Friday, December 20, 2013

New eBooks @ the Library

 

Avoid long eBook waiting lists!
 
We've just added an extra copy of some of the most popular OverDrive eBooks: 


  • The Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth - including #3 : Allegiant
  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak   

- just for use by Merrickville Public Library members!

Sign in to your OverDrive account to get access to these titles.
Not using OverDrive yet?  Contact the Library to get set up!
 

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

New - Thrillers, Iggulden & Wheat Belly


New Historical Fiction

War of the Roses : Stormbird  -  Conn Iggulden 
     (new series)


New Thrillers

Ice Cold Kill  -  Dana Haynes
Red 1-2-3  -  John Katzenbach
Under Oath  -  Margaret McLean

New Heartwarming Fiction

An Amish Country Christmas  -  Charlotte Hubbard & Naomi King
Life After Life  -  Jill McCorkle

New Non-Fiction

Wheat Belly 30-Minute (or Less!) Cookbook  -  William Davis


Thursday, December 12, 2013

New - Booker winner & more thrillers!


Booker Winner!

The Luminaries  -  Eleanor Catton

New Thrillers

The Gods of Guilt  -  Michael Connelly 
Twist  -  John Lutz
Cross and Burn  -  Val McDermid
Under Fire  -  Margaret McLean
Cockroaches  -  Jo Nesbo
   (an early Harry Hole thriller)
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Retribution  -  Eric Van Lustbader
Stranger in the Room  -  Amanda Kyle Williams

New Science Fiction

Andromeda's Fall - William C. Dietz
    (Legion of the Damned prequel)
Alif the Unseen  -  G. Willow Wilson
    (World Fantasy Award winner)


Friday, December 6, 2013

New - James Patterson & Christmas romance!

Just a few new titles this week... 
 

New "Alex Cross" thriller!

Cross My Heart  -  James Patterson
 

Christmas Romance

A Fool's Gold Christmas  -  Susan Mallery
Take Me Home for Christmas  -  Brenda Novak
      (new Whiskey Creek story)

Thursday, November 28, 2013

New - Thrillers & more bestsellers!


 

New Best-Sellers

First Phone Call from Heaven  -  Mitch Albom
Road Ends  -  Mary Lawson
Time Now for the Vinyl CafĂ© Story Exchange  -  Stuart McLean
The Girl You Left Behind  -  JoJo Moyes
Stella Bain  -  Anita Shreve 

New Non-Fiction

One Summer: America 1927 
  -  Bill Bryson

The Men Who United the States
  -  Simon Winchester





New Thrillers

Dust  -  Patricia Cornwell
Savage Spring  -  Mons Kallentot
White Fire  -  Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
    (new Pendergast novel)
Airtight  -  David Rosenfelt

 

 

Thursday, November 21, 2013

New - Thrillers & Romance


New Thrillers

King and Maxwell  -  David Baldacci
Takedown Twenty  -  Janet Evanovich
    (new Stephanie Plum)
Night Film  -  Marisha Pessl

New Romantic Fiction

How to Fall in Love  -  Cecelia Ahern
Someone Else's Love Story  -  Joshilyn Jackson
The Secret Keeper  -  Beverly Lewis
     (new Home to Hickory Hollow)

New Fantasy Fiction

The Republic of Thieves  -  Scott Lynch
     (new Locke Lamora)



Thursday, November 7, 2013

New Tan, Rankin, Cussler, Roberts & more

 

New Best-Sellers

The Valley of Amazement  -  Amy Tan
 

New Mysteries & Thrillers

Mirage  -  Clive Cussler & Jack Du Brul
     (new Oregon Files)
Saints of the Shadow Bible  -  Ian Rankin
     (new Rebus)
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon  -  Alexander McCall Smith
      (new No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency)
Accused  -  Lisa Scottoline
 

New Romantic Fiction

Miracle Road  -  Emily March
     (new Eternity Springs)
Dark Witch  -  Nora Roberts
      (#1 in new trilogy)
Winners  -  Danielle Steel
Sense & Sensibility  -  Joanna Trollope

New Inspirational Romance

A Simple Faith  -  Rosalind Lauer
The Wedding Planners of Butternut Creek  -  Jane Myers Perrine
 

 New Non-Fiction

Lawrence in Arabia: war, deceit, imperial folly and the making of the modern Middle East
  -  Scott Anderson
 
The War that Ended Peace:  the road to 1914
  -  Margaret MacMillan

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

New - Local Author, Thrillers & more

 Local Author!

Old Enough to Fight: 
Canada's Boy Soldiers in the First World War

by Dan Black





New Thrillers

Sycamore Row  -  John Grisham
Into the Darkest Corner  -  Elizabeth Haynes
Second Watch  -  J.A. Jance
     (new Beaumont)
Critical Mass  -  Sara Paretsky
     (new V.I. Warshawski)
Silent Night  -  Robert B. Parker
     (new Spenser holiday novel)
Outlaw  -  Mark Sullivan

New Best-Sellers


David & Goliath: underdogs, misfits,
and the art of battling giants  -  Malcolm Gladwell
      (bestselling nonfiction)

We Are Water  -  Wally Lamb
A Seaside Christmas  -  Sherryl Woods
     (new Chesapeake Shores)

New Fantasy Fiction

The Daylight War  -  Peter V. Brett
      (#3 in the Warded Man series)
Dark Currents  -  Jacqueline Carey
      (new Urban Fantasy series)


Thursday, October 17, 2013

New - Diana Beresford-Kroeger's latest book +

Local Author!

The Sweetness of the Simple Life:
tips for healthier, happier and kinder living gleaned from the wisdom and science of nature

by Diana Beresford-Kroeger



New Thrillers

Just One Evil Act  -  Elizabeth George
     (new Inspector Lynley)
Caravan of Thieves  -  David Rich
Storm Front  -  John Sandford
     (new Virgil Flowers)
Doing Hard Time - Stuart Woods
     (new Stone Barrington)



 Favourite Authors

The Pagan Lord  - Bernard Cornwall
     (new Anglo-Saxon Chronicles)
Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor 
    -  Patrick Taylor



New Romance

Home on the Range  -  Susan Fox
Gentle on my Mind  -  Susan Fox
    (new series)
Winter of Wishes  -  Charlotte Hubbard
The Dawn of Christmas  -  Cindy Woodsmall

 



Thursday, October 10, 2013

New - Galbraith, Coupland, Smith, Francis

 

New Bestsellers

Worst. Person. Ever.  -  Douglas Coupland
The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith  (AKA  J.K. Rowling)
Starry Night  -  Debbie Macomber
Vicious Circle  -  Wilbur Smith

Orange is the New Black: my year in a women's prison
 - Piper Kerman

New Thillers

Treasure Hunt  -  Andrea Camilleri
Dick Francis' Refusal  -  Felix Francis
Black Fridays   -  Michael Sears

Inherit the Dead
 - a serial novel by many of today's top mystery writers



 


Thursday, October 3, 2013

New - Patterson, Deaver & Carol Williams!

 Local Author

Carol Williams publishes

Emma Field: book three

the conclusion of her Emma Field
trilogy
 

Thrillers

The October List  -  Jeffery Deaver
Silencing Eve  -  Iris Johansen
Gone  -  James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
    (new Michael Bennett)
 

Historical Fiction

The Ill-Made Knight  -  Christian Cameron





Thursday, September 26, 2013

New - Reichs, Robb, Sparks, Nesbo...

 

New Mysteries & Thrillers

Something Borrowed, Someone Dead 
-  MC Beaton           (new Agatha Raisin)
Deadline  -  Sandra Brown
Strange Shores  -  Arnaldur Indridson
Police  -  Jo Nesbo   (new Harry Hole)
Bones of the Lost  -  Kathy Reichs
Thankless in Death  -  JD Robb

 

New Fiction

The Son of a Certain Woman
   -  Wayne Johnston
The Lowland  -  Jhumpa Lahiri
The Longest Ride  -  Nicholas Sparks








New Books @ Your Library

Find out what's new on the shelves!

If you'd like to reserve any of these titles,
Contact the Library.

By phone: 613-269-3326

By e-mail: merrickville_library@bellnet.ca

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