Weekly Staff Picks
What is the library staff most excited to get home and read? We recommend these latest releases!
The Holdout: A Novel
Author: Graham Moore
ISBN: 9780399591778
From the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and bestselling author of The Last Days of Night: a jury on a murder trial is deadlocked when a young woman manages to turn the tide to acquit; now, a decade later, she must face the consequences when a fellow juror...
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Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber
Author: Susan Fowler
ISBN: 9780525560128
The unbelievable true story of the young woman who faced down one of the most valuable startups in Silicon Valley history--and what came afterIn 2017, twenty-five-year-old Susan Fowler published a blog post detailing the sexual harassment and retaliation she'd experienced as an entry-level engineer at Uber. The post went viral...
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The Ones We've Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America
Author: Charlotte Alter
ISBN: 9780525561507
An optimistic look at the future of American leadership by a brilliant young reporterA new generation is stepping up. There are now twenty-six millennials in Congress--a fivefold increase gained in the 2018 midterms alone. They are governing Midwestern cities and college towns, running for city councils, and serving in state...
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Saint X
Author: Alexis Schaitkin
ISBN: 9781250219596
Hailed as a "marvel of a book" and "brilliant and unflinching," Alexis Schaitkin's stunning debut, Saint X, is a haunting portrait of grief, obsession, and the bond between two sisters never truly given the chance to know one another.Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears...
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The Last Passenger: A Prequel to the Charles Lenox Series
Author: Charles Finch
ISBN: 9781250312204
London, 1855. A young and eager Charles Lenox faces his toughest case yet: a murder without a single clue. Slumped in a third-class car at Paddington Station is the body of a handsome young gentleman. He has no luggage, empty pockets, and no sign of identification on his person. And...
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The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing the World
Author: Janice Kaplan
ISBN: 9781524744212
We tell girls that they can be anything, so why do 90 percent of Americans believe that geniuses are almost always men? New York Times bestselling journalist Janice Kaplan explores the powerful forces that have rigged the system - and celebrates the women geniuses past and present who have triumphed...
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Amnesty: A Novel
Author: Aravind Adiga
ISBN: 9781982127244
A riveting, suspenseful and exuberant novel from the bestselling, Man Booker Prize-winning author of The White Tiger and Selection Day about a young illegal immigrant who must decide whether to report crucial information about a murder - and thereby risk deportation.Danny - formerly Dhananjaya Rajaratnam - is an illegal immigrant...
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The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison
Author: Jason Hardy
ISBN: 9781982128593
A former parole officer shines a bright light on a huge yet hidden part of our justice system through the intertwining stories of seven parolees striving to survive the chaos that awaits them after prison in this illuminating and dramatic book. Prompted by a dead-end retail job and a vague...
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The Dark Corners of the Night
Author: Meg Gardiner
ISBN: 9781982627515
I am the legion of the night He appears in the darkness like a ghost, made of shadows and fear--the Midnight Man. He comes for the parents but leaves the children alive, tiny witnesses to unspeakable horror. The bedroom communities of Los Angeles are gripped with dread, and the attacks...
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