Concord Public Library 'Book of the week'
Soloby Rana Dasgupta2011, 339 pagesFictionIf you are a fan of stories that take place in countries and in times with which you are unfamiliar, Solo by Rana Dasgupta will be appealing. The novel's protagonist, Ulrich, tells the story of his life growing up in the Bulgarian empire in the early 20th century.He studied briefly in Berlin before World War II and returned to care for his parents, who struggled to survive harsh conditions...
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Author: Graves, Sarah. Title: Knockdown: A Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery. Date: 2011 Pages: 278 Setting: Contemporary Eastport, Maine Jacobia Tiptree, known to everyone as Jake, planned on spending the Fourth of July weekend in Eastport painting the porch and fixing up the front of her 1823 three story Federal style home, leaving some time to enjoy the holiday festivities. But a person from her past changed her plans. When Jake saw...
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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal KingdomJennifer Holland2011, 210 pagesNonfictionJennifer Holland, senior writer for National Geographic magazine, gives us 47 stories that she has collected of unlikely and unusual animal friendships. Some of my favorites are the African elephant and the sheep, the Asiatic black bear and the...
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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Caveat EmptorRuth Downie2011, 338 pagesFictionGaius Petreius Ruso, a medical man from Rome, arrives back in Britannia with his wife, Tilla, who is a midwife and originally from Britannia. Ruso is asked by his friend, Valens, to find a missing tax man and his brother, who disappeared with the tax money from the town of Verulamium. Ruso protests that...
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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Buddha's OrphansSamrat Upadhyay2010, 433 pagesFictionSamrat Upadhyay's story begins with the abandonment of an infant and suicide of his mother. We are introduced to the rough life of the poor on the streets of Kathmandu in 1962. A homeless man discovers the baby and brings him to a poor woman who sells roasted corn in the street market....
