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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 keepsake : a novel
Tess Gerritsen.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2008.
A medical examiner finds that a mummy is actually a recent murder victim.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Paul of Dune
Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.
New York : Tom Doherty Associates, 2008.
Find out how Paul created his empire and became the Messiah.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Hot, flat, and crowded : why we need a green revolution-- and how it can renew America
Thomas L. Friedman.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008.
Friedman examines America's loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11, and the global environmental crisis.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
The million dollar deception : a novel
RM Johnson.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Nate Kenny paid a man to seduce his wife, but now Nate wants revenge.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Mars life
Ben Bova.
New York : Tor, 2008.
Jamie Waterman struggles to acquire funding for continued research on the long-dead Martians.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Supreme courtship : a novel
Christopher Buckley.
New York : Twelve, 2008.
This satire is about a television judge who ends up on the Supreme Court.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
American wife : a novel
Curtis Sittenfeld.
New York : Random House, c2008.
The story follows naive Alice Lindgren and the path that leads her to the White House as first lady.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
The black tower
Louis Bayard.
New York : William Morrow, c2008.
This historical murder mystery takes place in 1818, and centers on a torture-murder case.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
She had it coming
Mary Monroe.
New York : Kensington Pub. Corp., 2008.
Two teens get caught in a web of deadly secrets after one kills the other's stepfather.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
The gypsy morph
Terry Brooks.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2008.
The landscape of the United States is blighted by chemical warfare and demons plan to subjugate the last of humankind.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Bob Schieffer's America
Bob Schieffer.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2008.
This book brings together 168 of his best essays, including the hard issues of today to the human stories that show us who we are.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Anathem
Neal Stephenson.
New York, NY : William Morrow, c2008.
Millennia-old rules are shattered on this Earth-like planet when extraterrestrial catastrophe looms.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Indignation
Philip Roth.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.
During WWII, an overprotective father urges his son to flee and escape the war.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Cry wolf
Patricia Briggs.
New York : Ace Books, 2008.
- "An Alpha and Omega novel"--Cover.
- "Ace fantasy"--Spine.
Exit music
Ian Rankin.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2008.
Ian Rankin introduced his Edinburgh detective John Rebus in the 1980's, in the novel Knots & Crosses. This book is the seventeenth book featuring Inspector Rebus; the years have brought him to the end of his official career. The exit music is playing for Rebus's retirement from the force. The meshing of big city crime and international finance with departmental politics and interpersonal relationships makes for a compelling story. Readers familiar with Rebus will enjoy his last stretch in uniform; those who have not yet encountered him will be pleased to make his acquaintance.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
Home girl : building a dream house on a lawless block
Judith Matloff.
New York : Random House, c2008.
After 20 years of globe trotting, international journalist Matloff comes to New York to buy a house and start a family. Her Victorian brownstone in West Harlem, a neighborhood dominated by drug dealers, needs total renovation.
Annotation by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
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A medical examiner finds that a mummy is actually a recent murder victim. |
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Find out how Paul created his empire and became the Messiah. |
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Friedman examines America's loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11, and the global environmental crisis. |
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Nate Kenny paid a man to seduce his wife, but now Nate wants revenge. |
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Jamie Waterman struggles to acquire funding for continued research on the long-dead Martians. |
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This satire is about a television judge who ends up on the Supreme Court. |
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The story follows naive Alice Lindgren and the path that leads her to the White House as first lady. |
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This historical murder mystery takes place in 1818, and centers on a torture-murder case. |
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Two teens get caught in a web of deadly secrets after one kills the other's stepfather. |
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The landscape of the United States is blighted by chemical warfare and demons plan to subjugate the last of humankind. |
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This book brings together 168 of his best essays, including the hard issues of today to the human stories that show us...
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Millennia-old rules are shattered on this Earth-like planet when extraterrestrial catastrophe looms. |
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During WWII, an overprotective father urges his son to flee and escape the war. |
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"An Alpha and Omega novel"--Cover. |
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Ian Rankin introduced his Edinburgh detective John Rebus in the 1980's, in the novel Knots & Crosses. This...
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After 20 years of globe trotting, international journalist Matloff comes to New York to buy a house and start a...
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