LEWISTON — The following is a sampling of the new books received at the Lewiston Public Library in the last month:

Fiction

“Ballpark Blues” by C.W. Tooke. A look behind the scenes of a pro baseball team in this novel about a baseball reporter, Russ Bryant, who befriends a promising minor league player on his way to stardom with the Boston Red Sox.

“The Bone Vault” by Linda Fairstein. Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper investigates the murder of a young South African woman whose body is found in an ancient sarcophagus at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.

“Clara” by Janice Galloway. A compelling fictional biography of a famous concert pianist who was the wife of the 19th-century German composer, Robert Schumann.

“Drinking Coffee Elsewhere” by ZZ Packer. The author’s debut collection of eight stories with predominantly young African American characters facing difficult choices.

“Into the Inferno” by Earl Emerson. Seattle firefighter Jim Swope has six days to find the antidote for a chemical poison that has already killed several of his colleagues.

“Late Bloomer” by Fern Michaels. 30-year-old Cady Jordan returns to her hometown to care for her ailing grandmother and to confront her part in a tragedy that happened when she was 10.

“Office of Innocence” by Thomas Keneally. The involvement of a young parish priest with a married woman and her subsequent murder is the subject of this poignant novel set in Australia during World War II.

“The White Road” by John Connolly. PI Charlie Parker gets a call from an old friend practicing law in Charleston, S.C., who needs help in defending a young black man accused of raping and murdering his white girlfriend.

Nonfiction

“Dark Star Safari” by Paul Theroux. The author recounts his journey from Egypt to South Africa, portraying the history, geography, politics and society of the lands through which he travels.

“The Flower Gardener’s Bible” by Lewis and Nancy Hill. A comprehensive resource of essential gardening topics with color photographs.

“Marsden Hartley,” edited by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser. Find out more about the renowned artist, who was born in Lewiston, Maine, in 1877, with this catalogue of a current exhibit of 75 of Hartley’s paintings that depict the extraordinary range and depth of his creative output.

“On Top of the World” by Tom Barbash. The story of the New York brokerage firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, and its CEO, Howard Lutnick, in the wake of the tragic loss of more than 600 employees on 9-11-01.

“Spy Dust” by Antonio and Jonna Mendez. The authors, a husband and wife team of former CIA agents, write about true tales of espionage during the final five years of the Cold War.

“This Just In” by Bob Schieffer. The memoirs of the longtime CBS reporter, which is also an informal history of the U.S. over the last half century.

“World on Fire” by Amy Chua. The Yale Law School professor asserts that globalization has aggravated ethnic tensions and contributed to economic devastation in the developing world.