Author: Elder, Larry, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: B ELDER Format: Books Summary: "Throughout his years as a popular LA talk radio host, Larry Elder watched California go from bad to worse under a regime of corrupt and ideological liberal management. Rising rates of crime, addiction, homelessness, immigration, and failing schools, skyrocketing energy and housing costs, crushing anti-business regulation, and numerous other problems--all traceable to Democratic policies--made life harder for the average Californian. Then came the COVID lockdowns, school closings, mask and vaccine mandates, the BLM riots, the defund the police movement, and a general breakdown of law and order in San Francisco and LA. People began fleeing the state in droves. In the midst of all this, Governor Gavin Newsom saw fit to drop $12,000 at a trendy French restaurant, sparking outrage throughout the state and leading to demands for a recall. A special election was held, and forty-five candidates jumped in." --Amazon.com
Author: Huang, Ana, author. Published: 2023 2022 Call Number: F HUANG Format: Books Summary: "The billionaire CEO never planned to marry--until the threat of blackmail forces him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows: Vivian Lau, jewelry heiress and daughter of his newest enemy. It doesn't matter how beautiful or charming she is. He'll do everything in his power to destroy the evidence and their betrothal. There's only one problem: now that he has her... he can't bring himself to let her go. Elegant. Ambitious. Well-mannered. Vivian Lau is the perfect daughter and her family's ticket into the highest echelons of high society. Marrying a blue-blooded Russo means opening doors that would otherwise remain closed to her new-money family. While the rude, elusive Dante isn't her idea of a dream partner, she agrees to their arranged marriage out of duty. Craving his touch was never part of the plan. Neither was the worst thing she could possibly do: fall in love with her future husband"-- "Billionaire CEO Dante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally. He never planned to marry...until the threat of blackmail forces him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows. Vivian Lau, jewelry heiress and daughter of his newest enemy. The wife he never wanted, and the weakness he never saw coming. It doesn't matter how beautiful or charming she is. Dante will do everything in his power to destroy the blackmail and their betrothal. There's only one problem: now that he has her, he can't bring himself to let her go"--
Author: Irving, John, 1942- author. Published: 2023 2022 Call Number: F IRVING Format: Books Summary: Growing up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past, Adam goes to Aspen, where he was conceived, to learn the truth about his mother, a former slalom skier and ski instructor, and meets some ghosts, which are not the first or the last ones he sees.
Author: Huang, Ana, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: F HUANG Format: Books Summary: "Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street. He has everything-a beautiful home, a beautiful wife, and more money than he could spend in a lifetime. But no matter how much he accumulates, he's never satisfied. In his endless quest for more, he drives away the only person who saw him as enough. It isn't until she's gone that he realizes there may be more to life than riches and glory...but by then, it may be too late. Kind, intelligent, and thoughtful, Alessandra Davenport has played the role of trophy wife for years. She stood by her husband while he built an empire, but now that they've reached the top, she realizes he's no longer the man she fell for. When it becomes clear that she'll always come second to his work, she finally takes charge of her life and puts herself first-even if it means leaving the only man she's ever loved. But what she didn't count on was his refusal to let her go...or for him to fight for their marriage, no matter what it takes"--
Author: Huang, Ana, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: F HUANG Format: Books Summary: "Reserved, controlled, and proper to a fault, Kai Young has neither the time nor inclination for chaos--and Isabella, with her purple hair and inappropriate jokes, is chaos personified. With a crucial CEO vote looming and a media empire at stake, the billionaire heir can't afford the distraction she brings. Isabella is everything he shouldn't want, but with every look and every touch, he's tempted to break all his rules...and claim her as his own"--
Author: Roberts, Sheila, 1951- author. Published: 2023 Call Number: F ROBERTS Format: Books Summary: "Sunny, Arianna and Molly are having three very different but equally terrible Christmases. Sunny is a newlywed with two new stepkids who want nothing to do with her; Arianna is newly divorced and hates having to send her daughter off to spend the holiday with her dad; for Molly, nothing is new, but her job at the post office is getting very, very old. The whole Christmas season has been a bust all around. But Sunny and Arianna have a wild idea: What if they had a Christmas do-over in January? February? On Saint Patrick's Day? Christmas all year long--what could that look like? As these three determined women chase the perfect holiday through twelve months of cooking disasters, over-the-top festivity, and lots of laughter and tears, they'll discover perfection is way overrated." --
Author: Mitchell, Caroline, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: PB MITCHELL Format: Books Summary: Traumatized by the death of a child in her care, top London pediatrician Claire seeks refuge on remote Selkie Island in the wilds of the Irish Sea with her husband Daniel and their baby daughter Kitty. Hidden away in Daniel's old family home, Claire hopes to be as cut off from her guilt as she is from the mainland, but can she find peace in a place so full of its own secrets? Twenty years earlier, Daniel's parents left the island in a boat and never made it to the mainland. Mystery surrounds their deaths--and their lives. Why did they set out late at night in a storm? What had really been going on at the house? Even as Claire begins to recover her sense of self amid the island's rugged beauty, she can't shake off a chilling suspicion that Selkie Island has a dark history that the locals just can't face--and that it somehow has a connection to her own life. --adapted from Amazon
Author: Prose, Nita, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: LP F PROSE Format: Large print Summary: "When an acclaimed author dies at the Regency Grand Hotel, it's up to a fastidious maid to uncover the truth, no matter how dirty"-- "Molly Gray is not like anyone else. With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, she has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. But just as her life reaches a pinnacle state of perfection, her world is turned upside down when J. D. Grimthorpe, the world-renowned mystery author, drops dead--very dead--on the hotel's tearoom floor. When Detective Stark, Molly's old foe, investigates the author's unexpected demise, it becomes clear that this death was murder most foul. Suspects abound, and everyone wants to know: Who killed J. D. Grimthorpe? Was it Lily, the new Maid-in-Training? Or was it Serena, the author's secretary? Could Mr. Preston, the hotel's beloved doorman, be hiding something? And is Molly really as innocent as she seems? As the high-profile death threatens the hotel's pristine reputation, Molly knows she alone holds the key to unlocking the killer's identity. But that key is buried deep in her past, as long ago, she knew J. D. Grimthorpe. Molly begins to comb her memory for clues, revisiting her childhood and the mysterious Grimthorpe mansion where she and her dearly departed Gran once worked side by side. With the entire hotel under investigation, Molly must solve the mystery posthaste. Because if there's one thing she knows for sure, it's that secrets don't stay buried forever" --
Author: Hillman, Brenda, author. Published: 2022 Call Number: 811.6 Format: Books Summary: "Poems meditating on differences between human time and ecological time, bringing to the foreground experiences of love and aging"-- "An iconoclastic eco-poet who has led the way for many young and emerging artists, Brenda Hillman continues to re-cast innovative poetic forms as instruments for tracking human and non-human experiences. At times, the poet deploys short dialogues, meditations or trance techniques as means of rendering inner states; other times she uses narrative, documentary or scientific materials to record daily events during a time of pandemic, planetary crisis, political and racial turmoil. Hillman proposes that poetry offers courage even in times of existential peril; her work represents what is most necessary and fresh in American poetry. During an enchantment in the life Do you love a living person absolutely? Tell them now. In a half-unwieldy life you made, under the hyaline sky, while the dead drank from zigzag pools nearby,if they saved you in your wild incapacities, in timing of the world's harm in a little pettiness in your own heart while others took your madrigals in shreds to a tribunal, when others said you should feel grateful to be minimally adequate for the world's triple exposure or some tired committee... The ones who love us, how do they break through our defenses? We're tired today. Come back later. Their baffled voices melting our wax walls with a candle, the ones who understand what being is-the glowing, the broken, the wheels, the brave ones- they have their courage, you have yours... ; when you meet the one you love, it is so rare. When you meet the one who loves you, it is extremely rare"--
Author: McCrae, Shane, 1975- author. Published: 2022 Call Number: 811.6 Format: Books Summary: "A new poetry collection by Shane McCrae"-- Cain Named the Animal expands upon the biblical, heavenly world that McCrae has been building throughout his previous collections; he writes of Eden, of the lost tribe that watched time enter the garden and God rehearse the world, and of the cartoon torments of hell. Yet for McCrae, these outer bounds of our universe are inseparable from the lives and deaths on Earth, from the mundanities and miracles of time passing and people growing up, growing old, and growing apart. As he writes, "God first thought time itself / Was flawed but time was God's first mirror."
Author: Chizmar, Richard, 1965- author. Published: 2021 Call Number: F CHIZMAR Format: Books Summary: "In the summer of 1988, the mutilated bodies of several missing girls begin to turn up in a small Maryland town. The grisly evidence leads police to the terrifying assumption that a serial killer is on the loose in the quiet suburb. But soon a rumor begins to spread that the evil stalking local teens is not entirely human. Law enforcement, as well as members of the FBI are certain that the killer is a living, breathing madman--and he's playing games with them. For a once peaceful community trapped in the depths of paranoia and suspicion, it feels like a nightmare that will never end"-- Provided by publisher.
Author: Gerber, Suzi, author. Picz-Devoe, Tina, photographer Cyrus, Afton, writer of foreword. Published: 2020 Call Number: 641.5636 Format: Books Summary: Plant-based meals can be a cornucopia of colors, shapes, textures, and mouthwatering flavors--a source of boundless opportunities for creativity in the kitchen. In Plant-Based Gourmet, 150 original recipes for vegans and the veg-curious will delight nutrition-minded home chefs and foodies alike. Featured inside are dinners and brunches, hors d'oeuvres, sides, drinks, and desserts--items like vegan sushi, charcuteries, roasts, and confits, vegan cheeses and mayos, sous vide truffles, a triple-layer cheesecake, and crèmes brûlées. Also included is guidance for stocking up, allergy substitutions so everyone can enjoy, easy-to-follow instructions for advanced techniques like sous vides and foams, and plating and styling tips, so you can make Instagram-worthy dishes that will have your friends asking what restaurant you dined at.
Author: Hayes, Joanne Lamb. Published: 2019 2003 Call Number: 641.7 Format: Books Summary: During World War II, the women of the Home Front were dealing with shortages of sugar, butter, canned goods and a host of other pantry supplies. Some women were resourceful cooks and they managed to create some of the most delicious baked goods. This book captures delicious anecdotes and recipes from the home bakers who found a way to boost morale during World War II with favored staples and treats for their loved ones at home and on the front lines. It is the dawn of the 1940s, and America is in the midst of a difficult war; the women of the Home Front are dealing with shortages of sugar, butter, canned goods and a host of other pantry supplies, yet still managed to create some of the most delicious baked goods we still love today.
Author: Hayes, Joanne Lamb, author. Published: 2019 2000 Call Number: 641.7 Format: Books Summary: While the country's soldiers were fighting in World War II, the women who stayed behind were making their own courageous and delicious contributions. This book shows us how our mothers and grandmothers coped with shortages and strict rationing of meat, sugar, butter, cheese, and canned foods all without electric dishwashers and other appliances we take for granted today. Part cookbook, part intriguing history, this collection contains more than 150 classic recipes, as well as many anecdotes, advertisements, and advice. As America's men went overseas to fight during World War II, women back home took on extra work but were still expected to provide hearty meals. This fascinating reference contains 150 wartime recipes, anecdotes about social life, and historical ephemera like magazine clippings and ration books.
Author: Grann, David, author. Published: 2017 Call Number: 976.6004 Format: Large print Summary: In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more members of the tribe began to die under mysterious circumstances. In this last remnant of the Wild West -- where oilmen like J.P. Getty made their fortunes and where desperadoes like Al Spencer, the "Phantom Terror," roamed -- many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll climbed to more than twenty-four, the FBI took up the case. It was one of the organization's first major homicide investigations and the bureau badly bungled the case. In desperation, the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including one of the only American Indian agents in the bureau. The agents infiltrated the region, struggling to adopt the latest techniques of detection. Together with the Osage they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
Author: Contains (work): King, Naomi, 1953- Christmas visitors. Contains (work): Hubbard, Charlotte, 1953- Kissing the bishop. Published: 2013 Call Number: PB AMISH Format: Books Summary: The Christmas visitors: "For spirited Martha Coblentz and her twin Mary, the snow has delivered the perfect holiday and birthday present to their door--handsome brothers Nate and Bram Kanagy. But when unforeseen trouble interrupts their season's good cheer, it will take unexpected intervention--and sudden understanding--to give all four the blessing of a lifetime"--Publisher. Kissing the bishop: "As the year's first snow settles, Nazareth Hooley and her sister are given a heaven-sent chance to help newly widowed Tom Hostetler tend his home. But when her hope that she and Tom can build on the caring between them seems a dream forever out of reach, Nazareth discovers that faith and love can make any miracle possible"--Publisher.
Author: Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018 Published: 2012 2000 Call Number: Y LEGUIN Format: Books Summary: A young prince joins forces with a master wizard on a journey to discover a cause and remedy for the loss of magic in Earthsea. Darkness Threatens to overtake Earthsea. As the world and its wizards are losing their magic, Ged -- powerful Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord -- embarks on a sailing journey with highborn young prince, Arren. They travel far beyond the realm of death to discover the cause of these evil disturbances and to restore magic to a land desperately thirsty for it.
Author: Byler, Linda. Published: 2010 Call Number: PB BYLER Format: Books Summary: A hot-tempered, high-spirited teenaged girl who hates housework, dislikes babies, and loves driving fast horses tries to fit in among the members of her Amish community. Based on the true experiences of the author's extended family.
Author: Byler, Linda. Published: 2010 Call Number: F BYLER Format: Books Summary: Will Lizzie Glick, a high-spirited Amish teenager, give up her dream of teaching school so that her wish for a family and a marriage can come true? Based on the true experiences of the author's extended family.
Author: Brunstetter, Wanda E. Published: 2007 Call Number: F BRUNSTET Format: Books Summary: Does God have a new love in mind for Barbara, or will she find herself settling into a marriage of convenience?
