Author: Robards, Kate, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: F ROBARDS
Format: Books
Summary: "Obsessed with the idea that her sister's death was not a suicide, Sawyer, when she learns Willa was writing an explosive true crime book about the decades-old disappearance of a toddler, traces Willa's steps into a community where the truth could destroy her as easily as it did her sister"-- "It's not that they've been all that close in the past few years, but sisters Willa and Sawyer Stannard are bonded by the ups and downs of the life they've lived with their mercurial single mother. When Willa is found dead in her apartment from an apparent suicide, Sawyer just knows it's not possible. A cryptic note from the acclaimed broadcast journalist leads police to rule out foul play. Shattered by grief--and obsessed by the idea that her sister's death was not a suicide--Sawyer plunges into a search for the truth." --Amazon.com
Author: Smythe, Rachel (Comics artist), author, artist.
Published: 2023
Call Number: Y GN SMYTHE
Format: Books
Summary: "The rumor mill of Olympus is constantly churning, but Persephone and Hades are all anyone can talk about. With the constant gossip creating intense pressure on the pair, they decide to slow down their budding romance and focus on sorting out their own issues first. But that's easier said than done. Hades struggles to find support in his personal life, with Zeus trivializing his feelings and Minthe resorting to abusive patterns in their relationship. And while Hades tries to create healthier boundaries where he can--like finally putting a stop to his sporadic, revenge-fueled hookups with Hera--he still feels lonely and adrift. Persephone feels equally ostracized as her classmates shun her for her connection to Hades, and she can find no refuge at home, with Apollo constantly dropping by unannounced and pushing his unwelcome advances. And on top of it all, the wrathful god of war, Ares, has returned to Olympus to dredge up his sordid history with the goddess of spring, threatening to surface Persephone's dark and mysterious past and ruin her tenuous position in the land of the gods. Despite agreeing to take it slow, Persephone and Hades find themselves inextricably drawn toward each other once more amid the chaos. The pull of fate cannot be denied"--
Author: Archer, Rosie, author.
Published: 2023 2022
Call Number: F ARCHER
Format: Books
Summary: The first in a heartwarming saga series set during the Second World War. Perfect for fans of Pam Howes and Elaine Everest. 1942: Working in the greengrocers and playing the piano in the pub a couple of nights a week isn't fulfilling nineteen-year-old Trixie Smith's idea of helping Britain win the war. One day she sees a poster advertising the Women's Timber Corps and decides to sign up--soon she is on her way to Scotland for four weeks of training to become a Lumberjill. On her journey north she meets Cy, an American soldier on leave. Their attraction is instant and they both feel that fate has brought them together. Although their time with one another is brief, they promise that they'll be together as soon as the war is over. But training to become a Lumberjill is hard; working in all weathers, felling trees and hauling timber is dangerous and exhausting. Luckily Trixie quickly makes friends with three of her fellow Lumberjills. Each of them has different reasons for signing up and travelling far from home, but running away from your problems doesn't make them disappear.
Author: Adjmi, Corie, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: F ADJMI
Format: Books
Summary: When Casey gets into trouble hanging out with the wrong crowd in New Orleans, her parents decide to move back to their Orthodox Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn--where, swayed by the community's Middle Eastern values and her parents' traditional wishes, Casey marries Michael at eighteen, thinking she can adjust to Sephardic ways. But can she? "Casey Cohen, a Middle Eastern Jew, is a sixteen-year-old in New Orleans in the 1970s when she starts hanging out with the wrong crowd. Then she gets in trouble and her parents turn her whole world upside down by deciding to return to their roots, the Orthodox Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn. In this new and foreign world, families gather weekly for Shabbat dinner; parties are extravagant events at the Museum of Natural History; and the Marriage Box is a real place, a pool deck designated for teenage girls to put themselves on display for potential husbands." --Amazon.com
Author: Glatt, John, author.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: 364.152
Format: Books
Summary: "In The Doomsday Mother, bestselling true crime author John Glatt tells the twisted tale of Lori Vallow, accused of having her two children murdered to start a new life with her new husband, doomsday prepper Chad Daybell. At first, the residents of Kauai Beach Resort took little notice of their new neighbors. The glamorous blonde and her tall husband fit the image of the ritzy gated community. The couple seemed to keep to themselves--until the police knocked on their door with a search warrant. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell had fled to Hawaii in the midst of being investigated for the disappearance of Lori's children back in Idaho-Tylee and JJ-who hadn't been seen alive in five months. For years, Lori Vallow had been devoted to her children and her Mormon faith. But when her path crossed with Chad Daybell, a religious zealot who taught his followers how to prepare for the end-times, the tumultuous relationship transformed her into someone unrecognizable. As authorities searched for Lori's children, they uncovered more suspicious deaths with links to both Lori and Chad, including the death of Lori's third and fourth husbands, her brother, and Chad's wife. In June 2020, the gruesome remains of JJ and Tylee were discovered on Chad's property, and the newlyweds were arrested and charged with murder. And in a shocking development, horrifying statements revealed that the couple's fanatical beliefs had convinced them the children had become zombies--a belief that may have led to their deaths. Bestselling author and journalist John Glatt takes readers deeper into the devastating crimes of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell in an attempt to unravel the lethal relationship of this doomsday couple"--
Author: Marr, Bernard, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 602.3
Format: Books
Summary: "The 4th industrial revolution is transforming the world of work. Digitization and technologies such as AI, robotic process automation, extended reality, cloud computing, big data, blockchains, etc. are automating, augmenting and adding jobs. The skills people will need to succeed in this new world of work are very different from the skills that made people succeed in the past. There is often a misconception that all we need in the future are coding or technology skills. That couldn't be further from the truth. While we clearly need people with technical knowledge, we need individuals that have an understanding of technology, but focus on the skills humans excel at, such as creativity, critical thinking, interpersonal communication and leadership. Future Skills is about understanding what skills are required to succeed in the future workplace and how to acquire and boost those skills. The book describes the twenty most important skills for the future of work, outlines why they are so valuable, and provide tips and resources to help the reader improve those skills."-- Future-proof yourself and develop critical skills for the digital future. The working world has changed dramatically in the last twenty years and it's going to continue to transform at an even faster pace. How can the average professional stay afloat in an ocean of constant change and technological revolution? In Future Skills: The 20 Skills and Competencies Everyone Needs to Succeed in a Digital World bestselling author and futurist Bernard Marr delivers an engaging and insightful discussion of how you can prepare yourself for the digital future of work. You'll learn which skills will be in the highest demand, why they'll command a premium price, and how to develop them. A can't-miss book for every working professional seeking not just to survive -- but to thrive -- in the coming years, Future Skills belongs in the libraries of company leaders, managers, human resources professionals, educators, and anyone else with an interest in the future of work and how humanity fits within it. --Provided by publisher.
Author: Theiss, Eric, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 641.587 THEISS
Format: Books
Summary: "No more searing, sautéing, stirring, checking, or watching! Whether in your pressure cooker or your slow cooker, you can use these recipes to cook delicious meals without any extra steps. Chef and author Eric Theiss brings you the solution to making meals quick and simple, yet pounded with flavor! He has spent his entire career working with the latest and most innovative cooking products, and has perfected the art of TRUE one-pot cooking. You will be amazed at how little effort the Toss & Go! method of cooking takes! We don't "sear," we don't "sauté," "brown," or "sweat," because one-pot meals shouldn't require all of those extra steps. Eric has done the side-by-side comparisons and has figured out how to get you the same flavors without all of the fluff"--Publisher's website.
Author: Bernays, Edward L., 1891-1995, author. Snow, Nancy, writer of introduction.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 659.2
Format: Books
Summary: "Nicknamed "the father of public relations," Edward Bernays (1891-1995) was a pioneer in the fields of propaganda and PR. Combining theories on crowd psychology with the psychoanalytical ideas of his uncle, Sigmund Freud, Bernays elucidated how corporations and politicians could manipulate public opinion. His seminal 1928 book, Propaganda laid out how propaganda could be used to regiment the collective mind in a variety of areas, including government, politics, art, science and education, while his 1923 classic, Crystallizing Public Opinion, set down the principles that business and government have used to influence public attitudes over the past century. The Edward Bernays Reader: From Propaganda to the Engineering of Consent, is the first comprehensive volume of the writings of this influential and controversial figure. In addition to featuring extended excerpts from Crystallizing Public Opinion and Propaganda, this book also includes the full text of Bernays' classic 1947 essay, "The Engineering of Consent," on the application of scientific principles and practices to the task of getting people to support ideas and programs, as well as extensive selections of his other writings on subjects including education, war propaganda, and polling. Taken together, the material in this book offers the most complete look to date at the work of a man whose ideas are considered the single most important influence on modern propaganda, public relations, and spin."--Publisher description
Author: Bell, David, 1969 November 17- author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F BELL
Format: Books
Summary: "When a professor's student disappears and is presumed dead, he passes off her manuscript as his own-only to find out it implicates him in an unsolved murder in this new thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of The Request. After years of struggling to write after the deaths of his wife and son, English professor Connor Nye publishes his first novel, a thriller about the murder of a young woman. There's just one problem: Connor didn't write the book. His missing student did. And then she appears on his doorstep, alive and well, threatening to expose him. Connor's problems escalate when the police insist details in the novel implicate him in an unsolved murder from two years ago. Soon Connor discovers the crime is part of a disturbing scandal on campus and faces an impossible dilemma-admit he didn't write the book and lose his job or keep up the lie and risk everything. As the murders pile up, Connor must clear his name by unraveling the horrifying secrets buried in his student's manuscript. This is a suspenseful, provocative novel about the sexual harassment that still runs rampant in academia-and the lengths those in power will go to cover it up"--
Author: Newman, T. J. (Novelist), author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F NEWMAN
Format: Books
Summary: There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers on your flight. What you don't know is that your pilot's family was kidnapped. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight. --adapted from front jacket flap.
Author: Hilderbrand, Elin, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: PB HILDERBRAND
Format: Books
Summary: Entering the afterlife due to a hit and run accident, a successful author learns she can observe the earthly lives of her nearly grown children and is also permitted three "nudges" to alter the outcome of events. Vivian Howe, author of thirteen beach novels and mother of three nearly grown children, is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while jogging near her home on Nantucket. In the Beyond, she's assigned to a Person named Martha, who allows Vivi to watch what happens below for one last summer. Vivi also is granted three 'nudges' to change the outcome of events on earth. Daughter Willa is on her third miscarriage; daughter Carson partying until all hours, and son Leo is currently 'off again' with his high-maintenance girlfriend. Vivi watches Ed Kapenash investigate her death, but her greatest worry is her final book, which contains a secret from her own youth that could be disastrous for her reputation. How should Vivi use her nudges-- or should she? --adapted from front jacket flap.
Author: Letts, Elizabeth, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: B WILKINS
Format: Books
Summary: "The incredible true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion. In 1954, Annie Wilkins, a sixty-three-year-old farmer from Maine, embarked on an impossible journey. She had no relatives left, she'd lost her family farm to back taxes, and her doctor had just given her two years to live--but only if she "lived restfully." He offered her a spot in the county's charity home. Instead, she decided she wanted to see the Pacific Ocean just once before she died. She bought a cast-off brown gelding named Tarzan, donned men's dungarees, loaded up her horse, and headed out from Maine in mid-November, hoping to beat the snow. She had no map, no GPS, no phone. But she had her ex-racehorse, her faithful mutt, and her own unfailing belief that Americans would treat a stranger with kindness. Between 1954 and 1956, Annie, Tarzan, and her dog, Depeche Toi, journeyed more than 4,000 miles, through America's big cities and small towns, meeting ordinary people and celebrities--from Andrew Wyeth (who sketched Tarzan) to Art Linkletter and Groucho Marx. She received many offers--a permanent home at a riding stable in New Jersey, a job at a gas station in rural Kentucky, even a marriage proposal from a Wyoming rancher who loved animals as much as she did. As Annie trudged through blizzards, forded rivers, climbed mountains, and clung to the narrow shoulder as cars whipped by her at terrifying speeds, she captured the imagination of an apprehensive Cold War America. At a time when small towns were being bypassed by Eisenhower's brand-new interstate highway system, and the reach and impact of television was just beginning to be understood, Annie and her four-footed companions inspired an outpouring of neighborliness in a rapidly changing world"--
Author: McIntosh, Diane, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 616.8527
Format: Books
Summary: Depression sucks. It's a debilitating illness that affects the mind and the body--and chances are that you or someone you love will battle depression at some point in your lifetime. This Is Depression is your guide through the darkness. A widely respected authority on the diagnosis and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, psychiatrist Dr. Diane McIntosh provides all the information you need to understand and combat this serious and isolating disorder. Written in an accessible format with compassion and humor, Dr. McIntosh takes an evidence-based approach as she outlines the causes, impact, and treatment of depression and along the way provides encouragement that it can be overcome. This Is Depression reveals: how life experience, genetics, and hormones factor into depression, and explores the common overlap between depression and other mental and physical illnesses ; how all areas of life can be impacted by depression--home, school, work, and relationships ; how to communicate about mental illness, whether with your doctor or your boss, a rude friend or nosy co-worker, or loved ones ; critical information about every available depression treatment--and those that are on the horizon--describing how antidepressants work, which treatments are worth taking, and which are useless... or even dangerous ; when to consider psychotherapy, brain-stimulation treatments, mindfulness meditation, and exercise and what to expect from a therapeutic relationship ; essential tools to support you in your recovery or your loved one on their journey. Depression can be a lonely, debilitating illness, but sufferers are not alone, and there is always a path forward. This book is the first step on that path.
Author: Hilderbrand, Elin, author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: PB HILDERBRAND
Format: Books
Summary: It's Nantucket wedding season, also known as summer-the sight of a bride racing down Main Street is as common as the sun setting at Madaket Beach. The Otis-Winbury wedding promises to be an event to remember: the groom's wealthy parents have spared no expense to host a lavish ceremony at their oceanfront estate. But it's going to be memorable for all the wrong reasons after tragedy strikes: a body is discovered in Nantucket Harbor just hours before the ceremony-and everyone in the wedding party is suddenly a suspect. As Chief of Police Ed Kapenash interviews the bride, the groom, the groom's famous mystery-novelist mother, and even a member of his own family, he discovers that every wedding is a minefield-and no couple is perfect.
Author: Blume, Judy, author.
Published: 2014
Call Number: Y PB BLUME
Format: Books
Summary: There is a lot going on in his life that thirteen-year-old Tony Miglione does not really understand--like why his parents suddenly have money enough to buy a house on Long Island, why his mother has changed, why his rich friend Joel shoplifts, why he is obsessed with Joel's sixteen-year-old sister, and why he is having terrible stomach pains.
Author: Publications International, Ltd.
Published: 2012
Call Number: 641.5884 CROCK
Format: Books
Author: Silman, Jeremy, author.
Published: 2007
Call Number: 794.124
Format: Books
Summary: A chess writer, speaker, player, and International Master has created this thorough guide to chess endgames. Players of all levels can use this guide to move up the ladder from beginner to tournament player - even to possession of the coveted Master title. Every level of chess student will feel as if they are being given personal instruction with humor, study plans, and to-the-point examples designed to take them to new heights of chess understanding. Going beyond the moves that constitute the endgame, the author gives readers an understanding of how the endgame unfolds - and how every player can adapt the endgame to their own playing style. For players who have always found the endgame to be a mystery and have searched for a book that will turn a weak link - the endgame - into a personal field of power, this book offers the answers.
Author: Roseberry, Dinah, author. Hull, Laurie, author.
Published: 2007
Call Number: NJC 133.1097 ROSEBERR
Format: Books
Summary: "Nestled at the southern tip of New Jersey, beautiful Cape May is the perfect historical backdrop for some very ghostly haunts! Psychic Laurie Hull and ghost researcher D.P. Roseberry give their impressions of Cape May's top beach sits and interact with its ghostly past"--Back cover.
Author: Frazier, Charles, 1950-
Published: 2006
Call Number: F FRAZIER
Format: Books
Author: Evanovich, Janet, author.
Published: 2005 1989
Call Number: PB EVANOVIC
Format: Books
Summary: Determined to find herself a husband, a young woman trades in her glamorous career and upscale Princeton condo for a rustic log cabin and a ramshackle hardware store in Alaska.
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