Author: Berghoff, Maggie, author. Published: 2021 Call Number: 616.0473 Format: Books Summary: "Eat Right for Your Inflammation Type does for dangers of inflammation what Wheat Belly did for the hidden threats of gluten, targeting each cause of inflammation the same way Eat Right 4 Your Type did for blood type-specific health issues." --publisher.
Author: Dalio, Ray, 1949- author. Published: 2021 Call Number: 330.9 Format: Books Summary: Examines history's most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those in recent memory. A few years ago, Dalio noticed a confluence of political and economic conditions he hadn't encountered before: huge debts and zero or near-zero interest rates that led to massive printing of money in the world's three major reserve currencies. Here Dalio brings readers along for his study of the major empires-- the Dutch, the British, and the American-- and puts into perspective the "big cycle" that has drives the successes and failures of all the world's major countries through history. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Macedo, Diane, author. Published: 2021 Call Number: 616.8498 Format: Books Summary: A renowned ABC News anchor/correspondent and former insomniac presents cutting-edge research, expert advice, intimate stories, and easy-to-implement solutions to help readers get the sleep they need. Roughly thirty percent of the population is estimated to be living with insomnia, while many more unknowingly suffer from other sleep disorders. Macedo learned the hard way how valuable sleep is, and how it affects everything from our heart to our brain to our immune system. She had tried sleep tip after sleep tip, but nothing worked. Attacking the problem as a journalist, she got to the bottom of what really keeps us from sleeping-- and the various ways to fix it. Here she helps readers understand sleep biology, identify sleep obstacles, and shift their mindset-- and maybe find a good night's sleep. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Moreno, Mike, 1968- author. Published: 2021 Call Number: 613.25 Format: Books Summary: "Featuring delicious recipes, simple meal-planning techniques, manageable movement strategies, and supportive wellness rituals, The 17 Day Kickstart Diet is a clear-cut guide that proves it is never too late to achieve optimal health. Within seventeen days, you will start losing weight, reducing inflammation, and experiencing new levels of energy and focus. Designed around three cruical phases that can help reduce your toxic load while inspiring you like never before, this book can be your new playbook for becoming a healthier version of you." --Front jacket flap
Author: Beaton, M. C., author. Green, R. W. (Novelist), author. Published: 2021 Call Number: LP F BEATON Format: Large print Summary: "Beloved New York Times bestseller M.C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin--the star of her own hit T.V. series--is back on the case again in Down the Hatch. Private detective Agatha Raisin, having recently taken up power-walking, is striding along a path in Mircester Park during her lunch break when she hears a cry for help. Rushing over, she finds an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Swinburn, in the middle of the green-with the body of an old man lying at their feet. The man, who the coroner determines died by poisoning, was known as "the Admiral," a gardener notorious for his heavy drinking, and Chief Inspector Wilkes writes the death off as an accident caused by the consumption of weed killer stored in a rum bottle. Agatha is not convinced that anyone would mistake weed killer for rum but carries on with her work at Raisin Investigations, until she receives an anonymous tip that the Admiral's death was no accident. Local gossip points to the Swinburns themselves as the killers, spurred by a feud at the club where they, as well as the Admiral, were members. Distraught at this accusation, they turn to Agatha to clear their name, and she takes the case-despite the warnings of Chief Inspector Wilkes. Agatha encounters one suspicious character after another, becoming further enmeshed in the Admiral's own dark and shady past. And when she's run off the road, narrowly escaping with her life, and then another attack occurs, it becomes clear that someone doesn't want the case closed-and will stop at nothing to prevent Agatha from solving it"--
Author: Mays, Kyle T., 1987- author. Published: 2021 Call Number: 973.04 MAYS Format: Books Summary: "Mays explores the relationship and differences between the Black American quest for freedom and the Native American struggle for sovereignty in the U.S"-- The first intersectional history of the Black and Native American struggle for freedom in our country that also reframes our understanding of who was Indigenous in early America. Beginning with pre-Revolutionary America and moving into the movement for Black lives and contemporary Indigenous activism, Afro-Indigenous historian Kyle T. Mays argues that the foundations of the US are rooted in antiblackness and settler colonialism, and that these parallel oppressions continue into the present. He explores how Black and Indigenous peoples have always resisted and struggled for freedom, sometimes together, and sometimes apart. Whether to end African enslavement and Indigenous removal or eradicate capitalism and colonialism, Mays show how the fervor of Black and Indigenous peoples calls for justice have consistently sought to uproot white supremacy. Mays uses a wide-array of historical activists and pop culture icons, "sacred" texts, and foundational texts like the Declaration of Independence and Democracy in America. He covers the civil rights movement and freedom struggles of the 1960s and 1970s, and explores current debates around the use of Native American imagery and the cultural appropriation of Black culture. Mays compels us to rethink both our history as well as contemporary debates and to imagine the powerful possibilities of Afro-Indigenous solidarity. Includes an 8-page photo insert featuring Kwame Ture with Dennis Banks and Russell Means at the Wounded Knee Trials; Angela Davis walking with Oren Lyons after he leaves Wounded Knee, SD; former South African president Nelson Mandela with Clyde Bellecourt; and more. -- Provided by publisher.
Author: Wine, Thatcher, 1972- author. Published: 2021 Call Number: 153.7 Format: Books Summary: Reclaim your attention, productivity, and happiness with this inspirational book which teaches the importance of keeping your focus to one familiar task at a time. Neurological research definitively and repeatedly concludes that there is a bottleneck in our cognitive function - when we do more than one thing at a time, we become less efficient and more error-prone. In fact, we are actually wired to monotask - to give dedicated focus to one task at a time. Drawing on research in psychology, neuroscience, and mindfulness, The Twelve Monotasks breaks down 12 everyday activities to strengthen our "monotasking" muscle so that we can rebuild and expand our attention spans. When we focus on what we are doing, where we are and who we are with, we can rediscover our ability to enjoy life, connect with others, and succeed in all that we do. And in the end, it makes us happier, more productive, and more present - in all aspects of our lives.
Author: Roberts, Nora, author. Container of (work): Roberts, Nora. Taming Natasha. Container of (work): Roberts, Nora. Luring a lady. Published: 2021 Call Number: PB ROBERTS Format: Books Summary: "Taming Natasha - Single father Spencer Kimball and his young daughter are new to town. It's a small community, and when he sets eyes on Natasha Stanislaski, Spence knows he's met his match. A former ballet dancer, Tash has traded her career in New York City for a quiet life as a toy shop owner instead. The last thing she's interested in is another man coming to her with promises of a sweeping romance. Still, Tash wants to believe Spence can love her, and Spence wants to prove that he's here to stay. But with both of them hiding the painful secrets of their pasts, they'll have to overcome their fears to learn how to love again. Luring a Lady - Nothing in Sydney Hayward's background of wealth and privilege had prepared her to take the helm of her grandfather's business. Her new responsibilities leave no time for complications--especially when they come in the form of Mikhail Stanislaski. She's hired the stubborn artist to fix up one of her properties, and though the attraction is instant, Sydney forces herself to deny her feelings for Mikhail. But working together proves to be a challenge, particularly when Mikhail's smoldering kisses seem to be winning her over..."--Back cover.
Author: Macomber, Debbie, author. Container of (work): Macomber, Debbie. Almost paradise. Container of (work): McClain, Lee Tobin. The soldier's redemption. Container of (work): McClain, Lee Tobin. Second chance on the Chesapeake. Published: 2021 Call Number: PB MACOMBER Format: Books Summary: Almost paradise : "Summer camp director Jeff Roarke has a strict policy against romance in the workplace--even if his office is in the forest. Jeff runs a prestigious program and has no tolerance for anything that will distract the campers...or the counselors. But when Sherry White joins the team, Jeff finds it difficult to follow his own rules. Looking for a summer escape, and a break from her eccentric stepmother, Sherry jumps at the opportunity to work as a camp counselor. She is surprised when she starts to feel a connection with serious Jeff, but works to convince him that true love is worth the risk" --Back cover. The soldier's redemption: "Blaming himself for the accident that claimed his wife and son, ranch manager Finn Gallagher vows he'll never remarry. Yet he's drawn to his new rescue-dog caretaker, Kayla White, and her little boy. But the single mother is running from something in her past. And as he begins wishing the little family could be his, Finn must convince her to trust him with her secret" --Back cover.
Author: Pettersen, Siri, 1971- author. Mackie, Siân, translator. Garrett, Paul Russell, translator. Published: 2021 2014 Call Number: Y PETTERSE Format: Books Summary: Separated and struggling to survive in two different worlds, Hirka and Rime vow to defeat the ancient evil that offers immortality at a dangerous price. To protect her homeland of Ym, Hirka traveled through the raven rings, a stone circle that can be used as a portal, to an unfamiliar world-- modern-day Europe. Now she is stranded in a rotting world, with nothing but a raven and a notebook to connect her to the life she left behind. And among people willing to do anything for the blessing-- or the curse-- of eternal life. Meanwhile back in Ym, Rime is now the Ravenbearer, fighting an ongoing battle against the blind, not to mention against his fellow Councilors, as well as with his own despair over losing Hirka. Separated by worlds, each must find a way to stop a thousand-year-old evil from destroying not only Ym, but every world in existence. -- adapted from jacket and Goodreads info
Author: Ball, Bethany, author. Published: 2021 Call Number: F BALL Format: Books Summary: "Welcome to small town Connecticut, a place whose inhabitants seem to have it all-the status, the homes, the money, and the ennui. There's Tripp and Virginia, beloved hosts whom the community idolizes, and whose basement hides among other things a secret stash of guns and a drastic plan to survive the end times. There's Gunter and Rachel, recent transplants who left New York City to raise their children, only to feel imprisoned by the banality of suburbia. And Richard and Margot, community veterans whose extramarital affairs and battles with mental health are disguised by their enviably polished veneers and perfect children. At the center of it all is the Petra School, the most coveted of all the private schools in the state, a supposed utopia of mindfulness and creativity, with a history as murky and suspect as our character's inner worlds. With deep wit and delicious incisiveness, in The Pessimists, Bethany Ball peels back the veneer of upper class white suburbia to expose the destructive consequences of unchecked privilege and moral apathy in a world that is rapidly evolving without them. This is a superbly drawn portrait of a community, and its couples, torn apart by unmet desires, duplicity, hypocrisy, and dangerous levels of discontent"--
Author: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 author. Published: 2021 Call Number: PS3545 .R815 M36 2021 Format: Books Summary: "An explosive, previously unpublished novel by Richard Wright, written in the 1940s, at the height of his creative powers"-- "A major literary event: an explosive, previously unpublished novel about race and police violence by the legendary author of Native Son and Black Boy. Fred Daniels, a Black man, is picked up by the police after a brutal double murder and tortured until he confesses to a crime he did not commit. After signing a confession, he escapes from custody and flees into the city's sewer system. This is the devastating premise of this scorching novel, a masterpiece that Richard Wright was unable to publish in his lifetime. Written between his landmark books Native Son (1940) and Black Boy (1945), at the height of his creative powers, it would eventually see publication only in drastically condensed and truncated form in the posthumous collection Eight Men (1961). Now, for the first time, by special arrangement with the author's estate, the full text of this incendiary novel about race and violence in America, the work that meant more to Wright than any other ("I have never written anything in my life that stemmed more from sheer inspiration"), is published in the form that he intended, complete with his companion essay, "Memories of My Grandmother." Malcolm Wright, the author's grandson, contributes an afterword" --
Author: Rice, Lynette, 1962- author. Published: 2021 Call Number: 791.45 Format: Books Summary: "The first inside story of one of TV's most popular and beloved dramas, Grey's Anatomy. More than 15 years after its premiere, Grey's Anatomy remains one of the most beloved dramas on television and ABC's most important property. It continues to win its time slot and has ranked in the Top 20 most watched shows in primetime for most of its 17-season run. It currently averages more than 9 million viewers each week. More than that, it's been a cultural touchstone. It introduced the unique voice and vision of Shonda Rhimes, it made Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh and T.R. Knight household names, and injected words and phrases into the cultural lexicon like 'McDreamy,' 'seriously,' and 'you're my person.' And the behind-the-scenes drama has always been just as juicy as what was happening in front of the camera, from the high-profile firing of Isaiah Washington to Katherine Heigl's fall from grace and Patrick Dempsey's shocking death episode. The show continued to hemorrhage key players, but the beloved hospital series never skipped a beat. Lynette Rice's How to Save A Life takes a totally unauthorized deep dive into the show's humble start, while offering exclusive intel on the behind-the-scenes culture, the most heartbreaking departures and the more polarizing plotlines"--
Author: Card, Orson Scott, author. Cruz Castillo, Luis Alejandro, illustrator. Published: 2021 Call Number: Y CARD Format: Books Summary: "Ryan wakes up to find his contractor dad building walls to turn their big old house into a duplex. The family that moves into the other side includes Bizzy Horvat, the pretty girl he has a crush on at school. Bizzy claims her mother is a witch with the power to curse people with clumsiness or, in Bizzy's case, astonishing beauty. When a bee gets caught in Bizzy's hair, Ryan acts so quickly and radically to save her from getting stung that he attracts the attention of a group of micropotents -- people with micropowers. He soon realizes that Bizzy and her mother also have such powers. It becomes Ryan's job, with the help of the other micropotents, to protect the Hovarts from a group of witch hunters from their native country, who are determined to kill Bizzy, her mother, and all the other "witches" -- micropotents -- who have gathered to protect them." --provided by the publisher.
Author: Ireland, Meredith, author. Published: 2021 Call Number: Y IRELAND Format: Books Summary: When Korean American Jasmine Yap's long-time boyfriend, Paul, is caught cheating on her, her giant, overprotective family secretly arranges to use her graduation party to introduce her to Orlando's most eligible men. Jasmine Yap plans to move in with her long-time boyfriend, Paul, before starting a nursing program at community college--until she catches Paul cheating. To her giant, overprotective family, Paul's loss is their golden ticket to showing Jasmine that she deserves much more. When Jasmine refuses to meet anyone new, the family set us the Jasmine Project. Their plan: use Jasmine's graduation party as an opportunity for her to meet the most eligible teen bachelors in Orlando; maybe one will win her heart. With the family fighting for their favorites, bachelors going rogue, and Paul wanting her back, the Jasmine Project may end in total, heartbreaking disaster.
Author: Anders, Charlie Jane, author. Published: 2021 Call Number: F ANDERS Format: Books Summary: "In her short story collection, Even Greater Mistakes, Charlie Jane Anders upends genre cliches and revitalizes classic tropes with heartfelt and pants-wettingly funny social commentary. The woman who can see all possible futures is dating the man who can see the one and only fore-ordained future. A wildly popular slapstick filmmaker is drawn, against his better judgment, into working with a fascist militia, against a background of social collapse. Two friends must embark on an Epic Quest To Capture The Weapon That Threatens The Galaxy, or else they'll never achieve their dream of opening a restaurant. The stories in this collection, by their very outrageousness, achieve a heightened realism unlike any other. Anders once again proves she is one of the strongest voices in modern science fiction, the writer called by Andrew Sean Greer, "this generation's Le Guin.""--
Author: Larsen, Jen, 1973- author. Published: 2021 Call Number: Y LARSEN Format: Books Summary: When word gets out that she is putting on a top-secret, invitation-only burlesque show to raise money to attend a life-changing dance program, Addie falls victim to slut- and body-shaming and must learn to embrace exactly who she is. "Addie is a talented dancer, a true-blue friend, and a fat, fierce, and driven young woman. When she's accepted into the prestigious dance company of her dreams, she thinks nothing can bring her down-- until she realizes she doesn't have enough money to go. Refusing to give up, Addie and her friends decide to put on a top-secret, invitation-only burlesque show to raise funds. But word soon gets out, and the slut- and body-shaming begin. Has Addie been resisting the patriarchy, or playing right into its hands?" -- Amazon.com.
Author: Abedin, Huma, 1976- author. Published: 2021 Call Number: B ABEDIN Format: Books Summary: Hillary Clinton's famously private top aide and longtime advisor emerges from the wings of American political history to take command of her own story. Abedin launched full steam into a college internship in the office of the First Lady in 1996, never imagining that her work at the White House would blossom into a career in public service, nor that her career would become an all-consuming way of life. She witnessed many crucial moments in 21st-century American history, and her relationship with Hillary Clinton has seen both women through extraordinary personal and professional highs, as well as unimaginable lows. Here Abedin reveals a crystal clear portrait of Clinton as a brilliant and caring leader, a steadfast friend, generous, funny, hardworking, and dedicated. She chronicles her marriage to Anthony Weiner, the devastation wrought by his betrayals, and their shared love for their son. Abedin's journey is a testament to her profound belief that in an increasingly either/or world, she can be both/and. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Reuland, Rob, 1963- author. Published: 2021 Call Number: F REULAND Format: Books Summary: A standout crime novel about the clear-eyed exploration of the fault lines of class, gender, and race in America. It is also a nuanced portrayal of the family politics that affect fathers and sons and fathers and daughters. On a Brooklyn street corner, a police officer shoots and kills a young Black man, igniting a firestorm of protests and unrest, denials and excuses from cops, promises and apologies from politicians, and cries of hate and outrage from an aggrieved public. The police officer in question, Georgina Reed, is a rookie, fresh from the police academy, and she herself is young and Black. Caught in the middle of this conflagration of law, politics, and race is the rookie cop's unlikely defender, Will Way, her police union representative. Will does what he can for her, but soon the case becomes less about what really happened on that dark street corner and more about the larger forces in society. Will Way ceases to be merely defending a fellow cop in a criminal investigation and becomes a target of the investigation himself as his past spills into the present with all his hidden secrets and regrets. While events reach back and forth through time and circle around New York City, Robert Reuland always takes the reader to the place he knows best, the world of crime and punishment centered on a building known as Kings County Supreme Court, which courthouse regulars call simply: Brooklyn Supreme.
Author: Patchett, Ann, author. Patchett, Ann. Three fathers. Patchett, Ann. First Thanksgiving. Patchett, Ann. Paris tattoo. Patchett, Ann. My year of no shopping. Published: 2021 Call Number: 814.6 Format: Large print Summary: In this collection of essays, Patchett turns her writer's eye on her own experiences and transforms the private into the universal, providing us all a way to look at our own worlds anew. As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and heart. At the center of These Precious Days is the title essay, a surprising and moving meditation on an unexpected friendship with Tom Hanks's brilliant assistant, Sooki, that explores what it means 'to find someone who could see us as our best and most complete selves. --adapted from back cover
