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Blossom Street is back! This story is about Libby Morgan, an attorney trying to make partner in a high-pressured prestigious law firm. She thinks she is finally there when she get laid off. She must begin to rebuild and recreate her life – starting now. Join Debbie as she brings Libby onto Blossom Street and into “A Good Yarn” where she begins to find friends, family and love.
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer, Sheryl Sandberg is using her influence to send a wake-up call to American society. Sandberg’s hopes with this book to get a dialogue started that challenges us all to rethink how obstacles to success can be overcome if we understand it is for the common good. Chapter by chapter, Sandberg tells us about the real world and also charges women to “lean-in” and keep working towards the positions that not only males covet.
Taking a leap-of-faith that she will not be misinterpreted, Sandberg gives a huge pep-talk and lets women know they can succeed at leadership but more importantly tells them how to do it! Written with humor and from her own experiences she lays out a plan for how to juggle job and family. The conversation is clear and obviously heart felt and to her credit, Sandberg does not play the blame game.
My favorite sentence in the book stems from a two-year drive at Harvard Business School to get students to work together and come up with a “new communal definition of leadership”: ‘Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.’
And in no way is this point of view about limiting personal choices but actually it is about lending the support and encouragement to women so they can aspire to leadership positions and in so doing, pave the way for others to follow. Just one sentence of encouragement can go a long way to open a new pathway towards an opportunity of a lifetime that otherwise might have been undreamed. I think we owe a thanks to Sheryl Sandberg for her honesty.
The Arrangement by Mary Balogh 3/12/13
The Striker by Clive Cussler 3/05/13
The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates 3/05/13
Death of Yesterday by M.C. Beaton 3/26/13
Let the Dead Sleep by Heather Graham 3/26/13
Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz 3/26/13
The Striker by Clive Cussler 3/15/13
Starting Now: A Blossom Street Novel by Debbie Macomber 4/02/13
Sleight of Hand: A Novel of Suspense by Phillip Margolin 4/09/13
Midnight at Marble Arch by Anne Perry 4/09/13
Don’t Go by Lisa Scottoline 4/09/13
Unintended Consequences by Stuart Woods 4/09/13
The Hit by David Baldacci 4/23/13
Daddy’s Gone a Hunting by Mary Higgins Clark 4/09/13
12th of Never by James Patterson 4/29/13
Ready to Die by Lisa Jackson 4/01/13
The Mystery Woman by Amanda Quick 4/23/13
Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts 4/16/13
Fly Away by Kristin Hannah 4/23/13
Dangerous Refuge by Elizabeth Lowell 4/30/13
The Blossom Sisters by Fern Michaels 4/30/13
The Perfect Ghost by Linda Barnes 4/09/13
Secrets from the Past by Barbara Bradford 4/09/13
Inferno by Dan Brown 5/14/13
Zero Hour by Clive Cussler 5/28/13
Triumph by Janet Dailey 5/28/13
Silken Prey by John Sandford 5/07/13
The King’s Deception by Steve Berry 5/14/13
A Step of Faith by Richard Paul Evans 5/07/13
The Ophelia Cut by John T. Lescroart 5/07/13
Murder As a Fine Art by David Morrell 5/07/13
Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer 5/14/14
The 9th Girl by Tami Hoag 6/18/13
The Heist by Janet Evanovich 6/18/13
Sweet Salt Air by Barbara Delinsky 6/18/13
Second Honeymoon by James Patterson 6/24/13
Tell Me by Lisa Jackson 6/18/13
The Litter of the Law by Rita Mae Brown 6/04/13
Protector by Diana Palmer 6/25/13
The Kill Room by Jeffery Deaver 6/04/13
Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen 6/11/13
One Heart to Win by Johanna Lindsey 6/11/13
Trains and Lovers by Alexander McCall Smith 6/11/13
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This is a behind the scenes look at the dangerous assignments around the world of Navy SEALs. These secret missions illustrate the life and work of a SEAL and how Team Six evolved post September 11. This elite team is the most vigorously trained and in this first-hand account you will be astounded by the selection process and the training of this special unit. You will get a blow-by-blow of the most secret and memorable mission this hand-picked unit of twenty-four performed: the assault on Bin Laden’s hideout.
In this fascinating account the dedication of these men to protecting our freedoms around the world will astound you. You can’t help but appreciate the sacrifices they make in service to our country. A quick and eye-opening read you won’t want to miss.
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Threat Vector by Tom Clancy (Dec. 4 )
Political Suicide by Michael Palmer (Dec. 11)
Shadow Woman by Linda Howard (Jan. 1)
Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel (Jan 29)
Something Wicked by Lisa Jackson (Feb 1)
A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy (Feb 12)
Guilt: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman (Feb. 12)
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult (Feb. 26)
Calculated in Death by J.D. Robb (Feb. 26)
Bad Blood by Dan Stabenow (Feb. 26)
Hit Me by Lawrence Block (Feb. 12)
The Power Trip by Jackie Collins (Feb. 5)
Deadly Stakes by J. A. Jance (Feb. 5)
The Round House by Louise Erdrich (fiction) (see “End the Year with a Bang!: 2012 Crime Fiction” in Staff Picks for a brief review.)
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (fiction) (The author won her second Man Booker Prize for this novel which sequels her first, also a winner, Wolf Hall about Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell.)
Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain by Lucia Perillo (fiction) ( 14 tales , dark, playful and honest)
All We Know: Three Lives by Lisa Cohen (non-fiction) (Biography of an era roughly, 1898- 1990, and three women who inhabited this rich period and mingled with the Bloomsbury, Paris and Hollywood crowds. Gender, sexuality and ambition are topical issues questioned, and not untimely to us.)
People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo- and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up by Richard Lloyd Parry (non-fiction) ( Chilling account of a young woman murdered in Tokyo which explores the hidden recesses of Japanese culture and the trauma of a heinous crime.)
Building Stories by Chris Ware (fiction) (This book-in-a- box is totally innovative. It features the stories of the inhabitants of a single Chicago building spread out into 14 different books each having a different format used to give insight into the characters’ lives and thoughts. Inspiring!)
The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle (fiction) (Chilling depiction of life in a New York City mental hospital and not just from mental anguish but mostly from inhumanity, bureaucracy, the use of psychopharmaceuticals for convenience, and just plain ennui of caregivers. It is recommended “to read this with the lights on.”)
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe by Anne Applebaum (non-fiction) (Mass-scale brutality, political corruption, ethnic killings, false justice, and more are revealed in this detailed look behind the curtain of darkness.)
Detroit City Is The Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis by Mark Binelli (non-fiction) (Remarkable story by a native son who has given voice to all manner of Detroit ciitzen who tell a tale of a city’s demise and rise from the ashes.)
The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600- 1675 by Bernard Bailyn (non-fiction) (Clash of cultures turns to brutal violence as British colonial America encounters a range of ethnic groups along with indigenous peoples.)
The author of twenty-one best-selling novels, Richard Paul Evans, has a new holiday offering sure to inspire. In this modern-day version of the the classic story of “Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors” a family of thirteen siblings all employed in their father’s successful advertising company in Colorado become disgruntled over Joseph, sibling number twelve, who just happens to be the favorite. When jealousy rears its ugly head somebody has to take the fall. Forced from his favored perch and losing all of his family relationships and a fiancee to-be, Joseph starts a new life. In his own rise up the career ladder in Chicago and with a new-found love, Joseph has an opportunity to face his own demons in order to really live the life of his dreams.
Another winner by the master of the holiday novel not to be missed! (available at the library in Large Type, Audio and Hard Cover)
Broken Harbor by Tana French
Fourth Dublin murder squad novel with Mick Kennedy, a rookie partner, an unstable sister, economic collapse and a past to reckon with. (Oh, did I mention that the critters in the walls of the crime scene may give you nightmares…? Did they ever figure out exactly what they were?)
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
In this literary novel, there will be some amusing moments but you may also be dismayed for the pain and injustice which is very real on the reservation. Bringing home the horror of rape to Native women by non-Native men, of which upwards of 86% are not brought to justice due to laws that protect them from prosecution, this story ultimately handles the issue within the framework of Native culture, that is ideal justice vs. “best-we-can-do justice.” The story involves a 13 year-old boy, Joe, his father, a reservation judge, and his mother, Geraldine, a caseworker who has been brutally raped and silenced. Finding the rapist and trying to bring him to justice is the main plot line but in the process we learn a great deal about the multi-generational home life of families on the rez. Well worth the read.
The Marseille Caper by Peter Mayle
Sam and Elena, a gorgeous L.A. couple, well-tanned but overworked, take a job in Marseille hoping to get in some sight-seeing and bouillabaisse. Not a lot of character development here but this near-spoof of serious crime fiction is a lot of fun. You can call it a winter “beach-read” for food-loving armchair travelers, offering plenty of sumptuous feast and vintage wine description mixed with ample picturesque Mediterranean panoramas. Throw in some laugh-out-loud moments and voila, a quick, unalarming piece of crime-fluff that goes well with the beverage of your choice!
Creole Belle by James Lee Burke
Sheriff Robicheaux and pal Clete Purcel deal with foes, one a possible Nazi war criminal in this nineteenth entry of this satisfying contemporary American crime fiction series.
Uncommon Appeal of Clouds by Alexander McCall Smith
Isabel has a tricky mystery to solve having to do with the theft of a Poussin painting owned by one of the “aristocrat” families. Lots of philosophizing to enjoy, as usual and Isabel’s meddling yet again finds just the right solution for everyone. The lightest of mysteries.