Staff Picks: Jan. 2025

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Updated January 2, 2025
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The warm hands of ghosts : a novel
Arden, Katherine
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist, from the author of The Bear and the Nightingale.
The water knife
Bacigalupi, Paolo.
Paper Book
Paolo Bacigalupi, New York Times-Bestselling author and National Book Award Finalist, dives once again onto our uncertain future with his first thriller for adults since his multi-award winning debut phenomenon The Windup Girl.   In the American Southwest, Nevada, Arizona,...
Seven stones to stand or fall : a collection of Outlander fiction
Gabaldon, Diana
CD
A collection of seven short stories set in the Outlander universe, never before published together, including two original stories and featuring beloved character Jamie Fraser. BESEIGED: Protagonist is Lord John Grey, a secondary character in the Outlander novels and a main protagonist of the Lord...
Perros! Perros! = Dogs! Dogs!
Guy, Ginger Foglesong.
Paper Book
Big dog. Perro grande. Little dog. Perro chico. Dogs, dogs, dogs! Where are they going ¿Adónde van Bright and funny pictures, large and easy-to-read type, an infectious sense of rhyme and repetition, and a completely satisfying story in English and Spanish make this a must for any bilingual...
Ida B-- y sus planes para potenciar la diversin̤, evitar desastres y (posiblemente) salvar el mundo
Hannigan, Katherine.
Paper Book
Ida B lives life to the fullest, firmly believing there is never enough time for fun. When her mother develops cancer, her parents sell part of their orchard and send Ida B to public school rather than home-schooling her. The changes leave her feeling fiercely angry and betrayed.
Ordinary grace : a novel
Krueger, William Kent.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2014 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL WINNER OF THE 2014 DILYS AWARD A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2013 From New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger, a brilliant new novel about a...
The Center for Cartoon Studies presents Annie Sullivan and the trials of Helen Keller
Lambert, Joseph
Paper Book
Helen Keller lost her ability to see and hear before she turned two years old. But in her lifetime, she learned to ride horseback and dance the foxtrot. She graduated from Radcliffe. She became a world famous speaker and author. She befriended Mark Twain, Charlie Chaplin, and...
The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president
Millard, Candice.
Paper Book
James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will, he engaged in a fierce battle with the...
The au pair
Rous, Emma
Paper Book
If V. C. Andrews and Kate Morton had a literary love child, Emma Rous' USA Today bestseller The Au Pair would be it. One of the most anticipated books of 2019 from Pop Sugar, Bustle, Cosmo, Parade, and Goodreads! ...

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