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What's New This Week at the Durham Library (Plus Staff Recommendations)

The Durham Library receives new books and DVDs weekly. Check here every Wednesday for the latest titles, plus recommendations from our staff.

Books

The Memory of Skin, by Russell Banks

The Best of Me, by Nicholas Sparks

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The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age, by Nathan Wolfe

The Night Strangers, by Chris Bohjalian

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DVDs

The Big Bang Theory (Season One)

The Trip

Bored to Death (Season Two)

This Week's Staff Picks

Recommended by Diane
The Seer of Shadows, by Avi (ages 9-12)

Synopsis: The time is 1872. The place is New York City. Horace Carpetine has been raised to believe in science and rationality. So as apprentice to Enoch Middleditch, a society photographer, he thinks of his trade as a scientific art. But when wealthy society matron Mrs. Frederick Von Macht orders a photographic portrait, strange things begin to happen.

Rich in detail, full of the magic of early photography, here is a story about the shadows, visible and invisible, that are always lurking near.

Avi says: I loved this book because it is historical and a ghost story all in one.  It takes place in NYC 1872 and has to do with spirit photography.  Do you have a spirit lurking in one of your photos?

Recommended by Patti
My One and Only, by Kristan Higgins

Synopsis: Divorce attorney Harper James can't catch a break. Bad enough that she runs into her ex-hubby, Nick, at her sister's destination wedding, but now, by a cruel twist of fate, she's being forced to make a cross-country road trip with him. And her almost-fiancé back at home is not likely to be sympathetic.

Patti says: I've loved all of Kristan Higgins' books, but My One and Only is by far my favorite!  I stayed up late reading it one night because I had to find out how it ended.  The story is funny and heartwarming, and the characters are charming.  One of the funniest scenes was Harper's proposal to Dennis--priceless!  I loved BeverLee, Harper's stepmother, who has a heart of gold and who always comes prepared with a bottle of Jhirmack Extra Hold hairspray.

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