Preview Shelf by Janice Clauser

Library News and Notable New Books

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(765) 362-7986.

New nonfiction, requested books in the library begin with "Discoverers of the Universe: William (1738-1822) and Caroline (1750-1848) Herschel" by Michael Hoskin. With his sister's help, the court astronomer to Britain's King George III transformed our view of the universe into the dynamic cosmos it is; using a homemade telescope he discovered Uranus, found infrared radiation, was the first to know our solar system moves through space, and also identified nebulae. Jesse Ventura's "63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read" focuses facts on the major issues of our time. "An Innocent, A Broad" by Ann Leary tells about delivering a premature, two-pound baby in London, where she then dealt with Britain's National Health Service; she tells her story both hilariously and wrenchingly. "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo is the compelling story of a small boy's emergency surgery during which he says he visited heaven. Joyce O'Brien's "Choose to Live" is an inspiring story of healing involving two young parents who refused to accept grim diagnoses. Ann Voskamp's "One Thousand Gifts" begins with the question, "How do we find joy in the midst of deadlines, debt, drama, and daily duties?" Her answer involves waking up to God's everyday blessings, and in giving thanks for the life we have, which can lead to the life we've actually wanted. Nora Roberts' "Chasing Fire" is about the elite firefighters who thrive on danger and adrenaline by fire jumping, parachuting down to the edge of a blaze, and shoveling and sawing for hours to hold the line and push back the raw power of Mother Nature. "Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge" comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration. A "flaming juggernaut of a heavy-metal bio" is the biography of Metallica called "Enter Night" written by Mick Wall and edited by James Romm, according to a Guardian quote in the UK.

The story "Harvest Moon" by Robyn Carr offers a rising sous-chef's adventures with a new acquaintance. "Eve" by Iris Johansen is about a forensic sculptor's new efforts to find her daughter's killer after years have passed. "When We Were Friends" by Elizabeth Arnold makes you ask yourself, "What would I have done?" because the plot is a mother accusing her friend of kidnapping the daughter she had actually pleaded with her to raise. "Mulberry Park" by Judy Duarte takes us to a peaceful San Diego suburb where a jogger finds a letter which she answers, and a new friendship is born. "The Search" by Suzanne Fisher is Book 3 of Lancaster County Secrets where a long ago decision requires reconsideration fifteen years later.

The story "Daughters of Rome" by Kate Quinn is set in 69 A.D. When Nero is dead and the Empire is up for the taking, two sisters face political struggles which challenge their very lives. "Outsourced" by Dave Zeltserman brings out-of-work software engineers a plan to knock over a bank, but the Russian Mafia organization makes that less easy than they expected. In Tracie Peterson's "Embers of Love" a new acquaintance tempts a bookkeeper to change careers. Julie Lessman's "A Hope Undaunted" tells "what happens when the boy she loved to hate becomes the man she hates to love." Kelly Simmons' "The Bird House" is a psychologically charged story about the power and failure of family because of a dark secret. Karen Robards' "Justice" follows an attorney who enters the Secret Service’s unofficial witness protection program as the lone witness to the First Lady’s murder. In disguise, she wins a high profile case for a D.C. law firm. In danger, she must react to threats against herself, not knowing their source.