Summer Reading Week 4 Friday

A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos By Sobel, Dava 2011-09 - Walker & Company 9780802717931 Check Our Catalog In her elegant, compelling style, Dava Sobel chronicles, as nobody has, the conflicting personalities and extraordinary discoveries that shaped the Copernican Revolution. HPL patron: Dava Sobel is wonderful at writing the histories of astronomy. But she is not a great playwright. The book is enjoyable, but the middle section-the play-is hard to get through. …More

Marshall Field's: The Store That Helped Build Chicago By Soucek, Gayle 2013-04 - History Press (SC) 9781626190672 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: A concise history of the store I loved. Who knew that John Shedd was president of Marshall Field's? I cut up my credit card when it read "Dayton-Hudson"! …More

The Choice By Sparks, Nicholas 2007-09 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446579926 Check Our Catalog Set amid the austere beauty of the North Carolina coast, "The Choice" tells the story of Travis Parker, a small-town veterinarian, who avoids romantic entanglements until new neighbor Gabby Holland enters his life. HPL patron: You don't want to miss this one. Great ending. …More

See Me By Sparks, Nicholas 2015-10 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455520619 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Mr. Sparks knows how to tell a story. It doesn't seem to matter what he writes about he sucks me in. …More

Black Maps By Spiegelman, Peter 2005-05 - Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 9781400033591 Check Our Catalog John March walked away from his family's merchant bank for the life of a rural deputy sheriff-a life that would explode in personal tragedy and professional disaster. Three years later, March is back in New York City, working as a private investigator and still running from his grief and guilt. When he takes the case of Rick Pierro, a wealthy investment banker threatened by blackmail, March is …More

The Light Between Oceans By Stedman, M. L. 2012-07 - Scribner Book Company 9781451681734 Check Our Catalog A novel set on a remote Australian island, where a childless couple live quietly running a lighthouse, until a boat carrying a baby washes ashore. …More

The Apartment By Steel, Danielle 2016-05 - Delacorte Press 9780345531070 Check Our Catalog "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER This vibrant, tender, and moving tale pulses with the excitement of New York City, as Danielle Steel explores twists of fate, and the way that sometimes, in special places, friends can be the family we need most. They come together by chance in the heart of New York City, four young women at turning points in their lives. Claire Kelly finds the walk-up …More

The Help By Stockett, Kathryn 2009-02 - Amy Einhorn Books 9780399155345 Check Our Catalog Awards: Colorado Blue Spruce Award (2014), Indies Choice Book Awards (2010), Mississippi Authors Award (2009), Nevada Young Readers' Award (2012), Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize (2010), SIBA Book Award (2010) In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another. HPL patron: Been meaning to read this book, finally got to it on audiobook. With 4-5 different …More

Mission at Nuremberg: An American Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis By Townsend, Tim 2014-03 - William Morrow & Company 9780061997198 Check Our Catalog The story of American Army chaplain Henry Gerecke, who was sent to save the souls of the Nazis incarcerated at Nuremberg, a tale that provides a new history of the trials and raises questions of faith, guilt, morality, vengeance, forgiveness, salvation, and the essence of humanity. …More

Encyclopedia of Creative Cooking By Turgeon, Charlotte Snyder Author Solmson, Jane 1985-07 - Gramercy Books 9780517309728 Check Our Catalog …More

Vinegar Girl By Tyler, Anne 2016-06 - Hogarth 9780804141260 Check Our Catalog Pulitzer Prize winner and American master Anne Tyler brings us an inspired, witty and irresistible contemporary take on one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she's always in trouble at work her pre-school charges adore her, but …More

Naked Money: A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters By Wheelan, Charles 2016-04 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393069020 Check Our Catalog Consider the $20 bill. It has no more value, as a simple slip of paper, than Monopoly money. Yet even children recognize that tearing one into small pieces is an act of inconceivable stupidity. What makes a $20 bill actually worth twenty dollars? In the third volume of his best-selling Naked series, Charles Wheelan uses this seemingly simple question to open the door to the surprisingly …More

Friendly Fire By Wood, Brian Illustrator Burchielli, Riccardo Introduction by Ford, John G. 2008-03 - Vertigo 9781401216627 Check Our Catalog …More

DMZ, Volume 5: The Hidden War By Wood, Brian Illustrator Burchielli, Riccardo Illustrator Zezelj, Danijel 2008-08 - Vertigo 9781401218331 Check Our Catalog This fifth volume in the critically acclaimed series looks at life during wartime--America's 21st-century Civil War. …More

DMZ: Public Works: Volume 3 By Wood, Brian Illustrator Burchielli, Riccardo Introduction by Doctorow, Cory 2007-09 - Vertigo 9781401214760 Check Our Catalog In Volume 3, collecting issues 13-17, Matty severs his ties to the "Liberty News" and becomes a free agent. He soon finds himself in over his head as he goes undercover and infiltrates a terrorist cell determined to disrupt any and all construction sites trying to rebuild the city. …More

Dishonorable Intentions By Woods, Stuart 2016-06 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399573910 Check Our Catalog Stone Barrington gains an adversary that he can't seem to shake in the electrifying new adventure from the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author. Stone Barrington's latest lady friend is full of surprises, both good and ill. A sensual woman with unexpected desires, Stone finds her revelations in the boudoir extremely agreeable. But on the other hand, she also has some unfinished …More

Family Jewels By Woods, Stuart 2016-04 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399174698 Check Our Catalog Stone Barrington is back and better than ever in the newest thriller from the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author. Stone Barrington's newest client seems to be a magnet for trouble. A poised lady of considerable wealth, she's looking for help discouraging the attentions of a tenacious gentleman. But no sooner does Stone fend off the party in question than his client becomes involved …More

A Ghost Hunter's Guide to the Most Haunted Places in America By Zepke, Terrance 2012-04 - Safari Publishing 9780985539801 Check Our Catalog Boasting photographs, fun facts, and visitor information, this unique (and spooky)travel guide showcases the 15 most haunted places in America. Each chapter is laid out in an easy-to-read format and includes fascinating history and documented paranormal activities. The tour includes the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, where experimental lobotomies were performed and it is believed that many of …More

Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II By Zuckoff, Mitchell 2013-04 - Harper 9780062133434 Check Our Catalog A gripping true story of survival, bravery, and honor in the vast Arctic wilderness during World War II, from the author of "New York Times"-bestseller "Lost in Shangri-La." …More