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Sunday Reference Librarian Sara’s Pick

Prez. Volume 1, Corndog-in-chief / written by Mark Russel (2016 adult graphic novel, 365.43 Graphic Prez) Oregon teen Beth Ross has just been elected President of the United States of […]

Teen Librarian Marisa’s Pick

Blood, bullets, and bones : the story of forensic science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA / Bridget Heos (2016 teen non-fiction, 363.25 Heos) A history of modern forensic science from […]

Circulation Manager Patricia’s Pick

Gumption : relighting the torch of freedom with America’s gutsiest troublemakers / Nick Offerman (2015 non-fiction, 817 Offerman) The star of “Parks and Recreation” pays tribute to inspiring mischief makers, […]

Saturday Reference Librarian Christine’s Pick

The vacationers / Emma Straub (2014 fiction, F Straub) Celebrating their thirty-fifth anniversary and their daughter’s high-school graduation during a two-week vacation in Mallorca, Franny and Jim Post confront old […]

Sunday Reference Librarian Sara’s Pick

Orange is the new black : my year in a woman’s prison / Piper Kerman (2010 non-fiction, 365.43 Kerman) Traces the author’s 15-month incarceration at an infamous women’s correctional facility […]

Reference Librarian Patrice’s Pick

West of sunset : a novel / Stewart O’Nan (2015 historical fiction, F O’Nan) A tale inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s last years in Hollywood finds him reflecting on past […]

Circulation Manager Patricia’s Pick

Bitten by witch fever : wallpaper & arsenic in the Victorian home / Lucinda Hawksley (2016 fiction, 747.3 Hawksley) The shocking story of a deadly trend in Victorian wallpaper design, […]

Anonymous Reference Librarian’s Pick

Vinegar girl : The taming of the shrew retold / Anne Tyler (2016 fiction, F Tyler) A modern retelling of “The Taming of the Shrew” follows the experiences of a […]

Reference Librarian Cyndi’s Pick

The weight of blood : a novel / Laura McHugh (2014 fiction, F McHugh) Treated like an outsider by Ozark Mountain neighbors who regard her mother’s disappearance years earlier with […]

Reference Librarian Patrice’s Pick

The Paris architect : a novel / Charles Belfoure (2013 historical fiction, F Belfoure) A Parisian architect is paid handsomely to devise secret hiding spaces for Jews in his Nazi-occupied […]