Author: Lipman, Elinor, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: F LIPMAN Format: Books Summary: "Jane Morgan is a valued member of her law firm--or was, until a prudish neighbor, binoculars poised, observes her having sex on the roof of her NYC apartment building. Police are summoned, and a punishing judge sentences her to six months of home confinement. With Jane now jobless and rootless, trapped at home, life looks bleak. Yes, her twin sister provides support and advice, but mostly of the unwelcome kind. When a doorman lets slip that Jane isn't the only resident wearing an ankle monitor, she strikes up a friendship with fellow white-collar felon Perry Salisbury. As she tries to adapt to life within her apartment walls, she discovers she hasn't heard the end of that tattletale neighbor--whose past isn't as decorous as her 9-1-1 snitching would suggest. Why are police knocking on Jane's door again? Can her house arrest have a silver lining? Can two wrongs make a right?"--
Author: Krentz, Jayne Ann, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: F KRENTZ Format: Books Summary: Hoping to connect with others who also had a lost night they can't remember, Pallas, after receiving a tip on her podcast, travels to a small college town to explore an abandoned asylum where she helps her mysterious tipster investigate a murder that is connected to them both. "For readers of romantic suspense and fans of Nora Roberts and Amanda Quick. New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz returns with the first novel of The Lost Night Files, an exciting new romantic suspense trilogy about a night that changed three women forever--but that none of them can remember. They were strangers when they met and are now friends with the same goal: to discover what was done to them that long-ago night--because whatever happened has left them all with mysterious new abilities..."--
Author: Irving, Shae, editor. Michon, Kathleen, 1966- editor. McKenna, Beth, 1964- editor. Nolo (Firm) Published: 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Call Number: 349.73 11TH ED. Format: Continuing Resources Summary: Like it or not, the law affects practically every aspect of our lives, and legal questions can come up daily. Nolo's Encyclopedia of Everyday Law has the answers you need to make sound decisions wherever the law touches your life. Written by Nolo's expert team of attorneys, the book provides concise, plain-English answers to hundreds of the most frequently asked legal questions about everyday legal issues, including: credit, debt, and bankruptcy ; landlord-tenant law ; wills, living trusts, and estate planning ; workplace rights ; social security ; divorce, child custody, and visitation ; adoption, etc.
Author: Pressman, David, 1937- author. Stim, Richard. Published: 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Call Number: 346.73048 9TH ED. Format: Continuing Resources Summary: "Do you have a great idea for a lucrative new invention? If so, you undoubtedly want to know whether you can protect it with a patent. And if you can, you'll want to know how to get a patent as cost-effectively as possible. This bestselling primer on patents will tell you how"--Back cover.
Author: Chopra, Deepak, author. Platt-Finger, Sarah, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 155.2 Format: Books Summary: "Deepak Chopra's groundbreaking guide to the philosophy and practice of Yoga will help you reach your highest potential and a deeper understanding of self"-- Reach your highest potential and a deeper understanding of self with Deepak Chopra's groundbreaking guide to the philosophy and practice of Yoga. Royal Yoga is the highest and most important of the yoga traditions--an all-embracing path to personal transformation that reaches beyond any approach to wellness and healing that exists today. Whatever you are doing to enhance your life, Royal Yoga can bring you more of everything you want; it brings every experience, no matter how small, into the light. By learning to live in the light, you deliberately and consciously accept your true self as a being of infinite possibilities, unfettered by worry or self-doubt. In this groundbreaking new work, international best-selling author Deepak Chopra and his co-author Sarah Platt-Finger, yoga director at Chopra Global and co-founder of ISHTA Yoga, offer an illuminating program for self-realization, bliss, and wholeness. Combining a practical thirty-day program that will help you break limiting habits and belief systems with an in-depth exploration of fifty stimulating and restorative yoga poses, Deepak and Sarah provide a thorough and inspiring way to unite the mind, body, and soul. With new insights on social and emotional intelligence, the power of attention, body awareness, breathing, wholeness, and transcendence, and with dozens of specially commissioned illustrations of yoga poses (accessible for all skill levels, from beginner to enthusiast), Living in the Light provides the ultimate guide to your exciting, bright, and enlightening future.
Author: Lewis, Patrice, author. Published: 2023 2022 Call Number: LP F LEWIS Format: Large print Summary: "Reveals a future she didn't know she wanted. When car failure stalls Englischer Ruth Wengerd's impulsive cross-country trip, she doesn't expect to be rescued by a horse and buggy--or to suddenly become a nanny for widower Adam Chupp's son. Helping the sweet family reminds Ruth of her Amish upbringing and the shameful secret she's hiding. But when the temporary job begins to feel permanent, can she face up to her past...for a future she left once before? From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope"--
Author: Hazelwood, Ali, author. Hazelwood, Ali. Under one roof. Hazelwood, Ali. Stuck with you. Hazelwood, Ali. Below zero. Published: 2023 Call Number: F HAZELWOO Format: Books Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a collection of steamy, STEMinist novellas and their loves in loathing--with a special bonus chapter! Under One Roof: An environmental engineer discovers that scientists should never co-habitate when she finds herself stuck with the roommate from hell--a detestable big-oil lawyer who won't leave the thermostat alone. Stuck with You: A civil engineer and her nemesis take their rivalry--and love--to the next level when they get stuck in a New York elevator. Below Zero A NASA aerospace engineer's frozen heart melts as she lies injured and stranded at a remote Arctic research station and the only person willing to undertake the dangerous rescue mission is her longtime rival"--
Author: Goodman, Allegra, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: F GOODMAN Format: Books Summary: "There is a girl, and her name is Sam. She adores her father, though he isn't around much. Her mother, Courtney, struggles to make ends meet, and never fails to remind her daughter that her life should be different. Sam doesn't fit in at school, where the other girls have the right shade of blue jeans and don't question the rules. Sam doesn't care about jeans or rules. She just loves to climb--trees, fences, walls, the side of a building. When she's climbing, she discovers a place she belongs: she can turn off her brain, pain has a purpose, and it's okay if you want to win. As Sam grows into her teens, she grapples with self-doubt and insecurity for the first time. She yearns for her climbing coach to notice her, but his attention crosses boundaries she doesn't know how to resist. She wishes her father would leave for good, instead of always coming and going, but once he's gone, she realizes how much she's lost. She rages against her mother's constant pressure to plan for a more secure future, but also sees how hard she works and how much she sacrifices. Wrestling with who she wants to be in the face of what she's expected to do, Sam comes to understand that she alone can make her dreams come true"--
Author: Foster, Erin (Travel writer), author. Testa, Len, author. Halphen, Ritchey, author. Published: 2023 2022 Call Number: 910.202 Format: Books Summary: The Unofficial Guide to the Disney Cruise Line 2023 explains how the DCL works and how to use that knowledge to stay ahead of the crowd. Authors Erin Foster, Len Testa, and Ritchey Halphen know that you want your vacation to be anything but average, so they employ an expert team of researchers to find the secrets, the shortcuts, and the bargains that are sure to make your vacation exceptional Find out what's available in every category, ranked from best to worst, and get detailed plans to make the most of your time on and off your cruise ship. Choose the right stateroom, eat at the best restaurants, find top-notch children's activities, and experience all the can't-miss excursions--including those offered at Castaway Cay, one of the best vacation islands in the Caribbean. The guide also provides full coverage of the Disney-run European river cruises and includes itinerary and port guides.
Author: Byrne, Tanya, author. Published: 2022 2021 Call Number: Y BYRNE Format: Books Summary: "In this powerful, all-encompassing YA love story, a girl who becomes a grim reaper must figure out what the future holds--especially when it comes to the girlfriend she left behind. When Ashana Persaud meets Poppy Morgan on a school trip, she's sure it's too good to be true. Ash has never had much luck with girls, but Poppy proves different. Coffee dates turn to museum trips until, soon, the two girls can see a future together--one that's seemingly snatched from them when a hit-and-run takes Ash's life on New Year's Eve. As the last person to die before midnight, Ash is bestowed the title of reaper, tasked with finding lost souls and helping them cross over. Only those close to death can perceive a reaper, so when Ash runs into Poppy one lonely night--and Poppy recognizes her--they can't be sure if it's the second chance they've so desperately wished for, or a tragedy lying in wait."--
Author: Gansworth, Eric, 1965- author. Published: 2022 Call Number: Y GANSWORT Format: Books Summary: When a mysterious assault lands the brother of his mother's late boyfriend in the hospital, Brian, a twenty-something Indigenous reporter, must pick up the threads of a life he's abandoned, returning to the Tuscarora reservation to discover the truth. Brian, a 20-something reporter on the Niagara Cascade's City Desk, is navigating life as the only Indigenous writer in the newsroom, being lumped into reporting on stereotypical stories that homogenize his community, the nearby Tuscarora reservation. But when a mysterious roadside assault lands Tim, the brother of Brian's mother's late boyfriend in the hospital, Brian must pick up the threads of a life that he's abandoned. The narrative takes us through Brian's childhood and slice of life stories on the reservation, in Gansworth's signature blend of crystal sharp, heartfelt literary realist prose. But perhaps more importantly, it takes us through Brian's attempt to balance himself between Haudenosaunee and American life, between the version of his story that would prize the individual over all else and the version of himself that depends on the entire community's survival.
Author: Malhotra, Aanchal, author. Published: 2022 Call Number: F MALHOTRA Format: Books Summary: "A lush, sweeping debut novel in the vein of All the Light We Cannot See, about a Hindu perfumer and a Muslim calligrapher, who fall in love against the backdrop of Partition. On a January morning in 1938, Samir Vij first locks eyes with Firdaus Khan through the rows of perfume bottles in his family's ittar shop in Lahore. Over the years that follow, the perfumer's apprentice and calligrapher's apprentice fall in love with their ancient crafts and with each other, dreaming of the life they will one day share. But as the struggle for Indian independence gathers force, their beloved city is ravaged by Partition. Suddenly, they find themselves on opposite sides: Samir, a Hindu, becomes Indian and Firdaus, a Muslim, becomes Pakistani, their love now forbidden. Severed from one another, Samir and Firdaus make a series of fateful decisions that will change the course of their lives forever. As their paths spiral away from each other, they must each decide how much of the past they are willing to let go, and what it will cost them. Lush, sensuous, and deeply romantic, The Book of Everlasting Things is the story of two lovers and two nations, split apart by forces beyond their control, yet bound by love and memory. Filled with exquisite descriptions of perfume and calligraphy, spanning continents and generations, Aanchal Malhotra's debut novel is a feast for the senses and the heart"--
Author: Garcia, Eduardo, 1976- author. Meadows, Sara Boccaccini, 1986- illustrator. Published: 2022 Call Number: 640.286 Format: Books Summary: "Learn how to reduce your carbon footprint with this inspiring, accessible, stunningly illustrated book based on Eduardo Garcia's popular New York Times column"-- In each chapter, Garcia digs into the issue, explaining how everyday choices lead to carbon emissions, then delivers a wealth of "Things You Can Do" to make a positive impact, such as: Eat a climate-friendly diet; Reduce food waste; Cool your home without an air conditioner; Save energy at home; Adopt zero-waste practices; Increase the fuel efficiency of your car; Buy low-carbon pet food; Hack your toilet to save water; Slash the carbon footprint of your online shopping. Delivering a decisive hit of knowledge with every turn of the page, Things You Can Do is the book for people who want to know more--and do more--to save the planet.
Author: Dunlap, Tori, author. Published: 2022 Call Number: 332.024 Format: Books Summary: "In Financial Feminist, Tori Dunlap distills the principles of her shame- and judgment-free approach to paying off debt, figuring out your value categories to spend mindfully, saving money without monk-like deprivation, and investing in order to spend your retirement tanning in Tulum. Featuring journaling prompts, deep-dives into the invisible aspects of the financial landscape, and interviews with experts on everything money--from predatory credit card companies to the racial wealth gap and voting with your dollars--Financial Feminist is the ultimate guide to making your money work harder for you (rather than the other way around)"--
