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Book Talk: We Recommend
Recommended by Laraine Worby, Reference Department
Ordinary people in extraordinary times…
Leon and Louise by Albert Capus,
translated by John Brownjohn
Leon and Louise meet and fall in love in France
at the end of World War 1. They are tragically
separated but after many years they are reunited in Germanoccupied
Paris. This beautiful story is told in the context of war
a nd hardship, where sacrifices are made for love and family.
 A hundred flowers by Gail Tsukiyama
Set during the Chinese Cultural Revolution of Mao’s reign,
this is a deceptively simple tale of an ordinary family facing
extraordinary times. With a 6-year-old boy at its center and told
through the eyes of various members of a multi-generational
family, the story of love and devotion unfolds with a vivid
glimpse into the daily life during these oppressive times.
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Book Talk: We Recommend
Recommended by Lisa Taranto
The art forger : a novel by B.A. Shapiro
Shapiro, professor at Northeastern University, paints an intriguing story set in Boston. Familiar haunts are mentioned, weaving through the Back Bay on the Silver Line and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum where the infamous art heist took place in 1990. The plot centers around this factual robbery.
The chaperone by Laura Moriarty
Moriarty weaves a story around the life of silent film star Louise Brooks. In 1922, Cora Carlise makes an agreement with Louise's mother to chaperone her daughter to New York City where she will attend the Dennishawn School of Dance. Cora has a quest of her own to visit the orphanage where she lived and find her birth mother. Cora is able to help Louise whose painful past comes to surface.
Book Talk: We Recommend
Recommended by Mary Murphy, Circulation Department
House Secrets by Mike Lawson
(Fiction)
This is the 4th book out of 7 in the
Joe Demarco series. Demarco is a fixer
and a troubleshooter for the Speaker of the House,
John Fitzpatrick Mahoney. Politics, journalism and
scandal -- this is a first class ride and not to be missed.
iPad Secrets by Darren Murph
(Non-fiction 004.16 2012)
Darren Murph is a gadget critic, reviewer and author.
This book gives you an insider’s guide to apps and
accessories for your iPad. As a new iPad mini owner
I found this to be an invaluable guide.
Book Talk: We Recommend
Planning for Retirement? Take advantage of these
outstanding resources from Henry K. Hebeler!
- www.analyzenow.com
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J.K. Lasser’s Your Winning Retirement Plan (332.024
Hebeler)
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Getting
Started in a Financially Secure Retirement (332.024
Hebeler)
The premier go-to guy for trustworthy (and mostly
free!)
retirement planning advice and help has got to be
Henry
“Bud” Hebeler, retired president of Boeing’s (BA)
aerospace
unit. His website (www.analyzenow.com)
contains excellent
articles on many financial topics,
downloadable financialplanning
Excel programs, and sage
answers to readers’
personal questions. His work is
praised and quoted by
many reputable sources including the
Wall Street Journal,
and you can check him out for free at
the library!
We Recommend:
Barbara Slavin, Reference Department
Where would one go for stories of personal transformation and social commentary? Chain gang movies. We have three of the best. The 1932 precode crime film
I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) staring Paul Muni was so gritty and heart-wrenching that it inspired reforms in the prison system in the 1930's. Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier gave great performances
in The Defiant Ones (1958) as two escaped prisoners handcuffed together during their escape. The famous line: "What we have here is a failure to communicate" is from the classic chain gang movie
Cool Hand Luke (1967), another film with anti-establishment overtones staring Paul Newman and George Kennedy.
You'll find more ideas on the
Reader
Services Page, the
Fiction
Booklist Section and among our previous
Staff Recommendations.
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