By Albert Brooks
Recommended By Pam Martin, Assistant Library Director

“A near-future world struggles with the challenges of a dramatically aging population revitalized by the cure for cancer, a scenario that is challenged by an unprecedented natural disaster that drives the government into bankruptcy (From the Publisher).”

By Erich Maria Remarque
With Brenda Cherry, Reference Librarian, Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

Tuesday, July 8, 2014. 7:30 PM.

The testament of Paul Baumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World War I, illuminates the savagery and futility of war.

By Charlaine Harris
Series Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampires Novels
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

“Betrayed by her longtime vampire lover, cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse has her hands full dealing with every kind of undead and paranormal creature, as well as the new man in her life, the shapeshifter Quinn, and the upcoming vampire summit (From the Publisher).

By Jim Butcher
Series The Dresden Files
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

“Thomas Raith, Harry Dresden's incubus half-brother, comes up with a plan to save Harry from the evil Stygian Sisterhood while continuing to conceal his involvement in the Oblivion War (From the Publisher).”

By Michael Koryta
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services, Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk
With Jackie Ranaldo, Head of Readers' Services

Monday, November 7, 2011. 7 PM.

WWII vet, Arlen Wagner, and young friend Paul Brickhill are traveling by train to a new CCC camp in the Florida Keys when Arlen’s supernatural sense tells him they have to get off the train if they want to stay alive. They find themselves at Cypress House and right in the middle of a vipers’ nest of small-town corruption and misery.

By Augusten Burroughs
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian

“An advertising executive remembers his childhood with his eccentric foster family and his early adulthood experiences of trying to establish an independent life for himself (From the Publisher).”

By Robert Pinsky
Recommended By Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

“A vibrant anthology and accompanying CD that revive a great American tradition: the joy of reciting poetry aloud (From the Publisher).”

By Andrea Wulf
Recommended By Brenda Cherry, Reference Librarian

“The award-winning author presents a tour of the lives of the founding fathers from their perspectives as gardeners, farmers and plantsmen, revealing how a shared passion for agriculture shaped their beliefs and decisions (From the Publisher).”

By Joyce Carol Oates
Recommended By Audrey Honigman, Library Clerk

“The daughter of a German high school teacher who was forced to work as a gravedigger after immigrating to upstate New York, Rebecca begins a life-changing pilgrimage throughout America in the wake of a prejudice-motivated tragedy (From the Publisher).”

By Barbara Sinatra
Recommended By Ann Competello, Library Clerk

“The widow of the Hollywood golden-era legend describes their courtship and more than two-decade marriage, offering insight into the highs and lows of their relationship as well as the intricacies of Sinatra's character (From the Publisher).”

By Sidney Sheldon
Recommended By Sue Ann R., Head of Children's Services

“In Paris... Washington... and a fabulous villa in Greece, an innocent American girl becomes a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal (From the Publisher).”

By Graham Greene
Recommended By Barry Ernst, Reference Librarian

“Follows the plight of Wormold, a former vacuum cleaner salesman, who becomes a slave to the expensive whims of his thirteen-year-old daughter, Milly, and takes on a job for MI6 as Secret Agent 5920015 to pay for them (From the Publisher).”

By Avi Steinberg

“A Harvard graduate and lapsed Orthodox Jew chronicles his stint as a librarian in a tough Boston prison, where he met such inmates as a pimp who enlisted his help writing a memoir and a gangster who dreamed of hosting a cooking show (From the Publisher).”

By Lola Shoneyin

“Baba Segi's fourth wife, the young, college-educated Bolanle, sends his household into turmoil, causing his other three wives to become jealous and resentful and to plot her downfall (From the Publisher).”

By John Dunning
Recommended By Ed Goldberg, Head of Reference

“Entreated by partner Erin D'Angelo to help in the case of a friend, who has been accused of murdering her husband, avid book collector Cliff Janeway investigates and discovers that the victim possessed a valuable collection of books (From the Publisher).”

By Eleanor Brown
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

“Unwillingly brought together to care for their ailing mother, three sisters who were named after famous Shakespearean characters discover that everything they have been avoiding may prove more worthwhile than expected (From the Publisher).”

By Jack Welch

“Offers advice on the strategic, organizational, and personal challenges of every stage of a career, illustrating the author's business theories about getting promoted, writing budgets, and establishing a work-life balance (From the Publisher).”

By Barbara Delinsky
Recommended By Marie McLaughlin, Head of Circulation

“The lives of three couples are thrown into turmoil when their beautiful and much younger neighbor, who has been widowed for a year, announces that she is pregnant, forcing the wives to reevaluate their marriages and relationships (From the Publisher).”