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Hellhound On His Trail by Hampton Sides

Wake County Public Libraries Readers Services Staff wrote 3 weeks ago: I stumbled across Hampton Sides while looking for a new audiobook. This is one of the best audiobook … more →

Tags: Book Suggestions by WCPL Staff, audio books, Suspense, American History, Martha S.'s Picks

Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever

the librarian wrote 4 months ago: Written by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard Published on September 27, 2011 On April 14, 1865 A … more →

Tags: 900 History & geography, 970 General history of North America, 19th Century, American History, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, assassination, true crime, Books

Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot

the librarian wrote 4 months ago: Written by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard Published on October 2, 2012 There are a few moment … more →

Tags: 900 History & geography, 970 General history of North America, 20th Century, US History, Books, 1960s, JFK, John F. Kennedy, Kennedy Assassination

French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork and Corkscrew by Peter Mayle

Wake County Public Libraries Readers Services Staff wrote 11 months ago: This week we’re featuring some of our favorite Audio Books, just in time for planning your summer ro … more →

Tags: Book Suggestions by WCPL Staff, audio books, France, Food, Humor, memoir, Travel Narrative, nonfiction, essays

Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo

Wake County Public Libraries Readers Services Staff wrote 1 year ago: At one time, the travelers on the road to the Suhar International Airport in Mumbai could look out t … more →

Tags: Book Suggestions by WCPL Staff, nonfiction, India, Janet L.'s Picks, Journalism, Economics, poverty, Current Events

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight and other books by Alexandra Fuller

Wake County Public Libraries Readers Services Staff wrote 1 year ago: Alexandra Fuller, born in England while her parents were briefly living there, moved to central Afri … more →

Tags: Book Suggestions by WCPL Staff, audio books, memoir, Africa, War, autobiography, Lynn W.'s Picks

I'm Kind of a Big Deal: And Other Delusions of Adequacy by Stephanie Wilder-Taylor

Wake County Public Libraries Readers Services Staff wrote 1 year ago: I really enjoy collections of funny essays, and if they have a little bit of snarky-ness to them, al … more →

Tags: Book Suggestions by WCPL Staff, Katrina V.'s Picks, Humor

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson

Wake County Public Libraries Readers Services Staff wrote 1 year ago: For many years I lived in the town of Clayton, and on the corner of Robertson St. and US 70 there is … more →

Tags: Book Suggestions by WCPL Staff, Biography, Bob M.'s Picks, nonfiction, History, World War II, Germany, Berlin

The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

Wake County Public Libraries Readers Services Staff wrote 2 years ago: For some reason this was published in Britain under the title The Surgeon of Crowthorne, which sound … more →

Tags: books about books, Katie K.'s Picks, England, nonfiction

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

Wake County Public Libraries Readers Services Staff wrote 2 years ago: What’s more American than the majestic views and scenic vistas of our National Parks?  Did you … more →

Tags: Book Suggestions by WCPL Staff, Dan B.'s Picks, Humor, memoir, Travel Narrative, nonfiction, Nature


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