Staff Picks
Are you looking for something different to read? Are you looking for something to read in your favorite genre? Here are some new Staff Picks for you to try.
The ghost king
R.A. Salvatore.
Renton, WA : Wizards of the Coast, 2009.
A cleric finds himself facing his most powerful and elusive foe, a demonic crystal shard he believed had been destroyed years ago.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Highest duty : my search for what really matters
Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger with Jeffrey Zaslow.
New York, NY : William Morrow, c2009.
The airling pilot, whose emergency landing on the Hudson River earned the world's admiration, tells his life story and talks about the essential qualities that he believes have been so vital to his success.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Unseen academicals : a novel of Discworld
Terry Pratchett.
New York : Harper, c2009.
The wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Nine dragons : a novel
Michael Connelly.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
LAPD detective Harry Bosch works with the Asian Gang Unit to solve a murder.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Eating animals
Jonathan Safran Foer.
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2009.
A case for ethical vegetarianism.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Last night in Twisted River : a novel
John Irving.
New York : Random House, c2009.
A twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from their Boston home, to southern Vermont, to Toronto.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
The lacuna : a novel
Barbara Kingsolver.
New York : Harper, c2009.
An unforgettable story of a man pulled between two nations as they invent their modern identities.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Kindred in death
J. D. Robb.
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2009.
When the newly promoted captain of the NYPSD and his wife return a day early from their vacation, they find that their daughter has been brutally murdered.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Ford County : stories
John Grisham.
New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Often hilarious, moving, and always entertaining, this collection of stories takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Her fearful symmetry : a novel
Audrey Niffenegger.
New York : Scribner, 2009.
The author of the phenomenally successful novel "The Time Traveler's Wife" returns with a spectacularly compelling and haunting second book set in and around Highgate Cemetery in London.
Mercury in retrograde : a novel
by Paula Froelich.
New York : Atria Books, 2009.
The lives of three very different women intertwine in this story set in New York City.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
The national parks : America's best idea : an illustrated history
by Dayton Duncan ; with a preface by Ken Burns ; picture research by Susanna Steisel and Aileen Silverstone.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
This evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative--the companion volume to the 12-hour PBS series--delves into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 through to the most recent additions to a system that now encompasses nearly 400 sites and 84 million acres.
The murder of King Tut : the plot to kill the child king : a nonfiction thriller
James Patterson and Martin Dugard.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Patterson and Dugard dig through stacks of evidence--X-rays, files, forensic clues, and stories told through the ages--to arrive at their own account of King Tut's life and death. The result is an exhilarating true crime tale of intrigue, passion, and betrayal.
Rough country
John Sandford.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2009.
Rich with the brilliant plotting and compulsively readable prose that are Sanford's hallmarks, "Rough Country" is another immensely satisfying tale that features Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers.
The time of my life
Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi.
New York : Atria Books, 2009.
Veteran actor Swayze recounts much more than his struggle with stage IV pancreatic cancer. In vivid detail, he describes his Texas upbringing, his personal struggles, his commercial success, and the soul mate who's stood by his side through it all: his wife, writer and director Lisa Niemi.
Frostbitten
Kelley Armstrong.
New York : Bantam Books, 2009.
Werewolf Elena Michaels heads for the wilds of Alaska to check out stories of humans apparently killed by wolves in Anchorage. When she and her husband Clay arrive, they find that something in this savage wilderness awakens their inner beasts.
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A cleric finds himself facing his most powerful and elusive foe, a demonic crystal shard he believed had been destroyed... |
The airling pilot, whose emergency landing on the Hudson River earned the world's admiration, tells his life story and... | ||
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The wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying... |
LAPD detective Harry Bosch works with the Asian Gang Unit to solve a murder. | ||
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A case for ethical vegetarianism. |
A twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from their Boston home, to southern Vermont, to... | ||
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An unforgettable story of a man pulled between two nations as they invent their modern identities. |
When the newly promoted captain of the NYPSD and his wife return a day early from their vacation, they find that their... | ||
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Often hilarious, moving, and always entertaining, this collection of stories takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi. |
The author of the phenomenally successful novel "The Time Traveler's Wife" returns with a spectacularly compelling and... | ||
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The lives of three very different women intertwine in this story set in New York City. |
This evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative--the companion volume to the 12-hour PBS series--delves into the... | ||
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Patterson and Dugard dig through stacks of evidence--X-rays, files, forensic clues, and stories told through the... |
Rich with the brilliant plotting and compulsively readable prose that are Sanford's hallmarks, "Rough Country" is... | ||
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Veteran actor Swayze recounts much more than his struggle with stage IV pancreatic cancer. In vivid detail, he... |
Werewolf Elena Michaels heads for the wilds of Alaska to check out stories of humans apparently killed by wolves in... |
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