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= New 'Best' Book = Looking for something to read? Browse a sampling of the most widely acclaimed books of 2011 and 2012 (below). See something you like? Stop by the library to pick it up OR... put the book on hold by logging in to the library's catalog Destiny Quest. For additional information on how to use Destiny Quest, check out the tutorials below.
 * How do I login to Desiny Quest and put a book on hold?
 * How do I search for a book in Destiny Quest?

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**The Best Novel of 2011?** Many critics selected **//The Art of Fielding//** by Chad Harback.

"At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended." - Hachette Book Group

** The Best Nonfiction 2011? ** At the top of many critic's lists was **//Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President//** by Candice Millard.

//Destiny of the Republic// “brings the era and people involved to vivid life….. Millard takes the reader on a compelling fly on-the-wall journey with these two men until that fateful day in a train station when Guiteau shot Garfield….. Millard takes all of these elements in a forgotten period of history and turns them into living and breathing things. The writing immerses readers into the period, making them feel as though they are living at that time. Comparisons to Erik Larson's "The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America" are justified, but "Destiny of the Republic" is better.” - Associated Press

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Check out these other 'Best Books'

The best nonfiction of 2011?


 * //The Sense of an Ending// by Julian Barnes
 * // The Marriage Plot //
 * //1Q84// by Haruki Murakami
 * //The Sojourn// by Andrew Krivak
 * //This Burns My Heart// by Samuel Park

In the mood for a mystery? Try out Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis’s suspenseful novel The Boy in the Suitcase. The New York Times named it one of the best crime novels of the year and it is sure to leave you on the edge of your seat! Want to know more? Check out this detailed review.

Like to read nonfiction?

Moby-duck : the true story of 28,800 bath toys lost at sea and of the beachcombers, oceanographers, environmentalists, and fools, including the author, who went in search of them by Donovan Hohn

Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard

Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz

A world on fire : Britain's crucial role in the American Civil War by Amanda Forman

How about a Documentary?

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[cid:image001.gif@01CCE734.86B1D9E0] Inside Job

[cid:image001.gif@01CCE734.86B1D9E0] Restrepo

[cid:image001.gif@01CCE734.86B1D9E0] Catfish

[cid:image001.gif@01CCE734.86B1D9E0] Food Inc.

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Biography

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

What am I reading? “The Night Circus”

What is the WHS Book Club reading? “What I saw and how I lied” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhmY6MuSgSs

YA

How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta

The WHS Library has an App! New Documentaries Collaboration Spaces Primary Sources Integration Idea Beyond YouTube...videos