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New eBooks from Libby, by OverDrive
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The Cloisters
by Katy Hays
A sinister, atmospheric novel follows a circle of researchers as they uncover a mysterious deck of tarot cards and shocking secrets in New York's famed Met Cloisters.
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Someday, Maybe
by Onyi Nwabineli
After her husband, the greatest love of her life, commits suicide, a young woman finds the strength to move on with the help of her tight-knit Nigerian family and happy memories of the man shell never forget.
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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
by Matthew Perry
The beloved Friends star shares candid behind the scenes stories from the legendary sitcom, as well as detailing his own struggles with addiction that threatened to derail his career.
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The Light We Carry
by Michelle Obama
A former first lady offers practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world.
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A World of Curiosities
by Louise Penny
Chief Inspector Gamache investigates after a 150-year-old letter points to the discovery and opening of a bricked-up room in an attic that's filled with curiosities, in the 18th novel of the series following The Madness of Crowds.
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Now is Not the Time to Panic
by Kevin Wilson
Twenty years after secretly causing panic in her hometown through the written word and artwork, along with a fellow loner named Zeke, famous author, mom and wife Frances Eleanor Budge gets a call that brings her past rushing back, threatening to upend everything.
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Blackwater Falls
by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Recruited to solve the murder of a star student and Syrian refugee, Detective Inaya Rahman and Lieutenant Waqas Sief discover a link to other missing and murdered girls, but when Seif obstructs the investigation, Inaya turns to her female colleagues for help in exposing police corruption and violence.
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Novelist as a Vocation
by Haruki Murakami
In this highly personal look at the craft of writing, an internationally best-selling author and famously reclusive writer shares his own creative process as well as his thoughts on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists and musicians.
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Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail
by Ashley Herring Blake
Tempers rise on a popular home improvement show when an interior designer, Astrid Parker, repeatedly bumps heads with a carpenter trying to preserve the history of her family's inn, until the tension flares into something more.
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Hunting Time
by Jeffery Deaver
A wealthy entrepreneur hires Colter Shaw to track down and protect his employee, Allison Parker, a brilliant engineer, who is on the run from her ex-husband with her teenage daughter.
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Sheet Pan Sweets
by Molly Gilbert
The author shares over 80 easy-to-execute and innovative sheet pan recipes for creating effortless desserts.
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Never Name the Dead
by Donna M. Rowell
Old grudges, tribal traditions and outside influences collide for a Kiowa woman as forces threaten her family, her tribe and the land of her ancestors.
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The Last Party
by Clare Mackintosh
When homegrown celebrity Rhys Lloyd is murdered after opening the doors to his new luxury resort on New Years Eve, Ffion Morgan, called in to investigate, fears her deep ties to this once tranquil village will reveal dark truths about her neighbors, friends, family and even herself.
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How to Read the Wilderness
by Nature Study Guild
An illustrated guide to identifying plants, animals and constellations in North America.
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The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks
by Shauna Robinson
Banned from selling anything written this century, bookstore manager Maggie Banks, to keep the business afloat, starts an underground book club that unexpectedly unearths a town secret that could upend everything.
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Godmersham Park
by Gill Hornby
A richly imagined novel inspired by the true story of Anne Sharp, a governess who became very close with Jane Austen and her family.
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Dead Men Don't Decorate
by Cordy Abbott
Art, murder and a secret dating back centuries collide in this cozy-mystery-series debut.
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Amazing Circular Weaving
by Emily Nicolaides
A comprehensive guide to more than 30 circular weaving techniques perfect for crafting unique and modern home decor.
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The Call of the Wrens
by Jenni L. Walsh
Introducing the little-known story of the daring women who rode through war-torn Europe, carrying secrets on their shoulders.
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Targeted
by Lynette Eason
In this novella collection, an FBI computer hacker, the Vice President, and a CIA officer each find themselves in the clutches of merciless criminals.
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New eBooks from Axis 360/eRead Illinois
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One Jump at a Time
by Nathan Chen
The three-time World Champion, Olympic gold medalist and the first Asian-American man to stand at the highest podium in figure skating reflects on the events that led him to where he is today, in this testament to the love of a family and the power of persistence, grit and passion.
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Desert Star
by Michael Connelly
After quitting the force in disgust, Renée Ballard is persuaded to return to rebuild the cold case unit in the elite robbery-homicide division.
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The Stories We Tell
by Joanna Gaines
In her first solo memoir, a New York Times best-selling author invites us on an authentic and deeply vulnerable journey into her story, and helps shine a light on the beauty of our own, guiding us to release the weights that hold us back so we may live and share our story in truth.
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Surrender
by Bono
One of the music world's most iconic artists writes about his remarkable life for the first time, from his early days growing up in Dublin, to U2's meteoric rise to fame, to his more than 20 years of activism dedicated to the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty.
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The Choice
by Nora Roberts
When the enemy's witches, traitorous and power-mad, appear to her in a dream, practicing black magick and sacrificing the innocent, Breen, united with Keegan and all of Talamh, must save those in need of rescue and, with every weapon she has, confront the darkness once and for all.
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The Perfect Assassin
by James Patterson
Forced into a top-secret training program, Dr. Brandt Savage, on sabbatical from the University of Chicago, is mentally and physically transformed into the perfect assassin and must prevent a new class of killers from escaping this harsh place where their ancestors first fought to make a better world.
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Going Rogue
by Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum must retrieve a mysterious missing coin in order to pay the ransom for her co-worker who has been kidnapped.
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White Horse
by Erika T. Wurth
A gritty, vibrant debut novel about an Indigenous woman who must face her past when she discovers a bracelet haunted by her mothers spirit.
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The Whittiers
by Danielle Steel
When a devastating tragedy takes their parents from them, the eldest four adult Whittier children must put aside their personal issues and grief to keep the family together and support each other and their two youngest siblings.
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The World We Make
by N. K. Jemisin
In New York, six human avatars that embody their city's heart and wield its magic, must join together with the Great Cities to stop a mayoral candidate, backed by the Enemy, whose populist rhetoric of gentrification, xenophobia and law and order could destroy the world.
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