My LINKcat AccountIt’s April already and – at this writing—we’ve had high wind warnings and snow driving across the landscape in near blizzard conditions. Of course, this time of year these winter-like outbreaks are short lived. In fact even with the wind blowing the snow around like crazy, not much accumulation is occurring and twenty minutes later, the sun is shining and the skies are blue. I blame this unsettled weather on the fact that the NCAA final four and then championship has crept into April. This has to have confused the weather because I know it confused me. What’s not confusing is all the spring books that have started to appear at the library. Below you will find selection of the new titles available for you to check out this week. Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
Lust & wonder / by Augusten Burroughs. The best-selling author of Running with Scissors continues the story that began in Dry to examine the rise and fall of his relationships while living in New York and his beliefs about being in love, in lust and in a state of figuring things out.
The Internet of us : knowing more and understanding less in the age of Big Data / by Michael Lynch. A leading philosopher presents this thought-provoking volume in which he reveals how the modern Internet has distorted not only the way we learn and communicate, but also the very essence of what it means to be human.
Lab girl / by Hope Jahren. A debut memoir by an award-winning paleobiologist traces her childhood in her father's laboratory, her longtime relationship with a brilliant but wounded colleague and the remarkable discoveries they have made both in the lab and during extensive field research assignments.
New Fiction
The little red chairs : a novel / by Edna O’Brien. Disgraced when her village's mysterious healer, who she loved and begged to help her have a child, is arrested as a war criminal, Fidelma flees to England to take migrant work, only to confront her nemesis at a tribunal in The Hague. By the award-winning author of Country Girl.
No safe secret / by Fern Michaels. Living a seemingly idyllic life of luxury with a husband who is privately oppressive and demanding, Molly reflects on her early life with her twin brother and neglectful mother in a run-down Florida trailer park, where an act of vengeance compelled her to flee and reinvent her identity. By a New York Times best-selling author.
The year of the runaways / by Sunjeev Sahota. A Man Booker Prize nominee follows the story of three young men and a woman who journey together from India to England to fulfill respective goals while hiding painful secrets from the past and struggling with financial limitations and the punishing realities of immigrant life.
The Cracked Spine / by Paige Shelton. Delaney Nichols uproots herself from her quiet Kansas town and takes a job at The Cracked Spine in Edinburgh, only to put on her investigating cap when someone in her new life ends up dead. By a New York Times best-selling author.
Journey to munich : a Maisie Dobbs novel / by Jaqueline Winspear. Hired by the British Secret Service to go undercover in Hitler's Germany to secure the release of a British prisoner, Maisie Dobbs is challenged by interference by the man she holds responsible for her husband's death. By a New York Times best-selling author.
Once a rancher / by Linda Lael Miller. Offering a troubled boy a job on the ranch he shares with his younger siblings, Wyoming businessman Slater falls for the youth's beautiful guardian, Grace, a resort manager whose busy life is threatened by dangers from her past. By the award-winning author of the “Fool's Gold” series.
Cold barrel zero / by Matthew Quirk. Returning from exile to win back his family and take revenge on his accusers, a disgraced Black Ops soldier plots escalating attacks on U.S. soil and is targeted by doctor and former comrade-in-arms Thomas Byrne, who struggles with his loyalties during an explosive confrontation.
Flawless / by Heather Graham. Inheriting the New York City pub that has been in her family for generations, criminal psychologist and vigilante Kieran Finnegan clashes with FBI agent Craig Frasier during a jewelry store heist when she secretly returns a gem stolen by her brother. By the New York Times best-selling author of the Krewe of Hunters series.
The taxidermist's daughter / by Kate Mosse. Joining her fellow English villagers in a misty churchyard on St. Mark's Eve, a taxidermist's daughter reflects on the mysterious downfall of her father's once-famous museum before discovering the body of a stranger whose death unlocks dark memories. By the award-winning author of “Labyrinth”.