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Visit the Future with Latest Arrivals at Baldwin

Get out, enjoy the weather and escape into a good book by authors including Rita Brown, Nora Roberts and Lisa Scottoline.

The weather is warming up, and that means it's time to grab a good book, find your favorite park bench and escape. has four new books on its shelves this week that are guaranteed to take you away to destinations ranging from the Montana wilderness to 2079 America:

All the Lives He Led by Frederik Pohl

All the Lives He Led is set in America in the year 2079, when the country is reeling after a massive volcanic eruption. Brian Sheridan escapes the refugee camp where he had been living and goes to Italy as an indentured servant, where he is one of a select few laborers working on the commemoration of the Pompeii eruption 2,000 years ago. While working, he soon finds himself in the middle of a terrorist plot of global proportions.

Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts

Rowan Tripp is a firefighter working in Montana, where she battles wildfires in the remote wilderness. While still mourning the loss of her fellow firefighter Jim Brayner, she finds herself facing blame for his death. Complicating things is rookie Gulliver Curry, with whom Rowan begins a romantic attachment.

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Hiss of Death by Rita Mae Brown

Mary Haristeen is in the middle of seeking treatment for breast cancer when a well-liked operating room nurse she knows dies of anaphylactic shock, triggered by a hornet sting. Mary suspects that foul play may be involved, and the investigation turns up a surprising killer.

Save Me by Lisa Scottoline

Rose McKenna is a volunteer lunch mom at her daughter Melly’s elementary school, a position she took to keep an eye on Amanda, who had been bullying Melly. During lunch one day, a huge explosion goes off in the kitchen, and Rose rescues Amanda, who — for an unknown reason — immediately runs back into the lunch room. Rose is soon vilified by her community when she becomes ensnared in a lawsuit over the injuries Amanda received.

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Country Strong (DVD)

Soon after a rising young singer-songwriter gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable country star, the pair embark on a career resurrection tour, steered by her husband/manager, that includes a beauty-queen-turned-singer. Between the concerts, romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all.

To check out any of these books, visit the library's website and reserve your copy straight from the online catalog. Make sure you come back to Birmingham Patch next week to see what else is new in the stacks.

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