shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com July 9, 2019 • Page 9 New At The Library Here’s what’s new at the Yankton Community Library this week: LARGE PRINT BOOKS • The Duel by Giles Tippette, fiction ADULT BOOKS • Bilingual Visual Dictionary: Spanish/English, nonfiction • Birth Without Fear by January Harshe, nonfiction • Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis, nonfiction • Elements of Family Style: Elegant Spaces for Everyday Life by Erin Gates, nonfiction • The Forgotten Lawmen v.1-3: by D.B. McCrea, nonfiction • Mafia Spies: The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK, and Castro by Thomas Maier, nonfiction • Modern Memory Quilts by Suzanne Paquette, nonfiction • They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. JonesRogers, nonfiction • Wristwatch Annual 2019 by Peter Braun, nonfiction • Young Castro: The Making of a Revolutionary by Jonathan M. Hansen, nonfiction • All the Lost Things by Michelle Sacks, fiction • Blood Money by James Grippando, fiction • The Christmas Company by Alys Murray, fiction • Grace After Henry by Eithne Shortall, fiction • A Lady’s Honor by Laurie Alice Eakes, fiction • Nothing Like It in the World by Stephen Ambrose, fiction • Park Avenue Summer by Renée Rosen, fiction • The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas, fiction • Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan, fiction • Take the Bride by Carly Phillips, fiction • Tiny Americans by Devin Murphy, fiction • The Wall by John Lanchester, fiction • Women Talking by Miriam Toews, fiction JUNIOR BOOKS • Astrophotography by John Hamilton, nonfiction • Designing City Transport by Kate Conley, nonfiction • Europe by Alicia Klepeis, nonfiction • Fashion Photography by John Hamilton, nonfiction • Life in Motion by Misty Copeland, nonfiction • Making a City Smart by Bethany Onsgard, nonfiction • Making a City Sustainable by Courtney Farrell, nonfiction • Mambas by S.L. Hamilton, nonfiction • North America by Annette Whipple, nonfiction • Outdoor Photography by John Hamilton, nonfiction • Photojournalism by John Hamilton, nonfiction • Portrait Photography by John Hamilton, nonfiction • Powering a City by Edward Willett, nonfiction • Pythons by S.L. Hamilton, nonfiction • Rattlesnakes by S.L. Hamilton, nonfiction • South America by Xina Uhl, nonfiction • Sports Photography by John Hamilton, nonfiction • Tamba Hali by David Seigerman, nonfiction • The Crossroads by Alexandra Diaz, fiction • A Festival of Ghosts by William Alexander, fiction • Lifeboat 12: Based on a True Story by Susan Hood, fiction • The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Claire by Amy Makechnie, fiction • Yours Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick, fiction EASY READING BOOKS • The Case of the Disappearing Doll by Nancy Parent, fiction • Constructora de Casitas Para Pájaros by Libby Wimbley, fiction If you read this you know... advertising pays! 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