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Week of August 20, 2012

UNMEASURED STRENGTH by Lauren Manning is the story of Lauren’s remarkable recovery after she has gotten 80 percent of her body burned in the fall of the World Trade Centers.

 In THE SHOEMAKER’S WIFE by Adriana Trigiani, Ciro has caught the local priest in scandal. He is banished from his village and sent to hide in America as an apprentice to a shoemaker. He leaves his love Enza, but soon her family faces disaster and she is forced to go to America too.

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Week of August 13, 2012

In CLOSE YOUR EYES by Iris and Roy Johansen, FBI agent Adam Kyle consults with music therapist Kendra Michael to help him solve his case, a case that has Kendra's ex in the path of a known serial killer. Will Kendra and Adam be able to save him in time or will there differences get in the way?

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Week of August 6, 2012

In Nicholas Spark'sTHE BEST OF ME, high school students Amanda and Dawson were deeply in love. But after unforeseen events tore them apart, the two followed radically divergent paths and became estranged. Now, 25 years later, the funeral of their beloved mentor, Tuck, brings them both back to Oriental, North Carolina. Following instructions Tuck has left for them, Amanda and Dawson are finally forced to confront their painful past.

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Week of July 30, 2012

In Kathy Reichs’ thriller FLASH AND BONES, a body is found near the Charlotte Motor Speedway just as 200,000 fans are pouring into town for Race Week. The next day, a NASCAR crew member comes to Temperance Brennan’s office at the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner to share a devastating story…

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Week of July 23, 2012

SLEEPWALKER, the latest book from Karen Robards, is a tale of romantic suspense not to be missed. Micayla Lange is a rookie cop. Jason Davis is a professional crook. She catches him in the act of stealing big bucks from a mob boss’s safe. He manages to embroil her in a crime so explosive it could cost both of them their lives. Natural adversaries, their only common ground is mutual dislike and distrust --- and the fact that the same killers are now hunting them both.

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Week of July 16, 2012

The BOND GIRL of Erin Duffy’s debut novel --- Alex Garrett --- has always dreamed of conquering the high-powered world of Wall Street. And though she's prepared to fight her way into an elitist boys' club, she quickly realizes she's in over her head. No matter. She's determined to make it in bond sales at Cromwell Pierce, one of the Street's most esteemed brokerage firms.

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Week of July 9, 2012

In John Boyne's THE ABSOLUTIST, Tristan Sadler is delivering a package of letters to the sister of Will Bancroft --- the man he fought alongside during the Great War. As Tristan recounts the horrific details of what to him became a senseless war, he also speaks of his friendship with Will. The intensity of their bond brought Tristan happiness and self-discovery, as well as confusion and unbearable pain.

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Week of July 2, 2012

A spell-casting debut from Erin Morgenstern, THE NIGHT CIRCUS tells the story of a circus that arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices plastered on lampposts and billboards. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Both playful and seductive, THE NIGHT CIRCUS, is a mesmerizing love story for the ages.

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Week of June 25, 2012

From THE LITIGATORS by John Grisham, a young but already burned-out attorney who walked away from his fast-track career at a fancy downtown firm --- the “boutique law firm” of Finley & Figg is ready to tackle a case that could make the partners rich without requiring them to actually practice much law. 

In this gripping Rizzoli & Isles thriller from Tess Gerritsen, THE SILENT GIRL, a brilliantly twisted killer stalks the streets of Boston.

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Week of June 18, 2012

From Mia March’s THE MERYL STREEP MOVIE CLUB, two sisters and the cousin they grew up with after a tragedy are summoned home to their family matriarch's inn for a shocking announcement. Suddenly, Isabel, June and Kat are sharing the attic bedroom and barely speaking. But when they join the innkeeper and the other guests for weekly Movie Night --- its Meryl Streep month --- they find themselves sharing secrets and questioning everything they thought they knew about life, love and one another.

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