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Fall's Here!

Well, even if it hasn't cooled off yet, one of these great books from your local RCLS branch library will make you want to buy a pumpkin, drink some apple cider and find ways to enjoy the season. 

First Frost

Sarah Addison Allen · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Now a New York Times bestseller Two magical sisters. One cranky apple tree. It's October in Bascom, North Carolina, and autumn will not go quietly. As temperatures drop and leaves begin to turn, the Waverley women are made restless by the whims of their mischievous apple tree...and...
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A Killer Maize

Paige Shelton · Berkley
Format: Paperback

Becca Robbins is selling her farm-made jams and preserves at a county fair where business is not the only thing thats dead The last person Becca expects to run into at the Swayton County Fall Festival is her ex-husband, Scott Triplett, whos operating a shooting gallery. Honesty was not always...
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GraceLaced: Discovering Timeless Truths Through Seasons of the Heart

RUTH CHOU SIMONS · Harvest House Publishers
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

This Journey Is as Perennial as the SeasonsGraceLaced is about more than pretty florals and fanciful brushwork - it's about flourishing. With carefully crafted intention, this beautiful volume of 32 seasonal devotions from artist and author Ruth Chou Simons encourages readers in any circumstance...
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Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads

Paul Theroux · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 441
Format: Print book

One of the most acclaimed travel writers of our time turns his unflinching eye on an American South too often overlooked

Paul Theroux has spent fifty years crossing the globe, adventuring in the exotic, seeking the rich history and folklore of the far away. Now, for the first time,...
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Fodor's Maine, Vermont, & New Hampshire: With the Best Fall Foliage Drives & Scenic Road Trips

Fodor's Travel Guides

Ready to experience Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire? The experts at Fodor's are here to help. Fodor's Maine, Vermont, & New Hampshire travel guide is packed with customizable itineraries with top recommendations, detailed maps of Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire, and exclus
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Through the Autumn Air

Kelly Irvin · Zondervan
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

The past filled her mind even as her heart yearned for stories yet to be told ... The mother of ten and a widow of seven years, Mary Katherine is a bundle of energy, always willing to step in and help her friends around her Amish community. Now that her last child is married, she pours...
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Autumn

Ali Smith

MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALISTA New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR,  Financial Times, Southern Living, The Guardian, and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearLong-listed for the Gordon Burn PrizeAutumn. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. That's what it felt like for Keats...
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To Have and to Hold: Three Autumn Love Stories

Betsy St Amant · Zondervan
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

To Have and to Hold: Three Autumn Love Stories By Betsy St. Amant, Katie Ganshert & Becky Wade They've helped orchestrate the perfect day for countless couples. Now twelve new couples will find themselves in the wedding spotlight in the second Year of Weddings novella collection....
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Autumn Brides: A Year of Weddings Novella Collection

Katie Ganshert · Zondervan
Format: Print book

Happily ever after begins today. The honor of your presence is requested at three autumn weddings . . . A September Bride by Kathryn Springer When Annie moves to Red Leaf, she's ready to call the little town home, but Deputy Jesse Kent can't believe his mother has handed the keys...
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Autumn

Vina Jackson · Open Road Media Romance
Format: Print book

A boiling cauldron of emotions was churning inside of me. I had not felt this way or worn anything like this for a long time. Not since Dominik. Shaken by the sudden death of her lover, Dominik, renowned violinist Summer Zahova finds her sadness quickly giving way to anger at being left...
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An Event in Autumn: A Kurt Wallander Mystery

Henning Mankell · Vintage; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

After nearly thirty years in the same job, Inspector Kurt Wallander is tired, restless, and itching to make a change. He is taken with a certain old farmhouse, perfectly situated in a quiet countryside with a charming, overgrown garden. There he finds the skeletal hand of a corpse in a shallow...
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Once Upon a Highland Autumn

Lecia Cornwall · Avon Impulse
Format: Print book

Megan McNabb would do anything to get out of marrying a man she does not love—even handfasting for a year and a day with an English stranger.A mysterious letter draws Lord Kit Rossington to Scotland in search of a lost treasure. But the marriage-minded females he avoided in England...
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Cooking from Scratch: 120 Recipes for Colorful, Seasonal Food from PCC Community Markets

Jill Lightner · Sasquatch Books
Format: Paperback

120 simple and delicious recipes in a cookbook that's chock-full of nutritional information and expert advice from Seattle's popular grocer, PCC Community Markets. Eating healthy, local food prepared from scratch is at the heart of this cookbook from PCC Community Markets. Going...
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The First Mess Cookbook: Vibrant Plant-Based Recipes to Eat Well Through the Seasons

Laura Wright · Avery Pub Group
Pages: 296
Format: Print book

The blogger behind the Saveur award-winning blog The First Mess shares her eagerly anticipated debut cookbook, featuring more than 125 beautifully prepared seasonal whole-food recipes.

Home cooks head to The First Mess for Laura Wright's simple-to-prepare...
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Celebrate Every Season With Six Sisters' Stuff: 150 Recipes, Traditions, and Fun Ideas for Each Month of the Year

Six Sisters' Stuff · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Americans are celebrating more holidays with more enthusiasm than ever before. Who wouldn't want to extend the warm feelings of Christmas time all year round and popular bloggers and bestselling cookbook authors Six Sisters' Stuff are coming to the rescue with the ultimate go-to guide for celebrating...
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Fall Baking: Southern Harvest Favorites

Brooke Michael Bell · Hoffman Media
Pages: 136
Format: Print book

From golden and bubbly pies, cobblers, and crisps to decadent cakes that are drizzled, frosted, and glazed with fall flavor, these seasonal favorites are the perfect way to showcase the splendor of the season. The book includes over 75 harvest recipes and photographs to fill your kitchen...
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Top 10 New England

Patricia Harris · DK Eyewitness Travel; Fol Pap/Ma edition
Format: Book

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 New England covers key attractions in Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, as well as insider tips, from avoiding the crowds to finding the best...
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Gardening in the South: The Complete Homeowner's Guide

Mark Weathington · Timber Press
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Expert advice for Southern gardeners A gardener's plant choice and garden style are inextricably linked to the place they call home. In order to grow a flourishing garden, every gardener must know the specifics of their region's climate, soil, and geography. Gardening in the South...
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Fresh from the Farm: A Year of Recipes and Stories

Susie Middleton · Taunton Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Written by the “Queen of Fresh” Susie Middleton, Fresh from the Farm goes beyond traditional “fresh” cookbooks by sharing the engaging story of one woman’s quest for a simpler life. Susie gave up her high-powered corporate job, bought a farm on a rural...
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Gardening with Heirloom Seeds: Tried-and-True Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables for a New Generation

Lynn Coulter · The University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover

Heirloom seeds are more than the promise of next summer's crookneck squash or jewel-colored zinnias. They're living antiques handed down from one generation to the next, a rich inheritance of flavor and beauty from long ago and, often, far away. They are sometimes better adapted...
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