Ashland Books @ Noon January 2020 Picks

21) Killing commendatore: a novel

Author

Murakami, Haruki

Notes

Rad's favorite 2019 read.

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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"The much-anticipated new novel from the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of 1Q84 and Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, Killing Commendatore is an epic tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art--as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby--and a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers"--

22) Madame Fourcade's secret war: the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler

Author

Olson, Lynne

Notes

One of Sandra's favorite 2019 reads.

Formats:

Book - Hardback, eAudiobook

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The little-known true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, from the bestselling author of Citizens of London and Last Hope Island
“Brava to Lynne Olson for a biography that should challenge any outdated assumptions about who deserves to be called a hero.”—The Washington Post
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23) The Paragon Hotel

Author

Faye, Lyndsay

Notes

Pat loved this so much she is going back and reading some of the author's other historical mysteries. She particularly loved the characters and the primary source material about Oregon's history of racial exclusion before each chapter.

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook

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"It's 1921, and "Nobody" Alice James is racing by rail as far from New York as possible, finally landing at the only all-black hotel in Portland, OR. Residents are understandably suspicious of this white woman-the Ku Klux Klan is in town." -- Publisher's annotation. 1921. "Nobody" Alice James is on a cross-country train, carrying a bullet wound and fleeing for her life following an illicit drug and liquor deal gone horribly wrong. Her sights are...

24) Dragonfly: a novel

Author

Meacham, Leila

Notes

One of Pat's favorite 2019 reads

Formats:

Book, Large Print - Hardback

25) The baker's secret: a novel

Author

Kiernan, Stephen P

Notes

One of Pat's favorite 2019 reads

Formats:

Book, eBook

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From the multiple-award-winning, critically acclaimed author of The Hummingbird and The Curiosity comes a dazzling novel of World War II-a shimmering tale of courage, determination, optimism, and the resilience of the human spirit, set in a small Normandy village on the eve of D-Day. On June 5, 1944, as dawn rises over a small town on the Normandy coast of France, Emmanuelle is making the bread that has sustained her fellow villagers in the dark...