Picture in the Sand, by Peter Blauner When Alex Hassan gets accepted to an Ivy League university, his middle-class Egyptian-American family is filled with pride and excitement. But that joy turns to shock when they discover that he’s run off Continue reading Featured Fiction for February at Steele
Soulless: Inspector Mislan and the Faceless Girl (Inspector Mislan Latif #5), by Rozlan Mohd Noor Early morning in Jalan Alor, one of the city’s red-light and tourist hotspots controlled by the Triads. A junkie’s scream of horror and the commotion that Continue reading Recommended Books for October at Steele
Single Black Female, by Tracy Brown Ivy Donovan is a successful stylist, entrepreneur, and single mom who has been loyal to her sons’ father, Michael, who’s serving a lengthy prison sentence. But life has gotten lonely over the years, and Continue reading Good Books to Start the Year on a Great Note!
A Lethal Lesson (Lane Winslow #8), by Iona Whishaw Back home in the Kootenays after her Arizona honeymoon, Lane offers her assistance when neither the outgoing teacher, Rose, nor her replacement, Wendy, show up at the local schoolhouse one blizzardy Continue reading Great New Titles for July at Steele!
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need by Bill Gates In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse Continue reading April New Adult Book Recommendations at Big Flats
The Arsonists’ City, by Hala Alyan The Nasr family is spread across the globe—Beirut, Brooklyn, Austin, the California desert. A Syrian mother, a Lebanese father, and three American children: all have lived a life of migration. Still, they’ve always had Continue reading Brand New Books for April at Steele
The Vanished Queen, by Lisbeth Campbell When a country is held in thrall to a vicious, despotic king, it’s up to one woman to take him down. Long ago, Queen Mirantha vanished. King Karolje claimed it was an assassination by Continue reading New Fiction Titles Featured This Month at Steele
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this unforgettable historical novel. An Continue reading New Fiction Titles Featured This Month at Steele
Conjure Women by Afia Atakora Conjure Women is a sweeping story that brings the world of the South before and after the Civil War vividly to life. Spanning eras and generations, it tells of the lives of three unforgettable women: Continue reading New Fiction Titles Featured This Month at Steele
Newly discovered authors are always an exciting notion. The following have been recently added to the CCLD catalog: Lighthouse beach, by Shelley Noble (2018) When Lillo pulls up to the hotel wearing a borrowed dress, she’s not sure why Jessica Continue reading New Authors at CCLD