Name
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Author/Director
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Title
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Description
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In Collection
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Carin
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Sidney Sheldon
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The Stars Shine Down
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Story of Lara
Cameron, a successful real estate developer who came from a broken family in
Nova Scotia.
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Jeanette
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Ken Follett
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Edge of Eternity
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Follows the fortunes
of five intertwined families—American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh—as
they make their way through the twentieth century.
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Jeanette and Mary
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Simon Curtis
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Woman in Gold
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Maria Altmann, an
octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover
artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
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Loretta
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James Patterson
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Alex Cross
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Series of books
about a former FBI agent and psychologist who works in Washington DC.
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Have #16 in the
series
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Victoria Aveyard
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The Red Queen
|
Tale of
seventeen-year-old Mare, a common girl whose once-latent magical power draws
her into the dangerous intrigue of the king's palace.
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Level 1: 808.899283
Av39
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Maggie
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Erik Larson
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Dead Wake
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On May 1, 1915, with
WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an
English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a
record number of children and infants.
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Gregg Herken
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The Georgetown Set
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History of postwar
Washington—a rich and colorful portrait of the close-knit group of
journalists, spies, and government officials who waged the Cold War over
cocktails and dinner.
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Jillian Schlesinger
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Maiden Trip
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14-year-old Laura
Dekker sets out on a two-year voyage in pursuit of her dream to become the
youngest person ever to sail around the world alone.
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DVD 791.4372 M28
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Margaret Atwood
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The Handmaids Tale
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Explores issues
relating to power, gender, and religious politics.
|
Book Club- 813.54
At96h
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Sara Gruen
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At the Water’s Edge
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Story of a
privileged young woman’s moral and sexual awakening as she experiences the
devastations of World War II in the Scottish Highlands.
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Margaret
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Graeme Simsion
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Rosie Project
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Featuring the oddly
charming, socially challenged genetics professor, Don, as he seeks true love.
*Carin’s prior read
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Book Club- 823.914
Si58
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Mary
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Denise Kiernan
|
The Girls of Atomic
City
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The incredible story
of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial
role in one of the most significant moments in US history.
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Book Club- 976.873
K546
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Larry Watson
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Montana 1948
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Focuses on the life
of young Montanan David Hayden, his family and the fictional town of
Bentrock, Montana, and focuses on the struggles of a family torn between
loyalty and justice.
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3rd Floor- 813.54 W335m
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Mary Kay Andrews
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Save the Date
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A Savannah florist
is about to score the wedding of a lifetime-one that will solidify her career
as the go-to-girl for society nuptials.
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Shirley
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Wally Lamb
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I Know This Much is
True
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The novel takes
place in Three Rivers, Connecticut. Dominick Birdsey's identical twin,
Thomas, suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. With medication, he can function
properly and work at a coffee stand, but occasionally he has severe episodes
of his illness.
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Wally Lamb
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She’s Come Undone
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Dolores Price is
heartbroken when her handsome but irresponsible father leaves their suburban
home for another woman
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Book Club- 813.54
L169s
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Peek-a-reads
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