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|  | The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy by Jane Thayer, Lisa McCue
In this story, Petey the puppy doesn`t get what he wants for Christmas--a boy--but he gets 50 orphan boys with whom to share his love. AUTHOR: Jane Thayer, Lisa McCue
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | The Same Embrace by Michael Lowenthal
Twins Jacob and Jonathan were inseparable while growing up but are hopelessly estranged as adults. In the shadow of a tragedy, Jacob travels to Israel in hopes of finding common ground with his brother, but his twin's faith forces Jacob to reexamine his own sexual and religious identities, as well as his place in his complex and haunted family history. AUTHOR: Michael Lowenthal
PUBLISHER: Dutton/Plume
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Wages of Genius by Gregory Mone
Edward is a bona fide genius, even though he has yet to prove it, and Einstein is his idol. At 26, he knows he needs to take action, and, just as Einstein worked as a patent clerk, he gets a job in the office of a company that produces e-business solutions, but the longer he works there, the more iffy his claim to genius becomes. AUTHOR: Gregory Mone
PUBLISHER: Avalon Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Promise Me Forever by Connie Mason
Lily Montague is everything Captain Matthew Hawke desires--lovely, vivacious and wealthy enough to finance the fleet of ships the Boston patriot is planning to sail against the British. Then and there, the charming pirate vows to claim the defiant miss as his bride. But he had never dreamed that he could be undone by Lily's innocent beauty or her sweet rapturous promise of forever in her embrace. AUTHOR: Connie Mason
PUBLISHER: Dorchester Publishing Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion
After her marriage and a love affair come to an end, a friend commits suicide, and she reluctantly has an abortion, Maria Wyeth learns that nothing matters, but that life-- the game --must go on anyway. This bleak Hollywood novel was a best-seller when it was published in 1970. AUTHOR: Joan Didion
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Oliver & Amanda's Halloween by Ann Schweninger, Jean Van Leeuwen
Pig siblings Oliver and Amanda celebrate Halloween by carving a jack-o'-lantern and going trick-or-treating. Color illustrations accompany the text of this beginning-reader book. AUTHOR: Ann Schweninger, Jean Van Leeuwen
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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