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BWG Library Picks of the Week

Top picks of the week from the BWG Library!
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NEW at the Library this Week
The Bromance Book Club
Lyssa Kay Adams

Nashville Legends second baseman Gavin Scott's marriage is in major league trouble. He's recently discovered a humiliating secret: his wife Thea has always faked the Big O. When he loses his cool at the revelation, it's the final straw on their already strained relationship. Thea asks for a divorce, and Gavin realizes he's let his pride and fear get the better of him. Welcome to the Bromance Book Club. Distraught and desperate, Gavin finds help from an unlikely source: a secret romance book club made up of Nashville's top alpha men. With the help of their current read, a steamy Regency titled Courting the Countess, the guys coach Gavin on saving his marriage. But it'll take a lot more than flowery words and grand gestures for this hapless Romeo to find his inner hero and win back the trust of his wife.

Graphic Novel
Aquaman Volume 1: The drowning
Dan Abnett, Scot Eaton, Brad Walker and Philippe Briones

Aquaman, the King of Atlantis, has never found a true home in either of the worlds that he was born of. In his undersea realm, Aquaman is both King and outsider. And in the surface world, he's a hero and an outcast. In this brand new series by fan-favorite writer Dan Abnett (TITANS HUNT) and all-star penciller Brad Walker (SINESTRO), the King of Atlantis attempts to broker a peace between Atlantis and the surface, but this noble quest might force Aquaman to finally choose whether to live his life above the waves, or below them.

Teen Reads
Shadowhouse Fall
Daniel Jose Older

Book two in the Shadowshaper Cypher is now on the shelves at the BWG Library!  In addition to the ordinary problems of a Puerto Rican teenager in Brooklyn, Sierra Santiago is working on developing her shadowshaping skills, and she is beginning to think she may need all the skill she can summon because it seems that when she channeled hundreds of spirits through herself in order to defeat Wick she woke up something very powerful and very unfriendly and put her family and friends at risk.

Special Collections –  audio book
Country Music: A history
Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns

The rich and colourful story of America's most popular music and the singers and songwriters who captivated, entertained, and consoled listeners throughout the 20th century. 'Country Music' is based on the upcoming eight-part film series to air on PBS in September 2019.

Recommended by BWG Readers
Happy Go Money
Melissa Leong

Run, don’t walk and check out this book!  A crash course on money from a Canadian perspective, this book is full of tips and humour.  Not your average financial read, this book is not only about money, but more importantly happiness.

Non Fiction
The CIA UFO Papers
Dan Wright

In autumn 2016 the CIA sent to its website (www.cia.gov/library/readingroom) a cache of electronic files previously released under the Freedom of Information Act but housed at the National Archives. Among a variety of subjects were “unidentified flying objects.” Finally, a stockpile of reports and correspondences were available for serious UFO researchers to examine at home.

This book consists of selections from those secret files. Dan Wright spent 18 months selecting, editing, and organizing the 550 files that are relevant to UFO research and has produced a chronological collection of CIA documents spanning 1949 to 2000.

Each chapter focuses on a particular year. The summary of documents for each year is followed by a section called “While You Were Away from Your Desk,” which provides historical and cultural context for the document summaries and examines other sightings and contacts that are not mentioned in the CIA files. 
This is a must-have book for those fascinated by the history of UFO sightings and those interested in government secrets and cover-ups.