Friday, May 22, 2026

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You can see this week’s listings below:

New Items at the
Plumb Memorial Library

Stone Doll: An Immigrant’s Memoir from War-Torn Italy to the American Dream

William and Catherine: The Monarchy's New Era; The Inside Story

Cat on the Road to Findout

The Windsor Legacy: A Royal Dynasty of Secrets, Scandal, and Survival

Why Brains Need Friends: The Neuroscience of Social Connection

All the Broken Places (Electronic Format)

Festival Man (Electronic Format)

Five Weeks in the Country

Seek Immediate Shelter

The Island Club

The Liquor Vicar (Electronic Format)

The Young Will Remember

The Calamity Club

26 Beauties

A Deceptive Clarity (The Chris Norgren Mysteries) (Electronic Format)

A Fatal Move (The DCI Alex Fleming Series) (Electronic Format)

A Loyal Traitor (Electronic Format)

A Murder in Hollywood

A Violent Masterpiece

A Wild Justice: A Novel (Electronic Format)

Stone Doll: An Immigrant’s Memoir from War-Torn Italy to the American Dream

Biographies & Memoirs

Stone Doll: An Immigrant’s Memoir from War-Torn Italy to the American Dream

By Toni Boucher and Josh Young. From a dirt floor in Italy to the halls of American power—this is one woman's extraordinary journey.In 1955, five-year-old Toni Boucher left everything she knew behind. Her family’s stone farmhouse in war-torn Italy—with its dirt floors and no running water—would become

William and Catherine: The Monarchy's New Era; The Inside Story

Biographies & Memoirs

William and Catherine: The Monarchy's New Era; The Inside Story

By Russell Myers. With exclusive insight and access, William and Catherine reveals the deeply human story behind the public understanding of the Prince and Princess of WalesFrom the relentless media scrutiny and controversies of their 2022 Caribbean Tour to the shock cancer diagnoses of both the Princess

The Windsor Legacy: A Royal Dynasty of Secrets, Scandal, and Survival

History

The Windsor Legacy: A Royal Dynasty of Secrets, Scandal, and Survival

By Robert Jobson. From Elizabeth II to future King William, The Windsor Legacy offers a riveting exploration of the British monarchy's resilience and influence over the past century, looking at its key players and conflicts, with a forward-looking examination of its future.In an age where resilience

Why Brains Need Friends: The Neuroscience of Social Connection

Health, Mind & Body

Why Brains Need Friends: The Neuroscience of Social Connection

By Ben Rein. "An exquisite book that reminds us our minds aren't soloists but symphony players: we are wired for connection."—David Eagleman, PhD, author of Incognito and LivewiredA neuroscientist's guide to boosting your brain health by living a more connected life, and thriving in a post-interaction

All the Broken Places (Electronic Format)

Literature & Fiction

All the Broken Places (Electronic Format)

By John Boyne. In Electronic Format Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived in the same well-to-do mansion block in London for decades. She lives a quiet, comfortable life, despite her deeply disturbing, dark past. She doesn’t talk about her escape from Nazi Germany at age 12. She doesn’t talk about

Festival Man (Electronic Format)

Literature & Fiction

Festival Man (Electronic Format)

By Geoff Berner. In Electronic Format At turns funny and strangely sobering, this "found memoir" is a picaresque tale of inspired, heroic deceit, incompetence, and, just possibly, triumph. Follow the flailing escapades of maverick music manager Campbell Ouiniette at the Calgary Folk Festival, as he leaves

The Liquor Vicar (Electronic Format)

Literature & Fiction

The Liquor Vicar (Electronic Format)

By Vince R. Ditrich. In Electronic Format Meet Tony Vicar: failed rockstar-turned-DJ, small-town curmudgeon, and … miracle worker?Reduced to DJing rural weddings, Tony Vicar feels the bite of failure. A frustrated and failed musician, unable to discern why he has not ascended to stardom, his only defence

A Deceptive Clarity (The Chris Norgren Mysteries) (Electronic Format)

Mysteries & Thrillers

A Deceptive Clarity (The Chris Norgren Mysteries) (Electronic Format)

By Aaron Elkins. In Electronic Format An American museum curator in Berlin must find a fake painting—and a real killer—in this mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author of Switcheroo.Chris Norgren, museum curator and Renaissance art expert, heads to Berlin to assist in mounting a sensational exhibit:

A Fatal Move (The DCI Alex Fleming Series) (Electronic Format)

Mysteries & Thrillers

A Fatal Move (The DCI Alex Fleming Series) (Electronic Format)

By Robert McNeil. In Electronic Format The normally tranquil village of Darmont is in an uproar over a proposed building project—but the angry demonstrations by the locals are not the only thing disturbing the peace. The assistant to the millionaire property developer behind the controversy has been

A Loyal Traitor (Electronic Format)

Mysteries & Thrillers

A Loyal Traitor (Electronic Format)

By Tim Glister. In Electronic Format In this gripping debut thriller set during the Cold War, agents from MI5 and the CIA team up to find a Soviet spy.July 1961. Once a shining star at MI5, agent Richard Knox is now suspended with a tarnished image. However, when he is called upon to investigate a double

A Wild Justice: A Novel (Electronic Format)

Mysteries & Thrillers

A Wild Justice: A Novel (Electronic Format)

By Craig Thomas. In Electronic Format Attending a glittering party outside Washington, D. C., ex-CIA agent John Lock is horrified when his sister is killed before his eyes and must find the connection between her murder and that of an American in Siberia. 25,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.

New Items at the
Huntington Branch Library

Bambi: The Reckoning

Extinction: Animals Unite!

I'm Still Here [Blu-ray]

True Crime: A Memoir

Art from the Garden: Create 25 Beautiful Botanical Projects

All the Broken Places (Electronic Format)

Festival Man (Electronic Format)

John of John

The Liquor Vicar (Electronic Format)

The Things We Never Say

The Calamity Club

A Deceptive Clarity (The Chris Norgren Mysteries) (Electronic Format)

A Fatal Move (The DCI Alex Fleming Series) (Electronic Format)

A Loyal Traitor (Electronic Format)

A Wild Justice: A Novel (Electronic Format)

Abberton House (Electronic Format)

And on the Surface Die (A Holly Martin Mystery) (Electronic Format)

Barrett Fuller's Secret (Electronic Format)

Beach Cat Blues (Cat Noir Series) (Electronic Format)

Beneath the Wake: A Dr. Zol Szabo Medical Mystery (Electronic Format)

Bambi: The Reckoning

DVDs

Bambi: The Reckoning

The hills have antlers in this twisted reimagining of a classic children’s tale from the makers of Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey and Peter Pan: Neverland Nightmare! After a mother and son survive a horrific car crash, they soon find themselves stalked by Bambi, a grief-stricken, mutated deer on

Art from the Garden: Create 25 Beautiful Botanical Projects

Home & Garden

Art from the Garden: Create 25 Beautiful Botanical Projects

By Kerry Michaels. Bring the beauty of your surroundings into your home via 25 tasteful art projects in Art from the Garden.This is a gorgeously photographed, warmly detailed guide to creating works of art with materials (mostly) from your own garden. Create chic vases from twigs, visually stunning luminarias

All the Broken Places (Electronic Format)

Literature & Fiction

All the Broken Places (Electronic Format)

By John Boyne. In Electronic Format Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived in the same well-to-do mansion block in London for decades. She lives a quiet, comfortable life, despite her deeply disturbing, dark past. She doesn’t talk about her escape from Nazi Germany at age 12. She doesn’t talk about

Festival Man (Electronic Format)

Literature & Fiction

Festival Man (Electronic Format)

By Geoff Berner. In Electronic Format At turns funny and strangely sobering, this "found memoir" is a picaresque tale of inspired, heroic deceit, incompetence, and, just possibly, triumph. Follow the flailing escapades of maverick music manager Campbell Ouiniette at the Calgary Folk Festival, as he leaves

The Liquor Vicar (Electronic Format)

Literature & Fiction

The Liquor Vicar (Electronic Format)

By Vince R. Ditrich. In Electronic Format Meet Tony Vicar: failed rockstar-turned-DJ, small-town curmudgeon, and … miracle worker?Reduced to DJing rural weddings, Tony Vicar feels the bite of failure. A frustrated and failed musician, unable to discern why he has not ascended to stardom, his only defence

A Deceptive Clarity (The Chris Norgren Mysteries) (Electronic Format)

Mysteries & Thrillers

A Deceptive Clarity (The Chris Norgren Mysteries) (Electronic Format)

By Aaron Elkins. In Electronic Format An American museum curator in Berlin must find a fake painting—and a real killer—in this mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author of Switcheroo.Chris Norgren, museum curator and Renaissance art expert, heads to Berlin to assist in mounting a sensational exhibit:

A Fatal Move (The DCI Alex Fleming Series) (Electronic Format)

Mysteries & Thrillers

A Fatal Move (The DCI Alex Fleming Series) (Electronic Format)

By Robert McNeil. In Electronic Format The normally tranquil village of Darmont is in an uproar over a proposed building project—but the angry demonstrations by the locals are not the only thing disturbing the peace. The assistant to the millionaire property developer behind the controversy has been

A Loyal Traitor (Electronic Format)

Mysteries & Thrillers

A Loyal Traitor (Electronic Format)

By Tim Glister. In Electronic Format In this gripping debut thriller set during the Cold War, agents from MI5 and the CIA team up to find a Soviet spy.July 1961. Once a shining star at MI5, agent Richard Knox is now suspended with a tarnished image. However, when he is called upon to investigate a double

A Wild Justice: A Novel (Electronic Format)

Mysteries & Thrillers

A Wild Justice: A Novel (Electronic Format)

By Craig Thomas. In Electronic Format Attending a glittering party outside Washington, D. C., ex-CIA agent John Lock is horrified when his sister is killed before his eyes and must find the connection between her murder and that of an American in Siberia. 25,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.

Abberton House (Electronic Format)

Mysteries & Thrillers

Abberton House (Electronic Format)

By Debbie Ioanna. In Electronic Format A family moves into a farmhouse in a quiet English village—but mysterious events a century earlier haunt their new home . . .In 1916, the Great War is underway and Henry has been called up, leaving his wife and three children in their North Yorkshire farmhouse.

And on the Surface Die (A Holly Martin Mystery) (Electronic Format)

Mysteries & Thrillers

And on the Surface Die (A Holly Martin Mystery) (Electronic Format)

By Lou Allin. In Electronic Format RCMP Corporal Holly Martin returns to home territory to take charge of her first post, a detachment in tiny Fossil Bay on the wild south coast of Vancouver Island. Drunk drivers, speeders, and the occasional theft from tourist cars lead the crime roster, but her first

Barrett Fuller's Secret (Electronic Format)

Mysteries & Thrillers

Barrett Fuller's Secret (Electronic Format)

By Scott Carter. In Electronic Format Barrett Fuller is a world-famous and very wealthy children's author who writes under a pseudonym because he's a self-absorbed womanizer and drug-user. His life changes when he receives an extortion letter, challenging him to live up to the morals he currently espouses

Beach Cat Blues (Cat Noir Series) (Electronic Format)

Mysteries & Thrillers

Beach Cat Blues (Cat Noir Series) (Electronic Format)

By Alison O'Leary. In Electronic Format Oh, Aubrey does love to be beside the seaside. All those rock pools to muck about in, the caves to explore, endless food opportunities from the beach huts. Life is good. And it’s even better now that his best mate Vincent has joined the Goodman household.But the

Beneath the Wake: A Dr. Zol Szabo Medical Mystery (Electronic Format)

Mysteries & Thrillers

Beneath the Wake: A Dr. Zol Szabo Medical Mystery (Electronic Format)

By Ross Pennie. In Electronic Format The eagerly anticipated fourth medical thriller in the award-winning seriesEpidemic investigator Dr. Zol Szabo hopes an extended cruise on the Indian Ocean with his girlfriend and his son will salve the wounds of the rough times they’ve been weathering at home. As

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