Bookmarks

Here are some books that have crossed our desks recently.

HARDBACKS

"CIAO BELLA," by Gina Buonaguro and Janice Kirk, Thomas Dunne Books, $24.99

For Graziella, life in Venice with her musician husband, Ugo, was everything she could hope for. But when Italy allies itself with Nazi Germany, her world changes forever.

Ugo joins the Resistance, while Graziella is forced to seek refuge at his family's farm in the nearby Euganean Hills. With Ugo gone, it seems as if she will be trapped forever on this remote farm. So when an American soldier is stranded on the mountain, Graziella embraces this unexpected chance at being happy again.

"HIGHEST DUTY: My Search for What Really Matters," by Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger with Jeffrey Zaslow, William Morrow, $25.99

Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger had less than three minutes to plan and execute a water landing hailed around the world as "the miracle on the Hudson."

Sullenberger looks at his life as a boy, flying jet fighters in the Air Force and then working up the ranks as a commercial pilot, and he writes about the people and experiences that shaped him. "Sully" puts readers in the cockpit of Flight 1549 and details for the first time exactly what he was doing, thinking and feeling in the minutes between when birds struck the plane and the jolt of the aircraft hitting the water.

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