Harlem Library

The Harlem Library will be closed Friday, Mar. 11 because of the Seed Show. Hope to see you there! Events to mark on your calendar are an Internet Security workshop presented by Triangle Communications on Tues., Mar. 22, 6 P.M. in the meeting room. April Fox will lead a jewelry making workshop for the next Learn at the Library program Tues., Mar. 29, 7 P.M. There will be a small fee to cover the cost of materials.

Books and Babies and Lego Club will take a break until the first week of June. Story Time continues to meet on Fridays at 10 A.M. In honor or St. Patrick and to celebrate spring, the Book Challenge for March is to read a book with a green cover. Participating in the Book Challenge is a fun way to read a variety of books throughout the year. You may also win a gift certificate from a local business!

The latest Stone Barrington novel from Stuart Woods is “Scandalous Behavior.” Stone is looking forward to some R & R in the British countryside. However, he soon receives an outrageous demand from a beautiful lady and a new acquisition. But it comes strings attached - a deadly mystery involving the local residents and a relentless adversary.

“The Man Without a Shadow” is written by Joyce Carol Oates. In 1965 young research scientist Margot Sharpe meets Elihu Hoopes whose short-term memory has been lost due to an illness. Lonely and tortured by his condition, he is haunted by a disturbing memory from his youth of a girl’s body floating under the surface of a lake. Margot dedicates her professional life to Elihu and thus gains an exceptional career. But where is the line between scientific endeavor and personal obsession?

Ruth Wariner tells the true story of growing up in a polygamist family in the memoir “The Sound of Gravel.” As the thirty-ninth child of her father, Ruth grew up in rural Mexico without running water or electricity. After her father, the founder of the colony, is brutally murdered by his brother in a fight for church power, Ruth’s mother remarries becoming the second wife of another colony member. To receive government assistance and additional income, Ruth and her siblings are moved back and forth between Mexico and the U.S. In the states Ruth realizes she does not fit in the Mormon polygamist community. She soon finds a way to escape and take her three youngest sisters with her.

Evan Smoak, known as the legendary Nowhere Man, had a personal mission to help those with nowhere else to turn. He also is a man with a dangerous past. Taken from a foster home as a child he was groomed to be a part of covert operation designed to create perfect assassins, the Orphan Program, where he was named Orphan X. Evan broke away from the program thinking he has left his past behind. Now someone is on his tail determined to eliminate him. Don’t miss “Orphan X”, the first installment of a new series by Gregg Hurwitz.

“The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend” by Katarina Bivald is set in Broken Wheel, Iowa, where no one has ever seen anyone like Sara. She traveled all the way from Sweden to meet her book-loving pen pal. Upon her arrival she discovers Amy has passed away. Much to everyone’s surprise Sara decides to stay and open a book store. Although the bookstore, and Sara, are a little quirky, this story is a heartwarming reminder of why we are booklovers.

Lindsay Starck is the author of “Noah’s Wife.” Noah’s wife has moved with her minister husband to a gray and wet town where it seems the rain will never stop. Determined to support her husband as he tries to revive the congregation, she soon realizes the task is daunting as she faces her eccentric neighbors. As Noah and his wife try to bring the townspeople to church and survive the strains on their marriage, the rain intensifies. Soon the water threatens to destroy the town. Facing this natural disaster, they must recover their faith if they are to have any hope at all.

“The Art of War” is by Stephen Coonts. China is rearing its ugly military head attacking fishing vessels and scheming to seize natural resources. Much more dangerous is a Chinese sleeper cell who has planted a nuclear weapon in the naval base at Norfolk, Virginia. When the CIA director is assassinated, Jake Grafton is appointed as his replacement. Can Jake and his right-hand man, Tommy Carmellini, stop the plot to destroy the U.S. Navy?