Author: Gyllenhaal, Anders, author. Mills, Beverly, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 639.978 GYLLENHA
Format: Books
Summary: "Three years ago, headlines delivered shocking news: nearly three billion birds in North America have vanished over the past fifty years. No species has been spared, from the most delicate jeweled hummingbirds to scrappy black crows, from a rainbow of warblers to common birds such as owls and sparrows. For the past year, veteran journalists Anders and Beverly Gyllenhaal traveled more than 25,000 miles across the Americas, chronicling costly experiments, contentious politics, and new technologies to save our beloved birds from the brink of extinction. Through this compelling drama, A Wing and a Prayer offers hope and an urgent call to action: Birds are dying at an unprecedented pace. But there are encouraging breakthroughs across the hemisphere and still time to change course, if we act quickly"--
Author: Allende, Isabel, author. Riddle, Frances, translator.
Published: 2023
Call Number: LP F ALLENDE
Format: Large print
Summary: Traces the ripple effects of war and immigration on two children--five-year-old Samuel, whose mother puts him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England in 1938, and seven-year-old Anita, who boards another train eight decades later to the U.S., where she is separated from her mother. "This powerful and moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea weaves together past and present, tracing the ripple effects of war and immigration on one child in Europe in 1938 and another in the United States in 2019. Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler was six years old when his father disappeared during Kristallnacht--the night their family lost everything. Samuel's mother secured a spot for him on the last Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to the United Kingdom, which he boarded alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin. Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Diaz, a blind seven-year-old girl, and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States..."--
Author: Jakobson, Haley, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: F JAKOBSON
Format: Books
Summary: "A funny, astute debut novel about a young bisexual woman who is pulled between the new life she's creating for herself and the life she worked so hard to escape"-- "Savannah 'Sav' Henry is almost the person she wants to be, or at least she's getting closer. It's the second semester of her sophomore year. She's finally come out as bisexual, is making friends with the other queers in her dorm, and has just about recovered from her disastrous first queer 'situationship.' She is cautiously optimistic that her life is about the begin..."--
Author: Barone, Daniel A., author. Armour, Lawrence A., author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 616.8498
Format: Books
Summary: "This book is designed to provide additional guidance for those who understand how critical sleep is to their health and who want to do all they can to improve the quality of their sleep"-- A lively dictionary of topics related to slumber designed to help people help themselves by improving their sleep and, therefore, their health and happiness. The Story of Sleep is a lively annotated dictionary of topics related to slumber, designed to help people help themselves get a better night's rest and improve their overall physical and mental health. Incorporating up-to-date data, each entry reflects the fact that the world-in-general has changed and new sleep technologies have been developed over the past few years. Sleep expert Daniel Barone and writer Lawrence Armour provide the perfect format for those readers who crave a quick and ready reference for achieving better sleep habits and a sounder slumber every night. Building on the success of their book Let's Talk About Sleep, Barone and Armour offer this complementary and essential guide.
Author: Weir, Keziah, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: F WEIR
Format: Books
Summary: Inserting herself into the life of a much-older author's widow after discovering her husband, Martin Keller, wrote a story about her that's excerpted from his unpublished novel, struggling journalist Sal Cannon, as she sifts through his papers, wonders who owns a story--and who is the one left to tell it. Sal Cannon's relationship is crumbling, and her career in journalism hits a low point after it's revealed that her profile of a playwright is full of inaccuracies. When she reads a short story by Martin Keller-- a much older author she met at a literary event years ago-- she discovers the story is about her and the moment they met. When Sal learns the story is excerpted from his unpublished novel, she reaches out to the story's editor, and learns that Martin is deceased. Desperate to leave her crumbling life behind and to read the manuscript from which the story was excerpted, Sal contacts Martin's widow, Moira. As she inserts herself into Moira's life, Sal sifts through Martin's papers. Who owns a story? And who is the one left to tell it? -- adapted from jacket
Author: Heaberlin, Julia, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: F HEABERLI
Format: Books
Summary: ""An expertly rendered mystery, complete with compelling characters, an impeccably paced plot, and surprising twists...A must-read!" -Heather Gudenkauf, bestselling author of The Overnight Guest. A scientist and reluctant psychic is brought in to find a girl who went missing long ago in the new novel by Julia Heaberlin, the bestselling author of We Are All the Same in the Dark-- Vivvy Bouchet, daughter of a known psychic, was ten when she saved a boy's life by making an impossible prediction. Now she's an astrophysicist in Texas, devoted to science, but the boy she saved has become a cop who continues to believe she can see things no one else can. When he begs for help on the high-profile cold case of a kidnapped girl, Vivvy steps back into the ocean of voices that once nearly drowned her..."--
Author: Steel, Danielle, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: F STEEL
Format: Books
Summary: "A captivating new novel from Danielle Steel, whose countless #1 New York Times bestselling novels have made her one of America's favorite storytellers. After her parents perish in a tragic accident, Cosima Saverio assumes leadership of her family's haute couture Italian leather brand. While navigating the challenges of running a company at twenty-three, Cosima must also maintain the four-hundred-year-old family palazzo in Venice and care for her younger siblings: Allegra, who survived the tragedy that killed their parents with scars and a spinal injury, and Luca, who has a penchant for wild parties, pretty women, and poker tables..." --
Author: Weber, David, 1952- author. Holo, Jacob, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: F WEBER
Format: Books
Summary: "The Weltall Tournament's professional VR games were supposed to be a symbol of cooperation between SysGov and its militaristic neighbor, the Admin. But that was before star Admin player Elly Sako received a death threat, written in blood next to a copy of her own severed head. The Admin's Department of Temporal Investigation swiftly seizes control of the crime scene, and the tournament transforms into a flashpoint of charged politics and conflicting jurisdictions. SysPol Detective Isaac Cho and DTI Special Agent Susan Cantrell--partners in the officer exchange program--are sent in to take charge of the investigation and bring the situation under control. But solving this mystery won't be easy, and the pair struggles to determine who is telling the truth. A jilted relationship between players soon explodes into signs of a far-reaching conspiracy, and the two detectives find themselves racing against time before the tournament ends. Because the killer will be the only one who wins, should they fail"--
Author: Able, Kenneth W., 1945- author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 577.51
Format: Books
Summary: "In Coastal Landscapes, distinguished marine scientist Kenneth Able presents unique and timely insights into New Jersey's coastal environments, from the state's Pine Barrens to its famous ocean beaches. Nearly 100 aerial images from helicopter and drone flights taken from 2015--2021, along with accompanying text, describes local landscape features in detail including geographic locations and ecological settings. These images have been groundtruthed from kayaks as well as on foot, as the author waded through marshes. Able's eye-catching photographs will appeal to a broad audience, ranging from the general public to naturalists, environmentalists, and the innately curious. Ultimately, based on over 40 years of the author's experience, Costal Landscapes provides a broad view of the southern New Jersey coastline, including relics of the past, natural features, human influences, connections among people, places, and resources, and the effects on the environment of climate change"--
Author: Guterl, Matthew Pratt, 1970- author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 362.734
Format: Books
Summary: The author narrates the saga of his parents' experiment to raise their own biological children alongside children adopted from Korea, Vietnam, and the South Bronx, relating how their best intentions proved inadequate for confronting the racism and xenophobia that added to the complexity of holding together a large family.
Author: Schmidt, Michael S. (Journalist), author. Random House (Firm), publisher.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 973.933
Format: Books
Summary: Donald Trump v. The United States tells the dramatic, high-stakes story of those who felt compelled to confront and try to contain the most powerful man in the world as he shredded norms and sought to expand his power. Michael S. Schmidt takes readers inside the defining events of the presidency, chronicles them up close, and records the clash between an increasingly emboldened president and those around him, who find themselves trying to thwart the president they had pledged to serve, unsure whether he is acting in the interest of the country, his ego, his family business, or Russia. Through their eyes and ears, we observe an epic struggle. Drawing on secret FBI and White House documents and confidential sources inside federal law enforcement and the West Wing, Donald Trump v. The United States is vital journalism from a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter that records the shocking reality of a presidency like no other. It is a riveting contemporary history and a lasting account of just how fragile and vulnerable the institutions of American democracy really are.--
Author: Jamison, Kay R., author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 616.8914
Format: Books
Summary: "The acclaimed author of The Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychic pain and the role of the gifted healer in the journey back to health. "To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal." In this expansive cultural history of the treatment and healing of suffering, Kay Jamison writes about what makes an effective healer, and the role of imagination and memory in the regeneration of the mind. From the trauma of the bloodiest battlefields of the twentieth century to her own experience with bipolar disease, Jamison demonstrates how extraordinary psychotherapy can be when administered properly and explores the clinical reality that healing the mind requires, for both doctor and patient. She draws on the cases of W.H.R. Rivers, the renowned doctor who treated shell-shocked WWI soldiers, on the long history of physical treatments for mental distress and the ancient role of religion and myth in healing, and she looks at the heroic figures in our artistic culture who have healed us as a people, such as Paul Robeson. Fires in the Dark is a beautiful meditation on the quest and adventure of true healing"--
Author: Robards, Kate, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: F ROBARDS
Format: Books
Summary: "Obsessed with the idea that her sister's death was not a suicide, Sawyer, when she learns Willa was writing an explosive true crime book about the decades-old disappearance of a toddler, traces Willa's steps into a community where the truth could destroy her as easily as it did her sister"-- "It's not that they've been all that close in the past few years, but sisters Willa and Sawyer Stannard are bonded by the ups and downs of the life they've lived with their mercurial single mother. When Willa is found dead in her apartment from an apparent suicide, Sawyer just knows it's not possible. A cryptic note from the acclaimed broadcast journalist leads police to rule out foul play. Shattered by grief--and obsessed by the idea that her sister's death was not a suicide--Sawyer plunges into a search for the truth." --Amazon.com
Author: Smythe, Rachel (Comics artist), author, artist.
Published: 2023
Call Number: Y GN SMYTHE
Format: Books
Summary: "The rumor mill of Olympus is constantly churning, but Persephone and Hades are all anyone can talk about. With the constant gossip creating intense pressure on the pair, they decide to slow down their budding romance and focus on sorting out their own issues first. But that's easier said than done. Hades struggles to find support in his personal life, with Zeus trivializing his feelings and Minthe resorting to abusive patterns in their relationship. And while Hades tries to create healthier boundaries where he can--like finally putting a stop to his sporadic, revenge-fueled hookups with Hera--he still feels lonely and adrift. Persephone feels equally ostracized as her classmates shun her for her connection to Hades, and she can find no refuge at home, with Apollo constantly dropping by unannounced and pushing his unwelcome advances. And on top of it all, the wrathful god of war, Ares, has returned to Olympus to dredge up his sordid history with the goddess of spring, threatening to surface Persephone's dark and mysterious past and ruin her tenuous position in the land of the gods. Despite agreeing to take it slow, Persephone and Hades find themselves inextricably drawn toward each other once more amid the chaos. The pull of fate cannot be denied"--
Author: Archer, Rosie, author.
Published: 2023 2022
Call Number: F ARCHER
Format: Books
Summary: The first in a heartwarming saga series set during the Second World War. Perfect for fans of Pam Howes and Elaine Everest. 1942: Working in the greengrocers and playing the piano in the pub a couple of nights a week isn't fulfilling nineteen-year-old Trixie Smith's idea of helping Britain win the war. One day she sees a poster advertising the Women's Timber Corps and decides to sign up--soon she is on her way to Scotland for four weeks of training to become a Lumberjill. On her journey north she meets Cy, an American soldier on leave. Their attraction is instant and they both feel that fate has brought them together. Although their time with one another is brief, they promise that they'll be together as soon as the war is over. But training to become a Lumberjill is hard; working in all weathers, felling trees and hauling timber is dangerous and exhausting. Luckily Trixie quickly makes friends with three of her fellow Lumberjills. Each of them has different reasons for signing up and travelling far from home, but running away from your problems doesn't make them disappear.
Author: Adjmi, Corie, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: F ADJMI
Format: Books
Summary: When Casey gets into trouble hanging out with the wrong crowd in New Orleans, her parents decide to move back to their Orthodox Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn--where, swayed by the community's Middle Eastern values and her parents' traditional wishes, Casey marries Michael at eighteen, thinking she can adjust to Sephardic ways. But can she? "Casey Cohen, a Middle Eastern Jew, is a sixteen-year-old in New Orleans in the 1970s when she starts hanging out with the wrong crowd. Then she gets in trouble and her parents turn her whole world upside down by deciding to return to their roots, the Orthodox Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn. In this new and foreign world, families gather weekly for Shabbat dinner; parties are extravagant events at the Museum of Natural History; and the Marriage Box is a real place, a pool deck designated for teenage girls to put themselves on display for potential husbands." --Amazon.com
Author: Glatt, John, author.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: 364.152
Format: Books
Summary: "In The Doomsday Mother, bestselling true crime author John Glatt tells the twisted tale of Lori Vallow, accused of having her two children murdered to start a new life with her new husband, doomsday prepper Chad Daybell. At first, the residents of Kauai Beach Resort took little notice of their new neighbors. The glamorous blonde and her tall husband fit the image of the ritzy gated community. The couple seemed to keep to themselves--until the police knocked on their door with a search warrant. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell had fled to Hawaii in the midst of being investigated for the disappearance of Lori's children back in Idaho-Tylee and JJ-who hadn't been seen alive in five months. For years, Lori Vallow had been devoted to her children and her Mormon faith. But when her path crossed with Chad Daybell, a religious zealot who taught his followers how to prepare for the end-times, the tumultuous relationship transformed her into someone unrecognizable. As authorities searched for Lori's children, they uncovered more suspicious deaths with links to both Lori and Chad, including the death of Lori's third and fourth husbands, her brother, and Chad's wife. In June 2020, the gruesome remains of JJ and Tylee were discovered on Chad's property, and the newlyweds were arrested and charged with murder. And in a shocking development, horrifying statements revealed that the couple's fanatical beliefs had convinced them the children had become zombies--a belief that may have led to their deaths. Bestselling author and journalist John Glatt takes readers deeper into the devastating crimes of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell in an attempt to unravel the lethal relationship of this doomsday couple"--
Author: Marr, Bernard, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 602.3
Format: Books
Summary: "The 4th industrial revolution is transforming the world of work. Digitization and technologies such as AI, robotic process automation, extended reality, cloud computing, big data, blockchains, etc. are automating, augmenting and adding jobs. The skills people will need to succeed in this new world of work are very different from the skills that made people succeed in the past. There is often a misconception that all we need in the future are coding or technology skills. That couldn't be further from the truth. While we clearly need people with technical knowledge, we need individuals that have an understanding of technology, but focus on the skills humans excel at, such as creativity, critical thinking, interpersonal communication and leadership. Future Skills is about understanding what skills are required to succeed in the future workplace and how to acquire and boost those skills. The book describes the twenty most important skills for the future of work, outlines why they are so valuable, and provide tips and resources to help the reader improve those skills."-- Future-proof yourself and develop critical skills for the digital future. The working world has changed dramatically in the last twenty years and it's going to continue to transform at an even faster pace. How can the average professional stay afloat in an ocean of constant change and technological revolution? In Future Skills: The 20 Skills and Competencies Everyone Needs to Succeed in a Digital World bestselling author and futurist Bernard Marr delivers an engaging and insightful discussion of how you can prepare yourself for the digital future of work. You'll learn which skills will be in the highest demand, why they'll command a premium price, and how to develop them. A can't-miss book for every working professional seeking not just to survive -- but to thrive -- in the coming years, Future Skills belongs in the libraries of company leaders, managers, human resources professionals, educators, and anyone else with an interest in the future of work and how humanity fits within it. --Provided by publisher.
Author: Theiss, Eric, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 641.587 THEISS
Format: Books
Summary: "No more searing, sautéing, stirring, checking, or watching! Whether in your pressure cooker or your slow cooker, you can use these recipes to cook delicious meals without any extra steps. Chef and author Eric Theiss brings you the solution to making meals quick and simple, yet pounded with flavor! He has spent his entire career working with the latest and most innovative cooking products, and has perfected the art of TRUE one-pot cooking. You will be amazed at how little effort the Toss & Go! method of cooking takes! We don't "sear," we don't "sauté," "brown," or "sweat," because one-pot meals shouldn't require all of those extra steps. Eric has done the side-by-side comparisons and has figured out how to get you the same flavors without all of the fluff"--Publisher's website.
Author: Bernays, Edward L., 1891-1995, author. Snow, Nancy, writer of introduction.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 659.2
Format: Books
Summary: "Nicknamed "the father of public relations," Edward Bernays (1891-1995) was a pioneer in the fields of propaganda and PR. Combining theories on crowd psychology with the psychoanalytical ideas of his uncle, Sigmund Freud, Bernays elucidated how corporations and politicians could manipulate public opinion. His seminal 1928 book, Propaganda laid out how propaganda could be used to regiment the collective mind in a variety of areas, including government, politics, art, science and education, while his 1923 classic, Crystallizing Public Opinion, set down the principles that business and government have used to influence public attitudes over the past century. The Edward Bernays Reader: From Propaganda to the Engineering of Consent, is the first comprehensive volume of the writings of this influential and controversial figure. In addition to featuring extended excerpts from Crystallizing Public Opinion and Propaganda, this book also includes the full text of Bernays' classic 1947 essay, "The Engineering of Consent," on the application of scientific principles and practices to the task of getting people to support ideas and programs, as well as extensive selections of his other writings on subjects including education, war propaganda, and polling. Taken together, the material in this book offers the most complete look to date at the work of a man whose ideas are considered the single most important influence on modern propaganda, public relations, and spin."--Publisher description
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