July-August 2012 - Manila Polo Club

BOOKSTOPFICTIONWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel --- England in the1520’s is a heartbeat from disaster. If theking dies without a male heir, the countrycould be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIIIwants to annul his marriage of twenty yearsso he could marry Anne Boleyn. The Popeand most of Europe opposes his idea. Intothis impasse steps Thomas Cromwell, awholly original man, a charmer and a bully,both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people,and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile— oneday tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps himbreak the opposition, but what will be the price of histriumph?The Innocent by David Baldacci ---Americahas enemies--ruthless people that the police,the FBI, and even the military cannot stop.That is when the U.S. government callson Will Robie, a stone cold hitman whonever questions orders and always nails histarget. But Will Robie may have just made thefirst--and last--mistake of his career . . .It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched toeliminate a target unusually close in Washington, D.C.But something about this mission does not seem right tohim, and he does the unthinkable. He refuses to kill. Now,Robie becomes the target himself and he must escapefrom his own people. Fleeing the scene, Robie crossespaths with a wayward teenage girl, a fourteen-year-oldrunaway from a foster home. But she isn’t the ordinaryrunaway—her parents were murdered, and her own lifeis in danger. Against all of his professional habits, Robierescues her and finds he cannot walk away from her. Heneeds to help her. Even worse, the more Robie learnsabout the girl, the more he is convinced that she is at thecenter of a vast cover-up that may explain her parents’deaths. Now, Robie may have to step out of the shadowsin order to save this girl’s life . . . and perhaps his own.The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer (booktwo of Clifton Chronicles) --- Only days beforeBritain declares war against Germany, HarryClifton, hoping to escape the consequences oflong-buried family secrets, and forced to acceptthat his desire to marry Emma Barrington willnever be fulfilled, has joined the Merchant Navy.But his ship is sunk in the Atlantic by a GermanU-boat, drowning almost the entire crew. An Americancruise liner, the SS Kansas Star, rescues a handful ofsailors, among them Harry and the third officer, anAmerican named Tom Bradshaw. When Bradshaw diesin the night, Harry seizes on the chanceto escape his tangled past and assumeshis identity. But on landing in America, he quickly learnsthe mistake he has made, when he discovers what isawaiting Bradshaw in New York. Without any way ofproving his true identity, Harry Clifton is now chained to apast that could be far worse than the one he had hopedto escape.The Columbus Affair by Steve Berry ---- Hewas called by many names—Columb, Colom,Colón—but we know him as ChristopherColumbus. Many questions about him exist:Where was he born, raised, and educated?Where did he die? How did he discover theNew World? None have ever been properlyanswered. And then there is the greatest secret of all.Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist Tom Saganhas written hard-hitting articles from hot spots around theworld. But when a controversial report from a war-tornregion is exposed as a fraud, his professional reputationcrashes and burns. Now he lives in virtual exile—hauntedby bad decisions and the shocking truth he can neverprove: that his downfall was a deliberate act of sabotageby an unknown enemy. But before Sagan can end historment with the squeeze of a trigger, fate intervenesin the form of an enigmatic stranger with a request thatcannot be ignored.YOUNG ADULTS / CHILDREN’S BOOKSTheodore Boone: the Accused by John GrishamInsurgent by Veronica RothThe Serpent’s Shadow by Rick RiordanThe Enchantress by Michael ScottThea Stilton and the Blue Scarab Huntby Geronimo StiltonThe Mystery in Venice by Geronimo StiltonBook DonationsWe gratefully acknowledge donations of readingmaterials to our library from the following:(as of May 2012)Ma. Milagros AgustinesEvelyn ForbesMiren Teresa G. HernandezErnest Fritz ServerLily Chua Uynicole FandinoJoelle GoudsmitCorazon B. Huangbienvenido Tan, Jr.28bookstop