New Books Available This Week
Here's a sample of the new fiction and nonfiction titles recently added to the library's collection! Visit the new books page on our website, updated weekly, to keep up with what's new.
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The Berth: American Themes in Poems and Images
By Ogilvie, Fan
2020-10 - Independently published
9781792348891 Check Our Catalog
Fan Ogillvie's third book of poetry is based on a fictional woman who took passage on the Mayflower 400 years ago in search of freedom and justice after being persecuted in Holland and England. A companion woman in 2020 communicates her life to the Mayflower woman in a variety of poems and images.
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Perestroika in Paris: A novel
By Smiley, Jane
2020-12 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780525520351 Check Our Catalog
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres and the New York Times best-selling Last Hundred Years Trilogy, a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals--and a young boy--whose lives intersect in Paris
Paras, short for Perestroika, is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. One afternoon at dusk, she finds the door …More
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Deadly Cross
By Patterson, James
2020-11 - Little Brown and Company
9780316420259 Check Our Catalog
A double homicide in the nation's capital opens the psychological case files -- of Detective Alex Cross.
Kay Willingham led a life as glamorous as it was public-she was a gorgeous Georgetown socialite, philanthropist, and the ex-wife of the vice president. So why was she parked in a Bentley convertible idling behind a DC private school, in the middle of the night, with the man …More
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The Last American Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams
By Brown, David S.
2020-11 - Scribner Book Company
9781982128234 Check Our Catalog
A revelatory biography of literary icon Henry Adams--one of America's most prominent writers and intellectuals of his era, who witnessed and contributed to America's dramatic transition from "colonial" to "modern."
Henry Adams is perhaps the most eclectic, accomplished, and important American writer of his time. His autobiography and modern classic The Education of Henry Adams …More
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Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
By May, Katherine
2020-11 - Riverhead Books
9780593189481 Check Our Catalog
"Every bit as beautiful and healing as the season itself. . . . This is truly a beautiful book." --Elizabeth Gilbert
An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down.
Sometimes you slip through the cracks: unforeseen circumstances like an abrupt illness, the death of a loved …More
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Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America
By Dyson, Michael Eric
2020-12 - St. Martin's Press
9781250276759 Check Our Catalog
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop, a passionate call to America to finally reckon with race and start the journey to redemption.
"Antiracist demonstrations have been like love notes to the martyrs of racist terror and anti-Blackness. Michael Eric Dyson writes out these love notes in this powerfully illuminating, heart-wrenching, …More
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The Thirty Names of Night
By Joukhadar, Zeyn
2020-11 - Atria Books
9781982121495 Check Our Catalog
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by The Millions and Electric Literature
Named a Best Book of Fall by USA TODAY and PopSugar
The author of the "vivid and urgent...important and timely" (The New York Times Book Review) debut The Map of Salt and Stars returns with this remarkably moving and lyrical novel following …More
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We Hear Voices
By Green, Evie
2020-12 - Berkley Books
9780593098301 Check Our Catalog
An eerie debut about a little boy who recovers from a mysterious pandemic and inherits an imaginary friend who makes him do violent things...
Kids have imaginary friends. Rachel knows this. So when her young son, Billy, miraculously recovers from a horrible flu that has proven fatal for many, she thinks nothing of Delfy, his new invisible friend. After all, her family is healthy and …More
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Germania: A Novel of Nazi Berlin
By Gilbers, Harald
2020-12 - Thomas Dunne Books
9781250246936 Check Our Catalog
From international bestselling author Harald Gilbers comes the heart-pounding story of Jewish detective Richard Oppenheimer as he hunts for a serial killer through war-torn Nazi Berlin in Germania.
Berlin 1944: a serial killer stalks the bombed-out capital of the Reich, preying on women and laying their mutilated bodies in front of war memorials. All of the victims are linked …More
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Slanted: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism
By Attkisson, Sharyl
2020-11 - Harper
9780062974693 Check Our Catalog
New York Times bestselling author Sharyl Attkisson takes on the media's misreporting on Black Lives Matter, coronavirus, Joe Biden, Silicon Valley censorship, and more.
When the facts don't fit their Narrative, the media abandons the facts, not the Narrative. Virtually every piece of information you get through the media has been massaged, shaped, curated, and …More
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What Cats Want: An Illustrated Guide for Truly Understanding Your Cat
By Hattori, Yuki
2020-11 - Bloomsbury Publishing
9781526623065 Check Our Catalog
From the top feline doctor in Japan comes a fun, practical, adorably illustrated "cat-to-human" translation guide to decoding your cat's feelings.
What makes cats climb into tiny spaces? Why do they sleep that much? And, most of all, how can we give them a good life?
Dr. Yuki Hattori is Japan's leading cat doctor, and to him cats are the most beautiful animals in the world. His …More
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Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
By Goldstein, Jacob
2020-09 - Hachette Books
9780316417198 Check Our Catalog
The co-host of the popular NPR podcast Planet Money provides a well-researched, entertaining, somewhat irreverent look at how money is a made-up thing that has evolved over time to suit humanity's changing needs.
Money only works because we all agree to believe in it. In Money, Jacob Goldstein shows how money is a useful fiction that has shaped societies for …More
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Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life
By Kwik, Jim
2020-04 - Hay House
9781401958237 Check Our Catalog
An instant New York Times bestseller and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller.
JIM KWIK, the world's #1 brain coach, has written the owner's manual for mental expansion and brain fitness. Limitless gives people the ability to accomplish more--more productivity, more transformation, more personal success and business achievement--by changing their Mindset, Motivation, …More
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War Lord
By Cornwell, Bernard
2020-11 - Harper
9780062563293 Check Our Catalog
#1 UK BESTSELLER
The final installment in Bernard Cornwell's bestselling Saxon Tales series, chronicling the epic story of the making of England, "like Game of Thrones, but real" (The Observer, London) --the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit Netflix series.
THE FINAL BATTLE AWAITS...
The epic conclusion to the …More
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Fool Me Twice
By Lindsay, Jeff
2020-12 - Dutton Books
9781524743970 Check Our Catalog
Pulling off an impossible crime is the only way he can stay alive.
Stealing a Faberge egg. Surviving a double cross. And pulling off the most incredible robbery ever, for the world's most demanding--and dangerous collector.
This will be the challenge of thief extraordinaire Riley Wolfe's life.
Fool Me Twice opens in St. Petersburg, where Riley steals the egg--no easy …More
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Murder Is a Must
By Wingate, Marty
2020-12 - Berkley Books
9781984804136 Check Our Catalog
Determined to make the First Edition Library a success, Hayley Burke wasn't expecting to have to solve an old friend's murder in this all-new mystery from USA Today bestselling author Marty Wingate.
Hayley Burke, curator of Lady Fowling's collection of first edition mysteries, is settling into her position at the First Edition Library in Middlebank House. She's …More
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The Driver's Seat
By Spark, Muriel
2014-05 - New Directions Publishing Corporation
9780811223010 Check Our Catalog
Driven mad by an office job, Lise flies south on holiday -- in search of passionate adventure and sex. In this metaphysical shocker, infinity and eternity attend Lise's last terrible day in the unnamed southern city that is her final destination. …More
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From These Broken Streets
By Merullo, Roland
2020-11 - Lake Union Publishing
9781542018968 Check Our Catalog
Roland Merullo, bestselling author of Once Night Falls, returns with a galvanizing historical novel of Nazi-occupied Naples and the rage and resistance of a people under siege.
Italy, 1943. The Nazi occupation has cemented its grip on the devastated city of Naples.
Giuseppe DiPietra, a curator in the National Archives, has a subversive plan to aid the Allies. If he's …More
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The Greatest Secret
By Byrne, Rhonda
2020-11 - HarperOne
9780063078482 Check Our Catalog
From Rhonda Byrne, the author of the worldwide phenomenon The Secret, comes a long-awaited major new work that offers revelations and practices to end suffering and discover lasting happiness
Rhonda Byrne launched a global phenomenon with the publication of The Secret in 2006. This life-altering work helped readers understand the …More
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The Bright Book of Life: Fifty-Two Novels to Read and Re-Read Before You Vanish
By Bloom, Harold
2020-11 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780525657262 Check Our Catalog
In his first book devoted exclusively to narrative fiction, America's most original and controversial literary critic and legendary Yale professor writes trenchantly about fifty-two masterworks spanning the Western tradition.
Perhaps no other literary critic but Harold Bloom could--or would--undertake a project of this immensity. And certainly no other critic could bring to it the …More
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Weekly Children's Room Newsletter
Our Children's Librarian Emily is sending out a new weekly email newsletter for families. To sign up, email Emily at elapierre@clamsnet.org, or just reply to this email and ask to be added to the children's email list. You can follow this link to view this week's issue: DIY Diorama Ornament, Gift-in-a-Jar, Virtual Gingerbread Cottage Decorating!
Weekly Children's Programs
Each week our Youth Services librarians create "Take & Make" bags filled with themed educational activities. Virtual Storytime and video tutorials on our Facebook and YouTube pages enhance the Take & Make bag activities. Bags are available for pickup weekly on Sundays from 3pm - 5pm (on a first come basis while supplies last). For more information, contact Emily our Children's Librarian! Teen "Take & Make" craft bags are also available weekly, Young Adult Librarian Jennifer can provide the details!
For program announcements follow our Kids & Young Adults Facebook Page, and check out our new YouTube channel. Books are now available from the library through contactless pickup, and eBooks are available through our digital library resources for kids.
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Hours & Contact Information
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Email: vhpl_mail@clamsnet.org
Staff Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 AM - 5 PM
Contactless Pickup Hours:
Monday-Saturday, 12 PM - 5 PM, & until 6 PM Thursday
The Library Building is temporarily closed to the public. Contactless pickup of books, movies, CDs, magazines, and other library material is available 6 days a week. Items must be requested in advance. We cannot fill walk-up requests at this time, but we will do our best to fill same day holds placed by 2pm. Learn more: http://www.vhlibrary.org/contactless.shtml
For the latest information on library services and programs, visit our website http://vhlibrary.org/ or follow our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/vhlibrary/.
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Programming at Vineyard Haven Public Library is supported by the Friends of the Library, the Bergman Foundation, and by bequests from Ruth Redding and Stephen C. Luce.
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