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New eBooks from Libby, by OverDrive
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A Fever in the Heartland
by Timothy Egan
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist traces the Ku Klux Klan's rise to power in the 1920s, driven by the con man D.C. Stephenson, and how a seemingly powerless woman named Madge Oberholtzer brought them to their knees.
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Camp Zero
by Michelle Min Sterling
In a near-future northern settlement, the fate of a young woman intertwines with those of a college professor and a collective of women soldiers in this electrifying page-turner where nothing is as it seems.
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Pathogenesis
by Jonathan Kennedy
Drawing on the latest research in fields ranging from genetics and anthropology to archaeology and economics, this book takes us through 60,000 years of history to show how the major transformations in history have been shaped by eight major outbreaks of infectious disease.
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The Rescue
by T. Jefferson Parker
Rescuing Felix, a Mexican street dog, from a Tijuana animal shelter, journalist Bettina Blazak discovers Felix is a former DEA drug-sniffing dog, who has led a very colorful, dangerous and profitable life, which draws her into a deadly criminal underworld from which she and Felix may not return.
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I Swear
by Katie Porter
The progressive U.S. House representative from Orange County, California reflects on her unlikely ascent from the farmlands of Iowa to Congress and her record of fighting consumer protection, corporate accountability and anti-corruption reforms.
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You Could Make This Place Beautiful
by Maggie Smith
The award-winning poet explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself, interweaving snapshots of a life with meditations on secrets, anger, forgiveness and narrative itself and revealing how, in the aftermath of loss, we can discover our power and make something beautiful.
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The Covenant of Water
by Abraham Verghese
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, and set in Kerala, on South India's Malabar Coast, an epic of love, faith and medicine follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning.
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Brown Boy
by Omer Aziz
In Brown Boy, Omer Aziz has written a book that eloquently describes the complex process of creating an identity that fuses where he's from, what people see in him, and who he knows himself to be.
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The House Is on Fire
by Rachel Beanland
Told from the perspectives of four people whose actions changed the course of history, this masterful work of historical fiction takes readers back to 1811 Richmond, Virginia, where, on the night after Christmas, the city's only theater burned to the ground, tearing apart a community.
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A Cruel Light
by Cyndi MacMillan
Hidden away and decaying for decades, a cryptic mural holds deadly clues in this intoxicating mix of art, murder, and buried secrets.
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Get Grounded, Get Well
by Stephen T. Sinatra
Discover the secret to better health and a better life through grounding. Let nature and Dr. Sinatra be your guide to a happier, healthier life.
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An American Beauty
by Shana Abé
This sweeping novel of historical fiction is inspired by a true rags-to-riches story of Arabella Huntington — a woman whose great beauty was surpassed only by her exception business acumen, grit, and artistic eye, and who defied the constraints of her era to become the wealthiest self-made woman in America.
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24 Hours Is All It Takes
by Vivian Risi
Nothing changes if nothing changes. To get the most from your day requires a transformation — of your mindset and your daily habits.
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Strawberry Lane
by Jodi Thomas
Pulling a stranger out of a wrecked car on the very same road where her parents died 20 years earlier, Starri Knight, a big believer in fate, must convince Rusty O'Sullivan, with whom she feels a compelling connection, he has something to live for, which takes all her faith in miracles.
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Shadows We Carry
by Meryl Ain
Enlightening and evocative, this novel explores the experience of navigating deeply held family secrets and bloodlines, confusing religious identities, and the scars of World War II in the wake of revolutionary societal changes.
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Super Aging
by David Cravit
Breaking Super Aging down into seven simple components — Attitude, Awareness, Activity, Autonomy, Achievement, Attachment and Avoidance. This revolutionary book shows how the period after age 65 can be one of the most productive and fulfilling times of life.
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Breakneck
by Marc Cameron
Deputy US Marshal Arliss Cutter is assigned a security detail in Fairbanks, Alaska, guarding the teen daughter of a Supreme Court Justice who accidentally becomes involved with Chechen terrorists, in the fifth novel of the series following Cold Snap.
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Year of No Garbage
by Eve O. Schaub
In this book Eve O. Schaub, humorist and stunt memoirist extraordinaire, tackles her most difficult challenge to date: garbage. Convincing her husband and two daughters to go along with her, Schaub attempts the seemingly impossible: living in the modern world without creating any trash at all. For an entire year. And- as it turns out- during a pandemic.
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Mastering the Art of French Murder
by Colleen Cambridge
While staying in post-World War II Paris with her grandfather, Tabitha Knight becomes friends with her neighbor and fellow American, Julia Child, and must clear both their names when a woman they both knew is murdered with a knife from Julia's kitchen and a note from Tabitha in her pocket.
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New eBooks from Axis 360/eRead Illinois
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Happy Place
by Emily Henry
Despite breaking up months earlier, a picture-perfect couple still haven't told their friends about the split and attempt to pretend they are still together at an annual Maine getaway.
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Follow Me to Hell
by Tom Clavin
The New York Times best-selling author looks back at 200 years of Texas Ranger history, focusing on the story of how legendary Ranger Leander McNelly and his men brought justice to a lawless frontier.
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My Heart Will Find You
by Jude Deveraux
While caring for an elderly man during the pandemic, Etta Wilmont, every time she falls asleep, passes through the past and the present, discovering she has the power to make the lives of others better — and the chance to find a love to last a lifetime.
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The Haunting of Alejandra
by V. Castro
Struggling with a darkness that threatens to consume her, Alejandra discovers she, like the women in her family before her, is being haunted by La Llorona, the vengeful and murderous mother of Mexican Legend, and must summon everything she's inherited from her foremothers to banish this demon forever.
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Charleston
by Susan Crawford
Chronicles the tumultuous racial history of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, while revealing the escalating risk of climate change and rising ocean waters, working as a bellweather for other coastal cities in the race to solve environmental and social problems
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Yours Truly
by Abby Jimenez
When Dr. Jacob Maddox, whom she is prepared to hate, sends her a letter, which leads to sharing lunch dates in her “sob closet,” Dr. Briana Ortiz tries not to fall hard for this sexy new doctor, especially when he gives her the best gift imaginable — a kidney for her brother.
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The Half Moon
by Mary Beth Keane
Longtime bartender Malcolm Gephardt realizes his dream of owning a bar, while his wife Jess, a lawyer struggling with fertility issues, wonders how to reshape her life, in a novel told over the course of one tumultuous week, laying bare the complexities of marriage, family, longing and desire.
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Choosing to Run
by Des Linden
This inspirational memoir from the two-time Olympian and Boston Marathon winner traces her unique path to the top of professional running and how she built her own personal business model and brand.
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This Bird Has Flown
by Susanna Hoffs
In turns deeply sexy, riotously funny, and utterly joyful, This Bird Has Flown explores love, passion, and the ghosts of our past, and offers a glimpse inside the music business.
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Double or Nothing
by Kim Sherwood
The start of a brand-new trilogy following MI6's Double 0 agents with a license to kill that blows the world of James Bond wide open.
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