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 Butterfly House
By Engberg, Katrine
2021-01 - Gallery/Scout Press
9781982127602 Check Our Catalog
Detectives Jeppe K rner and Anette Werner from the #1 international bestseller The Tenant--which New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs heralded as a "stunning debut"--return in this compulsively readable thriller as they race to solve a series of sordid murders linked to some of the most vulnerable patients in a Danish hospital.
Hospitals are supposed to be places …More
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The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh
By Greeley, Molly
2021-01 - William Morrow & Company
9780063032002 Check Our Catalog
ONE OF 2021'S MOST ANTICIPATED HISTORICAL NOVELS--BUZZFEED AND OPRAHMAG.COM
In this gorgeously written and spellbinding historical novel based on Pride and Prejudice, the author of The Clergyman's Wife combines the knowing eye of Jane Austen with the eroticism and Gothic intrigue of Sarah Waters to reimagine the life of the mysterious Anne de Bourgh.
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Twenty: A Jack Swyteck Novel
By Grippando, James
2021-01 - Harper
9780062915085 Check Our Catalog
Jack Swyteck and his family are caught in the crossfire after a deadly school shooting claims twenty casualties--Florida's fifth mass shooting in as many years--in this provocative and timely thriller from Harper Lee Prize-winner James Grippando that touches on some of the most contentious issues roiling America today.
It is the message every parent of a school-age …More
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The Wife Upstairs
By Hawkins, Rachel
2021-01 - St. Martin's Press
9781250245496 Check Our Catalog
A delicious twist on a Gothic classic, Rachel Hawkins's The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda.
Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates--a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no …More
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All the Colors of Night
By Krentz, Jayne Ann
2021-01 - Berkley Books
9781984806819 Check Our Catalog
Two psychics plunge into a dark world of deadly secrets in this second installment of the Fogg Lake trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz.
North Chastain possesses a paranormal talent that gives him the ability to track down the most dangerous psychic criminals. When his father suddenly falls into a coma-like state, North is convinced it was caused by a …More
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At the Edge of the Haight
By Seligman, Katherine
2021-01 - Algonquin Books
9781643750231 Check Our Catalog
The 10th Winner of the 2019 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, Awarded by Barbara Kingsolver
"What a read this is, right from its startling opening scene. But even more than plot, it's the richly layered details that drive home a lightning bolt of empathy. To read At the Edge of the Haight is to live inside the everyday terror and longings of a world that most of us …More
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Star Wars: Light of the Jedi (the High Republic)
By Soule, Charles
2021-01 - Del Rey Books
9780593157718 Check Our Catalog
Long before the First Order, before the Empire, before even The Phantom Menace . . . Jedi lit the way for the galaxy in The High Republic
It is a golden age. Intrepid hyperspace scouts expand the reach of the Republic to the furthest stars, worlds flourish under the benevolent leadership of the Senate, and peace reigns, enforced by the wisdom and strength of the renowned …More
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Neighbors
By Steel, Danielle
2021-01 - Delacorte Press
9781984821379 Check Our Catalog
In Danielle Steel's gripping new novel, a reclusive woman opens up her home to her neighbors in the wake of a devastating earthquake, setting off events that reveal secrets, break relationships apart, and bring strangers together to forge powerful new bonds.
Meredith White was one of Hollywood's most recognizable faces. But a personal tragedy cut her acting career short and …More
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American Traitor: A Pike Logan Novel
By Taylor, Brad
2021-01 - William Morrow & Company
9780062886064 Check Our Catalog
"Few authors write about espionage, terrorism, and clandestine hit squads as well as Taylor does."--Houston Press
Pike Logan is on the desperate hunt for a man who is about to betray his country--and ignite a horrific new world war--in this pulse-pounding thriller from New York Times bestselling author and …More
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Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind
By Harari, Yuval Noah
2020-10 - Harper Perennial
9780063051331 Check Our Catalog
Instant National Bestseller
The first volume of the graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's smash #1 New York Times and international bestseller recommended by President Barack Obama and Bill Gates, with gorgeous full-color illustrations and concise, easy to comprehend text for readers of all ages.
One hundred thousand years ago, at …More
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The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
By Henrich, Jospeh
2020-09 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
9780374173227 Check Our Catalog
A New York Times Notable Book of 2020
A bold, epic account of how the co-evolution of psychology and culture created the peculiar Western mind that has profoundly shaped the modern world.
Perhaps you are WEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic. If so, you're rather psychologically peculiar. …More
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Take Care of Your Type: An Enneagram Guide to Self-Care
By Wilcox, Christina S.
2020-12 - Tiller Press
9781982157944 Check Our Catalog
Discover the self-care tips specifically designed for your Enneagram type with this simple yet illuminating guide from popular Enneagram expert Christina S. Wilcox.
Many of us have used the Enneagram of Personality to understand ourselves on a profoundly intimate level. But despite what our Enneagram type reveals, it's not always easy to know the best ways to take care of ourselves …More
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Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age
By Gupta, Sanjay
2021-01 - Simon & Schuster
9781501166730 Check Our Catalog
Keep your brain young, healthy, and sharp with this science-driven guide to protecting your mind from decline by neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta.
Throughout our life, we look for ways to keep our mind sharp and effortlessly productive. Now, globetrotting neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta offers insights from top scientists all over the world, whose …More
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Shaping the World: Sculpture from Prehistory to Now
By Gormley, Antony
Author Gayford, Martin
2020-11 - Thames & Hudson
9780500022672 Check Our Catalog
Practiced by every culture throughout the history of the world, sculpture is a universal art form that's deeply rooted in the human psyche and may even predate the advent of language. In this wide-ranging book, internationally renowned sculptor Antony Gormley and distinguished art critic Martin Gayford consider sculpture as an art form related to humanity's potential for thought and feeling, as …More
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Toni Morrison: Writing the Moral Imagination
By Smith, Valerie
2014-09 - Wiley-Blackwell
9781118917695 Check Our Catalog
This compelling study explores the inextricable links between the Nobel laureate's aesthetic practice and her political vision, through an analysis of the key texts as well as her lesser-studied works, books for children, and most recent novels.
- Offers provocative new insights and a refreshingly original contribution to the scholarship of one of the most important contemporary American …More
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An Inventory of Losses
By Schlansky, Judith
Translator Smith, Jackie
2020-12 - New Directions Publishing Corporation
9780811229630 Check Our Catalog
With meticulous research and a vivid awareness of why we should care about these losses, Judith Schalansky, the acclaimed author of Atlas of Remote Islands, lets these objects speak for themselves: she ventriloquizes the tone of other sources, burrows into the language of contemporaneous accounts, and deeply interrogates the very notion of memory. …More
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The Low, Low Woods
By Machado, Carmen Maria
Illustrator Dani
2020-09 - DC Comics
9781779504524 Check Our Catalog
From New York Times bestselling author Carmen Maria Machado (Her Body And Other Parties, In The Dream House) comes a story so horrifying you won't dare to forget
There's something in the woods...
Shudder-to-Think, Pennsylvania, has been on fire for years. The woods are full of rabbits with human eyes, a deer woman who stalks hungry girls, and swaths of skinless men. …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 Vision Board, Vanilla Pudding, Dream Journal!
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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Contactless Pickup Hours:
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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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