New Reads for This Week

The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
Passion. Danger. Witchcraft...

This remarkable story features Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman who navigated a treacherous path through the battle lines in the Wars of the Roses. It reflects King Henry VI's reign as though the author were there herself to experience it first hand. As you turn the pages of this fascinating book, you will see that your heart will not remain untouched by the true love match of Richard, eventually to become the first Earl Rivers, and Jacquetta. As usual, the author has done a great deal of research to bring us a well written historical novel. Signed hardcovers are available at a 20 percent discount.

A Quilter's Holiday by Jennifer Chiaverini
The Elm Creek Quilters gather every holiday season to stitch holiday gifts for loved ones. Inspired to revive a lost family tradition, Sylvia Bergstrom Compson Cooper invites her friends to sew quilt blocks that represent their own unique stories of gratitude and love.  This quilting series makes a great gift for ladies who love gentle fiction.  New paperbacks are discounted 10 percent.

V is for Vengeanceby Sue Grafton
A spider web of dangerous relationships is at the heart of Sue Grafton's new Kinsey Millhone novel.  Coming November 14 in hard cover at a 20 percent discount.

11/22/63 by Stephen King
Middle-aged high school teacher Jake Epping is told by friend Al that the storeroom of the dinner he runs is a portal to 1958. So Jake slips back to the time of Elvis and cars with fins, falls for the beautiful school librarian and moves toward those devastating shots on 11/22/63 that ended President John Kennedy’s life and a lot of dreams forever. Can Jake change history? And what does this all have to do with a GED student back in contemporary times whose essay about his father’s murder of his mother and siblings has so shaken Jake?  This hard cover has a 20 percent discount.

Hood by Emma Donoghue
From the author of Room. Nearly 15 years after their first night together as teen lovers, Cara has died in a car accident, and Penelope must learn how to bear the pain of loss, how to come to terms with the dualities that underscore their deep yet turbulent love, and how to move on without her life-long partner.  New paperbacks are discounted 10 percent.

The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese
Dr. Abraham Verghese hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital in El Paso, Texas. When he meets a medical student recovering from drug addiction, the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to find security in the sport they love and with each other. After the dark beast from the intern’s past emerges once again, almost everything Verghese has come to trust and believe in is threatened.  The author of Cutting for Stone brings us this true story.  New paperbacks are discounted 10 percent.

Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester
Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, Atlantic by the New York Times-bestselling author of Krakatoa tells the breathtaking saga of the magnificent ocean, setting it against the backdrop of mankind's intellectual evolution. This paperback proves that Winchester brings history to life. New paperbacks are discounted 10 percent.

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