Author: Fuentes, Marcela (Fiction writer), author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F FUENTES Format: Books Summary: "A novel with alternating timelines in which the consequences of one old woman's questionable curse reverberate through the generations of a Tejano family"-- "In 1951, a mysterious old woman confronts Pilar Aguirre in the small border town of La Cienega, Texas. The old woman is sure Pilar stole her husband and, in a heated outburst, lays a curse on Pilar and her family. More than forty years later, Lulu Muñoz is dodging chaos at every turn: her troubled father's moods, his rules, her secret life as singer in a punk band, but most of all her upcoming quinceañera. When her beloved grandmother passes away, Lulu finds herself drawn to the glamorous stranger who crashed the funeral and who lives alone and shunned on the edge of town. Their unexpected kinship picks at the secrets of Lulu's family's past. As the quinceañera looms--and we move between these two strong, irascible female voices--one woman must make peace with the past, and one girl pushes to embrace her future. Rich with cinematic details--from dusty rodeos to the excitement of a Selena concert and the comfort of conjunto ballads played at family gatherings--this memorable debut is a love letter to the Tejano culture and community that sustain both of these women as they discover what family means." --
Author: Score, Lucy, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F SCORE Format: Books Summary: "Her spray-tanned, self-absorbed morning news anchor ex-husband careening back into her life in a bullet-ridden car begging for help was not on Riley Thorn's bingo card. However, her hot private investigator boyfriend Nick Santiago refusing to take the job is... well, less of a surprise. Too bad for Nick that his octogenarian business partner, Mrs. Penny, overrules him and decides to take the lead on the case. Riley's almost murdered ex worms his way into their caseload when a dead body makes it clear someone really is out to get him. And thanks to the mile-long suspect list Santiago Investigations needs all hands on deck. Even the wrinkly, retired ones. With Nick and Riley busy interviewing suspects, their elderly roommates wreak havoc in the surveillance department. But it's only a matter of time before Riley's ex brings danger directly to their doorstep. Can she block out the chaos and focus on her psychic visions long enough to narrow down the list of suspects or will Griffin Gentry's karma be the downfall of them all?"--
Author: Pearse, Sarah, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F PEARSE Format: Books Summary: "Detective Elin Warner unravels the mystery behind the disappearance of a young woman in a propulsive new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Sanatorium. Since the dark events that scarred her childhood, Kier Templer escaped her hometown to live life on the road. She and her twin have never lost contact until, on a trip to a Portuguese national park, Kier vanishes without a trace. Detective Elin Warner arrives in the same park ready to immerse herself in its vast wilderness--only to hear about Kier's disappearance, and discover a disturbing map she left behind. The few strangers at an isolated campsite close ranks against Elin's questions, and the park's wild beauty starts to turn sinister. Elin must untangle the clues to find out what really happened to Kier. But when you follow a trail, you have to be careful to watch your back... Sarah Pearse brilliantly introduced readers to Elin Warner in The Sanatorium, with her exploits continuing in The Retreat; here, the series concludes with The Wilds, where the unanswered questions plaguing Elin are finally resolved"--
Author: Krischer, Hayley, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F KRISCHER Format: Books Summary: "A smart, juicy, and page-turning adult debut about celebrity, fandom, and the price of ambition following a journalist's obsessive search for a missing Hollywood starlet"-- "When Echo Blue, the most famous child star of the nineties, disappears ahead of a highly publicized television appearance on the eve of the millennium, the salacious theories instantly start swirling. Mostly, people assume Echo has gotten herself in trouble after a reckless New Year's Eve. But Goldie Klein, an ambitious young journalist who also happens to be Echo's biggest fan, knows there must be more to the story. Why, on the eve of her big comeback, would Echo just go missing without a trace?..."--Amazon.
Author: Kousser, Rachel Meredith, 1972- author. Published: 2024 Call Number: B ALEXANDE Format: Books Summary: This biography of Alexander the Great's final years focuses on his seven-year journey through the unknown eastern borderlands of the Persian empire to reach Afghanistan and fulfill his quest to rule the world. "By 330 B.C.E., Alexander the Great had reached the pinnacle of success. Or so it seemed. He had defeated the Persian ruler Darius III and seized the capital city of Persepolis. His exhausted and traumatized soldiers were ready to return home to Macedonia. Yet Alexander had other plans. He was determined to continue heading east to Afghanistan in search of his ultimate goal: to reach the end of the world. Alexander?s unrelenting desire to press on resulted in a perilous seven-year journey through the unknown eastern borderlands of the Persian empire that would test the great conqueror?s physical and mental limits. He faced challenges from the natural world, moving through deadly monsoons and extreme temperatures; from a rotating cast of well-matched adversaries, who conspired against him at every turn; and even from his own men, who questioned his motives and distrusted the very beliefson which Alexander built his empire." --Amazon.com
Author: Treuer, Anton, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: Y TREUER Format: Books Summary: "Ezra Cloud hates living in Northeast Minneapolis. His father is a professor of their language, Ojibwe, at a local college, so they have to be there. But Ezra hates the dirty, polluted snow around them. He hates being away from the rez at Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation. And he hates the local bully in his neighborhood, Matt Schroeder, who terrorizes Ezra and his friend Nora George. Ezra gets into a terrible fight with Matt at school defending Nora, and that same night, Matt's house burns down. Instantly, Ezra becomes a prime suspect. Knowing he won't get a fair deal, and knowing his innocence, Ezra's family sends him away to run traplines with his grandfather in a remote part of Canada, while the investigation is ongoing. But the Schroeders are looking for him..."--Amazon.
Author: Taylor, Michael (Michael Hugh), 1988- author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 231.765 Format: Books Summary: "When the twelve-year-old daughter of a British carpenter pulled some strange-looking bones from the country's southern shoreline in 1811, few people dared to question that the Bible told the accurate history of the world. But Mary Anning had in fact discovered the 'first' ichthyosaur, and over the next seventy-five years--as the science of paleontology developed, as Charles Darwin posited radical new theories of evolutionary biology, and as scholars began to identify the internal inconsistencies of the Scriptures--everything changed. Beginning with the archbishop who dated the creation of the world to 6 p.m. on October 22, 4004 BC, and told through the lives of the nineteenth-century men and women who found and argued about these seemingly impossible, history-rewriting fossils, Impossible Monsters reveals the central role of dinosaurs and their discovery in toppling traditional religious authority, and in changing perceptions about the Bible, history, and mankind's place in the world"--
Author: Easter Collins, Sarah, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: LP F EASTER Format: Large print Summary: "Twenty-five years ago, a young girl left home to walk to school. Her younger sister soon followed. But one of them arrived, and one of them didn't. Her sister's disappearance has defined Willa's life. Everyone thinks her sister is dead, but Willa knows she isn't. Because there are some things only sisters know about each other--and some bonds only sisters can break."--Provided by publisher.
Author: Hussey, Matthew (Relationship expert), author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 306.7 Format: Books Summary: "The leading dating and confidence coach shares his wisdom and audience-tested advice on finding love through deep confidence, clear boundaries, and a love for life that leaves you fulfilled both within a relationship and before you've found one"-- "Finding love can be hard. Being single can feel even harder. In Love Life, world-renowned coach and New York Times bestselling author Matthew Hussey provides a practical roadmap for letting go of past relationships, overcoming the fear of getting left behind, and finding the love we want. Sometimes it feels like life and love are working against us. Just finding someone we like can be a struggle. Even when we do, we often find they're not ready, or they want different things. Then there are the internal fears and anxieties that lead us to self-sabotage--that make us indulge the wrong behavior in others, hold back from expressing our needs for fear of losing someone, or overinvest in people and lose ourselves in the process.
Author: Conason, Joe, author. Conway, George T., author of foreword. Published: 2024 Call Number: 320.52 Format: Books Summary: "A sardonic chronicle of how conservatism turned into a racketeering enterprise--and why Donald Trump became the living emblem of the American right's moral decay. The Longest Con tells the fascinating story of the partisan con artists who have corrupted conservative politics in our time, creating a toxic phenomenon that culminated in the election of Donald Trump, a bumptious fraud whose checkered career and tawdry retinue, including his presidential cabinet, have featured almost every variety of scam. But long before he appeared, Trump's path to power was blazed by the motley horde of swindlers and quacks who preceded him. From the "professional anti-communists" (whose tactics even J. Edgar Hoover despised) to the "populist" grifters of the Tea Party movement and the religious charlatans of the "prosperity gospel" (who provided a pious front for Trump), the right-wing ripoff has remained remarkably consistent, even as personalities change and new technologies emerge: Stir up anger and resentment, demonize political opponents, promise vengeance, and collect donations from the gullible. It's a highly lucrative game that any unscrupulous charlatan can play, as many have--and they are named in these pages. In an unsparing and often comic narrative, Joe Conason explores the right's long, steep descent into a movement whose principal aim is not to protect freedom or defend the Constitution, but merely to line the pockets of pretenders and blowhards whose malevolent tactics now endanger the nation"--
Author: Jade, Carinn, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F JADE Format: Books Summary: "A debut of fresh, twisty domestic suspense that follows a cast of characters who arrive at an astrology-themed hotel for a weekend getaway, where past resentments and disturbing secrets come to light--and one of them will not leave alive. For a group of wealthy Manhattanites, it was supposed to be the perfect weekend away...No work, no kids, nothing but old friends, and two days at the hottest new boutique hotel on the coast--the ridiculously Instagrammable, astrologically-themed Stars Harbor. What could go wrong? For Margot, the weekend is a distraction--a shiny, tarot-card-shaped diversion from her inability to conceive a child, and her tenuous relationship with the only family she has left. For her brother, Adam, and his wife, Aimee, Stars Harbor is the perfect opportunity to rekindle their rapidly cooling relationship. Adam is a bestselling romance writer, after all-recreating the spark should be easy. Especially when his wife is willing to do whatever it takes to save their marriage. Meanwhile, for Aimee's friend, Farah, the getaway is confirmation of something she's long suspected--that she's in love with a married member of the group. Behind it all? Rini, the mysterious hotel owner with a shadowy past. As Rini's nightly astrological readings turn from kitschy fun to uncomfortably--even dangerously-accurate, the guests' buried impulses begin to burst to the surface. But The Astrologer isn't leaving fate in the hands of the Universe. She has a plan for each of her guests, and one of them won't be leaving alive..."--
Author: Terenzio, RoseMarie, author. McNeil, Liz, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: B KENNEDY Format: Books Summary: "The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing never-before-told stories and insights, his closest friends, confidantes, lovers, classmates, teachers, and colleagues paint a vivid portrait of one of the most beloved figures of the 20th century, revealing how the boy who saluted became the man America came to know and love who still captures public imagination twenty-five years after his tragic death. Born into the spotlight, John F. Kennedy Jr. lived a short but remarkable life filled with expectation, ambition, family pressures, love, and tragedy. JFK Jr. dives deep into his complicated psyche and explores the what-ifs, illuminating both the cultural and political moment he inhabited and the way this son of a president, so full of promise and possibility, embodied America's most cherished hopes"--
Author: Gerard, Sarah, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 364.152 Format: Books Summary: "On the night of September 28, 2016, twenty-five-year-old Carolyn Bush was brutally stabbed to death in her New York City apartment by her roommate Render Stetson-Shanahan, leaving friends and family of both reeling. In life, Carolyn was a gregarious, smart-mouthed aspiring poet, who had seemingly gotten along well with Render, a reserved art handler. Where had it gone so terribly wrong? This is the question that has plagued acclaimed author Sarah Gerard and driven her obsessive pursuit to understand this horrific tragedy. In Sarah's exploration of Carolyn's life and death, she spent thousands of hours interviewing Carolyn's and Render's friends and family, poring over court documents and news media, reading obscure writings and internet posts, and attending Carolyn's memorials and Render's trial. What emerged from Sarah's relentless instinct to follow a story and its characters to their darkest ends is a book that is at once a striking homage to Carolyn's life, a chilling excavation of a brutal crime, and a captivating whydunit with a shocking conclusion"--
Author: Bailey, Tessa, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F BAILEY Format: Books Summary: Tallulah is smart, vivacious, and studying to be a marine biologist. She's also twenty-six and broke. So when Burgess, a battle-scarred hockey veteran and newly single dad, offers her a job as his live-in nanny, she jumps at the opportunity to get paid while living in a super fancy neighborhood and being around Lissa, his cool but introverted tween. Her tween charge isn't the only one who could use some help fitting in, though. According to--well, everyone except Burgess, he needs to get back on the dating scene, and adventurous Tallulah is just the girl to show him how. But as boundaries are slowly crossed and Burgess finds himself pulled between his daughter, who wants her parents back together, and his insane chemistry with Tallulah, a huge rift is formed, and Tallulah does the "right" thing--breaks her own heart and walks away...
Author: Chollet, Mona, 1973- author. Emanuel, Susan, translator. Published: 2024 2021 Call Number: 306.7 Format: Books Summary: "A new work by the author of "In Defense of Witches" that seeks to redefine heterosexual relationships and give women back their voice. As feminist principles have taken wider hold in society, and basic ideas about equality for women can seem a given, many women still struggle in one of the most important areas of life: love. Whether it's finding a partner, seeking a commitment from one, or struggling in a relationship that is unfulfilling or even potentially abusive, women still find that deeply-engrained notions of gender and behavior can be obstacles to a healthy, loving relationship. In her new book, acclaimed French feminist Mona Chollet tackles some of these long-held and pervasive ideas that remain stumbling blocks for many women in heterosexual relationships. Drawing from popular culture, politics, and literature, Reinventing Love provides a provocative, accessible look at how heterosexual relationships can improve and evolve under a feminist lens"--
Author: Samson, Lily, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F SAMSON Format: Books Summary: "Two couples. One twisted game of love and sex. A dark domestic thriller about the dangerous secrets that come to light when a wild fantasy turns sinister... When young couple Elena and Adam are offered the chance to housesit in their dream neighborhood for a few months, they jump at the opportunity. The leafy South London enclave is a world away from everything they know, complete with grand homes with lush gardens and quaint local coffee shops. Soon, Elena crosses paths with the beautiful and enigmatic artist Sophia and her filmmaker husband Finn, and she and Adam are pulled into their orbit. Sophia is everything Elena isn't: glamorous, alluring, successful, and Finn exudes a mysterious pull on Elena that she can't seem to shake. Elena's infatuation with Finn grows stronger by the day, and when Sophia proposes a thrilling game to her new friend--to swap partners in secret--Elena quickly agrees. It's not long before Elena experiences a sexual awakening that blossoms into an illicit love affair, but Sophia's plans are far more dangerous than Elena could ever have imagined..."--
Author: Reeve, Elle, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 302.231 Format: Books Summary: "A kaleidoscopic combination of deeply sourced, on-the-ground reporting and novelistic storytelling, detailing America at a crossroads as the battle between the right and left spills out from the dark corners of the internet into the real world"-- "This tour de force of investigative journalism--in the vein of The Next Civil War and Why We're Polarized--depicts the United States of America as a country at a crossroads with the battle between the right and left spilling out from the darkest corners of the internet into the real world with often tragic consequences. Award-winning journalist and CNN correspondent Elle Reeve was not surprised by the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. With years of in-depth research and probing interviews under her belt, Reeve was aware of the preoccupations of the online far right and their journey from the computer to QAnon, militias, and racist groups. At the same time, Reeve saw a parallel growth of counterforces, with citizen vigilantes using new tools and tactics to take down the far right. This ongoing battle, long fought mainly on the internet, has spilled out into the real world with greater and greater frequency, culminating in the attempted coup on January 6th. Combining her years of on-the-ground reporting, Reeve clearly illustrates this shocking sweep of violence, where this cultural shift came from, and where it is going..."--
Author: Bauer, Bob, 1952- author. Meacham, Jon, author of foreword. Published: 2024 Call Number: 320.973 BAUER Format: Books Summary: "Part memoir, part rumination on the declining moral compass of America's political class, this is the first book to place restoring political ethics at the center of the renewal of American democracy. The Unraveling will be essential reading for anyone interested in American politics of the last 50 years--and the next"--
Author: Berry, Steve, 1955- author. Blackwood, Grant, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: LP F BERRY Format: Large print Summary: "Wrapping up his latest assignment for the Magellan Billet, Luke Daniels receives a surprise visit from the head of a former-CIA operation named Sommerhaus -- a failed attempt to assemble an espionage network within the Ukraine on the eve of the Russian invasion. Sommerhaus ranks high on Luke's list of painful regrets for it was during this mission that his friend, CIA case officer John Vince, was captured by Russian operatives and supposedly executed. But Luke is provided some shocking news. Vince is alive, in failing health, locked behind the walls of Russia's brutal Solovetsky Island prison, and has a critical message he'll give to no one but Luke. Needing no further convincing Luke vows to bring Vince home. However, just as he manages to extract his friend from prison Vince tragically dies and his final words are rambling and incoherent. Just bits and pieces. But enough to plunge Luke into a hunt for something lost since the 15th century. The legendary library of the first Tsar of All Russia, Ivan the Terrible. Within that priceless collection of rare manuscripts is the key to unraveling a modern-day cipher and stopping a secret Soviet satellite program that still exists. But Luke is not the only one on the trail. Others, both inside and out of Russia, want the library for a totally different reason--to re-start the Red Star program and finally unleash its destructive potential. Luke's mission is clear. Find the lost library, solve the puzzle, and prevent Red Star falling."--Dust jacket flap.
Author: Peterson, Tracie author Published: 2024 Call Number: LP F PETERSON Format: Large print Summary: "Melody Doyle has spent years following her father across the country as the trans-continental railroad is built. When she announces her desire to settle down in Cheyenne, her father presents her with an unconventional challange: he will allow her to stay if she finds a husband before his departure. Charles Decker, heir to a banking dynasty, has been sent west by his father to manage the family's new bank. When his friendship with Melody blossoms, he's drawn to this remarkable woman who defies conventions. Will he be able to come to terms with his feelings for her and confront the desires of his heart before it's too late? --
