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Staff Picks from the Northport-East Northport Adult and Teen Services Staff December 2018
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The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
by Jonas Jonasson
Confined to a nursing home and about to turn 100, Allan Karlsson, who has a larger-than-life back story as an explosives expert, climbs out of the window in his slippers and embarks on an unforgettable adventure involving thugs, a murderous elephant and a very friendly hot dog stand operator.
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Bella Figura: How to Live, Love, and Eat the Italian Way
by Kamin Mohammadi
An Iranian exile and British journalist describes how in spite of her successful career she began to experience stress-related health setbacks and accepted a friend's invitation to Florence, where she discovered the Italian approach to slowing down and enjoying everyday life.
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Faithful
by Alice Hoffman
Overwhelmed by guilt when she walks away from an accident that destroys her best friend's future, Shelby connects with a circle of lost and found souls, including a guardian angel, to fight her way back to her own future. By the best-selling author of The Marriage of Opposites.
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The Raven: A Novel
by Peter Landesman
The deaths of thirty-nine people in a boat wreck in 1941 provide decades of intrigue for the New England community that was their home.
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