Book Nook Holiday Sale

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Friends of the Shelton Libraries

Book Nook Holiday Sale

Sale starts Monday, November 13^th and ends Saturday, December 30^th

50% Off Everything – No Exclusions

50% The Book Nook’s original marked price for; the classics, puzzles, board games, bundled gift sets, and Greenwich Workshop Books.

		Sale Price
Hardcover Books	$2	$1
Softcover Books	$1	50¢
Paperbacks	~~5/$1 (20¢ each)~~	10/$1 (10¢ each)
Albums / Records	~~50¢~~	FREE
CDs / DVDs	~~5/$1 (20¢ each)~~	FREE

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New Items at the
Plumb Memorial Library

Star Trek Lower Decks: Season Four

Star Trek Lower Decks: Season Four

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: The Final Season

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: The Final Season

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Learning to Think: A Memoir of Faith, Superstition, and the Courage to Ask Questions

Learning to Think: A Memoir of Faith, Superstition, and the Courage to Ask Questions

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans

Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans

City in Ruins

Pay Dirt

Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy

Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy

Lucky

Mania

Reboot

The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers

The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers

The House of Broken Bricks

The House of Broken Bricks

The Summer We Started Over

The Summer We Started Over

The Twilight Garden

The Twilight Garden

A Better World

A Calamity of Souls

A Calamity of Souls

Bless Your Heart

Bless Your Heart

Star Trek Lower Decks: Season Four

DVDs

Star Trek Lower Decks: Season Four

In season four, an unknown force is destroying starships and threatening galactic peace. Luckily, the crew of the U. S. S. Cerritos isn't important enough for stuff like that! Instead, Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford, and Provisional Ensign T'Lyn are keeping up with their Starfleet duties,

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: The Final Season

DVDs

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: The Final Season

In the final season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Jack (4x Emmy Award Nominee, John Krasinski) is promoted to the new CIA Acting Deputy Director and finds himself on his most dangerous mission yet! He is appointed the daunting task of unearthing internal corruption. As he investigates, Jack discovers the

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Biographies & Memoirs

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By Doris Kearns Goodwin. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most beloved historians, artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history. She takes you along on the emotional journey she and her husband, Richard (Dick) Goodwin embarked

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Biographies & Memoirs

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

By Salman Rushdie. From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring—and surviving—an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against himSpeaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about

Learning to Think: A Memoir of Faith, Superstition, and the Courage to Ask Questions

Biographies & Memoirs

Learning to Think: A Memoir of Faith, Superstition, and the Courage to Ask Questions

By Tracy King. Set in 1980s Birmingham, England, a piercing memoir about the liberating power of a scientific view of the world.

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

History

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By Erik Larson. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a slow-burning crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two.On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln

Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans

Society

Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans

By Peter Schweizer. It’s often said that China is in a cold war with America. The reality is far worse: the war is hot, and the body count is one-sided.China is killing Americans and working aggressively to maximize the carnage while our leaders remain passive and, in some cases, compliant. Why?If anyone

City in Ruins

Audiobooks & Courses

By Don Winslow. Following City on Fire and City of Dreams, City in Ruins is the explosive, impossible to put down conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow’s epic, genre-defining crime trilogy and the final book of Winslow's extraordinary career.Sometimes you have to become what you

Pay Dirt

Audiobooks & Courses

By Sara Paretsky. Legendary detective V. I. Warshawski uncovers a mystery with roots dating back to the Civil War in this edge-of-your-seat thriller from New York Times bestseller Sara Paretsky.V. I. Warshawski is famous for her cool under fire, her sardonic humor, and her unflinching courage. All that

Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy

Health, Mind & Body

Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy

By Sharon Malone. A practical guide to aging and health for women who have felt ignored or marginalized by the medical profession, from a leading Ob/Gyn and expert on menopausal and post-reproductive healthThe medical system today is increasingly complicated and impersonal, and unfortunately, it is not

Lucky

Literature & Fiction

By Jane Smiley. From the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, a soaring, soulful novel about a folk musician who rises to fame across our changing times.Before Jodie Rattler became a star, she was a girl growing up in St. Louis. One day in 1955, when she was just six years old, her Uncle Drew

Mania

Literature & Fiction

By Lionel Shriver. Set in a parallel yet all too familiar near past, a brilliant subversive novel from the New York Times bestselling author about a lifelong friendship threatened by the Culture Wars.In an alternative 2011, the Mental Parity movement takes hold. Americans now embrace the sacred, universal

Reboot

Literature & Fiction

By Justin Taylor. A raucous and wickedly smart satire of Hollywood, toxic fandom, and our chronically online culture, following a washed-up actor on his quest to revive the cult TV drama that catapulted him to teenage fame.David Crader is a has-been. A former child actor from the hit teen drama Rev Beach,

The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers

Literature & Fiction

The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers

By Samuel Burr. An extraordinary, gloriously uplifting novel about the power of friendship and the puzzling ties that bind usClayton Stumper might be in his twenties, but he dresses like your grandpa and fusses like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was

The House of Broken Bricks

Literature & Fiction

The House of Broken Bricks

By Fiona Williams. Every marriage has its seasons... It’s autumn when we meet Tess, but her relationship with Richard is in a deep, cold winter. A winter so harsh, their union may never see the bright light of spring.Tess is a Londoner whose relationship with Richard transports her from a Jamaican diaspora

The Summer We Started Over

Literature & Fiction

The Summer We Started Over

By Nancy Thayer. A heartwarming new novel from the New York Times bestselling author and beloved Nantucket storyteller, Nancy Thayer.

The Twilight Garden

Literature & Fiction

The Twilight Garden

By Sara Nisha Adams. Two feuding neighbors unite to resurrect a neglected city garden in this uplifting and quietly joyful novel by Sara Nisha Adams, author of the beloved The Reading List.In a small pocket of London, between the houses of No.77 and No.79 Eastbourne Road, lies a neglected community garden.

A Better World

Mysteries & Thrillers

By Sarah Langan. The author of Good Neighbors, “one of the creepiest, most unnerving deconstructions of American suburbia I’ve ever read” (NPR), returns with a cunning, out-of-the-box satirical thriller about a family’s odyssey into an exclusive enclave for the wealthy that might not be as ideal as it

A Calamity of Souls

Mysteries & Thrillers

A Calamity of Souls

By David Baldacci. The #1 New York Times bestselling author with 150 million copies sold worldwide returns with his next blockbuster thriller.

Bless Your Heart

Mysteries & Thrillers

Bless Your Heart

By Lindy Ryan. Rise and shine. The Evans women have some undead to kill.It’s 1999 in Southeast Texas and the Evans women, owners of the only funeral parlor in town, are keeping steady with…normal business. The dead die, you bury them. End of story. That’s how Ducey Evans has done it for the last eighty

New Items at the
Huntington Branch Library

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: The Final Season

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: The Final Season

After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World

Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World

Reboot

The Summer We Started Over

The Summer We Started Over

Thorn Tree

Weird Black Girls: Stories

Weird Black Girls: Stories

Darling Girls

Feline Fatale: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

Feline Fatale: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

It Had to Be You

It Had to Be You

Safe and Sound

Funny Story

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

A Crown of Stories: The Life and Language of Beloved Writer Toni Morrison

A Crown of Stories: The Life and Language of Beloved Writer Toni Morrison

Butt or Face? Volume 2: Revenge of the Butts

Butt or Face? Volume 2: Revenge of the Butts

Flap Your Hands: A Celebration of Stimming

Flap Your Hands: A Celebration of Stimming

Gigi Shin Is Not a Nerd

Gigi Shin Is Not a Nerd

Listen to This

Sona and the Golden Beasts

Sona and the Golden Beasts

Storm Dragons: Lightningborn

Storm Dragons: Lightningborn

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: The Final Season

DVDs

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: The Final Season

In the final season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Jack (4x Emmy Award Nominee, John Krasinski) is promoted to the new CIA Acting Deputy Director and finds himself on his most dangerous mission yet! He is appointed the daunting task of unearthing internal corruption. As he investigates, Jack discovers the

After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

History

After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

By Eric Cline. In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B. C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever.At the end of the acclaimed history 1177 B. C., many of the

Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World

History

Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World

By Will Cockrell. Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbers—including Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker—this vivid and authoritative adventure history chronicles one of the least likely industries on Earth: guided climbing on Mount Everest.Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin

Reboot

Literature & Fiction

By Justin Taylor. A raucous and wickedly smart satire of Hollywood, toxic fandom, and our chronically online culture, following a washed-up actor on his quest to revive the cult TV drama that catapulted him to teenage fame.David Crader is a has-been. A former child actor from the hit teen drama Rev Beach,

The Summer We Started Over

Literature & Fiction

The Summer We Started Over

By Nancy Thayer. A heartwarming new novel from the New York Times bestselling author and beloved Nantucket storyteller, Nancy Thayer.

Thorn Tree

Literature & Fiction

By Max Ludington. A beautifully wrought novel on the aftershocks of the heady but dangerous late 1960s and the relationship between trauma and the creative impulse.Now in his late-sixties, Daniel lives in quiet anonymity in a converted guest cottage in the Hollywood Hills. A legendary artist, he’s known

Weird Black Girls: Stories

Literature & Fiction

Weird Black Girls: Stories

By Elwin Cotman. From Philip K. Dick Award finalist Elwin Cotman, an irresistibly unnerving collection of stories that explore the anxieties of living while Black—a high-wire act of literary-fantastical hybrid fiction.A rural town finds itself under the authoritarian sway of a tree that punishes children.

Darling Girls

Mysteries & Thrillers

By Sally Hepworth. Get ready for another twisty domestic thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of THE SOULMATE.From the outside, Alicia, Jessica and Norah might seem like ordinary women you'd meet on the street any day of the week. Sure, Jessica has a little OCD and Norah has some anger

Feline Fatale: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

Mysteries & Thrillers

Feline Fatale: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

By Rita Mae Brown. A thrillingly purrr-fect new mystery from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown.Death stalks the Blue Ridge Mountains once again and Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen, along with her beloved cats and dogs, is on the case.

It Had to Be You

Mysteries & Thrillers

It Had to Be You

By Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke. In the latest thrilling entry in the bestselling Under Suspicion series by Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke, television producer Laurie Moran investigates the unsolved murder of a beloved couple celebrating the college graduations of their

Safe and Sound

Mysteries & Thrillers

By Laura McHugh. Six years after their cousin vanished from their home while they were sleeping, two sisters set out to learn the truth behind what happened—even if it puts their own lives in danger—in this haunting thriller from the internationally bestselling author of What’s Done in Darkness.In a

Funny Story

Romance

By Emily Henry. A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

Science Fiction & Fantasy

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

By Sofia Samatar. “I am in love with Sofia Samatar's lyricism and the haunting beauty of her imagination. Her stories linger, like the memory of a sumptuous feast.”―N. K. JemisinCelebrated author Sofia Samatar presents a mystical, revolutionary space adventure for the exhausted dreamer in this brilliant

A Crown of Stories: The Life and Language of Beloved Writer Toni Morrison

Children's Books

A Crown of Stories: The Life and Language of Beloved Writer Toni Morrison

By Carole Boston Weatherford. From award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford comes a captivating picture book biography about the incredible life of esteemed author, editor, and activist Toni Morrison, featuring gorgeous illustrations by debut artist Khalif Tahir Thompson.How do you tell a story?Before

Butt or Face? Volume 2: Revenge of the Butts

Children's Books

Butt or Face? Volume 2: Revenge of the Butts

By Kari Lavelle. Are you ready for round two of the hilarious guessing game picture book? Discover fascinating facts about animals while guessing if you're looking at a butt or a face!Butt or Face? Volume 2 continues the delightfully cheeky challenge with a whole new set of animals from all over the

Flap Your Hands: A Celebration of Stimming

Children's Books

Flap Your Hands: A Celebration of Stimming

By Steve Asbell. This fascinating, groundbreaking picture book by an autistic creator celebrates stims--the repetitive movements that provide focused stimulation to people on the autistic spectrum.When you're feeling overwhelmedAnd the world's too much to bear...If your feelings bubble overBut they have

Gigi Shin Is Not a Nerd

Children's Books

Gigi Shin Is Not a Nerd

By Lyla Lee. This first book in a sparkling middle grade series giving a fresh take on The Baby-Sitters Club follows a young Korean American girl who starts a business with her best friends to support her artistic dreams.Jiyoung “Gigi” Shin loves to create, from her zany outfits to self-executed haircuts.

Listen to This

Children's Books

By Jennifer Blecher. Secrets, rumors, shifting friendships, overbearing parents, and, on top of all that, a first dance—how does anyone survive seventh grade? Told from dual points of view, this novel about two tweens finding their voices and standing up for themselves is for fans of Lisa Yee, Leslie

Sona and the Golden Beasts

Children's Books

Sona and the Golden Beasts

By Rajani LaRocca. From Newbery Honor and Walter Award–winning author Rajani LaRocca comes a gripping middle grade fantasy perfect for fans of The Serpent’s Secret and The Last Mapmaker.Though music is outlawed in the land of Devia, Sona hears it everywhere. Sona is a Malech, a member of the ruling class

Storm Dragons: Lightningborn

Children's Books

Storm Dragons: Lightningborn

By Julie Kagawa. In a world in the clouds where only the rich own dragons, a poor boy named Remy finds a wild baby dragon—believed to be extinct—and becomes the focus of an evil pirate’s vengeance.REMY spends his days trying to survive the mean streets of Cutthroat Wedge—one of the many islands floating

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