11/22/63 By King, Stephen2011-11 - Scribner Book Company9781451627282 Check Our Catalog
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King's heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination. Jake Epping is a 35-year-old high-school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. Jake's friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. 864 pp. 2,000,000 print. (General Fiction) …More
V Is for Vengeance By Grafton, Sue2011-11 - Marian Wood Book9780399157868 Check Our Catalog 22nd book in Kinsey Millhone seriesBookPage Notable Title
A woman with a murky past who kills herself. A dying old man. A lovely woman. A professional shoplifting ring. A brutal and unscrupulous gangster. A wandering husband. A spoiled kid. A lonely widower. An elegant but ruthless businessman whose dealings are definitely outside the law: the spider at the center of the web. And in the middle of it all is Kinsey Millhone, whose 38th-birthday gift is a punch in the face that leaves her with two black eyes and a busted nose. 448 pp. 1,250,000 print. (Mystery/Detective) …More
The Night Circus By Morgenstern, Erin2011-09 - Doubleday Books9780385534635 Check Our CatalogTo enter the black-and-white-striped tents of Le Cirque des Reves is to enter a world where objects really do turn into birds and people really do disappear. Even though visitors believe the performances are all illusion, they are obsessively drawn to this extraordinary night circus. Those who run and perform in the circus are its lifeblood. Marco Alisdair runs the operation from London as assistant to the eccentric proprietor. Celia Bowen holds it all together from her role as illusionist. As magicians, Marco and Celia are bound to each other in a deadly competition of powers, creating ever more fantastical venues for circus goers to marvel at. But falling in love was never part of the game, and the players struggle to extricate themselves from this contest while keeping the circus afloat. …More
Explosive Eighteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel By Evanovich, Janet2011-11 - Bantam9780345527714 Check Our Catalog 18th book in Stephanie Plum seriesWith the arrival of "Explosive Eighteen", readers won't have to wait very long to find out what happens next in Evanovich's popular Stephanie Plum adventure series. 320 pp. (General Fiction) …More
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman By Massie, Robert K.2011-11 - Random House9780679456728 Check Our Catalog
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Massie returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography--the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at 14 and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history. History offers few stories richer in drama than that of Catherine the Great. In this book, this eternally fascinating woman is returned to life. 688 pp. (Biography/Autobiography) …More
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