The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

By  Stephen King

Morality, guilt, and the afterlife plague various characters in this collection of recent stories now published for the first time in book form.  Stephen King provides the origins of each story or what led him to write the terrifying tale with a special introduction before each entry.

 

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John Le Carre

By  Adam Sisman

Head behind John Le Carre’s shroud of secrecy and meet David Cornwell, the master of anonymity, in an account detailing Cornwell’s childhood with a con man father, his British intelligence background, and his difficult quest to become a writer.

 

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The Promise

By  Robert Crais

While Elvis Cole seeks a missing female explosives expert involved with the defense department, LAPD K9 Officer Scott James and his four-legged partner follow a fugitive to a house with a dead body inside and countless explosives ready to blow.  Elvis and Scott take on shady officials and deadly arms dealers as they try to determine if the woman they have vowed to save could be their undoing.

 

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The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

By  Mitch Albom

The Spirit of Music presents the life of a man with a unique, life-changing gift.  Not many babies are born in a burning church. Raised by a music teacher, guitar player Frankie Presto is sent to America when war breaks out.  His rise to music superstardom is aided by his music’s uncanny ability to affect people’s lives and six very special blue strings.  Decades after Frankie’s disappearance, he returns to change one more life before he dies.

 

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“Bound to Read” Book Club: December Selection

Bound To Read is a non-fiction book club that will meet on Wednesday, December 9 at 4:00 P.M (Please check with the library for location). Members are reading Blackbird- A Childhood Lost and Found by Jennifer Lauck.    Please stop at the library to pick up your selection. New members are always welcome!

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The Wild Ones

 by C. Alexander London

Kit, a young raccoon, flees from his country home to rough Ankle Snap Alley, carrying a mysterious heirloom his mother left him…an heirloom that leaves the fate of the alley in his paws.

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Fuzzy Mud

 by Louis Sachar

After smearing some fuzzy-looking mud in a bully’s face to end a fight out in the woods, Tamaya’s hand is red and blistered.  If this is how her hand looks, the how does Chad’s face look?

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