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Staff Picks - May 2012
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Staff Picks - May 2012
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By Gail Carriger
Series: Parasol Protectorate
Recommended By Ellen Eddy-Bartholomew, Library Clerk
“When her werewolf husband disappears, leaving her to deal with supernatural soldiers, exorcised ghosts, and an irate Queen Victoria, Alexia Maccon sets out to investigate, a search that leads her to the dark side of Scotland (From the Publisher).”
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Genre Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Satirical Fiction, Series (Fiction), Supernatural Fiction, Men/Women Relationships, Victorian Era Fiction
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Staff Picks - May 2012
Title Swap - September 14, 2010
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By Per Petterson
Recommended By Lisa Jones, Readers’ Services Librarian
In 1989, 37–year–old Arvid Jansen's marriage is ending and his mother is dying of cancer. Hoping to leave his marital woes behind in Oslo, Jansen follows his Danish–born mother to her home country, to the beach house where the family spent summers.
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Genre Domestic Fiction, Literary Fiction, Cultural Fiction, European Fiction, Family Relationships, Scandanavian Fiction
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Staff Picks - May 2012
20-Something Title Swap - January 30, 2012
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By Heather McElhatton
Recommended By Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk, Jackie Ranaldo, Head of Readers’ Services
Jennifer dreams of achieving the perfect relationship, body size, & career after the engagement of her ex-boyfriend to her sister.
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Genre Contemporary Fiction, Chick Lit, Humor (Fiction), Romance/Love Stories, Men/Women Relationships, Women’s Relationships, Family Relationships
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Monthly Book Club
Staff Picks - May 2012
Title Swap - March 6, 2012
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By Alyson Richman
Recommended By Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk, Jackie Ranaldo, Head of Readers’ Services, Pam Strudler, Children’s Librarian
With Jackie Ranaldo, Head of Readers’ Services
Tuesday, January 24, 2012. 1PM & 7:30 PM
“From the glamorous ease of life in Prague before the Occupation, to the horrors of Nazi Europe, The Lost Wife explores the power of first love, the resilience of the human spirit- and the strength of memory (From the Publisher).”
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Genre Domestic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Holocaust Fiction, World War II Fiction, Cultural Fiction, Romance/Love Stories, Survival Stories (Fiction), European Fiction, Men/Women Relationships, Family Saga, Family Relationships, 20th Century
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Staff Picks - May 2012
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By Lauren Willig
Series: Pink Carnation Novels
Recommended By Stacey Levine, Librarian Trainee
“Leaving Harvard to complete her dissertation on the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian in England, Eloise Kelly discovers information about the most elusive spy of all time, a figure who single-handedly saved England from Napoleon's invasion (From the Publisher).”
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Genre Historical Fiction, Adventure Stories (Fiction), Cultural Fiction, Multi-Cultural Fiction, Romance/Love Stories, Series (Fiction), European Fiction, Espionage/Spy Fiction
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Staff Picks - May 2012
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By Terry Goodkind
Series: Sword of Truth
Recommended By Megan Kass, Reference Librarian
Twilight has fallen upon the Three Kingdoms: a grey time that could foretell either dawn or descent in bitter night. Richard Cypher, woodsman and warrior, is chosen to bear the powerful Sword of Truth, but his enemy, Darken Rahl, is a royal mage who comands armies, hideous beasts and-more terrible by far-a twisted magic.
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Genre Fantasy, Adventure Stories (Fiction), Series (Fiction), Guy Reads
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