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Show Library Corner JjfL- NEW ARRIVALS: THE wTLDCLIFFE BIRD by Constance Heaven (romance) Juliet Prior accepts a position at Lady Chartley's house because she wants to be near kind and handsome Richard who runs the Chartley's pottery factory. fac-tory. To her dismay, a rash of suspicious accidents culminates in a murder, for which Richard is unjustly convicted. While Richard is in prison, the factory workers rebel against Lady Chartley's stewardship and storm the mansion. With the Chartley fortune at stake, rivalries flare and build to a shattering and romantic conclusion. STATE OF GRACE by Jospeh Pintauro (novel) Thomas Sheehan, 41 years old, is a model priest, the pride of his Brooklyn parish. But, when a close friend and fellow priest leaves the Church, Tom feels a void. He is still awed by the Church, but his faith begins to erode. Then he meets Katelyn Snow, and he forms another attachment, not compatible compati-ble with the priesthood. As their relationship intensifies, Tom is forced to choose between the two loves of his life his Church or Katelyn. A FAREWELL TO FRANCE by Noel Barber (novel) Larry is the scion of a prestigious champagne-producing family in France, and Sonia is the passionate woman Larry has known sinch adolescence. The two star-crossed star-crossed lovers are torn apart, possibly forever, by the effects of the German Ger-man occupation during World War II. Also threatening their love are their allegiances to others. Through their story the reader learns about the left bank of the 1930's, the tumultuous war years in France, and of the French Resistance. WARLORD by Malcolm Bosse (novel) In this epic of passion and betrayal, neroism ana aeieat, we travel in unina m tumultuous lazv, rrom ren-ing ren-ing to Canton, from Shanghai bordellos to Mandarin splendor. The major ma-jor characters are: General Tang, the powerful, majestic Chinese Warlord; Bera Rogacheva, his gorgeous White Russian mistress: Erich Luchner, a German arms dealer who had been Vera's former lover; and Phillip Embree, a young American who becomes an officer in the Warlord's calvary. HOW TO LIVE TO BE 100 by George Burns (nonfiction) A priceless guide . to levity and longevity which will have you charging on to 100-and laughing all the way. drawing from his vast fund of helpful hints and terrible jokes, Goerge tells you how to exercise (he posed for every photograph himself), how to diet, and how to stay sexy. Laced with anecdotes anec-dotes about his very personal life, his famous friends, his career, and Gracie, George tells it like it is. THE DEAD SLEEP by John Dickson Carr (mystery) A collection of nine radio plays from the forties and fifties by the late mystery writer. This collection contains all the hallmarks of Carr's classic detective novels-locked novels-locked rooms, impossible crimes, brilliant detection-and two feature Carr's most famous detective, Dr. Gideon Fell. KNAVE OF HEARTS by Philippa Carr (Victoria Hold) (novel) Leaving her beloved English countryside and the boy she adored, Lottie goes to live in her father's house in France, where she is swept away by the flitter of pre-Revolutionary Paris. Years pass bringing a new love, and an old love too. Lottie experiences joy and treachery, grief and triumph, and the advent of a time when heads roll, chaos prevails, and the fates of those she loves are placed in dire jeopardy. JAPANESE MIND: THE GOLIATH EXPLAINED by Robert C. Christopher (nonfiction) A portrait of Japan today in all its complexity, complex-ity, from the child's roll in the family to the robots role in the corporation. corpora-tion. Through our failure to grasp the imperatives of an ancient race: a language that seems designed to baffle "Western" logic; and ethic that scorns the primacy of the individual; the overriding emphasis on simple survival that lies behind Japan's every achievement; we presistently misunderstand the Japanese. Culture is the key to Japan's success, not technique. THE TERRIBLE TIDE by Alisa Craig-(mystery) After taking a job caring car-ing for two elderly women, Holly Howe, a New York model convalescing convalesc-ing in a tiny Canadian town, stumbles into the middle of a diabolical plan to steal priceless antiques. When a bottle of rum with knockout drips in it turns up and a bomb comes down the chimney, Holly realizes the person behind the plan will stop at nothing-not even murder-to issue its success. GREAT WORLD CIRCUS by William Kotzwinkle (fantasy) Kotzwinkle, the author of E.T., turns to adult fantasy in this romantic adventure where an irresistible siren appears and disappears. The mysterious female, utterly evanescent, is seen on the twisting alleyways of Singapore, in Paris, in the ruins of ancient kingdoms, and in the power centers of the technoworld. But who has sent this vision of desire? And what is her secret purpose? THE SUMMER OF KATYA by Trevanian (novel) In 1914 in the French Basque village of Salies, young Doctor Jean-Marc Montjean is taken to Katya's home to attend her twin brother Paul. The doctor is bedazzled bedazzl-ed and bedeviled by Katya, but Paul discourages Jean-Marc telling him that Katya can never marry. Jean-Marc insists on a private meeting with Katya. Events ensure that are so traumatic and tragic that the young doctor's life is scarred, and his memories of his great love are blighted. A MAN OF HONOR by Joseph Bonanno with Sergio Lalli (biography) The autobiography of the "Godfather or godfathers", who has been active ac-tive in the Mafia for over 50 years. Bonanno was the colleague and col-qual col-qual of Costello, Luciano, Anastasia, Profaci, and Colombo, and his career spans the era from Big Joe Masseria in the roaring twenties to the present day. He offers a glimpse into the extraordinary "close society", socie-ty", a society which remains a powerful force in American life today. IJDRARY HAPPENINGS: SI" MM KR YOUTH PROGRAMS! Information booklets will be available ill'' end ot this week. Sign-up will begin the 30th of May and run till Hit- third of June. Programs will include: the summer reading pro-p pro-p ;,! n. cartooning, origami, square dance, art, folk dance, theater, puppetry, pup-petry, calligraphy, cake decorating, brown baggers, and crafts Brown baggers is an older age group story hour and book discussion group Our pre-school story hour will continue at its regular day and time. So, come in and join up for a fun summer! |