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Sail

Author: James Patterson

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Since the death of her husband, Anne Dunne and her three children have struggled in every way. In a last ditch effort to save the family, Anne plans an elaborate sailing vacation to bring everyone together once again. But only an hour out of port, everything is going wrong. The teenage daughter, Carrie, is planning to drown herself. The teenage son, Mark, is high on drugs and ten-year-old Ernie is nearly catatonic. This is the worst vacation ever.
Anne manages to pull things together bit by bit, but just as they begin feeling like a family again, something catastrophic happens. Survival may be the least of their concerns.
Written with the blistering pace and shocking twists that only James Patterson can master, SAIL takes "Lost" and "Survivor" to a new level of terror.

Nice to Come Home to

Author: Rebecca Flowers

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"So fresh and funny and warm, it echoed in my head long after I had closed the book...Beautifully written, with wit and heart to spare...She's Jane Austen gone mod, and I can't reccomend this hopefula and endearing tale strongly enough." -Joshilyn Jackson, author of Gods in Alabama

The People of Paper

Author: Salvador Plascencia

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"Wondrous and comically inventive" -The New York Times Book review

"A charming meditation on the relationship between reader, author, and story line, filled with mythic imagery and unforgettable personalities...Readers will find it hard to turn away from The People of Paper." -Entertainment Weekly

"Impressive on terms anyone can appreciate" -Los Angeles Times

 

Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao

Author: Junot Diaz

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"Funny, street-smart and keenly observed...AN extraordinarily vibrant book that's fueled by adrenaline-powered prose...A book that decisively establishes [Diaz] as one of contemporary fiction's most distinctive and irresistible new voices"  -The New York Times

"Terrific...Narrated in high-energy Spanglish, the book is packed with wide-ranging cultural references--to Dune. Julia Alvarex, The Sound of Music--as well as erudite and hilarious footnotes on Carribean history. It is a joy to read, and every bit as exhilarating to reread." -Entertainment Weekly

 

Armageddon In Retrospecto

Author: Kurt Vonnegut

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Armageddon in Retrospect is a collection of twelve new and unpublished writings on war and peace. Imbued with Vonnegut's trademark rueful humor, the pieces range from a visceral nonfiction recollection of the destruction of Dresden during World War II--an essay that is as timely today as it was then--to a painfully funny short story about three Army privates and their fantasies of the perfect first meal upon returning home from war, to a darker, more poignant story about the impossibility of shielding our children from the temptations of violence. Also included are Vonnegut's last speech as well as an assortment of his artwork, and an introduction by the author's son, Mark Vonnegut. Armageddon in Retrospect says as much about the times in which we live as it does about the genius of the writer.

Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea

Author: Chelsea Handler

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"Ms. Handler's style is a friendlier, more workaday version of the haughty self-abasement practiced by Sarah Silverman, leavened by the everywoman spirit of Kathy Griffin...She seems like a cruel queen bee from an expensive college: There's something suspiciously sophisticated about how her jokes line up that suggests the moral austerity of a comic not of [Joan] Rivers's bad-girl school: Tina Fey."

-- New York Times

"Where have I been all of Chelsea Handler's life? I had no idea how funny, how brilliant she is. She is too clever for words."

-- Liz Smith, New York Post

"Chelsea Handler is a terrific comedian and a hilarious writer."

-- Jay Leno

BBQ Joints--Stories and Secret Recipies From the Barbeque Belt

Author: David Gelin

  

Ride shotgun with barbecue aficionado David Gelin as he follows the trail of smoldering hickory and mesquite. BBQ Joints: Stories and Secret Recipes from the Barbecue Belt features the best-sometimes out-of-the-way, sometimes hole-in-the-wall-places to find great barbecue. It tells the stories, histories and philosophies of the joints and their owners. An insider's view of barbecue, BBQ Joints is a wild ride you won't want to miss!

"David Gelin has the ability to capture the true essence of these amazing people and their legendary old BBQ shrines with his camera. When he added the wonderful stories and recipes it became a great book. As a student and fan of these people and places, I'm particularly pleased to see them so well documented for history's sake." -Ray Lampe, aka Dr. BBQ

 

Junk Beautiful

Author: Sue Whitney & Ki Nassauer

   

"Assembled by the masters of junk, this visual, how-to book is overflowing with ideas that are fresh, original and fun! If you are tired of living in a cookie-cutter home that looks like a page from a catalog, then this book is definitely for you." -Danny Seo, author of the "Simply Green" series

"In today's desposable world it's refreshing to see the ingenuity and creativity illustrated by Junk Beautiful, where ordinary, mundance or seemingly hopeless items are transformed into fabulously functional repurposed pieces. This book is a must-have for all garage sale, flea market, thrift store junkies!" Tim Luke of HGTV's "Cash In the Attic"

Worried Sick

Author: Nortin M. Hadler, M.D.

  

A serious diagnosis of what ails modern American medicine which will surprise and educate even the most savvy reader. Hadler exposes the fallacies that drive unnecessary and often harmful treatments and offers a hard-hitting series of remedies that could benefit us all.
—Jerome Groopman, M.D., Harvard Medical School, author of How Doctors Think

"Worried Sieck is for anyone who wants to make wise decisions about how to care for themselves and their loved ones. Dr. Hadler reveals the expensive tests that determine little and the quick fixes that boost nothing but cost to point the way toward a health system that we can't afford not to have."--National Public Radio (Scott Simon)

 

Audio Books

Slummy Mummy
Author: Fiona Neill
Reader: Kathleen Kellgren

At home with three sons and a distant husband, Lucy has no sex, no clean laundry, and no conversation. When she starts flirting with a stay-at-home father, her string of white lies to cover up the trail of chaos and desire starts to unravel, and disaster looms. "Kellgren keeps the tone lighthearted and fun... Listeners are sure to laugh along and connect with the harried mom."—Booklist

The Chase
Author: Clive Cussler
Reader: Richard Ferrone

In 1906, the country's best detective sets out to nab the "Butcher Bandit," a killer who robs, murders, and disappears. But this is no ordinary prey, and it's no ordinary hunt, leading to a deadly earthquake and a confrontation between locomotives. This standalone thriller "cranks up a head of steam and some high-speed thrills."—Publishers Weekly  

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 Dejavu

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A sense of déjà vu unexpectedly guides ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) through an investigation of a crime. Called in to recover evidence after a bomb sets off a cataclysmic explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Carlin discovers that what most people believe is only in their heads is actually something far more powerful.

 

 

 

 The Waterhorse

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In 1930, on the coast of Scotland, eight-year-old Kirstie finds a large egg which hatches into an unusual sea creature, and as he grows her family must decide what to do with him.

 

PLAYAWAYS 

Enjoy this new, portable audiobook technology- now available at your library!

-Playaways are easy to use.  Just plug your earphones, or ones you purchase at the library,  into the universal jack and press play.  Perfect for chuildren, teens, and adults!

-Every playaway comes pre-loaded with your favorite audiobooks!

-Playaways are very portable. At only 6 ounces, playaways easily fit in the palm of your hand, in your pocket, or around your neck. Listen on the go!

Titles available at Demopolis Public Library:

Title                                  Author

Motor Mouth                             Janet Evanovich

Drive By                                     Lynne Ewing

Atonement                                Ian McEwan

The Debutante Divorcee         Plum Sykes

Eggs                                            Jerry Spinelli

The Homework Machine          Dan Gutman

Crash                                           Jerry Spinelli