Author: Extence, Gavin, 1982- author.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: F EXTENCE
Format: Books
Summary: Beneath the stars, on a stony beach, stand two teenage brothers. They are wearing life-jackets that are too big for them and their most precious belongings are sealed in waterproof bags tucked inside the rucksacks on their backs. Turkey is behind them and Europe lies ahead, a dark, desperate swim away. They don't know what will come next, but they're about to meet a man who does. He calls himself Jesus, the Messiah. He is barefoot, disheveled and smells strongly of alcohol. And he doesn't believe in chance meetings. He believes he has information about the future--information that will change three lives forever...
Author: Ivester, Jo, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: B IVESTER
Format: Books
Summary: Once a Girl, Always a Boy is Jeremy's journey from childhood through coming out as transgender and eventually emerging as an advocate for the transgender community. This is not only Jeremy's story but also that of his family, told from multiple perspectives -- those of the siblings who struggled to understand the brother they once saw as a sister, and of the parents who ultimately joined him in the battle against discrimination.
Author: Keller, Timothy, 1950- author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 236.1
Format: Books
Summary: "From author and pastor Timothy Keller, a book about facing the death of loved ones, as well as our own inevitable death. Significant events such as birth, marriage, and death are milestones in our lives in which we experience our greatest happiness and our deepest grief. And so it is profoundly important to understand how to approach and experience these occasions with grace, endurance, and joy. In a culture that does its best to deny death, Timothy Keller-theologian and bestselling author-teaches us about facing death with the resources of faith from the Bible. With wisdom and compassion, Keller finds in the Bible an alternative to both despair or denial. A short, powerful book, On Death gives us the tools to understand the meaning of death within God's vision of life."--
Author: Jensen, Kelly, editor.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 616.89
Format: Books
Summary: What does it mean to be crazy? Is using the word crazy offensive? What happens when such a label gets attached to your everyday experiences? In order to understand mental health, we need to talk openly about it. Because there's no single definition of crazy, there's no single experience that embodies it, and the word itself means different things -- wild? extreme? disturbed? passionate? -- to different people. (Don't) Call Me Crazy is a conversation starter and guide to better understanding how our mental health affects us every day. Thirty-three writers, athletes, and artists offer essays, lists, comics, and illustrations that explore their personal experiences with mental illness, how we do and do not talk about mental health, help for better understanding how every person's brain is wired differently, and what, exactly, might make someone crazy. If you've ever struggled with your mental health, or know someone who has, come on in, turn the pages, and let's get talking.
Author: Yates, Jane, author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 743.8
Format: Books
Summary: "Not all mermaids look like the ones seen in movies. This stimulating book will show readers how to draw different styles of mermaids, including cartoon and manga, and teach them about the roles mermaids play in mythology"--Publisher's website.
Author: Theroux, Paul, author. McCurry, Steve, photographer.
Published: 2016 2015
Call Number: 975
Format: Books
Summary: "One of the most acclaimed travel writers of our time turns his unflinching eye on an American South too often overlooked. Paul Theroux has spent fifty years crossing the globe, adventuring in the exotic, seeking the rich history and folklore of the far away. Now, for the first time, in his tenth travel book, Theroux explores a piece of America--the Deep South. He finds there a paradoxical place, full of incomparable music, unparalleled cuisine, and yet also some of the nation's worst schools, housing, and unemployment rates. It's these parts of the South, so often ignored, that have caught Theroux's keen traveler's eye. On road trips spanning four seasons, wending along rural highways, Theroux visits gun shows and small-town churches, laborers in Arkansas, and parts of Mississippi where they still call the farm up the road 'the plantation.' He talks to mayors and social workers, writers and reverends, the working poor and farming families--the unsung heroes of the south, the people who, despite it all, never left, and also those who returned home to rebuild a place they could never live without. From the writer whose 'great mission has always been to transport us beyond that reading chair, to challenge himself--and thus, to challenge us' (Boston Globe), Deep South is an ode to a region, vivid and haunting, full of life and loss alike"--
Author: Hilderbrand, Elin, author.
Published: 2011
Call Number: F HILDERBR
Format: Books
Summary: Facing homelessness and a loss of social standing after her husband cheats rich investors out of billions of dollars, Meredith and her best friend, Connie, who has troubles of her own, escape to Nantucket to heal. Meredith Martin Delinn just lost everything: her friends, her homes, her social standing -- because her husband Freddy cheated rich investors out of billions of dollars. Desperate and facing homelessness, Meredith receives a call from her old best friend, Constance Flute. Connie's had recent worries of her own, and the two depart for a summer on Nantucket in an attempt to heal. But the island can't offer complete escape, and they're plagued by new and old troubles alike. When Connie's brother Toby -- Meredith's high school boyfriend -- arrives, Meredith must reconcile the differences between the life she is leading and the life she could have had.
Author: Corry, Neil.
Published: 2010
Call Number: 791.4572
Format: Books
Summary: Presents an introduction to the popular science fiction television program, discussing its characters, plot lines, villains, gadgets, monsters, aliens, weaponry, and spaceships.
Author: Zehr, Howard, author, photographer.
Published: 2010 1996
Call Number: 365.6
Format: Books
Summary: "What does it mean to face a life prison sentence? What have "lifers" learned about life -- from having taken a life? Photographer Howard Zehr has interviewed and made portraits of men and women in Pennsylvania prisons who are serving life sentences without possibility of parole. Readers see the prisoners as people, de-mystified. Brief text accompanies each portrait, the voice of each prisoner speaking openly about the crime each has committed, the utter violation of another person each has caused. They speak of loneliness, missing their children growing up, dealing with the vacuum, caught between death and life. A timely book"--Publisher's website.
Author: Rushdie, Salman, author.
Published: 2008 1988
Call Number: F RUSHDIE
Format: Books
Summary: A hijacked jumbo jet bound for London blows apart high above the English Channel. Two figures, Indian actors of opposing sensibilities, Gibreel and Saladin, fall to Earth, and are washed up on an English beach. Soon curious changes occur--Gibreel seems to have acquired a halo, while Saladin grows hooves and bumps at his temples. They are transformed into living symbols of what is angelic and evil. This is the initial act in an odyssey that merges the actual with the imagined.
Author: Flynn, Vince, 1966-2013.
Published: 2007
Call Number: F FLYNN
Format: Books
Summary: In the aftermath of an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, CIA director Irene Kennedy and operative Mitch Kelly are dispatched to the Middle East to diffuse Iran's sworn retaliation against the United States.
Author: García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014 author. Rabassa, Gregory translator.
Published: 2006 1970
Call Number: F GARCIAMA
Format: Books
Summary: Tells the story of the Buendia family, set against the background of the evolution and eventual decadence of a small South American town.
Published: 2003 2001
Call Number: 641.5686
Format: Books
Summary: Christmas is magic--a time to catch up with family and friends and share fine foods. For the person who has to feed everyone, the days leading to Christmas can be hectic. The essential Christmas cookbook tells you everything about planning and entertaining with minimum stress. Impress your guests with culinary brilliance, then relax and enjoy the goodwill of Christmas.
Author: Cretzmeyer, Stacy. Hartz, Ruth Kapp.
Published: 1999 1994
Call Number: B HARTZ
Format: Books
Summary: Tells the story of Ruth Kapp, a young Jewish girl in Nazi-occupied France in 1941, who, after being separated from her family, lived out the war hidden in a Catholic convent until being reunited with her parents in the final months of the conflict.
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The novelist discusses his Pulitzer-winning comedy about the travels and travails of a heartbroken writer, and William Finnegan talks about surfing.
The novelist discusses his Pulitzer-winning comedy about the travels and travails of a heartbroken writer, and William Finnegan talks about surfing.
A selection of books published this week.
A selection of books published this week.
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