HPL Adult Summer Reading

The Shoemaker's Wife By Trigiani, Adriana 2012-04 - Harper 9780061257094 Check Our Catalog The beloved "New York Times"-bestselling author returns with the most epic and ambitious novel of her career--a breathtaking multigenerational love story that spans two continents, two World Wars and the quest of two star-crossed lovers to find each other again. Great story about Italian immigrants finding their way in America in the early 20th …More

The Templars' Last Secret: A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel By Walker, Martin 2017-06 - Knopf Publishing Group 9781101946800 Check Our Catalog Bruno, the beloved chief of police in the idyllic French town of St. Denis, is back This time a mysterious death brings ancient secrets to light, and it's up to our hero--and favorite gourmand--to connect the tangled threads of past and present When a woman's body is found at the foot of a cliff near St. Denis, Bruno suspects a connection to the great ruin that stands on the cliff …More

Old New York By Wharton, Edith 1995-03 - Scribner Book Company 9780020383147 Check Our Catalog From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Age of Innocence come four masterly short novels of New York during the 19th century, revealing with subtle irony the customs and tribal codes that ruled Society. …More

The Mouse That Roared By Wibberley, Leonard 2015-10 - Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 9781518719493 Check Our Catalog In Leonard Wibberley's classic political satire, a tiny backwards country decides the only way to survive a sudden economic downturn is to declare war on the United States and lose to get foreign aid - but things don't go according to plan. The Mouse That Roared was made into a successful feature film in 1959 starring Peter Sellers. PRAISE FOR THE BESTSELLING CLASSIC: "As funny as it is charming." …More

The Orphan Keeper By Wright, Camron Steve 2016-09 - Shadow Mountain 9781629722245 Check Our Catalog Based on a remarkable true story Seven-year-old Chellamuthu's life--and his destiny--is forever changed when he is kidnapped from his village in Southern India and sold to the Lincoln Home for Homeless Children. His family is desperate to find him, and Chellamuthu anxiously tells the Indian orphanage that he is not an orphan, he has a mother who loves him. But he is told not to …More

Camping and Wilderness Survival: The Ultimate Outdoors Book By Tawrell, Paul 2001-01 - Falcon Distribution 1896713009 Check Our Catalog Large-format 352-page encyclopedia of outdoor skills and other essential information for enjoying the outdoors. Covers hundreds of topics, including avoiding getting lost, first aid, clothing, what to take, weather, starting a fire without matches, using compasses and maps, and identifying edible plants. 3,600 illustrations …More