Author: Swinson, David (Author), author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: F SWINSON
Format: Books
Summary: "In a red brick house on a tree-lined street, DC homicide detective Alex Blum stares at the bullet-pocked body of Chris Doyle. As he roots around for evidence, he finds an old Polaroid: the decedent, arm in arm with Arthur Holland, Blum's informant from years ago when he worked at the Narcotics branch. But Arthur has been missing for days. Blum's only source: Arthur's girl, Celeste--beautiful, seductive, and tragic--whom he can't get out of his head."--
Author: Gonell, Aquilino, author. Raskin, Jamin B., writer of preface. Shapiro, Susan, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: B GONELL
Format: Books
Summary: "Aquilino Gonell came to the United States from the Dominican Republic as a young boy. Although he spoke no English, he dedicated himself to his adopted land, striving for the American dream. Determined to be a success story, he joined the army to pay for college. He saw action in Iraq and returned home with PTSD. Believing in the promise of our government, he focused on healing himself and supporting his family. His hard work paid off when he landed a coveted position with the United States Capitol Police and rose to the rank of sergeant. January 6, 2021, changed everything. When insurrectionists stormed the Capitol, Gonell bravely faced down the mob attempting to thwart the peaceful transfer of power. The brutal injuries he sustained that day would end his career in law enforcement. But when some of the very people he put his life on the line to protect downplayed or denied the truth of that day, he chose to speak out against the injustice done to him and the country. Chronicling what it means to live a life of conviction, one that adheres to the best ideas of our democracy, American Shield is a bold testament to the power of truth, justice, and accountability from a highly decorated officer and immigrant who exemplifies the greatest aspirations of a grateful nation"--
Author: Marshall, Tim, 1959- author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 320.12
Format: Books
Summary: "Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries' GDP. People on Mars within the next ten years. This isn't science fiction--it's reality. Humans are venturing up and out, and we're taking our competitive spirit with us. Soon, what happens in space will shape human history as much the mountains, rivers, and seas have impacted civilizations around the world. It's no coincidence that Russia, China, and the USA are leading the way. The next fifty years will change the face of global politics and the world order as we know it. In this gripping work, bestselling author Tim Marshall navigates the new geopolitical landscape to show how we got here and where we're heading. Extensively researched and drawing on the latest information from intelligence, government, and civilian institutions, this book provides a detailed, clear account of the new space race, the power rivalries, and how technology, economics, and war have a ripple effect on everyone across the globe. Written with all the insight and wit that have made Marshall one of the world's most popular and trusted writer on geopolitics, The Future of Geography is an essential read about global power, politics, and the future of humanity"--
Author: Schiess, Kaitlyn, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 261.7
Format: Books
Summary: "This book explores America's history of using the Bible in politics, highlighting moments of proper practice and examples of deep misuse, and helps us apply the Scriptures in our political participation"-- In June 2020, after the killing of George Floyd, President Donald Trump posed with a Bible outside St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, DC. For many, the scene epitomized the relationship between scripture and politics: the Bible is a prop, a tool for leaders to exploit for their purpose. Schiess's book has two goals: to mine history for examples of biblical interpretation distanced enough from our own context that we might be able to see things clouding our judgment in the heat of our own debates; and to gain a rough sketch of some of the political biblical interpretation trends and traditions that have shaped America. -- Adapted from Introduction.
Author: Shanklin, Mary C., author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 975.9
Format: Books
Summary: The story of Mar-A-Largo starts even before heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and investor E.F. Hutton built this ode to Roaring Twenties excess atop a coral reef in south Florida. How did Palm Beach's most famous manse become the chew toy for tabloid headline writers? Shanklin reveals the disputes, politics, and lifestyles of a power couple's dream oasis through its history and to the current day. -- adapted from jacket
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.
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