Adult Fiction
The Becoming by Nora Roberts.
The world of magick and
the world of man have long been estranged from one another. But some can walk
between the two--including Breen Siobhan Kelly. She has just returned to
Talamh, with her friend, Marco, who's dazzled and disoriented by this realm--a
place filled with dragons and faeries and mermaids (but no WiFi, to his
chagrin). In Talamh, Breen is not the ordinary young schoolteacher he knew her
as. Here she is learning to embrace the powers of her true identity. Marco is
welcomed kindly by her people--and by Keegan, leader of the Fey. Keegan has
trained Breen as a warrior, and his yearning for her has grown along with his
admiration of her strength and skills. But one member of Breen's bloodline is
not there to embrace her. Her grandfather, the outcast god Odran, plots to
destroy Talamh--and now all must unite to defeat his dark forces. There will be
losses and sorrows, betrayal and bloodshed. But through it, Breen Siobhan Kelly
will take the next step on the journey to becoming all that she was born to be.
The Stranger in the
Lifeboat by Mitch Albom.
After a deadly ship
explosion, ten people, adrift in a raft, struggle to survive at sea and pull a
strange man from the sea who claims to be the Lord.
Forgiving Paris by Karen Kingsbury.
In Indiana, Ashley Baxter
Blake and her husband are about to take an anniversary trip to Paris, but she
is hesitant. More than two decades ago, she made her most grievous mistake in
that same city. She has never forgiven herself for what happened there, and she
still harbors secrets that she's afraid will come to light. Just before the
trip, Ashley gets a call from her niece. Jessie explains that her French
boyfriend's mother remembers working at a bakery with an American named Ashley.
"Could that be you?" When Alice and Ashley meet, a flood of memories
comes for both women, taking Ashley back to a reckless affair and an unexpected
pregnancy and Alice to the night she nearly ended it all. Can this reunion
bring healing and closure? Maybe it is finally time for Ashley to forgive
herself...and Paris.
Adult Non-Fiction
Mayhem by Michele R. McPhee.
This page-turning
narrative goes a long way toward answering questions that still linger about
the notorious Boston Marathon bombing, such as: Where were the bombs made?
And what had been Tamerlan Tsarnaev's relationship to the FBI? Mayhem casts
a spotlight on the U.S. Government's relationship with the older Tsarnaev
brother as his younger brother, Dzhokhar, will continue his efforts to have his
death sentence commuted in October, just days after the Boston Marathon will be
run for the first time since 2019. The federal government may be forced to
confirm a longstanding relationship with Tamerlan and its decision to shield
him from investigation for the Sept. 11, 2011 ISIS-style triple murder of three
friends. As they infamously did with Whitey Bulger, federal agents appear to
have protected Tamerlan because of his value as a paid informant.
Good Economics for Hard
Times by Abhijit V. Banerjee &
Esther Duflo.
Figuring out how to deal
with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of our
time. Much greater than space travel or perhaps even the next revolutionary
medical breakthrough, what is at stake is the whole idea of the good life as we
have known it. Immigration and inequality, globalization and technological
disruption, slowing growth and accelerating climate change--these are sources
of great anxiety across the world, from New Delhi and Dakar to Paris and
Washington, DC. The resources to address these challenges are there--what we
lack are ideas that will help us jump the wall of disagreement and distrust
that divides us. If we succeed, history will remember our era with gratitude;
if we fail, the potential losses are incalculable.
Easy/Juvenile/Young Adult/Graphic Novel
Any Sign of Life by Rae Carson.
YA
When a teenage girl thinks
she may be the only person left alive in her town--maybe in the whole
world--she must rely on hope, trust, and her own resilience. A harrowing and
pulse-pounding survival story from New York Times-bestselling author Rae
Carson. Any Sign of Life is a must-have for readers of Rick Yancey's The 5th
Wave and Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman's Dry. Paige Miller is
determined to take her basketball team to the state championship, maybe even
beyond. But as March Madness heats up, Paige falls deathly ill. Days later, she
wakes up attached to an IV and learns that the whole world has perished.
Everyone she loves, and all of her dreams for the future--they're gone. But
Paige is a warrior. She pushes through her fear and her grief and gets through
each day scrounging for food, for shelter, for safety. As she struggles with
her new reality, Paige learns that the apocalypse did not happen by accident.
And that there are worse things than being alone.
Shuri: Princess by Nic Stone.
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