Elizabeth of York : a Tudor Queen and Her World
The New York Times Book Review – Roger Boylan Weir tells Elizabeth's story well…she is a meticulous scholar. The everyday minutiae of life are painstakingly described…Most important, Weir sincerely admires her subject, doing honor to an almost forgotten queen.
Mastiff
Added to the library in memory of Mike Trudell presented by Christine Trudell.
The All-girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
“Flagg spins another charming tale of the peaks and valleys of everyday life … If all the self-help books that promote ways to “find yourself†were stacked in an enormous pile … none would approach the sweet wisdom with which Flagg infuses The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion. And neither could they match the author’s […]
The Boleyn Deceit : a Novel
Publishers Weekly 09/02/2013 The second part of a trilogy that began with The Boleyn King, this entertaining work of alternative history offers plenty to savor for both fans of historical romance and those whose passion is political intrigue. The premise: rather than leaving Henry VIII without a male heir, thereby permitting Elizabeth to ascend the […]
Winners : a Novel
Publishers Weekly In Steel’s latest (after First Sight), Olympian hopeful Lily Thomas is injured in a freak ski-lift accident while on vacation in Squaw Valley. Her father, business tycoon Bill Thomas, refuses to accept that his talented daughter, on her way to the Ivy League, will never again walk—let alone ski. He blames Lily’s neurosurgeon, […]
Songs of Willow Frost
Library Journal 09/01/2013 In his mega-best-selling debut, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Ford depicted a star-crossed romance during the fateful years of World War II. His new work depicts another star-crossed romance, but the real love here is between mother and son. On a movie outing, William Eng, a Chinese American boy […]
Blind Justice
Kirkus Reviews 2013-09-01 William Monk, of Queen Victoria's Thames River Police (A Sunless Sea, 2012, etc.), steps outside his bailiwick to rescue his friend Sir Oliver Rathbone from a dire fate. It all begins when Monk's wife, Hester, hears from Josephine Raleigh, one of her assistants at the clinic she runs in Portpool Lane, that […]
The Reason I Jump : the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-year-old Boy With Autism
“The Reason I Jump is a Rosetta stone. . . . I had to keep reminding myself that the author was a thirteen-year-old boy when he wrote this . . . because the freshness of voice coexists with so much wisdom. This book takes about ninety minutes to read, and it will stretch your vision […]
Zealot : the Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
The New York Times – Dale B. Martin A real strength of the book is that it provides an introduction to first-century Palestine, including economics, politics and religion. Mr. Aslan uses previous scholarship to describe the precarious existence of Jewish peasants and the lower classes, and how the Romans and the Jewish upper class exploited […]
Rose Harbor In Bloom : a Novel
Kirkus Reviews Jo Marie Rose continues to harbor struggling guests in her Cedar Cove inn while she works through her own grief. After learning of her husband's death in Afghanistan, Jo Marie bought a B&B in Cedar Cove and christened it The Inn at Rose Harbor. Settling into the charming community, becoming a first-class baker, […]