On the shelves

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

Mary Poppins, She Wrote: The Life of P.L. Travers by Valerie Lawson explores the events that inspired the Disney movie “Saving Mr. Banks” and the remarkable life of a woman who was as tart, opinionated, and inscrutable as the nanny that emerged from her pen: a character altogether different from the joyful, kindly, and entertaining Mary Poppins of the big-screen.

Vertigo 42 by Martha Grimes delivers a new addition to the mystery series featuring Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury who finds himself with four deaths — two ruled as accidental 20 years ago and two within days of each other in the present — that are linked to the Hitchcock classic movie “Vertigo”

The Rush: America’s Fevered Quest for Fortune 1848-1853 by Edward Dolnick encapsulates the five-year span of the California gold rush, when thousands of men and women left their families to join wagon trains on the treacherous journey toward an imagined future of ease and splendor in the most frenzied treasure hunt the world has ever seen.

All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner provides a contemporary story in which a suburban mom depends on painkillers to help her manage the realities of her superficially perfect life; but her slide into addiction and her struggles to free herself from the habit soon become the greatest problem of all.

The Gibson Les Paul Handbook: How to Buy, Maintain, Set Up, Troubleshoot, and Modify Your Gibson and Epiphone Les Paul by Paul Balmer covers the history and construction of the most iconic electric guitar ever made and gives expert advice on choosing which type to buy and how to tune, maintain, and repair it to make the signature sound that plays like a dream with the tone of a choir.

This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash weaves a tale of love and atonement, blood and vengeance involving two young sisters placed in foster care, a wayward father who kidnaps them, and two enemies in pursuit, determined to see him pay for his sins.

Supercars: Driving the Dream by Adam Phillips profiles the performance, handling, luxury, and design in the very best that today’s automotive engineers have to offer, from Italy and the UK to Japan and America, over the past 50 years in one of the world’s most dynamic, creative, and exciting industries.