On the shelves — Nov. 16

These books are available at the Clovis-Carver Public Library:

Disaster Preparedness: Ready Yourself, Your Family, and Your Home Before Disaster Strikes by Rod Brouhard features worksheets, checklists, and expert advice to equip readers to deal with natural or man-made emergencies and to ensure that they are safe and secure when everything around them is in turmoil.

Sniper’s Honor by Stephen Hunter moves between World War II and the present as Bob Lee Swagger searches for the truth about Ludmilla Milli Petrova, the legendary Russian sniper whose name disappeared from both German and Russian war records; but even 70 years after the fact, he finds that there are people who don’t want the story told.

Every Landlord’s Tax Deduction Guide by Stephen Fishman covers the new IRS rules on repairs and improvements, deductions for casualty and theft damage, rental losses, use of vacation homes, and record keeping that will save you money and simplify tax preparation at the end of the year.

Nantucket Sisters by Nancy Thayer centers on Maggie McIntyre and Emily Porter, two friends from opposite sides of the tracks, who develop a camaraderie beginning with their first meeting at age 11 and lasting into adulthood when they learn that true love may be rare, but true friendship is rarer still.

The Everything Budgeting Book by Tere Stouffer includes 70 worksheets to help create a budget, tips for saving and managing your money to meet daily necessities and long-term goals, and practical ways to stop living from paycheck to paycheck and start enjoying the wealth you didn’t even know you had.

China Dolls by Lisa See begins in San Francisco in 1938 when three young women from very different backgrounds meet by chance and become fast friends; but after the attack on Pearl Harbor, paranoia and suspicion threaten to destroy their lives, while a shocking act of betrayal changes everything.

An Army Doctor on the Western Frontier: Journals and Letters of John Vance Lauderdale, 1864-1890 offers an insightful look at life on military posts in South Dakota, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California as revealed in letters describing an Army surgeon’s day-to-day experiences among the soldiers, officers, civilians, Indians, and Hispanics that he encountered in his medical service.

— Summaries by library staff

These books are available at the Portales Public Library:

Private India: City on Fire by James Patterson and Ashwin Sanghi: When the newest branch of Private opens up in Mumbai, Jack Morgan appoints agent Santosh Wagh as the leader of Private India, and Santosh soon gets a call from the Marine Bay plaza, where a guest has been found dead. As Santosh and his team members Hari, Nisha and Mubeen investigate the murder, more victims around the city wind up dead, including a journalist, a pop singer, an actress, a judge, a politician and a yoga instructor, all of them women and all of them seemingly unconnected.

Thomas Kinkade’s Cape Light: All is Bright by Katherine Spencer: In the latest book in the Cape Light series, Revered Ben finds a box of old photographs of him as a young minister, when he first moved to Cape Light. As he looks through the photos, he recalls his first Christmas with his congregation, when an upstanding member of the church, Oliver Warwick, was accused of a crime, which ended up tearing the town apart.

Revival by Stephen King: When Jamie Morton is 6-years-old, he meets Rev. Charles Jacobs, who has moved with his wife Patsy and their newborn baby to Jamie’s small town in New England to take over the local church. Jamie quickly bonds with the friendly Jacobs over their mutual love of electronics, while most of the women in town form crushes on him, and most of the men become infatuated with Patsy. But when a car accident claims both Patsy’s life and the life of their baby, Jacobs loses his faith and curses God, and turns to electrical experimentation to uncover the secrets of the universe.

— Summaries by library staff