Author: Dailey, Janet, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F DAILEY Format: Books Summary: "1920s, Blue Moon, Montana. The small cattle town is alight with the excitement of cars, telephones, and airplanes. But as new inventions and new roles for women collide with Prohibition and the rising battle between gangsters and the FBI, Blue Moon finds itself--and some of its most infamous residents and powerful families--at a crossroads, and in battles of their own, between hearts and minds... Heir to the Hollister Ranch on his mother's side, Mason Dollarhide is back home after a five-year prison sentence for smuggling bootleg liquor. Cynical and daring, he's already up to his old tricks, having his goods trafficked to him by plane... Until the pilot is injured in a crash and captured by federal agents. Ruby Weaver learned to fly from her smuggler father. To keep him out of prison, she agrees to take over his route and go undercover to help the Feds break up a bootlegging ring. Mason is only one part of that large operation, but he's the rugged, rebellious, and tantalizingly irreverent part that makes an impression. Against her better judgement, Ruby finds herself falling for him, fighting an attraction that could jeopardize them both, while harboring a secret that could destroy any hope of a future together... "--
Author: Cornejo Villavicencio, Karla, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F CORNEJOV Format: Books Summary: "Catalina is trying to work out her own life as she leaves her undocumented family behind to enter Harvard. Suffering from bouts of PTSD, she struggles to connect to her new world just as she struggled to make sense of her old one. She infiltrates the subcultures of elite undergrads--internships and college newspapers, parties and secret societies--and observes them like an anthropologist, but then falls in love, or something like love, with a fellow student, an actual anthropology scholar who wants to teach her about the Andean world she was born in but never knew. They are drawn to each other by the strange attraction of exocticized fascination--she, a real live Latin American, becomes a subject of academic interest; he, in turns, draws her fascination as a white legacy admit born into the strange world she now navigates. Catalina is uncertain: should she let herself become what he wants her to be and take up residence in his secure and privileged world? Or should she return to the life she's known, with all its thorny precarity? Who is she anyway?"--
Author: Patterson, James, 1947- author Barker, J. D. (Jonathan Dylan), 1971- author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F PATTERSO Format: Books Summary: "Hollows Bend, New Hampshire, is a picture-perfect New England town where weekend tourists flock to see fall leaves and eat breakfast at the Stairway Diner. The crime rate--zero--is a point of pride for Sheriff Ellie Pritchett. The day the stranger shows up is when the trouble starts. The sheriff and her deputy investigate the mysterious teenage girl. None of the locals can place her. She can't--or won't-answer any questions. She won't even tell them her name. While the girl is in protective custody, the officers are called to multiple crime scenes leading them closer and closer to a lake outside of town that doesn't appear on any map..."--Dust jacket flap.
Author: Furniss, John, 1981- author. Furniss, Anni, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: B FURNISS Format: Books Summary: "In this inspiring memoir, a renowned woodworker shares how he found happiness despite real-life struggles with drug addiction, anxiety, depression, financial despair, and permanent blindness caused by a failed suicide attempt at the age of sixteen. As John struggled to free himself from addiction, search for his independence, and find his purpose, he met his future wife, Anni, an artist who also faced her own physical and mental health challenges. Together they embarked on a path built on love and acceptance, using their artistic expression to find joy. This is their story of how challenges and struggles need not define you, rather how they can lead you to find your true vision and purpose"--Back cover.
Author: Merry, Robert W., 1946- author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 973.6 Format: Books Summary: Exploring a critical lesson about our nation that is as timely today as ever, Decade of Disunion shows how the country came apart during the enveloping slavery crisis of the 1850s. "The Mexican War brought vast new territories to the United States, which precipitated a growing crisis over slavery. The new territories seemed unsuitable for the type of agriculture that depended on slave labor, but they lay south of the line where slavery was permitted by the 1820 Missouri Compromise. The subject of expanding slavery to the new territories became a flash point between North and South. First came the 1850 compromise legislation, which strengthened the fugitive slave law and outraged the North. Then in 1854, Congress repealed the Missouri Compromise altogether, unleashing a violent conflict in "Bleeding Kansas" over whether that territory would become free or slave. The 1857 Dred Scott decision--abrogating any rights of African Americans, enslaved or free--further outraged the North. And John Brown's ill-planned 1859 attack at the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry stirred anger and fear throughout the South..." --Amazon.com
Author: Song, Hyeseung, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: B SONG Format: Books Summary: "A daughter of Korean immigrants, Hyeseung Song spends her earliest years in the cane fields of Texas where her loyalties are divided between a restless father in search of Big Money, and a beautiful yet domineering mother whose resentments about her own life compromises her relationship with her daughter. With her parents at constant odds, Song learns more words in Korean for hatred than for love. When the family's fake Gucci business lands them in bankruptcy, Song moves to a new elementary school. On her first day, a girl asks the teacher: 'Can she speak English?; Neither rich nor white, Song does what is necessary to be visible: she internalizes the model minority myth as well as her beloved mother's dreams to see her on a secure path. Song meets these expectations by attending the best Ivy League universities in the country. But when she wavers, in search of an artistic life on her own terms, her mother warns, 'Happiness is what unexceptional people tell themselves when they don't have the talent and drive to go after real success.' Years of self-erasure take a toll and Song experiences recurring episodes of depression and mania. A thought repeats: I want to die. I want to die. Song enters a psychiatric hospital where she meets patients with similar struggles. So begins her sweeping journey to heal herself by losing everything. Unflinching and lyrical, Docile is one woman's story of subverting the model minority myth, contending with mental illness, and finding her self-worth by looking within"--Dust jacket flap.
Author: Steyer, Tom, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 363.7 Format: Books Summary: The climate is changing more rapidly than scientists predicted even a few years ago, with extreme weather already touching our everyday lives. At the same time, the clean energy revolution is forging ahead faster than nearly anyone anticipated. As Tom Steyer sees it, these two trends together create a moment like the one America faced during World War II: on the one hand, an existential threat calling for collective action; on the other, an opportunity to lead the world, protect the planet, and set the stage for a new generation of shared economic prosperity. In 2012, Steyer walked away from the highly successful investment fund he founded to devote himself full time to climate issues, and he's been on the front lines of the fight ever since: funding cleantech research and businesses, spearheading clean-energy ballot measures and voter registration drives, and running for president on a climate platform. Today, he leads a climate investment firm focused on accelerating climate solutions. In this accessible book, Steyer shares his own story and showcases the inspiring and innovative work of other climate leaders in the clean-energy transition. He shows us how capitalism can be used to scale climate progress, debunks many of the arguments made by fossil fuel companies, and calls on all of us to make stabilizing our planet part of our life's work. As green technology is fast becoming cleaner and cheaper, reshaping our planet's future--and our own--has never been more crucial or within our reach.
Author: Scales, Helen, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 577.7 Format: Books Summary: "The acclaimed marine biologist and author of The Brilliant Abyss examines the existential threats the world's ocean will face in the coming decades and offers cautious optimism for much of the abundant life within. No matter where we live, "we are all ocean people," Helen Scales emphatically observes in her bracing yet hopeful exploration of the future of the ocean. Beginning with its fascinating deep history, Scales links past to present to show how the prehistoric ocean ecology was already working in ways similar to the ocean of today. In elegant, evocative prose, she takes readers into the realms of animals that epitomize today's increasingly challenging conditions. Ocean life everywhere is on the move as seas warm, and warm waters are an existential threat to emperor penguins, whose mating grounds in Antarctica are collapsing. Shark populations-critical to balanced ecosystems-have shrunk by 71 per cent since the 1970s, largely the result of massive and oft-unregulated industrial fishing. Orcas-the apex predators-have also drastically declined, victims of toxic chemicals and plastics with long half-lives that disrupt the immune system and the ability to breed. Yet despite these threats, many hopeful signs remain. Increasing numbers of no-fish zones around the world are restoring once-diminishing populations. Astonishing giant kelp and sea grass forests, rivaling those on land, are being regenerated and expanded. They may be our best defense against the storm surges caused by global warming, while efforts to reengineer coral reefs for a warmer world are growing. Offering innovative ideas for protecting coastlines and cleaning the toxic seas, Scales insists we need more ethical and sustainable fisheries and must prevent the existential threat of deep-sea mining, which could significantly alter life on Earth. Inspiring us all to maintain a sense of awe and wonder at the majesty beneath the waves, she urges us to fight for the better future that still exists for the Anthropocene ocean"--
Author: Azrah Kamala Shashi, 1947- author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 641.5636 Format: Books Summary: "Whether you’re embracing a meat-free diet for reasons of health or sustainability, or merely looking to include more fruits, vegetables, beans and legumes in your cooking, Simply Vegetables has all the recipes you’ll need to create varied and satisfying meals. Packed with bold flavored dishes, from mains and salads to soups and snacks, this cookbook promises innovative and tasty dishes that will address your everyday needs"--Back cover.
Author: Loverde, Joy, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 362.6097 Format: Regular print Summary: "Newly updated and trusted for more than three decades by family caregivers and professionals alike, this comprehensive and reassuring caregiving guide offers the crucial information you need to look after your elder and plan for the future"--
Author: Stubis, Qin Sun, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 951.05 Format: Books Summary: ""Once Our Lives" is the true story of four generations of Chinese women and how their lives were threatened by powerful and cruel ancient traditions, historic upheavals, and a man whose fate-cursed by an ancient superstition--dramatically altered their destinies. The book takes the reader on an exotic journey filled with luxurious banquets, lost jewels, babies sold in opium dens, kidnappings by pirates, and a desperate flight from death in the desert--seen through the eyes of a man for whom the truth would spell disaster and a lonely, beautiful girl with three identities."--
Author: Park, Ji Young, author. Yoo, So Young, author. Yi, Chun-gi, 1982- author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 495.7 Format: Books Summary: "Everything you need to master everyday Korean! If you love K-pop and K-drama and want to learn the basics of the Korean language, then this book is for you! You'll love the colorful illustrations, the adventures of a cast of youth characters, and the presence of actor Lee Joon-gi, who narrates the online audio files that accompany the book, and contributes a series of essays introducing his favorite places in Seoul. You'll also find everything you need to master the basics of Korean. There's a guide to the Hangul alphabet and dialogues based around key grammar and useful topics such as greetings, counting and shopping. Each chapter has a comprehensive vocabulary list, grammar explanations and practice exercises, as well as fun listening and speaking exercises in which you can practice talking with Lee Joon-gi!"--Back cover.
Author: Kitagawa, Kate, author. Revell, Timothy, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 510.9 Format: Books Summary: "Mathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong--warped like the sixteenth-century map that enlarged Europe at the expense of Africa, Asia and the Americas. In The Secret Lives of Numbers, renowned math historian Kate Kitagawa and journalist Timothy Revell make the case that the history of math is infinitely deeper, broader, and richer than the narrative we think we know"--Dust jacket flap.
Author: Bryson, Lucy (Travel writer), author. Humphreys, Liz (Journalist), author. Roberts, Alison (Travel writer), author. Taborda, Joana (Travel writer), author. Wallaya, Nora (Travel writer), author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 914.6904 Format: Books Summary: "Whether you want to explore Lisbon, go on a wine-tasting trip in the Douro Valley, or lounge on the beaches of the Algarve, the local Fodor's travel experts in Portugal are here to help! Fodor's Essential Portugal guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time"--
Author: Lambert, Joan, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 005.52 Format: Books Summary: "The quick way to learn Microsoft Word 365 and Word 2021 for Windows! This is learning made easy. Get more done quickly with Microsoft Word. Jump in wherever you need answers brisk lessons and detailed screenshots show you exactly what to do, step by step"--Back cover.
Author: Gilmore, Brad, 1992- author. Kalinowski, Mike, author. Published: 2022 Call Number: 791.4375 Format: Books Summary: "Explore the cinematic history of the James Bond series, discuss the high and low points, and also celebrate its incredible achievements throughout its nearly 60 years of existence. The audience is James Bond fanatic that owns the Blu Rays, the board games, never misses a premier and is looking for a 21st century discussion on their favorite agent. Yet we aim to write the book in a very approachable manner."
Author: Allen, Maria Fernanda, author. Published: 2022 Call Number: 469.8 Format: Books Summary: "Everything you need to understand and speak Portuguese. Free audio app helps you perfect your pronunciation by imitating native speakers. Builds vocabulary through word lists, key phrases, and model sentences. Explains essential grammar. Develops conversation through exercises based on real-life scenarios"--Back cover.
Author: Barrios, Joi, author. Camagong, Julia, author. Published: 2022 Call Number: 499.2118 Format: Books Summary: Let Filipino experts Barrios and Camagong teach you how to speak this beautiful language! Learning Tagalog brings the national language and culture of the Philippines to life, providing you with all the basics you need to speak, read and write the language correctly and naturally. Designed for beginners, this invaluable guide presents a series of progressive lessons with a focus on conversational communication. It includes useful notes on pronunciation and grammar, greetings, sentence structure, verb conjugations, idiomatic expressions and etiquette dos and don'ts. It also includes a comprehensive glossary of useful vocabulary and phrases. Suitable for beginning learners with no prior Tagalog knowledge, the key features of this book include: A focus on the everyday speech style of contemporary Manila Manga illustrations with short dialogues and key vocabulary Clear explanations of Tagalog verb forms and sentence structure Extensive exercises and drills plus native-speaker audio recordings (available for free download online) This is a complete language learning course for beginners! -- amazon.com.
