Enjoy these new arrivals on the beach or in air-conditioned comfort.Fiction
Happy Marriage/ Rafael Yglesis.
A man reflects on his 30-year relationship with his wife while she is under hospice care. A poignant story of love and loss.
In the Shadow of Gotham / Stefanie Pintoff.
A detective from Westchester investigates the death of a Columbia graduate student in turn-of-the-century New York.
The Magicians/ Lev Grossman.
A high school senior decides to become a wizard at a magical college in upstate New York. A grown-up book for fantasy lovers.
Shanghai Girls/ Jun Random.
When the Japanese invade China, two upper class sisters are sold as brides to a wealthy Chinese American family to pay off their father’s gambling debts.
Woodsburner/ John Pikin.
Three years before retreating to seclusion at Walden, Henry David Thoreau inadvertently burns down 300 acres of forest.
Non-Fiction
Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals/ Temple Grandin.
The author believes animals and humans share a core system of emotions & drives. Animals can lead of happier lives if humans learn to understand the forces behind these behaviors.
Go Down Together: The True Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde/ Jeff Guinn.
A fast moving account of this infamous duo flows like a novel and the truth will fascinate you.
Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan/ Doug Stanton.
A group of special forces soldiers ride to war on horses against the Taliban.
Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir/ Christopher Buckley.
Buckley became an orphan at middle age when his parents died less than a year apart. The author reminisces with wit, warmth and a little pain.
World War II Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West/ Laurence Rees. Unpleasant surprises are exposed as the author weighs the immoral concession western leaders made with Stalin.
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