New Non-Fiction: Friday, June 23

Interested in something fresh to read? The library is constantly receiving new materials, including the items below. Why not stop by and check out a book, CD, movie, or other material that you find interesting. We will continue to offer “Grab and Go” services for those who prefer to place their books on hold online and then pick them up in the cabinet inside the library.

Here are a few of the new books that have arrived at the library recently. We invite you to check them out!

Quick & Legal Will Book

This book provides all the forms and step-by-step instructions you need to create a simple, valid will that protects your family and property after your death. Make a will that lets you: name beneficiaries to inherit your assets, choose a guardian for young children, set up trusts for minors, and name an executor (and a backup). Learn how to: choose appropriate witnesses, finalize your will, and revoke or change your will if necessary. This book also explains basic estate planning, including steps you can take to avoid probate court.

Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night

Independence Day weekend, 1960: a young cop is murdered, shocking his close-knit community in Stamford, Connecticut. The killer remains at large, their identity unknown. But on a beach not far away, a young Army doctor, on vacation from his post at a research lab in a maximum-security prison, faces a chilling realization. He knows who the shooter is. In fact, the man―a prisoner out on parole―had called him days before. By helping his former charge and trainee, the doctor may have helped set the murder into motion. And with that one phone call, may have sealed a policeman’s fate.

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder

On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty’s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. They were greeted as heroes. But then … six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they told a very different story. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes – they were mutineers.