My LINKcat AccountIt is hard to believe that it is already October. The days are getting noticeably shorter – both in the mornings and evenings. The nights are getting crisper. The trees are getting more colorful. The birds are flocking up and beginning to depart for warmer climes. The crops are finishing up (I am speaking of my own tomato “patch”) with soybean fields turning yellow and with corn firing. The other morning, when the temperature was hovering a little below 40 degrees I saw frost on the rooftops across from where I live. Honest! And, we did pass the autumnal equinox more than a week ago so I suppose it is inevitable that fall should be arriving. And once fall has arrived, can winter be far behind? But with the arrival of fall, the fall titles from the publishers also start to arrive. You will find some of those titles listed below. I know it is rather challenging to get to the library right now, what with the heavy equipment and cement trucks, but it is possible. The guys who bring us the new fall titles have made it through, so it is possible! Take a look at the new books waiting for you listed below. Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
Brief candle in the dark : my life in science / by Richard Dawkins. A sequel to An Appetite for Wonder candidly explores the influences of fame on the author's career, shares memories about his intellectual peers and evaluates the events and ideas that have shaped his beliefs.
Kissinger. Volume I, 1923-1968: the idealist / by Niall Ferguson. A definitive portrait of the American statesman, based on unprecedented access to his private papers, challenges common misconceptions to cover everything from Kissinger's beliefs to his philosophical idealism. By the best-selling author of The Ascent of Money.
Thirty million words : building a child's brain : tune in, talk more, take turns / by Dana & Beth Suskind. Encourages parents to help optimize their child’s neural development along with their vocabularies to ensure future success in school and life through tuning in to what they are doing, speaking to them using many descriptive words and engaging them in conversations.
Why not me? / by Mindy Kaling. The star of The Mindy Project and author of the best-selling Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? presents a second collection of uproarious essays, observations, fears and advice on everything from prisoner fan mail to celebrity interactions.
1944 : FDR and the year that changed history / by Jay Winik. The best-selling author of April 1865 chronicles the events of 1944 to reveal how nearly the Allies lost World War II, citing the pivotal contributions of FDR, Churchill and Stalin.
Once in a great city : a Detroit story / by David Maraniss. Despite everything that made Detroit great—from the auto industry visionaries to influential labor leaders to the hit-makers of Motown—the author shows how there were hints of the city’s tragic collapse decades before the riot, years of civic corruption and neglect took their toll.
New Fiction
Deep South : four seasons on back roads / by Paul Theroux. The acclaimed author of Ghost Train to the Eastern Star explores the paradoxes and culture of America's deep South, describing his four-season rural travels to its churches, eateries, farms, gun shows and offices.
The last midwife / by Sandra Dallas. Wrongly accused when a baby is found dead, a 19th-century Colorado midwife who has witnessed the secrets of countless families considers in the face of her own secrets whether or not it is worth it to prove her innocence. By the author of A Quilt for Christmas.
Christmas in Mustang Creek. by Linda Miller. Disenchanted with city life after the one man she likes moves West to take over a family veterinarian practice, Charlotte returns to her Mustang Creek hometown, where her former boyfriend resolves to win her heart.
The hidden / by Heather Graham. Wrongly implicated in a series of murders marked by supernatural phenomena and reminiscent of an unsolved Civil War-era mystery, historian Scarlet Barlow reaches out to her ex, an FBI agent who handles unusual cases and who has never stopped loving her.
Willow Brook Road / by Sherryl Woods. With her life in turmoil following a broken heart and the end of a glamorous fashion career, Carrie Winters finds herself unexpectedly attracted to Sam Winslow, who suddenly finds himself raising his nephew after a horrifying tragedy.
Devoted in death / by J. D. Robb. Eve Dallas, aided by Roarke and her team, investigates clues surrounding a murder of unusual brutality before pursuing a woman and her ex-con boyfriend who have developed a taste for extreme violence.
The Murder House / by James Patterson & David Ellis. Returning to the luxurious Hamptons of her youth to investigate the murders of a Hollywood power broker and his mistress, detective Jenna Murphy uncovers links between the case and a series of unsolved killings.