Summer Reading Week 2

The Masked Truth By Armstrong, Kelley 2015-10 - Doubleday Canada 9780385684750 Check Our Catalog Riley Vasquez is haunted by the brutal murder of the couple she was babysitting for. Max Cross is suffering under the shadow of a life-altering diagnosis he doesn't dare reveal. The last thing either of them wants is to spend a weekend away at a therapy camp alongside five other teens with "issues." But that's exactly where they are when three masked men burst in to take the …More

The Guilty By Baldacci, David 2015-11 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455586424 Check Our Catalog Will Robie is the government's most professional, disciplined, and lethal assassin. He infiltrates the most hostile countries in the world, defeats our enemies' advanced security measures, and eliminates threats before they ever reach our shores. But now, his skills have left him. Sent overseas on a critical assignment, he fails, unable to pull the trigger. Absent his talents, Robie is …More

Smart Women By Blume, Judy 2002-09 - Thomas T. Beeler Publisher 9781574904352 Check Our Catalog This tender and hilarious story of a divorced woman, who falls in love with her best friend's ex-husband, is told from the point of view of both the adults and the adolescents, making for a deeply engaging read that crosses generations. …More

How to Stress Less: Simple Ways to Stop Worrying and Take Control of Your Future By Bonetti, Benjamin 2014-09 - Capstone PR 9780857084682 Check Our Catalog Say goodbye to stress for good It's a fact - stress kills Yet, so many of us find ourselves stressed out, day to day. However, if you are feeling anxious, find it hard to relax or perhaps struggle to get rid of that constant mental ache, let celebrated life-coach and mentor Benjamin Bonetti show you how to chill. In his latest title, "How To Stress Less," Benjamin shows you how to combat …More

Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World By Borba, Michele 2016-06 - Touchstone Books 9781501110030 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Lots of strategies for helping children relate to others in an empathetic way...countering cultural trend of narcissim. …More

The Here and Now By Brashares, Ann 2014-04 - Delacorte Press 9780385736800 Check Our Catalog Sixteen-year-old Prenna, an immigrant who moved to New York when she was twelve, came from another time and she and the other travelers must follow strict rules to avoid destroying the new life they have worked so hard to get, as well as the one person Prenna is desperate to protect. HPL patron: An amazing book! I love how it uses dates from a few years back and dates …More

The Restaurant Manager's Handbook: How to Set Up, Operate, and Manage a Financially Successful Food Service Operation [With CDROM] By Brown, Douglas R. 2007-11 - Atlantic Publishing Company (FL) 9780910627979 Check Our Catalog Awards: Axiom Business Book Awards (2008), Benjamin Franklin Award (2008) Now in its fourth completely revised edition, this bestseller has nine new chapters detailing restaurant layout, equipment, principles for creating a safer work environment, and effective techniques to interview, hire, train, and manage employees. The companion CD-ROM contains all the forms demonstrated in the book for easy use in a PDF format. …More

American Flagg!: Volume 1 By Chaykin, Howard V. Illustrator Chaykin, Howard V. Illustrator Bruzenak, Ken 2008-12 - Image Comics 9781582404189 Check Our Catalog In 2031, chaos is the new world order. Worldwide nuclear and chemical conflict, environmental disasters and nationalism have driven the United States government -- and the corporations that own it -- to the relative safety of the planet Mars. The government and its parent companies, now renamed the PLEX, run things in absentia from the red planet. The only real law on Earth is enforced by the …More

American Flagg! Volume 2 By Chaykin, Howard V. Author Burchett, Rick Author Broderick, Pat 2009-03 - Image Comics 9781582404196 Check Our Catalog AMERICAN FLAGG! - created, written, and illustrated by Howard Chaykin and winner of numerous awards and honors, including nine Eagle Awards - is now available as a trade paperback collecting the series' second seven issues! Collects American Flagg! issues #8-14. …More

Devonshire Scream By Childs, Laura 2016-03 - Berkley Books 9780425281666 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Fun romp through Savanah with fun characters. …More

Patience By Clowes, Daniel 2016-03 - Fantagraphics Books 9781606999059 Check Our Catalog Patience is a psychedelic science-fiction love story, veering with uncanny precision from violent destruction to deeply personal tenderness in a way that is both quintessentially Clowesian and utterly unique in the author's body of work. This 180-page, full-color original graphic novel affords Clowes the opportunity to draw some of the most exuberant and breathtaking pages of his life, and to tell …More

The Art of War By Coonts, Stephen 2016-02 - St. Martin's Press 9781250041999 Check Our Catalog The Chinese dragon is flexing its muscles. As its military begins to prey on neighbors in the South China Sea, attacking fishing vessels and scheming to seize natural resources, the US goes on high alert. But a far more ominous danger lurks closer to home: a Chinese sleeper cell has planted a nuclear weapon in the harbor at Norfolk, Virginia, the biggest naval base on the planet. The target: a …More

Invisibility By Cremer, Andrea R. Author Levithan, David 2013-05 - Philomel Books 9780399257605 Check Our Catalog A magical romance between a boy cursed with invisibility and the one girl who can see him is chronicled in this first collaboration by "New York Times"-bestselling authors Cremer ("Nightshade") and Levithan ("Will Grayson, Will Grayson" with John Green). …More

Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II By Croke, Vicki 2014-07 - Random House 9781400069330 Check Our Catalog "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER A "NEW YORK TIMES" NOTABLE BOOK The remarkable story of James Howard Billy Williams, whose uncanny rapport with the world's largest land animals transformed him from a carefree young man into the charismatic war hero known as Elephant Bill Billy Williams came to colonial Burma in 1920, fresh from service in World War I, to a job as a forest man …More

Risky Undertaking: A Buryin Barry Mystery By de Castrique, Mark 2014-11 - Poisoned Pen Press 9781464203060 Check Our Catalog When Cherokee burial remains are unearthed on the site expanding a local cemetery, the dual occupations of Barry Clayton, part-time deputy and full-time undertaker, collide. Then, during the interment of the wife of one of Gainesboro, North Carolina's most prominent citizens, Cherokee activist Jimmy Panther leads a protest. Words and - fists fly. When Panther turns up executed on the grave of the …More

Ultimate Cross Stitch Projects: Colorful and Inspiring Designs from Maria Diaz By Diaz, Maria 2013-09 - Design Originals 9781574214444 Check Our Catalog This gorgeous sourcebook of cross stitch projects offers some of the most dazzling, beautiful and treasured designs from uniquely talented needlecraft designer Maria Diaz. Maria's designs and projects are perfect for creating handmade gifts for family and friends. With clear step-by-step instructions and stunning photographs, each project will provide hours and hours of creative enjoyment for both …More

Before We Visit the Goddess By Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee 2016-04 - Simon & Schuster 9781476792002 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Interesting slice of life from India through many generations. …More

Fagin the Jew By Eisner, Will Foreword by Bendis, Brian Michael 2013-08 - Dark Horse Comics 9781616551261 Check Our Catalog From his early newspaper comics to the sophisticated graphic novels he produces today, Will Eisner has been a pioneering force in comics for more than sixty years. Ron Goulart, writing in "Book World, declared, "A shrewd, thoughtful man, Eisner has always had a knack for deftly combining dialogue and images to tell his story," and fellow graphic novelist Alan Moore simply said, "Eisner is the …More

Deception on His Mind By George, Elizabeth 1997-06 - Bantam Books 0553102346 Check Our Catalog Balford-le-Nez is a dying seatown on the coast of Essex. But when a member of the town's small but growing Asian community is found dead near its beach, the sleepy town ignites. Intrigued by the involvement of her London neighbor - Taymullah Azhar - in what appears to be a racial conflagration, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers arranges to have herself assigned to the investigation. But this is …More

The Little Paris Bookshop By George, Nina 2015-06 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780553418774 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Magical and sad yet the funny parts lift it up. For Perdu to have lost Manon-at the beginning you think he's a much older man. Then on his travel and discovery, everything changes and you see him as he really is. Lovely story. HPL patron: What's not to like--books, food, France. An "Eat Pray Love" from a male point of …More

The Best of Kooler Design Studio By Gillum, Linda Author Baatz Hillman, Barbara Author Orton, Sandy 2011-09 - Leisure Arts 9781609003555 Check Our Catalog Over the years, Donna Kooler and her staff at Kooler Design Studio have created a classic body of work for the needlework field. 'The Best of Kooler Design Studio' is a compilation of the very best cross stitch designs from four essential staff designers: Linda Gillum, Barbara Baatz Hillman, Sandy Orton and Nancy Rossi. …More

Good Nights: The Happy Parents' Guide to the Family Bed (and a Peaceful Night's Sleep!) By Gordon, Jay Author Goodavage, Maria 2000-09 - St. Martins Press-3pl 9780312275181 Check Our Catalog Your baby sleeps in your bed, and you love it. Except for those nagging worries about safety. ("She's so small, I'm so big!") And what your relatives are saying. ("She'll never leave your bed!") And that little foot that always ends up on your face. Worry no more! "Good Nights" puts your concerns about the family bed to rest, with fun and easy-to-use guidance on safety, coping with …More

John Adams: Party of One By Grant, James 2006-02 - Farrar Straus Giroux 9780374530235 Check Our Catalog An acute examination of a paradoxical U.S. president. John Adams was an undiplomatic diplomat and an impolitic politician--a fierce revolutionary yet a detached and reluctant leader of the nation he helped to found. Few American public figures have ever been more devoted to doing the right thing, or more contemptuous of doing the merely popular thing. Yet his Yankee-bred fixation with …More

How the World Was: A California Childhood By Guibert, Emmanuel Translator Pulver, Kathryn M. 2014-07 - First Second 9781596436640 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: This is like the prelude to "Alan's War" (also by Guibert-both about Alan Cope.) It's a little slow but the illustrations are very well drawn. Best if read with "Alan's War." …More