Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Piano Lessons: A MemoirAnna Goldsworthy2009, 240 pagesNonfictionWhen Anna Goldsworthy was a 9-year-old taking piano lessons in Adelaide, Australia, she was introduced to a new teacher, the renowned Russian pianist Eleanora Sivan. Mrs. Sivan was unlike anyone Anna had ever met. She didn't want her students to play mechanically, but to work hard...
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Concord public libraryFor more information about Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Louisa May Alcott: A Personal Biography Cheever, Susan 2010, 298 pages NonfictionSusan Cheever's story of Louisa May Alcott's life is more than just a biography because it is written from Alcott's point of view, as a reporter of her own life and of all the changes happening in the mid-19th century world around her. I...
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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.The Science of Doctor WhoPaul Parsons2010, 307 pagesNonfictionDoctor Who has been an international science fiction television show with a cult following for nearly half a century. Since 1963, the Doctor has been moving through time and space in his TARDIS, saving the Earth and just about every alien race he runs into. But, this is science fiction. Is...
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For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.The Attenbury EmeraldsJill Paton Walsh2010, 338 pages FictionThis is a Dorothy Sayers-inspired mystery, involving her characters Lord Peter Wimsey, his wife Harriet, and his invaluable manservant, Bunter. Harriet asks Peter to recount his very first case about the Attenbury Emeralds. Peter and Bunter tell her how they solved this very intriguing...
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For further information about the Concord Public Library, please visit concordpubliclibrary.net.A Lonely DeathCharles Todd 2011, 343 pagesFictionScotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge is sent to the village of Eastfield, near Hastings, on the east coast of England. Three men who had survived the Great War and returned home have been murdered with soldier's identification disks left in their mouths. Rutledge must discover the link...
