New Books 12/9/19

Check out a cozy Christmas book, such as the four on this week’s shelf, add a cup of cocoa, a comfortable chair, and a crackling fire.  It just doesn’t get any better!  Literary fiction, suspense, and science fiction are also here along with history and current events.  Let us know if we don’t have what you want.  We may be able to get it for you through interlibrary loan.

 

All This Could be Yours by Jami Attenberg
From a critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling author of The Middlesteins comes a novel of secrets revealed as a family reunites at the deathbed of its patriarch in the heat of a New Orleans summer.

The Burning White by Brent Weeks
As the White King springs his great trap, and the Chromeria itself is threatened by treason and siege, Kip Guile and his companions will scramble to return for one impossible final stand.

Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children’s Home Society by Judy Christie
The true story of the black-market baby business at the Tennessee Children’s Home Society in Memphis from the 1920s through 1950 on which was based Lisa Wingate’s novel, Before We Were Yours.

Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Agreeing to host her family’s Christmas celebration, Becky finds her efforts complicated by her parents’ alternate plans, Jess’ vegan turkey, Luke’s lack of enthusiasm, Minnie’s request for a hard-to-find gift and the reappearance of a rock-star ex.

The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street by Karen White
Local students are thrilled by the possibility of unearthing Colonial-era artifacts at the cistern of Melanie Trenholm’s historic house on Tradd Street, but she is more concerned by the ghosts connected to the cistern that have suddenly invaded her life and her house—and at least one of them is definitely not filled with holiday cheer.

Cybersecurity for Dummies by Joseph Steinberg
This book helps you identify vulnerabilities and how to identify, protect against, detect, and respond to cyber threats, as well as how to recover once there has been a breach.

Edison by Edmund Morris
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author presents a new biography of the prolific American inventor-genius, exploring his many roles, including botanist, naval strategist, iron miner, chemist, telegrapher and audio producer, created by virtue of his remarkable inventions.

Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle Against DuPont by Robert Bilott
In a true story that is the inspiration for a forthcoming film, the lawyer-author chronicles how he built a case against DuPont for its use of the hazardous, chemical PFOA, uncovering a history of worldwide environmental contamination.

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
The can’t-look-away story of three entangled families living in a house with the darkest of secrets.

The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
The best-selling author of Start With Why explains how the unending, constantly evolving challenges of business can be better served through an “infinite mindset,” sharing inspiring examples of how a shift in perspective can promote stronger, more enduring organizations.

Let It Snow by Nancy Thayer
When her Scrooge of a landlord, Oscar Bittlesman, raises her rent, it seems nearly impossible for Christina Antonioni to continue business on the wharf, but she hopes there is a warm heart underneath Oscar’s steely exterior.

Life Undercover: coming of Age in the CIA by Amaryllis Fox
A chronicle of an extraordinary life, and of one woman’s courage and passion, follows the author as she spends 10 years in the most elite clandestine ops unit of the CIA, hunting down the world’s most dangerous terrorist while marrying and becoming a mother.

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
An Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance finds a young novelist hiding her editor from mysterious authorities who would erase all memories of people who once existed.

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge has returned, as indomitable as ever, this time as a person getting older, navigating her next decade as she comes to terms with the changes–sometimes welcome, sometimes not–in her own life.

Owl Be Home for Christmas by Donna Andrews
An unexpectedly severe snow storm traps attendees of a scientific conference on owls taking place in the Caerphilly Inn, and one of the visiting ornithologists is murdered.

Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers by Brian Kilmeade
Brian Kilmeade explores hidden aspects of Sam Houston, the first president of Texas, and brings the reader to the scenes of one of the most pivotal moments in American history.

Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday
Holiday believes stillness is the doorway to self-mastery, discipline, and focus and he examines many of the figures that exemplify the power of stillness, including Winston Churchill, Fred Rogers and Anne Frank.

Three Days at the Brink by Bret Baier
The Fox political anchor and best-selling author of Three Days in Moscow presents a suspenseful history of the secret, highly influential 1943 Tehran Conference between the 32nd American President, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin.

Trump vs. China by Newt Gingrich
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich sounds the warning bell that communist-ruled China poses the biggest threat to the United States that we have seen in our lifetime.