New for Children
In the New World: A Family in Two Centuries
by Gerda Raidt
Robert and Margarete and their children, Johannes and Dorothea, emigrate from Germany to the United States in 1850. After landing in New Orleans and joining a wagon train headed west to Nebraska, the family establishes a farm outside Omaha. The book ends with a switch to modern day with descendants of Robert and Margarete living on the same farm. They make the decision to investigate their roots and visit Germany, reversing the trip their ancestors made.
The Call of the Osprey
by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
This meticulously researched and photographed account follows three University of Montana scientists and their work with osprey— fish-catching birds with gigantic nests and a family that functions with teamwork and cooperation. Today the osprey is studied to monitor the effects of mercury on living things. The osprey hunts in a very small area around its large nest, so scientists can pinpoint where mercury is coming from. In Montana, the scientists have been following ospreys for six years, collecting data on the amount of contaminants found on their feathers and in their blood. The rivers and streams in Montana are still suffering from the effects of inappropriate mining activities performed more than a hundred years ago. This man-made pollution is still dangerous to people and to wildlife.
New for Young Adults
Girl on a Plane
by Miriam Moss
This is a fictionalized story inspired by the real life experiences of Miriam Moss, a 15-year-old English school girl who was held hostage on a plane hijacked by the Palestinian Liberation Front in 1970. It is a thrilling, gripping, true-to-life, survival story that readers will not want to put down.
The Amateurs
by Sara Shepard
Investigating the cold-case disappearance that first inspired her ambition to become a detective, Seneca Frazier teams up with fellow enthusiasts to investigate suspicious activity in a trendy community filled with dark secrets and shocking betrayals.
New for Adults
The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
by Damion Searls
In 1917, working alone in a remote Swiss asylum, psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach devised an experiment to probe the human mind—a set of 10 carefully designed inkblots. For years, he had grappled with the theories of Freud and Jung while also absorbing the aesthetic movements of the day, from Futurism to Dadaism. A visual artist himself, Rorschach had come to believe that who we are is less a matter of what we say, as Freud thought, than what we see. This first-ever biography of Rorschach draws on unpublished letters and diaries and a cache of previously unknown interviews with Rorschach’s family, friends, and colleagues to tell the unlikely story of the test’s creation, its controversial reinvention, and its remarkable endurance—and what it all reveals about the power of perception.
Banana Cream Pie Murder
by Joanne Fluke
After an extravagant honeymoon, Hannah is eager to settle down in Lake Eden and turn domestic daydreams into reality. But when her mother’s neighbor, who was once a renowned actress with throngs of enemies, is discovered murdered in the condo downstairs, reality becomes a nightmare. Did a random intruder murder the woman as police claim, or was a deadlier scheme at play? As Hannah peels through countless suspects and some troubles of her own, solving this crime—and living to tell about it—might prove trickier than mixing up the ultimate banana cream pie.
