Author: Collins, Tim (Timothy G.), author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 373.1262
Format: Books
Summary: Provides an in-depth overview and deep content review for all test sections. You'll be able to answer GED practice questions for each subject area, plus you'll have access to two complete practice exams in the book and in the companion mobile app. Improve grammar and punctuation skills, get comfortable with the types of reading passages on the test, gain confidence in solving math and science problems, and study for Mathematical Reasoning, Social Studies, Science, and Reasoning Through Language Arts questions.
Author: Baird, Ginny, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: PB BAIRD
Format: Books
Summary: Aspiring artist Misty Delaney is not about to let her parents' beloved café go under. Not when she can just merge the company by entering a quick marriage of convenience with the rich son of their family's rival. But her sisters aren't having it. They all made a deal: they each get one month to find true love. She can't just fold. To make sure Misty gives finding love a chance, they post a "Marry me: Misty!" billboard outside town. Surely that'll give her options? Watching Misty field marriage proposals from strangers, that she clearly doesn't want, is a big cup of nope for café manager Lucas Reyes. He and Misty have been friends for years, but it's time he step up and make his romantic feelings for her known. And what better way to start than by sending her unwanted suitors packing with an announcement that she's already in a relationship. With him. Lucas's little stunt buys an extremely grateful Misty one week to come up with a solution that saves the café and keeps her sisters happy. A week during which she and Lucas need to act like they're in love. Except, between late-night stargazing, crashed mopeds, and dancing in the rain, their pretend romance feels almost...perfect. But it's one thing to start falling. It's another entirely to turn one week into forever...
Author: Brunsvold, Sara, 1979- author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: F BRUNSVOL
Format: Books
Summary: Aidyn Kelley is talented, ambitious, and ready for a more serious assignment than the fluff pieces she's been getting as a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star. In her eagerness, she pushes too hard, earning herself the menial task of writing an obituary for an unremarkable woman who's just entered hospice care. But there's more to Clara Kip than meets the eye. The spirited septuagenarian may be dying, but she's not quite ready to cash it in yet.
Author: Kemper, Steve, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 327.7305
Format: Books
Summary: "In 1932, Japan was in crisis. Naval officers had assassinated the prime minister. The military had a stranglehold on the government. War with Russia loomed, and propaganda campaigns swept the country, urging schoolchildren to give money to procure planes and tanks. Into this maelstrom stepped Joseph C. Grew, America's most experienced and talented diplomat. When Grew was appointed to serve as ambassador to Japan, not only was the country in turmoil, but its relationship with America also was strained-and rapidly deteriorating. For the next decade, Grew attempted to warn American leaders about the risks of Japan's raging nationalism and rising militarism, while also trying to stabilize Tokyo's increasingly erratic and volatile foreign policy. From domestic terrorism by Japanese extremists, to the global rise of Hitler, to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the events that unfolded during Grew's tenure proved to be pivotal for Japan, and for the world. And his dispatches from the darkening heart of the Japanese empire would prove to be prescient-for his time, and for our own. Drawing on deep research to bring to life this bygone world and the abyss that swallowed it, Our Man in Tokyo is a revealing portrait of man who risked everything to avert another world war, and of a nation whose nationalistic forces proved unstoppable"--
Author: Allen, Sarah Addison, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: LP F ALLEN
Format: Large print
Summary: "Down a narrow alley in the small coastal town of Mallow Island, South Carolina, lies a stunning cobblestone building comprised of five apartments. It's called The Dellawisp and it is named after the tiny turquoise birds who inhabit the building, alongside the human tenants, and imbue it with an air of magical secrecy. When Zoey Hennessey comes to claim her deceased mother's apartment at The Dellawisp, she meets her quirky, enigmatic neighbors, including a girl on the run, a grieving chef whose comfort food does not comfort him, two estranged middle-aged sisters, and three ghosts. Each with their own story. Each with their own longings. Each whose ending isn't yet written. When one of her new neighbors dies under odd circumstances the night Zoey arrives, she is thrust into the mystery of The Dellawisp. She soon discovers that many unfinished stories permeate the place, and the people around her are in as much need of healing from wrongs of the past as she is. To find their way they have to learn how to trust each other, confront their deepest fears, and let go of what haunts them." -- Provided by publisher.
Author: Boyd, S. E., author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: F BOYD
Format: Books
Summary: "While filming on location in Belfast, Northern Ireland, John Doe, the universally adored host of the culinary travel show Last Call, is found dead in a hotel room in an apparent suicide. As the news of his untimely demise breaks, a group of friends, fixers, hustlers, and opportunists vie to seize control of the narrative: Doe's chess-master of an agent Nia, ready to call in every favor she is owed to preserve his legacy; down-on-her-luck journalist Katie, who fabricates a story about Doe to save her job at a failing website; and world-famous chef Paolo Cabrini, Doe's closest friend and confidant, who finds himself entangled with a deranged Belfast hotel worker whose lurid secret might just take them all down. With raucous, deliciously cutting prose, crackling dialogue, and an unpredictable, tightly plotted story line-bolstered by the authors' insider knowledge of high-end restaurants and low-end digital media. The Lemon is a darkly hilarious and ultimately devastating interrogation of the underside of success and fame, and our ongoing complicity in devouring the cultural heroes we hardly deserve"--
Author: St. James, Dorothy, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: F STJAMES
Format: Books
Summary: "When a member of an exclusive book club is poisoned, spunky librarian Trudell Beckett must sort fact from fiction to solve the murder. The Cypress Arete Society is the town's oldest and most exclusive book club. When Trudell Beckett, the town's spunky assistant librarian, is invited to speak to the club about the library, its modernization, and her efforts to bring printed books to the reading public, Trudell's friend Flossie invites herself along. Flossie has been on the book club's waiting list for five years, and she's determined to find out why she's never received an invitation to join. When Tru and Flossie arrive early for the book club, they're shocked to find the club leader, Rebecca White, dead in the kitchen. The main suspect: Detective Jace Bailey's mother, the host for the evening. With Jace removed from the case due to the conflict of interest, Trudell must help him investigate and prove his mother's innocence in a case where nothing is as it seems"--
Author: Brake, Mark, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 500
Format: Books
Summary: Star Trek has changed our cultural landscape in many ways since it first aired in 1966. The show showcases the visionary tech that inspired and influenced the real-world science of today. Brake address many unanswered questions about what the Star Trek franchise can tell us about aliens, planet hunting, and our future in space. -- adapted from back cover
Author: Rosen, Lev AC, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: F ROSEN
Format: Books
Summary: "A delicious story from a new voice in suspense, Lev AC Rosen's Lavender House is Knives Out with a queer historical twist. Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the famous Lamontaine soap empire. Irene's recipes for her signature scents are a well guarded secret--but it's not the only one behind these gates. This estate offers a unique freedom, where none of the residents or staff hide who they are. But to keep their secret, they've needed to keep others out. And now they're worried they're keeping a murderer in. Irene's widow hires Evander Mills to uncover the truth behind her mysterious death. Andy, recently fired from the San Francisco police after being caught in a raid on a gay bar, is happy to accept--his calendar is wide open. And his secret is the kind of secret the Lamontaines understand. Andy had never imagined a world like Lavender House. He's seduced by the safety and freedom found behind its gates, where a queer family lives honestly and openly. But that honesty doesn't extend to everything, and he quickly finds himself a pawn in a family game of old money, subterfuge, and jealousy--and Irene's death is only the beginning. When your existence is a crime, everything you do is criminal, and the gates of Lavender House can't lock out the real world forever. Running a soap empire can be a dirty business"--
Author: DeuxMoi, author. Goodman, Jessica, 1990- author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: F DEUXMOI
Format: Books
Summary: "From the creator of @Deuxmoi, the popular--and infamous--celebrity gossip Instagram, comes a fun and charming debut novel about a stylist assistant whose drunken decision to turn her Instagram into a celeb gossip account turns her life completely upside down"--
Author: St. Anthony, Joyce, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: F STANTHON
Format: Books
Summary: "As World War II rages in Europe and the Pacific, the small town of Progress is doing its part for the soldiers in the field with a war bond drive at the annual county fair. Town gossip Ava Dempsey rumors that Clark Gable will be among the participating stars. Instead of Gable, the headliner is Freddie Harrison, a B-movie star. When Freddie turns up dead in the dunk tank, Irene Ingram, editor-in-chief of The Progress Herald, starts chasing the real headline. There are plenty of suspects and little evidence. Ava's sister Angel, who was married to the dead actor, is the most obvious. The couple had argued about his affair with the young starlet Belinda Fox, and Angel was the last person to see Freddie alive. Irene discovers there's more than one person who might have wanted Freddie dead. As Irene draws on her well-honed reporter's instincts to find the killer--nothing is what it seems in Progress, and now her own deadline could be right around the corner"--
Author: Edwards, Emily J., author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: F EDWARDS
Format: Books
Summary: "New York City, 1950. Viviana Valentine is Girl Friday to the city's top private investigator, Tommy Fortuna. The clients can be frustrating, and none more maddening than fabulously wealthy Tallmadge Blackstone, who demands Tommy tail his daughter, Tallulah, and find out why she won't marry his business partner, a man forty years her senior. Sounds like an open-and-shut case for a P.I. known for busting up organized crime--but the next day, Viviana opens the office to find Tommy missing and a lifeless body on the floor"--
Author: Greer, Andrew Sean, editor. Pitlor, Heidi, editor. Blanco, Leslie. Ravishing sun. Delgado, Yohanca. Little widow from the capital. Foote, Kim Coleman. Man of the house.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: F BEST
Format: Books
Summary: Featuring guest editor contributions by the author of "Less," the latest edition of the respected literary annual collects twenty top-selected short stories from the previous year. "The Best American Short Stories 2022 delivers twenty stories of incredible depth and range. Two lovers purchasing a couch throw the fate of their relationship into doubt. A man fosters his brother's cat while the brother serves a prison sentence. A trash collector assembles a collection of discarded instruments banned by the government... They are indispensable explorations of grief, longing, and hope in a time when, as Greer says, 'more than ever, we realize the great necessity of art.'" --Front jacket flap
Author: Patterson, James, 1947- author. Sitts, Brian, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: F PATTERSO
Format: Books
Summary: Prof. Brandt Savage--grandson of the legendary action hero--is forced into a top-secret training program where he discovers his true calling...as the perfect assassin. Dr. Brandt Savage is on sabbatical from the University of Chicago. Instead of doing solo fieldwork in anthropology, the gawky, bespectacled PhD finds himself enrolled in a school where he is the sole pupil. His professor, "Meed," is demanding. She's also his captor. Savage emerges from their intensive training sessions physically and mentally transformed, but with no idea why he's been chosen, and how he'll use his fearsome abilities. Then his first mission with Meed takes them back to her own training ground, where Savage learns how deeply entwined their two lives have been. To prevent a new class of killers from escaping this harsh place where their ancestors first fought to make a better world, they must pledge anew : Do right to all, and wrong to no one.
Author: Kells, Claire, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: F KELLS
Format: Books
Summary: In a remote corner of Alaska, Investigative Services Bureau agent Felicity Harland squares off against a mysterious cult leader with potentially deadly motives when she joins with her partner, Hux, to investigate the deaths of a young couple in Gates of the Arctic National Park. While enjoying a rare weekend off from her duties as an agent with the Investigative Services Branch, Felicity Harland learns that a young couple has turned up dead in Gates of the Arctic National Park. Harland recruits her partner, ex-Navy SEAL Ferdinand "Hux" Huxley, to join her in the investigation. After processing the peculiar scene where the couple perished, Harland and Hux decide that this was no tragic accident. They soon hear about a man living off the land, recruiting couples to his "fertility cult" in the Arctic. Could this survivalist have played a role in the couple's death? Determined to get to the truth before someone else meets a similar fate, Harland and Hux venture deep into the back country to find the cult's campsite. But what they find there tests their relationship in ways they never imagined--and thrusts them into a dangerous and deadly game.
Author: Batchelor, Bob, author. DeLonge, Tom, writer of foreword.
Published: 2022
Call Number: Y B LEE
Format: Books
Summary: "Creative icon, visionary, and dreamer, Stan Lee co-created many of pop culture's most significant characters, including Spider-Man, Black Panther, and the Avengers. This young adult edition of Stan Lee: The Man Behind Marvel is the definitive YA biography of the Marvel legend, celebrating the centennial of his birth"-- "Stan Lee's extraordinary life was as epic as the superheroes he cocreated, from the Amazing Spider-Man to the Mighty Avengers. Lee, born in the Roaring Twenties and growing up in the Great Depression, capitalized on natural talent and hard work to become the editor of Marvel Comics as a teenager. He went on to introduce the world to heroes that were complex, funny, and fallible, just like their creator and just like all of us." --Back cover
Author: Graham, Heather, author. Land, Jon, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: F GRAHAM
Format: Books
Summary: "Alex Chin and Samantha Dixon may have managed to win a major battle against the powerful enemy determined to destroy civilization as we know it. But the war continues, with Alex and Sam embarking on a desperate journey to save mankind, even as their friendship blossoms into something much more. The roadmap for their journey lies in a mysterious book, the language of which has never been deciphered, until Alex finds himself able to translate the words that may hold the keys to saving the future. Toward that end, Alex's and Sam's quest spirits them away to a myriad of locations around the world, each of which holds another piece of the puzzle that can defeat the alien invaders. But an ageless foe, long the guardian of the secrets his race has left behind on Earth, arises to stop them at all costs. At his disposal is a deadly and merciless army that has been awaiting this very war, an army as unstoppable as it is relentless. Over the ruins of the lost Mayan city of El Mirador, a blood moon is about to rise, triggering the end of mankind unless Alex and Sam can prevail in a struggle that will determine the fate of the planet. As forces both ancient and modern converge, as painful choices must be made and sacrifices accepted, two young heroes will rise again to stand as the final line of defense to preserve their world and their love"--
Author: Hornby, Gill, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: F HORNBY
Format: Books
Summary: A richly imagined novel inspired by the true story of Anne Sharp, a governess who became very close with Jane Austen and her family. On January 21, 1804, Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of governess. At thirty-one years old, she has no previous experience of either teaching or fine country houses. Her mother has died, and she has nowhere else to go. Anne is left with no choice. For her new charge--twelve-year-old Fanny Austen--Anne's arrival is all novelty and excitement. The governess role is a uniquely awkward one. Anne is neither one of the servants, nor one of the family, and to balance a position between the "upstairs" and "downstairs" members of the household is a diplomatic chess game. One wrong move may result in instant dismissal. Anne knows that she must never let down her guard. When Mr. Edward Austen's family comes to stay, Anne forms an immediate attachment to Jane. They write plays together, and enjoy long discussions. However, in the process, Anne reveals herself as not merely pretty, charming, and competent; she is clever too. Even her sleepy, complacent, mistress can hardly fail to notice. Meanwhile Jane's brother, Henry, begins to take an unusually strong interest in the lovely young governess. And from now on, Anne's days at Godmersham Park are numbered.
Author: Harris, Robert J., 1955- author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: F HARRIS
Format: Books
Summary: "London, 1943. Across the city, prominent figures in science and the military are bursting into flame and being incinerated. Convinced that the Germans have deployed a new terror weapon, a desperate government turns to the one man who can track down the source of this dreadful menace--Sherlock Holmes. The quest for a solution drives Holmes into an uneasy alliance with the country's most brilliant scientific genius, Professor James Moriarty. Only Sherlock Holmes knows the truth that behind his façade of respectability, Moriarty is the mastermind behind a vast criminal empire. As they together pursue the trail of incendiary murders, Holmes is quite sure that Moriarty is playing a double-game--and that there lies ahead a duel to the death from which they will not both survive"--
Author: Sandford, John, 1944 February 23- author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: LP F SANDFORD
Format: Large print
Summary: "'We're going to murder people who need to be murdered.' So begins a press release from a mysterious group known only as "The Five," shortly after a vicious predator is murdered in San Francisco. The Five is believed to be made up of vigilante killers who are very bored and very rich. They target the worst of society and then use their unlimited resources to offset the damage by donating untraceable Bitcoin to charities and victims via the dark net. After a woman is murdered in the Twin Cities, Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport are sent in to investigate. If anyone can destroy this group, it will be the dynamic team of Davenport and Flowers"--
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