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| July 3, 2017 |  Coming and Going Stephanie Klose, Media Editor Travel emerges as a theme as Boyd Childress builds a collection development list on the topic of Cuba, the Classic Returns column contains works on Sri Lankan gardens and an American in Liverpool, while Books for Dudes explores life on the road as a long-haul trucker. Barbara Hoffert's debut novels feature is packed with reading for home or away, Steve Kemple considers female jazz musicians of the 1960s and 1970s, and M. Brandon Robbins offers tips for hosting a gaming tournament at your library. In addition, Claire Zion shares her experiences of editing pioneering romance author Jo Beverley, and U.S. Marine veteran Thomas J. Brennan and war photojournalist Finbarr O’Reilly discuss cowriting Shooting Ghosts: A U.S. Marine, a Combat Photographer, and Their Journey Back from War. |
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 First Steps | Debut Novels By Barbara Hoffert Debut novels good enough to keep you reading through summer vacation and into the fall. |
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 Editing the Late Jo Beverley By Kristin Ramsdell Claire Zion, editor in chief at Penguin/Berkley, discusses her relationship with the much-revered author, Beverley’s process and themes, and her contributions to the romance genre. |
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Audiobook Month Concludes | Wyatt's World
- Down a Dark Road by Linda Castillo
- Defectors by Joseph Kanon
- Murder Games by James Patterson & Howard Roughan
- The Force by Don Winslow
- Indecent Exposure by Stuart Woods
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 Q&A with the Authors of Shooting Ghosts By Stephanie Sendaula Marine veteran Thomas J. Brennan and war photojournalist Finbarr O’Reilly, coauthors of Shooting Ghosts: A U.S. Marine, a Combat Photographer, and Their Journey Back from War, discuss motivation, the military, and PTSD. |
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 Cuba, Then & Now | Collection Development By Boyd Childress Cuba has served as a playground for tourists, a model Communist state, and most recently a renewed interest for American travelers and investment. The country, a scant 90 miles off the Florida coast, has also been the subject of exciting literary output for decades. |
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 Summer Travels | Classic Returns By Liz French Victorian adventurers and adventuresses, an American actress’s last act in Liverpool, and a peek at the Sri Lankan gardens of the brothers Bawa. |
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 Ungentlemanly Warfare & Prog Rock | Books for Dudes By Douglas Lord Douglas Lord highlights titles including Samantha Hunt’s The Dark Dark, Giles Milton’s Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler’s Defeat, and Finn Murphy’s The Long Haul: A Trucker’s Tales of Life on the Road. |
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