Upcoming events at HPL

Computer Class-Internet/Email 11:00 am, Saturday, August 23 Computer Classes return to HPL! De'ondra Pentacost will teach computer classes this summer and fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. July 12-Basic July 19-Internet/Email July 26-Word August 2-Basic August 23-Internet/Email September 6-Word September 13-Basic September 20-Internet/Email September 27-Word Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to reserve your spot. Registration is required.

Computer Class-Internet/Email 12:15 pm, Saturday, August 23 Computer Classes return to HPL! De'ondra Pentacost will teach computer classes this summer and fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. July 12-Basic July 19-Internet/Email July 26-Word August 2-Basic August 23-Internet/Email September 6-Word September 13-Basic September 20-Internet/Email September 27-Word Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to reserve your spot. Registration is required.

Computer Class-Word 11:00 am, Saturday, September 6 Computer Classes return to HPL! De'ondra Pentacost will teach computer classes this summer and fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. July 12-Basic July 19-Internet/Email July 26-Word August 2-Basic August 23-Internet/Email September 6-Word September 13-Basic September 20-Internet/Email September 27-Word Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to reserve your spot. Registration is required.

Computer Class-Word 12:15 pm, Saturday, September 6 Computer Classes return to HPL! De'ondra Pentacost will teach computer classes this summer and fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. July 12-Basic July 19-Internet/Email July 26-Word August 2-Basic August 23-Internet/Email September 6-Word September 13-Basic September 20-Internet/Email September 27-Word Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to reserve your spot. Registration is required.

New Books at HPL

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for 2014.  To see new books from other years try: 2013 , 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

Born of Fury By Kenyon, Sherrilyn 2014-07 - St. Martin's Press 9781250042965 Check Our Catalog HPL patron:  One of her adult series about Dancer and Hawk and his new guest or deception?  I loved the parts when the argued with Darice.  Hated the boring part. …More

Doctor Sleep By King, Stephen 2013-09 - Scribner Book Company 9781476727653 Check Our Catalog Awards: Bram Stoker Awards (2013) Stephen King returns to the character and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, "The Shining," in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance and the very special twelve-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals. …More

The Family of Jesus By Kingsbury, Karen 2014-07 - Howard Books 9781476707372 Check Our Catalog America's favorite inspirational novelist offers a fictional view of six of the family members of Jesus, all anchored by Scriptural truth, creating a life-changing and unprecedented emotional connection to the Bible. Through "The Family of Jesus," readers will develop an emotional connection to the family members of Jesus, learning about their lives and falling in love …More

Fifteen Minutes By Kingsbury, Karen 2013-10 - Howard Books 9781451647051 Check Our Catalog From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes a dramatic story about fame, true love, and the cost of having it all. …More

The City By Koontz, Dean R. 2014-07 - Bantam 9780345545930 Check Our Catalog "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER Dean Koontz is at the peak of his acclaimed powers with this major new novel. A young boy, a musical prodigy, discovering life's wonders--and mortal dangers. His best friend, also a gifted musician, who will share his journey into destiny. His remarkable family, tested by the extremes of evil and bound by the …More

Tamarack County By Krueger, William Kent 2013-08 - Atria Books 9781451645750 Check Our Catalog Awards: Minnesota Book Award (2014), Northeastern Minnesota Book Award (2013) Like many men and women who've worn a badge for a good part of their lives, Corcoran Liam O'Connor was cursed. Twice cursed, in reality. Cursed with memory and cursed with imagination. …More

On Such a Full Sea By Lee, Chang-Rae 2014-01 - Riverhead Books 9781594486104 Check Our Catalog From the beloved award-winning author of "Native Speaker "and "The Surrendered," a highly provocative, deeply affecting story of one woman's legendary quest in a shocking, future America. …More

Dissident Gardens By Lethem, Jonathan 2013-09 - Doubleday Books 9780385534932 Check Our Catalog A dysfunctional family embodies a dysfunctional epoch, as the novelist continues his ambitious journey through decades, generations and the boroughs of New York. …More

Child of Mine By Lewis, David Author Lewis, Beverly 2014-06 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764212543 Check Our Catalog From Bestselling Authors David & Beverly Lewis Flight instructor Jack Livingston has been raising his eight-year-old adopted niece, Natalie, since the accident that took her parents' lives. When he travels, Natalie is tenderly cared for by her Amish nanny, Laura Mast, who loves the little girl as her own. Eight excruciating years ago, Kelly Maines's baby …More

On a Clear Day: StarlightPromise Me Forever By Macomber, Debbie 2014-05 - Mira Books 9780778316244 Check Our Catalog www.DebbieMacomber.com STARLIGHT A Man's Future Rand Prescott believes that his chances for happiness are limited because he's going blind. But when he meets Karen McAlister one magical starlit night, he begins to imagine a different future--one filled with love. Karen already knows she wants to be with him for the rest of her life. But Rand refuses to …More

Before We Kiss By Mallery, Susan 2014-05 - Harlequin 9780373778812 Check Our Catalog New York Times bestselling sensation Susan Mallery returns to Fool's Gold, California, where it's true that sometimes you have to kiss a few frogs... Former pro-football kicker Sam Ridge has notoriously bad luck with women--from cheaters to fame chasers. Still, the gorgeous brunette at the bar in Fool's Gold looks harmless--until she takes him home and he discovers a room devoted to …More

Dream Wedding By Mallery, Susan 2013-11 - Harlequin 9780373778416 Check Our Catalog New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery brings her trademark wit and sparkle to these two classic tales of dreams come true... Dream Bride According to family legend, Chloe Wright is destined to dream of her future groom on her twenty-fifth birthday. Chloe doesn't believe in fate, so she's shocked to find her path crossing with a handsome stranger. Arizona …More

Until We Touch By Mallery, Susan 2014-06 - Harlequin 9780373778935 Check Our Catalog From New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery comes the story of secret desires finally fulfilled... After a family tragedy, former football hero Jack McGarry keeps the world at arm's length--a challenge now that his PR firm has moved to neighborly Fool's Gold, California. Larissa Owens knows where she stands--Jack sees her as just another one of the guys. No …More

When We Met By Mallery, Susan 2014-04 - Harlequin 9780373778652 Check Our Catalog Angel Whittaker earned his scars the hard way, but the scars that can't be seen are the ones that haunt him the most. Since he moved to Fool's Gold, California, he's cobbled together a life for himself as a bodyguard trainer. If he's not exactly happy, at least his heart is safe. Working with pro-football superstars taught tough-talking PR woman Taryn Crawford one thing--she can go toe to toe with …More

Owen's Daughter By Mapson, Jo-Ann 2014-07 - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 9781620401477 Check Our Catalog Skye Elliot is given a choice after her car accident--jail or rehab--and her ex-husband, a bull rider who introduced her to the party scene, gets custody of their four-year-old daughter Gracie. It takes Skye eight months to get clean, but the day she is released, she has one plan: to be a good mother--better, at least, than Skye's own selfish mother and absent dad. Owen Garret hasn't …More

Bertie Plays the Blues: A 44 Scotland Street Novel (7) By McCall Smith, Alexander 2013-10 - Anchor Books 9780307948496 Check Our Catalog 44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 7 The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring seven-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy--just ask his mother. …More

Northanger Abbey By McDermid, Val 2014-04 - Grove Press 9780802123015 Check Our Catalog In this modern retelling of Austen's classic, bookish minister's daughter Cat Morland joins her well-to-do friends in Edinburgh and falls for an up-and-coming lawyer who may harbor unsettling secrets. …More

The Last Kind Words Saloon By McMurtry, Larry 2014-05 - Liveright Publishing Corporation 9780871407863 Check Our Catalog The triumphant return of Larry McMurtry with this ballad in prose: his heartfelt tribute to a bygone era of the American West. …More

The Bridegroom By Miller, Linda Lael 2009-07 - Harlequin Books 9780373773886 Check Our Catalog New York Times-bestselling author Miller returns to the Arizona frontier in this latest Stone Creek novel--a tale of passion, adventure, and dangerous promises. Original. …More

The Arsonist By Miller, Sue 2014-06 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307594792 Check Our Catalog From the best-selling author of "While I Was Gone" and "The Senator's Wife," a superb new novel about a family and a community tested when an arsonist begins setting fire to the homes of the summer people in a small New England town. Troubled by the feeling that she belongs nowhere after working in East Africa for fifteen years, Frankie Rowley has come home--home …More

The Girl You Left Behind By Moyes, Jojo 2013-08 - Pamela Dorman Books 9780670026616 Check Our Catalog From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Me Before You," a spellbinding love story of two women separated by a century but united in their determination to fight for what they love most. …More

One Plus One By Moyes, Jojo 2014-07 - Pamela Dorman Books 9780525426585 Check Our Catalog One single mom. One chaotic family. One quirky stranger. One irresistible love story from the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Me Before You" American audiences have fallen in love with Jojo Moyes. Ever since she debuted Stateside she has captivated readers and reviewers alike, and hit the "New York Times" bestseller list with the word-of-mouth …More

The Night Searchers By Muller, Marcia 2014-07 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455527939 Check Our Catalog When new clients Jay and Camilla Givens come to Sharon McCone with Camilla's stories of devil worshippers performing human sacrifices in San Francisco, the detective is skeptical, to say the least. However, when she discovers that Jay is involved with the treasure hunting group The Night Searchers, she starts looking into what exactly he and the other participants are up to after dark. As she …More

Carthage By Oates, Joyce Carol 2014-01 - Ecco Press 9780062208125 Check Our Catalog A young girl's disappearance rocks a community and a family in this stirring examination of grief, faith, justice, and the atrocities of war from Joyce Carol Oates, "one of the great artistic forces of our time" (The Nation). HPL patron:  What if you believe your 15 year old daughter's been murdered …More

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The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World By Cox, Trevor 2014-02 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393239799 Check Our Catalog A tour of the world's most amazing acoustic phenomena that reveals how sound works in everyday life. …More

How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking By Ellenberg, Jordan 2014-06 - Penguin Press 9781594205224 Check Our Catalog The "Freakonomics "of math--a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In "How Not to Be Wrong," Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly limiting this view is: Math isn't confined to …More

The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery By Kean, Sam 2014-05 - Little Brown and Company 9780316182348 Check Our Catalog Early studies of the functions of the human brain used a simple method: wait for misfortune to strike-strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, lobotomies, horrendous accidents-and see how the victim coped. In many cases survival was miraculous, and observers could only marvel at the transformations that took place afterward, altering victims' personalities. An injury to one section can leave a …More

Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World By Miodownik, Mark 2014-05 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) 9780544236042 Check Our Catalog A "New York Times" BestsellerAn eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? Why does any material look and behave the way it does? These are the sorts of questions that Mark Miodownik is constantly asking himself. A …More

War of the Whales: A True Story By Horwitz, Joshua 2014-07 - Simon & Schuster 9781451645019 Check Our Catalog Two men face off against an all-powerful navy--and the fate of the ocean's most majestic creatures hangs in the balance. "A gripping, brilliantly told tale of the secret and deadly struggle between American national security and the kings of the oceans." --Bob Woodward "War of the Whales" is the gripping tale of a crusading attorney who stumbles on one of the …More

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History By Kolbert, Elizabeth 2014-02 - Henry Holt & Company 9780805092998 Check Our Catalog A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes. …More

Staff Picks

A Creature of Moonlight By Hahn, Rebecca 2014-05 - Harcourt Brace and Company 9780544109353 Check Our Catalog A stunning fantasy debut that introduces MarniNa half human, half dragon princess living in exile. OHahn captures that elusive sense of an experience just out of reach-a memory, a dream, a voice in the woods, a road not taken.ONFranny Billingsley, National Book Award finalist for "Chime." …More

For All Time By Deveraux, Jude 2014-07 - Ballantine Books 9780345541826 Check Our Catalog "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER Jude Deveraux returns to the magnificent, sunny island in "For All Time, " the second novel in her Nantucket Brides trilogy--this time featuring the next generation of her beloved family of Montgomery-Taggerts. The wedding of Alix Madsen and Jared Montgomery is a glorious affair at an elegant little chapel in the woods, followed …More

A Snicker of Magic By Lloyd, Natalie 2014-02 - Scholastic Press 9780545552707 Check Our Catalog The Pickles are new to Midnight Gulch, Tennessee, a town which legend says was once magic--but Felicity is convinced the magic is still there, and with the help of her new friend Jonah the Beedle she hopes to bring the magic back. …More

Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back By Burpo, Todd With Vincent, Lynn 2014-03 - Thomas Nelson Publishers 9780849922077 Check Our Catalog "This story has incredible intrigue and emotional power." --Randall Wallace, Director "Heaven Is for Real, We Were Soldiers, and Secretariat" "Do you remember the hospital, Colton?" Sonja said."Yes, mommy, I remember," he said. "That's where the angels sang to me." When four-year-old Colton Burpo made it through an …More

The Good Father By Hawley, Noah 2012-03 - Doubleday Books 9780385535533 Check Our Catalog First-time author Hawley delivers an intense, psychological novel about one doctor's suspense-filled quest to unlock the mind of a suspected political assassin: his 20-year old son. Told alternately from the point of view of the guilt-ridden, determined father and his meandering, ruminative son, "The Good Father" is a powerfully emotional page-turner that keeps one guessing until …More

The Book of Life By Harkness, Deborah 2014-07 - Viking Books 9780670025596 Check Our Catalog The highly anticipated finale to the #1 "New York Times" bestselling trilogy that began with "A Discovery of Witches" After traveling through time in "Shadow of Night," the second book in Deborah Harkness's enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At …More