Adult Summer Reading - Week 10 - Thursday

Talent Is Never Enough: Discover the Choices That Will Take You Beyond Your Talent By Maxwell, John C. 2007-04 - Nelson Business 9780785214038 Check Our Catalog Leadership expert Dr. Maxwell knows that people are never successful by talent alone, and in this book he outlines the 13 crucial things they can do to maximize their natural talents and become a "Talent-plus" person. HPL patron: Good book with lots of suggestions to improve your talents and find your strengths. …More

Hamilton: The Revolution By Miranda, Lin-Manuel Author Seller, Jeffrey Author McCarter, Jeremy 2016-04 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455539741 Check Our Catalog Awards: George Washington Book Prize (2015) HPL patron: Very interesting! Anyone who is a fan of the show would love this. Goes through the creative process behind the show. Good for anyone who is a fan of Broadway in general. …More

Truly Madly Guilty By Moriarty, Liane 2016-07 - Flatiron Books 9781250069795 Check Our Catalog Here's the best news you've heard all year: Not a single page disappoints....The only difficulty with "Truly Madly Guilty"? Putting it down." "Miami Herald" Captivating, suspenseful tantalizing. "People Magazine" The new novel from Liane Moriarty, the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies, "and" What Alice Forgot," about how sometimes …More

The Midwifes Dilemma By Parr, Delia 2016-07 - Thorndike Press 9781410490322 Check Our Catalog Delia Parr's Delightful Midwife Series Concludes Midwife Martha Cade has decided. When he returns in February, she is going to marry Mayor Thomas Dillon. That is the only decision in life in which she feels confident these days. Everything else around her feels like it's changing too fast, from her daughter's obvious affection for the town's young doctor to Martha realizing she's ready …More

The Games By Patterson, James Author Sullivan, Mark 2016-06 - Little Brown and Company 9780316407113 Check Our Catalog Rio has spent years preparing to host the world during the Olympic games--but they didn't prepare for this... Rio de Janeiro, Brazil--home to beautiful white-sand beaches, gorgeous women, stunning natural beauty, and the world's largest Carnival celebration--knows how to throw a party. So it's a natural choice to host the biggest spectacles in …More

Gone By Patterson, James Author Ledwidge, Michael 2014-04 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455515844 Check Our Catalog A crime lord has declared war on America. Only Detective Michael Bennett knows why. Manuel Perrine doesn't fear anyone or anything. A charismatic and ruthless leader, Perrine slaughters rivals as effortlessly as he wears his trademark white linen suit. Detective Michael Bennett once managed to put Perrine behind bars, the only official in the US ever to accomplish that. But now Perrine is out, and …More

A Treasure Concealed By Peterson, Tracie 2016-03 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764213342 Check Our Catalog Bestselling Author Tracie Peterson Launches Exciting New Series Set in 1890s Montana Emily Carver wants a home where she can put down roots instead of following her gold-hungry father from one mining camp to another. She also longs for tenderness and love, both of which are missing in her life. Yet when she realizes she's losing her heart to the intriguing new man in …More

Dangerous By Quick, Amanda 1996-03 - Bantam 9780553293173 Check Our Catalog From a magnificent ballroom ablaze with lights to an imposing country house steeped in shadows comes a breathtaking tale of an impetuous miss--and a passion that leads to peril... At five and twenty, Prudence Merryweather knew very well tht risks a woman took by visiting a gentleman in the dead of night. But bearding the notorious Earl of Angelstone in his den was the only way to stop …More

Don't Look Back By Quick, Amanda 2003-04 - Bantam 9780553583397 Check Our Catalog In this most entrancing tale of mystery and romance by the "New York Times bestselling author AMANDA QUICK, lovers and partners-in-crime investigators Lavinia Lake and Tobias March continue their exciting newfound relationship, with its delicious mix of risky business, rising passion, and now--murder. As if a head for business and a nose for trouble aren't enough to distinguish …More

I Thee Wed By Quick, Amanda 2000-01 - Bantam Books 9780553574104 Check Our Catalog It isn't easy making a living as a lady's companion when one possesses a sharp tongue and an original mind. That's why Emma Greyson has gone through three such positions in six months. Her current post at a tiresome country house party has her bored to tears -- until an extraordinary encounter with the legendary Edison Stokes leads to a secret position as his assistant. Stokes is on a peculiar …More

Now and Again By Rogan, Charlotte 2016-04 - Little Brown and Company 9780316380935 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Not well written. Feels like reading a novel written by a 7th or 8th grade student. Not even basic beginning-middle-end-no plot to speak of. I wonder how novel/book got so far. …More

The Stages By Satterlee, Thom 2015-10 - Crooked Lane Books 9781629534190 Check Our Catalog He trusts everyone, when he shouldn't trust anyone. How does a man with Asperger's Syndrome step out of his office, leave behind the safety of his desk and books, and embrace the world he's always kept at arm's length? All his life, Daniel has hidden behind his reputation as one of the world's best translators of the iconic philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. When …More

Ordeal By Shute, Nevil 2000-11 - Amereon Limited 9780848820305 Check Our Catalog Nevil Shute wrote this prophetic novel just before the start of the Second World War. In it he imagines the devastation that results from an aerial bomb attack on Southampton that destroys the city's infrastructure and leaves the inhabitants at the mercy of cholera and further assaults. Against this dramatic backdrop, Shute grippingly chronicles the trials and tribulations of the Corbett family as …More

Pastoral By Shute, Nevil 1981-06 - Amereon Limited 9780884113225 Check Our Catalog Peter Marshall is captain of a crew of Wellington bombers. When he falls in love with Gervase, her rebuff nearly costs him his concentration and life. Their relationship blossoms when he has only five missions to go. As they tick by, tension mounts. …More

The Pied Piper By Shute, Nevil 1978-01 - Amereon Limited 9780884113232 Check Our Catalog During John Howard's holiday in France, the Nazis invade and he is forced to escape back to England with seven small children. The roads become impassable and Howard ends up leading this motley group of youngsters through the French countryside. …More

Family Linen By Smith, Lee 2014-02 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425270271 Check Our Catalog When Sybill Hess drives over to the hypnotist's office, she hopes he can cure her of the headaches interrupting her sleep the way her friend Betty once saw a woman on TV cure a woman's stammer. But what Dr. Diamond uncovers from Sybill's subconscious goes much deeper than her nervousness over a new tenant who seems to want a date. A shocking memory from Sybill's past threatens to upend everything …More

Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice By Sittenfeld, Curtis 2016-04 - Random House 9781400068326 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: I listened to the Playaway-this is a fun, modernized, retelling of Pride and Prejudice. While not the same quality as Austin's work, this was just fun to listen to. It was a quick listen. …More

The Apartment By Steel, Danielle 2016-05 - Delacorte Press 9780345531070 Check Our Catalog "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER This vibrant, tender, and moving tale pulses with the excitement of New York City, as Danielle Steel explores twists of fate, and the way that sometimes, in special places, friends can be the family we need most. They come together by chance in the heart of New York City, four young women at turning points in their lives. Claire Kelly finds the walk-up …More

Radio Girls By Stratford, Sarah-Jane 2016-06 - New American Library 9780451475565 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Excellent thought provoking historical fiction! Probably the best book I've read all summer. …More

House of Mystery Vol. 2: Love Stories for Dead People By Sturges, Matt Author Willingham, Bill Author Sturges, Matthew 2009-06 - Vertigo 9781401222765 Check Our Catalog Matthew Sturges, writer of the Eisner-nominated JACK OF FABLES, and his JACK co-writer Bill Willingham, the creator of FABLES, proudly unlock the doors to the HOUSE OF MYSTERY, a new graphic novel series that reinvents the classic DC Comics concept. It focuses on five characters trapped in a supernatural bar, trying to solve the mystery of how and why they're imprisoned there. Each one has a …More

House of Mystery, Volume 5: Under New Management By Sturges, Matthew Illustrator Various 2011-01 - Vertigo 9781401229818 Check Our Catalog "Originally published in single magazine form as House of mystery 21-25"--T.p. verso. …More

Wife Extraordinaire By Swinson, Kiki 2011-02 - KS Publications 9780984529025 Check Our Catalog The new Wifey series...entitled "Wife Extraordinaire part 1" will take you in the lives of two women who will are just as cunning as Kira, Nikki & Rhonda from the first series. You will see more blood shed and lives will be turned upside down. Who will come out on top? …More

She Poured Out Her Heart By Thompson, Jean 2016-05 - Blue Rider Press 9780399573811 Check Our Catalog Tracing the complicated friendship of two very different women who meet in college, "She Poured Out Her Heart "is a novel of remarkable psychological suspense, crafted by National Book Award finalist Jean Thompson. The night that Jane and Bonnie meet on a college campus sets them on paths forever entwined. Bonnie, the wild and experimental one, always up for anything, has spent the …More

Vinegar Girl By Tyler, Anne 2016-06 - Hogarth 9780804141260 Check Our Catalog Pulitzer Prize winner and American master Anne Tyler brings us an inspired, witty and irresistible contemporary take on one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she's always in trouble at work her pre-school charges adore her, but …More

Henry VIII: The King and His Court By Weir, Alison 2002-10 - Ballantine Books 9780345437082 Check Our Catalog "WEIR'S BOOK OUTSHINES ALL PREVIOUS STUDIES OF HENRY. Beautifully written, exhaustive in its research, it is a gem. . . . She succeeds masterfully in making Henry and his six wives . . . come alive for the reader." "-Philadelphia Inquirer Henry VIII, renowned for his command of power and celebrated for his intellect, presided over one of the most magnificent-and …More