Author: Rouda, Kaira Sturdivant, 1963- author. Published: 2012 Call Number: F ROUDA Format: Books Summary: "The story of three women whose lives become entangled by the choices they make and how, ultimately, one of them turns to murder to achieve her goals"--Back cover. Roommates Laura and Angie couldn't be more different. Laura is a local celebrity, the television anchor who is motivated to move out of small-time media markets and on to the big time, no matter the cost. Meanwhile, Angie, a luckless waitress, spends her time waiting for Mr. Right to save her from temporary jobs and a life spent making bad choices. On the other side of town, Ellen abandons her life as a successful fundraiser for that of an isolated housewife in the country estate she shares with her husband, whose affairs become increasingly hard to ignore. When the city's gossip columnist, Maddie, and restaurant reviewer, Dixon, become involved in the mystery, the unlikely duo stir up more than they intended. But will anyone be able to stop the next murder? With her signature compassion and wit, Kaira Rouda once again takes readers on an entertaining journey into the heart of women's lives in suburbia--this time with adultery and murder in the mix.
Author: Baldacci, David. Published: 2009 Call Number: F BALDACCI Format: Books Summary: A daring kidnapping turns a children's birthday party at Camp David into a national security nightmare, pushing agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell to their limits.
Author: Sundquist, Eric J., author. Published: 2009 Call Number: 323.092 Format: Books Summary: In this new exploration of the "I Have a Dream" speech, Sundquist places it in the history of American debates about racial justice and demonstrates how the speech, an exultant blend of grand poetry and powerful elocution, perfectly expresses the story of African-American freedom.
Author: Bell, Derrick, 1930-2011. Published: 2004 Call Number: 344.73 Format: Books Summary: Looks at continuing repercussions of Brown v. Board of Education and, despite the original intentions, its frequently negative impact on the educational needs of African-American children.
Author: Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976, author. Published: 1991 1963 Call Number: PB CHRISTIE Format: Books Summary: A is for Ascher, cudgeled in Andover. B is for Barnard, strangled in Bexhill. C is for Clarke, struck down in Churston. Beside each body is an A.B.C. Railway guide; before each murder Hercule Poirot is notified. In one of Christie's most twisted tales, the meticulous Belgian sleuth must navigate the eerie maze of a serial killer's mind. D is for Doncaster, where the next victim dies ... E is for evidence, ingeniously analyzed.
Author: Tokarczuk, Olga, 1962- author. Lloyd-Jones, Antonia, translator. Published: 2019 Call Number: F TOKARCZU Format: Books Summary: Finalist for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize. A deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, and autonomy and fate. In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. Then a neighbor, Big Foot, turns up dead. Soon other bodies are discovered, in increasingly strange circumstances. As suspicions mount, Janina inserts herself into the investigation, certain that she knows whodunit. If only anyone would pay her mind . . .
Author: Hassman, Tupelo, 1973- author. Published: 2019 Call Number: F HASSMAN Format: Books Summary: Rosary, California, is not an easy place to grow up, particularly without a mom. So cut off from the rest of the world that even the Internet is blocked, Rosary is a town run by evangelicals but named by Catholics (and the evangelicals aren't particularly happy about that). It's a town on very formal relations with its neighbors, one that doesn't have much traffic in or out and that boasts an oil refinery as well as a fairly sizable population of teenagers. For Helen and her friends, the Tire Yard, sex, and beer are the best ways to pass the days until they turn eighteen and can leave town entirely. Her best friends, Win and Rainbolene, late arrivals to Rosary, are particularly keen to depart--Rain because she'll finally be able to get the hormones she needs to fully become herself. Watching over them is Aunt Bev, an outcast like the kids, who runs the barely tolerated Psychic Encounter Shoppe. As time passes, though, tensions build for everyone and threats against the Psychic Encounter Shoppe become serious actions. In Tupelo Hassman's gods with a little g, these flawed, lovable characters discover aspects of each other's hearts that reshape how they think about trust and family, and how to make a future you can see.
Author: Kester, Eric., author. Published: 2019 Call Number: Y KESTER Format: Books Summary: When star quarterback Brett suffers a terrible concussion, his brother Wyatt must decide if keeping his brother's secret is worth the risk to their relationship and their town's economic future.
Author: Ware, Susan, 1950- author. Published: 2019 Call Number: 324.623 Format: Books Summary: For too long the history of how American women won the right to vote has been told as the visionary adventures of a few iconic leaders, all white and native-born, who spearheaded a national movement. In this essential reconsideration, Susan Ware uncovers a much broader and more diverse history waiting to be told. Why They Marched is the inspiring story of the dedicated women--and occasionally men--who carried the banner in communities across the nation, out of the spotlight, protesting, petitioning, and demonstrating for the right to become full citizens.--
Author: Coulter, Catherine, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: LP F COULTER Format: Large print Summary: "While driving, Agent Lacey Sherlock is involved in a violent accident with another vehicle and a male pedestrian. The man, a local CIA analyst, ran off and is now missing. Meanwhile, in a small Virginia town, Special Agent Griffin Hammersmith has rescued a kidnapped woman who claims her captor, a man with powerful connections, admitted to multiple murders. Hammersmith reaches out to Sherlock's husband, Agent Dillon Savich, for help, and they soon realize that the CIA analyst's disappearance is connected to the murders. Together they weave their way through a labyrinth of lies to find the truth of a terrible secret"--Back cover.
Author: Richardson, Kim Michele, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: LP F RICHARDS Format: Large print Summary: "Cussy Mary Carter is the last of her kind, her skin the color of a blue damselfly in these dusty hills. But that doesn't mean she's got nothing to offer. As a member of the Pack Horse Library Project, Cussy delivers books to the hill folk of Troublesome, hoping to spread learning in these desperate times. But not everyone is so keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and the hardscrabble Kentuckians are quick to blame a Blue for any trouble in their small town. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman's determination to bring a little bit of hope to the darkly hollers"--
Author: Bowen, Rhys, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: LP F BOWEN Format: Large print Summary: While on their honeymoon in Kenya, Georgie and Darcy O'Mara investigate the suspicious death of Lord Cheriton, an investigation that the English enclave of Happy Valley--of which Lord Cheriton was a member--would like closed as quickly as possible.
Author: Wiggs, Susan, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: LP F WIGGS Format: Large print Summary: Caroline returns to her favorite place: the sewing shop owned by Mrs. Lindy Bloom, the woman who inspired her and taught her to sew. There she discovers that even in an idyllic beach town, there are women living with the deepest of secrets. Thus begins the Oysterville Sewing Circle--where women can join forces to support each other through the troubles they keep hidden. Yet just as Caroline regains her creativity and fighting spirit, and the children begin to heal from their loss, an unexpected challenge tests her courage and her heart. This time, though, Caroline is not going to run away. She's going to stand and fight for everything--and everyone--she loves.
Author: Cavanagh, Steve, author. Published: 2019 2018 Call Number: F CAVANAGH Format: Books Summary: "It's the murder trial of the century. And Joshua Kane has killed to get the best seat in the house--and to be sure the wrong man goes down for the crime. Because this time, the killer isn't on trial. He's on the jury. But there's someone on his tail. Former-conman-turned-criminal-defense-attorney Eddie Flynn doesn't believe that his movie-star client killed two people. He suspects that the real killer is closer than they think--but who would guess just how close?"--
Author: Atwood, Kathryn J., author. Published: 2019 Call Number: 940.53 Format: Books Summary: In this expanded edition, readers will encounter six new profiles of amazing women, as well as a new section on the Soviet Union. Noor Inayat Khan was the first female radio operator sent into occupied France and transferred crucial messages to the Resistance. Johtje Vos, a Dutch housewife, hid Jews in her home and repeatedly outsmarted the Gestapo. Law student Hannie Schaft became involved in the most dangerous resistance work -- sabotage, weapons transference, and assassinations. In these pages, young readers will meet these and many other similarly courageous women and girls who risked their lives to help defeat the Nazis. An overview of World War II and summaries of each country's involvement provide a framework for better understanding each woman's unique circumstances, and resources for further learning follow each profile.
Author: Ware, Ruth, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: LP F WARE Format: Large print Summary: "Rowan Caine stumbles across a lucrative job as a live-in nanny for a picture-perfect family with a home in the Scottish Highlands. What she doesn't know is that she's stepping into a nightmare--one that will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder. Writing to her lawyer from prison, she struggles to explain the unraveling events that led to her incarceration. Rowan knows she's made mistakes. She admits that she lied to obtain the post, and that her behavior toward the children wasn't always ideal. But, she maintains, she's not guilty--at least not of murder. Which means someone else is"--Back cover.
Author: Odets, Walt, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: 306.76 Format: Books Summary: A clinical psychologist, writer and gay activist reflects on what it means to be gay today through moving stories of friends and patients in the aftermath of the AIDS epidemic and shifting social values. --Publisher "Even today, it's not easy to be gay in America. While many young men now come out more readily, even those from the most progressive backgrounds often struggle with the legacy of early-life stigma and a deficit of self-acceptance, both of which fuel self-doubt and, at worst, self-loathing. And this is to say nothing of the ongoing trauma wrought by HIV, which is all too often relegated to history. Drawing on his work as a clinical psychologist during and in the aftermath of the AIDS epidemic, Walt Odets reflects on what it means to survive and find a way to live in a new, uncompromising future, both for the men who endured the upheaval of those years and for the younger men who are now coming of age at a time when HIV is still deeply affecting gay communities, especially the most marginalized. Through moving, emotional stories--of friends and therapy patients, and of his own--Odets considers how experiences early in life launch men on trajectories to futures that are not authentically theirs. He reimagines how we might reframe gay life by considering everything from the misleading and constraining idea of "the homosexual," to the diversity and richness of gay relationships, to the historical role of stigma and shame and the significance of youth and aging. Crawling out from under the trauma destructive of early-life experience and the epidemic, and emerging into a century of shifting social values, provides an opportunity to explore possibilities rather than live with societally imposed limitations. Though it is drawn from decades of his private practice, activism, and personal experience, Odets's work achieves remarkable universality. At its core, Out of the Shadows is driven by his belief that it is time we act on the basis of who we are, and not who others are, or who they would want us to be. We--particularly the young--must construct our own paths through life. Out of the Shadows is a necessary, impassioned argument for how and why we all must take hold of our futures."--Dust jacket.
Author: Bowen, Sarah, 1971- author. Published: 2019 Call Number: 204.4 Format: Books Summary: This diverse collection of practices and resources will provide a guide for those newly embarking on a spiritual journey, members of spiritual communities, or anyone who desires meaningful spiritual experiences without having to commit exclusively to one path. Bowen is a multi-faith spiritual educator and an aspiring Jedi. She encourages others to connect with the higher power of their own understanding, without committing to one path or fearing that they are "doing it wrong." -- adapted from back cover