My LINKcat AccountWe are nearly at the end of September – and of National Library Card Sign-up Month. So if you still don’t have a library card (although one does wonder why you would be reading this column) you have one day to do so in the officially designated month. At this point in this last week of September we are about five-sevenths of the way through Banned Book Week as well. Many books which many of you no doubt consider literary classics have been banned over the years or if not banned outright, at least their inclusion in a library’s collection has been challenged. We have a new area in the library dubbed, “Studio 203” on the east side of the building on the Market Street side. There, you can look at some of the titles which have made the most-often-banned lists, and get a flavor for how we anticipate using this space in the future. We just launched a crowd funding mini-campaign to equip this area. Details are online at our website or stop by for more details. Below are some of the new books which have appeared over the past week at our library – none of which have made any lists other than the best-seller list (at least at this time). Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
The fortress : a love story / by Danielle Trussoni. The best-selling author of “Falling Through the Earth” presents an evocative account of her journey to the other side of her fairy-tale marriage to a Bulgarian novelist and their failed efforts to revitalize their relationship by moving to the south of France, where the author confronted undercurrents that had been influencing her life.
Let them eat dirt : saving your child from an oversanitized world / by Brett Finlay and Marie-Claire Arrieta. Drawing on recent scientific findings that suggest that exposure to infectious microbes can actually promote long-term health in children links microbe imbalances to a range of health problems while sharing insights into the pros and cons of such parenting choices as natural childbirth, breastfeeding, antibiotics and having pets.
Radical beauty : how to transform yourself from the inside out / by Deepak Chopra & Kimberly Snyder. The best-selling author of “Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul” and the best-selling author of “The Beauty Detox Solution” outline revolutionary approaches to health based on six spiritual and physical pillars for maximizing one's natural beauty.
New Fiction
Zero-G. a novel / Book one by William Shatner & Jeff Rovin. The actor who portrayed Captain Kirk on “Star Trek” presents a new science fiction adventure about intrepid, 80-year-old FBI deputy director Samuel Lord and his quest to stop the Chinese from using a weapon that, unknown to them, could destroy Earth.
The lesser bohemians / by Eimear McBride. A young Irish drama student in 1990s London makes new friends, establishes a place for herself and seeks to shed her plain-girl identity before entering a whirlwind affair with an older man who changes her in unexpected ways. By the award-winning author of “A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing”.
Blind sight / by Carol O’Connell. Investigating the baffling disappearances of a blind child and a Catholic nun, Detective Kathy Mallory and her NYPD Special Crimes Unit colleagues race against time to stop a deadly spree by a killer with ties to high levels of public office.
The kept woman / by Karin Slaughter. A long-awaited latest entry in the best-selling series pits Georgia detective Will Trent against the dark forces of a case that threatens to destroy him. By the author of “Pretty Girls”.
No echo : a Hanne Wilhelmsen novel / by Anne Holt. When a popular celebrity chef is found murdered on the steps of the Oslo police headquarters, police investigator Billy T. and long-absent Hanne Wilhelmsen team up for an investigation that reveals that few people really knew the victim or his mysterious activities.
Pushing up daisies : an Agatha Raisin mystery / by M.C. Beaton. When a wealthy land developer who had been planning to turn a community garden into a housing estate winds up dead, Agatha Raisin is hired by the victim's accused son to clear him of suspicion and identify the real killer among numerous suspects. By the best-selling author of the Hamish Macbeth series.
Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd : a Flavia de Luce novel / by Alan Bradley. Excitedly sailing home to England after being ejected from her stuffy young ladies' school, 12-year-old Flavia receives news of her father's serious illness and is surrounded by annoying family members before stumbling onto a murder scene where the only witness is the cat. By the co-author of “Ms. Holmes of Baker Street”.
The confectioner's tale : a novel of Paris / by Laura Madeleine. A chance encounter with the daughter of a famed patisserie's owner introduces a young man to a sensuous life of melted chocolate, sweet cream and light pastry that leads to a forbidden love affair that is rediscovered by a grandchild 80 years later.
Home / by Harlan Coben. When one of two boys kidnapped from their wealthy families resurfaces a decade later, the young survivor is observed by two peers who would discover the fate of the other missing boy. By the Edgar Award-winning author of “The Stranger”.
The wonder : a novel / by Emma Donoghue. Hired to care for a small Irish village girl said to have miraculously survived on nothing but "manna from heaven" for months, a journalist and nurse veteran of Florence Nightingale's Crimean campaign quickly finds herself fighting to save the child's life. By the best-selling author of “Room”.