Monday, January 4, 2021

January 4, 2021 - New Arrivals

January 4, 2021

Adult Fiction

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw.

“The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions."-- Provided by publisher.

 

The Land of Nod by Daniel Rose.

Maggie Stump is the eldest daughter from a family of four children who were all named from the Bible. But there is nothing holy about the Stump family. They are an old-ball mix of druggies and drunks, linked together through shared history and common sorrows. Predictably dysfunctional, they all appear to be going nowhere fast. Then enter one catalyst in the form of a wild crazy circus clown whose tattoos suggest interplanetary alignments, and change enters the formula. Maggie discovers talents that she didn’t know she possessed, and just in time as her entire family is perched on the brink of disaster. It is only through Maggie’s newly acquired psychic skills that she is able to save her brothers and sister from certain self-destruction.

 

The Law of Innocence by Michael Connolly.

"Defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a client in the trunk of his Lincoln. Haller is charged with murder and can't make the exorbitant $5 million bail slapped on him by a vindictive judge. Mickey elects to defend himself and must strategize and build his defense from his jail cell in the Twin Towers Correctional Center in downtown Los Angeles, all the while looking over his shoulder--as an officer of the court he is an instant target. Mickey knows he's been framed. Now, with the help of his trusted team, he has to figure out who has plotted to destroy his life and why. Then he has to go before a judge and jury and prove his innocence."-- Amazon.com.

 

Adult Non-Fiction

The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris.

“By reckoning with the big challenges we face together, drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, Kamala Harris offers in The Truths We Hold a master class in problem solving, in crisis management, and leadership in challenging times. Through the arc of her own life, on into the great work of our day, she communicates a vision of shared struggle, shared purpose, and shared values. In a book rich in many home truths, not least is that a relatively small number of people work very hard to convince a great many of us that we have less in common than we actually do, but it falls to us to look past them and get on with the good work of living our common truth. When we do, our shared effort will continue to sustain us and this great nation, now and in the years to come."-- Provided by publisher.

 

Rage by Bob Woodward.

An essential account of the Trump presidency draws on interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, diaries, and confidential documents to provide details about Trump's moves as he faced a global pandemic, economic disaster, and racial unrest.

 

Easy/Juvenile/Young Adult/Graphic Novel

Pirate Stew by Neil Gaiman. E

"Long John has a whole crew of wild pirates in tow, and--for one boy and his sister--he's about to transform a perfectly ordinary evening into a riotous adventure beneath a pirate moon."—Provided by publisher.

 

Don’t Turn Out the Lights by Jonathan Maberry. J

Featuring stories from R.L. Stine and Madeleine Roux, this middle grade horror anthology curated by New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry is a chilling tribute to Alvin Schwartz s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. A life-size baby doll that stalks its prey. A flesh-hungry ogre who jingle jangles when he walks. A haunted house just dying for a visitor. What do all these things have in common? They’re scarier in the dark!


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