Author: Bilger, Burkhard, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: B GONNER Format: Books Summary: "What do we owe the past? How to make peace with a dark family history? Burkhard Bilger hardly knew his grandfather growing up. His parents immigrated to Oklahoma from Germany after World War II, and though his mother was an historian, she rarely talked about her father or what he did during the war. Then one day a packet of letters arrived from Germany, yellowing with age, and a secret history began to unfold. Karl Gönner was a schoolteacher and Nazi party member from the Black Forest. In 1940, he was sent to a village in occupied France and tasked with turning its children into proper Germans. A fervent Nazi when the war began, he grew close to the villagers over the next four years, till he came to think of himself as their protector, shielding them from his own party's brutality. Yet he was arrested in 1946 and accused of war crimes. Was he guilty or innocent? A vicious collaborator or just an ordinary man, struggling to atone for his country's crimes? Bilger goes to Germany to find out"--
Author: Freeman, Hadley, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 616.8526 Format: Books Summary: "In 1995, Hadley Freeman wrote in her diary: "I just spent three years of my life in mental hospitals. So why am I crazier than I was before????" From the ages of fourteen to seventeen, Freeman lived in psychiatric wards after developing anorexia nervosa. Her doctors informed her that her body was cannibalizing her muscles and heart for nutrition, but they could tell her little why she had it, what it felt like, what recovery looked like. For the next twenty years, Freeman lived as a "functioning anorexic," grappling with new forms of self-destructive behavior as the anorexia mutated and persisted. Anorexia is one of the most widely discussed but least understood mental illnesses. In a brilliant narrative that combines personal experience with deep reporting, Freeman delivers an incisive and bracing work that details her experiences with anorexia--the shame, fear, loneliness and rage--and how she overcame it..." --Front jacket flap
Author: Leigh, Eva, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: PB LEIGH Format: Books Summary: "When she is thrown together with the man who jilted her at the altar, Lady Willa Ransom tries to deny the still-burning attraction between them, but soon the line between love and loathing begins to blur"-- After Dominic Kilburn left Lady Willa Ransom at the altar, she vowed never to reveal how badly she was hurt. Following a year abroad, Willa wants to move on with her life, so she accepts an invitation to a house party. She's determined to leave her humiliation behind, as well as the scorching attraction she still feels for the man who jilted her. When dark secrets from his past surfaced right before his wedding, Dom knew he didn't deserve Willa. So, he bolted. But he still burns for the only woman who ever claimed his heart. To escape the memories of all he lost, Dom heads to a friend's estate on an isolated Scottish isle. Yet one of the other guests is the very woman who haunts his every thought and makes him wish for the impossible. Thrown together by well-meaning family and friends, Willa and Dom try to resist the fiery pull between them. Soon the line between love and loathing begins to blur, and their attraction explodes. But Dom's past lurks on the edge of their rekindled passion and Willa fears she'll be devastated all over again. Can these star-crossed lovers find their happily ever after, or will everything detonate a second time?
Author: Hepworth, Sally, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: LP F HEPWORTH Format: Large print Summary: "There's a cottage on a cliff. Gabe and Pippa's dream home in a sleepy coastal town. But their perfect house hides something sinister. The tall cliffs have become a popular spot for people to end their lives. Night after night Gabe comes to their rescue, literally talking them off the ledge. Until he doesn't. When Pippa discovers Gabe knew the victim, the questions spiral... Did the victim jump? Was she pushed? And would Gabe, the love of Pippa's life, her soulmate... lie? As the perfect facade of their marriage begins to crack, the deepest and darkest secrets begin to unravel"--
Author: Lewis, Patrice. author Published: 2023 Call Number: LP F LEWIS Format: Large print Summary: With her uncle's health declining, Esther Yoder wants nothing more than to sell his mercantile store. But what she doesn't count on is Joseph Kemp being the prospective buyer. He's the reason Esther fled her Amish community, and Esther fears her shameful past could threaten the sale. Can they learn to forgive each other...or will old guilt stand in the way of their future?
Author: Hambly, Barbara, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: F HAMBLY Format: Books Summary: May, 1924. When renowned film director Ernst Zapolya calls Emma Blackstone--companion to Hollywood movie star Kitty Flint--and demands to see Kitty at once, Emma's not surprised. Until, that is, he adds that lives depend on it. Emma and Kitty investigate, and after a shocking discovery, the lives on the line soon include their own...
Author: Johns, Adrian, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 418.4 Format: Books Summary: "The Science of Reading is the surprisingly unsung history of scientific research into reading practices, from the origin of the field in German psychophysics to its current extension into digital and online areas. Starting in the late nineteenth century and continuing through to the present, the practice of reading has been made the subject of extensive scientific investigation, and historian Adrian Johns here explores the questions that motivated this research program, the technologies that enabled it, the ambitions that drove it, and the consequences it produced as it was carried out... By the end of the twentieth century, Johns argues, it would not be an exaggeration to say that modernity itself had been substantially shaped by the conscious application of the scientific study of reading"--
Author: Hillerman, Anne, 1949- author. Published: 2023 Call Number: F HILLERMA Format: Books Summary: When two suspicious deaths occur in the Bears Ears area, Navajo Tribal Police officers Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito must use all their experience, skill, and intuition to find justice. "An unexpected death on a lonely road outside of Utah's Bears Ears National Park raises questions for Navajo Tribal Police officers Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito. Why would a seasoned outdoorsman and well-known paleontologist freeze to death within walking distance of his car? A second death brings more turmoil. Who is the unidentified man killed during a home invasion where nothing seems to have been taken? Why was he murdered?" --Front jacket flap
Author: Ehrhart, Peggy, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: LP F EHRHART Format: Books Summary: "St. Patrick's Day takes an unexpected turn for crafting magazine editor Pamela Paterson and the members of her knitting club when a member of a prominent New Jersey family is found dead... The Listers have been part of Arborville society for generations--though seventy-something Isobel Lister doesn't fit the role of upper-crust heiress. She's always been a colorful character, and her fun-loving spirit is on display at the senior center celebration as she performs some beloved Irish songs. But just minutes later, her body is found backstage. It's hard to imagine who'd target a harmless old lady, and Pamela finds herself suspecting everyone. There's the Wiccan who thought St. Patrick wasn't so saintly; the woman upset about cultural appropriation who feels the commercialization of shamrocks is a sham; the two men Isobel was seeing, who could have been green with jealousy--and old friends and family who may have feared Isobel would spill their secrets. But Pamela's on the case, and that means for the killer, the jig will soon be up. "--
Author: Patterson, James, 1947- author. Paetro, Maxine, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: LP F PATTERSO Format: Books Summary: Detective Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan Burke in jail. Reporter Cindy Thomas wrote a book that put him on the bestseller list. An obsessed maniac has turned Burke's true-crime story into a playbook. And is embellishing it with gruesome touches all his own. Now Lindsay's tracking an elusive suspect, and the entire Murder Club is facing destruction. "An attention-seeking copycat is recreating murders by a famous killer from the Women's Murder Club's past--with devastating new twists. Detective Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan Burke in jail. Reporter Cindy Thomas wrote a book that put him on the bestseller list. An obsessed maniac has turned Burke's true-crime story into a playbook. And is embellishing it with gruesome touches all his own. Now Lindsay's tracking an elusive suspect, and the entire Murder Club is facing destruction"--
Author: Wilson, Kip, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: Y WILSON Format: Books Summary: "Tells the story of Gerda Taro, a headstrong photojournalist with a passion for capturing the truth amid political turmoil and the first woman photojournalist killed in combat"-- "The daughter of Polish Jewish immigrants, Gerda Pohorylle doesn't quite fit in with her German classmates. While she's away at boarding school, however, she becomes a master at reinventing herself as a vibrant, confident young woman. When Hitler comes to power, she joins a group of young activists and is arrested for distributing anti-nazi propaganda. Upon release, Gerda realizes she must leave Germany." --Front jacket flap
Author: Jackson, Sarah K., author. Published: 2023 Call Number: F JACKSON Format: Books Summary: "An exhilarating debut novel, tracing the harrowing journey of a mother and son fighting for survival and a future in a world ravaged by environmental disaster"-- Five years ago, a microplastic storm wiped out most of the population. No infrastructure. No safe havens. No goodbyes. Since then, Katie and Harry have lived in isolation in their small flat outside London. Katie forages, hunts the surviving animal population, and provides for Harry, who was born after the storm, and who has never left their little home. After years without human contact, Katie and Harry are shocked by the arrival of a threatening newcomer, just as Katie's persistent cough seems to have taken a turn for the worse. But this proof of life beyond their familiar environment spurs Katie to undertake a previously unthinkable journey, in search of her fiance, Jack, who never came home the day of the storm, and a different kind of life for Harry. Outside of their protected bubble, Katie and Harry encounter an altered world, full of new dangers, other survivors--both friend and foe--and many surprises. Katie's resources, energy, and parenting abilities are pushed to the brink, as Harry's life and safety waver in the balance, knowing that the further they get from their flat, the harder it will be to return if things go wrong. Sarah K. Jackson combines beautiful language, palm-sweating adventure, and a deep, true-to-life parent-child bond that transcends its post-apocalyptic setting, in a debut that emphasizes the importance of resilience, hope, and sustainability today.
Author: Kalfar, Jaroslav, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: F KALFAR Format: Books Summary: In a 2030 America led by an isolationist authoritarian government, a star biotech scientist trying to discover the key to immortality becomes a whistleblower when she uncovers alarming activity in the wastelands of what was once Florida. "When Adela discovers she has a terminal illness, she leaves behind her native Czech village for a chance at reuniting in America with Tereza, the daughter she gave up at birth, decades earlier. But the country Adela experienced as a young woman, when she eloped with a filmmaker and starred in his cult sci-fi movie, has changed entirely. In 2030, America is ruled by an authoritarian government increasingly closed off to the rest of the world." --Front jacket flap
Author: Adams, Taylor, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: LP F ADAMS Format: Large print Summary: After posting a one-star review for a poorly written--but gruesome--horror novel, Emma Carpenter is dragged into an online argument with the author himself, but when disturbing incidents start happening at night, Emma digs into his life and work, discovering a sadistic man who is capable of anything.
Author: Kirby, Matthew J., 1976- author. Published: 2023 Call Number: Y KIRBY Format: Books Summary: "For Jessica Mathers, teleportation and planetary colonization in deep space aren't just hypotheticals--they're real. They're also the very real reason her scientist parents left her behind six years ago. Now she is about to be reunited with them, forced to leave behind everyone she knows and loves, to join their research assignment on Carver 1061c, a desolate, post-extinction planet almost 14 lightyears from Earth. Teleportation is safe and routine in the year 2198, but something seems to have gone very, very wrong. Jessica wakes up in an empty, and utterly destroyed, landing unit from the DS Theseus, the ship where she was supposed to rendezvous with her parents. But Jessica isn't on the Theseus orbiting Carver 1061c. The lander seems to have crashed on the planet's surface. Its corridors are empty and covered in bloody handprints; the machines are silent and dark. And outside, in the alien dirt, are the carefully, and recently, marked graves of strangers..." --
Author: Grant, Rebecca, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 618.2 Format: Books Summary: Follows three first-time mothers as they experience pregnancy and giving birth in modern America, recounting the ups and downs, fears, joys and everyday moments of each woman's pregnancy and postpartum journey and discussing the rising popularity of midwifery. Alison, a teacher, is in search of more personalized attention and information from her care team and others after a difficult path to a healthy pregnancy; T'Nika, who was born with the help of a midwife and is studying to become a Labor & Delivery nurse, is all too familiar with the ways women of color are overlooked and mistreated in traditional hospital settings and wants to create a better experience for herself; and Jillian, an office manager and aspiring midwife, is excited by the opportunity to shift her perspective from provider to patient in a familiar setting. When each woman walks through the doors of Andaluz Waterbirth Center in Portland, Oregon, they hope to find what they are looking for." --Front jacket flap
Author: Patterson, James, 1947- author. Paetro, Maxine, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: F PATTERSO Format: Books Summary: "An attention-seeking copycat is recreating murders by a famous killer from the Women's Murder Club's past--with devastating new twists. Detective Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan Burke in jail. Reporter Cindy Thomas wrote a book that put him on the bestseller list. An obsessed maniac has turned Burke's true-crime story into a playbook. And is embellishing it with gruesome touches all his own. Now Lindsay's tracking an elusive suspect, and the entire Murder Club is facing destruction"--
Author: Ryan, Reese, author. Chin, Jeannie, author. Ryan, Reese. Return to Hummingbird Way. Chin, Jeannie. Only home with you. Published: 2023 Call Number: PB RYAN Format: Books Summary: "Ambitious real estate agent Sinclair Buchanan is ecstatic to be her best friend's maid-of-honor--until she discovers the best man is Garrett Davenport. Sin and Rett's mutual hate crush ignited when they were teens and hasn't let up since...except for that one extremely hot (and extremely regrettable) night they shared five years ago"--
Author: Cozzens, Peter, 1957- author. Published: 2023 Call Number: 973.5328 Format: Books Summary: "From acclaimed historian Peter Cozzens, the pivotal struggle between the Creek Indians and an insatiable United States for control over the Deep South"-- The Creek War is one of the most tragic episodes in American history, leading to the greatest loss of Native American life on what is now U.S. soil. What began as a vicious internal conflict among the Creek Indians metastasized like a cancer. The ensuing Creek War of 1813-1814 shattered Native American control of the Deep South and led to the infamous Trail of Tears, in which the government forcibly removed the southeastern Indians from their homeland. The war also gave Andrew Jackson his first combat leadership role, and his newfound popularity after defeating the Creeks would set him on the path to the White House. In A Brutal Reckoning, Peter Cozzens vividly captures the young Jackson, describing a brilliant but harsh military commander with unbridled ambition, a taste for cruelty, and a fraught sense of honor and duty. Jackson would not have won the war without the help of Native American allies, yet he denied their role and even insisted on their displacement, together with all the Indians of the American South in the Trail of Tears. A conflict involving not only white Americans and Native Americans, but also the British and the Spanish, the Creek War opened the Deep South to the Cotton Kingdom, setting the stage for the American Civil War yet to come. No other single Indian conflict had such significant impact on the fate of America--and A Brutal Reckoning is the definitive book on this forgotten chapter in our history.
Author: Morgan, Nate, author. Published: 2023 Call Number: PB MORGAN Format: Books Summary: Judged guilty by association when the marshal of El Paso, Texas, is gunned down by his former boss, reformed thief Carson Stone, to clear his name, teams up with bounty hunter Colby Tate to track down this ruthless outlaw and bring him to justice. "The most wanted man in the west, Big Bob Mcgraw has earned his reputation as a thief and killer. With a gang of trigger-happy desperadoes willing to do his bidding, McGraw has robbed banks, stagecoaches, and railroads, raised hell ravaging towns, and left bodies littering the streets in his wake. Carson Stone rode with McGraw's gang exactly once, minding their horses during a bank robbery, before quitting... Carson must convince his partner to bring McGraw in alive or he'll never escape the shadow of the hangman's noose..." --Back cover
