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A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia SealesFeisty Beatrice Steele has never fit the definition of a true lady. She is terrible at needlework, has no musical ability, and her artwork is so bad it frightens people. Nevertheless, she lives a perfectly agreeable life. But she harbors a dark secret: She is obsessed with true crime. If anyone in her etiquette-obsessed community found out, she'd be deemed morbid and banished from respectable society. For her family's sake, she's vowed to put her obsession behind her. Eligible bachelor Edmund Croaksworth is set to attend the approaching ball, and the Steele family hopes that younger daughter Louisa will steal his heart. So Beatrice must be on her best behavior--a difficult challenge when a disgraced yet alluring detective inexplicably shows up to the ball. Beatrice is just holding things together when Croaksworth drops dead in the middle of a minuet. Beatrice must rise above decorum and decency to pursue justice and her own desires--before anyone else is murdered. Also available on Libby |
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It Could Have Been Her by Lisa JewellJane Trevally is walking her dogs on her country estate when a small terrier appears, alone and with no sign of the teenaged girl he'd been staying with nearby. When the teenager is reported missing, Jane offers to return the dog to his owner, hours away in London. Arriving at a run-down house in the deepest backwaters of Hampstead, she is immediately on alert--because Jane has a dark history with this house. The man who answers the door is cagey, and claims to know nothing about the missing girl. Then, through the window of the house, Jane glimpses of a haunted-looking woman. Conjuring her memories from twenty-five years ago, Jane knows this house holds the key--to the missing teenager, to her own traumatic story, and to the dark secrets of the past. Also available on Libby |
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The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories by Henry JamesA chilling collection of Henry James's short stories exploring the uncanny, including The Turn of the Screw, one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, in which a governess becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. It is accompanied here by several more of the very best of Henry James's short stories, all exploring ghosts and the uncanny. Also available on Libby and hoopla |
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"Tinashe’s eighth album is her best and bravest yet: more ambitious, more focused, and effortlessly in touch with the zeitgeist. It’s the best
pop album of the year" -Pitchfork Available to listen on hoopla |
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John of John (Oprah's Book Club) by Douglas StuartOut of money and with little to show for his art school education, John-Calum Macleod takes the ferry back home to the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides to find that little has changed except for him. He returns to the windswept croft and the two pillars of his childhood: his father John, a sheep farmer, tweed weaver, and lay preacher in the local Presbyterian church, and his maternal grandmother Ella, a profanity-loving Glaswegian whose steady warmth helped Cal weather the sudden departure of his mother. Cal privately wonders if any lonely men might be found on the barren hillsides of home, while John is dismayed by his son's long hair, strange clothes, and seeming unwillingness to be Saved. But Cal isn't the only one in the croft house who is keeping secrets. As lambing season turns to shearing season, the threads holding together the community together become increasingly frayed, and nothing will remain as it was before. Also available on Libby and hoopla |
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Collected Poems Edna St. Vincent Millay by Edna St Vincent MillayMy candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-- It gives a lovely light! First Fig from A Few Figs from Thistles (1920)Alongside Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, and E. E. Cummings, Edna St. Vincent Millay remains among the most celebrated poets of the early twentieth century for her uniquely lyrical explorations of love, individuality, and artistic expression. This invaluable compendium of her work is not only an essential addition to any collection of the world's most moving and memorable poetry but an unprecedented look into her life. Also available on hoopla |
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The pop singer’s dynamic third record provides a portrait of semi-reformed adulthood, powered mostly by her sheer charisma and impressive voice.
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The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie HartnettAt sixty-three years old, million-dollar lottery winner PJ Halliday would be the luckiest man in Pondville, if it weren't for the tragedies of his life: the sudden death of his eldest daughter and the way his marriage fell apart after that. Since then, PJ spends both his money and his time at the bar, and he probably doesn't have much time left--he's had three heart attacks already. But when PJ reads the obituary of his old romantic rival, he realizes his high school sweetheart is finally single again. PJ decides he's going to drive across the country to win Michelle back. Before PJ can hit the road, tragedy strikes, leaving PJ the guardian of his brother's grandchildren. Anyone else would be deterred from the planned trip, but PJ figures the orphaned kids might benefit from getting out of town. PJ also thinks he can ask Sophie, his adult daughter who's adrift in her twenties, to come along to babysit. This could be the second chance PJ has long hoped for but does he have the strength to do both those things again? It's very possible his heart can't take it. Also available on Libby |
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Our Man in Havana by Graham GreeneMI6's man in Havana is Wormold, a former vacuum-cleaner salesman turned secret agent. To keep his job, he files bogus reports based on Charles Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare and dreams up military installations from vacuum-cleaner designs. Then his stories start coming disturbingly true ... First published in 1959 against the backdrop of the Cold War, Our Man in Havana remains one of Graham Greene's most widely enjoyed novels. It is an espionage thriller, a penetrating character study, and a political satire of government intelligence that still resonates today. Available on hoopla
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The Raven Scholar by Antonia HodgsonAfter twenty-four years on the throne, it is time for the emperor of Orrun to bring his reign to an end. Eight contenders will compete to replace him, exceptional warriors, thinkers, strategists - the best of the best. Then one of them is murdered. It falls to Neema Kraa to investigate. But as she hunts for a killer, darker forces are gathering. If Neema succeeds, she could win the throne. But if she fails, she will sentence herself to death - and set in motion a sequence of events that could doom the empire . . . Also available on Libby |
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The Mighty Red by Louise ErdrichIn this stunning novel set in the Red River Valley of North Dakota, several lives revolve around a wedding fraught with desire, jealousy, and uncertainty. It is a story about our tattered bond with the earth, and about love in all of its absurdity and splendor. Also available on Libby and hoopla |
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghA shocking and tender novel about a young woman's efforts to sustain a state of deep hibernation over the course of a year. Our narrator should be happy, shouldn't she? She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, works an easy job, lives in an apartment in Manhattan paid for, like the rest of her needs, by her inheritance. But there is a dark and vacuous hole in her heart, and it isn't just the loss of her parents, or the way her boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her best friend; what could be so terribly wrong? Ottessa Moshfegh shows us how reasonable, even necessary, alienation can be. Also available on Libby |
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