My LINKcat AccountSuddenly it’s fall. Suddenly the skies are cloudy all day. Suddenly the house can’t warm up during the day using the sun’s warming rays. Suddenly you are standing in your PJs in the morning looking at the thermostat and asking yourself “Should I? or Shouldn’t I?. Suddenly you hear an overnight weather prediction that has temperatures in the mid-thirties so suddenly you find yourself dragging plants inside or searching for something to cover them with. Suddenly you realize that in two weeks it will be November 2nd. Suddenly you realize that Thanksgiving this year is almost as early as it can be and that November 23rd isn’t that far away. Suddenly you realize you should locate your hat and gloves for yourself and the ice scraper and snow brush for your car. Suddenly you realize that even if you’ve never read or seen “The Game of Throne” that you have the perfect quote for this dismal time of year and that “winter is coming”, definitely. Suddenly you start having the urge to stay indoors, eat comfort foods, put another log on the fire, and read deep into the night as the north winds batter the house. Suddenly you realize you have finished your to-be-read stack of books next to the bed, and the one on the coffee table in the living room, and the other one on the dining room table. Suddenly you remember that your public library always has lots of new books and old books and classic books and dvds and audio books and magazines. Suddenly you feel your library card burning a hole in your pocket so you grab your keys and head out the door. Suddenly you find yourself in the library. So, when you get that sudden urge to visit your library some of the new books you will find are listed below. Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
“The Odyssey of Echo Company: The Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle of Echo Company to Survive the Vietnam War” by Doug Stanton. A portrait of the American recon platoon of the 101st Airborne Division describes their 60-day fight for survival during the early 1968 attack by North Vietnamese soldiers on dozens of South Vietnam cities, tracing their postwar difficulties with acclimating into a peacetime America that did not want to hear their story.
“Raising Trump” by Ivana Trump. The former wife of Donald Trump reflects on her life, from her childhood in communist Czechoslovakia and successes as a businesswoman to her nonpartisan views on motherhood and the ways her ex-husband's election has changed their children's lives.
“Ali: A Life” by Jonathan Eig. The best-selling author of Opening Day draws on insider access to present an unauthorized portrait of the iconic champion fighter, arguing that race was a central theme in Muhammad Ali's career, faith and advocacy work and that his political beliefs and neurological health shaped his complex character.
“Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery” by Scott Kelly. An illustrated memoir by the astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station shares candid reminiscences of his voyage, his colorful formative years and the off-planet journeys that shaped his early career.
“Grant” by Ron Chernow. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Washington: A Life presents a meticulously researched portrait of the complicated Civil War general and 18th President, challenging the views of his critics while sharing insights into his prowess as a military leader, the honor with which he conducted his administration and the rise and fall of his fortunes.
“Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell” by David Yaffe. An intimate portrait of the music-culture icon shares insight into her use of experimental and revelatory lyrics while revealing the inspirations behind her most famous songs, from her youth on the Canadian prairie and struggles with childhood polio to her early marriage and the child she gave up for adoption. By the author of “Fascinating Rhythm”.
“We’re going to Need More Wine: Stories that Are Funny, Complicated, and True” by Gabrielle Union. A powerful collection of essays on gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood and the realities of modern women also shares her wrenching experiences as a survivor of sexual assault, in a volume that seeks to raise awareness about the needs of victims of sexual violence.
New Fiction
“From a Certain Point of View (Star Wars)” by Renee Ahdieh. A collection of short stories and illustrations by some of today's best-selling authors and trend-setting artists commemorates the Star Wars franchise's 40th anniversary and includes contributions by such notables as Meg Cabot, John Jackson Miller and Nnedi Okorafor.
“Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead Return to Woodbury, No. 8 (The Walking Dead)” by Robert Kirkman. Despite surviving four years of the zombie apocalypse, Lilly Caul still dreams of her former home in Woodbury, Georgia, and leads a tattered group of survivors back there. Part of a series based on Robert Kirkman’s popular comic books.
“What the Hell Did I Just Read: A Novel of Cosmic Horror, No. 3 (John Dies at the End)” by David Wong. Investigating the activities of a shapeshifting entity that is snatching local kids, the friends from This Book Is Full of Spiders are challenged to navigate an uproariously convoluted maze of illusions, incompetence and lies.
“An Irish Country Practice, No 12 (Irish Country)” by Patrick Taylor. Expanding his practice to include a new trainee and a spirited Labrador pup, Irish country doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly investigates a new series of professional challenges, including a mysterious cough, a housewife's frequent accidents and a colleague's susceptibility to an old vice.
“Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe” by Melissa De La Cruz. Forced by her mother's illness to return to the Pemberley of her childhood during the Christmas holidays, power-driven professional Darcy Fitzwilliam unexpectedly falls for humble carpenter Luke Bennet, a member of a family of slacker brothers. By the best-selling author of “Witches of East End”.
“Pupcakes: A Christmas Novel” by Annie Noblin. Trying to stabilize her life after a divorce, Brydie accepts an offer to live rent-free while taking care of the landlord’s pug and start a bakery for dog treats. By the author of “Sit! Stay! Speak!”.
“Seven Days of Us” by Francesca Hornak. Looking forward to a Christmas family reunion for the first time in years, the Birch family is upended by the news that their physician activist daughter has been exposed to a foreign virus that forces the entire family into quarantine for a week also shaped by respective anxieties, past glory and a shocking secret. A first novel by the author of “Worry With Mother”.