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Vivian Maier: Out of the ShadowsRichard Cahan and Michael Williams2012, 287 pagesNonfictionVivian Maier, celebrated amateur “nanny photographer,” was not discovered until after her lonely death in 2009. Her many, many photographs, which had by necessity been abandoned in storage and which she had never shared, luckily found their way to auction and into the hands of discerning collectors. The short but thoughtful biographical sketch...
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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Care of Wooden FloorsWill Wiles2012, 295 pagesFictionA British copywriter stays at his composer friend Oskar’s elegant, ultramodern, apartment in a glum Eastern European city. The instructions are simple: feed the cats, don’t touch the piano and make sure nothing hurts the priceless wooden floors. Believing a change of scene will help him write...
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Dying on the VineAaron Elkins2012, 294 pagesFictionForensics professor Gideon Oliver and his wife Julie are in Tuscany to visit some old friends whose family owns a vineyard. While there, Gideon is asked to look at some skeletons from a recent case, but he finds problems with the carabinieri’s conclusions. There are many odd things about the way the skeletons are found, where they are resting, etc., and Gideon steps in to help....
Our latest book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Endangered: A Zoo MysteryAnne Littlewood2012, 268 pagesFictionA drug bust takes place on the Tipton farm, located on a remote road in a forest north of Vancouver, Wash. Zookeeper Iris Oakley and her coworker Denny are sent there on a mission to retrieve parrots and reptiles, but instead they find smuggled exotic animals. Iris not only wants to save...
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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Mrs. Queen Takes the TrainWilliam Kuhn2012, 374 pagesFictionHistorian William Kuhn’s debut novel is reminiscent of Alan Bennett’s The Uncommon Reader. Queen Elizabeth II is feeling low. She decides a visit to the decommissioned royal yacht Britannia, which is moored near Edinburgh, might be just the thing to set her right again. The Queen boards...
