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The Third Option (Mitch Rapp, #4)
by Vince Flynn
Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Espionage, Action, Mystery, Spy Thriller, Suspense
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.27

When diplomacy has failed and military intervention is deemed in appropriate, our leaders sometimes take THE THIRD OPTION. CIA counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp falls prey to government forces with an agenda of their own after Dr. Irene Kennedy is named the successor to dying CIA Director Thomas Stansfield--a choice that enrages many inside the world's most powerful intelligence agency. Her detractors will resort to extreme measures to prevent her from taking the reins--which makes Rapp an expendable asset. But Mitch Rapp is no one's pawn, and he will stop at nothing to find out who has set him up.
The Desire Map
by Danielle LaPorte
Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Personal Development, Spirituality, Productivity, Psychology, Business
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.92

The Desire Map program is just that — a program.Most life-planning tools focus on external attainment and results. Which is valuable. Getting results is what moves your life forward. Except that most goal-setting systems fail to harness the most powerful driver behind any aspiration: your preferred feelings; and they foster an uptight determination that can keep us from the vitality we crave.The Desire Map program is changing all of that. You could call it holistic life-planning. The inner meets the outer. The spirit drives the material.The purpose of The Desire Map is: - Ultimately, to help you remember your light, your true nature, your source. - To show you your heart’s longing — your core desired - feelings. - To help you use your core desired feelings as a guidance system for making choices. - To help you use your desired feelings as a way to access comfort and clarity during painful times. - To help you accentuate the positive aspects of your life, while still honouring, and not invalidating, the negative parts that you want to change. - To help you regard your feelings as road signs to your Soul.So that you can: - Plan your day, your week, your month, your year and… - Feel great, making a lot of awesome things happen in every area your life.
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by R.F. Kuang
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adult, Historical, High Fantasy, Young Adult
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.17

An epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic.When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising.But surprises aren’t always good.Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power—an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . .Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.
The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations
by John P. Kotter
Genres: Business, Leadership, Nonfiction, Management, Buisness, Psychology, Education
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.96

Why is organizational change so hard? Because in order to make any transformation successful, you must change more than just the structure and operations of an organization—you need to change people’s behavior. And that is never easy.The Heart of Change is your guide to helping people think and feel differently in order to meet your shared goals. According to bestselling author and renowned leadership expert John Kotter and coauthor Dan Cohen, this focus on connecting with people’s emotions is what will spark the behavior change and actions that lead to success. The Heart of Change is the engaging and essential complement to John Kotter’s international bestseller Leading Change.Building off of Kotter’s revolutionary eight-step process, this book vividly illustrates how large-scale business change can work. With real-life stories of people in organizations, the authors show how teams and individuals get motivated and activated to overcome obstacles to change—and produce spectacular results. Kotter and Cohen argue that change initiatives often fail because leaders rely too exclusively on data and analysis to get buy-in from their teams instead of creatively showing or doing something that appeals to their emotions and inspires them to spring into action. They call this the see-feel-change dynamic, and it is crucial for the success of any true organizational transformation.Refreshingly clear and eminently practical, The Heart of Change is required reading for anyone facing change and looking to build their leadership skills.Published by Harvard Business Review Press.
The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, #1)
by Elly Griffiths
Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Crime, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, British Literature, Audiobook
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.92

Forensic archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties and lives happily alone with her two cats in a bleak, remote area near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants—not quite earth, not quite sea. But her routine days of digging up bones and other ancient objects are harshly upended when a child’s bones are found on a desolate beach. Detective Chief Inspector Nelson calls Galloway for help, believing they are the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing a decade ago and whose abductor continues to taunt him with bizarre letters containing references to ritual sacrifice, Shakespeare, and the Bible. Then a second girl goes missing and Nelson receives a new letter—exactly like the ones about Lucy. Is it the same killer or a copycat murderer, linked in some way to the site near Ruth’s remote home?
Fudge Cupcake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #5)
by Joanne Fluke
Genres: Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Fiction, Audiobook, Mystery Thriller, Romance, Crime
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.91

Bakery owner Hannah Swensen just can't keep her hands out of the batter when murder stirs things up in Lake Eden, Minnesota, leaving the sheriff dead, an innocent deputy accused, and a killer still on the loose...For Hannah, life seems to be lacking a certain flavor. It's not that she doesn't enjoy teaching a weekly "Potluck Cooking Class" at the community outreach center. Or that she's not excited about her sister Andrea's bun in the oven -- watching the very pregnant Andrea try to sit on a stool at The Cookie Jar is worth it every time.Maybe it's this year's sheriff's election that's got her down. For years, Sheriff Grant's been the iron hand in town. But now, Hannah's brother-in-law Bill is giving the old blowhard the fight of his long, dubious career -- and Grant's not taking it in stride, especially once the local polls (and The Cookie Jar gossip) show Bill pulling ahead.But before anyone can get a taste of victory, things go sour. Just as Hannah's emptying the trash, she makes a very unappetizing discovery: Sheriff Grant's body in the dumpster behind the high school where she's teaching her cooking class. And if that weren't bad enough, the poor man still has fudge frosting on his shirt from the cupcake she gave him earlier. She'd been trying to find the secret ingredient left out of the recipe. Now she has a more important mystery to crack.The number one suspect is none other than Bill. In fact, he's the only suspect. But Hannah's not swallowing it. Plenty of people had reason to hate Sheriff Grant, starting with all the deputies whose cases he stole during election years just so he could take the glory. Soon, Hannah's dishing up scandalous secrets, steaming hot betrayals, and enough nastiness to keep the gossip mill at The Cookie Jar going through several pots of decaf. And the closer Hannah gets to the truth, the closer she gets to smoking out a murderer with a very nasty recipe for silencing people. Will Hannah be able to stand the heat when someone wants her out of the kitchen... for good?
تشي
by أحمد خالد توفيق
Genres: Fiction, Novels, Fantasy
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.00

اسمه (تشي)..و(تشي) كناية عن اي مواطن ارجنتيني،ولها ذات رنين لفظة (جدع) عندنا..لكن (عبير) سوف تقابل (تشي) من نوع خاص جدا.هو رمز الثورة في القرن العشرين،وهو صداع وكالة المخابرات المركزية،وهوملصق في غرفة كل شاب ثائر،وصورة جاهزة لترفع في اية مظاهرة..هو حلم رومانسي جميل لكنه ككل الاحلام الرومانسية عسير التحقيق..
A Proper Pursuit
by Lynn Austin
Genres: Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Christian, Romance, Historical, Historical Romance
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.17

The World's Fair.Chicago, 1893.It seems a perfect backdrop for what Violet Hayes longs to experience: a little mystery, a little romance.To be honest, it is more than a little mystery. She schemed her way to Chicago to discover the mother she barely remembered. As for romance...well, with the help of her grandmother and three great aunts, that is coming along nicely as well--perhaps too well. Each of her relatives--including her saintly grandmother--seems to have a separate agenda for her.In the course of a summer, Violet's world will open wide before her eyes. But in the wake of discovery, she must find a way to determine which path--and which man--will ultimately be the right lifetime choice for her.
The Financial Lives of the Poets
by Jess Walter
Genres: Fiction, Humor, Contemporary, Novels, Literary Fiction, Adult Fiction, Poetry
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.70

The Financial Lives of the Poets is a comic and heartfelt novel from National Book Award nominee Jess Walter, author of Citizen Vince and The Zero, about how we get to the edge of ruin—and how we begin to make our way back. Walter tells the story of Matt Prior, who’s losing his job, his wife, his house, and his mind—until, all of a sudden, he discovers a way that he might just possibly be able to save it all . . . and have a pretty damn great time doing it.
The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2)
by Mary Renault
Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mythology, Historical, Greek Mythology, Greece, Fantasy
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.10

The Bull From The Sea Renault, Mary
Spieltrieb
by Juli Zeh
Genres: Fiction, German Literature, Contemporary, Germany, Roman, Novels, Literature
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.79

Ada ist mit 12 Jahren auf erschreckende Weise erwachsen geworden. Vor zwei Jahren nämlich hat die hochintelligente Schülerin, neu am Bonner Ernst-Bloch-Gymnasium und im Unterricht gern in die Rolle der Lehrerin schlüpfend, beschlossen, alles als „gleich gültig“ anzusehen. Nur der Sport- und Deutschlehrer Smutek und Höfi, der Geschichtslehrer, können ihr Paroli bieten. Aber dann kommt der ebenso attraktive wie kluge Halbägypter Alev ins Spiel, dem alle „Prinzessinnen“ der Schule zu Füßen liegen. Ada und Alev scheinen wie geschaffen für ein Experiment jenseits moralischer Konventionen, bei dem es vor allem um die gleichberechtigten Startanlagen der Teilnehmer geht. Das intellektuelle Kräftemessen beginnt -- und weitet sich bald zu einer Obsession. Aber wer hält die Fäden in der Hand? Wie kann man Realität und Fiktion auseinanderhalten? Und: Gibt es eine Möglichkeit auszusteigen? Ada, so hieß schon einmal die (12-jährige) Heldin eines Buchs, in dem es um Spieltriebe in Internatsumgebung ging: um erotische Spiele, aber auch um solche mit Form und Inhalt. Ada oder Das Verlangen heißt dieses Buch, und der Meister adoleszenter Erotik, Vladmir Nabokov, hat es Ende der sechziger Jahre geschrieben. Ada erscheint darin als „anmutiger Computer“, dem der „Wortzirkus“ das größte Vergnügen bereitet. Und tatsächlich ist ADA ja auch der Name einer raffinierten, zur Strukturprüfung anderer Programme verwendeten Programmiersprache: unbewusst durchschauend und „intelligent dumm“ wie die Protagonistin von Zehs Spieltrieb eben. Auf beide Traditionen spielt Zehs Roman mehr als deutlich an: auch dies Teil einer intertextuellen Strategie, die das Buch um eine weitere Nuance bereichert. All diese Ebenen hat Zeh auf eine faszinierend konsequente, atmosphärisch überaus dichte Weise zu einer philosophischen Pubertätsgeschichte mit Liebes- und Krimielementen miteinander verwoben. Und sie hat dies so spielerisch leicht getan, das ihr faszinierender Roman auf hohem Niveau bestens, teils sogar vergnüglich lesbar geblieben ist. --Thomas Köster
Revolution
by Jennifer Donnelly
Genres: Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Historical, Fiction, Time Travel, Fantasy, Contemporary
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.00

BROOKLYN: Andi Alpers is on the edge. She’s angry at her father for leaving, angry at her mother for not being able to cope, and heartbroken by the loss of her younger brother, Truman. Rage and grief are destroying her. And she’s about to be expelled from Brooklyn Heights’ most prestigious private school when her father intervenes. Now Andi must accompany him to Paris for winter break.PARIS: Alexandrine Paradis lived over two centuries ago. She dreamed of making her mark on the Paris stage, but a fateful encounter with a doomed prince of France cast her in a tragic role she didn’t want—and couldn’t escape. Two girls, two centuries apart. One never knowing the other. But when Andi finds Alexandrine’s diary, she recognizes something in her words and is moved to the point of obsession. There’s comfort and distraction for Andi in the journal’s antique pages—until, on a midnight journey through the catacombs of Paris, Alexandrine’s words transcend paper and time, and the past becomes suddenly, terrifyingly present.
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
by Alan Duff
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Novels, Literature
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.69

The raw and powerful sequel to Once Were Warriors.It is six years since Jake's daughter Grace hanged herself. Jake's wife, Beth, has left him, his son Nig was killed in a gangland fight - his only consolations are drink and his memories. His daughter Polly is determined to escape the violence that is destroying the Maoris. But can Jake, too, redeem himself?
Black Order (Sigma Force, #3)
by James Rollins
Genres: Thriller, Fiction, Adventure, Mystery, Action, Mystery Thriller, Science Fiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.16

Librarian's note: This is an Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN10: 0752876457 ISBN13: 9780752876450.A sinister fire in a Copenhagen bookstore ignites a relentless hunt across four continents. Arson and murder reveal an insidious plot to steal a Bible that once belonged to Charles Darwin, the father of evolutionary theory. And Commander Gray Pierce dives headlong into a mystery that dates back to Nazi Germany . . . and to horrific experiments performed in a now-abandoned laboratory buried in a hollowed-out mountain in Poland.A continent away, madness ravages a remote monastery high in Nepal, as Buddhist monks turn to cannibalism and torture. Lisa Cummings, a young American doctor investigating the atrocity, is suddenly a target of a brutal assassin working for clandestine forces that want the affair buried at any cost. Lisa's only ally is a hidden pilgrim, Painter Crowe -- director of SIGMA Force, an elite command of American scientists and Special Forces operatives -- who is already showing signs of the baffling malady that destroyed the minds of the monks.Now it is up to Gray Pierce to save both Painter and Lisa -- and a world in jeopardy -- as SIGMA Force races to expose a century-old plot that threatens to destroy the current world order . . . and alter the destiny of humankind forever.Combining the historic scope of The Da Vinci Code with the relentless thrills of today's best action novels, James Rollins's Black Order is a classic adventure -- an ingenious and breathtaking tour de force that explodes with revelations . . . while offering a startling new view of our place in the grand scheme of existence.
Spells (Wings, #2)
by Aprilynne Pike
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance, Paranormal, Fairies, Fae, Magic
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.97

"I can't just storm in and proclaim my intentions. I can't 'steal' you away. I just have to wait and hope that, someday, you'll ask," Tamani said."And if I don't?" Laurel said, her voice barely above a whisper."Then I guess I'll be waiting forever."Although Laurel has come to accept her true identity as a faerie, she refuses to turn her back on her human life - and especially her boyfriend, David - to return to the faerie world.But when she is summoned to Avalon, Laurel's feelings for the charismatic faerie sentry Tamani are undeniable. She is forced to make a choice - a choice that could break her heart.
The Waste Land and Other Poems
by T.S. Eliot
Genres: Poetry, Classics, Fiction, Literature, 20th Century, American, School
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.22

Librarian Note: Also available as an Alternate Cover Edition.
“And I will show you something different from eitherYour shadow at morning striding behind youOr your shadow at evening rising to meet youI will show you fear in a handful of dust”
When The Waste Land was published in 1922, initial reaction to the poem was decidedly negative. Critics attacked the poem's "kaleidoscopic" design, and nearly everyone disagreed furiously about its meaning. The poem was even rumored to a hoax. Eventually, though, The Waste Land went on to become what many regard as the most influential poem written in English in the twentieth century."In ten years' time," wrote Edmund Wilson in Axel's Castle (1931), "Elliot has left upon English poetry a mark more unmistakable than that of any other poet writing in English." In 1948, T.S. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Price "for his work as a trail-blazing pioneer of modern poetry."In addition to the title poem, this selection includes "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "Geronition," "Ash-Wednesday," and other poems from Eliot's early and middle work.Includes:- The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - Preludes - Gerontion - Sweeney Among the Nightingales - The Waste Land: I. The Burial of the Dead II. A Game of Chess III. The Fire Sermon IV. Death by Water V. What the Thunder Said Notes on 'The Waste Land' - Ash-Wednesday -J ourney of the Magi - Marina - Landscapes: I. New Hampshire II. Virginia III. USK - Two Choruses from 'The Rock'
Doña Bárbara
by Rómulo Gallegos
Genres: Fiction, Classics, Spanish Literature, Historical Fiction, Magical Realism, Latin American Literature, Latin American
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.79

Doña Bárbara, en la que la llanura venezolana es el personaje central, es la obra de mayor éxito de Rómulo Gallegos. En ella dramatiza el conflicto entre civilización y barbarie que a su parecer definía el ser de Venezuela y su realidad. El final feliz simboliza un futuro esperanzador para el país.
The Shadow of the Sun
by Ryszard Kapuściński
Genres: Nonfiction, Africa, Travel, History, Journalism, Polish Literature, Memoir
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.39

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski hitchhikes with caravans, wanders the Sahara with nomads, and lives in the poverty-stricken slums of Nigeria. He wrestles a king cobra to the death and suffers through a bout of malaria. What emerges is an extraordinary depiction of Africa--not as a group of nations or geographic locations--but as a vibrant and frequently joyous montage of peoples, cultures, and encounters. Kapuscinski's trenchant observations, wry analysis and overwhelming humanity paint a remarkable portrait of the continent and its people. His unorthodox approach and profound respect for the people he meets challenge conventional understandings of the modern problems faced by Africa at the dawn of the twenty-first century.
Song to the Moon (Damnatio Memoriae #2)
by Laura Giebfried
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.32

There was nothing good that could come of the truth. That -- at least -- holds true for Enim Lund, who finds himself in a psychiatric treatment facility after the events that took place at his boarding school the year before. Overly-watched and highly-medicated, he's supposed to be concentrating on getting better, but the only thoughts running through his mind are how to break out and find his best friend who was accused of crimes that he didn't commit. Though Enim maintains that he knows what happened, saying as much only makes the psychiatrists watching over him more certain that's he's falling back into his old delusions, and his uncle is positive that he's planning something far more dangerous than he's letting on. As Enim begins to manipulate the world around him in order to make room for the riddles that he so desperately needs to solve, he realizes that the further he goes to find the answers, the less and less certain he's becoming that he ever really knew what was real and what was not, and what appears to be the truth becomes something that would be better left unsaid.