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Our collection contains not only fiction and non-fiction, but also large print, mysteries, and a large browsing collection of paperbacks including classics.

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NEW ARRIVALS in Fiction



D.C. Dead

by Stuart Woods


The Flight of Gemma Hardy

by Margot Livesey


Raylan

by Elmore Leonard


Death of Kings

by Bernard Cornwell

NEW ARRIVALS in Non-Fiction

NEW ARRIVALS in Large Type




COMING ATTRACTIONS for February

Fiction

  • Andrews, V C – Into the Darkness
  • Beaton, M C – Death of a Kingfisher
  • Berenson, Alex – The Shadow Patrol
  • Chiaverini, Jennifer – Sonoma Rose
  • Crombie, Deborah – No Mark Upon Her
  • De Rosnay, Tatiana – The House I Loved
  • Flynn, Vince – Kill Shot
  • Gardner, Lisa – Catch Me
  • Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia – Kill My Darling
  • Jance, J A – Left for Dead
  • Kellerman, Jonathan – Victims: An Alex Delaware Novel
  • Ludlum, Robert P – Robert Ludlum's (TM) the Janson Command
  • Palmer, Michael – Oath of Office
  • Patterson, James – Private Games
  • Pearl, Matthew – The Technologists
  • Picoult, Jodi – Lone Wolf
  • Robb, J D – Celebrity in Death
  • Robotham, Michael – Bleed for Me
  • Stabenow, Dana – Restless in the Grave
  • Weber, Carl – The Family Business
  • Willig, Lauren – The Garden Intrigue

Non-Fiction

  • Bauman, Ed; and Helayne L.Waldman – Whole-Food Guide for Breast Cancer Survivors
  • Bertsche, Rachel – MWF Seeking BFF : My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend
  • Boo, Katherine – Behind the Beautiful Forevers : Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
  • Carter, Ken – Yes Ma'am, No Sir : The 12 Essential Steps for Success in Life
  • Cockrall-King, Jennifer – Food and the City : Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution
  • Coggan, Philip – Paper Promises : Debt, Money, and the New World Order
  • Gugliotta, Guy – Freedom's Cap : The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War
  • Isay, Dave – All There Is : Love Stories from StoryCorps
  • Joseph, Jamal – Panther Baby
  • Judt, Tony – Thinking the Twentieth Century
  • Klinenberg, Eric – Going Solo : The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone
  • Kwarteng, Kwasi – Ghosts of Empire : Britain's Legacies in the Modern World
  • Moorhead, Jim – Instant Survivor : Right Ways to Respond When Things Go Wrong
  • Nathans, Sydney – To Free a Family : The Journey of Mary Walker
  • Negev, Eilat and Yehuda Koren – First Lady of Fleet Street : The Life of Rachel Beer
  • Simon, James F. – FDR and Chief Justice Hughes : The President, the Supreme Court, and the Epic Battle over the New Deal
  • Smith, Jean Edward – Eisenhower in War and Peace
  • Walsh, Mikey – Gypsy Boy : My Life in the Secret World of the Romany Gypsies
  • Weber, Doron – Immortal Bird : A Family Memoir
  • Weil, Elizabeth – No Cheating, No Dying
  • Wolfberg, Adam – Fragile Beginnings : Discoveries and Triumphs in the Newborn ICU

COMING ATTRACTIONS for March

Fiction

  • Albert, Susan Wittig – Cat's Claw
  • Bowen, Rhys – Hush Now, Don't You Cry
  • Box, C J – Force of Nature
  • Brockmann, Suzanne – Born to Darkness
  • Childs, Laura – Agony of the Leaves
  • Coben, Harlan – Stay Close
  • Cussler, Clive – The Thief
  • French, Nicci – Blue Monday
  • Green, Jane – Another Piece of My Heart
  • Greenwood, Kerry – Cooking the Books: A Corinna Chapman Mystery
  • Oates, Joyce Carol – Mudwoman
  • Patterson, James – Guilty Wives
  • Patterson, Richard North – Fall from Grace
  • Steel, Danielle – Betrayal
  • White, Kate – So Pretty It Hurts: A Bailey Weggins Mystery
  • White, Randy Wayne – Chasing Midnight
  • Winspear, Jacqueline – Elegy for Eddie: A Maisie Dobbs Novel

Non-Fiction

  • Aldous, Richard – Reagan and Thatcher : The Difficult Relationship
  • Christensen, Thomas – 1616 : The World in Motion
  • Davenport-Hines, Richard – Voyagers of the Titanic : Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From
  • Groom, Winston – Shiloh, 1862 : The First Great and Terrible Battle of the Civil War
  • Hegarty, Neil – Story of Ireland : A History of the Irish People
  • Maxtone-Graham, John – Titanic Tragedy : A New Look at the Lost Liner
  • Nagorski, Andrew – Hitlerland : American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power
  • Riley, Kathleen – The Astaires : Fred & Adele
  • Sebba, Anne – That Woman : The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
  • Silbey, David J – Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China
  • Sixsmith, Martin – Russia : A 1000-Year Chronicle of the Wild East
  • Smith, R. J. – The One : The Life and Music of James Brown
  • Tattersall, Ian – Masters of the Planet : The Search for Our Human Origins
  • Wolff, Justin – Thomas Hart Benton : A Life
  • Zacks, Richard – Island of Vice : Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean Up Sin-loving New York

COMING ATTRACTIONS for April

Fiction

  • Archer, Jeffrey – The Sins of the Father
  • Baldacci, David – The Innocent
  • Boyd, William – Waiting for Sunrise
  • Brown, Rita Mae – The Big Cat Nap: The 20th Anniversary Mrs. Murphy Mystery
  • Clark, Carol Higgins – Gypped: A Regan Reilly Mystery
  • Clark, Mary Higgins – The Lost Years
  • Feist, Raymond E – A Crown Imperiled: Book Two of the Chaoswar Saga
  • Evans, Richard Paul – The Road to Grace: The Third Journal in the Walk Series
  • Grisham, John – Calico Joe
  • Hart, Carolyn G – Death Comes Silently
  • Jackson, Lisa – Afraid to Die
  • Johansen, Iris – What Doesn't Kill You
  • Kerr, Philip – Prague Fatale
  • King, Stephen – The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel
  • Lewis, Beverly – The Fiddler
  • McCall Smith, Alexander – The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
  • Margolin, Phillip M – Capitol Murder: A Novel of Suspense
  • Moning, Karen Marie – Into the Dreaming
  • Moore, Christopher – Sacre Bleu: A Comedy D'Art
  • Perry, Anne – Dorchester Terrace
  • Quick, Amanda – Crystal Gardens
  • Roberts, Nora – The Witness
  • Scottoline, Lisa – Come Home
  • Sheldon, Sidney – Sidney Sheldon's Angel of the Dark
  • Trigiani, Adriana – The Shoemaker's Wife
  • Tyler, Anne – The Beginner's Goodbye
  • Wambaugh, Joseph – Harbor Nocturne
  • Vincenzi, Penny – More Than You Know
  • Weis, Margaret – Rage of the Dragon
  • Woods, Stuart – Unnatural Acts

Non-Fiction

  • Bedford, Lisa – Survival Mom : How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst-case Scenarios
  • Bordewich, Fergus M. – America's Great Debate : Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union
  • Clemens, Ruth – Busy Girls Guide to Cake Decorating
  • Conrad, Hy and Jeff Johnson – Things Your Dog Doesn't Want You to Know
  • Enright, Anne – Making Babies : Stumbling into Motherhood
  • Gardner, Ian; Ed Shames; Mario Dicarlo – Deliver Us from Darkness
  • Hampton, Kelle – Bloom : Finding Beauty in the Unexpected
  • Hutson, Matthew – 7 Laws of Magical Thinking : How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane
  • Kessler-Harris, Alice – Difficult Woman : The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman
  • King, Carole – Natural Woman : A Memoir
  • Little, Elizabeth – Trip of the Tongue : Cross-Country Travels in Search of America
  • Pantoliano, Joey – Asylum
  • Simmons, Matty – Fat, Drunk, and Stupid : The Inside Story Behind the Making of Animal House
  • Sweet, Victoria – God's Hotel : A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
  • Thurston, Harry and Wayne Barrett – Atlantic Coast : A Natural History
  • Virant, Paul and Kate Leahy – Preservation Kitchen : The Craft of Making and Cooking With Pickles, Preserves, and Aigre-doux
  • Winterson, Jeanette – Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
  • Xiaobo, Liu June – Fourth Elegies : Poems