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Cumberland Public Library Staff Picks May 2017
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Check out some of these great reads that members of the staff at the library think you might enjoy because, well, we really enjoyed them. Copies of Book Discussion titles are available to be checked out at the Circulation Desk, Reference Desk, or Children's Desk.
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Seinfeldia : how a show about nothing changed everything
by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
An uproarious behind-the-scenes account of the creation of the hit television series describes how comedians Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld dreamed up the idea for an unconventional sitcom over coffee and how in spite of network skepticism and minimal plotlines achieved mainstream success. TV tie-in.
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One hundred demons
by Lynda Barry
in a collection of 20 autobiographical comic strip stories, Lynda Barry wrestles with some of hers in her signature quirky, irrepressible voice. From "Dancing" and "Hate" to "Dogs" and "Magic," the tales included here are at once hilarious and heartbreaking. As she delves into the delights and sorrows of adolescence, family, identity, and love, Barry's ear for dialogue, dead-on delivery, and painterly style showcase her considerable genius.
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Winter of the gods
by Jordanna Max Brodsky
A follow-up to The Immortals finds a disgruntled Selene DiSilva assisting the NYPD when a high-profile murder victim is discovered on Wall Street's Charging Bull statue.
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Invasive procedures
by Orson Scott Card
In a near future world in which genetic therapy holds both great promise and deadly dangers, Frank Hartman, a brilliant virologist working for the governments top-secret biohazard agency, is the only man capable of stopping George Galen, a pioneering geneticist who has come up with a way to "improve" humans by making them stronger, healthier, and compliant to his will.
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Brave
by Svetlana Chmakova
A follow-up to the Eisner Award-nominated Awkward finds a misfit art club targeted by the school's bullies while Jenny and Akilah try to raise awareness, only to find their friendship tested by differing perspectives.
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All rise for the honorable Perry T. Cook
by Leslie Connor
Secretly being raised in prison so that he can be with his inmate mother, 11-year-old Perry is discovered by an ambitious new district attorney and brought to the outside world, where he desperately seeks to reunite with his mother while learning the truth about why she is in jail.
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The legend of Wonder Woman
by Renae De Liz
"In the beginning, there was only chaos. But Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, saw a better future--and eventually, her daughter would be destined to bring that new world to life. Before her ultimate fate unfolds, though, Diana of Themyscira must learn the important lessons of an Amazonian childhood!"
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The wonder : a novel
by Emma Donoghue
Hired to care for a small Irish village girl said to have miraculously survived on nothing but "manna from heaven" for months, a journalist and nurse veteran of Florence Nightingale's Crimean campaign quickly finds herself fighting to save the child's life.
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At the mouth of the river of the bees : stories
by Kij Johnson
In her first collection of short fiction, Johnson covers strange, beautiful, and occasionally disturbing territory without ever missing a beat through a broad range of stories to appeal to most sf fans.
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Gemina
by Amie Kaufman
A sequel to Illuminae follows the experiences of privileged station captain's daughter Hanna and Nik, a reluctant crime family member, who confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault on board the isolated Jump Station Heimdall.
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I hate everyone, except you
by Clinton Kelly
A snarky collection of essays by the Emmy Award-winning moderator of The Chew charts his journey from a misfit youth to an awkward adult, exploring his haphazard experiences with 1980s porn, Jersey's premiere water parks, his sister's cheerleading endeavors, a life-threatening mud bath and more
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Himself : a novel
by Jess Kidd
When he discovers that his mother may not have given him up, but that foul play may have led to her disappearance, lovable car thief and Dublin charmer Mahony returns to the rural Irish Village where he was born to find out what really happened 26 years ago and, setting the town on its ear, enlists the help of a brash anarchist and retired theater actress to solve this mystery.
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We are okay
by Nina LaCour
Running back to college and shutting out everyone from her life in California after a traumatic summer that nobody else knows about, Marin is forced to confront what happened during a lonely, fateful winter break.
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I see you
by Clare Mackintosh
Spotting her own picture in a classified ad referencing a mysterious website, Zoe discovers that other women who have appeared in the ad have become the victims of increasingly violent crimes.
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The long Utopia
by Terry Pratchett
Lobsang's pursuit of a human life, Joshua's search for his father and the adaptation efforts of "the Next" post-humans are challenged by a voracious alien race that would conquer and colonize the Long Earth.
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Beneath
by Roland Smith
Searching for his runaway older brother, an introvert obsessed with the underground, Pat discovers that his brother has joined a self-sufficient but unstable community living beneath the streets of New York City.
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Radio girls
by Sarah Jane Stratford
Thrilled to land a job with the upstart British Broadcasting Corporation of 1926 London, American-raised Maisie Musgrave arranges broadcasts with famous figures before a growing conflict between her bosses, John Reith and Hilde Matheson, leads to the discovery of a shocking conspiracy and a dangerous choice. Discussion guide available.
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H is for hawk
by Helen Macdonald
An award-winning best-seller from the UK recounts how the author, an experienced falconer grieving the sudden death of her father, endeavored to train for the first time a dangerous goshawk predator as part of her personal recovery.
The Evening Book Discussion Group will be talking about this title on Monday, May 8 at 6:30 pm.
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The pearl that broke its shell
by Nadia Hashimi
Adopting the custom of bacha posh in 2007 Kabul, which allows her to dress and be treated as a boy, attend school and chaperone her sisters until she is of marriageable age, Rahima, the daughter of a drug-addicted father, discovers that she is not the first in her family to adopt this unusual custom.
The Daytime Book Discussion Group will be talking about this title on Thursday, May 18 at 10:00 am.
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Passenger
by Alexandra Bracken
When a violin prodigy who has lost everything wakes up on a ship in another time period, a man who wants to escape a life of servitude is forced to confront his past while keeping his former captors from claiming a stolen object of untold value.
The Teen Book Group will be talking about this title on Saturday, May 20 at 2:00 pm.
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