Adult Fiction
Calder Brand by Janet Dailey.
Ambition drove Joe
Dollarhide across the parched plains from Fort Sam Houston to Dodge City.
One day, he was determined to have a spread every bit as vast and impressive as
his employers'. But when a wild stampede separates him from the cattle drive,
it is survival that keeps him going when most would have given up.
Survival and a burning need to settle the score with Benteen Calder, the cattle
boss he used to worship, the man who'd left him for dead...Hope buoyed Sarah
Foxworth when she had just five dollars to her name, traveling the dusty rails
where Joe first rescued her from a violent attack, then won her heart as a
cowboy in need of redemption. With dreams of becoming a doctor herself
one day, she uses all her wits to save her uncle's medical practice and his
reputation. But it's her own reputation that suffers when she gives birth to an
illegitimate baby. Years later, when Sarah walks into Joe's world once more,
he's shaken to the core. Her dreams of becoming a doctor are dashed; her
only hope is to find a better life for herself and her son--a child there's no
denying is his own. Now a prosperous rancher, Joe yearns to finally make a home
with Sarah and their boy. Only Joe's own road to riches has been strewn with
obstacles, some looming even larger than the demons he still struggles against.
But life has also shown Joe that nothing worth having ever comes easy. And that
Sarah is a woman worth fighting for...
Pickard County Atlas by Chris Harding Thornton.
In a dusty town in
Nebraska's rugged sandhills, weary sheriff's deputy Harley Jensen patrols the
streets at night, on the lookout for something--anything--out of the ordinary.
It's July 1978, and the heat is making people ornery, restless. That and the
Reddick family patriarch has decided, decades after authorities ended the
search for his murdered boy's body, to lay a headstone. Instead of bringing
closure, this decision is the spark that threatens to set Pickard County
ablaze. On a fateful night after the memorial service, Harley tails the
youngest Reddick and town miscreant, Paul, through the abandoned farms and
homes outside their run-down town. The pursuit puts Harley in the path of Pam Reddick,
a restless young woman looking for escape, bent on cutting the ties of
motherhood and marriage. Filled with desperate frustration, Pam is drawn to
Harley's dark history, not unlike that of her husband, Rick--a man raised in
the wreckage of a brother's violent death and a mother's hardened fury. Unfolding
over six tense days, Pickard County Atlas sets Harley and the Reddicks on a
collision course--propelling them toward an incendiary moment that will either
redeem or end them.
The Blood Tide by Neil Lancaster.
In a remote sea loch on
the west coast of Scotland, a fisherman vanishes without trace. His remains are
never found. A young man jumps from a bridge in Glasgow and falls to his death
in the water below. DS Max Craigie uncovers evidence that links both victims.
But if he can't find out what cost them their lives, it won't be long before
more bodies turn up at the morgue...Soon cracks start to appear in the
investigation, and Max's past hurtles back to haunt him. When his loved ones
are threatened, he faces a terrifying choice: let the only man he ever feared
walk free, or watch his closest friend die...
Adult Non-Fiction
Funny Farm by Laurie Zaleski.
Laurie Zaleski never
aspired to run an animal rescue; that was her mother Annie's dream. But from
girlhood, Laurie was determined to make the dream come true. Thirty years later
as a successful businesswoman, she did it, buying a 15-acre farm deep in the
Pinelands of South Jersey. She was planning to relocate Annie and her caravan
of ragtag rescues-horses and goats, dogs and cats, chickens and pigs-when Annie
died, just two weeks before moving day. In her heartbreak, Laurie resolved to
make her mother's dream her own. In 2001, she established the Funny Farm Animal
Rescue outside Mays Landing, New Jersey. Today, she carries on Annie's mission
to save abused and neglected animals. Funny Farm is Laurie's story: of promises
kept, dreams fulfilled, and animals lost and found. It's the story of Annie
McNulty, who fled a nightmarish marriage with few skills, no money and no
resources, dragging three kids behind her, and accumulating hundreds of
cast-off animals on the way. And lastly, it's the story of the brave,
incredible, and adorable animals that were rescued.
Bitcoin for Dummies by Peter Kent & Tyler Bain.
Bitcoin can be a bit
puzzling to the uninitiated. Ledger? Blockchain? Mining? These cryptocurrency
concepts aren't going away, and there are tremendous opportunities for those
with some know-how to get onboard with the crypto culture. Bitcoin For Dummies helps
you get un-puzzled, learn the Bitcoin basics, and discover the possibilities in
the new world of digital currencies. With this 100% new edition, you can step
into the fascinating culture of cryptocurrency and learn how to use Bitcoin as
a currency or an investment vehicle. A little bit of knowledge will go a
long way, and you'll be ready to sail smoothly ahead as the crypto tsunami
advances.
Easy/Juvenile/Young Adult/Graphic Novel
The Treasure of the
Black Swan by Paco Roca &
Guillermo Carrol. YA GN
May 2007. When an American
treasure-hunting company uncovers a shipwreck containing the greatest
underwater trove ever found, the world is captivated by their discovery. But
over in Spain, a group of low-level government officials surmises that the sunken
ship is in fact an ancient Spanish vessel. Thus begins a legal and political
thriller, pitting a group of idealistic diplomats against a rich and powerfully
connected treasure hunter, in which vital cultural artifacts and hundreds of
millions of dollars hang in the balance.
The Firehouse Phantom by D. J. Brandon.
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While on a tour of the
brand-new firehouse with his friends, Graveyard Gruber feels an urgent tug from
an invisible hand. Stories of a vacant house burned to the ground on the very
same site, suspicions of arson, and a strange boy seen running from the blaze
add to the mystery. Can an unexpected classmate provide the missing clue?
Graveyard Gruber eagerly agrees to help out at the firehouse, determined to
solve the mystery and set the record straight.
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