiled from Ohio to New York City in 1926, even when a rash of occult murders thrusts Evie into the thick of the investigation. Recommended by Alice |
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When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson In the chaos following a train crash, P.I. Jackson Brodie ends up with the wallet of a recently released convicted murderer. Recommended by Stacy |
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Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Janet Wallach Bell (1868—1926) played a major role in creating the modern Middle East and was once considered the most powerful woman in the British Empire. Recommended by Jeff |
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Meanwhile by Shiga In this choose-your-own adventure graphic novel, a boy stumbles on the laboratory of a mad scientist. Recommended by Rebecca |
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The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny A monastary's choir director is murdered, and the cloister is forced admit Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec. Recommended by Jan |
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Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner Two young couples meet during the Depression and form a deep lifelong friendship. Recommended by Alice |
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Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked by James Lasdun Novelist Lasdun's chilling true account of being stalked by a former student. Recommended by Jennifer |
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Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty Iggy likes to build things, which comes in handy when his second grade class is stranded on an island. Recommended by Rita |
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Ever After by Kim Harrison Rachel sets off a chain of events that could lead to the end of the world. Recommended by Stacy |
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On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature by Melanie Challenger How can we use what we know about extinctions - cultural, biological and industrial - to reconnect with nature? Recommended by Kay |
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The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin Erast Fandorin, who solves murders and mysteries in tsarist Russia, hopes to find out why a young law student killed himself. Recommended by Alice |
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On the Beach by Nevil Shute Survivors of an atomic war face an inevitable end as radiation poisoning moves toward Australia from the North. Recommended by Karel |
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Closer to the Ground: An Outdoor Family's Year on the Water, In The Woods, and at the Table by Dylan Tomine Depicts the days and seasons of a family intent on living in a close and joyful relationship to nature. Recommended by Rita |
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Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare When sixteen-year-old Tessa Fell's older brother vanishes, her search for him leads her into Victorian-era London's dangerous supernatural underworld. Recommended by Rebecca |
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The River Wife by Jonis Agee Hedie Rails arrives in Jacques' Landing, Missouri, in 1930 as Clement Ducharme's young bride in this wide-ranging family drama. Recommended by Sheryl |
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Nine Man Tree by Richard Peck In Depression-era Florida, young Yoolee assumes the responsibility of protecting his family from an unspeakable horror stalking the swamplands. Recommended by Linda |
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The Stories We Tell: An Anthology of Oregon Folk Literature, edited by Suzy Jones Stories Oregonians have told. Recommended by Rebecca |
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Blunt Impact by Lisa Black Forensic scientist Theresa MacLean is puzzled by the questionable death of a female construction worker at a Cleveland building site. Recommended by Stacy |
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Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy Benny and Eve and Nan and Jack are inseparable friends in Dublin. Recommended by Alice |
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The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy The story of an affluent Indian family forever changed by one fateful day in 1969. Recommended by Kay |
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Nature's End by Whitley Streiber and James Kunetka The planet is approaching environmental death. Gupta Singh, a guru with a fanatical following, has proposed the suicide, by lottery, of one-third of the world's population. Recommended by Rebecca |
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A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly Benjamin January is a free black man, trying to solve the mystery of a courtesan's murder in antebellum New Orleans. Recommended by Jeff |
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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead A New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space. Recommended by Linda |
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