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Diane Ackerman
(82,507)
Summary: The true story of how the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most...
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Call #: BK CLUB 940.5318 ACK
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
(289,212)
Summary: "Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to...
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Call #: BK CLUB F ADICHIE LP
Locations: Book Club Sets, Large Print Fiction
copies in: 2 of 2
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by
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
(290,031)
Summary: "Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to...
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Call #: BK CLUB F ADICHIE
copies in: 6 of 16
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by
Maya Angelou
(430,969)
Summary: Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local...
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Call #: BK CLUB B ANGELOU
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Margaret Atwood
(12,400)
Summary: Margaret Atwood's best-loved novel has taken the world by storm again. Riding high on bestseller lists for months and the basis for Hulu's Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning smash hit series, The...
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Call #: BK CLUB 741.59 ATW
Locations: Adult Nonfiction, Book Club Sets
copies in: 16 of 16
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by
Margaret Atwood
Series:
Handmaid's Tale
(1,550,974)
Summary: This look at the near future presents the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, once the United States, an oppressive world where women are no longer allowed to read and are valued only as long as they are viable for reproduction.
LARGE PRINT
Call #: BK CLUB F ATWOOD LP
copies in: 2 of 2
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by
Fredrik Backman
(168,195)
Summary: "From the author of the internationally bestselling A Man Called Ove, a charming, warmhearted novel about a young girl whose grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending her on a...
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LARGE PRINT
Call #: LP F BACKMAN
copies in: 1 of 2
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by
Fredrik Backman
(628,872)
Summary: Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon; the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse....
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Call #: BK CLUB F BACKMAN
Location: Book Club Sets
copies in: 20 of 20
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by
Fredrik Backman
(621,152)
Summary: Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon; the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse....
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LARGE PRINT
Call #: LP F BACKMAN
copies in: 3 of 3
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by
Aimee Bender
(62,020)
Summary: On the eve of her ninth birthday, Rose Edelstein bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the slice. She...
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Call #: BK CLUB F BENDER
copies in: 18 of 18
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by
Marie Benedict
(28,383)
Summary: Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She's not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh's grandest households. She's a poor farmer's daughter with nowhere to go and...
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Call #: BK CLUB F BENEDICT
copies in: 8 of 18
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by
Oyinkan Braithwaite
(180,229)
Summary: "Satire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends. "Femi makes three, you...
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Note: The Silent Book Club is meeting to discuss this book on April. Ask for a copy at the Circulation Desk.
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Call #: BK CLUB F BRAITHWAITE LP
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Oyinkan Braithwaite
(182,302)
Summary: "Satire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends. "Femi makes three, you...
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Note: The Silent Book Club is meeting to discuss this book on April. Ask for a copy at the Circulation Desk.
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Call #: BK CLUB F BRAITHWAITE
copies in: 16 of 18
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by
Daniel Brown
(236,808)
Summary: "Out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times - the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class...
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Call #: 797.123 BRO
Locations: Adult Nonfiction, Book Club Sets
copies in: 1 of 16
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by
Eli Brown
(6,421)
Summary: In 1819, kidnapped chef Owen Wedgwood transforms meager shipboard supplies into sumptuous meals at the behest of his kidnapper, pirate queen Mad Hannah Mabbot, while she pushes her exhausted crew to track down a deadly privateer.
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Call #: BK CLUB F BROWN
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Susannah Cahalan
(177,393)
Summary: One day in 2009, twenty-four-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A wristband marked her as a "flight risk,"...
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Call #: BK CLUB 616.832 CAH
copies in: 18 of 18
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by
Gail Caldwell
(10,964)
Summary: Traces the author's close friendship with the late fellow writer Caroline Knapp, describing their shared experiences with sobriety, a love of dogs, and Caroline's battle with cancer.
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Call #: BK CLUB 302.34 CAL
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Mike Carey
(196,249)
Summary: Not every gift is a blessing. Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap...
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Call #: BK CLUB F CAREY
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Wiley Cash
(23,832)
Summary: Growing up in a small North Carolina town, Jess Halle is plunged into an adulthood for which he is not prepared when his autistic older brother, Stump, sneaks a look at something he is not supposed to see, which has catastrophic repercussions.
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Call #: BK CLUB F CASH
copies in: 18 of 18
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by
Agatha Christie
Series:
Hercule Poirot Series
(169,102)
Summary: "Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. Then, tragically, came the news that she...
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Call #: BK CLUB F CHRISTIE
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Paulo Coelho
(13)
Summary: Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy, yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different -- and far more satisfying -- than he ever imagined. Santiago's...
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Call #: F COELHO
copies in: 1 of 19
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by
Suzanne Collins
Series:
Underland Chronicles - #1
(97,155)
Summary: When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.
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Call #: BK CLUB YA F COLLINS
Locations: Book Club Sets, YA Fiction
copies in: 16 of 16
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by
Kelly Corrigan
(15,882)
Summary: A memoir that examines the bond -- sometimes nourishing, sometimes exasperating, occasionally divine -- between mothers and daughters. When Kelly Corrigan was in high school, her mother neatly...
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Call #: BK CLUB B CORRIGAN
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Charles Dickens
Series:
Classic Starts Series
(673,964)
Summary: Great Expectations is at once a superbly constructed novel of spellbinding mastery and a profound examination of moral values. Here, some of Dickens's most memorable characters come to play their...
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Call #: BK CLUB F DICKENS
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Jennifer Egan
(75,084)
Summary: "The long-awaited, daring, and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad. Manhattan Beach opens in Brooklyn during the Great Depression. Anna Kerrigan,...
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Call #: BK CLUB F EGAN
copies in: 18 of 18
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by
Allen Eskens
Series:
Max Rupert Novels - #1
(89,579)
Summary: "College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines...
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Call #: BK CLUB F ESKENS
copies in: 16 of 16
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by
Allen Eskens
Series:
Max Rupert Novels
(89,863)
Summary: "College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines...
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Call #: BK CLUB F ESKENS LP
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Laura Esquivel
(331,005)
Summary: "Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico became a best-selling phenomenon with its winning blend of poignant romance and bittersweet wit. A...
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Call #: BK CLUB F ESQUIVEL
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Tana French
Series:
Dublin Murder Squad Novels - #1
(325,787)
Summary: Detective Rob Ryan and his partner, Cassie Maddox, investigate the murder of a 12-year-old girl near a Dublin suburb. The case resonates with similarities to a murder committed twenty years before that involved two children and the young Ryan.
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Call #: BK CLUB F FRENCH
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Lisa Gardner
Series:
D. D. Warren Series - #8
(42,102)
Summary: "Flora Dane is a victim. Seven years ago, carefree college student Flora was kidnapped while on spring break. For 472 days, Flora learned just how much one person can endure. Flora Dane is a...
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Call #: BK CLUB F GARDNER
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Lisa Genova
(36,977)
Summary: A once accomplished concert pianist, Richard now has ALS. As he becomes increasingly paralyzed and is no longer able to live on his own, Karina becomes his reluctant caretaker. As Richard's muscles,...
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Call #: BK CLUB F GENOVA
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Theodora Goss
(16,199)
Summary: Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents' death, is curious about the secrets of her father's mysterious past. One clue in particular hints that Edward Hyde, her father's former friend...
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Call #: BK CLUB F GOSS
copies in: 19 of 19
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by
David Grann
(142,426)
Summary: In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built...
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Call #: BK CLUB 364.1523 GRA
Location: Book Club Sets
copies in: 18 of 18
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by
Lucy Grealy
(24,960)
Summary: At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. In this strikingly...
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Call #: BK CLUB 155.916 GRE
Location: Book Club Sets
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Mark Greenside
(2,304)
Summary: Author and teacher Mark Greenside recounts his struggles to fit into the life of a small Celtic village in Brittany.
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Call #: BK CLUB 944.1 GRE
copies in: 15 of 15
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by
Andrew Sean Greer
(138,005)
Summary: Receiving an invitation to his ex-boyfriend's wedding, Arthur, a failed novelist on the eve of his fiftieth birthday, embarks on an international journey that finds him falling in love, risking his...
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Call #: BK CLUB F GREER
copies in: 17 of 17
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by
Masha Hamilton
(2,235)
Summary: "Evocative, seamless, and haunting, The Camel Bookmobile is a powerful saga that challenges our fears of the unknown. It is a story that captures the riddles and calamities that often occur when two...
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Call #: F HAMILTON
copies in: 1 of 16
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by
Joshua Hammer
(8,948)
Summary: In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of...
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Call #: BK CLUB 025.82 HAM
copies in: 20 of 20
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by
Joshua Hammer
(8,858)
Summary: In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of...
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Call #: LP 025.82 HAM
Locations: Book Club Sets, Large Print Nonfiction
copies in: 2 of 2
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