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FICTION

THREE BAGS FULL by Leonie Swann: A flock of sheep living on a hillside near the Irish village of Glennkill, regularly exposed to literature by their shepherd George, feel well-equipped to investigate murder after they find George dead--pinned to the ground with a spade.

HOT MAHOGANY by Stuart Woods: Stone Barrington, having accepted an assignment to watch over CIA agent Lance Cabot's brother who is suffering from amnesia, finds out that the man he is guarding had stolen gold coins from the South Vietnamese government and may be responsible for the theft of a twenty-four million dollar antique secretary.

THE PIRATE KING by R. A. Salvatore: The Arcane Brotherhood has long held the city of Luskan in their power, but when corruption eats away at their ranks, Captain Deudermont comes to the rescue of a city that has become a safe haven for the Sword Coast's most dangerous pirates.

PAUL OF DUNE by Brian Herbert: Relates the story of Paul Maud'Dib's holy war, set between the action of Frank Herbert's "Dune" and "Dune Messiah," as he builds his empire, questions his own power, and becomes the Messiah while wondering who is plotting against him and if he is going insane.

THE LAUGHTER OF DEAD KINGS by Elizabeth Peters: After her longtime significant other John Tregarth--a former art thief known as Sir John Smythe--is accused of stealing one of Egypt's most valuable treasures, Vicky Bliss searches for clues to prove John's innocence.

INDIGNATION by Philip Roth: Marcus Messner, the nineteen-year-old son of a Newark butcher, must learn to handle life on his own after he flees to Ohio, to attend college and even more to escape his father whose anxiety that Marcus could be sent to fight in the Korean War has made him suffocatingly overprotective.

THE LETTERS by Luanne Rice: Parting ways after the sudden death of their only son, Sam and Hadley West retreat to opposite sides of the country, but the couple exchanges written letters while Sam treks out to the crash site in Alaska via dogsled, and Hadley moves into a slightly haunted house in Maine, with intentions to start painting again.


NONFICTION

THROUGH THE EYE OF THE STORM by Cholene Espinoza: Cholene Espinoza recounts the experiences she had while helping people whose lives were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and shares the lessons she learned about strength, faith, and the healing power of community in the weeks following the storm.

POWER AT SEA A VIOLENT PEACE, 1946-2006 by Lisle A. Rose: Examines the development and importance of sea power from 1945 to 2006, focusing on the United States Navy's role in global politics and conflicts and the impact of key events around the world, including the fall of the Soviet Union and the conflicts in the Middle East, on naval power.

POWER AT SEA THE BREAKING STORM, 1919-1945 by Lisle A. Rose: Examines the development and importance of sea power from 1919 to 1945, discussing the strategies, battles, ships, planes, weapons, and people that influenced power at sea in the years following World War I.

POWER AT SEA A VOILENT PEACE, 1946-2006 by Lisle A. Rose: Examines the development and importance of sea power from 1945 to 2006, focusing on the United States Navy's role in global politics and conflicts and the impact of key events around the world, including the fall of the Soviet Union and the conflicts in the Middle East, on naval power.

THE SNOWBALL: WARREN BUFFETT AND THE BUSINESS OF LIFE by Alice Schroeder: A biography of American investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett, drawing from interviews with Buffett, as well as his wife, children, friends, and business associates to look at his childhood, struggles and triumphs, and the principles and ideas that allowed him to become one of the world's richest people.

THE WORST HARD TIME by Timothy Egan: Recounts the experiences of six families and they communities as they struggle to survive the dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains during the Great Depression.

HERO OF THE UNDER GROUND by Jason Peter: Peter, a star at the University of Nebraska's storied football program in the late 1990s and a first-round NFL draft pick, details his short, frenzied life as a drug user and veteran of the treatment center circuit.