The following items are available at the Hancock County Public Library, 900 W. McKenzie Road. For more information on the library’s collection or to reserve a title, visit hcplibrary.org.
Fiction: “The Other Emily” by Dean Koontz
A decade ago, Emily Carlino vanished after her car broke down on a California highway. She was presumed to be one of serial killer Ronny Lee Jessup’s victims whose remains were never found. Writer David Thorne still hasn’t recovered from losing the love of his life, or from the guilt of not being there to save her. Since then, he’s sought closure any way he can. He even visits regularly with Jessup in prison, desperate for answers about Emily’s final hours so he may finally lay her body to rest. Then David meets Maddison Sutton, beguiling, playful, and keenly aware of all David has lost. But what really takes his breath away is that everything about Maddison, down to her kisses, is just like Emily. As the fantastic becomes credible, David’s obsession grows, Maddison’s mysterious past deepens – and terror escalates. Is she Emily? Or an irresistible dead ringer? –Publisher description
Nonfiction: “Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know” by Adam Grant
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The bestselling author of ‘Give and Take’ and ‘Originals’ examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your beliefs and to know what you don’t know, which can position you for success at work and happiness at home. The difficulty of rethinking our assumptions is surprisingly common — maybe even fundamentally human. Our ways of thinking become habits that we don’t bother to question, and mental laziness leads us to prefer the ease of old routines to the difficulty of new ones. We fail to update the beliefs we formed in the past for the challenges we face in the present. But in a rapidly changing world, we need to spend as much time rethinking as we do thinking. ‘Think Again’ is a book about the benefit of doubt, and about how we can get better at embracing the unknown and the joy of being wrong. — Publisher description
