Author: Morgan, Kass, author. Paige, Danielle (Novelist), author. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y MORGAN Format: Books Summary: Loner Vivi Deveraux is thrilled to join Westerly College's Kappas, who are secretly witches, until she meets perfect, polished Scarlett Winter, who will stop at nothing to be the sorority's next president. Kappa Rho Nu may seem like your average sorority. They're the most powerful girls on Westerly College's Savannah, Georgia, campus. But the sisters of Kappa Rho Nu share a secret: they're a coven of witches. Scarlett Winters, daughter of a legacy Raven, is determined to live up to her mother's impossible expectations of becoming Kappa Rho Nu's next president. Vivi Deveraux vows to do whatever it takes to be part of the magical sisterhood. But someone has discover the Ravens' secret-- and will do anything to see these witches burn. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Bannen, Megan, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y BANNEN Format: Books Summary: Serving humanity with a powerful singing voice that members of her faith believe channels the word of the One True God, Gelya uncovers a deadly military conspiracy before her possession by a demon spirit turns her loved ones against her. "Gelya is a Vessel, a girl who channels the word of the One True God through song. Cloistered with the other Vessels of her faith, she believes--as all Ovinists do--that a saint imprisoned Elath the Great Demon centuries ago, saving humanity from earthly temptation. When Gelya stumbles into a deadly cover-up by the Ovinists' military, she reluctantly teams up with Tavik, an enemy soldier, to survive. Tavik believes that Elath is actually a mother goddess who must be set free, but while he succeeds in opening Her prison, he inadvertently turns Gelya into Elath's unwilling human vessel. Now the church that raised Gelya considers her a threat. In a race against the clock, she and Tavik must find a way to exorcise Elath's presence from her body. But will this release stop the countdown to the end of the world, or will it be the cause of the earth's destruction? And as Tavik and Gelya grow closer, another question lingers between them: What will become of Gelya?"--
Author: White, Kiersten, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y WHITE Format: Books Summary: When a rescue goes awry and results in the death of something precious, the devastated Guinevere, impersonated by a changeling witch, returns to Camelot to find the greatest threat yet--the real Guinevere's younger sister. King Arthur is expanding his kingdom's influence with Queen Guinevere at his side. Brangien is pining for her lost love, Isolde; Lancelot is fighting to prove her worth as Queen's knight; and Arthur is everything to everyone and thus never quite enough for Guinevere. The more she realizes how empty she is, the more she tries to claim herself as queen, the more Guinevere wonders if Mordred was right: she doesn't belong. When a rescue goes awry and results in the death of something precious, a devastated Guinevere returns to Camelot to find the greatest threat yet has arrived: the real Guinevere's younger sister. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Bourne, Holly, author. Published: 2020 2017 Call Number: Y BOURNE Format: Books Summary: Audrey gave up on romance before meeting aspiring filmmaker Harry at the cinema where they work, but soon they are deeply in love--and not like it is portrayed in movies.
Author: Sussman, Jeffrey, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 364.1092 Format: Books Summary: "Through profiles of the most colorful and powerful crime bosses, gang members, corrupt cops, and numerous mob associates as well as pivotal events in the history of organized crime, Big Apple Gangsters reveals just how influential the mob has been in controlling large numbers of business not just in New York, but also in other cities"--
Author: Bartlett, Claire Eliza, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y BARTLETT Format: Books Summary: Targeted as suspects in the shocking murder of a high school senior, three teens--including a notorious party girl, a head cheerleader and a would-be valedictorian--race to expose long-buried secrets and identify the real killer. After the shocking murder of senior Emma Baines, three of her classmates at Jefferson-Lorne High are at the top of the suspect list. There's Claude, the notorious partier; Avery, the head cheerleader; and Gwen, the would-be valedictorian. Emma was always known as a good girl--but appearances are never what they seem. And the truth behind what really happened to Emma may just be lying in plain sight. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Strandberg, Mats, 1976- author. Kiros, Judith, translator. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y STRANDBE Format: Books Summary: "When will the world end? With Foxworth, a massive comet, hurtling toward Earth, humanity now knows the exact date. Seventeen-year-old Simon wants to spend his last weeks with the people he cares about most, especially his goal-oriented swimmer ex-girlfriend, Tilda, who dumped him shortly after the news broke. Since Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer she has retreated into herself preparing for the inevitable. Suddenly facing down a death that makes her the same as everyone else, she longs to connect again but doesn't quite know where to start. Reaching out to her former best friend Tilda seems like a good first step. Then Tilda is found dead and accusations start circling that Simon is the killer. As the days tick down, Simon and Lucinda only want to know the truth, but the more they uncover about the final days of the girl they both cared for deeply, the clearer the things that really matter become."--
Author: Tyndall, Nicole B., author. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y TYNDALL Format: Books Summary: "A coming-of-age story about a girl with creative aspirations and the star swimmer who charms his way into her life, centering on themes of addiction, loss, and the tumultuousness of first love--and how to find strength when everything falls apart"--
Author: Richer, Lois, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: LP F RICHER Format: Large print Summary: "Returning home to his Montana family ranch, journalist Sam Calhoun volunteers to run the local Christmas festival. But as a snowstorm drives him closer to Joy Grainge, the single mom helping him with the project, the last thing he expects is for her children to decide he should be their new dad. Can Sam earn Joy's trust in time to make all their Christmas wishes come true?"--Back cover.
Author: Perrin, Valérie, 1961- author. Serle, Hildegarde, translator. Published: 2020 Call Number: F PERRIN Format: Books Summary: Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues - gravediggers, groundskeepers, and a priest - visit her to warm themselves in her lodge, where laughter, companionship, and occasional tears mix with the coffee she offers them. Her life is lived to the rhythms of their funny, moving confidences. Violette's routine is disrupted one day by the arrival of Julien Sole - local police chief - who insists on scattering the ashes of his recently deceased mother on the gravesite of a complete stranger. It soon becomes clear that Julien's inexplicable gesture is intertwined with Violette's own difficult past.
Author: Bascomb, Neal, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 796.7209 Format: Books Summary: "In the years before World War II, Adolf Hitler wanted to prove the greatness of the Third Reich in everything from track and field to motorsports. The Nazis poured money into the development of new race cars, and Mercedes-Benz came out with a stable of supercharged automobiles called Silver Arrows. Their drivers dominated the sensational world of European Grand Prix racing and saluted Hitler on their many returns home with victory. As the Third Reich stripped Jews of their rights and began their march toward war, one driver, René Dreyfus, a 32-year-old Frenchman of Jewish heritage who had enjoyed some early successes on the racing circuit, was barred from driving on any German or Italian race teams, which fielded the best in class, due to the rise of Hitler and Benito Mussolini. So it was that in 1937, Lucy Schell, an American heiress and top Monte Carlo Rally driver, needed a racer for a new team she was creating to take on Germany's Silver Arrows. Sensing untapped potential in Dreyfus, she funded the development of a nimble tiger of a new car built by a little-known French manufacturer called Delahaye. As the nations of Europe marched ever closer to war, Schell and Dreyfus faced down Hitler's top drivers, and the world held its breath in anticipation, waiting to see who would triumph"--
Author: Babb, Michelle, author. McMullen, Hilary, photographer. Published: 2020 Call Number: 641.5 Format: Books Summary: Michelle Babb educates you in the art and science of intuitive, intentional eating. By slowing down and eating mindfully, your body will start to perform optimally. You'll reduce binge and emotional eating, which will help you achieve and maintain your healthiest weight. She also provides 30 easy vegetarian recipes which are designed to spark each of your senses. -- adapted from back cover. "This book lays out the principles and practices of mindful eating and includes 30 recipes to engage the senses"--
Author: Peña, Nelson (Partner of Green Leaf Communications), author. Meyer, Scott, (Partner of Green Leaf Communications), author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 615.7827 Format: Books Summary: "CDB is the health sensation of the decade. Millions are using this natural remedy to ease their symptoms of pain, anxiety, insomnia, and more. CBD & You will help you decide if this plant-based supplement will benefit you and your family. Inside you'll find: A simple explanation of how CBD works -- Expert medical opinions on its benefits and risks when used for common conditions -- Up-to-date research from experts around the world -- Common myths dispelled -- Real-life testimonials -- Clear facts about CBD's legal status -- A buying guide to help you sort through the confusing array of products."--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Black, Holly, author. Published: 2020 2007 Call Number: Y BLACK Format: Books Summary: As the possessor of Roibin's true name, sixteen-year-old Kaye returns to Faerieland to try and complete a nearly-impossible quest that will release him from the spell of the faery queen who holds him in thrall.
Author: Picciolini, Christian, author. Nance, Malcolm W., writer of foreword. Published: 2020 Call Number: 320.53 Format: Books Summary: "At fourteen, Christian Picciolini was recruited by a now notorious skinhead leader and encouraged to fight with the movement to 'protect the white race from extinction.' Soon, he had become an expert in racist ideology, a neo-Nazi terror who roamed the neighborhood, quick to throw fists. By the time he left the movement years later and was able to see clearly for the first time, Picciolini found that his life was in shambles and the nation around him was coming apart. Told with startling intimacy and compassion, Breaking Hate is the inside story of how extremists have taken the reins of our political discourse and a guide to how everyday Americans can win it back. The forces pushing to polarize and radicalize us are many--from fake news to coded language to Russian trolls to a White House that often aims to inflame rather than to heal. Increasingly, the information with which we construct our world views is segregated by social media stars and advertisers with murky motives to validate our worst impulses. As Picciolini demonstrates, our modern world systematically normalizes extremism in such a way that we grow blind to it, only recognizing it in the wake of tragedy. Drawing on profiles of extremists that he works to free from violent ideology and on his own painful history leading and then escaping from an infamous neo-Nazi group, Breaking Hate explains why terrorism and violence have come to characterize our daily lives and why that doesn't need to be the case"--
Author: Smith, Roland, 1951- author. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y SMITH Format: Books Summary: "Mountain-climbing prodigy Peak Marcello faces his toughest challenge yet as he descends into Tibet and goes head-to-head with an old enemy". After surviving an avalanche on the remote and isolated mountain of Hkakabo Razi, Peak and his team will have to take a different route, and descend into Tibet. The only catch is that Peak's mountaineering father, Josh, and climbing guide, Zopa, are both wanted by the Chinese government. Making it off the mountain won't be the end of this team's struggles, only the beginning. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Black, Holly, author. Published: 2020 2002 Call Number: Y BLACK Format: Books Summary: After returning home from a tour with her mother's rock band, sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny. Fierce and independent, Kaye drifts from place to place with her mother's rock band. When an ominous attack forces them back to Kaye's childhood home, she stumbles upon an injured faerie knight in the woods. Kaye has always been able to see faeries where others could not, and she chooses to save the strange young man instead of leaving him to die. This fateful choice will have more dire consequences than she could ever predict. Now Kaye finds herself the unwilling pawn in an ancient and violent power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms-- a struggle that could very well mean her death. -- adapted from back cover
Author: Agarwal, Pragya, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 177.5 Format: Books Summary: Experiments have shown that our brains categorize people by race in less than one-tenth of a second, about 50 milliseconds before determining sex. This means that we are labelling people by race and associating certain characteristics to them without even hearing them speak or getting to know them. This subtle cognitive process starts in the amygdala, the area of the brain associated with strong emotions. Does this mean that unconscious biases are hardwired into our brains as an evolutionary response, or do they emerge from assimilating information that we see around us? In Sway, author Pragya Agarwal uncovers the science behind our 'unintentional' biases. Using real world stories underpinned by scientific theories and research, this book unravels the way our unconscious biases are affecting the way we communicate, make decisions and perceive the world. A wide range of implicit biases are covered, including age-ism, sexism and aversive racism, and by using research and theories from a wide range of disciplines, including social science, psychology, biology and neuroscience, readers learn how these biases manifest and whether there is anything we can do about them. This book encourages readers to think, understand and evaluate their own biases in a scientific and non-judgmental way.
Author: Cheney, Jim, author, photographer. Published: 2020 Call Number: 917.48 Format: Books Summary: Award-winning photographer and creator of Pennsylvania's most-read travel blog, Jim Cheney guides you to more than 180 of the top-ranked waterfalls in the state. The waterfalls are organized geographically and ranked by beauty. Entries include all the information you need, like directions, distance, and hike difficulty, as well as details about each waterfall, such as height, width, and the best time of year to visit. Details for not-to-miss sights and nearby activities are also given, so you can make the most of every outing. -- adapted from back cover.
Author: Stone, Anne, 1969- author. Published: 2020 Call Number: F STONE Format: Books Summary: "Fifteen-year-old Dany is trying to survive with her little sister, Mac, in a world collapsing under the weight of a slow, creeping virus that erodes memory. As their identities slip away from them, the late-stage infected are quarantined by the Ministry of Disease Control in prison-hospices, military camps where some of Dany's family have already been taken. When a new and more virulent strain of the disease emerges and Dany begins to experience symptoms, the sisters are cast into crisis. As they try to escape the city together with Dany's best friend, Eva, and history teacher, Mr. Faraday, Dany comes to see the ways in which her own fear has carried her trauma with her. As her past erodes, Dany's present flickers into full fluorescence."--
