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Staff Picks from the Northport-East Northport Adult and Teen Services Staff January 2020
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Bread and Butter by Michelle WildgenRunning a successful restaurant in a small Pennsylvania community, Britt and Leo face a perplexing dilemma when their younger brother Harry opens a restaurant nearby and steals their talented pastry chef, a situation that leads to a competitive rivalry and compromised values. By the author of "But Not for Long."
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The Chelsea Girls by Fiona DavisA twenty-year friendship between a playwright and an actress with Broadway ambitions is tested by the impact of McCarthy-era witch hunts among the creative residents of New York City's Chelsea Hotel.
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Educated: A Memoir by Tara WestoverTraces the author's experiences as a child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing her participation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activities and her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn an acceptance into a prestigious university and the unfamiliar world beyond.
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Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice MillardA thrilling narrative of Winston Churchill's extraordinary and little-known exploits during the Boer War. Churchill arrived in South Africa in 1899, valet and crates of vintage wine in tow, to cover the brutal colonial war the British were fighting with Boer rebels. But just two weeks after his arrival Churchill was taken prisoner. The story of his escape is incredible enough, but then Churchill enlisted, returned to South Africa, fought in several battles, and ultimately liberated the men with whom he had been imprisoned. "Hero of Empire" is more than an adventure story, for the lessons Churchill took from the Boer War would profoundly affect 20th century history.
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Howard Stern Comes Again by Howard SternPresents a look at the author's four-decade career in radio, highlighting his most poignant interviews with such celebrities as Tracy Morgan, Lady Gaga, Jerry Seinfeld, and Harvey Weinstein.
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