Author: Williams, Kate, 1974- writer of foreword. Grant, R. G., contributor. Humphreys, Andrew, 1970- contributor. Ripley, Esther, contributor. Zaczek, Iain, contributor. Published: 2020 Call Number: 809.983 Format: Books Summary: Arranged chronologically, this book traces the compelling history of the diary, from ancient times to the present. You'll go inside the pages of the world's greatest diaries, journals, notebooks, and letters. Discover what it was like to build a pyramid, travel deep into the heart of Africa, or serve on the Western Front. Find out how writers and artists planned their masterpieces, and how scientists developed their groundbreaking theories. -- adapted from jacket Bringing together historical and literary diaries, artists' sketchbooks, explorers' journals, and scientists' notebooks, Remarkable Diaries provides an intimate insight into the lives and thoughts of some of the most interesting people of the last two thousand years. Discover what it was like to build a pyramid, sail the seas with Magellan, travel into the heart of Africa, or serve on the Western Front. Find out how writers and artists planned their masterpieces, and how scientists developed their groundbreaking theories. Arranged chronologically, Remarkable Diaries takes you into the pages of the world's greatest diaries, notebooks, and letters, including those of Samuel Pepys, Henry-David Thoreau, the Goncourt brothers, Virginia Woolf, and Anne Frank. Stunning reproductions of the original notebooks and manuscripts are complemented by extracts and quotations, and illustrated features set the diaries in their cultural and historical context.
Author: Berger, Karen, 1959- author. Smith, Bart, 1959- photographer. Burns, Ken, 1953- writer of foreword. Duncan, Dayton, writer of foreword. Published: 2020 Call Number: 910 Format: Books Summary: An inspirational bucket list for hikers, history buffs, armchair travelers, and all those who wish to walk in the hallowed footsteps of American history. From the battlefields of the American Revolution to the trails blazed by the pioneers, lands explored by Lewis and Clark and covered by the Pony Express, to the civil-rights marches of Selma and Montgomery, this is the official book of the country's 19 National Historic Trails. These trails range from 54 miles to more than 5,000 and feature historic and interpretive sites to be explored on foot and sometimes by paddle, sail, bicycle, horse, or by car on back country roads. Totaling 37,000 miles through 41 states, our entire national experience comes to life on these trails--from Native American history to the settlement of the colonies, westward expansion, and civil rights--and they are beautifully depicted in this large-format volume.
Author: Darke, Minnie, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: F DARKE Format: Books Summary: "From the author of Star-Crossed...Behind every great love song is a great love story. It's been seven years and Diana is finally ready to marry her long-time fiancé, Arie; she's even composing a beautiful love song for him, working on it in hotels and concert halls as she crisscrosses the world as a classical pianist. Before she can finish it, though, tragedy strikes--and Diana is lost to Arie forever. But her song might not be... In Australia, the world has gone quiet for Arie and he lives his life accordingly, struggling to cope with his loss. In Scotland, Evie is taking stock of her life after the end of another lackluster almost-relationship. Years of wandering the globe and failing to publish her poetry have taken their toll, and she might finally be ready to find what her travels have never been able to give her: a real home. As Diana's song is passed from musician to musician, winding its way around the world, it just might bring these two lost souls together. With heart-wrenching emotion, The Lost Love Song explores what it means to be lost, what it means to be found, and the power of music to bring people together"--
Author: Ember, Julia, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y EMBER Format: Books Summary: In a world where magic is sung, two young women from rival factions must work together to reunite their country, as they wrestle with their feelings for each other.
Author: Shmurak, Susannah, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 641.6474 Format: Books Summary: "This book is for everyone from novices to advanced herbalists and contains everything you need to know to source elderberries and make the most potent and delicious natural remedies and treats. Used for centuries to fight illness, elderberries' reputation as an effective home remedy for colds and flu have been borne out by numerous scientific studies. While elderberry syrup is perhaps this amazing berry's best-known form, there is so much more we can make from flavorful elderberries! In addition to its flu-fighting superpowers, elderberry contains potent antioxidants that support long-term health. Elderberries make nutritious and tasty additions to baked goods, drinks, and all manner of treats. Once you get started making your own elderberry gummies and homemade beverages, you won't want to stop! All Things Elderberry will introduce readers to the science behind elderberries, their traditional uses, what to know about growing and foraging elderberries, and how to prepare numerous mouthwatering elderberry and elderflower recipes. From simple teas, syrups, and tinctures, to jams, desserts, and wine, All Things Elderberry will have you hooked on these gorgeous gifts from Mother Nature! The recipes featured here include: Elderberry hard candies and cough drops Superberry jam with foraged elderberries, mulberries, and blackberries Elderberry apple sauce Elderflower wine & kombucha Elderberry lemonade pops Elderflower tea & tinctures"--
Author: Chase, Loretta Lynda, 1949- author. Published: 2020 Call Number: PB CHASE Format: Books Summary: "Cassandra Pomfret holds strong opinions she isn't shy about voicing. But her extremely plain speaking has caused an uproar, and her exasperated father, hoping a husband will rein her in, has ruled that her beloved sister can't marry until Cassandra does. Now, thanks to a certain wild-living nobleman, the last shreds of Cassandra's reputation are about to disintegrate, taking her sister's future and her family's good name along with them. The Duke of Ashmont's looks make women swoon. His character flaws are beyond counting. He's lost a perfectly good bride through his own carelessness. He nearly killed one of his two best friends. Still, troublemaker that he is, he knows that damaging a lady's good name isn't sporting. The only way to right the wrong is to marry her... and hope she doesn't smother him in his sleep on their wedding night."--Provided by publisher.
Author: Gewirtz, Abigail H., author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 155.4 Format: Books Summary: Necessary and urgent, this resource, written by an expert child psychologist, brings solutions to raising engaged and confident kids in spite of the bad things happening in our world today "In our complicated world, big issues make both parents and children anxious. So how should parents talk to their kids about the things that make both parent and child on edge - from family financial issues to school shootings to global warming? Here, an expert child psychologist offers parents scripts for conversations that will help us raise kids who are informed, engaged, and confident." --Publisher's description.
Author: Roizen, Michael F., author. Crupain, Michael, author. Perko, Jim, author. Spiker, Ted, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 641.563 Format: Books Summary: "A cookbook that puts into effect a strategic eating plan developed by the authors to help promote healthier living, disease prevention, better performance and a longer life"-- Roizen, Crupain and Perko deliver recipes that are fiber-rich, satisfy your cravings, and offer an energy boost when you need it. Each dish is paired with practical information about the nutrients and benefits of the ingredients, plus expert cooking tips, what portion size to eat when, and helpful substitutions. Covering breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert-- and the best times to eat all four-- this plethora of meals will get you through the day, and extend your life by years! -- adapted from back cover
Author: Doocy, Steve, author. Doocy, Kathy, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 641.512 Format: Books Summary: "Hilarious stories and pleasing recipes centered around making happy memories, with ease and speed in mind, from the New York Times bestselling authors of The Happy Cookbook"-- Sometimes you want to spend all day in the kitchen, but most days you want delicious food... and you want it now! The Doocys help you cut down on wasted time while cooking-- without cutting out fun or flavor. And the recipes are accompanied by heartwarming (and often hilarious) stories from the Doocy family and friends. They'll show you how to spend your time making memories-- not piles of dishes! -- adapted from jacket
Author: Schwipps, Greg, author. Kaminsky, Peter. author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 799.1 Format: Books Summary: Millions of folks find fishing relaxing, challenging, entertaining...and a great way to spice up dinner. This 3rd edition of the top-selling guidebook shows you everything you need to know about the necessary gear, where different kinds of fish hang out, what types of bait and lures to stock, how to stay safe on the water, and even how to clean and cook your catch. Plus, you'll learn about the latest high-tech fishing gadgets and GPS hacks, get advice on fishing from boats, and much more. Here's where to drop your line!
Author: Davidson, MaryJanice, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: F DAVIDSON Format: Books Summary: "Captain Ava Capp has been flying from her past for a decade. She'd much rather leave it, and her home state, behind forever. But when she finds herself back in Minnesota, against her better judgement, everything goes sideways in a way she never expected it to. Medical examiner Dr. Tom Baker has never forgotten Ava and the cold case she ran away from. When she shows up unexpectedly in town, in spite of himself, sparks fly. Which is terrible because he can't stop his growing attraction to her. Can these two Type-A's let their guards down and work together to put Ava's tragic past behind her for good? And keep their hands off each other at the same time?"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Schultz, Emily, 1974- author. Published: 2020 Call Number: F SCHULTZ Format: Books Summary: "Both a taut whodunit and a haunting snapshot of the effects of a violent crime, Little Threats tells the story of a woman who served fifteen years in prison for murder ... and now it's time to find out if she's guilty". "In the summer of 1993, twin sisters Kennedy and Carter Wynn are embracing the grunge era and testing every limit in their privileged Richmond suburb. But Kennedy's teenage rebellion goes too far when, after a night of partying in the woods, her best friend, Haley, is murdered, and suspicion quickly falls upon Kennedy. She can't remember anything about the night in question, and this, along with the damning testimony from a college boy who both Kennedy and Haley loved, is enough to force Kennedy to enter a guilty plea. In 2008, Kennedy is released into a world that has moved on without her. Carter has grown distant as she questions Kennedy's innocence, and begins a relationship with someone who could drive the sisters apart forever. The twins' father, Gerry, is eager to protect the family's secrets and fragile bonds. But Kennedy's return brings the tragedy back to the surface, along with a whole new wave of media. When a crime show host comes to town asking questions, believing the murder wasn't as simple as it seemed, murky memories of Haley's death come to light. As new suspects emerge and the suburban woods finally give up their secrets, two families may be destroyed again." -- Page [4] of cover.
Author: Fitton, Thomas, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 306.2 Format: Books Summary: "In this explosive new book, New York Times bestselling author and president of Judicial Watch Tom Fitton explains how the Radical Left and the Deep State are trying to destroy the Trump presidency". Fitton identifies the four major forces posing a continued threat to American democracy: the Deep State; Hillary Clinton; voter fraud; and illegal immigration. He shows how subversive Deep State collaborators with ties to the Clinton and Obama machines not only launched countless illegal operations to stop and then remove Trump, but are now working to transform the United States into something truly unrecognizable to all who believe in liberty and the rule of law. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Todd, Charles, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: F TODD Format: Books Summary: "Years before the Great War summoned Bess Crawford to serve as a battlefield nurse, the indomitable heroine spent her childhood in India under the watchful eye of her friend and confidant, the young soldier Simon Brandon. The two formed an inseparable bond on the dangerous Northwest Frontier where her father's Regiment held the Khyber Pass against all intruders. It was Simon who taught Bess to ride and shoot, escorted her to the bazaars and the Maharani's Palace, and did his best to keep her out of trouble, after the Crawford family took an interest in the tall, angry boy with a mysterious past. But the Crawfords have long guarded secrets for Simon and he owes them a debt that runs deeper than Bess could ever know. Told through the eyes of Melinda, Richard, Clarissa, and Bess, A Hanging at Dawn pieces together a mystery at the center of Bess's family that will irrevocably change the course of her future."--Amazon.
Author: Martinez, Cyrille, 1972- author. Stancil, Joseph Patrick, translator. Published: 2020 2018 Call Number: F MARTINEZ Format: Books Summary: "Libraries are magical places. But what if they're even more magical than we know? In Cyrille Martinez's library, the books are alive: not just their ideas or their stories, but the books themselves. Meet the Angry Young Book, who has strong opinions about who reads what and why. He's tired of people reading bestsellers, so he places himself on the desks of those who might appreciate him. Meet the Old Historian who mysteriously vanished from the stacks. Meet the Blue Librarian, the Mauve Librarian, the Yellow Librarian, and spend a day with the Red Librarian trying to banish coffee cups and laptops. Then one day there are no empty desks anywhere in the Great Library. A great horde of student workers has descended, and they will scan every single book in the library: the much-borrowed, the neglected, the popular, the obscure. What will happen to the library then? Will it still be necessary? The Dark Library is a theoretical fiction, a meditation on what libraries mean in our digital world. Has the act of reading changed? What is a reader? A book? Martinez, a librarian himself, has written a love letter to the urban forest of the dark, wild library, where ideas and stories roam free."--
Author: Redmond, Heather, 1969- author. Published: 2020 Call Number: F REDMOND Format: Books Summary: Witnessing the fatal defenestration of neighbor Jacob Harley while caroling in 1835 London, young Charles Dickens and his fiancee, Kate, disagree about the case's chief suspect, Emmanuel Screws, an unpleasant counting-house codger with a rather colorful imagination. London, December 1835. Charles and Kate are out with friends and family for a chilly night of caroling and good cheer. Their singing is interrupted by a body plummeting from an upper window of a house-- his neck wrapped in chains. The dead man, Jacob Harley, was the business partner of the resident of the house, an unpleasant codger who owns a counting house, one Emmanuel Screws. Before Dickens can investigate further, Harley's corpse is stolen-- and Charles is visited in his quarters by what appears to be Harley's ghost. Dickens suspects Screws, the same penurious penny pincher who denied his father a loan years ago. Can he ensure that the next one in chains is the guilty part? -- adapted from jacket
Author: Yoon, David, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y YOON Format: Books Summary: When new-girl Cirrus mistakes self-described nerd Sunny Dae as the lead in a rock band, Sunny rolls with it forming a fake band with his friends, but as the lies continue he risks losing both Cirrus and his friends. When self-proclaimed nerd Sunny Dae meets Cirrus Soh, she mistakes Sunny's older brother Gray's bedroom, with its electric guitars and rock posters, for Sunny's own. He sort of, kind of, accidentally winds up telling her he's the front man of a rock band. Now Sunny is knee-deep in the lie, and begs his best friends into forming a fake band with him. When Cirrus asks to see them play, people start noticing him in the hallways. Now Sunny is going to football games and parties, feeling more confident, falling in love-- and having fun. As his lies begin to catch up, was it all worth it? -- adapted from jacket
Author: Freitas, Donna, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 176.4 Format: Books Summary: Encourages readers to think about friendship, trust, and personal sexual parameters so that it can be determined if, when, and what is wanted in intimate situations. What this book is NOT: The fear-based How-To on sex and consent, oversimplified and focused on technicalities, that represents so much of our sexual education today. What this book IS: A journey into the Big Questions that will turn you into a thinking person about sex and consent, with the ability to wrestle towards the answers that work for YOU and continue to wrestle towards them for the rest of your life. What is the meaning and purpose of sex? How does it intersect with who I am? Why are people so afraid of it? What does a healthy and joyful approach to sex look like for me? Why is consent so much more than a yes or no question? Who this book is FOR: Everybody!! No matter your sexuality, gender, religion, or race. What could be more essential?
Author: Larson, Carlton F. W., author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 345.73 Format: Books Summary: Treason--the only crime specifically defined in the United States Constitution--is routinely described by judges as more heinous than murder. Today, the term is regularly tossed around by politicians and pundits on both sides of the aisle. But, as accusations of treason flood the news cycle, it is not always clear what the crime truly is, or when it should be prosecuted. Carlton F. W. Larson, a scholar of constitutional law and legal history, takes us on a journey to understand the many subtleties of the Constitution's definition of treason. With examples ranging from the medieval English Parliament to the accusations against Edward Snowden and Donald Trump, Larson brings to life not only the most notorious accused traitors, such as Benedict Arnold, Aaron Burr, and World War II's "Tokyo Rose," but also lesser-known figures, such as Hipolito Salazar, the only person ever executed by the federal government for treason, and Walter Allen, a labor union leader convicted of treason against the state of West Virginia in the early 1920s. Grounded in over two decades of research, On Treason is an indispensable guide for anyone who wants to understand the role of treason law in our constitutional democracy. With this brisk, clear look at the law's history and meaning, Larson explains who is actually guilty and when--and readers won't need a law degree to understand why.
Author: Cotter, Andrew, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 636.752 Format: Books Summary: "The story of Olive and Mabel, Labrador retrievers who rose to internet fame as the subjects of Andrew Cotter's BBC sports parodies. When sporting events were put on hold in March 2020, commentator Andrew Cotter shifted to working from home. The one-on-one competitors? His two Labrador retrievers, Olive and Mabel. In the hilarious videos that ensued, the dogs engage in various contests, from bone-snatching and breakfast-eating to crushing it on the dog walk, while Cotter narrates to hilarious effect. The scene of Mabel, simply standing still in a fetid pond was one of the most popular. Why? Because this is how dogs live, and Cotter captured it with humor and joy. It's why the series has been viewed more than 50 million times, entertaining dog owners, sports fans and celebrities around the world. Olive and Mabel are more than online celebrities, however, as revealed in this charming narrative. Filled with stories about how Cotter fell in love with his dogs, his passion for hiking with them through the glens and over the peaks of his native Scotland, and the ongoing relationship between Olive and Mabel (particularly the "competitive fire" lit during these days of quarantine), the memoir is by turns side-splittingly funny and thoughtfully tender. It's sure to resonate with all dog lovers"--
