Author: Kelley, Blair Murphy, 1973- author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 331.639
Format: Books
Summary: "An award-winning historian illuminates the adversities and joys of the Black working class in America through a stunning narrative centered on her forebears. There have been countless books, articles, and televised reports in recent years about the almost mythic "white working class," a tide of commentary that has obscured the labor, and even the very existence, of entire groups of working people, including everyday Black workers. In this brilliant corrective, Black Folk, acclaimed historian Blair LM Kelley restores the Black working class to the center of the American story. Spanning two hundred years--from one of Kelley's earliest known ancestors, an enslaved blacksmith, to the essential workers of the Covid-19 pandemic--Black Folk highlights the lives of the laundresses, Pullman porters, domestic maids, and postal workers who established the Black working class as a force in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries..."--Publisher.
Author: Vlahos, Hadley, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 616.029
Format: Books
Summary: "Passionate advocate for end-of-life care and TikTok star Nurse Hadley shares moving stories of joy, wisdom, and redemption from her patients' final moments, offering powerful lessons on facing death, recovering from loss, and how to live your life in this deeply personal memoir. Talking about death and dying is considered taboo in popular culture, even in the medical field. Our understanding of death is riddled with misconceptions: memories flashing before our eyes, cascading regrets, and chasing bright lights at the end of tunnels. But for most people, this will not be their experience. Rather, it will be a slower process requiring preparedness, good humor, and a bit of faith. At the forefront of changing attitudes around palliative care is TikTok personality Hadley Vlahos, whose videos collect and share the heartbreaking, remarkable, and uplifting stories of her patients... With profound insight, humility, and respect, The In-Between is a heart-rending memoir about how caring for others can transform a life, while also offering wisdom and comfort for those dealing with loss and providing inspiration for how to live now"--
Author: Abbott, Megan, 1971- author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: LP F ABBOTT
Format: Books
Summary: 'Honey, I just want you to have everything you ever wanted.' That's what Jacy's mum always told her. And Jacy felt like she finally did. Newly married and with a baby on the way, Jacy and her new husband, Jed, embark on their first road trip together to visit his father, Dr Ash, in Michigan's far-flung Upper Peninsula. The moment they arrive in the cozy cottage in the lush woods, Jacy feels bathed in love by the warm and hospitable Dr Ash, if less so by his house manager, the enigmatic Mrs Brandt. But their first days take a turn when Jacy has a health scare. Swiftly, vacation activities are scrapped, and all eyes are on Jacy's condition. At the same time, whispers about Jed's long-dead mother and complicated family history seem eerily to be impeding upon the present. As the days pass, Jacy begins to feel trapped in the cottage, her every move surveilled, her body under the looking glass. But are her fears founded or is it paranoia, or cabin fever, or--as is suggested to her--a stubborn refusal to take necessary precautions? The dense woods surrounding the cottage are full of dangers, but are the greater ones inside?
Author: Haley, Nikki, 1972- author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 305.4
Format: Large print
Summary: "In the spirit of Thatcher's quote, Ambassador Nikki R. Haley offers inspiring examples of women who worked against obstacles and opposition to get things done -- including Haley herself. As a brown girl growing up in South Carolina, no one would have predicted she would become the first minority female governor in America, the first female and the first minority governor in South Carolina, or the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. She faced many people who thought she didn t belong -- she was too brown. Too female. Too young. Too conservative. Too principled. Too idealistic. As far as Nikki was concerned, those were not reasons to hold her back. Those were all reasons to forge ahead. She drew inspiration from other trailblazing women throughout history who summoned the courage to be different and lead. This personal and compelling book celebrates ten remarkable women who dared to be bold, from household names like Margaret Thatcher and Israel's former prime minister Golda Meir, to Jeane Kirkpatrick, the first female U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, to lesser-known leaders like human rights activist Cindy Warmbier, education advocate Virginia Walden Ford, civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin, and more. Woven with stories from Haley's own childhood and political career, If You Want Something Done will inspire the next generation of leaders."--
Author: Ramaswamy, Vivek, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 320.973
Format: Books
Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of Woke Inc. makes the case that the essence of true American identity is to pursue excellence unapologetically and reject victimhood culture." -- Amazon.com. America's inner spirit has been domesticated by a new culture that rejects excellence and embraces victimhood. Ramaswamy makes the case that the essence of true American identity is to pursue excellence unapologetically-- no matter your skin color or ethnic origin. He explains that we are all victims now: victims of each other, and ultimately, of ourselves. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Díaz, Hernán, 1973- author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: F DIAZ
Format: Books
Summary: "An award-winning writer of absorbing, sophisticated fiction delivers a stylish and propulsive novel rooted in early 20th century New York, about wealth and talent, trust and intimacy, truth and perception. In glamorous 1920s New York City, two characters of sophisticated taste come together. One is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; the other, the brilliant daughter of penniless aristocrats. Steeped in affluence and grandeur, their marriage excites gossip and allows a continued ascent -- all at a moment when the country is undergoing a great transformation. This is the story at the center of Harold Vanner's novel Bonds, which everyone in 1938 New York seems to have read. But it isn't the only version. Provocative, propulsive, and repeatedly surprising, Hernan Diaz's TRUST puts the story of these characters into conversation with the "the truth"--and in tension with the life and perspective of an outsider immersed in the mystery of a competing account. The result is an overarching novel that becomes more exhilarating and profound with each new layer and revelation, engaging the reader in a treasure hunt for the truth that confronts the reality-warping gravitational pull of money, and how power often manipulates facts"--
Author: De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971- author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: Y DELACRUZ
Format: Books
Summary: "For this princess, winning the crown is no fairy tale." --Front cover Cendrillon de Louvois has more grace, beauty, and charm than anyone else in France. While she was once the darling child of the king's favorite adviser, her father's death has turned her into the servant of her stepmother and cruel stepsisters--and at her own chateau, too! Cendrillon--now called Cinder--manages to evade her stepmother and attend the ball, where she catches the eye of the handsome Prince Louis and his younger brother Auguste. Even though Cendrillon has an immediate aversion to Louis, and a connection with Auguste, the only way to escape her stepmother is to compete with the other women at court for the Prince's hand. Soon, as Cendrillon glows closer to Auguste and dislikes the prince more and more, she will have to decide if she can bear losing the boy she loves in order to leave a life she hates.
Author: Kennedy, Robert Francis, 1954- author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 362.1962
Format: Books
Summary: "The Real Anthony Fauci details how Fauci, Gates, and their cohorts use their control of media outlets, scientific journals, key government and quasi-governmental agencies, global intelligence agencies, and influential scientists and physicians to flood the public with fearful propaganda about COVID-19 virulence and pathogenesis, and to muzzle debate and ruthlessly censor dissent"-- As director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Dr. Anthony Fauci dispenses $6.1 billion in annual taxpayer-provided funding for scientific research, allowing him to dictate the subject, content, and outcome of scientific health research across the globe. Kennedy believes that in early 2000 Fauci and Bill Gates cemented a partnership that would aim to control an increasingly profitable $60 billion global vaccine enterprise with unlimited growth potential. Here he details how they flood the public with fearful propaganda about COVID-19 virulence and pathogenesis, and muzzle debate and ruthlessly censor dissent. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Ramaswamy, Vivek, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 322.3
Format: Books
Summary: "There's a new invisible force at work in our economic and cultural lives. It affects every advertisement we see and every product we buy, from our morning coffee to a new pair of shoes. "Stakeholder capitalism" makes rosy promises of a better, more diverse, environmentally-friendly world, but in reality this ideology championed by America's business and political leaders robs us of our money, our voice, and our identity. Vivek Ramaswamy is a traitor to his class. He's founded multi-billion dollar enterprises, led a biotech company as CEO, he became a hedge fund partner in his 20s, trained as a scientist at Harvard and a lawyer at Yale, and grew up the child of immigrants in a small town in Ohio. Now he takes us behind the scenes into corporate boardrooms and five-star conferences, into Ivy League classrooms and secretive nonprofits, to reveal the defining scam of our century. The modern woke-industrial complex divides us as a people. By mixing morality with consumerism, America's elites prey on our innermost insecurities about who we really are. They sell us cheap social causes and skin-deep identities to satisfy our hunger for a cause and our search for meaning, at a moment when we as Americans lack both. This book not only rips back the curtain on the new corporatist agenda, it offers a better way forward. America's elites may want to sort us into demographic boxes, but we don't have to stay there. Woke, Inc. begins as a critique of stakeholder capitalism and ends with an exploration of what it means to be an American in 2021--a journey that begins with cynicism and ends with hope." -- Inside front jacket flap.
Author: Roberts, Nora author.
Published: 2014
Call Number: F ROBERTS
Format: Books
Summary: "A story of misplaced expectations from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. For a change of pace, renowned anthropologist Kasey Wyatt takes a job working for bestselling author Jordan Taylor, who needs helps researching his latest novel about the Plains Indians. Upon arriving at Jordan's impressive Palm Springs estate, Kasey finds all the trappings of a family, but none of the warmth. Jordan's forbidding mother is immediately suspicious of her, while Jordan's shy and serious orphaned niece represses her curiosity. Jordan himself is an expert at hiding his emotions behind an aristocratic facade. Hardly the quiet and bookish woman they were all expecting, Kasey infuses their lives with light and laughter. And suddenly Jordan finds himself drawn to a woman unlike any he has ever desired, one who is able to transform his day-to-day existence into a life worth living "--
Author: Hopkins, Ellen author.
Published: 2007
Call Number: Y HOPKINS
Format: Books
Summary: Eighteen-year-old Kristina is determined to manage her crystal meth addiction in order to take care of her newborn son, but when the pull of the drug becomes too strong, her greatest fears are quickly realized.
Author: Hopkins, Ellen author.
Published: 2004
Call Number: Y HOPKINS
Format: Regular print
Summary: Kristina Georgia Snow is the perfect daughter, gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, Kristina disappears and Bree takes her place. Bree is the exact opposite of Kristina. Through a boy, Bree meets the monster: crank. And what begins as a wild ecstatic ride turns into a struggle through hell for her mind, her soul--her life.
Author: Picoult, Jodi, 1966-
Published: 2001
Call Number: F PICOULT
Format: Books
Summary: After a family argument, Jane takes her daughter, Rebecca, and travels across the country to stay with her brother Joley, and Oliver, her oceanographer husband, tries to track her unpredictable path.
Author: Goldstein, Jonathan (Jonathan M.), 1969- film director, screenwriter. Daley, John Francis, 1985- film director, screenwriter. McKay, Chris, screenwriter. Gilio, Michael, screenwriter. Latcham, Jeremy, film producer.
Published: 2023
Call Number: DUNGEONS
Format: Video disc
Summary: A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people in this hilarious and action-packed adventure.
Author: Toom, Tanel, 1982- film director. Smyth, Malachi, screenwriter. Pullen, Ben, film producer. Felt, Ivo, film producer. Bundschuh, Jörg, film producer.
Published: 2023 2022
Call Number: LAST
Format: Video disc
Summary: A squad of soldiers stranded on an isolated military sea base on a near future Earth, wait for the relief or the enemy, whichever comes first.
Author: Hardwicke, Catherine, film director. Feldman, Michael J., screenwriter. Jhoon, Debbie, screenwriter. Simon, Christopher, 1963- film producer. Sthers, Amanda, 1978- author, film producer.
Published: 2023
Call Number: MAFIA
Format: Video disc
Summary: After the death of her long-lost grandfather, a suburban mom inherits his mafia business in Italy. An American mom inherits her grandfather's mafia empire in Italy. Guided by the firm's consigliere, she hilariously defies everyone's expectations as the new head of the family business.
Author: Beck, Scott, 1984- film director, screenwriter, film producer. Woods, Bryan, 1984- film director, screenwriter, film producer. Driver, Adam, actor. Greenblatt, Ariana, 2007- actor. Coleman, Chloe, actor.
Published: 2023
Call Number: SIXTY
Format: Video disc
Summary: "After a catastrophic crash on an unknown planet, pilot Mills quickly discovers he's actually stranded on Earth... 65 million years ago. Now, with only one chance at rescue, Mills and the only other survivor, Koa, must make their way across an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures in an epic fight to survive" --Container.
Author: Sandberg, David F., 1981- film director. Gayden, Henry, screenwriter. Morgan, Chris (Screenwriter), screenwriter. Safran, Peter, 1965- film producer. Levi, Zachary, 1980- actor.
Published: 2023
Call Number: SHAZAM!
Format: Video disc
Summary: "Billy Batson--aka Shazam!--and his fellow foster kids are still learning how to juggle teenage life with having adult Super Hero alter egos, but a vengeful trio of ancient gods has arrived on Earth in search of the magic stolen from them long ago. Now, Billy and his family are thrust into a battle for their superpowers, their lives and the fate of their world"--Container.
Author: King, Robert (Screenwriter), creator. King, Michelle (Television producer), creator. Robinson, Phil Alden, creator. Baranski, Christine, actor. Slattery, John, 1962- actor.
Published: 2022
Call Number: GOOD SEASON 6
Format: Video disc
Summary: When Diane Lockhart's life savings are lost, she must start from scratch at a new firm.
Author: Goldstein, Jonathan (Jonathan M.), 1969- film director, screenwriter. Daley, John Francis, 1985- film director, screenwriter. McKay, Chris, screenwriter. Gilio, Michael, screenwriter. Latcham, Jeremy, film producer.
Published: 2023
Call Number: DUNGEONS
Format: Video disc
Summary: A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people in this hilarious and action-packed adventure.
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