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eReads The newest titles added to our digital collection. August 2024 |
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All the colors of the dark : a novel
by Chris Whitaker
After a string of disappearances in 1975 Missouri, a one-eyed boy heroically thwarts a kidnapping, igniting a chain of events that blur the lines between triumph and tragedy as the townspeople of Monta Clare confront hidden truths.
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The au pair affair : a novel
by Tessa Bailey
Jumping at the opportunity to be a live-in nanny for hockey veteran and newly single dad, Burgess, 26-year-old aspiring marine biologist Tallulah, while helping her tween charge fit in, helps Burgess get back on the dating scene, but when boundaries are crossed, they find their hearts on thin ice. Original.
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The beach trap
by Ali Brady
Left a joint inheritance—the family beach house in Destine, Florida, two estranged half-sisters, immediately at odds, reluctantly join forces to renovate the dilapidated house—an endeavor that brings about new romance for each of them and teaches them how to be sisters.
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The black bird oracle : a novel
by Deborah Harkness
When the Congregation demands she and Matthew test the magic of their 7-year-old twins, Oxford scholar and witch Diana Bishop, forging a different path, confronts her family's dark past and reckons with her desire for even greater power—if she can let go of her fear of wielding it.
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The Briar Club
by Kate Quinn
In 1950 Washington, DC, at an all-female boardinghouse called Briarwood, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, drawing her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship, but when a shocking act of violence tears the house apart, the women must expose the true enemy in their midst.
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The cliffs
by J. Courtney Sullivan
A Harvard archivist, returning to Maine after a terrible mistake, Jane is hired to research the history of a Victorian house and the women who lived there, uncovering a story of lost lovers, romantic longing, shattering loss and the long shadow of colonialism that is even older than Maine itself.
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The comeback summer
by Ali Brady
When a well-known self-help guru of the famed TED Talk“Crushing the Comfort Zone” offers to give them her business if they follow her plan, sisters Hannah and Libby cannot afford to fail this challenge, but in crushing their comfort zones, they wonder if they're heading toward the wrong path. Original.
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A dawn of onyx
by Kate Golden
"Captured by a king of darkness. Forced to find the light within. The breakout TikTok fantasy romance, now with special bonus material! Arwen Valondale never expected to be the brave one, offering her life to save her brother's. Now she's been taken prisoner by the most dangerous kingdom on the continent, and made to use her rare magical abilities to heal the soldiers of the vicious Onyx King. Arwen knows better than to face the ancient, wicked woods that surround the castle on her own, which means working with a fellow prisoner might be her only path to freedom. Unfortunately, he's as infuriating as he is cunning-and seems to take twisted pleasure in playing on Arwen's deepest fears. But here in Onyx Kingdom, trust is a luxury she can't afford. To make it out of enemy territory, she'll have to navigate back-stabbing royals, dark magic, and dangerous beasts. But untold power lies inside Arwen, dormant and waiting for a spark. If she can harness it, she just might be able to escape with her life-and hopefully, her heart"
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A death in Cornwall ; : a novel
by Daniel Silva
The #1 New York Times best-selling author returns with the year's most anticipated new thriller in which a brutal murder, a missing masterpiece and mystery can only be solved by Gabriel Allon. Simultaneous.
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Dishonestly yours
by Krista Ritchie
"Phoebe Graves grew up in a family where deception and seduction are as commonplace as breathing. The Graves and her best friend Hailey's family have been on the run their whole lives, but after a high-stakes con job goes south, Phoebe and Hailey decide to run away and start over. The small Connecticut town they settle in seems too good to be true. The biggest flaw in their plan is Hailey's frustratingly handsome brother, Rocky, who insists on coming with them. Living honestly isn't in his DNA, and his past with Phoebe is downright messy. He's everything she wants, but nothing she can have. Phoebe worries that Rocky will tempt them back into their old ways, where lying is second nature. She doesn't want Rocky to mess up the new life she's begun for herself. The longer she stays in town, the more she realizes what it means to have a reputation-and what a normal life with the man she loves could look like"
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Dog day afternoon
by David Rosenfelt
A retired lawyer and dog rescue operator investigates after one of his recent adopters is implicated in a mass shooting at his workplace in the latest addition to the series following‘Twas the Bite Before Christmas. Simultaneous.
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The god of the woods
by Liz Moore
In 1975, when a camp counselor discovers the 13-year-old daughter of the summer camp's owners has disappeared just like her brother 14 years earlier, a panicked search begins as the secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow are revealed.
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Hard to kill
by James Patterson
Attorney Jane Smith takes on the case of an unlucky man accused of killing a family of three in the Hamptons and potentially a second family in the third novel of the series following Jane Effing Smith. 300,000 first printing.
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Horror movie : a novel
by Paul Tremblay
The only surviving cast member of a notorious, disturbing 1993 art house horror movie joins the remake, but begins having trouble distinguishing between reality and film in the new novel by the author of The Pallbearers Club. 150,000 first printing.
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Husbands & lovers : a novel
by Beatriz Williams
Two women, separated by decades and continents, but sharing an exotic family heirloom, search for their lost loves and reclaim secrets, in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Summer Wives.
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I Was a Teenage Slasher
by Stephen Graham Jones
A good kid in a small Texas town in 1989 finds himself cursed to kill for revenge in true slasher film-style, in the new novel by the New York Times best-selling author of The Only Good Indians. Simultaneous.
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If something happens to me : a novel
by Alex Finlay
Trying to pick up the pieces after his girlfriend's kidnapping, Ryan Richardson goes to law school but must pivot back to the case when her car is found submerged in a lake with a cryptic note. 75,000 first printing.
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Jackie : a novel
by Dawn Clifton Tripp
This intimate story of love and power, family and tragedy, loss and reinvention offers a glimpse into the world of a deeply private woman who led many lives, forging a legacy out of grief and shaping history even as she was living it.
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Long after we are gone : a novel
by Terah Shelton Harris
Told from alternating points of view from all four siblings, this emotional story about the power of family and letting go follows CeCe, Junior, Nance and Angeline, each fighting their own personal battles, as they return home to save their ancestral land—and themselves—after the death of their father.
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Look in the mirror : a novel
by Catherine Steadman
"When Nina's father dies, she is left something in his will: a gleaming dream vacation home in a balmy tropical paradise. She'll find out the hard way that what you inherit from those you love can end up costing your life in this heart-pounding thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Something in the Water"
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The Summer pact : a novel
by Emily Giffin
Ten years after they made a pact, promising to always be there for each other in their times of need, Hannah, when one of the happiest moments of her life is suddenly turned upside down, calls on her closest friends, and together, they embark on a shared journey of self-discovery, forgiveness and acceptance.
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What have you done?
by Shari Lapena
When the body of Diana Brewer is discovered in a hayfield by a local farmer, sleepy little Fairfield, Vermont, a town of friendly, familiar faces becomes a town of suspects and a place of fear and paranoia where everyone wants answers.
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The art thief : a true story of love, crime, and a dangerous obsession
by Michael Finkel
This riveting true story of art, crime, love and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost draws us into the strange and fascinating world of prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser, who stole and kept more than 300 objects until one final act of hubris brought everything crashing down.
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Ask Not : The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
by Maureen Callahan
A best-selling author and journalist reveals the dark history of the generations of Kennedy men who have physically and psychologically abused the women in their lives despite their carefully curated depiction of honor and integrity. 75,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Fall of civilizations : stories of greatness and decline
by Paul M. M. Cooper
"Across the centuries, we journey from the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of Khmer and Vijayanagara in Asia and Songhai in West Africa; from Byzantium to the Maya, Inca and Aztecs of Central America; from Roman Britain to Rapa Nui. With meticulousresearch, breathtaking insight and dazzling, empathic storytelling, historian and novelist Paul Cooper evokes the majesty and jeopardy of these ancient civilizations, and asks what it might have felt like for a person alive at the time to witness the endof their world"
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Autocracy, Inc. : the dictators who want to run the world
by Anne Applebaum
The Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times best-selling author looks at how autocratic countries such as China, Russia and Iran undermine Western democracies through a complex network of kleptocratic financial structures.
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Guilty creatures : sex, God, and murder in Tallahassee, Florida
by Mikita Brottman
"From the critically-acclaimed author and psychoanalyst Mikita Brottman comes the murky retelling of the murder of Mike Williams committed under the haze of faith and devotion. Perfect for true-crime and literary fiction fans alike"
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The horse : a galloping history of humanity
by Timothy C. Winegard
This riveting narrative of the horse's enduring reign across human history—and our everyday lives—shows how this noble animal revolutionized the way we hunted, traded, traveled, farmed, fought, worshipped and interacted, from the thundering cavalry charges of Alexander the Great to the Great Manure Crisis of 1894 and beyond. Illustrations.
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JFK Jr. : an intimate oral biography
by RoseMarie Terenzio
"The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing never-before-told stories and insights, his closest friends, confidantes, lovers, classmates, teachers, and colleagues paint a vivid portrait of one of the most beloved figures of the 20th century, revealing how the boy who saluted became the man America came to know and love who still captures public imagination twenty-five years after his tragic death. Born into the spotlight, John F. Kennedy Jr. lived a short but remarkable life filled with expectation, ambition, family pressures, love, and tragedy. JFK Jr. dives deep into his complicated psyche and explores the what-ifs, illuminating both the cultural and political moment he inhabited and the way this son of a president, so full of promise and possibility, embodied America's most cherished hopes"
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Learning to walk in the dark
by Barbara Brown Taylor
The New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World asks us to put aside our fears and anxieties and to explore all that God has to teach us "in the dark" so that we may learn to appreciate "lunar spirituality" instead of "solar spirituality" and find courage in the darkness. 75,000 first printing.
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Loud : accept nothing less than the life you deserve
by Drew Afualo
In this part manual, part manifesto, part memoir that smashes the patriarchy, the content creator and women's rights advocate shows that behind her fearsome laugh is a mission and a life philosophy, a strategy for self-confidence from the inside out and a call to rid the internet—and our hearts, minds and lives—of “terrible men.”
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The missing thread : a women's history of the ancient world
by Daisy Dunn
Reconceiving our understanding of the ancient world by emphasizing women's roles within it, from Cleopatra to Boudica, Sappho to Fulvia, and countless others, an award-winning classicist documents how women of antiquity are undeniably woven through the fabric of history, and in this monumental work, finally take center stage. Illustrations.
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Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis
by J. D. Vance
Shares the poignant story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle-class life and the collective demons of the past. (social science).
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