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New Relax & Read Books
February 9, 2007
Brrrrrrrrrr! Stay inside with a good book off our Relax and Read shelf.
Fiction
Special Topics In Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
Yes, this is a work of fiction and a clever one at that, written in the form of a syllabus for a college literature course that ends with a final exam. Blue Van Meer spends her entire young life tramping to one college campus after another with her academic father until she has landed in North Carolina for her entire senior year. When a friend is murdered late in the book, you realize that all through book you have been fed small clues that seemed meaningless until you now start to put them together.
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
A dying writer invites a young biographer to work with her on her biography and Margaret accepts the challenge. The reclusive old woman has told countless versions of her life over the past decades and it is up to Margaret to get to the truth. But there are secrets, an old ruin of a house, strange and creepy characters and ghosts that get in the way.
Waltzing At The Piggly Wiggly by Robert Dalby
In a small town like Second Creek, it might not seem improbable that the Piggly Wiggly grocery also serves as the town community center. When it is threatened by the big new MegaMart, loyal customers ban together to initiate a unique service: dance with the local bachelor while the bag boys fill your grocery order. Will it be enough to save the store as well as the people who shop there?
Non-Fiction
Getting Stoned With Savages: A Trip Through The Islands Of Fiji And Vanuatu by J. Maarten Troost
One of the most original travel writers of today, Troost and his wife leave the comforts of America to go native in Vanuatu, a lost paradise made up of a chain of small islands. He spends his days investigating volcanoes, the locals' potent kava drink and researching the not-so-ancient custom of cannibalism. Even if you never plan to visit, you'll enjoy traveling to this place through the hilarious antics of Troost.
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