Summer Reading-Week 2

1st to Die By Patterson, James 2001-03 - Little Brown and Company 9780316666008 Check Our Catalog A sizzling new thriller series by master suspense novelist Patterson features four career women--the Women's Murder Club--who track down a killer who's murdering newlyweds in San Francisco. NBC is scheduled to air a major two-part miniseries based on "1st To Die" during sweeps week in May 2001. HPL patron: An easy read that keeps you guessing what will happen next. 100% …More

Along Came a Spider By Patterson, James 2005-03 - Little Brown and Company 9780316693646 Check Our Catalog Gary Soneji is a mild-mannered mathematics teacher at a Washington, D.C., private school for the children of the political and social elite. He's so popular that the kids all call him "Mr Chips". And he's very, very smart. Growing up, he always knew he was smarter than the rest of them - he knew that the Great Ones always fooled everybody. He kidnaps Maggie Rose, the golden-haired daughter of a …More

Cross Justice By Patterson, James 2015-11 - Little Brown and Company 9780316407045 Check Our Catalog When his cousin is accused of a heinous crime, Alex Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown for the first time in over three decades. As he tries to prove his cousin's innocence in a town where everyone seems to be on the take, Cross unearths a family secret that forces him to question everything he's ever known. Chasing a ghost he believed was long dead, Cross gets pulled into a case that …More

Witch & Wizard By Patterson, James Author Charbonnet, Gabrielle 2010-10 - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 9780316038348 Check Our Catalog The instant #1 "New York Times"-bestselling novel about two teens battling the cruelest totalitarian regime imaginable--with magic. HPL patron: A brother, Whit, and a sister, Wisty, were imprisoned for being a witch and a wizard. They didn't know what was going on in the beginning, but by the end they were successfully using their powers to save others accused from "The …More

Eden in Winter By Patterson, Richard North 2014-07 - Quercus Books 9781623651473 Check Our Catalog Number one "New York Times" best-selling author Richard North Patterson, author of more than twenty novels, including "Degree of Guilt" and "Silent Witness," returns with the dramatic conclusion to the Blaine trilogy: "Eden in Winter, " the final volume that completes the story begun in "Fall from Grace" and "Loss of Innocence." Two months after the suspicious and much-publicized death …More

Celtic Cross Stitch Designs By Phillipson, Carol 2000-12 - Guild of Master Craftsman Publications 9781861081445 Check Our Catalog With more than 100 traditional Celtic themes plus projects for a series of attractive household items, this manual is an embroiderer's delight. Making this celebration of color, texture, and needlework easy to utilize are wonderfully helpful charts, technical advice, and photographs. Embroider a cushion with four knotwork variations; a "Stanwick Man," taken from a bronze horse-head mount found in …More

Wild Magic By Pierce, Tamora 2015-09 - Atheneum Books for Young Readers 9781481440226 Check Our Catalog Now available in these rack-sized editions, Pierce's acclaimed books set in the magical medieval world of Tortall give longtime fans and new converts a chance to discover a land of enchantment, legend, and adventure. HPL patron: A young girl, Daine, gets hired on with Onva to help tend the ponies along with her own pony, Cloud. Throughout the book Daine learns that even …More

Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off Cookbook: Recipes from America's Favorite Cooking Contest By Tlusty, Lois Photographer Swarbrick, Andy 2008-10 - John Wiley & Sons 9780470194423 Check Our Catalog "The newest $1 million Pillsbury Bake-Off(R) winner is..." With that dramatic announcement, another talented amateur cook earns a place of honor in America's most prestigious culinary competition. Now, with Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off(R)Cookbook, you can discover for yourself just what it takes to be a Bake-Off(R) champion. Inside, you'll find more than 400 Bake-Off(R) recipes that …More

Pillsbury Complete Cookbook: Recipes from America's Most Trusted Kitchens By Pillsbury 2006-04 - John Wiley & Sons 9780471753124 Check Our Catalog Here is the all-purpose cookbook you'll use again and again, filled with recipes you'll love from the name you know and trust-Pillsbury. Nearly 1,000 up-to-date recipes, all triple-tested in Pillsbury's famous kitchens More than 300 color photos of step-by-step techniques and finished dishes Cooking Basics chapter with key information on kitchen tools, ingredients, nutrition and more Wide range …More

Pillsbury Fast & Healthy Cookbook: Delicious Family Meals in 30 Minutes or Less By Pillsbury 2009-03 - Wiley Publishing 9780470287446 Check Our Catalog In the latest addition to the Pillsbury home cook's library, Pillsbury: Fast and Healthy Cookbook presents 350 of the best recipes from Pillsbury's Fast and Healthy magazine and proves how simple and appealing healthy eating can be. Presented in the same style as the magazine, Pillsbury: Fast and Healthy Cookbook provides recipes (most 30 minutes or less to prepare!), informative sidebars, tips …More

Brimstone By Preston, Douglas Author Child, Lincoln Read by Brick, Scott 2011-12 - Hachette Audio 9781611139389 Check Our Catalog Art critic Jeremy Grove is found dead, his face frozen in a mask of terror. His body temperature is grotesquely high; he is discovered in a room barricaded from the inside; the smell of brimstone is everywhere... and the unmistakable imprint of a claw is burned into the wall. As more bodies are discovered - their only connection the bizarre but identical manner of death - the world begins to …More

Hollow City By Riggs, Ransom 2014-01 - Quirk Books 9781594746123 Check Our Catalog Awards: Delaware Diamonds Award (2015) Having escaped Miss Peregrine's island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London (circa 1940), the "peculiar" capital of the world. …More

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War By Roach, Mary 2016-06 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393245448 Check Our Catalog Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries panic, exhaustion, heat, noise and introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer them. Mary Roach dodges hostile fire with the U.S. Marine Corps Paintball Team as part of a study on hearing loss and survivability in combat. She visits the fashion design studio of U.S. Army Natick Labs and learns why a …More

Beavers By Rue, Leonard Lee, III Author Rue III, Leonard Lee 2002-05 - Voyageur Press (MN) 9780896585485 Check Our Catalog 72 pages, 50 color photos, The book describes the beaver & adaptations, its works on dams, lodges, burrows, channels, and canals, and how they build and maintain them. The book also discusses how they breed, birth, and raise their young, as well as what beavers eat in the summer and fall, and what they prepare for winter. There is also a chapter on the relationship with humans and brief historical …More

Steelheart By Sanderson, Brandon 2013-09 - Delacorte Press 9780385743563 Check Our Catalog Awards: Beehive Awards (2016), Black-Eyed Susan Award (2016), Evergreen Young Adult Book Award (2016), Florida Teens Read (2016), Gateway Readers Award (2016), Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers (2015), Kentucky Bluegrass Award (2015), Louisiana Teen Readers' Choice (2016), Rhode Island Teen Book Award (2015), Sequoyah Book Awards (2016), South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (2016), Tayshas Reading (2014), Texas Lone Star Reading List (2015), Young Reader's Choice Award (2016) The author of the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling Mistborn trilogy begins a new series. At age eight, David watched as his father was killed by an Epic, a human with superhuman powers. Now, 10 years later, he joins the Reckoners, people who are trying to kill the Epics and end their tyranny. HPL patron: For fantasy lovers this is a great read. The characters are …More

Mother, Can You Not? By Siegel, Kate 2016-04 - Crown Archetype 9781101907047 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Hysterical! …More

Thicker Than Water: A British Police Procedural Set in 1970s By Spencer, Sally 2016-02 - Severn House Publishers 9780727885616 Check Our Catalog "DCI Monika Paniatowski investigates a case that could be the making or, more likely, breaking of her career " DCI Monika Paniatowski has only been back from maternity leave for three days when she is called in to investigate a nightmare of a case. Not only is the murder victim a mother of three small children, but her husband is a wealthy politician. Monika knows that if she can't …More

Red Cat By Spiegelman, Peter 2007-02 - Alfred A. Knopf 9780307263162 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title The third riveting installment in Spiegelman's thrilling series of novels features brooding New York City private investigator John March, who must defend his older brother from a woman--now a stalker--he met on the Internet. …More

Property of a Noblewoman By Steel, Danielle 2016-03 - Delacorte Press 9780345531063 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Typical Steel-but you might learn a bit about jewelry. …More

Seven Arrows By Storm, Hyemyohsts Author Storm, Hyemeyohsts 1985-05 - Ballantine Books 9780345329011 Check Our Catalog A heartbreaking story of victory, defeat, and of a spiritual search in a profane world, this is the story of Night Bear and his people. It is the tale of the land they cherish and the lives they hold sacred, lived until the enemy can no longer be stopped, and the dead have few left to weep for them. …More

Life By Sullivan, Leo 2006-01 - Triple Crown Publications 9780976234999 Check Our Catalog Hope Evans is an eccentric college student, born and raised in Miami's notorious Pork and Beans Projects. All her life, Hope has dreamed of becoming a lawyer and one day helping her people out of ghetto oppression. By some uncanny fate, Hope meets the handsome thug, Life, in the midst of his desperate attempts to elude a massive police manhunt. Their brief encounter leads to a liaison of lust and …More

Supernatural and Philosophy: Metaphysics and Monsters... for Idjits By Foresman, Galen Editor Irwin, William 2013-10 - Wiley-Blackwell 9781118615959 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Moral arguments surrounding the TV series Supernatural. What makes it right or wrong to kill monsters, and how do we define what a monster is. …More

Rare Objects By Tessaro, Kathleen 2016-04 - Harper 9780062357540 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Lovely writing-Boston Brahmins during the 30's and a wannabe antique store secretary. …More

The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific By Theroux, Paul 2006-12 - Mariner Books 9780618658985 Check Our Catalog In one of his most exotic and breathtaking journeys, the intrepid traveler Paul Theroux ventures to the South Pacific, exploring fifty-one islands by collapsible kayak. Beginning in New Zealand's rain forests and ultimately coming to shore thousands of miles away in Hawaii, Theroux paddles alone over isolated atolls, through dirty harbors and shark-filled waters, and along treacherous coastlines. …More