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TITLE: In Paris with You
AUTHOR: Clémentine Beauvais; translated by Sam Taylor WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Bea - ROMANCE SUMMARY: Ten years after they parted, Tatiana and Eugene meet again in the Paris Metro and begin to explore their past, when they might have fallen in love, as well as their possible future. |
TITLE: Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
AUTHOR: Pénélope Bagieu; translated by Montana Kane WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 920 Bag - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: Profiles inspiring women--some who are world-famous and some who are little known--in graphic format, including Nellie Bly, Mae Jemison, Hedy Lamarr, Josephine Baker, and Naziq al-Abid. |
TITLE: Hostage
AUTHOR: Guy Delisle; translated. by Helge Dascher WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 364.15 Del SUMMARY: In the middle of the night in 1997, Doctors Without Borders administrator Christophe André was kidnapped by armed men and taken away to an unknown destination in the Caucasus region. For three months, André was kept handcuffed in solitary confinement, with little to survive on and almost no contact with the outside world. Close to twenty years later, award-winning cartoonist Guy Delisle recounts André's harrowing experience in Hostage, a book that attests to the power of one man's determination in the face of a hopeless situation. |
TITLE: Man's Search for Meaning
AUTHOR: Viktor E. Frankl; trans.by Ilse Lasch WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 940.53 Fra SUMMARY: Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl examines his experiences during the Holocaust and those of his patients to discuss ways of coping with suffering, introducing the theory of logotherapy and arguing that the primary drive of human beings is not pleasure but meaning. |
TITLE: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
AUTHOR: Fredrick Backman; translated by Henning Koch WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Bac - NOVELS SUMMARY: Seven-year-old Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending the girl on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales. |
TITLE: Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee-A Look Inside North Korea
AUTHOR: Jang Jin-sung; translated by Shirley Lee WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 921 Jan SUMMARY: In this insider's view into contemporary North Korea, a high-ranking counterintelligence agent describes his life as a former poet laureate to Kim Jong-il and his escape to freedom. |
TITLE: The Three-Body Problem
AUTHOR: Cixin Liu; translated by Ken Liu WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Liu - SCIENCE FICTION SUMMARY: Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. |
TITLE: The Reason I Jump : The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy With Autism
AUTHOR: Naoki Higashida; translated by KA Yoshida and David Mitchell WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 921 Hig SUMMARY: A journey into the mind of a remarkable thirteen-year-old Japanese boy with severe autism shares firsthand insights into a variety of experiences associated with the disorder, from behavioral traits and misconceptions to perceptions about the world. |
TITLE: The War Within These Walls
AUTHOR: Aline Sax; translated by Laura Watkinson WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Sax - HISTORICAL SUMMARY: Misha and his family do their best to survive in the appalling conditions of the Warsaw ghetto during World War II, and ultimately make a final, desperate stand against the Nazis. |
TITLE: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
AUTHOR: Stieg Larsson; trans. by Reg Keeland WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Lar - MYSTERY SUMMARY: Hacker Lisbeth Salander assists Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist, with the investigation of Harriet Vanger's disappearance decades earlier, and the two uncover a dark world of secrets about a wealthy Swedish family as well as a surprising connection between themselves. |
TITLE: Death with Interruptions
AUTHOR: José Saramago ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Sar - NOVELS SUMMARY: When people stop dying in one particular country on New Year's Day, a collapse in the funeral industry, hospital systems, and churches results while death--in the form of a beautiful thirty-six-year-old woman--falls in love with a terminally ill cellist. |