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Some Kind of Hero
by Suzanne Brockmann; narrated by Hani Turpin and Patrick Lawlor
Rendered a single parent by his ex's accidental death, a former Navy SEAL moves to San Diego to start over only to see his daughter associating with a bad crowd before going missing, a situation that leads to a frantic search and a promising romance with a resourceful neighbor. By the award-winning author of Into the Storm.
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The Painted Queen
by Elizabeth Peters; narrated by Barbara Rosenblat
When a stranger bursts into her elegant Cairo hotel suite and dies from injuries sustained during an interrupted assassination attempt on her life, Amelia Peabody and her husband, Emerson, witness the discovery of one of the most precious Egyptian artifacts while navigating the murderous activities of master-of-disguise, Sethos.
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The Last Tudor
by Philippa Gregory; narrated by Bianca Amato
A latest historical novel by the best-selling author of The Other Boleyn Girl reimagines the lives of Lady Jane Grey and her two sisters, who respectively endure imprisonment, a secret marriage and marginalization under the suspicious eyes of Tudor queens Mary and Elizabeth.
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The Whole Thing Together
by Ann Brashares; narrated by Brittany Pressley
Sasha's dad was once married to Ray's mom and in the aftermath of their breakup, neither parent would give up the beach house—Sasha and Ray vacation in this same beach house year after year but never meet until one summer when their lives and those of their siblings intersect in ways none of them could have ever dreamed. By the best-selling author of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series.
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Here's to Us: A Novel
by Elin Hilderbrand; narrated by Erin Bennett
Gathering at a ramshackle Nantucket cottage, a late celebrity chef's former wives and children confront the sources of their bitter rivalries and slowly let go of resentments as they remember positive times and share long-held secrets.
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Exposed
by Lisa Scottoline; narrated by Kate Burton
An epic battle of wills and legal strategy ensues when DiNunzio and Rosato represent opposing sides in a wrongful termination lawsuit, triggering conflict-of-interest complications that estrange the partners and force their friends and colleagues to take sides.
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Blame
by Jeff Abbott; narrated by Nailey Carr, Lauren Fortgang, Greg Tremblay, Vanessa Johannson
Two years after a car crash killed her friend and left her with amnesia, Jane Norton receives an online message from someone claiming to know what really happened that night, but her search for the truth puts many lives in danger.
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Talon of God
by Wesley Snipes; narrated by Ray Norman and Malik Yoba
A fiction debut by the actor who starred in the Blade film series depicts a holy warrior in a fantastical urban world where he must convince a doctor with no faith to help stop a powerful demon and his minions from establishing a hell on earth. A first novel.
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Two Nights: A Novel
by Kathy Reichs; narrated by Coleen Marlo and Kim Mai
A stand-alone thriller by the best-selling author of the Temperance Brennan series introduces Sunday Night, a woman whose secret past has left her with scars and a killer instinct that proves helpful to a desperate family in the wake of a bomb explosion and a girl's disappearance.
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Anne Boleyn, a King's Obsession: A Novel
by Alison Weir; narrated by Rosalyn Landor
A follow-up to Katherine of Aragon finds Henry VIII risking his marriage and the political strategies of Cardinal Wolsey in his obsession to marry Anne Boleyn, who does not welcome the king's advances and loathes the cardinal for breaking her betrothal to Harry Percy.
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Friends of the Library Meeting
Wednesday, September 6, 2:00 pm
Library Meeting Room
The Friends of the Library will have a meeting to discuss upcoming fund-raising events. Anyone interested is welcome to come and learn more about the group.
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Artist Robert Smith: Train Stations of LaPorte County
Sunday, September 10, 2:00 pm
Library Meeting Room
Local artist Robert Smith will share his art and talk about the train stations of LaPorte County.
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Writing Out Loud: Stanton Friedman
Saturday, September 16, 7:30 pm
Library Meeting Room
The 33rd season of Writing Out Loud kicks off with an appearance by nuclear physicist-lecturer Stanton Friedman. Friedman is the original civilian investigator of the Roswell Incident and co-wrote Crash at Corona: The Definitive Study of the Roswell Incident. TOP SECRET/MAJIC, his controversial book about the Majestic 12 group, allegedly established in 1947 to deal with alien technology, was published in 1996 and went through six printings. An expanded new edition was published in 2005. He is the co-author with Kathleen Marden (Betty Hill’s niece) of a 2007 book, Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience. Flying Saucers and Science was published in June 2008 and is in its third printing. Science was Wrong, co-written with Marden, was released in June 2010.
The program will be followed by a reception and book signing hosted by the Friends of the Michigan City Public Library.
Friedman received degrees in physics from the University of Chicago and was employed as a nuclear physicist by companies such as GE, GM, Westinghouse, TRW Systems, Aerojet General Nucleonics and McDonnell Douglas. He became interested in UFOs in 1958 and since 1967 has lectured about them at more than 600 colleges and 100 professional groups. He has published more than 90 UFO papers and appeared on hundreds of radio and TV programs, including Larry King Live and many documentaries.
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Library Catalog
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