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The Chilbury Ladies' Choir
by Jennifer Ryan
As England enters World War II’s dark early days, spirited music professor Primrose Trent, recently arrived to the village of Chilbury, emboldens the women of the town to defy the Vicar’s stuffy edict to shutter the church’s choir in the absence of men and instead ‘carry on singing’. Told through letters and journals, the novel moves seamlessly from budding romances to village intrigues to matters of life and death.
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All Our Wrong Todays
by Elan Mastai
Living in an alternate world of flying cars, moon bases and plentiful food, aimless Tom Barren is blindsided by an accident of fate that leads to a time-travel mishap that lands him in our less-than-ideal 2016, where he discovers wonderful unexpected versions of his own life. A laugh-out-loud performance perfect for anyone who has ever wondered what if?
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Eggshells
by Caitriona Lally
Odd and lonely Vivian puts out an ad for a friend—specifically one named Penelope—in a her local Dublin paper, and when someone fitting that description finally answers, Vivian's life begins to change. A quirky, effervescent listen.
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Cannibalism : A Perfectly Natural History
by Bill Schutt
Available on Hoopla. With unexpected wit and a wealth of knowledge, Bill Schutt takes us on a tour of the field, exploring new research and investigating questions like why so many fish eat their offspring and some amphibians consume their mother's skin; why sexual cannibalism is an evolutionary advantage for certain spiders; why, until the end of the eighteenth century, British royalty regularly ate human body parts; and more.
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Best Enemies
by Jane Heller
Available on Hoopla. Amy Sherman has a nice apartment, a good job, and a decent social life. Then she runs into Tara Messer, prom queen and Amy's ex-best friend. It's been four years since Tara stole Amy's fiancé, and when Amy enlists a commitment-phobic mystery writer as the pawn in her game of payback, she stumbles on the surprising truth about her own fears about falling in love.
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It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis
Available on Hoopla. Doremus Jessup, a newspaper editor, is dismayed to find that many of the people he knows support presidential candidate Berzelius Windrip. The suspiciously fascist Windrip is offering to save the nation from sex, crime, welfare cheats, and a liberal press. But after Windrip wins the election and forcibly gains control of Congress and the Supreme Court, his personal paramilitary storm troopers turn the United States into a totalitarian state.
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The Fall of Moscow Station
by Mark Henshaw
Available on Hoopla. When the Moscow Station is left in ruins after a major intelligence breach, CIA analyst Jonathan Burke and agent Kyra Stryker are fast on the trail of Alden Maines, an upper-level CIA officer whose defection coincides with the murder of the director of Russia's Foundation for Advanced Nuclear Research.
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