Recommendations
See what La Grange Public Library staff members have to recommend.
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iPads
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Available for Checkout
If you have a La Grange library card, you can check out an iPad. Read or listen to some of the current best sellers, stream a video or an eMagazine, Don't have WiFi at home? Check out a hotspot too.
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Goodnight, Irene
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by Jan Burke
Former journalist, Irene Kelly, has settled uncomfortably into a new career in public relations when her life is shaken by the murder of her former colleague, O’Connor. Irene believes the murder resulted from an unsolved case that O’Connor resurrected annually, that of the body of a pregnant young woman found on the beach in 1955, missing hands and feet, for which O’Connor may… Continue
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City of Thieves
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by David Benioff
During the Siege of Leningrad, 19-year old Lev, arrested for looting, and Kolya, a Russian Army deserter, are offered a chance to save their lives by finding a dozen eggs for the wedding cake of the colonel’s daughter. The quest leads them from the city through the even more dangerous countryside where they deal with German officers and partisan resistance fighters. The audio version of… Continue
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Invitation to a Bonfire
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by Adrienne Celt
Zoya Andropova, a young girl without family and a recent refugee from the Soviet Union, struggles to fit in at a New Jersey boarding school during the 1920s. Zoya later becomes curator of the school’s exotic plant conservatory and leads a solitary existence until she falls for Russian author Leo Orlov, a married professor with elevated status. This artfully written noir is full of clever… Continue
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The Fisher Boy
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by Stephen Anable
Who killed Ian? Is there a connection to the cult living in an abandoned art colony in the woods near Truro? Cape Cod is overrun this summer by Swedish children connected to the cult and some unpleasant white supremacists. Mark, the last person to see Ian alive, learns a secret tying him more closely to Ian. Mark and his mostly gay group of friends try to solve Ian’s murder while learning… Continue
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iPod Nano
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Listen to an Audiobook
If you have a La Grange library card, you can check out the iPod Nano and listen to some of the current best sellers, including: Dragon teeth, Michael Crichton Same beach, next year, Frank, Dorothea Benton Woman in the window, Finn, A. J. Camino Island, Grisham, John Into the water, Hawkins, Paula Little fires everywhere, Ng, Celeste Come sundownRoberts, Nora Hillbilly elegy, Vance, J.… Continue
