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PARIS – The Paris Public Library recently added the following titles to its collection:

Adult fiction

Chris Adrian, “The Children’s Hospital;” Victoria Alexander, “Secrets of a Proper Lady;” Louis Auchincloss, “The Headmaster’s Dilemma;” Jo Bannister, “Flawed;” Linwood Barclay, “No Time for Goodbye;” Andrea Barrett, “The Air We Breathe;” Simon Beckett, “Written in Bone;” Rita Mae Brown, “The Tell-Tale Horse;” Ken Bruen, “Ammunition.”

Also, Chelsea Cain, “Heartsick;” Candace Camp, “The Marriage Wager;” Orson Scott Card, “Invasive Procedures;” Clare Clark, “The Nature of Monsters;” Kyra Davis, “Obsession, Deceit and Really Dark Chocolate;” Maris de Los Santos, “Love Walked In;” Junot Diaz, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao;” Carola Dunn, “The Bloody Tower.”

Also, Sebastian Faulks, “Engleby;” Dick Francis, “Dead Heat;” Stephen Gallagher, “Kingdom of Bones;” Tess Gerritsen, “The Bone Garden;” Mark Gimenez, “The Abduction;” Jo Goodman, “If His Kiss is Wicked;” Tom Grace, “Secret Cardinal;” Andrew Greeley, “The Bishop at the Lake;” John Grisham, “Playing for Pizza.”

Also, David Hagberg, “Dance with the Dragon;” Parnell Hall, “Hitman;” Steve Hamilton, “Night Work;” Charlaine Harris, “Ice Cold Grave;” John Hart, “Down River;” Michael Harvey, “Chicago Way;” Karen Hawkins, “To Scotland with Love;” Ursula Hegi, “Worst Thing I’ve Done;” Virginia Henley, “Notorious;” Janette Turner Hospital, “Orpheus Lost.”

Also, Stephen Hunter, “The 47th Samurai;” Lisa Jackson, “Sorceress;” Denis Johnson, “Tree of Smoke;” Brenda Joyce, “Perfect Bride;” Garrison Keillor, “Pontoon;” Haven Kimmel, “Used World;” Jonathon King, “Acts of Nature;” Thomas Kinkade, “The Christmas Visitor;” Stephanie Laurens, “Beyond Seduction;” Beverly Lewis, “The Parting;” Jeff Lindsay, “Dexter in the Dark.”

Also, Bentley Little, “Vanishing;” Debbie Macomber, “74 Seaside Avenue;” Michael Marshall, “The Intruders;” Valerie Martin, “Trespass;” Ralph McInerny, “Irish Alibi;” Ann Patchett, “Run;” James Patterson, “You’ve Been Warned;” David Peace, “Tokyo Year Zero;” Terry Pratchett, “Making Money;” Harold Robbins, “The Looters;” Philip Roth, “Exit Ghost.”

Also, Richard Russo, “The Bridge of Sighs;” R.A. Salvatore, “The Orc King;” John Sandford, “Dark of the Moon;” Frank Schatzing, “Death and the Devil;” Terry Shaw, “The Way Life Should Be;” Lauraine Snelling, “Breaking Free;” Dalia Sofer, “Septembers of Shiraz;” Joshua Spanogle, “Flawless;” Nicholas Sparks, “The Choice;” Charles Stross, “The Halting State;” Paul Sussman, “The Last Secret of the Temple;” Graham Swift, “Tomorrow.”

Also, William Tapply, “One Way Ticket;” Nancy Turner, “The Star Garden;” Andrew Vachss, “Terminal;” David White, “When One Man Dies;” Lori Wick, “Just Above a Whisper;” Lori Wick, “Leave a Candle Burning;” Lori Wick, “Pretense;” Lori Wick, “To Know Her By Name;” F. Paul Wilson, “Bloodline;” Stuart Woods, “Shoot Him if He Runs.”

Adult nonfiction

Alan Alda, “Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself;” Rick Atkinson, “The Day of Battle;” Dave Barry, “Dave Barry’s History of the Millenium (So Far);” Bill Bass, “Beyond the Body Farm;” Pattie Boyd, “Wonderful Tonight;” Sylvia Browne, “Secret Societies;” Jimmy Carter, “Beyond the White House;” Dan Chiras, “The Homeowner’s Guide to Renewable Energy.”

Also, Bill Clinton, “Giving;” Bobbi Connor, “Unplugged Play;” Richard Corfield, “The Lives of the Planets;” John W. Dean, “Broken Government;” Robert Draper, “Dead Certain;” Ric Edelman, “Lies About Money;” Jenni Ferrari-Adler, “Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant;” Timothy Ferriss, “Four Hour Workweek;” Robert Fulghum, “What On Earth Have I Done.”

Also, James R. Gaines, “For Liberty and Glory;” Nancy Gibbs, “The Preacher and the President;” Alan Greenspan, “The Age of Turbulence;” John Gribben, “The Fellowship;” Joy Hakim, “The Story of Science: Einstein Adds a New Dimension;” David Halberstam, “The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War;” Esther Hicks, “The Astonishing Power of Emotions.”

Also, Sharon Huxford, “Schroeder’s Antiques Price Guide;” Laura Ingraham, “Power to the People;” Robert Kaplan, “Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts;” Naomi Klein, “Shock Doctrine;” Robert Kowalski, “The Blood Pressure Cure;” Bjorn Lomborg, “Cool It!;” Max Lucado, “3:16 the Numbers of Hope;” Kyle MacDonald, “One Red Paperclip;” John J. Mearsheimer, “Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy.”

Also, Joyce Meyer, “I Dare You;” Alan Miller, “Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters;” Mark J. Penn, “Microtrends;” Steven Pinker, “The Stuff of Thought;” Robert Reich, “Supercapitalism;” John Elder Robison, “Look Me in the Eye;” Scott Shannon, “Please Don’t Label My Child;” Gary Taubes, “Good Calories, Bad Calories;” Jeffrey Toobin, “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court.”

Also, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, “Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History;” Geoffrey Ward, “The War;” David Sloan Wilson, “Evolution for Everyone;” Jay Winik, “The Great Upheaval;” “Good Housekeeping Best Loved Desserts;” “Taste of Home Baking Book;” “Taste of Home Cookbook;” “Warman’s Antiques and Collectibles, 2008.”

Young adult novels

Sherman Alexie, “Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian;” Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, “Wyvernhail;” Hilari Bell, “The Last Knight;” Kate Brian, “Inner Circle;” Caroline Cooney, “Diamonds in the Shadow;” Chris Crutcher, “Deadline;” Joseph Delaney, “Night of the Soul Stealer;” John Feinstein, “Cover Up.”

Also, Neil Gaiman, “Interworld;” Gail Giles, “Right Behind You;” Ellen Hopkins, “Glass;” Polly Horvath, “The Corps of the Bare Boned Plane;” Jeff Kinney, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid;” Conor Kostick, “Epic;” Robert Lipsyte, “Yellow Flag;” Barry Lyga, “The Boy Toy;” Carolyn Mackler, “Guyaholic;” Lurlene McDaniel, “Hit and Run;” Robin McKinley, “Dragonhaven;” Stephanie Meyer, “Twilight;” Gary Paulsen, “Lawn Boy.”

Also, Terry Pratchett, “Johnny and the Bomb;” Francine Prose, “Bullyville;” Janette Rallison, “How to Take the Ex out of Ex-Boyfriend;” Graham Salisbury, “Night of the Howling Dogs;” Sara Shepard, “Perfect;” Roland Smith, “Peak;” Wendy Corsi Staub, “Lily Dale: the Awakening;” Scott Westerfeld, “Extras;” “Shining On.”

For more information, or to reserve a title, call the library at 743-6994 or e-mail [email protected]. Home delivery of materials is also available.

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