My LINKcat AccountNow that the Summer Reading Program a.k.a Summer Library Program, or even a.k.a Summer Learning Program is over there are still a few things that need mentioning before we can tie a bow around the 2018 summer program. As has been the custom for a few years now the dragon dollars earned for reading books and meeting challenges need not be spent in the library’s “store”. Those dragon dollars can be donated to three charities: the DeForest Area Needs Network (D.A.N.N.), the Dane County Humane Society, and/ or the DeForest Area Public Library’s Endowment Fund. I have been willing, out of my own eleemosynary impulses, to convert dragon dollars into legal tender and make payment to those charities on behalf of our reading program participant’s generosity. I shall be converting those dollars soon. This summer the DeForest Area Needs Network received 250 dragon dollars; the library’s endowment fund received 400 dragon dollars; and the Dane County Humane Society received 500 dragon dollars. If you’re doing the math, that’s a whole lot of dragon dollars! Reading does have its payoff, especially for local charities. Until the Winter Reading/Library/Learning Program gets underway in December (which will be upon us sooner than you think – in 102 days, actually.). In the meantime so you don’t lose your hard-won reading conditioning, you will find some of the new titles listed below that arrived at the library recently. Check some out and enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
“Elizabeth Warren: Her Fight, Her Work, Her Life” by Antonia Felix. Traces the iconic senator's rise from her hardscrabble origins in the American Midwest to a leader in progressive politics, sharing stories from her career, as well as her insights into the economic realities of today. By a New York Times best-selling author.
“The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers” by Maxwell King. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories and archival documents, the author traces Mr. Rogers’ personal, professional and artistic life through decades of work.
“Every Day is Extra” by John Kerry. John Kerry tells the story of his life—from son of a diplomat to decorated Vietnam veteran, five-term United States senator, 2004 Democratic presidential nominee and secretary of state for four years.
“Betty Ford: First Lady, Women’s Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer” by Lisa McCubbin. The #1 New York Times best-selling co-author of Five Presidents and Mrs. Kennedy and Me presents a biography of Betty Ford, the groundbreaking, candid and resilient first lady and wife of President Gerald Ford.
New Fiction
“The Air Your Breathe” by Frances de Pontes Peebles. An orphaned kitchen maid and the reckless daughter of a sugar baron embark on a volatile friendship marked by their ambitions to escape, their changing fortunes and unexpected fame. By the award-winning author of “The Seamstress”.
“The Sapphire Widow” by Dinah Jefferies. Enjoying her life in 1935 Ceylon in spite of heartbreaking miscarriages, the daughter of a successful British gem trader is forced by her husband's sudden death to unravel a mystery involving a local cinnamon plantation and an outdoorsman's checkered past. By the best-selling author of “The Tea Planter's Wife”.
“The Sea Queen, No.2 (Half-Drowned King)” by Linnea Hartsuyker. Ragnvald navigates increasingly treacherous political and military uprisings on behalf of King Harald, while his adventure-craving sister, Svanhild, longs for a more stable home for her son. By the author of “The Half-drowned King”.
“Whiskey When We’re Dry” by John Larison. Facing starvation and worse when she is orphaned on her family's 1885 homestead, a 17-year-old sharpshooter cuts off her hair and disguises herself as a boy to journey across the mountains in search of her outlaw brother.
“Little Comfort, No.1 (Hester Thursby Mysteries)” by Edwin Hill. Harvard librarian Hester Thursby must track down charismatic—and deadly—con man Sam Blaine before he bilks another widow out of her life savings. A first novel.
“The Mystery of Three Quarters, No.3 ( New Hercule Poirot Mysteries)” by Sophie Hannah. Accused by strangers of trying to set them up for murder, Hercule Poirot teams up with Scotland Yard policeman Edward Catchpool to investigate the drowning death of an elderly man. By the New York Times best-selling author of “The Monogram Murders”.
“Imposter’s Lure, No. 9 (Sharpe & Donovan)” by Carla Neggers. The murder of a federal prosecutor found in possession of an art forgery places Sharpe and Donovan on a high-stakes manhunt that tests the limits of their skills. By a New York Times best-selling author.
“Abandoned, No.5 (Max Revere)” by Allison Brennan. Max Revere investigates the disappearance of her own mother several years earlier, tracing her activities in a small Chesapeake Bay community where witnesses are keeping dark secrets. By a New York Times best-selling author.
“Feared, No.6 (Rosato & DiNunzio)” by Lisa Scottoline. When nemesis Nick Machiavelli targets her family with frivolous legal claims and slander that escalate to an unthinkable tragedy, Mary DiNunzio discovers her own unsettling capacity for dark retaliation. By the New York Times best-selling author of “Corrupted”.