On the shelves — Dec. 28

These books are available at the Clovis-Carver Public Library:

The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload by Daniel Levitin describes recent advances in brain science to show how we can organize our homes, workplaces, and lives in order to gain the mastery over the deluge of information that assaults us every day.

Remains of Innocence by J.A. Jance brings to life Arizona’s Cochise County and the desert Southwest in all its beauty, mystery, and danger as Sheriff Joanna Brady must solve two seemingly unrelated cases that share a common thread.

A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre relates the greatest spy story of the twentieth century, as a brilliant and charming man rose to head Britain’s counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War while secretly working for the enemy and leading countless operatives to their doom.

Eden in Winter by Richard Patterson provides the dramatic conclusion to the Blaine trilogy that finds CIA agent Adam Blaine trying to protect both his brother Teddy and his uncle Jack from accusations that one of them killed Adam’s father, revered novelist Ben Blaine.

Never Turn Your Back on an Angus Cow: My Life as a Country Vet by Dr. Jan Pol shares the honest, heartwarming, and often hilarious stories from the star of the hit series “The Incredible Dr. Pol” as he relives his four-decade career as a country vet.

Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke celebrates goodness in the face of evil in a sprawling saga peopled with gangsters, Hollywood celebrities, oil men, Army buddies, and corrupt lawmen as Weldon Holland returns with his bride to post-World War II Texas where he must save his family from the malevolence that lurks in peacetime America.

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History by Geoffrey Ward, a companion volume to the PBS documentary of the same name, presents a vivid portrait of Theodore, Eleanor, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt: three extraordinary individuals from the same family who overcame obstacles that would have undone less forceful personalities and left an enduring legacy on America.

— Summaries by library staff