Peak Picks Current Titles Book List
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Confidence
NEW FOR MARCH! Adult Fiction. “At 17, Ezra Green doesn’t have a lot going for him… He’s also on his way to Last Chance Camp, the final stop before juvie. But Ezra’s summer at Last Chance turns life-changing when he meets Orson, brilliant and Adonis-like with a mind for hustling. Together, the two embark upon what promises to be a fruitful career of scam artistry. But when they try to pull off their biggest scam yet—Nulife, a corporation that promises its consumers a lifetime of bliss—things start to spin wildly out of control. Searing and charming… Confidence is a story for anyone who knows that the American Dream is just another pyramid scheme.” Publisher description
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Flight Paths: How A Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration
NEW FOR MARCH! Adult Nonfiction. “For the past century, scientists and naturalists have been steadily unravelling the secrets of bird migration. How and why birds navigate the skies, traveling from continent to continent—flying thousands of miles across the earth each fall and spring—has continually fascinated the human imagination, but only recently have we been able to fully understand these amazing journeys. The compelling and fascinating story of how scientists solved the great mystery of bird migration, Flight Paths is an unprecedented look into exciting, behind-the-scenes moments of groundbreaking discovery.” Publisher description
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Hang the Moon
NEW FOR MARCH! Adult Fiction. “For more than 50 years, bad blood has permeated relations between the bootlegging Kincaid family and the Bond brothers... Sallie Kincaid’s enigmatic father, ‘the Duke,’ controls an Emporium general store, warehouse, lumber mill, hauling company, and rental properties, and after a string of unexpected deaths in the family, Sallie takes charge of the family business during the Prohibition years. As ‘Queen of the Kincaid Rumrunners,’ Sally comes to oversee a profitable business that amplifies the backwoods dispute into a full-fledged violent war with the Bonds… This is a stunner.” Publishers Weekly
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Hello Beautiful: A Novel
NEW FOR MARCH! Adult Fiction. “William grew up in a house silenced by tragedy… so when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano, it’s as if the world has lit up around him. With Julia comes her family, as she and her three sisters are inseparable… With the Padavanos, William experiences a newfound contentment. But then darkness from William’s past surfaces, jeopardizing not only Julia’s… plans for their future, but the sisters’ unshakeable devotion to one another. Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it.” Publisher description
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Lone Women: A Novel
NEW FOR MARCH! Adult Fiction. “In 1915, Montana allows unmarried, Black women the opportunity to claim a homestead, so, having lived her entire life in a California farming community with her parents, Adelaide Henry, 31, sets off. But before she leaves, Adelaide… burns the house down. Taking only an overnight bag and a heavy, securely locked trunk containing her family’s curse, one that she is now solely responsible for controlling, Adelaide will attempt to flee her past while still shackled to it, thus setting LaValle’s latest, a pervasively uneasy and brilliantly plotted horror-western hybrid, in absorbing motion. ” Booklist
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Now You See Us
NEW FOR MARCH! Adult Fiction. “Corazon, Donita, and Angel are Filipina domestic workers—part of the wave of women sent to Singapore to be cleaners, maids, and caregivers. [A]n explosive news story shatters Singapore’s famous tranquility—and sends a chill down the spine of every domestic worker. Flordeliza Martinez, a Filipina maid, has been arrested for murdering her female employer. Corazon, Donita and Angel… are shocked into action, using their moxie and insight to piece together the mystery of what really happened—and exposing the secrets of Singapore’s elite along the way.” Publisher description
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The Pacific Northwest Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for An Earth-friendly Garden
NEW FOR MARCH! Adult Nonfiction. “The benefits of native plants are enormous—they reduce maintenance, require less water, and attract vital, earth-friendly pollinators like birds, butterflies, and bees. This sourcebook profiles 225 recommended native wildflowers, grasses, ferns, shrubs, and trees. With additional information on preparation, planting, maintenance, and climate considerations, it's everything you need to know to create a beautiful and beneficial garden.” Publisher description
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Poverty, by America
NEW FOR MARCH! Adult Nonfiction. “The United States has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages? Desmond (Evicted) draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem.” Publisher description
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Saving Time: Discovering A Life Beyond the Clock
NEW FOR MARCH! Adult Nonfiction. “In How to Do Nothing, Odell wrote about the importance of disconnecting from the ‘attention economy’ to spend time in quiet contemplation. But what if you don’t have time to spend? In order to answer this seemingly simple question, Odell took a deep dive into the fundamental structure of our society and found that the clock we live by was built for profit, not people. Saving Time [imagines] a world not centered on work, the office clock, or the profit motive. If we can ‘save’ time by imagining a life, identity, and source of meaning outside these things, time might also save us.” Publisher description
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Travelers in Unimaginable Lands: Dementia and the Hidden Workings of the Mind
NEW FOR MARCH! Adult Nonfiction. “Why is taking care of a family member with dementia so difficult? Why do caregivers succumb to behaviors—arguing, blaming, insisting, taking symptoms personally—they know are counterproductive? Exploring the healthy brain’s intuitions and proclivities, Travelers to Unimaginable Lands reveals the neurological obstacles to caregiving, enumerating not only the terrible pressures the disease exerts on our closest relationships but offering solace and perspective as well.” Publisher description
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