My LINKcat AccountI don’t have a whole lot to report this week. Concrete work is still being done around the library so if you like your library quiet and you don’t like the sound of jack hammers and other noisy concrete-removing equipment, you might want to come in the evenings. The Market Street side of the library has torn up concrete as of this writing but it may all be poured by the time you read this. Tree removal is finished on Library Street but the concrete work has not begun. So, it may be a challenge getting to the library – I know I have certainly been challenged – but we are open for business. While it isn’t easy to get to the library, those who deliver books and books orders to us continue to maneuver their way to us. All this work will soon be completed and the winter will be here with many similar challenges for getting to the library. In the meantime, there are a number of new books listed below. Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
Fast girl : a life spent running from madness / by Suzy Favor Hamilton. A poignant account by the Olympic athlete and high-end escort reveals her struggles with manic depression and bipolar disorder, exploring how mental illness both drove her competitively and painfully challenged her personal life.
The lost detective : becoming Dashiell Hammett by Nathan Ward. Presents a fascinating portrait of how Dashiell Hammett transformed himself from Pinkerton detective to author of the most iconic detective novels of the 20th century.
Showdown : Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court nomination that changed America / by Wil Haygood. The author of The Butler presents a revelatory biography of the first African-American Supreme Court justice—one of the giants of the civil rights movement, and one of the most transforming Supreme Court justices of the 20th century.
Conscious uncoupling / by Katherine Thomas. A licensed psychotherapist and best-selling author of Calling in "The One" outlines a five-step plan to ending a failing relationship with minimal damage by practicing goodwill, generosity and respect.
The master algorithm : how the quest for the ultimate learning machine will remake our world by Pedro Domingos. Describes the quest to find the Master Algorithm, which will take machine learning to the next level, allowing computers to learn how to solve not just particular problems but any problem.
New Fiction
Fates and furies / by Lauren Groff. Marrying in a glamorous whirlwind amid predictions of future greatness, Lotto and Mathilde are shaped throughout a subsequent shared decade by complications, secrets and powerful creative drives.
Corridors of the night : a William Monk novel / by Anne Perry. Scrambling to rescue his kidnapped wife, William Monk follows leads to the remote home of the enigmatic Bryson Radnor, where he discovers numerous bodies buried on the grounds as well as secrets implicating his wife's co-workers. By the best-selling author of “The Sheen on the Silk”.
Dishing the dirt : an Agatha Raisin mystery / by M.C. Beaton. Losing her temper when a Carsely newcomer tries to steal her husband hires a private detective to investigate her background, Agatha is forced to prove her innocence in the wake of her rival's murder. By the best-selling author of the Hamish Macbeth series.
A killing in Zion : a mystery / by Andrew Hunt. A Mormon deputy in 1930s Salt Lake City is asked to head the Anti-Polygamy Squad and must venture into a world of religious extremists after a vocal marriage pluralist is found murdered with a shell-shocked young woman at the crime scene.
The man who fell from the sky / by Margaret Coel. Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley engage in a dangerous manhunt involving two Native American victims and Butch Cassidy's famed hidden treasure. By the award-winning author of the Catherine McLeod mysteries.
Robert B. Parker's the Devil wins : a Jesse Stone novel / by Reed Coleman. Investigating the discovery of three bodies in an abandoned factory after a huge storm, Jesse Stone discovers that one victim is recent while the others were teen friends of her associate Molly Crane, who went missing 25 years earlier.
The scam / by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg. A fourth installment in the action-packed series combines the talents of the best-selling author of the Stephanie Plum novels with those of the best-selling author of the Monk series.
The gilded life of Matilda Duplaine / by Alex Brunkhorst. Collecting quotes for the obituary of a legendary film producer, young journalist Thomas Cleary is invited by the man's eccentric daughter to tour the exclusive upper echelons of Hollywood society, where he pursues a romance with an enigmatic shut-in. Tour.