book Talk for January 23 2024

Book Talk

Book talk for January 23, 2024

The Cove

By Catherine Coulter

Someone thinks Sally Brainerd knows who murdered her father. If Sally can just get to Aunt Amabel's house in The Cove, on the Pacific coast, she knows she will be safe. But then, the man she begins to rely on for help turns out to be with the FBI. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex.

DB42271

Lee and Grant a Duo biography

By Gene Smith

The ship beneath the ice: the discovery of Shackleton's Endurance

By Mensun Bound

"On November 21, 1914, after sailing more than ten thousand miles from Norway to the Antarctic Ocean, the Endurance finally succumbed to the surrounding ice. Ernest Shackleton and his crew had navigated the 144-foot, three-masted wooden vessel to Antarctica to become the first to cross the barren continent, but early season pack ice trapped them in place offshore. They watched in silence as the ship's stern rose twenty feet in the air and disappeared into the frigid sea, then spent six harrowing months marooned on the ice in its wake. Seal meat was their only sustenance as Shackleton's expedition to push the limits of human strength took a new form: one of survival against the odds. As this legendary story entered the annals of polar exploration, it inspired a new global race to find the wrecked Endurance, by all accounts "the world's most unreachable shipwreck." Several missions failed, thwarted, as Shackleton was, by the unpredictable Weddell Sea. Finally, a century to the day after Shackleton's death, renowned marine archeologist Mensun Bound and an elite team of explorers discovered the lost shipwreck. Nearly ten thousand feet below the ice lay a remarkably preserved Endurance, its name still emblazoned on the ship's stern. The Ship Beneath the Ice chronicles two dramatic expeditions to what Shackleton called "the most hostile sea on Earth." Bound experienced failure and despair in his attempts to locate the wreck, and, like Shackleton before him, very nearly found his vessel frozen in ice. This inspiring modern-day adventure narrative captures the intrepid spirit that joins two mariners across the centuries—both of whom accomplished the impossible." -- Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

DB117258

Water Like a Stone

by Deborah Crombie

London detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James spend Christmas with their children in Duncan's Cheshire hometown. Rumors of infidelity, shady business dealings within Duncan's sister's family, the discovery of an infant's remains, and multiple murders disrupt their visit. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2007.

DB65514

Classic Country: legends of country music

by Charles K. Wolfe

The author of A Good-Natured Riot: The Birth of the Grand Ole Opry (DB 50736) presents more than fifty portraits of past and present country music notables, based largely on interviews and recollections. Includes obscure performers and studio musicians as well as such stars as Hank Snow and Roy Acuff. 2001.

DB56780

The First Family series

by Marie Force

First lie wins

by Ashley elston

Mission of Gravity

by Hal Clement

Earthmen seek the help of aliens in an epic quest across a bizarre, disc-shaped planet, the strangest one yet discovered. 1954.

DB12118

Battle Cry

By Leon Uris

Novel follows a battalion of U.S. Marines from boot camp training to the battlefields of Guadalcanal in the Pacific during World War II. Strong language.

DB15065

City of Bones

By Michael Connelly

The scattered bones of an abused, murdered child are discovered in the Hollywood Hills. Detective Harry Bosch takes the cold case and tracks the corpse to a missing boy from 1980. Bosch also begins an affair with a rookie cop as the case takes on strange twists. Violence and strong language. 2002.

BR22532 DB54156

The Night Stalker: a Novel of Suspense

by James Swain

Ex-cop Jack Carpenter has an unlikely client. Days before his scheduled execution, serial killer Abb Grimes wants Carpenter to find his kidnapped grandson. The ransom note warns Grimes not to undergo hypnosis to help police identify the Jane Does he was convicted of strangling. Strong language and some violence. 2008.

DB72252

The Illustrated Man

by Ray Bradbury

Science fiction short stories on rocket travel, escape to the past, dreams, hypnotism, and numerous other subjects.

DB21322