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Week of August 18, 2014

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Week of August 18, 2014

Releases for the week of August 18th include SYCAMORE ROW by John Grisham. Nearly 25 years after the publication of A TIME TO KILL, Grisham returns to that famous courthouse in Clanton as Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a fiercely controversial trial --- a trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history. Also in stores will be THREE STORY HOUSE by Courtney Miller Santo, the critically acclaimed author of THE ROOTS OF THE OLIVE TREE. Renovating an historic Memphis house together, three cousins discover that their spectacular failures in love, career and family provide the foundation for their future happiness.

A Bouquet of Love: Weddings by Design, Book 4 by Janice Thompson - Romance

August 19, 2014


Cassia Pappas wants to spend her time immersed in her new job at a Galveston Island floral shop, but her huge Greek family has other ideas. To make matters worse, as Cassia is trying to develop a strong professional relationship with Galveston's premier wedding coordinator, Bella Neeley, her own father is intent on stealing all of the Rossi family's faithful customers. Still, at least Alex, that hot delivery guy from the nursery, is always hanging around the flower shop...

Home to Chicory Lane: A Chicory Inn Novel by Deborah Raney - Romance

August 19, 2014


Audrey Whitman's dreams are coming true. Now that their five kids are grown, she and her husband are turning their beloved family home into a cozy bed and breakfast. Opening weekend makes Audrey anxious, with family and friends coming from all over to help celebrate the occasion. But when Audrey's daughter, Landyn, arrives, the U-Haul she's pulling makes it clear she's not just here for a few days. Can Audrey still realize her dream and at the same time provide the comfort of home her daughter so desperately needs?

Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six by Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm, with Anthony Flacco - Memoir

August 19, 2014


IMPOSSIBLE ODDS chronicles the mutual journey of Jessica Buchanan and her husband, Erik Landemalm, during the torturous months when Jessica was kidnapped at gunpoint and held for ransom by a band of Somali pirates. Together they relate the events prior to the kidnapping, the drama of Jessica’s fight to stay alive, and Erik’s efforts to bolster and support the hunt for her while he acted as liaison between their two families, the FBI, professional hostage negotiators, and the United States government.

Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon - Fiction

August 6, 2013


SNOW HUNTERS traces the extraordinary journey of Yohan, who defects from his country at the end of the Korean War, leaving his friends and family behind to seek a new life on the coast of Brazil. Throughout his years there, four people slip in and out of his life: Kiyoshi, the Japanese tailor for whom he works; Peixe, the groundskeeper at the town church; and two vagrant children named Santi and Bia. Yohan longs to connect with these people, but to do so, he must let go of his traumatic past.

Sycamore Row by John Grisham - Legal Thriller

August 19, 2014


Nearly 25 years after the publication of A TIME TO KILL, John Grisham returns to that famous courthouse in Clanton as Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a fiercely controversial trial --- a trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history.

Thief of Glory by Sigmund Brouwer - Historical Fiction

August 19, 2014


For 10-year-old Jeremiah Prins, the life of privilege as the son of a school headmaster in the Dutch East Indies comes crashing to a halt in 1942 after the Japanese Imperialist invasion of the Southeast Pacific. Jeremiah takes on the responsibility of caring for his younger siblings when his father and older stepbrothers are separated from the rest of the family, and he is surprised by what life in the camp reveals about a woman he barely knows --- his frail, troubled mother.

Three Story House by Courtney Miller Santo - Fiction

August 19, 2014


Nearing 30 and trying to avoid the inescapable fact that they have failed to live up to everyone's expectations and their own aspirations, cousins and childhood best friends Lizzie, Elyse and Isobel seek respite in an oddly-shaped, three-story house. As they work to restore the almost-condemned house, each woman faces uncomfortable truths about her own failings.