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Mother of Rain
by Karen Spears Zacharias - Fiction, Historical Fiction
Maizee Hurd moved upriver at the age of 10 after tragedy struck, and she was sent off to be raised by a childless aunt and her doctor husband. Shortly after her arrival in the rural mountain community of Christian Bend, the young girl began hearing voices. It was the tender love of her husband Zeb and their shared passion for the Appalachian hills and rivers of East Tennessee that helped quiet the voices. But, as Zeb prepares for deployment, Maizee's life is rocked by the ripples of World War II.
A Terrible Love and A Brutal Tenderness by Marata Eros
Adult

The sexy series from the NY Times bestselling author Marata Eros, A TERRIBLE LOVE and A BRUTAL TENDERNESS, the companion novel, are steamy and electrifying stories that tap into your inner fantasies. A TERRIBLE LOVE is the first book in the series and was originally released as an eBook in April 2013. The story is told from the female perspective of Jess Mackey, a ballet dancer, making every effort to keep her identity concealed. A BRUTAL TENDERNESS is the second book in the series and is coming out in eBook in August 2013.

Hothouse: The Art of Survival and the Survival of Art at America's Most Celebrated Publishing House, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
by Boris Kachka - History, Nonfiction

Farrar, Straus and Giroux is arguably the most influential publishing house of the modern era. Boris Kachka deftly reveals the era and the city that built FSG through the stories of two men: founder-owner Roger Straus and editor Robert Giroux. Vast but detailed, full of both fresh gossip and keen insight into how the literary world works, HOTHOUSE is the product of five years of research and nearly 200 interviews.

Assassination Vacation
by Sarah Vowell - History, Humor, Nonfiction
The Stranger
by Albert Camus - Fiction, Literary Fiction
The Stranger
by Albert Camus - Fiction, Philosophy
A Terrible Love
by Marata Eros - Erotica, Fiction
A Terrible Love
by Marata Eros - Erotica, Fiction
A Brutal Tenderness
by Marata Eros - Erotica, Fiction
The Good Boy
by Theresa Schwegel - Fiction, Mystery

When Officer Pete Murphy’s 11-year-old son, Joel, and police dog Butchie follow Joel’s older sister, McKenna, to a neighborhood bully’s party, illegal activity kicks the dog's police training into overdrive. Soon the duo are on the run, navigating the streets of Chicago as they try to stay one step ahead of the bad guys --- bad guys who may have a very personal interest in getting some payback on Pete.