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Non-Fiction

The Petite Advantage Diet: Achieve That Long, Lean Look. The Specialized Plan for Women 5'4The Petite Advantage - by Jim Karas: Petite women rejoice. While your stature may sometimes seem like a disadvantage, it's also your most powerful advantage when it comes to losing weight. Now Karas offers a diet designed specifically for women 5'4" and under, who are able to shed fat and regain their shape faster. Includes a 21 day eating plan, exercises and tips.

 

Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern MonarchElizabeth the Queen - by Sally Bedell Smith: To coincide with Queen Elizabeth II's 60th year on the throne, Smith brings readers a revelatory, well researched biography of the monarch's life. She explores both the public and the private side of the woman who became queen at the age of 25, as drawn from access to the queen's private letters, estates and close associates, which sheds light on her relationship with her extended family.

Worth Fighting For: Love, Loss, and Moving ForwardWorth Fighting For - by Lisa Niemi Swayze: Lisa Niemi and Patrick Swayze met as teenagers at his mothers dance studio. He was older and cocky; she was a gorgeous waif who refused to worship the ground he walked on. In spite of that, they fell in love and married -- a union that lasted 34 years until his death in 2009. This is Lisa's account of grief, loss, caregiving, moving on, and the realization that love shared between two people never dies.

Back to Work - Bill Clinton: There is no doubt that the United States is facing challenges today. In spite of what people think of government being responsible for these challenges, former President Bill Clinton says that in times like these government matters. He explains his ideas on energy, job creation, and financial responsibility and offers a plan for getting America back into the future business. Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony - by Keith Ablow, M.D.: Ablow offers a detailed psychological portrait of Casey Anthony who, after being acquitted of the death of her daughter, Caylee, became one of the most infamous women in the world. Using tens of thousands of pages of documents, one-on-one interviews, and his experience in the world of forensic psychiatry, he tries to help readers understand this troubled young woman. Inside Seal Team Six - by Don Mann: Don Mann knows what it takes to become a SEAL and specifically, a member of SEAL Team Six, who has been secretly involved in every major U.S. military operation since their founding in WWII. Mann has worked for the SEALs for three decades. Now he describes in detail what SEAL team training is like, offering you-are-there narratives about recent SEAL Team Six events.

 

The Time of Our Lives: Past, Present, and Promise - by Tom Brokaw: Brokaw talks about American life and the American dream, past, present, and future, as experienced by four generations of his family and other American families. He begins with the recollections of his 93-year-old grandmother and concludes with his grandchildren's generation. He writes about where we have been, where we are now, where we ought to go, and how we can get there.

Murder in the First Class - Kate Colquhoun: In July 1864, Thomas Briggs boarded a first-class carriage of the North London Railway on his way home. He never reached his destination. Other passengers later discovered signs of murder in Briggs compartment, including blood on the seat cushions, floor, windows, and the walls. Briggs was missing. The investigation that followed captured the interest of people on both sides of the Atlantic.

Gabby - by Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly: In January 2011, Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was meeting with constituents outside a grocery store when she was shot in the head. Several others in the crowd were killed. Now Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, tell the story of her miraculous recovery, of the love that kept them together, and of their joint commitment to public service.

Fiction

The Look of Love - by Mary Jane Clark: Piper Donovan's career gets a boost when she's offered an all-expense paid trip to the west coast to create a wedding cake for a resort owners upcoming wedding. The distance will also giver her time to sort out her feelings for FBI agent Jack Lombardi. But, upon arriving, Piper finds herself caught up in investigating the murder of a guest.

 

 

Taken - by Robert Crais: When a wealthy industrialist is told by the police that her son has faked his own kidnapping, she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike to verify that. But Cole discovers that both the boy and his secret girlfriend have, in fact, been kidnapped. He goes undercover to find them and when he does, his identity is discovered and he himself is taken prisoner.

 

 

The Rope (Anna Pigeon Series #17)The Rope - by Nevada Barr: Polly DeSchamps is a lonely, divorced mother of two when she meets and becomes immediately smitten with architect Marshall Marchand, who she's surprised to learn is a lifelong bachelor devoted to his brother Danny. She and Marshall marry and begin to settle into a life together. Soon however, she becomes uneasy about Marshall's increasingly dark moods, sensing that Danny may be influencing Marshall. Even more troubling is the prediction by a New Orleans Tarot card reader that Polly would murder her husband.
Death of Kings (Saxon Tales #6)Death of Kings - by Bernard Cornwell: As Alfred the Great lies dying, his son Edward has been named his successor. But there are other Saxon claimants to the throne, including Uhtred, The Saxon born, Viking raised warrior who is torn between his vows to Alfred and his desire to reclaim his ancestral lands. Soon he will have to make a choice that will forever transform his life and the course of history.

 

Shadows in Flight (Ender's Shadow Series #5)Shadows in Flight - by Orson Scott Card: Now that Bean and three of his children have fled to the stars they become cut off from earth's scientists and are forgotten. But they are about to discover a derelict Formic colony ship on which they find the life support which is failing on their own ship, room to grow, and a mysterious deadly disease  that killed the ships colony and my now kill them.

 

Gideon's CorpseGideon's Corpse - by Preston & Child: All Gideon Crew wanted was to retreat to his cabin and go fishing. But after a colleague, Reed Chalker, takes an innocent family hostage, and is gunned down by a SWAT team after killing one of the hostages, it's learned that he was part of a terrorist cell about to detonate a stolen nuke in Washington, D.C. or New York. Gideon joins the search for the nuke.

 

Believing the Lie (Inspector Lynley Series #16)Believing the Lie - by Elizabeth George: Inspector Thomas is surprised when called upon to investigate a drowning that seems like nothing more than an accident. Thomas soon learns that the Fairclough clan has many secrets, lies, and motives under their belts. Deborah becomes obsessed with the prime suspect, a protective and beautiful woman. "an Inspector Lynley Novel."

 

Copper Beach (Dark Legacy Series #1)Copper Beach: A Dark Legacy - by Jayne Ann Krentz: Abby Radwell, a psychic, knows secrets of the paranormal lie within pages of some centuries-old books and that knowledge has sometimes taken her into dangerous territory. Now rumors swirl of an old alchemical text know as "The Key" which has reappeared on the black market. She hires investigator Sam Coppersmith to help her check it out  while also serving as her bodyguard. Turns out, she needs guarding.

 

Private: #1 SuspectPrivate #1 Suspect - James Patterson: Jack Morgan's investigation firm is in demand by those who know their problems will be handled with discretion. But suddenly he finds himself on the wrong side of the law when he's suspected of having murdered a former lover, who was found in his bed. While the police try to build their case, Jack investigates a spree of murders at a luxury hotel chain.

 

Love in a NutshellLove in a Nutshell - by Janet Evanovich & Dorien Kelly: Kate Appleton is broke. Her parents have moved out of state, but not before telling their unemployed, newly single daughter that she can have their lake house, the Nutshell. There's only one catch, Kate has to take over the mortgage payments. Kat loves the Nutshell and has plans to turn it into a bed & breakfast. But first, she needs money, and the only way to get the necessary funds is to get a job. Spying sounds like a great way to make a little extra cash...

 

Mr. Monk on Patrol (Mr. Monk Series #13)Mr. Monk On Patrol - Lee Goldberg: When government officials in Summit, NJ, are hit with a string of arrests, Chief of Police Randy Disher finds himself also the acting mayor. When a series of robberies takes place, he calls on Adrian Monk to serve as a temporary policeman. 77 Shadow Street77 Shadow Street - by Dean Koontz: While the tenants of the Pendleton feel lucky to live in the beautiful palace that's been converted to condominiums, the building's history has been colored by madness, kidnappings, murder, and inexplicable accidents. The tenants look at it as a refuge, but soon it will engulf them in an unimaginable world from which there is no escape.

 

 

DeadlineDeadline - by Fern Michaels: With a little help from friends in high and low places, the Godmothers navigate Hollywood's glittery inner circles and seedy underbelly to discover the truth. Along the way, they uncover unexpected secrets that not even one of Sophie's s้ances could have predicted.

 

Locked On - by Tom Clancy: Once Again, Jack Ryan, his son, Jack Jr., John Clark, Ding Chavez, and the rest of the campus team are facing their greatest challenge ever.

 

Death Comes to PemberleyDeath Comes to Pemberley - by P.D. James: Six years of peaceful, orderly married life for Elizabeth and Darcy come to an end the night before the annual ball when Elizabeth's disgraced sister, Lydia, arrives, screaming that her husband has been murdered. Thus begins a mystery of long buried secrets and betrayals, blackmail and forbidden love affairs.

 

Staff Picks

Tony's Picks

  • Coyote Waits - Tony Hillerman

  • The Eighty Dollar Champion - Elizabeth Letts

  • The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien

  • The Quiet World - Douglas Brinkley

  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches – Matsuo Basho

Lee Ann's Picks

  • Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux

  • Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

  • Timeline - Michael Crichton

  • Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver

  • The Time Travellers Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

Pat's Picks

  • The Help – Kathryn Stockett

  • Virals – Kathy Reichs

  • Chasing Fire – Nora Roberts

  • Shadow Fever – Karen Moning

  • Treachery in Death – J.D. Robb

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