STAFF PICKS for May

STAFF PICKS for May

Samuel Adams: A Life By Stoll, Ira 2008-11 - Free Press 9780743299114 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Described in Thomas Jefferson's words as truly the Man of the Revolution, Samuel Adams is now paid his full due in this rousing biography that reveals him as the founding father overlooked by history. …More

War Like the ThunderBolt: The Battle and Burning of Atlanta By Bonds, Russell S. 2009-09 - Westholme Publishing 9781594161001 Check Our Catalog …More

The Listener By Nayman, Shira 2009-12 - Scribner Book Company 9780743292825 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Nayman's riveting and haunting first novel of madness and passion is set in apsychiatric hospital just after World War II. …More

Experimental Man: What One Man's Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World By Duncan, David Ewing 2009-02 - John Wiley & Sons 9780470176788 Check Our Catalog …More

The Complete Sherlock Holmes By Doyle, Arthur Conan 1960-04 - Doubleday Books 0385006896 Check Our Catalog Here, collected in one volume, are all four full-length novels and 56 short stories chronicling the colorful adventures of Sherlock Holmes--every word Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ever wrote about Baker Street's most famous resident. …More

Picture Perfect By Picoult, Jodi 2002-07 - Berkley Publishing Group 0425185508 Check Our Catalog Picoult's novels have been hailed as "engrossing" ("People") and "addictively readable" ("Entertainment Weekly"). Now, the author of "Salem Falls" and "Plain Truth" examines the fault lines of a troubled marriage in "Picture Perfect"--an "unfailingly intelligent . . . undeniably literary psychological drama"("Booklist"). …More

The Saturdays By Enright, Elizabeth Illustrator Enright, Elizabeth 2008-01 - Square Fish 9780312375980 Check Our Catalog The Melendys live with their father, who is a writer, and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper. Enjoyed by readers for more than 50 years, Enright's Melendy Quartet captures the lively adventures of a family as they move from the city to the country. Now this beloved series is back in new paperback editions. Illustrations. …More

The Four-Story Mistake By Enright, Elizabeth 2002-09 - Henry Holt & Company 9780805070613 Check Our Catalog Now published in new editions, these adventures follow the lively Melendy family as they move from the city to the country. The children--ages six through 13--live with their father, a writer, and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper, who takes on the many roles of nurse, cook, substitute mother, grandmother, and aunt. Illustrations. …More

Then There Were Five By Enright, Elizabeth 2002-09 - Henry Holt & Company 0805070621 Check Our Catalog The Melendys all live with their father, who is a writer, and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper. Enright's Melendy Quartet, which captures the lively adventures of a family as they move from the city to the country, is now available in new editions. Illustrations. …More

Footwork: The Story of Fred and Adele Astaire By Orgill, Roxane Illustrator Jorisch, Stephane 2007-09 - Candlewick Press (MA) 9780763621216 Check Our Catalog In this fascinating story of child stars who have hoofed their way to knockout success on Broadway and beyond, Orgill and Jorisch team up for a this picture-book biography of dance legend Fred Astaire and his older sister, Adele. Full color. …More

Mercury By Larson, Hope Illustrator Larson, Hope 2010-04 - Atheneum Books 9781416935858 Check Our Catalog In 1859 French Hill, Nova Scotia, Josey Fraser has just met handsome Asa Curry -- a man with a mysterious and traveled past. While quickly winning young Josey's heart, Asa reveals a secret ability to locate gold on the Frasers' farm. But there is darkness in the woods...and in Asa. In the same town one hundred fifty years later, Tara Fraser is dealing with the aftermath of her house burning down; a house that has been in her family -- and Josey's -- for generations, when Tara discovers a pendant that turns out to be much more than a simple heirloom. As Josey's story plunges into tragedy, Tara's emerges with the promise of gold. A compelling combination of history and romance, marked with Larson's signature touch of magical realism, "Mercury" is a remarkable depiction of two girls tied by blood and separated by time. …More

Chiggers By Larson, Hope 2008-06 - Aladdin Paperbacks 9781416935872 Check Our Catalog An acclaimed graphic novelist pens an awkward, funny, and genuine coming-of-age story about a girl who is torn between a new friendship with a girl at camp and the old friends who can't stand the girl. Young adult. …More

The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism By Marshall, Megan 2005-04 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) 0395389925 Check Our Catalog Massachusetts Book Award - 2006 Nonfiction Award A BookPage Notable Title Elizabeth, Mary, and Sophia Peabody were in many ways the "American Brontes." The story of these remarkable sisters--and their central role in shaping the thinking of their day--is told in Marshall's monumental biography. …More