America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great by Ben Carson, M.D.

The latest from internationally known neurosurgeon and humanitarian and author of Think Big, Gifted Hands and The Big Picture

Restless Souls:The Sharon Tate Family's Account of Stardom, the Manson Murders, and a Crusade for Justice  by Alisa Statman and Brie Tate

From the book jacket:
"Told from the Tates' extraordinary perspective, Restless Souls offers a rare glimpse at the post-trauma survival of a family and their journey to find justice and, ultimately, peace- a glimpse that couldn't be more timely as Charles Manson comes up for parole again in 2012."

No Distance too Far by Laurine Snelling
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From the book jacket:

"When Astrid is called home unexpectedly to help in a family medical emergency, she learns of a deadly measles outbreak on the nearby Indian reservation. She immediately senses the Spirit tugging her to help the Indians and wonders if her "mission field" is not so far away as she imagined. But if she follows God's call, will love pass her by? "

The Odds by Stewart O'Nan
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From the back jacket:

"A tender, yet honest exploration of faith, forgiveness and last chances, The Odds is a reminder that love, like life is always a gamble."

Make It Stay by Joan Franks

"When disaster strikes one of them, the rest are devasted. Frank's finely spun images and rich similes makes one want to return to the beginning of the book just to savor the language all over again. Vivid prose appears on virtually every page. First-class fiction."
Kirkus Reviews

A Conspiracy of Friends by Alexander McCall Smith

The third installment in the Corduroy Mansions seriesfollowing Corduroy Mansions and The Dog Who Came in From the Cold.




Young Adult Fiction

Fracture by Megan Miranda

From the book jacket:

"Eleven minutes might as well be eternity underwater.  It only takes three minutes without air for loss of consciousness.  Permanent brain damage begins at four minutes.  And then, when oxygen runs out, full cardiac arrest occurs.  Death is possible in five minutes.  Probably at seven minutes. Definite at ten.
    Decker pulled me out at eleven."


Whither by Lauren DeStefano

The story of a  young Rhine Ellery,  girl trying to escape from a world of "wealth and privilege" to find her twin brother and go home.  This  is first book in The Chemical Garden Trilogy by new author DeStefano.

Shadows on the Moon by Zoe Marriott

"I never liked Cinderella as a  little girl.  She seemed the worst kind of wimp to me, and I hated the fact that she needed someone else to come along and rescue her.  Then, one day, I was thinking about a completely different idea for a book set in fairy-tale Japan - and suddenly the two story ideas collided, and it occurred to me:  What if Cinderella wasn't a wimp at all?  What if she was strong and brave and out for revenge all along?  And so Shadows on the Moon was born."
            -the author