On the shelves - Oct. 6

The following books are available for checkout:

Clovis-Carver Public Library

“Home Again” by Shirlee McCoy dishes up a sweet, funny, heartwarming romance with its friendly, small-town setting. Ex-Navy SEAL Porter Bradshaw faces his toughest challenge ever upon returning to his hometown to cope with family tragedy and care for six grieving nieces and nephews. As he and a family friend work to comfort the young Bradshaws, Porter finds a renewed sense of commitment and unexpected romance.

“Game of Snipers” by Stephen Hunter is packed full of action when Bob Lee Swagger is approached by a woman who lost a son to war. She has spent years risking all that she has to find the sniper who pulled the trigger, and Bob knows right away he will do everything in his power to help her. But what begins as a favor becomes an obsession, and soon Swagger is back in the action, teaming up with the Mossad, the FBI, and local American law enforcement, as he tracks a sniper who is his own equal...and attempts to decipher that assassin's ultimate target before it's too late.

“A Dangerous Man” by Robert Crais is Joe Pike's most perilous case to date. Leaving the bank on an ordinary day, he witnesses a kidnapping, takes pursuit, saves the girl, and arrests two men. When the abductors are later murdered, Joes calls in Elvis Cole to help learn the truth, and uncovers a twisted family story that involves corporate whistleblowing, huge amounts of cash, the Witness Relocation Program, and a long line of lies.

“100 Ideas That Changed Design” by Charlotte & Peter Fiell chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped industrial and product design. Written by two experts on modern design, it provides a concise history of the origins of modern design in the craft movements of the 19th and early 20th century and the changes brought about by mass production. Fascinating text and arresting visuals explore when each idea first evolved and the subsequent impact it has had up to the present day.

“A Cave in the Clouds” by Badeeah Hassan Ahmed brings the author's story of war and survival to the world's stage, raising awareness about the acts of genocide against the Yazidi people. Only eighteen years old when ISIS invaded her village in Iraq, Badeeah was forced into a brutal human trafficking network, and eventually sold to a high-ranking American-born ISIS general. As weeks turned into months of captivity, her profound sense of faith and brave resilience helped her survive, and ultimately led her to escape.

“Sovereign Schools” by Martha Louise Hipp tells the epic story of one of the early battles for reservation public schools. For centuries, indigenous peoples in North America struggled to preserve their religious practices and cultural knowledge by educating younger generations, but thwarted by the deeply corrosive effects of missionary schools, federal boarding schools, Bureau of Indian Affairs reservation schools, and off-reservation public schools. Hipp describes their successful fight to reclaim their reservation schools and educational sovereignty.

— Summaries provided by library staff