Adult Fiction
A Safe House by Stuart Woods.
Stone Barrington is
looking forward to some quiet time in New York City, until he is asked to
transport precious, top-secret cargo across the Atlantic. Taking on the
challenge, Stone flies off unaware of what--or who--he is bringing with him. But
his plans to lie low are quickly spoiled when a dangerous dispatcher tracks
down Stone and his tantalizing mystery guest, intent on payback--and silencing
anyone who poses a threat. From the English countryside to the balmy beaches of
Key West, Stone is on an international mission to hide and protect those
closest to him.
The Darkest Place by Phillip Margolin.
Robin Lockwood is an
increasingly prominent defense attorney in the Portland community. A Yale
graduate and former MMA fighter, she's becoming known for her string of
innovative and successful defense strategies. As a favor to a judge, Robin
takes on the pro bono defense of a reprehensible defendant charged with even
more reprehensible crimes. But what she doesn't know -- what she can't know --
is how this one decision, this one case, will wreak complete devastation on her
life and plans.
A Sunlit Weapon by Jacqueline Winspear.
October 1942. Jo Hardy, a
22-year-old ferry pilot, is delivering a Supermarine Spitfire--the fastest
fighter aircraft in the world--to Biggin Hill Aerodrome, when she realizes
someone is shooting at her aircraft from the ground. Returning to the location
on foot, she finds an American serviceman in a barn, bound and gagged. She
rescues the man, who is handed over to the American military police; it quickly
emerges that he is considered a suspect in the disappearance of a fellow
soldier who is missing. Tragedy strikes two days later, when another ferry
pilot crashes in the same area where Jo's plane was attacked. At the suggestion
of one of her colleagues, Jo seeks the help of psychologist and investigator
Maisie Dobbs. Meanwhile, Maisie's husband, a high-ranking political
attaché based at the American embassy, is in the thick of ensuring security is
tight for the first lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, during her
visit to the Britain. There's already evidence that German agents have been
circling: the wife of a president represents a high value target. Mrs.
Roosevelt is clearly in danger, and there may well be a direct connection to
the death of the woman ferry pilot and the recent activities of two American
servicemen. To guarantee the safety of the First Lady--and of the soldier being
held in police custody--Maisie must uncover that connection. At the same time,
she faces difficulties of an entirely different nature with her young daughter,
Anna, who is experiencing wartime struggles of her own.
Adult Non-Fiction
The Storyteller by Dave Grohl.
So, I've written a book. Having
entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable
opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do 4 hours of interviews, find
someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!") I have
decided to write these stories just as I have always done, in my own hand. The
joy that I have felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike listening back
to a song that I've recorded and can't wait to share with the world, or reading
a primitive journal entry from a stained notebook, or even hearing my voice
bounce between the Kiss posters on my wall as a child. This certainly
doesn't mean that I'm quitting my day job, but it does give me a place to shed
a little light on what it's like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia,
walking through life while living out the crazy dreams I had as young musician.
From hitting the road with Scream at 18 years old, to my time in Nirvana and
the Foo Fighters, jamming with Iggy Pop or playing at the Academy Awards or
dancing with AC/DC and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, drumming for Tom Petty
or meeting Sir Paul McCartney at Royal Albert Hall, bedtime stories with Joan
Jett or a chance meeting with Little Richard, to flying halfway around the
world for one epic night with my daughters...the list goes on. I look forward
to focusing the lens through which I see these memories a little sharper for
you with much excitement.
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones.
"The animating idea
of The 1619 Project is that our national narrative is more accurately told if
we begin not on July 4, 1776, but in late August of 1619, when a ship arrived
in Jamestown bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa.
Their arrival inaugurated a barbaric and unprecedented system of chattel
slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to
as the country's original sin, but it is more than that: It is the country's
very origin. The 1619 Project tells this new origin story, placing the consequences
of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the center of the story
we tell ourselves about who we are as a country. Orchestrated by the editors of
The New York Times Magazine, led by MacArthur "genius" and Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, this collection of essays and
historical vignettes includes some of the most outstanding journalists,
thinkers, and scholars of American history and culture. Together, their work
shows how the tendrils of 1619--of slavery and resistance to slavery--reach
into every part of our contemporary culture, from voting, housing and
healthcare, to the way we sing and dance, the way we tell stories, and the way
we worship. Interstitial works of flash fiction and poetry bring the history to
life through the imaginative interpretations of some of our greatest writers.
The 1619 Project ultimately sends a very strong message: We must have a clear
vision of this history if we are to understand our present dilemmas. Only by
reckoning with this difficult history and trying as hard as we can to understand
its powerful influence on our present, can we prepare ourselves for a more just
future."-- Provided by publisher.
Easy/Juvenile/Young Adult/Graphic Novel
Omens Bite by P. C. Cast & Kristin Cast. YA
Twin sisters, Mercy and
Hunter are witches, direct descendants of the Goode family, the founders of
their town. After the murder of their mother at the hands of a foul demon, they
have become the protectors of the Gates to different underworlds--ancient portals
between their world and realms where mythology rules and the darkest of
creatures exist. Grief has taken a terrible toll on the twins. Rather than
bringing them together, their sadness has torn them apart, driving Mercy to
attempt to save the crumbling Gates without her twin and Hunter into the arms
of a dangerous goddess. While Mercy looks for aid from Khenti, Guardian of the
Egyptian Underworld, Hunter begins to realize the goddess she's allied with is
more monster than deity. She needs her sister's help, but Mercy is beyond her
reach on an adventure that could cost them everything, including their world.
Ice Clash by Emma Carlson Berne. J
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