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New Books

Monday, October 4th, 2010

This time of year is so exciting! The changing weather and all the fantastic new releases create an excited hum in the air you can almost feel. Or is that just me? Anyways, here are a few of the newest releases to grace our library:
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. If you were impressed by [...]

Digging Up The Dead

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Digging Up The Dead by Michael Kammen

I wanted to like this book, in fact I expected to like this book. I mean, who wouldn’t want to hear bizarre stories of people being dug up and reburied for various reasons? I love sort-of “weird history” books, and this one definitely fit that category. And the actual [...]

New and Upcoming

Monday, June 29th, 2009

This week has some fairly staggered release dates for an excellent collection of releases.
James Patterson’s Swimsuit and Craig Nelson’s Rocket Men both release today. Swimsuit is Patteron’s latest thriller (cowritten by Maxine Paetro), centered around the disappearance of a swimsuit model. Rocket Men is a nonfiction book, taking a new look at “the epic story [...]

The Story of Mount Desert Island by Samuel Eliot Morison

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

I was lucky enough to get away for a long weekend in Bar Harbor and Acadia, Maine recently, and while I was there I enjoyed a book fitting of the surroundings: The Story of Mount Desert Island by Samuel Eliot Morison. I have visited Mount Desert a few times and been intrigued by the history [...]