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Spotlight : November 2020 |
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"November comes and November goes. With the last red berries and the first white snows. With night coming early and dawn coming late, and ice in the bucket and frost by the gate. The fires burn and the kettles sing, and earth sinks to rest until next spring." – Clyde Watson |
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The Alpha Enigma
by W. Michael Gear
Dr. Timothy Ryan, head of the military psychiatric unit at Grantham Barracks, is meeting a new patient, a woman known as "Prisoner Alpha." As she is being transferred, they are attacked by assassins, barely escaping with their lives. One shooter vanishes, leaving behind a dead companion unlike anyone Ryan has ever seen.
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The dirty South
by John Connolly
A latest entry in the best-selling series by the author of A Book of Bones traces Charlie Parker’s first case, in which his efforts to bring his wife and child’s killer to justice are stymied by corruption. 75,000 first printing.
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The taste of sugar : a novel
by Marisel Vera
Relocating to the sugar plantations of Hawaii when their Caribbean farm is decimated by the Spanish-American War and the San Ciriaco Hurricane, two Puerto Ricans join thousands of fellow refugees in confronting the realities of American prosperity. Tour.
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The new map : energy, climate, and the clash of nations
by Daniel Yergin
The global energy expert and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Shattered Peace shares revelatory insights into how energy revolutions, climate battles and geopolitics are mapping a near future already complicated by the coronavirus pandemic and related economic fallout. Illustrations. Maps.
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Greenlights
by Matthew McConaughey
From the Academy Award-winning actor comes an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. Illustrations.
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Tecumseh and the prophet : the Shawnee brothers who defied a nation
by Peter Cozzens
The first biography of the great Shawnee leader in more than 20 years, and the first to make clear that his misunderstood younger brother, Tenskwatawa, was an equal partner in the last great pan-Indian alliance against the United States. Illustrations. Maps.
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The Secret Runners
by Matthew Reilly
Moving to a prestigious Manhattan school amid rumors of an imminent global apocalypse, Sky and her twin brother, Red, are invited to join the exclusive Secret Runners, a covert group that has horrifying knowledge of the future. By the best-selling author of the Jack West, Jr. series. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Enigma game
by Elizabeth Wein
A World War II teen volunteer enduring the pain of her parents’ death in the Blitz bombings cares for an elderly patient before discovering a key to translating German code that could turn the tide of the war. 35,000 first printing.
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The moon within
by Aida Salazar
A modern tale of early adolescence finds Celi navigating questions about her changing body, first attraction and a best friend's genderfluid explorations while resisting her mother's embarrassing plans for an ancestral Mexica moon ceremony to celebrate her first period.
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A true home
by K. George
Mona the mouse is precisely the maid needed at the grandest hotel in Fernwood Forest, where animals come from far and wide for safety, luxury, and comfort
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I go quiet
by David Ouimet
An introverted young girl navigates feelings of unworthiness about not fitting in, before tapping the power of reading and words to find her true voice, in a picture book debut that is complemented by hauntingly evocative artwork. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Honeybee : the busy life of apis mellifera
by Candace Fleming
Describes the life of a typical worker bee, as she emerges from her cell, does different jobs around the hive while growing big enough and strong enough to fly, and flies far and wide to search for nectar
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Wonderful you
by Lisa Graff
A celebration of the joy of waiting for a new baby to be born depicts family members of all sorts watching a baby-to-be growing to sizes that are compared to a sweet pea, a mango and a pumpkin, before the baby is born its own wonderful self. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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