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New books at the library this week

Jan. 11, 2019
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Adult bestseller:

Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks: Hope has been dating her boyfriend, an orthopedic surgeon, for six years with no wedding plans in sight. When her father is diagnosed with ALS, she decides to travel to the family cottage for a week to think about some difficult decisions. Tru Walls has been called to Sunset Beach, North Carolina by a man claiming to be his father. Tru, a safari guide, born and raised in Zimbabwe, hopes to learn more about his mother's early life since she has passed on. Tru and Hope meet, with an incredible connection.

Elevation by Stephen King

No Traveller Returns by Louis L'Amour and Beau L'Amour: First time in print. Inspired by Louis' own experiences as a merchant seaman.

Robert B. Parker's Colorblind by Reed Farrel Coleman: A Jesse Stone novel. Jesse is back on the job, desperately doing his best to protect his deputy, Alisha, when she becomes the target of a sophisticated frame-up.

The Long Take by Robin Robertson: a noir narrative. Shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2018. Walker, a D-Day veteran who doesn't want to return home to rural Nova Scotia, heads for the city, first New York, then Los Angeles and San Francisco. He finds work as a journalist just as America begins to change.

Adult audiobook:

Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb, performed by Susan Erickson: The 9:00 a.m. meeting would be a milestone, the airline executives thought, as they finalized a long-awaited merger. But when the marketing VP, Paul Rogan, walked into the room, everything changed and not for the better.

Adult biography:

Not My Fate: the story of Nisga'a survivor by Janet Romain

Adult inspirational:

Opal, #3 Dakotah Treasures by Lauraine Snelling: Ruby Torvald marries rancher Rand Harrison. Her sister Opal loves the ranch life and is captivated by the new lifestyle. But when she makes an innocent though foolish decision her friend Atticus is taken away from her. She is determined to see him again.

Adult non-fiction:

Atomic Habits: tiny changes, remarkable results, an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones by James Clear

Painting All Aspects of Water for All Mediums by E. John Robinson

How to Draw Plants: the techniques of botanical illustrations by Keith West

Adult science fiction / fantasy:

Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin

Large print biography:

Implosion: a memoir of an architect's daughter by Elizabeth W. Garber

Young adult:

Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich with Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Three Feathers by Richard Van Camp: a graphic novel.

Junior fiction: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Meltdown by Jeff Kinney

Junior non-fiction:

Genius LEGO Inventions with bricks you already have by Sarah Dees

2019 Book of World Records from Scholastic

Junior picture book:

Even Superheroes Make Mistakes by Shelly Becker

Winter is Here by Kevin Henkes

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