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SEPTEMBER 09, 2010
Read a Good Book Lately? OLD
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Suggested reading chosen by our staff .
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Mayflower and The Pilgrims' New World
Philbrick, Nathaniel.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2008 |
After a journey across the Atlantic, the Mayflower's passengers were saved from destruction with the help of the natives of the Plymouth region. For fifty years, peace was maintained as Pilgrims and Natives worked together. But that trust was broken withthe next generation of leaders, and conflict erupted that nearly wiped out English and natives alike.Offers the true story of the pioneers who crossed the Atlantic to establish a new world in Massachusetts, the challenges they faced upon their arrival, and their relationship with the local Native Americans.
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Hunger Games
Collins, Suzanne.
New York : Scholastic Press, 2008 |
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through a televised survival competition pitting young people against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister'splace.
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Dark Side : The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Mayer, Jane
New York : Doubleday, c2008 |
In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. Radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington, used the crisis to further a long-held agenda to enhance presidential powers to a degree never known in U.S. history, and obliterate Constitutional protections that define the very essence of the American experiment. This is a dramatic account of how the United States made terrible decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world--decisions that not only violated the Constitution, but also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. Whatever the short-term gains, there were incalculable losses in terms of moral standing, our country's place in the world, and its sense of itself.--From publisher description.
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Charlie Wilson's War : The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
Crile, George
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2003 |
Describes how, after the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson persuaded his colleagues to fund the CIA's efforts to arm the mujahideen and the repercussions of the covert operation.
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The Wordy Shipmates
Vowell, Sarah
New York : Riverhead Books, 2008 |
A cultural profile of Puritan life covers a wide range of topics, from their covenant communities and deep-rooted ideologies to their beliefs about church and state and their perspectives on other faiths, in an account that also evaluates their legacy.
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R e a d e r s' P i c k s Some great books recommended by our readers.
Next time you come in please add one of your own favorites.
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| Michael Palmer |
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The First Patient |
| Leif Enger |
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Peace Like a River |
| J K Rowling |
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The Order of the Phoenix |
| Nina Revoyr |
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The Age of Dreaming |
| Andrea Camillieri |
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The Paper Moon |
| Geraldine Brooks |
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People of the Book |
| Jeff Talarigo |
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Ginseng Hunter |
| Stephenie Meyer |
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Twilight |
| Richard Bausch |
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Peace |
| Sara Gruen |
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Water for Elephants |
| Timothy Egan |
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The Worst Time |
| Nicole Krauss |
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The History of Love |
| J K Rowling |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows |
| E Nesbit |
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Five Children and It |
| Rick Riordan |
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series |
| Nadine Gordimer |
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The Pickup |
| Jhumpa Lahiri |
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Unaccustomed Earth |
| Jeanne DuPrau |
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The City of Ember |
| Kiran Desai |
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Inheritance of Loss |
| Pat Barker |
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Regeneration |
| Tatiana de Rosnay |
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Sarah’s Key |
| Mark Mills |
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The Savage Garden |
| Stephanie Kallos |
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Broken for You |
| Bob Smith |
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Hamlet’s Dresser |
| Miranda July |
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No One Belongs Here More Than You |
| Melissa de la Cruz |
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Masquerade: A Blue Bloods Novel |
| Jennifer Uglow |
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Nature’s Engraver - A Life of Thomas Bewick |
| Robert Parker |
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High Profile |
| Andrew Clements |
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Frindle |
| Ian McEwan |
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Atonement |
| Joseph Caldwell |
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The Pig Did It |
| Gregory David Roberts |
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Shantaram |
| James Collins |
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Beginner’s Greek |
| Nicole Mones |
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The Last Chinese Chef |
| Tatiana de Rosnay |
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Sarah’s Key |
| Liam Callanan |
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All Saints |
| Diane Ackerman |
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The Zookeeper’s Wife |
| Alexandra Fuller |
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Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight |
| Ryszard Kapuscinski |
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Travels with Herodotus |
| CJ Sansom |
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Winter in Madrid |
| Ann Patchett |
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Run |
| Stephenie Meyer |
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Twilight |
| James Rollins |
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Last Oracle |
| Gail Tsukiyama |
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Samurai’s Garden |
| Marilynne Robinson |
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Home |
| David Gilmour |
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The Film Club |
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