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Fiction
 
The President's Shadow
by James Patterson

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Don't let him in
by Lisa Jewell

When charming Nick Radcliffe enters Nina's life, her daughter Ash grows suspicious, uncovering unsettling secrets that connect them to Martha, a florist with a husband who keeps disappearing, leading all three women toward a chilling truth they never expected.
Atmosphere : a love story
by Taylor Jenkins Reid

"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s Space Shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits"
The Death Mask
by Iris Johansen

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A mother's love : a novel
by Danielle Steel

"A devoted mother outrunning a troubled childhood and adapting to an empty nest is tested in ways she never expected in this suspenseful novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel"
With a vengeance : a novel
by Riley Sager

Anna Matheson lures six people onto a luxury train to expose their crimes against her family a decade earlier, but when a passenger is murdered, she must risk her life to protect those she sought to destroy
The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
by Kristin Harmel

A new historical novel features two jewel thieves, a priceless bracelet that disappears in 1940s Paris and a quest for answers in a decades-old murder.
It Happened on the Lake
by Lisa Jackson

When Harper Reed Prescott returns to her family's eerie Victorian house on Lake Twilight to sell it, old rumors of murder and disappearance resurface, along with chilling memories, unsettling whispers and the terrifying suspicion that someone is watching her.
Cry Havoc
by Jack Carr

Amidst the turbulent backdrop of 1968, Navy SEAL Tom Reece navigates a clandestine mission across Vietnam and beyond, uncovering a Soviet plot that threatens to reshape global power in a high-stakes tale of espionage, betrayal and brutal realism.
The First Gentleman
by Bill Clinton

America has a powerful new president... And her husband's on trial for murder. Clinton and Patterson are back. And they’re better than ever. The President of the United States is up for reelection. Her husband is on trial for murder. Is the First Gentleman a killer?  A pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question about the NFL star-turned-political spouse. 

The First Gentleman has all the twists and turns, and the authenticity, one expects from the #1 bestselling authors of The President Is Missing and The President’s Daughter.
Stuart Woods' Finders keepers
by Brett Battles

After attending an Arrington properties meeting on Martha's Vineyard at the group's newest location, The Vineyard Arrington, Stone Barrington returns to New York City to catch up with his old friend Jack Coulter over lunch, who requests Stone's help in settling his niece Sara into city life post-divorce. Always one to please, Stone takes Sara under his wing. But when various men from Sara's past start getting hurt, and Jack's loved ones find themselves a target in a deadly scheme, it's up to Stone to put the pieces together . . . before the shrouded conspirer manages to tear them all apart, permanently.
Welcome to Murder Week
by Karen Dukess

An American woman travels to the English countryside when she discovers tickets her late mother had purchased for a murder mystery simulation in a small British town.
Nonfiction
 
Mark Twain
by Ron Chernow

Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, under Halley's Comet, the rambunctious Twain was an early teller of tall tales...Drawing on Twain's bountiful archives, including his fifty notebooks, thousands of letters, and hundreds of unpublished manuscripts, Chernow masterfully captures a man whose career reflected the country's westward expansion, industrialization, and foreign wars. No other white author of his generation grappled so fully with the legacy of slavery after the Civil War or showed such keen interest in African American culture. Today, more than one hundred years after his death, Twain's writing continues to be read, debated, and quoted.
Lawless : how the Supreme Court runs on conservative grievance, fringe theories, and bad vibes
by Leah Litman

A Crooked Media podcast host shines a light on what she sees as the unabashed lawlessness embraced by conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices and shows Americans how to fight back.
Murderland : Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers
by Caroline Fraser

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Prairie Fires comes a terrifying true-crime history of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest and beyond—a gripping investigation of how a new strain of psychopath emerged out of a toxic landscape of deadly industrial violence. Illustrations. Map(s).
The sisterhood of Ravensbruck / : How an Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler's All-female Concentration Camp
by Lynne Olson

Drawing on the experiences of a group of French Resistance women imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, this account details their acts of defiance, survival strategies, and postwar efforts to seek justice and ensure their experiences were not forgotten. Illustrations.
Cloud warriors : deadly storms, climate chaos-and the pioneers creating a revolution in weather forecasting
by Thomas E. Weber

Looks at the people pushing boundaries of science and technology to build better weather forecasts—providing life-saving warnings and crucial intelligence about nature's deadliest threats.
Charlottesville : an American story
by Deborah Baker

In August 2017, over a thousand neo-Nazis, fascists, Klan members, and neo-Confederates descended on a small southern city to protest the pending removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. Within an hour of their arrival, the city's historic downtown was a scene of bedlam as armored far right cadres battled activists in the streets... University, local, and state officials, including law enforcement, were unable or unwilling to grasp the gathering threat. Clergy, activists, and organizers from all walks of life saw more clearly what was coming and, at great personal risk, worked to warn and defend their city. To understand why their warnings fell on deaf ears, Baker does a deep dive into American history... In Charlottesville, Baker shows how a city more associated with Thomas Jefferson than civil unrest became a flashpoint in a continuing struggle over our nation's founding myths.
Misbehaving at the crossroads : essays & writings
by Honorâee Fanonne Jeffers

Explores the journeys and possibilities of Black women throughout American history and in contemporary times.
Floored : A Woman's Guide to Pelvic Floor Health at Every Age and Stage
by Sara Reardon

A practical guide by the woman's health clinical specialist that empowers women to understand, assess and improve their pelvic floor health at all life stages, covering topics like postpartum recovery, urinary incontinence and sexual wellness.Illustrations.
The everyday naturalist : how to identify animals, plants, and fungi wherever you go
by Lupa

A step-by-step guide to identifying animals, plants, and fungi by learning how to spot and record key traits and characteristics, for nature lovers, amateur naturalists, and citizen scientists
Threads of empire : a history of the world in twelve carpets
by Dorothy Armstrong

Traces the history of the world through the stories of twelve carpets, examining how these textiles symbolized power, spirituality, and status, while also revealing the lives of their poor, often anonymous weavers and their connection to global events across time and geography. Illustrations.
The sewing guide to cancer and other pesky long term illnesses
by Heather Grant

A unique sewing guide for friends and families of loved ones fighting cancer, with 27 ideas for genuinely useful gifts, selected by cancer survivors. Illustrations.
Access : Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-year Battle for Reproductive Freedom
by Rebecca Grant

In this definitive, eye-opening history, award-winning author Rebecca Grant charts the reproductive freedom movement from the days before Roe through the seismic impact of Dobbs. The stories in Access span four continents, tracing strategies across generations and borders. Grant centers those activists who have been engaged in direct action to help people get the abortions they need. Their efforts involve no small measure of daring-do, spy craft, sea adventures, close calls, undercover operations, smuggling, sequins, legal dramas, victories, defeats, and above all, a deeply held conviction that all the risks are worth it for the cause.
Loud and clear : the Grateful Dead's wall of sound and the quest for audio perfection
by Brian Anderson

Tells the full story of the Grateful Dead's“Wall of Sound,” an unprecedented and since unparalleled speaker system. Illustrations.
Allies at war : how the struggles between the Allied powers shaped the war and the world
by Tim Bouverie

Ambitious and compelling, revealing the political drama behind the military events, this fast-paced narrative history offers a fresh perspective on the Second World War and the origins of the Cold War. Illustrations. Map(s).
Original sin : President Biden's decline, its cover-up, and his disastrous choice to run again
by Jake Tapper

Two respected American journalists offer an unflinching and explosive reckoning with one of the most fateful decisions in American political history: Joe Biden's run for reelection despite evidence of his serious decline--amid desperate efforts to hide the extent of that deterioration