Author: Gjata, Juna, author. Phillips, Edward M., author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 613.25 GJATA Format: Books Summary: "This is an unusual - and unusually interesting - exploration of diet, weight and health that touches on memoir but lands on practicality. It's a cut-to-the-chase book that makes you realize that not everything you know about dieting and weight loss - no matter how much you've read or experienced before - is true, and that way too much of your brain, your time and your pocketbook has been taken up with the endless (and futile) quest. The authors' two distinct voices thread and play off each other throughout the book as they cover these intensively-researched topics: Metabolism -Why Every Diet Works... and Then Doesn't; What Actually is "Healthy" Food; The (Almost) Magic Pill: Exercise; Detox Teas, Juice Cleanses, Supplements, & Waist Trainers; The Science of Fat Loss; Sleep, Stress and Your Waistline; Disordered Eating or Eating Disorder?; The History of Dieting; The Biggest Key to Success; A Manifesto on Body Image; How to Make This Your Last Diet; Becoming a Professional BS Detector. Food, We Need To Talk is a young woman's look at the landscape of dieting, weight and health as it is right this moment--from the modern body-inclusivity movement to weight and dressing for social media instead of real life--as well as a very relatable doctor's long view. Together, they've created a unique, information-rich book with a real voice that entertains as it pulls you through"--
Author: Grevemberg, Noami J., author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 643.29 GREVEMBE Format: Books Summary: "Discover what it's really like to live and work full-time on the road in a camper van from eco-vanlifer and founder of the Diversify Vanlife movement, Noami Grevemberg"-- "In 2016, Noami Grevemberg knew she had to make a big change. Dissatisfied with her office job and her "stationary home," she decided to quit her job, sell her belongings, and set out in her 1985 Volkswagen Vanagon to pursue a life of simplicity and travel with her husband and German Shepherd by her side. In her years living full-time on the road, Noami has become an expert in all things vanlife. Living the Vanlife digs into every aspect of the lifestyle, from getting over uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty to creating a sustainable, thriving life of adventure and a captivating path to choosing whatever it is you truly want for yourself. Through personal stories and actionable advice, Noami candidly and compassionately demonstrates how challenging the status quo means taking bold steps, venturing out of your comfort zone, and living intentionally. As a Trinidadian immigrant, Noami also takes a practical look at life on the road as a BIPOC navigating many intersections and speaks to topics like converting a van to fit your specific needs, budgeting for vanlife, finding employment, staying safe, and building a supportive community on the road." --
Author: Rakowsky, Judy, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 940.53 RAKOWSKY Format: Books Summary: "Investigative journalist Judy Rakowsky and her elderly cousin Sam, a Holocaust survivor, never knew what happened to their family during the Holocaust. All they knew was that their relatives were hidden away from the Nazis by neighbors, and then they were never heard from again. Over the course of two decades, the two traveled back to Sam's hometown in Poland in search of clues to what became of their lost family--but when they asked questions, doors were shut in their faces. As they soon learned, Poland has done all it can to obscure its involvement with the Nazi party... A globe-trotting detective story, JEWS IN THE GARDEN turns investigative eyes and ears towards the horrific actions taken by regular citizens during the Holocaust. This unlikely sleuthing pair knocks on doors, petitions court documents, gets run off properties, seeks clandestine meetings, and ultimately discovers what really happened to the "Jews in the garden next door.""--
Author: Cosby, S. A., author. Published: 2023 Call Number: LP F COSBY Format: Books Summary: "After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins, and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county. Then a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus's deputies. Titus pledges to follow the truth wherever it leads. But no one expected he would unearth a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon. Now, Titus must pull off the impossible: stay true to his instincts, prevent outright panic, and investigate a shocking crime in a small town where everyone knows everyone yet secrets flourish. All while also breaking up back-roads bar fights and being forced to protect racist Confederate pride marchers. For a Black man wearing a police uniform in the American South, that's no easy feat. But Charon is Titus's home and his heart, and he won't let the darkness overtake it. Even as it threatens to consume him."--
Author: Chandler, James, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: F CHANDLER Format: Books Summary: "The line between truth and deception is as thin as a razor's edge... Determined to enjoy the pace of small-town life, lawyer Sam Johnstone has left his painful past behind and looks forward to taking each new day as it comes. Yet just as he sees peace and tranquility on the horizon, a close friend is charged with murder. Unable to stand quietly by, Sam quickly signs on for the defense. But how can he defend a client who has already confessed to the crime? Further complicating matters, an ethically-challenged prosecutor with an ax to grind seems embarked on a personal crusade against Sam. Now, in a case that seems doomed from the start, Sam must risk his reputation, his livelihood, and more to help a friend in need. But how far is he willing to go to uncover the shocking truth?"--Goodreads.
Author: Roberts, Sheila, 1951- Christmas do-over. Ferguson, Melissa (Assistant professor) Dashing through the snow. Clipston, Amy. Perfectly splendid Christmas. Published: 2023 2022 Call Number: LP F ON Format: Books Summary: "Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, anything can happen. In this glittering and heartwarming collection, three of today's bestselling sweet romance novelists offer up the gift of cheer for the winter holiday season. A Christmas Do-Over by Sheila Roberts Darby doesn't want to go home for the holidays, but a career fail sends her slinking back to the small town she always wanted to escape. No one there is especially glad to see the former mean girl--especially not her sister, Erica, or childhood best friend, Gregory. Darby is working hard to be a better person, but has she eaten enough humble pie to make amends? Dashing Through the Snow by Melissa Ferguson When Willow's boyfriend of seven years dumps her on the eve of a romantic getaway, she decides to take the two-week train trip on The Christmas Express alone. Hurt as she feels, she can't anticipate how the hilarious rebound ride with conductor Oliver, elf Ian, and aging world adventurer Clarence will heal her heart--and renew her sense of worth. A Perfectly Splendid Christmas by Amy Clipston Kacey adores the metropolitan life, but when she gets away to help her sister during a family crisis and run her bakery, she falls in love with former classmate Drew. The problem: he's a small-town man, and she's a big-city woman. Is their love big enough to overcome such a major difference?" --
Author: Brown, Carolyn, 1948- author. Published: 2023 Call Number: LP F BROWN Format: Books Summary: "A week before your wedding is one heckuva time for your ex to ride back into town, stirring up trouble. But that's exactly the predicament Darla McAdams finds herself in. Darla's on the verge of breaking up with her fiancé, Will Jackson--only a week before the wedding. Her parents would disown her, but Darla's sure that her Granny Roxie will understand when Darla tells her that her first love, Andy, has come back to town. Thank goodness for a wise granny's reminiscences of her own sassy wedding at just the right moment" --
Author: Roanhorse, Rebecca author. Published: 2022 Call Number: F ROANHORS Format: Books Summary: "The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God's eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent. As sea captain Xiala is swept up in the chaos and currents of change, she finds an unexpected ally in the former Priest of Knives. For the Clan Matriarchs of Tova, tense alliances form as far-flung enemies gather and the war in the heavens is reflected upon the earth. And for Serapio and Naranpa, both now living avatars, the struggle for free will and personhood in the face of destiny rages. How will Serapio stay human when he is steeped in prophecy and surrounded by those who desire only his power? Is there a future for Naranpa in a transformed Tova without her total destruction?"--
Author: Meyer, Gabrielle, author. Published: 2022 Call Number: F MEYER Format: Books Summary: "On her twenty-first birthday, Libby must choose one path and forfeit the other forever-but how can she possibly choose when she has so much to lose in each life?"-- Libby has been given a powerful gift: to live one life in 1774 Colonial Williamsburg and the other in 1914 Gilded Age New York City. When she falls asleep in one life, she wakes up in the other. While she's the same person at her core in both times, she's leading two vastly different lives. In Colonial Williamsburg, Libby is a public printer for the House of Burgesses and the Royal Governor, trying to provide for her family and support the Patriot cause. The man she loves, Henry Montgomery, has his own secrets. As the revolution draws near, both their lives--and any hope of love--are put in jeopardy. Libby's life in 1914 New York is filled with wealth, drawing room conversations, and bachelors. But the only work she cares about--women's suffrage--is discouraged, and her mother is intent on marrying her off to an English marquess. The growing talk of war in Europe only complicates matters. But Libby knows she's not destined to live two lives forever. On her twenty-first birthday, she must choose one path and forfeit the other--but how can she choose when she has so much to lose in each life?
Author: Jenkins, Malachi, author. Smith, Roberto, author. Boykin, Brian, contributor. Britten, Maxwell, contributor. Iandoli, Kathy, curator. Published: 2022 Call Number: 641.874 JENKINS Format: Books Summary: The Trap Kitchen franchise turns toward mixology with a comprehensive and creative guide to street cocktails, as this legendary culinary duo puts their spin on time-honored drinks on the go. "The pandemic has only heightened the desire for drinks on the go, so The Art of Street Cocktails provides flavorful drinks that can be mixed, matched, and bottled, bringing the party everywhere you go. The Art of Street Cocktails includes creative mixes like the minty, rum cocktail Hulk Smash to a pineapple coconut flavored Trap Kitchen Cocktail, a nod to Trap Kitchen's most famous pineapple chicken dish. TRAP KITCHEN: THE ART OF STREET COCKTAILS is more than just a drink guide for mobile mixology. It's sending a strong nod to a social, urban, and regional tradition of making new mixes for the casual cocktail fan while keeping the innovation of Trap Kitchen alive with every sip." --Amazon.com
Author: Zevin, Gabrielle author. Published: 2022 Call Number: F ZEVIN Format: Books Summary: "A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry"-- On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts. Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.
Author: Jenkins, Malachi, author. Smith, Roberto, author. Snoop Dogg, 1972- writer of foreword. Published: 2022 Call Number: 641.822 JENKINS Format: Books Summary: Foreword by Snoop Dogg. A collection of 50 delicious worldwide mac n' cheese recipes from two chefs who have graduated from paper to cloth napkins. With Mac N' All Over The World, the Trap Kitchen franchise goes global. Three years after the release of their first cookbook Trap Kitchen: Bangin' Recipes From Compton and a whirlwind of success later, former rival gang members turned famous chefs Malachi "Spank" Jenkins and Roberto "News" Smith are back with a second serving. Trap Kitchen: Mac 'N All Over The World will combine the soul of macaroni and cheese from the heart of Compton with the flavors of regions around the world. From a business that started selling plates through their living room window via Instagram ads to now having multiple food trucks and even a brick and mortar store, Mac'N All Over The World continues where the first cookbook left off, inspiring people from all walks of life to follow their passion no matter what the odds are. And following a year like 2020, the message hits that much harder. It's not just Jenkins and Smith whose lives changed since the last cookbook, either; they'll explain how platinum-selling, Grammy nominated rapper Roddy Ricch went from delivering plates for Trap Kitchen just a few years ago to now being one of their most frequent customers. And of course, mac n' cheese is his favorite--much like a lot of Trap Kitchen's celeb clientele. Just like last time, the cookbook will take another deep dive into the journey of Trap Kitchen's growth since they first made their mark in the literary world.
Author: Fox, Ariel (Chef), author. Ramsay, Gordon, writer of foreword. Published: 2022 Call Number: 641.598 Format: Books Summary: Hell's Kitchen winner chef Ariel Fox introduces you to both classic recipes as well as innovative new dishes in a way that works for all lifestyles. Ariel made the decision to change her lifestyle, learn about nutrition, and get in the greatest shape of her life while still maintaining a connection to the foods she grew up eating. Now she's here to share her decades of experience and knowledge with you. Features 110 recipes that takes a healthier approach to cuisines.
Author: McQuiston, Casey, author. Published: 2022 2019 Call Number: F MCQUISTO Format: Books Summary: After an international incident affects U.S. and British relations, the president's son Alex and Prince Henry must pretend to be best friends, but as they spend time together, the two begin a secret romance that could derail a presidential campaign. When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius--his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse. Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instragram-able friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly un-stuffy Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations. --
Author: Petch, Angela, author. Published: 2022 Call Number: F PETCH Format: Books Summary: The Postcard from Italy is set in dual times, 1945 Italy and present day England. In 1945, a young man is discovered after having parachuted out of his plane. He has no memory but quickly discovers that Italy feels like home. Present day England where Susannah, owner of Cobwebs antique shop, struggles to find her bearing after her beloved father dies. Susannah finds a yellowed postcard with a picture of a beautiful Italian farmhouse tucked away in her grandmothers dressing table. Her grandmother is suffering with dementia and can offer no help in dealing with this mystery. Susannah decides to visit Italy and try to put the pieces of the puzzle back together. As she does so, she discovers so much more than she ever could have imagined.
Author: Hogg, Lauren, 2003- author. Zuiker, Anthony E., 1968- author. Hudson, Don (Illustrator), illustrator. Marzán, José, Jr., illustrator. Kubina, Monica, colorist. Published: 2022 2019 Call Number: Y GN HOGG Format: Books Summary: "On February 14, 2018, Valentine's Day, Lauren Elizabeth Hogg lost her two close friends in the now notorious school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In all, seventeen people were gunned down by the shooter, a student at the school. Survivors of that tragic day vowed to rise up and fight for their right, and the right of kids everywhere, to safety in their schools. Through her grief, Lauren found her calling, joining in the protests of #NeverAgain and the 'March for Our Lives.' She and her brother, and so many other Parkland students, refused to allow the memory of their fallen classmates to be forgotten. Empowered with a unique voice, Lauren Elizabeth Hogg is truly an activist for our times"--Back cover.
Author: Ramsay, Gordon, author. Smith, Jamie Orlando, photographer. Published: 2021 Call Number: 641.555 RAMSAY Format: Books Summary: Superstar chef, Gordon Ramsay, returns with 100 new and delicious recipes inspired by his YouTube series. Whether you need something super quick to assemble, like his Microwave Sticky Toffee Pudding, or you're looking to impress the whole family, with a tasty One Pan Pumpkin Pasta or some Chicken Souvlaki-- these are recipes guaranteed to become instant classics and with each time you cook, you'll get faster and faster with Gordon's shortcuts to speed up your cooking, reduce your prep times and get the very best from simple, fresh ingredients.
Author: Mattson, James Han author. Published: 2021 Call Number: F MATTSON Format: Books Summary: "On April 27, 1997, four contestants make it to the final cell of the Quigley House, a full-contact haunted escape room in Lincoln, Nebraska, made famous for its monstrosities, booby-traps, and ghoulishly costumed actors. If the group can endure these horrors without shouting the safe word, "reprieve," they'll win a substantial cash prize... But before they can complete the challenge, a man breaks into the cell and kills one of the contestants. Those who were present on that fateful night lend their points of view: Kendra Brown, a teenager who's been uprooted from her childhood home after the sudden loss of her father; Leonard Grandton, a desperate and impressionable hotel manager caught in a series of toxic entanglements; and Jaidee Charoensuk, a gay international student who came to the United States in a besotted search for his former English teacher. As each character's journey unfurls and overlaps, deceits and misunderstandings fueled by obsession and prejudice are revealed-forcing all to reckon with the ways in which their beliefs and actions contributed to a horrifying catastrophe.
Author: Rosen, Renée author. Published: 2021 Call Number: F ROSEN Format: Books Summary: 1876. In the glittering world of Manhattan's upper crust, wives turn a blind eye to husbands' infidelities, and women have few rights and even less independence. The more celebrated the hostess, the more powerful the woman. And none is more powerful than Caroline Astor-- The Mrs. Astor. Alva Vanderbilt has recently married into one of America's richest families, but what good is money when society refuses to acknowledge you? Alva will do whatever it takes to have everything. Over three decades these women try to outdo and outsmart each other at every turn. And both will make surprising discoveries about themselves-- and what is truly at stake. -- adapted from back cover
Author: Hannah, Kristin author. Published: 2021 2001 Call Number: F HANNAH Format: Books Summary: Struggling comedian Ruby Bridge confronts the legacy of her mother's abandonment while a secret from the past of Nora Bridge, now a syndicated columnist known for her moral advice, draws the two women together. Years ago, Nora Bridge walked out on her marriage and left her daughters behind. She has become a celebrity radio talk-show host and newspaper columnist beloved for her moral advice. Her youngest daughter, Ruby, is a struggling comedian who uses her famous mother--and her bitterness toward her--for her comedy shows. When the tabloids unearth a scandal in Nora's past, her career implodes and Ruby gets her big break: She is offered a fortune to write an unflattering tell-all article about her mother. Under false pretenses, Ruby returns home to talk to the woman she hasn't spoken to for almost a decade. --adapted from back cover
