Preview Shelf by Janice Clauser
Library News and Notable New Books
Information on “Scams and Identity Theft” will be offered by a representative of the Indiana Attorney General’s Office on Monday, the 23rd at 6 p.m. in the Crawfordsville Library.
Nadine Gordimer’s new fiction “No Time Like the Present’ reveals the inextricable link betw
een personal life and political, communal history, through the lives of a “mixed” couple, both combatants in the struggle for freedom against apartheid in South Africa. A thriller of espionage and betrayal challenging the survival of the United States is Brad Thor’s “Full Back”. A tale of fathers and sons set in the world of Major League baseball is “Calico Joe” by John Grisham. Ellen Ullman’s “By Blood” takes us to San Francisco in the1970s when a professor takes on a challenge by visiting a displaced persons’ camp in Europe. Mary Higgins Clark’s “The Lost Years” discovers what may be the most revered document in history, a letter written by Jesus Christ, stolen from the Vatican Library in the 1500s. Barbara Taylor Bradford’s “Letter from a Stranger” involves a filmmaker’s trip to Istanbul, searching for the grandmother she thought dead for a decade, after finding a letter showing her own mother plotted the disappearance. A mother sacrifices her future for a child from her past in Lisa Scottoline’s “Come Home”. Fern Michaels’ plot 
“Deadline” uses the phrase “living well is an art” in searching for a lost starlet. “In-Flight Entertainment” is a group of 13 stories by Helen Simpson focusing on aspects of contemporary living.
Other new fiction is “The Morrow Anthology of Great Western Short Stories” ,that uniquely American form of literature, devoted to the ideals of individualism and courage edited by Jon Tuska. “The Perfect Suspect” is a Catherine McLeod mystery by Margaret Coel in which a wildly popular candidate for governor of Colorado has been murdered. “Coral Glynn” by Peter Cameron describes a woman who arrives at an isolated mansion deep in the English countryside in 1950 for private nurse duty; random events show how quickly need and desire can blosso
m into love. “Lives Other Than My Own” by Emmanuel Carrere details a tsunami in Sri Lanka at the same time as a young woman succumbs to illness in France; two families are restored from tragedy by realization of the richness of human connection. Ronie Kendig’s novel “Digitalis” features an intriguing woman who draws an ex-Marine into a deadly game. Shelley Gray’s “A Texan’s Honor” is Book 2 of the Heart of a Hero series, taking place in Kansas in the 1870s. Working hard to vanquish ghosts in an inherited South Carolina home is the challenge in Karen White’s ”The Strangers on Montagu Street”.
Two new books are about chickens. “Free-Range Chicken Gardens” shows how to create a beautiful, chicken-friendly yard. Amy Stewart touts Jessi Bloom’s ideas by saying she gives “Practical and beautiful solutions for any gardener who wants to invite a flock into the backyard.” Gail Damerow’s “The Chicken Encyclopedia: An Illustrated Reference” would be the perfect companion to that garden book. Jon Young’s “What the Robin Knows” explains how birds reveal the secrets of the natural world.
New knitting books are “The Handknitter’s Yarn Guide” by Nikki Gabriel, “Mom & Me Knits”, projects for mothers and daughters by Stefanie Japel, and the 700-page “The Principles of
Knitting” by June Hiatt covering techniques, stitch and color patterns, pattern design, and materials.
Information on “Scams and Identity Theft” will be offered by a representative of the Indiana Attorney General’s Office on Monday, the 23rd at 6 p.m. in the Crawfordsville Library.
Nadine Gordimer’s new fiction “No Time Like the Present’ reveals the inextricable link betw
een personal life and political, communal history, through the lives of a “mixed” couple, both combatants in the struggle for freedom against apartheid in South Africa. A thriller of espionage and betrayal challenging the survival of the United States is Brad Thor’s “Full Back”. A tale of fathers and sons set in the world of Major League baseball is “Calico Joe” by John Grisham. Ellen Ullman’s “By Blood” takes us to San Francisco in the1970s when a professor takes on a challenge by visiting a displaced persons’ camp in Europe. Mary Higgins Clark’s “The Lost Years” discovers what may be the most revered document in history, a letter written by Jesus Christ, stolen from the Vatican Library in the 1500s. Barbara Taylor Bradford’s “Letter from a Stranger” involves a filmmaker’s trip to Istanbul, searching for the grandmother she thought dead for a decade, after finding a letter showing her own mother plotted the disappearance. A mother sacrifices her future for a child from her past in Lisa Scottoline’s “Come Home”. Fern Michaels’ plot 
“Deadline” uses the phrase “living well is an art” in searching for a lost starlet. “In-Flight Entertainment” is a group of 13 stories by Helen Simpson focusing on aspects of contemporary living.Other new fiction is “The Morrow Anthology of Great Western Short Stories” ,that uniquely American form of literature, devoted to the ideals of individualism and courage edited by Jon Tuska. “The Perfect Suspect” is a Catherine McLeod mystery by Margaret Coel in which a wildly popular candidate for governor of Colorado has been murdered. “Coral Glynn” by Peter Cameron describes a woman who arrives at an isolated mansion deep in the English countryside in 1950 for private nurse duty; random events show how quickly need and desire can blosso
m into love. “Lives Other Than My Own” by Emmanuel Carrere details a tsunami in Sri Lanka at the same time as a young woman succumbs to illness in France; two families are restored from tragedy by realization of the richness of human connection. Ronie Kendig’s novel “Digitalis” features an intriguing woman who draws an ex-Marine into a deadly game. Shelley Gray’s “A Texan’s Honor” is Book 2 of the Heart of a Hero series, taking place in Kansas in the 1870s. Working hard to vanquish ghosts in an inherited South Carolina home is the challenge in Karen White’s ”The Strangers on Montagu Street”.
Two new books are about chickens. “Free-Range Chicken Gardens” shows how to create a beautiful, chicken-friendly yard. Amy Stewart touts Jessi Bloom’s ideas by saying she gives “Practical and beautiful solutions for any gardener who wants to invite a flock into the backyard.” Gail Damerow’s “The Chicken Encyclopedia: An Illustrated Reference” would be the perfect companion to that garden book. Jon Young’s “What the Robin Knows” explains how birds reveal the secrets of the natural world.
New knitting books are “The Handknitter’s Yarn Guide” by Nikki Gabriel, “Mom & Me Knits”, projects for mothers and daughters by Stefanie Japel, and the 700-page “The Principles of
Knitting” by June Hiatt covering techniques, stitch and color patterns, pattern design, and materials.
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