New Books 1/16/17
Another Day in the Death of America by Gary Younge
Younge tells the stories of the lives lost on November 23, 2013, profiling ten victims whose deaths exemplify the statistic that on an average day in America, seven young people aged nineteen or under will be shot dead.
Below the Belt by Stuart Woods
New York City cop-turned-Manhattan law firm rainmaker Stone Barrington and his gang of cronies find themselves back in the line of fire.
Born Bright: A Young Girl’s Journey from Nothing to Something in America by C. Nicole Mason
This memoir describes the author’s path to escape poverty, after being raised by her sixteen-year-old single mother in 1970s Los Angeles, and examines the conditions that make it nearly impossible for others to replicate her journey.
Catalyst by James Luceno
A prequel novel to the upcoming film, set before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, reveals the previously untold story of the rebel effort to steal the plans to the Death Star.
Chasing the North Star by Robert Morgan
Fleeing the South Carolina plantation where he has spent his entire life, eighteen-year-old slave Jonah Williams uses the stars to escape to the North and is pursued by both slave hunters and a free-spirited fellow slave who believes Jonah can help her secure her own freedom.
Everything You Want Me to Be by Mindy Mejia
When a civic-minded high-school senior is found murdered on the opening night of the school play, town sheriff and family friend Del Goodman discovers unsettling truths about the victim’s mesmerizing nature and the secrets that led to her death.
Final Day by William Forstchen
As the U.S. continues the effort to rebuild in the aftermath of a devastating electromagnetic pulse that plunges the country into darkness, John Matherson confronts his old commanding officer, who may be the turning point in the quest to unite the country again.
His Bloody Project by Graeme MacRae Burnet
A collection of documents “found” by the author reveals the events of a triple murder in a remote Scottish farming community in 1869 and the subsequent trial.
Known and Strange Things by Teju Cole
The award-winning author of Open City and Every Day Is for the Thief presents a collection of more than 50 essays on politics, photography, travel, history and literature that provide a fresh new interpretation of art, people and historical moments.
Leopard at the Door by Jennifer McVeigh
Returning to the Kenya farm where she spent her childhood, Rachel is confronted by her father’s controlling new companion, rising political tensions and a secret society of Kenyans determined to oust the British, a situation that is further complicated by a secret from the past and a relationship that compels her into a dire betrayal.
Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston
Preston recounts how he and a team of scientists discovered a legendary sacred city, the Lost City of the Monkey God, hidden deep in the Honduran jungle.
Mary Russell’s War by Laurie R. King
A collection of short stories featuring Mary Russell illuminates many hidden corners of her life, from her teenage diaries to an investigation of her beloved Uncle Jake.
The Mistress by Danielle Steel
The innocent mistress of a Russian oligarch gradually finds independence through her own efforts and a friendship with the artist son of a world-renowned painter in a tale set in the South of France, London and Paris.
The Old Man by Thomas Perry
Decades after taking millions of dollars during a mission in Libya and starting over in Vermont under a new name, former Army intelligence offer Dan Chase is forced back on the run after eluding two attackers with an interest in obtaining the loot.
Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story by Matti Friedman
Friedman recounts his experiences of being stationed in a remote Israeli outpost with other young soldiers during an unnamed war in the late 1990s, that foreshadowed future conflicts of the region.
Ruler of Night by David Morrell
Opium addict Thomas De Quincey and his irrepressible daughter Emily investigate the strangling of a lawyer in what is the first murder on an English train, and they uncover a dangerous secret that reaches the highest levels of British society.
Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living by Manjula Martin
A collection of entertaining and inspiring essays, contributed by some of today’s top authors—including Jonathan Franzen, Nick Hornby, Susan Orlean, Alexander Chee and Jennifer Weiner—candidly describes the complexities that arise when a person attempts to write for a living.
The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach by Elizabeth Blackburn
The Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose team discovered telomeres, telomerase and their role in aging and a psychologist who researched specific lifestyle habits tied to health and longevity share strategic information about sleep, exercise, diet and stress.
The Terror Years: From Al-Qaeda to the Islam by Lawrence Wright
The Pulitzer prize-winning author offers eleven powerful pieces first published in “The New Yorker” recall the path terror in the Middle East has taken from the rise of al-Qaeda in the 1990s to the recent beheadings of reporters and aid workers by ISIS.
