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A Personal Touch:  Debut Memoirs

H Is for Hawk By MacDonald, Helen 2015-03 - Grove Press 9780802123411 Check Our Catalog Awards: Costa Book Awards (2014), Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (2014) * "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER * Winner of the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize * Named the Costa Book of the Year * #1 bestseller in the UK When Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconerHelen had been captivated by hawks since childhoodshe'd never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators, the goshawk. But in …More

Recipes for a Beautiful Life: A Memoir in Stories By Barry, Rebecca 2015-04 - Simon & Schuster 9781416593362 Check Our Catalog "Sex and the Country "follows lovesick advice columnist Linda Hartley in this accessible literary novel set in upstate New York. …More

Girl in the Dark: A Memoir By Lyndsey, Anna 2015-03 - Doubleday Books 9780385539609 Check Our Catalog Haunting, lyrical, unforgettable, "Girl in the Dark" is a brave new memoir of a life without light. Anna Lyndsey was young and ambitious and worked hard; she had just bought an apartment; she was falling in love. Then what started as a mild intolerance to certain kinds of artificial light developed into a severe sensitivity to all light. Now, at the worst times, Anna is forced to spend …More

Smokejumper: A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters By Ramos, Jason A. Author Smith, Julian 2015-07 - William Morrow & Company 9780062319623 Check Our Catalog Enter a world of breathtaking danger and beauty: In this remarkable memoir, veteran smokejumper Jason Ramos offers a rare inside look at the lives of airborne firefighters, the select few who parachute into the most rugged and remote wild areas to battle nature's blazes. Forest and wildland fires are growing larger, more numerous, and deadlier every year as record drought conditions, decades …More

Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery By Marsh, Henry 2015-05 - Thomas Dunne Books 9781250065810 Check Our Catalog The Instant" New York Times" best seller Riveting. ... Marsh] gives us an extraordinarily intimate, compassionate and sometimes frightening understanding of his vocation. - "The New York Times" Shortlisted for both the "Guardian "First Book Prize and the Costa Book Award Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction A Finalist for the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize A …More

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir By Chast, Roz 2014-05 - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 9781608198061 Check Our Catalog Awards: Books for a Better Life (2015), Indies Choice Book Awards (2015), Kirkus Prize (2014), L.A. Times Book Prize (2014), National Book Awards (2014), National Book Critics Circle Award (2014), New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award (2014), New England Book Award (2014) An alphabet of things to avoid, "Do Not Want "showcases the fears, phobias, and anxieties that occupy the fertile imagination of Roz Chast. …More

Adult Summer Reading-What Muskegon is reading this Summer

Mammals of Michigan Field Guide By Tekiela, Stan 2005-06 - Adventure Publications(MN) 9781591931119 Check Our Catalog - Only state specific mammals--and all of them - great photos--full page and smaller insets showing morphs and juveniles - scan photos--often the only thing we are able to see of a mammal - tracks--both individually and in patterns - information on food, habitat, young, size and more - range information--just for your state State-specific range map Organized by family, then …More

Snakes of North America: Eastern and Central Regions By Tennant, Alan 2003-06 - Taylor Trade Publishing 9781589070035 Check Our Catalog This all-new edition of the popular field guide provides photographs and descriptions of all species and subspecies of snakes of Eastern and Central North America from Texas to Manitoba, to the Eastern seaboard of the continent. …More

Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 1 By Toriyama, Akira Illustrator Toriyama, Akira 2003-03 - Viz Media 9781569319307 Check Our Catalog "This book reads from right to left"--P. [4] of cover. HPL patron: Son Goku and Bulma search for dragon balls together in this crazed adventure. She's controlling and is only using Goku for his strength so whether they can make it or not strongly depends on how far they're willing to go. Join Goku and Bulma on their adventure and you won't be …More

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments By Wallace, David Foster 1998-02 - Back Bay Books 9780316925280 Check Our Catalog This exuberantly praised--and uproariously funny--first collection of nonfiction pieces by one of the most acclaimed and adventurous writers of our time--the author of "Infinite Jest"--"reconfirms Mr. Wallace's stature as one of his generation's preeminent talents" ("New York Times"). …More

Macbeth: A True Story By Watson, Fiona J. 2010-03 - Quercus Books 9781849161602 Check Our Catalog A respected historian of medieval Scotland releases the authentic historical Macbeth from a prison of literary and folkloric myth Thanks to Shakespeare, the name Macbeth has become a byword for political ambition realized by bloody violence. Fiona Watson has uncovered, buried beneath the layers of myth, a history that is entirely different from, but just as extraordinary as, that recounted by …More

You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke. Daniel Wolff with S.R. Crain, Cliff White and G. David Tenenbaum By Wolff, Daniel J. 2011-08 - Virgin Publishing 9780753540022 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: A story of hard work to get to the top of the music world. But a story of uncontrolled sex-unfaithful husband also-drugs also. Interesting but sad story. …More

Dogwood Hill By Woods, Sherryl 2014-12 - Mira Books 9780778318231 Check Our Catalog #1" New York Times" bestselling author Sherryl Woods tests the strength of the beloved O'Briens and proves that love and family can always triumph When former pro football quarterback Aidan Mitchell comes to Chesapeake Shores to take a high school coaching job, he's embraced by the town--especially the O'Briens. But Aidan has a secret that could alter all their lives. For wounded Liz …More

New Books

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for 2015 .  To see new books from other years try: 2014  2013 , 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty By Vida, Vendela 2015-06 - Ecco Press 9780062110916 Check Our Catalog From the acclaimed author of Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name and The Lovers comes a taut, spellbinding literary thriller that probes the essence and malleability of identity In vendela vida's mesmerizing novel of ideas, a woman travels to Casablanca, Morocco, on mysterious business. While checking into her hotel, the woman is robbed of her wallet and passport all of her money and …More

The Sunken Cathedral By Walbert, Kate 2015-06 - Scribner Book Company 9781476799322 Check Our Catalog From the National Book Award nominee and author of the acclaimed, "New York Times" bestselling "A Short History of Women," a deeply moving, "lyrical, ominous, and unexpectedly funny" (Tom Perrotta, author of "The Leftovers") novel that follows a cast of characters as they negotiate one of Manhattan's swiftly changing neighborhoods, extreme weather, and the unease of twenty-first-century life. …More

The Shadows: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood By Ward, J. R. 2015-03 - New American Library 9780451417077 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: A page turner with two unexpected twists. Made me cry. …More

Mateguas Island By Watkins, Linda 2014-05 - Linda Watkins 9780991055449 Check Our Catalog On a remote island off the coast of Maine, a troubled family is trying to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives and start over. But unbeknownst to them, the property they have inherited is steeped in ancient magic - magic that could seek to destroy and devour them. An arcane locked box, a strange and foreboding trail into the woods, a seductive young woman, and tales of a malevolent Indian …More

Second Life By Watson, S. J. 2015-06 - Harper 9780062060587 Check Our Catalog From the New York Times bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep, a sensational new psychological thriller about a woman with a secret identity that threatens to destroy her She loves.her husband. She's obsessed by a stranger. She's a.devoted mother. She's prepared to lose everything. She knows.what she's doing. She's out of control. She's innocent. She's guilty as …More

A Week at the Lake By Wax, Wendy 2015-06 - Berkley Books 9780425274477 Check Our Catalog From the "USA Today" bestselling author of "The House on Mermaid Point "comes a powerful novel about secrets, loyalty, and the bonds of true friendship . . . Twenty years ago, Emma Michaels, Mackenzie Hayes, and Serena Stockton bonded over their New York City dreams. Then, each summer, they solidified their friendship by spending one week at the lake together, solving their problems over …More

Atlanta Burns By Wendig, Chuck 2015-02 - Skyscape 9781477827109 Check Our Catalog You don t mess with Atlanta Burns. Everyone knows that. And that s kinda how she likes it until the day Atlanta is drawn into a battle against two groups of bullies and saves a pair of new, unexpected friends. But actions have consequences, and when another teen turns up dead by an apparent suicide Atlanta knows foul play is involved. And worse: she knows it s her fault. You go poking …More

The Sound of Glass By White, Karen 2015-05 - New American Library 9780451470898 Check Our Catalog The "New York Times "bestselling author of "A Long Time Gone" now explores a Southern family s buried history, which will change the life of the woman who unearths it, secret by shattering secret. It has been two years since the death of Merritt Heyward s husband, Cal, when she receives unexpected news Cal s family home in Beaufort, South Carolina, bequeathed by Cal s reclusive grandmother, …More

Hardline By Wild, Meredith 2014-06 - Waterhouse Press 9780990505600 Check Our Catalog Software mogul Blake Landon has met his match in headstrong Erica Hathaway. While his controlling nature and her independent spirit continue to battle, Blake has no intention of letting her out of his life again. Erica has given Blake her trust and her love, determined that they will conquer any challenges together. But when he demands more and tests the boundaries of her commitment, she is forced …More

The Cartel By Winslow, Don 2015-06 - Knopf Publishing Group 9781101874998 Check Our Catalog From the internationally best-selling author of the acclaimed novel "The Power of the Dog" comes "The Cartel, " a gripping, true-to-life, ripped-from-the-headlines epic story of power, corruption, revenge, and justice spanning the past decade of the Mexican-American drug wars. It s 2004. DEA agent Art Keller has been fighting the war on drugs for thirty years in a blood feud against Adan …More

Staff Picks

We like to read, and we like to share what we read! This is a list of recent favorites. STAFF PICKS

Falling in Love: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery By Leon, Donna 2015-04 - Atlantic Monthly Press 9780802123534 Check Our Catalog Donna Leon s "Death at La Fenice," the first novel in her beloved Commissario Guido Brunetti series, introduced readers to the glamorous and cutthroat world of opera and one of Italy s finest living sopranos, Flavia Petrellithen a suspect in the poisoning of a renowned German conductor. Years after Brunetti cleared her name, Flavia has returned to Venice and La Fenice to sing the lead in "Tosca." …More

Map: Collected and Last Poems By Szymborska, Wislawa Author Szymborska, Wisawa Translator Cavanagh, Clare 2015-04 - Houghton Mifflin 9780544126022 Check Our Catalog A new collected volume from the Nobel Prize winning poet that includes, for the first time in English, all of the poems from her last Polish collection One of Europe s greatest recent poets is also its wisest, wittiest, and most accessible. Nobel Prize winner Wislawa Szymborska draws us in with her unexpected, unassuming humor. Her elegant, precise poems pose questions we never thought to ask. …More

Almost Famous Women: Stories By Mayhew Bergman, Megan 2015-01 - Scribner Book Company 9781476786568 Check Our Catalog From the acclaimed author of "Birds of a Lesser Paradise," a dazzling new collection that explores the lives of unforgettable women in history. The fascinating characters in Megan Mayhew Bergman's new stories are defined by their creative impulses, fierce independence, and sometimes reckless decisions. In "The Siege at Whale Cay," cross-dressing Standard Oil heiress Joe Carstairs seduces …More

Maeve's Times: In Her Own Words By Binchy, Maeve 2014-10 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780385353458 Check Our Catalog Five decades of selected writings from the "Irish Times" by the beloved and best-selling author, filled with her hallmark humor, candor, and wisdom-a timeless gift to her legion of fans. Maeve Binchy once confessed: "As someone who fell off a chair not long ago trying to hear what they were saying at the next table in a restaurant, I suppose I am obsessively interested in what some might …More

Help Your Kids with Computer Coding By DK Publishing 2014-05 - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) 9781465419569 Check Our Catalog Take your kids from browsing to building the web with the latest in DK's award-winning Help Your Kids series: "Help Your Kids With Computer Coding." Computer programming is one of the fastest-growing industries and highest paid college degrees, and learning to code promotes a way of thinking helpful for every budding brain. Yet 9 out of 10 schools don't even offer computer science classes to …More

From Barcelona, with Love By Adler, Elizabeth 2011-06 - St. Martin's Press 9780312668358 Check Our Catalog The author of the bestselling "It All Began in Monte Carlo" returns with favorite characters Sunny Alvarez and Mac Reilly, who take readers from the Hollywood hills to the streets of Barcelona in this stunning beach read. HPL patron: Filled with Adler's trademark lush descriptions, twisty plots, and decadent luxery, 'Drom Barcelona, with love' will transport you. …More

Rough Country: A Virgil Flowers Novel By Sandford, John 2009-09 - Putnam Adult 9780399155987 Check Our Catalog Awards: Minnesota Book Award (2010) Rich with the brilliant plotting and compulsively readable prose that are Sanford's hallmarks, "Rough Country" is another immensely satisfying tale that features Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers. …More

Haunted Bowdoin College By Francis, David R. 2014-09 - History Press (SC) 9781626196100 Check Our Catalog Bowdoin College boasts two centuries in higher education, and that rich history is laden with curious tales and ghostly happenings. Eerie legends about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Joshua Chamberlain and other distinguished graduates are still whispered in the halls of their alma mater. A dungeon complete with skulls and skeletons hidden beneath Appleton Hall plays to society's …More

Second Life By Watson, S. J. 2015-06 - Harper 9780062060587 Check Our Catalog From the New York Times bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep, a sensational new psychological thriller about a woman with a secret identity that threatens to destroy her She loves.her husband. She's obsessed by a stranger. She's a.devoted mother. She's prepared to lose everything. She knows.what she's doing. She's out of control. She's innocent. She's guilty as …More

The Beginner's Goodbye By Tyler, Anne 2012-04 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307957276 Check Our Catalog A wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel about how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearances. A beautiful, subtle exploration of loss and recovery, pierced throughout with Tyler's humor. …More