Author: Harkness, Deborah, 1965- Published: 2012 Call Number: F HARKNESS Format: Books Summary: A follow-up to the best-selling A Discovery of Witches finds Oxford scholar and reluctant witch Diana and vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont in Elizabethan London, where Diana seeks a magical tutor and Matthew confronts elements from his past at the same time the mystery of Ashmole 782 deepens.
Author: Hannah, Kristin. Published: 2012 Call Number: F HANNAH Format: Books Summary: "From a distance, Michael and Joleen Zarkades seem to have it all: a solid marriage, two exciting careers, and children they adore. But after twelve years together, the couple has lost their way; they are unhappy and edging toward divorce. Then the Iraq war starts. An unexpected deployment will tear their already fragile family apart, sending one of them deep into harm's way and leaving the other at home, waiting for news. When the worst happens, each must face their darkest fear and fight for the future of their family. An intimate look at the inner landscape of a disintegrating marriage and a dramatic exploration of the price of war on a single American family, HOME FRONT is a provocative and timely portrait of hope, honor, loss, forgiveness, and the elusive nature of love"--
Author: Lehane, Dennis. Published: 2009 2003 Call Number: F LEHANE Format: Books Summary: U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner, Chuck Aule, come to Shutter Island's Ashcliffe Hospital in search of an escaped mental patient, but uncover true wickedness as Ashcliffe's mysterious patient treatments propel them to the brink of insanity.
Author: Daley, Rosie. Published: 1994 Call Number: 641.5638 Format: Books Summary: Here are fifty favorite recipes created by Rosie Daley, Oprah's cook - dishes that Oprah loves because they have helped her lose weight and feel good. The recipes are light and low in fat and, at the same time, enormously satisfying and tasty.
Author: Goodman, Linda. Published: 1992 1978 Call Number: 133.5 Format: Books Summary: Explores each of the possible seventy-eight astrological sign combinations in an effort to discover how love relationships between the different signs can be expected to progress; and offers clues to unlocking the Twelve Mysteries of Love.
Author: America's Test Kitchen (Firm), author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 642.4 Format: Books Summary: The cooks of America's Test Kitchen share how they entertain at home, with 140 recipes from simple to showstopping and airtight planning strategies.
Author: Clark, Eliza, 1994- author. Published: 2023 Call Number: F CLARK Format: Books Summary: "Nearly 10 years after 16-year-old Joan Wilson was set on fire by three other schoolgirls, journalist Alec Z. Carelli has written the definitive account of the crime, drawn from interviews with witnesses and family members, historical research and correspondence with the killers themselves, but wonders how much of the story is true"--
Author: McElroy, Alex, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: F MCELROY Format: Books Summary: "From the acclaimed author of The Atmospherians--"a Fight Club for the Millennial Generation" (Mat Johnson)--a gender-bending, body-switching novel that explores marriage, identity, and sex, and raises profound questions about the nature of true partnership"-- When Eli leaves the cramped Bulgarian apartment he shares with Elizabeth, his more organized and successful wife, he discovers that he now inhabits her body. Not only have he and his wife traded bodies but Elizabeth, living as Eli, has disappeared without a trace. What follows is Eli's search across Europe to America for his missing wife--and a roving, no-holds-barred exploration of gender and embodied experience. As Eli comes closer to finding Elizabeth--while learning to exist in her body--he begins to wonder what effect this metamorphosis will have on their relationship and how long he can maintain the illusion of living as someone he isn't. Will their new marriage wither completely in each other's bodies? Or is this transformation the very thing Eli and Elizabeth need for their marriage to thrive? A rich, rewarding exploration of ambition and sacrifice, desire and loss, People Collide is a portrait of shared lives that shines a refreshing light on everything we thought we knew about love, sexuality, and the truth of who we are.
Author: Goines, Donald, 1937-1974, author. Published: 2023 1973 Call Number: F GOINES Format: Books Summary: Clawing his way to the top, pimp Earl the Black Pearl believes he is untouchable, but when someone puts a hit on his friends, he has to fight back to save his own life. Detroit, 1970s. Needles glitter the ground. Guns pop 24/7. Everyone's working an angle, especially the cops. Out of this gritty urban nightmare, one man rises from the filth, ready to seize his destiny by any means necessary...With ice in his veins and a stable of women to keep his money rolls thick and plenty, Earl the Black Pearl has every intention of staying at the top of the brutal empire he created. But when someone starts picking off his crew, all hell is about to break loose--because Earl isn't letting anyone threaten what he's worked so hard to build. With the streets about to blow up into a violent free-for-all, Earl knows what he has to do--take the enemy down, or die trying...
Author: Chuculate, Eddie D., author. Published: 2023 Call Number: J B CHUCULAT Format: Books Summary: "Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate recounts his experience growing up in rural Oklahoma, from boyhood to young manhood, in an evocative and vivid voice. "Granny was full-blooded Creek, but the Bureau of Indian Affairs insisted she was thirteen-sixteenths. She showed her card to me. I'd sit at the kitchen table and stare at her when she was eating, wondering how you could be thirteen-sixteenths of anything and if so, what part of her constituted the other three-sixteenths." Growing up impoverished and shuttled between different households, it seemed life was bound to take a certain path for Eddie Chuculate. Despite the challenges he faced, his upbringing was rich with love and bountiful lessons from his Creek and Cherokee heritage, deep-rooted traditions he embraced even as he learned to live within the culture of white, small-town America that dominated his migratory childhood. Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate brings his childhood to life with spare, unflinching prose. This book is at once a love letter to his Native American roots and an inspiring and essential message for young readers everywhere, who are coming of age in an era when conversations about acceptance and empathy, love and perspective are more necessary than ever before."--
Author: Wilson, Sariah, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: F WILSON Format: Books Summary: The small town of Patience needs a financial boost. Temporary librarian and aspiring film-score composer Jane Wagner's plan? Invite movie star Nick Haddon to the town's harvest festival and stand back for the tourist surge. No one thought he'd say yes--much less that he'd bring a documentary crew to stream his visit. Given Nick's affinity for trouble, his reputation and films are tanking. Patience is the perfect stopover on a journey of self-improvement and his chance to put good karma out in the universe. Spending time with a sweet and lovely guide like Jane is a bonus. But Jane's heartbroken past keeps her on guard against men. Especially when they're jinxed. The truth is, Jane's falling hard. But she can't ignore the differences between them. He's famous. She isn't. He's here for two weeks. This is her home. Where can it possibly lead? She'll see. Because day after blissful day, Nick's encouraging Jane to trust again and, best of all, to dream beyond Patience.
Author: McAdam, Jennifer, author. Thompson, Douglas (Douglas Henry), author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 364.163 Format: Books Summary: "Devil's Coin is the astonishing true story of the Scottish coal miner's daughter who took on the mafia founders of the world's biggest financial fraud, and helped the FBI to convict them, soon to be a major motion picture"--
Author: Galbraith, Robert, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: LP F GALBRAIT Format: Large print Summary: "Private detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside. The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organization that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, and unexplained deaths. In order to try to rescue Will, Strike's business partner, Robin Ellacott, decides to infiltrate the cult, and she travels to Norfolk to live incognito among its members. But in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there or for the toll it will take on her..."--
Author: Elliott, Chuck, 1982- author. Elliott, Ashley S., 1984- author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 248.86 Format: Books Summary: Grief naturally follows loss, but we do not have to be stuck in negative spaces forever. These biblical mental health techniques help you understand your emotions, accept your new reality, and step into the future, stronger.
Author: McQuiston, Casey, author. Published: 2023 2019 Call Number: F MCQUISTO Format: Books Summary: First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz, with his sister and the Veep's genius granddaughter, are the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his mother, President Ellen Claremont. Then photos of a confrontation with his longtime nemesis Prince Henry at a royal wedding leak to the tabloids. The plan for damage control: stage a fake friendship between the First Son and the Prince. Alex soon discovers that beneath Henry's Prince Charming veneer, there's a soft-hearted eccentric with a dry sense of humor and more than one ghost haunting him. As President Claremont kicks off her reelection bid, Alex finds himself hurtling into a relationship with Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations. --adapted from back cover
Author: Moran, Caitlin, 1975- author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 305.31 Format: Books Summary: "Like anyone who discusses the problems of girls and women in public, Caitlin Moran has often been confronted with the question: "But what about men?" And at first, TBH, she dgaf. Boys, and men, are fine, right? Feminism doesn't need to worry about them. However, around the time she heard an angry young man saying he was "boycotting" International Women's Day because "It's easier to be a woman than a man these days," she started to wonder: are unhappy boys, and men, also making unhappy women? The statistics on male misery are grim: boys are falling behind in school, are at greater risk of depression, greater risk of suicide, and, most pertinently, are increasingly at risk from online misogynist radicalization. Will the Sixth Wave of feminism need to fix the men, if it wants to fix the women? Moran began to investigate--talking to her husband, close male friends, and her daughters' friends: bringing up very difficult and candid topics, and receiving vulnerable and honest responses. So: what about men? Why do they only go to the doctor if their partner makes them? Why do they never discuss their penises with each other--but make endless jokes about their balls? What is porn doing for young men? Is sexual strangling a good hobby for young people to have? Are men ever allowed to be sad? Are they ever allowed to lose? Have Men's Rights Activists confused "power" with "empowerment"? Are Mid-Life Crises actually quite cool? And what's the deal with Jordan Peterson's lobster? In this thoughtful, warm, provocative book, Moran opens a genuinely new debate about how to reboot masculinity for the twenty-first century, so that "straight white man" doesn't automatically mean bad news--but also uses the opportunity to make a lot of jokes about testicles, and trousers. Because if men have neither learned to mine their deepest anxieties about masculinity for comedy, nor answered the question "What About Men?," then it's up to a busy woman to do it." --
Author: Goines, Donald, 1937-1974, author. Mills, Kristine (Graphic designer), cover designer. Published: 2023 2001 Call Number: F GOINES Format: Books Summary: Teenagers Sandra and Chink fall in love after they start selling drugs in inner-city Los Angeles, but when he goes to jail and Sandra is later raped, Chink escapes to seek revenge against the men responsible. "Almost since the day she was born, Sandra had to fend for herself on the streets of Detroit. Crime and pain were her closest companions. Then someone she had no business believing in waltzed onto her life--a man willing to watch her back and show her how to make easy money. But when Chink gets caught, Sandra commits the ultimate act of love to keep her man out of jail. For a black girl lost, murder was always in the cards..." --
Author: Wark, Chris, author. Wark, Micah, author. Burks, Justin Fox, photographer. Published: 2023 2021 Call Number: 641.5631 Format: Books Summary: "Food is essential medicine and you have the power to promote health and help prevent disease with your daily food choices. Whole plant foods, rich in vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants, and anticancer compounds, supply your body with vital nutrients essential to optimal health. Following the success of Chris Beat Cancer, Chris Wark and his wife, Micah, share whole-food, plant-based recipes for the whole family, whether you are healing from cancer, focused on prevention, or simply seeking a healthy lifestyle. Fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, nuts, seeds, legumes, whole grains, herbs, and spices are the foundation of Beat Cancer Kitchen. Complete with tips for diet optimization, this cookbook includes: easy-to-make nutrient-rich recipes for healing, family-friendly recipes for prevention and overall health, full-color photos of each recipe, evidence-based nutrition facts, and breakfast, lunch, dinner, side, and dessert recipes galore! These delectable dishes will supply your body with an abundance of life-giving nutrients to repair, regenerate, detoxify, and heal, all while providing the comfort that all good food should" --
Author: Speller, Katherine, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 152.46 Format: Books Summary: "A quippy, fun, and empathetic read that reminds readers they are not alone in their feelings, teaches them the science of mental illness, and empowers them to quell the brain beasts of depression and anxiety"-- "It can be hard to find the words to describe the icky feelings that seem to come from nowhere and sap all your joy and energy. You can tell that your brain just isn't pulling off the same tasks as others, and you're constantly bouncing between feeling nothing and feeling the weight of everything. It's hard enough to admit that you're struggling, but how do you even begin to navigate getting help when it feels like there's an enormous gap between you, your peers, and the adults in your life who keep saying they want to support you but just don't seem to get it?" --Amazon.com