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The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazie Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. It's a long title, a longer book and now a movie. What if I told you there was a major story about World War II that hasn't been told, involving an unlikely group of heroes you've never heard of, a group that didn't carry machine guns or drive tanks? These unknown heroes were known as the "Monuments Men". Their initial responsibility was to combat damage to structures and artifiacts. Then their focus shifted to locating and saving missing art. Most had been stolen by the Nazis. In a race against time, behind enemy lines, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians and others risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture.

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Innocence by Dean Koontz He lives in solitude beneath the city, an exile from society, which will destroy him if he is ever seen. She dwells in seclusion, a fugitive from enemies who will do her harm if she is ever found. But the bond between them runs deeper than the tragedies that have scarred their lives. Something more than chance -- and nothing less than destiny -- has brought them together in a world whose hour of reckoning is fast approaching.

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The First Phone Call From Heaven by Mitch Albom One morning in the small town of Coldwater, Michigan, the phones start ringing. The voices say they are calling from heaven. Is it the greatest miracle over? Or some cruel hoax? Mitch Albom takes readers on a breathtaking ride of frenzied hope.

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A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speake, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?
     When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imanine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave-"Really Achieving Your Childhook Dreams"-wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others,of seizing every moment. It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.

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                                                                   STARRY NIGHT

by Debbie Macomber

 

Columnist Carrie Slayton travels to Alaska to write about Finn Dalton, a reclusive author. Naturally, he refuses to be interviewed. By the time Carries goes home to Chicago, they are half way in love.  Starry Night is a delightful novel of finding happiness in the most surprising places.

 

Maybe I don’t have the Christmas spirit yet.  Good story, but predictable.

 

King and Maxwell

by David Baldacci

 

is the 6^th book in the King & Maxwell series by David Baldacci. Through my DVR I have been enjoying the series on TNT and am sad that the show was canceled.

 Tyler Wingo, a sixteen-year-old boy, hires Sean and Michelle to find out about his father’s death in Afghanistan. Sam Wingo was supposedly killed in action but Tyler has heard from his dad. Why the military would says his dad is dead and what is really going on? This case goes from Afghanistan to Washington D.C.

 Though slower than normal at the beginning, it picks up and is an enjoyable read. I would recommend reading all the books in the series: Split Second, Hour Game, Simple Genius, First Family, The Sixth Man and King and Maxwell. 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic-and each other- and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government's elite circles as Princeps-Elect, while Day has been assigned a high-level military position.
     But neither could have predicted the circumstances that will reunite them: just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic's border cities. This new strain of plague is deadlier than ever, and June is the only one who knows the key to her country's defense. But saving the lives of thousands will mean asking the one she loves to give up everything.

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A sweeping adventure that's equal parts thriller and love story, Nelson DeMille's newest novel takes the reader from the war-torn jungles of Ethiopia to the magical city of Rome.
     The Quest is suspenseful, romantic, and filled with heart-pounding action. Nelson DeMille is at the top of his game as he masterfully interprets one of history's greatest mysteries.