NEW BOOKS for January and a Keeper of a Give Away!
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January may be rainy and grey outside in Atlanta, but inside our libraries we're happy to offer uplifting new non-fiction as well as intriguing new stories to help you forget the weather. This week's New Book Newsletter highlights a mystery, a romance, a sports biography, a spy novel, and the true story of how some of the best rescue dogs in America were trained. We're also offering a horror story as this week's give away, just to make sure we've got a little something for everyone.
Click through the links below to be among the first to reserve these new books from AFPLS!
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In 1995, Wilma Melville volunteered as a canine search-and-rescue (SAR) handler with her Black Labrador Murphy in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing. At the time, there were only fifteen FEMA certified SAR dogs in the United States. Believing in the value of these remarkable animals to help save lives, Wilma knew many more were needed in the event of future major disasters. She made a vow to help 168 dogs receive search-and-rescue training in her lifetime--one for every Oklahoma City victim.
The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF) was founded to meet this challenge. The first canine candidates were a trio of golden retrievers with behavioral problems so severe the dogs were considered irredeemable and unadoptable. But with patience, discipline, and love applied during training, they proved to have the ability, agility, and stamina to graduate as SARs. Paired with firefighters, they were among the first responders searching the ruins of the World Trade Center following 9/11--setting the standard for many SDF search-and-rescue dogs that followed.
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Hot on the trail of a North Korean looking to sell sensitive US intelligence to the Syrian regime, Pike Logan and the Taskforce stumble upon something much graver- the sale of a lethal substance called Red Mercury. Unbeknownst to the Taskforce, the Syrians plan to use the weapon of mass destruction against American and Kurdish forces, and blame the attack on terrorists, causing western nations to reassess their participation in the murky cauldron of the Syrian civil war. Meanwhile, North Korea has its own devastating agenda- a double-cross that will dwarf the attack in Syria even as it lays the blame on the Syrian government.
Daughter of War
is either the thirteenth or twenty-first Pike Logan book, depending on how you count them. If you would like to explore your own opinion on Pike Logan series order and number, start with what all agree is the first book,
One Rough Man
, by reserving it in
hardcover
or
ebook download.
You can see a list of all the titles at
this link
, or click here to reserve
Daughter of War.
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For Devon Still, life has been a journey from one scar to the next. From one challenge to the next. His is a story of pushing through pain and overcoming obstacles of all shapes and sizes--of choosing to fight for the sake of his family, his community, and his faith.
Millions of people around the world have been inspired by Devon's tireless devotion in helping his daughter, Leah, learn how to "beat up cancer." But in these pages, Devon takes readers behind the headlines to reveal the deeper story of what prepared him for that fight.
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In Danielle Steel's powerful new novel, four trauma doctors--the best and brightest in their field--confront exciting new challenges, both personally and professionally, when given an unusual opportunity.
Bill Browning heads the trauma unit at San Francisco's busiest emergency room, SF General. With his ex-wife and daughters in London, he immerses himself in his work and lives for rare visits with his children. A rising star at her teaching hospital, UCSF at Mission Bay, Stephanie Lawrence has two young sons, a frustrated stay-at-home husband, and not enough time for any of them. Harvard-educated Wendy Jones is a dedicated trauma doctor at Stanford, trapped in a dead-end relationship with a married cardiac surgeon. And Tom Wylie's popularity with women rivals the superb medical skills he employs at his Oakland medical center, but he refuses to let anyone get too close, determined to remain unattached forever.
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In Riversend, an isolated rural community afflicted by an endless drought, a young priest does the unthinkable, killing five parishioners before being taken down himself.
A year later, accompanied by his own demons from war-time reporting, journalist Martin Scarsden arrives in Riversend. His assignment is simple: describe how the townspeople are coping as the anniversary of their tragedy approaches. But as Martin meets the locals and hears their version of events, he begins to realize that the accepted wisdom--that the priest was a pedophile whose imminent exposure was the catalyst for the shooting, a theory established through an award-winning investigation by Martin's own newspaper--may be wrong.
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Twenty years ago, four teenagers went exploring in the local woods, trying to find the supposed home of the Bone Keeper. Only three returned.
Now, a woman is found wandering the streets, horrifically injured, claiming to have fled the evil urban myth.
This book isn't available for sale or as a library book until February, but you can win a print galley (a paperback used to promote the book before official release) of this title by emailing us within 24 hours of the New Books Newsletter email. Just put "Bone Keeper" in the subject line of your email to
Collection.Development@fultoncountyga.gov
. We'll pick a winner at random from messages received between 8:30am Monday, 1/7/19 and 8:30am Tuesday, 1/8/19.
The winner will be notified via email and must be able to pick the book up at an AFPLS branch within one month.
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