New Books 3/9/20
1774: The Long Year of Revolution by Mary Beth Norton
Norton discusses the sixteen months during which the traditional loyalists to King George III began their discordant “discussions” that led to their acceptance of the inevitability of war against the British Empire and to the clashes at Lexington and Concord in mid-April 1775.
Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future by Paul Krugman
With quick, vivid sketches, Krugman turns his readers into intelligent consumers of the daily news and hands them the keys to unlock the concepts behind the greatest economic policy issues of our time.
The Blaze by Chad Dundas
One man knows the connection between two extraordinary acts of arson, fifteen years apart, in his Montana hometown–if only he could remember it.
The Chill by Scott Carson
A century after an early 20th-century New York community is intentionally flooded to redistribute water downstate, an inspector overseeing a dangerously neglected dam uncovers a prophecy that warns of additional sacrifices.
The Escape Artist by Helen Fremont
Fremont, who discovered as an adult that her parents were not Catholic but rather Jewish Holocaust survivors, begins this memoir with the discovery that she has been disinherited in her mother’s will, her existence as a member of the family erased, and she writes with unflinching candor about growing up in a household whose members were devoted to hiding the truth.
The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate by Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw, the NBC News White House correspondent during the final year of Watergate, gives us a close-up, personal account of the players, the strategies, and the highs and lows of the scandal that brought down a president.
The Good Killer by Harry Dolan
Sean Tennant and Molly Winter are living quietly in Houston when a troubled, obsessive stranger shatters the safety they have carefully constructed for themselves.
PostScript by Cecelia Ahern
After Holly Kennedy does a podcast about the letters her husband left her before he died, people start reaching out to her and they all have one thing in common: they’re terminally ill and want to leave their own missives behind for loved ones
Reckoning of Fallen Gods by R. A. Salvatore
Aoelyn risked her life to save the trader Talmadge and it cost her everything that is dear to her, but Talmadge survived and can’t forget the amazing woman that killed a god.
The Resisters by Gish Jen
A novel about baseball and a future America.
Salt River by Randy Wayne White
Doc’s friend, avowed bachelor Tomlinson, reveals that as a younger man strapped for cash, he’d unwittingly fathered multiple children via for-profit sperm bank donations, but his now-grown offspring have tracked him down seeking answers about their roots and one of them might be planning something far more nefarious than a family reunion.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
January Scaller is the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller finds a strange book that tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger and one increasingly entwined with her own.
Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
Bridie Devine–female detective extraordinaire–is confronted with the most baffling puzzle yet: the kidnapping of Christabel Berwick, secret daughter of Sir Edmund Athelstan Berwick, and a peculiar child whose reputed supernatural powers have captured the unwanted attention of collectors trading curiosities in this age of discovery.
Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Nicholas d. Kristof
A picture of working-class families needlessly but profoundly damaged as a result of decades of policy mistakes.
Ultimate Veg by Jamie Oliver
Plant-based and veg-forward dishes and meals to encourage eating more plants; based in nutritional, economical, and environmental considerations.
Washington’s End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle by Jonathan Horn
Popular historian and former White House speechwriter Jonathan Horn tells the astonishing true story of George Washington’s forgotten last years–the personalities, plotting, and private torment that unraveled America’s first post-presidency.
When Time Stopped by Ariana Neumann
In this remarkably moving memoir Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father’s past: years spent hiding in plain sight in war-torn Berlin, the annihilation of dozens of family members in the Holocaust, and the courageous choice to build anew.
When You See Me by Lisa Gardner
Detective D. D. Warren, Flora Dane, and Kimberly Quincy investigate a mysterious murder from the past…which points to a dangerous and chilling present-day crime.
Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein
Klein asserts that our racial, religious, geographic, ideological, and cultural identities have attained a weight that is breaking much in our politics and tearing at the bonds that hold this country together.
