Ed Salem will be presenting an overview of secrecy and cryptography from Julius Caesar to the Middle Ages through World War II and ending with today’s clever cryptographic methods used to ensure safe electronic transactions on the Internet. Sponsored by OSHER.

FICTION

Apple Orchard
Susan Wiggs
Set to inherit half of Bella Vista, a 100-acre apple orchard in a town called Archangel, along with a half-sister she’s never heard of, Tess Delaney, who makes a living restoring stolen treasures to their rightful owners, discovers a world filled with the simple pleasures of food and family.

As Twilight Falls
Amanda Ashley
When archaeologist Annja Creed discovers that the painting she purchased at an auction in Botswana is hiding a secret map to the Lost City of the San tribe, she must fight the dangers of the African bush and her enemies to see if the map is a work of fiction or a guide to an epic archaeological discovery.

Bat in the Belfry
Sarah Graves
When a local teen beauty-pageant winner from a troubled family is found murdered in the beloved 200-year-old Seaman’s Church steeple, Jacobia Tiptree, while preparing for an epic nor’easter, must wade through the rising waters of gossip and suspicion to find the truth.

Best Kept Secret
Jeffrey Archer
Embarking on a shared family life after the events of The Sins of the Father, Harry, Emma, Sebastian and Jessica find their happiness challenged by Emma’s brother’s engagement to a fortune-seeker, Sebastian’s hedonist pursuits and a grudge-bearing enemy from the past who would destroy their careers.

Blossom Sisters
Fern Michaels
Swindled out of his home by his gold-digging wife, successful accountant Gus Hollister returns to his grandmother Rose’s Virginia farmhouse where he helps the residents of Blossom Farm expand their business and finds the courage to love again.

Body in the Piazza
Katherine Hall Page
While celebrating their anniversary in Italy, amateur sleuth/caterer Faith Fairchild and her husband, the Reverend Tom Fairchild, find murder on the itinerary when a new acquaintance is killed in the Eternal City and someone tries to sabotage her former assistant’s new cooking school in Florence.

Butch Cassidy: The Lost Years
William W. Johnstone & J. A. Johnstone
Asking the question “What if Butch Cassidy wasn’t killed in the infamous Bolivian shootout in 1908?”, a novel of the Old West follows Butch as he, after fleeing South America, is pulled into the most dangerous train robbery he’s ever attempted along with a new Wild Bunch.

Call Me Zelda
Erika Robuck
Fighting to forge an identity independent of her famous husband as she teeters on the brink of madness, Zelda Fitzgerald, committed to a Baltimore psychiatric hospital in 1932, finds a friend in nurse Anne Howard, who, drawn into the Fitzgeralds’ tumultuous lives, questions who the true genius is.

Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra
In December 2004 in a rural village in Chechnya, failed doctor Akhmed harbors the traumatized eight-year-old daughter of a man abducted by Russian forces and treats a series of wounded refugees while exploring the shared past that binds him to the child.

Dead Ever After
Charlaine Harris
After learning the devastating reason why vampire hunk Eric Northman has been cooling on their relationship, clairvoyant waitress Sookie Stackhouse becomes embroiled in a shocking murder that sends all of Bon Temps reeling in the final novel of the series.

Delicate Truth
John le Carré
Three years after the launch of a delicate counter-terrorist operation organized to capture a high-value jihadist arms buyer, a disgraced Special Forces solider delivers a message that raises questions about the operation’s success and a possible cover-up, a situation that forces the soldier to choose between his conscience and his duty.

Enchanted Life of Adam Hope
Rhonda Riley
In the waning months of World War II, young Evelyn Roe’s life is transformed when she finds a strange being all but buried on her family’s farm in North Carolina, a being that soon morphs into a man named Adam, whom she falls in love with, but their life together is overshadowed by Adam’s supernatural origins and powers.

Humanity Project
Jean Thompson
Relocated to the home of her resentful estranged father after surviving a high-school shooting, Linnea is unwittingly placed in charge of a bizarre and well-endowed charity fund and confides in a handyman, who is shouldering his own struggles with a painkiller-addicted parent.

Inferno
Dan Brown
In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces–Dante’s “Inferno”–as he battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle.

Innocence Game
Michael Harvey
Invited to participate in an elite seminar with two classmates, Ian Joyce, a top journalism student, investigates wrongful convictions and cold cases including one introduced by a fellow student involving the murder of a young boy whose actual killer may still be at large.

Little Green
Walter Mosley
Surviving a near-fatal car wreck and cruising the streets of the Sunset Strip during the heyday of the late 1960s, Easy Rawlins investigates the disappearance of a young African-American, a case that is complicated by Rawlins’s changing perspectives.

Long Live the King
Fay Weldon
Following the restoration of the Dilberne fortune and manor at the turn of the twentieth century, Lord Robert and Lady Isobel get caught up in coronation plans for Edward VII, anticipate the birth of a grandchild, and debate the future of an orphaned niece.

Maya’s Notebook
Isabel Allende
After the death of her beloved grandfather, 19-year-old Maya Vidal, turning to drugs, alcohol and petty crimes, becomes trapped in a war between assassins, the police, the FBI and Interpol, until her grandmother helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile where she tries to make sense of her life.

NOS4A2
Joe Hill
When Charles Talent Manx, an unstoppable monster who transforms children into his own terrifying likeness, kidnaps her son, Victoria McQueen, the only person to ever escape his unmitigated evil, must engage in a life-and-death battle of wills to get her son back.

Ophelia Cut
John T. Lescroart
Defending old friend Moses McGuire against wrongful murder charges involving a man who raped his daughter, attorney Dismas Hardy risks his career when the case threatens to expose old secrets involving him and police lieutenant Abe Glitsky.

Pirate Alley
Stephen Coonts
When a luxurious vacation cruiser in the Red Sea is attacked by Somali pirates, Jake Grafton, Tommy Carmellini and a team of CIA and Navy SEAL operatives mount an undercover operation to save the hostages and halt a dangerous conspiracy.

Silken Prey
John Sandford
Investigating the murder of a political fixer who had blackmailed his ambitious heiress employer during a vicious smear campaign, Lucas Davenport follows disturbing leads to the Minneapolis police department and a ruthless woman who threatens his life.

Step of Faith
Richard Paul Evans
Embarking on a walking tour from Seattle to Key West after the losses of his beloved wife and business, Alan Christoffersen meets a series of people on his journey who impart lessons in love, sacrifice and forgiveness until a crisis in St. Louis threatens his healing progress.

Stolen
Daniel Palmer
When John Bodine steals a customer’s identity to pay for his wife’s cancer treatment, his plan works perfectly until the customer in question contacts him and demands that he play a life-or-death game called Criminal, in which he must commit real crimes to stay alive.

Tooth Tattoo
Peter Lovesey
Investigating the murder of a young woman whose only identifying mark is a tattoo on one of her teeth, British criminal investigator Peter Diamond teams up with violinist Mel Farran, who is being scouted by a mysterious and elite classical quartet that reveals frightening truths about fandom and the cutthroat world of professional music.

Woman Upstairs
Claire Messud
Relegated to the status of schoolteacher and friendly neighbor after abandoning her dreams of becoming an artist, Nora advocates on behalf of a charismatic Lebanese student and is drawn into the child’s family until his artist mother’s careless ambition leads to a shattering betrayal.

NONFICTION

Cronkite’s War: His World War II Letters Home
Walter Cronkite IV & Maurice Isserman
The iconic American journalist shares the story of his World War II experiences as a then-obscure United Press wire service reporter, tracing his two convoys across the dangerous North Atlantic to assignments in England and North Africa, which he documented in long, detailed letters to his beloved wife, Betsy.

Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert “Believe It or Not!” Ripley
Neal Thompson
An account of the life of the enigmatic cartoonist-turned-eccentric-millionaire whose wealth and fame were built from his extensive collection of exotic curiosities offers insight into his innate empathy for the world’s marginalized groups and his final years spent on a private island with rare artifacts and unusual pets.

Dog Walks into a Nursing Home: Lessons in the Good Life from an Unlikely Teacher
Sue Halpern
Traces the story of a layabout Labradoodle-turned-therapy-dog and his purpose-seeking owner, who pursued certification and delightedly discovered the pint-sized pooch’s talents at a public nursing home, where residents benefited from warm and whimsical shared encounters.

Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
Phil Jackson & Hugh Delehanty
The head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers traces the life experiences and philosophies that inspired his six-time championship-winning techniques, citing his relationships with such players as Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman and Kobe Bryant.

Fresh 20: 20-Ingredient Meal Plans for Health and Happiness 5 Nights a Week
Melissa Lanz
The founder of The Fresh 20, a popular budget-friendly meal-planning service, presents a cookbook that shows busy home cooks how, by using just 20 organic, non-processed ingredients per week, to create five whole, delicious meals in just minutes.

Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending
Elizabeth Dunn & Michael Norton
Outlines five core principles in responsible spending that can promote security and well-being, drawing on new research and the examples of leading companies to reveal how to gain greater happiness from such practices as investing in experiences rather than material objects and spending money on others.

Here Is Where: Discovering America’s Great Forgotten History
Andrew Carroll
The Legacy Project creator and author of War Letters documents his cross-country tour of forgotten sites linked to momentous historical events and people, an effort spurred by his discovery of the story about how the brother of John Wilkes Booth once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.

Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And All the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic
Jennifer Armstrong
The behind-the-scenes story of the making of the classic television series offers insight into how the influential show reflected changing American perspectives and was a first situation comedy to employ numerous women as writers and producers.

Mission To Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration
Buzz Aldrin
The history-making astronaut, aerospace engineer and respected advocate for space colonization outlines a plan for taking humans to Mars within the next quarter century, posing business-specific arguments while outlining practical strategies for travel and planetary homesteading.

Price of Justice: A True Story of Two Lawyers’ Epic Battle Against Corruption and Greed in Coal Country
Laurence Leamer
Describes how the tyrannical head of a large energy conglomerate bought judges, disregarded safety standards for mine workers and polluted drinking water until challenged by two lawyers who brought him to justice.

Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household
Kate Hubbard
Drawing from letters and diaries, this vibrant portrait of Queen Victoria offers a unique insight into the Victorian court and the real woman behind the austere figure depicted in her famous portraits by following the lives of six members of her household.

Tell Me the Truth, Doctor
Richard Besser
The Chief Health and Medical Editor for ABC News, answering the most critical and controversial health questions he has received from viewers all over the country, provides a wealth of practical, prescriptive information that will help readers live a healthier, longer life.

Waiting to Be Heard
Amanda Knox
Filled with never-before-told details and photos, the young exchange student whose conviction and acquittal on murder charges in Italy made headlines worldwide tells the full story of her ordeal, from the events that led to her arrest to her hard-fought battle to overcome injustice.

Work With Me: The 8 Blind Spots Between Men and Women in Business
Barbara Annis & John Gray
A leading gender studies authority and the author of Men Are from Mars, Women are from Venus draw on extensive interviews to challenge popular conceptions and identify biological factors behind how and why men and women think and act as they do in the workplace.

*Titles are in order of author’s last name*

FICTION

Secrets from the Past by Barbara Taylor Bradford

Leaving her successful job after the unexpected death of her famous father, photojournalist Serena Stone risks her life to save a former lover and discovers an archive of her late father’s work that reveals shocking truths about her parents’ marriage.

Y by Marjorie Celona

A foster child who has been shuffled through the system after being abandoned at the YMCA as a baby wonders about her birth family and the reasons she was given up, questions that lead to the tragic story of her flawed and desperate mother.

Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society by Darien Gee

Five disparate women are brought together by a local scrapbooking society and grow close to each other as they work to create something truly memorable after some unexpected news about their irascible leader.

Taking Eve by Iris Johansen

Hoping for a more peaceful time after learning the tragic truth about her child’s disappearance years earlier, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is entreated by desperate father Jim Doane to learn the truth about his missing son.

Burning Air by Erin Kelly

Private school headmaster Rowan and his three grown children gather for the first time since the family matriarch Lydia’s passing and are torn by years of secrets when a vengeful stranger arrives, claiming that Lydia was a murderer.

Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella

Tiring of commitment-phobic boyfriends, Lottie readily accepts her ex’s offer of marriage in fulfillment of a safety pact made years earlier that they would marry if they were still single in their thirties, a rushed arrangement that prompts family disapproval and an unexpected renewal of passion.

The Ophelia Cut by John Lescroart

Defending old friend Moses McGuire against wrongful murder charges involving a man who raped his daughter, attorney Dismas Hardy risks his career when the case threatens to expose old secrets involving him and police lieutenant Abe Glitsky.

The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore

Forging a friendship at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Odette, Clarice and Barbara Jean meet regularly at the first diner owned by black proprietors in their Indiana city and are watched throughout the years by a big-hearted man who observes their struggles with school, marriage, parenthood and beyond.

The Mystery Woman by Amanda Quick

Targeted by a disabled former spy who wrongly believes she is blackmailing his sister, Beatrice Lockwood offers her assistance in tracking down the real culprit and eventually falls for the spy only to find herself hunted by a mad scientist who would resurrect a dead lover.

Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell

A collection of stories features a pair of centuries-old vampires whose relationship is tested by a sudden fear of flying, a dejected teen who communicates with the universe, and a massage therapist who heals a tattooed veteran by manipulating the images on his body.

The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

Catalyzed by a nephew’s thoughtless prank, two brothers confront painful issues surrounding the freak accident that killed their father when they were boys, a loss linked to a heartbreaking deception that shaped their lives.

The Plum Tree by Ellen Marie Wiseman

In 1938 Germany, seventeen-year-old Christine Bolz, a domestic forbidden to return to the wealthy Jewish family she works for, and to her employer’s son Isaac, confronts the Gestapo and the horrors of Dachau to be with the man she loves.

Unintended Consequences by Stuart Woods

Traveling to Europe under strange circumstances, attorney Stone Barrington finds himself at the center of an unusually complex mystery involving two unexpected invitations and an intricate puzzle that leads him into the rarified world of European billionaires.

NONFICTION

 Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story by Carol Burnett

The comedienne and actress draws on diary entries, correspondence, and family memories to present a tribute to her late daughter that traces Carrie’s struggles with self-esteem and addiction before her cancer-related death, in an account that also shares the life lessons they learned together.

American Story: A Lifetime Search for Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things by Bob Dotson

The host of the NBC Today Show’s Emmy Award-winning “American Story with Bob Dotson” celebrates the inspirational stories of everyday, unrecognized people who changed the world for the better, from a truck driver who taught microsurgery to the doctor who developed the vaccine for pertussis.