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Friday, December 12, 2014

2014 GIFT BOOK SUGGESTIONS FROM THE STAFF OF THE NORTHFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY



                                         

Fiction

All the Light We Cannot See—Anthony Doerr

Museum of Extraordinary Things—Alice Hoffman

Cambridge—Susanna Kaysen

Goldfinch—Donna Tartt

The Invention of Wings—Sue Monk Kidd

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher; stories—Hillary Mantel

The Children Act—Ian McEwan

The Arsonist—Sue Miller

Still Life With Bread Crumbs—Anna Quindlen

Lila—Marilynne Robinson

Nora Webster—Colm Toibin

 

NonFiction

Before we Say Goodnight: How to tell Bedtime Stories about Your Life and Family—Hank Frazee

Can’t we Talk About Something More Pleasant? A Memoir—Roz Chast

Empathy Exams: Essays—Leslie Jamison

 A Farm Dies Once a Year—Arlo Crawford

  In the Kingdom of Ice: the Grand and Terrible Voyage of the U.S.S.

 
Jeannette—Hampton Sides

  Lego Architecture: the Visual Guide—Phillip Wilkinson

  Minnesota’s Own: Preserving our Grand Homes—Larry Millett

  Texts from Jane Eyre– Mallory Ortberg

  Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End—Atul Gawande

  Yes, Please—Amy Poehler
 
 
  Cookbooks
  America: Farm to Table: Simple, Delicious Recipes Celebrating
  Local Farmers—Mario Batali
  Baking Bible—Rose Levy Berenbaum
  Lake Superior Flavors: a Field  Guide to Food and Drink Along the Circle                    Tour—James R. Norton
  Make some Beer: Small Batch Recipes from Brooklyn to Bamburg– Erica Shea
  Make it Ahead: a Barefoot Contessa Cookbook—Ina Garten
 
  Children’s Picture Books
  Book with No Pictures—B.J. Novak
  Duck Sock Hop—Jane Kohuth
  I Wish I Had a Pet—Maggie Rudy
  Ninja Red Riding Hood—Corey Schwartz
  The Secret Life of Squirrels—Nancy Rose
  Little Blue Truck’s Christmas—Alice Shertle
 
 

                                           

 


 

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