Adult Fiction
The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield.
NASA is about to launch
Apollo 18. While the mission has been billed as a scientific one, flight
controller Kazimieras "Kaz" Zemeckis knows there is a darker
objective. Intelligence has discovered a secret Soviet space station spying on
America, and Apollo 18 may be the only chance to stop it. But even as Kaz races
to keep the NASA crew one step ahead of their Russian rivals, a deadly accident
reveals that not everyone involved is quite who they were thought to be. With
political stakes stretched to the breaking point, the White House and the
Kremlin can only watch as their astronauts collide on the lunar surface, far
beyond the reach of law or rescue.
Book of Night by Holly Black.
Charlie Hall has never
found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision
she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians
who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their
beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground
economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie
Hall. Now, she's trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but getting out
isn't easy. Bartending at a dive, she's still entirely too close to the corrupt
underbelly of the Berkshires. Not to mention that her sister Posey is desperate
for magic, and that Charlie's shadowless, and possibly soulless, boyfriend has
been hiding things from her. When a terrible figure from her past returns,
Charlie descends into a maelstrom of murder and lies. Determined to survive,
she's up against a cast of doppelgangers, mercurial billionaires, gloamists,
and the people she loves best in the world--all trying to steal a secret that
will give them vast and terrible power.
Dark Whisper by Christine Feehan.
Vasilisa Sidkorolyavolkva
is a Lycan of royal blood. She knows what is expected of her, but all she wants
is to be out from under her family's watchful eyes. There is a fire inside her
that is building. A restlessness coupled with a sense of growing dread. Every
day she feels the weight of the legacy passed down through generations. The
prophecy that says a man will come to claim her as his mate, and that she will
guard his soul. She knows nothing about him except that he is hers. But nothing
seems real until the night she meets him in the flesh....Afanasiv Belan is a
Carpathian, an ancient one. In all the centuries of his existence, no one has
ever affected him like Vasilisa. He can see into her mind and feel what is in
her heart. They are so alike, warriors bound by honor and plagued by secrets.
They both know they must reveal the darkest parts of their souls if they hope
to survive and protect the ones they love. But if they claim each other as
lifemates, it will change them down to the bone. They will become something
more--something feared by both of their kinds....
Adult Non-Fiction
A Killer by Design by Ann Wolbert Burgess.
Lurking beneath the
progressive activism and sex positivity in the 1970-80s, a dark undercurrent of
violence rippled across the American landscape. With reported cases of sexual
assault and homicide on the rise, the FBI created a specialized team--the "Mindhunters"
better known as the Behavioral Science Unit--to track down the country's most
dangerous criminals. And yet narrowing down a seemingly infinite list of
potential suspects seemed daunting at best and impossible at worst--until Dr.
Ann Wolbert Burgess stepped on the scene. In A Killer By Design, Burgess
reveals how her pioneering research on sexual assault and trauma caught the
attention of the FBI, and steered her right into the middle of a chilling
serial murder investigation in Nebraska. Over the course of the next two
decades, she helped the budding unit identify, interview, and track down dozens
of notoriously violent offenders, including Ed Kemper ("The Co-Ed
Killer"), Dennis Rader ("("BTK"), Henry Wallace ("The Taco
Bell Strangler"), Jon Barry Simonis ("The Ski-Mask Rapist"), and
many others. As one of the first women trailblazers within the FBI's hallowed
halls, Burgess knew many were expecting her to crack under pressure and recoil
in horror--but she was determined to protect future victims at any cost. This
book pulls us directly into the investigations as she experienced them,
interweaving never-before-seen interview transcripts and crime scene drawings
alongside her own vivid recollections to provide unprecedented insight into the
minds of deranged criminals and the victims they left behind. Along the way,
Burgess also paints a revealing portrait of a formidable institution on the
brink of a seismic scientific and cultural reckoning--and the men forced to
reconsider everything they thought they knew about crime.
Fiske Guide to Colleges
2023 by Edward B. Fiske.
Every college and
university has a story, and no one tells those stories like former New York
Times education editor Edward B. Fiske. That's why, for nearly 40 years, the
Fiske Guide to Colleges has been the leading guide to 320+ four-year schools,
including quotes from real students and information you won't find on college
websites. Fully updated and expanded every year, Fiske is the most
authoritative source of information for college-bound students and their
parents. Helpful, honest, and straightforward, the Fiske Guide to Colleges
delivers an insider's look at what it's really like to be a student at the
"best and most interesting" schools in the United States, plus Canada,
Great Britain, and Ireland--so you can find the best fits for you.
Easy/Juvenile/Young Adult/Graphic Novel
Maya’s Song by Renée Watson.
J NF
"This unforgettable
picture book introduces young readers to the life and work of Maya Angelou,
whose words have uplifted and inspired generations of readers. The author of
the celebrated autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya was the
first Black person and first woman to recite a poem at a presidential
inauguration, and her influence echoes through culture and history. She was
also the first Black woman to appear on the United States quarter. Newbery
Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Reňe Watson uses Angelou's
beloved medium of poetry to lyrically chronicle her rich life in a deeply
moving narrative. Vivid and striking collage art by Caldecott Honor recipient
and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner Bryan Collier completes this
unforgettable portrait of one of the most important American artists in
history."-- Publisher marketing.
Cake Eater by Allyson Dahlin.
YA
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