Author: Lee, Karmen, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F LEE
Format: Books
Summary: For teacher Ava Williams, some subjects are not up for debate. Like history--specifically, the one she has with Grace Jones, bowling pro and local celeb. Who is now, for no identifiable reason, teaching at the same small-town Georgia high school as Ava. Once upon a time, they were thick as thieves, best friends, rivals who pushed each other, and total bowling nerds. Then they shared a kiss, sweet and confusing...and after that, they split and nothing was ever the same. Ava is pretty sure she has every reason to hate Grace. Especially when the school's soggy potato of a principal announces--finally--that the students can have the bowling team Ava has been pushing for, for years...only to hand it to Grace. Now they're expected to be partners and lead their new bowling team to victory in six months. And with that, their rivalry is back. Fierce, ultracompetitive...and with an undeniable attraction that pushes, pulls and crashes together. It's history. It's chemistry. And it's just a matter of time before it explodes...one way or the other.--
Author: Seinfeld, Jessica, author. Quessenberry, Sara, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: 641.5639
Format: Books
Summary: "From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Deceptively Delicious and Vegan, At Times comes a delightful new collection of dessert recipes tailored for sweet tooths of all ages and dietary restrictions. Featuring traditional recipes alongside gluten-free, dairy-free, and sugar-free ones, Not Too Sweet is truly for all"-- "In her five cookbooks to date, Jessica Seinfeld has shown readers that healthy eating need not be a chore or a bore. Now she's back to show you that this truth applies even to dessert. The recipes in Not Too Sweet allow home cooks to prepare crowd-pleasing desserts for any diet, be it vegan, gluten-free, less-sugar, no-sugar, no-nuts...or 'no restrictions.' With her trademark accessibility and ingenious use of ingredients, Seinfeld provides step-by-step instructions for making all manner of treats--chocolatey, fruity, traditional, quirky--that will satisfy every (not too) sweet tooth..." --Amazon.com
Author: Collis, Steven T., 1978- author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: 303.69
Format: Books
Summary: "Steven T. Collis, one of the world's leading experts on civil discourse, reveals ten practical habits that can help you navigate the potential minefields of hard topics and leave you and those you converse with feeling thoughtful and productive"-- "Learn the practical skills that can help you build bridges, heal relationships, and engage in productive conversation about even the hardest topics. Imagine turning what could be a contentious conversation with a family member, a friend, or a coworker into a fruitful exchange that enlightens everyone's minds and inches both of you toward a solution. Steven T. Collis, one of the world's leading experts on civil discourse, reveals ten practical habits that can help you navigate the potential minefields of hard topics and leave you and those you converse with feeling thoughtful and productive. Most people have experienced the slippery slope of dialogue that descends into polarized argument. We yell at each other. We gaslight. We twist one another's words and meanings. We embrace facts that support our conclusions and ignore those that don't. Or we sit in silence, afraid to discuss anything of substance. If how you treat others matters to you, this book offers powerful new habits that can give you the confidence to engage in dialogue about hard topics while building and strengthening relationships. Learn successful habits that will allow you to, among other things: Reframe conversations to make them more productive; Engage in real learning by breaking free from technological manipulation; Ask questions of others to understand their true motivations; Recognize gaslighting and not allow it; Know when and how to use humor; Take time for long reflection; Embrace the discomfort of non-closure. Whether you're motivated by a desire for more fruitful discussions about politics or simply bringing more peace to your home, Habits of a Peacemaker offers you the tools to engage in constructive and healthy dialogue. "--
Author: Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945- author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F KOONTZ
Format: Large print
Summary: Raised in the wilderness by her late great-uncle, Vida is a young woman with an almost preternatural affinity for nature, especially for the wolves that also call the forested mountains home. Formed by hard experience, by love and loss, and by the prophecies of a fortune teller, Vida just wants peace. If only nearby Kettleton County didn't cast such a dark shadow. It's where Jose Nochelobo, the love of Vida's life and a cherished local hero, died in a tragic accident. That's the official story, but Vida has reasons to doubt it. The truth can't be contained for long. Nor can the hungry men of power in Kettleton who want something too - that Vida, like Jose, should disappear forever. One by one they come for her, prepared to do anything to see their plans through to their evil end. Vida is no less prepared for them. Vida, the forest, and its formidable wonders are waiting. She will not rest until goodness and order have been restored.
Author: Roberts, Nora, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F ROBERTS
Format: Large print
Summary: "When Sonya MacTavish inherits the huge mansion on the coast of Maine, she has no idea the house is haunted. The footsteps she hears at night, the doors slamming, the music playing are not figments of her imagination. And when she has visions of an antique mirror, she is drawn to it, sensing it holds dark family secrets. Then one night the mirror appears and Sonya glides through this looking glass, into the past - and sees a bride murdered on her wedding day, the circle of gold torn from her finger. It is a scene that will play out again and again - a centuries-old curse that must be broken - and a puzzle she must solve if there is any hope of breaking the curse."--
Author: Fuller, Kathleen. Return to mistletoe. Basham, Pepper. Mistletoe prince. Roberts, Sheila. Say no to mistletoe.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F MISTLETO
Format: Large print
Summary: "In 'Say No to Mistletoe' by Sheila Roberts, Hailey Fairchild is about to go home for the holidays, unengaged and determined to say no to mistletoe. In 'Return to Mistletoe' by Kathleen Fuller, Kieran O'Neill reconnects with Emmy Banks, but can Emmy risk her heart when she knows he'll never stay and she'll never leave? In 'The Mistletoe Prince' by Pepper Basham, Prince Arran St. Clare has lost his fairytale life for a three-month "punishment" in Ransom, North Carolina. Add a beautiful woman and a little Christmas magic, and it might be enough to help the prince understand what matters most." -- from back cover.
Author: French, Paul, 1966- author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: B SIMPSON
Format: Books
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Paul French examines a controversial and revealing period in the early life of the legendary Wallis, Duchess of Windsor--her one year in China. Before she was the Duchess of Windsor, Bessie Wallis Warfield was Mrs. Wallis Spencer, wife of Earl "Win" Spencer, a US Navy aviator. From humble beginnings in Baltimore, she rose to marry a man who gave up his throne for her. But what made Wallis Spencer, Navy Wife, the woman who could become the Duchess of Windsor? The answers lie in her one-year sojourn in China. In her memoirs, Wallis described her time in China as her "Lotus Year," referring to Homer's Lotus Eaters, a group living in a state of dreamy forgetfulness, never to return home. Though faced with challenges, Wallis came to appreciate traditional Chinese aesthetics. China molded her in terms of her style and provided her with friendships that lasted a lifetime. But that "Lotus Year" would also later be used to damn her in the eyes of the British Establishment. The British government's supposed "China Dossier" of Wallis's rumored amorous and immoral activities in the Far East was a damning concoction, portraying her as sordid, debauched, influenced by foreign agents, and unfit to marry a king. Instead, French, an award-winning China historian, reveals Wallis Warfield Spencer as a woman of tremendous courage who may have acted as a courier for the US government, undertaking dangerous undercover diplomatic missions in a China torn by civil war. Her Lotus Year is an untold story in the colorful life of a woman too often maligned by history"--
Author: Thomas, Aiden, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: Y THOMAS
Format: Books
Summary: Transgender demigod Teo and his friends must battle the Obsidian gods and steal back the sun stone in order to free their fellow semidioses and return Sol to the sky. "Teo never thought he could be a hero. Now he doesn't have a choice. The sun is gone, the Obsidian gods have been released from their prison, and chaos and destruction are wreaking havoc on Reino del Sol. All because Teo refused to sacrifice a fellow semidiose during the Sunbearer Trials. With the world plunged into perpetual night, Teo, his crush Aurelio, and his best friend Niya must journey to the dark wilderness of Los Restos, battling vicious monsters while dealing with guilt, trauma, and a (very distracting) burgeoning romance between Teo and Aurelio. Determined to rescue the captured semidioses and retrieve the Sol Stone, the trio races against the clock to return Sol and their protective light. With it, order can be restored. Now the future of the whole world is in their hands." --
Author: Afualo, Drew, 1995- author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: B AFUALO
Format: Books
Summary: "The empowering, inspiring, patriarchy-smashing first book by the TikTok and Spotify star Drew Afualo"-- Drew Afualo is best known as the internet's 'Crusader for Women' and is at the head of a new generation of entertainment's rising stars, with more than nine million followers across her social platforms. She soon realized that men on social media were creating sexist content aimed at disparaging women, and also containing rampant fatphobia, racism, and other forms of bigotry with very real-life consequences. It didn't take long for her to step into the role of unofficial watchdog for misogyny, and her signature laugh is now recognized as a feminist call to arms.Loud is part manual, part manifesto, and part memoir. It is a summoning cry to rid the internet (and our hearts, minds, and lives) of 'terrible men' and create a space to fight outdated patriarchal ideals. Above all, it makes it clear that behind Drew's fearsome laugh is a mission and a life philosophy, a strategy for self-confidence from the inside out, and a pathway to once and for all remove men from the centre of how women and fems think about themselves.
Author: Zahn, Timothy, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F ZAHN
Format: Books
Summary: "Ten thousand years ago, a mysterious people known as the Icari vanished from the Spiral, leaving behind a network of portals that can instantaneously transport passengers hundreds or thousands of light-years across the stars. Gregory Roarke and his Kadolian partner Selene have been tasked with seeking out these alien artifacts and bringing them under the control of the Icarus Group. But the Group's leadership has changed, and Roarke soon finds himself at serious odds with the new director's plans. The result: a counter-plan that lands Roarke and Selene on a distant world with a broken city, a dozen portals, and a group of aliens called the Ammei who dream of using the portals to bring back their own glory days. But their ambitions will be costly, and not just for themselves. Roarke and Selene must put together the scattered clues and solve the riddle of the Ammei and their plans, while at the same time fending off the Patth and their bid to claim the city and portals for themselves. Because the Icari are gone . . . aren't they?"--
Author: West, Lilian, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F WEST
Format: Books
Summary: A bride-to-be's discovery of long-lost wedding rings at an estate sale reveals the key to a decades-old cold case in a small-town mystery perfect for fans of Louise Penny. 2024. Recently-engaged city girl Cora is new to the small town of Hickory Falls. Still adjusting to the change in pace, she's delighted when she stumbles upon a quaint estate sale. Drawn in by the knickknacks, she buys a jar of colorful baubles and is surprised to find two rings at the bottom of the jar. When she innocently sets out to find the original owner of the rings, she instead stumbles upon a decades-old mystery. 1953. Clarity Grey should've known better than to get involved with a married man, but their connection went too deep to ignore. When he divorces his wife for her, they marry, and she gets the family life she's always dreamed of, with a new stepdaughter and a child of her own. But just as suddenly, her new life slips out of her hands when she simply vanishes, never to be seen or heard of again. Clarity is labeled as flakey and a homewrecker, so nobody in town takes her disappearance seriously--until Cora, seventy years later. Told in dual timelines, this engrossing novel exposes one family's secrets and the twisted lies that are hidden in small towns.
Author: MacIntosh, Kate (Fiction writer), author. Cook, Eileen, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F MACINTOS
Format: Books
Summary: "Reims, France, 1805: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot has just lost her beloved husband but is determined to pursue their dream of creating the premier champagne house in France, now named for her new identity as a widow: Veuve Clicquot. With the Russians poised to invade, competitors fighting for her customers, and the Napoleonic court politics complicating matters she must set herself apart quickly and permanently if she, and her business, are to survive. In present day Chicago, broken from her divorce, Natalie Taylor runs away to Paris. In a book stall by the Seine, Natalie finds a collection of the Widow Clicquot's published letters and uses them as inspiration to step out of her comfort zone and create a new, empowered life for herself. But when her Parisian escape takes a shocking and unexpected turn, she's forced to make a choice. Should she accept her losses and return home, or fight for the future she's only dreamed about? What would the widow do?"--
Author: McIntire, Emily, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F MCINTIRE
Format: Books
Summary: Venesa Andersen has never been good. She wasn't good enough for her parents, and she isn't good enough for the gangster uncle who took her in after they died. But she's cunning. Beautiful. Dutiful to her uncle's demands. And she doesn't have time for a moral compass, anyway. When her runaway cousin returns to their coastal southern town, she brings a man with her...and Venesa soon realizes he's the only one who's ever seen her for her. There's just one problem: she can never have him. Enzo "Loverboy" Marino is a wealthy businessman by day and prince of the underworld by night. Underboss to a notorious mafia syndicate, he answers to no one except his father, the strongest don in the northeast. When he's tasked with marriage, Enzo doesn't think twice. Until he meets his fiancée's cousin. Venesa is everything he never knew he wanted, bewitching him with her sultry voice and supple curves. But Enzo learned long ago that for a man like him, life is better without the things you want. When plans unravel and temptation sings its siren song, they'll both have to choose what's more important: duty to their families or a forbidden love that was never supposed to be.
Author: White, Loreth Anne, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F WHITE
Format: Books
Summary: "When human bones are found beneath an old chapel in the woods, evidence suggests the remains could be linked to the decades-old case of missing teen Annalise Jansen. Homicide detective Jane Munro--pregnant and acutely attuned to the preciousness of life--hopes the grim discovery will finally bring closure to the girl's family. But for a group of Annalise's old friends, once dubbed the Shoreview Six by the media, it threatens to expose a terrible pledge made on an autumn night forty-seven years ago. The friends are now highly respected, affluent members of their communities, and none of them ever expected the dark chapter in their past to resurface. But as Jane and forensic anthropologist Dr. Ella Quinn peel back the layers of secrets, the group begins to fracture. Will one cave? Will they turn on each other? The investigation takes a sharp turn when Jane discovers a second body--that of the boy long blamed for Annalise's disappearance. As the bones tell their story, the group learns just how far each will go to guard their own truth."
Author: James, Amy, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F JAMES
Format: Books
Summary: "A heartwarming and humorous romance in which an unlikely couple fall in love over Wordle"-- "Twenty-seven-year-old Emily doesn't have a lot going well in her life right now. She dreams of a creative career but work as a receptionist in an auto shop. She longs for big city life but lives in a small town on Prince Edward Island. She craves a close group of friends but is stuck with irritating, car-obsessed coworkers. What Emily does have is a 300+ day streak on the New York Times Wordle. But one day, with only one guess left and no clue what the answer is, she's forced to turn to one of her irritating, car obsessed coworkers, John, for help-- and in doing so, she realizes that he might not be so irritating after all. . ."
Author: Yeoman, R. S. (Richard S.), author. Bressett, Kenneth E., editor, author. Garrett, Jeff (Numismatist), editor. Bowers, Q. David, editor. Whitman Publishing, LLC, publisher.
Published: 2024
Call Number: 737.4973
Format: Books
Summary: "An illustrated catalog of prices generally paid by dealers for all American coins, 1616 to date."--Provided by publisher.
Author: Ellor, ZR (Zabé R.), author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: Y ELLOR
Format: Books
Summary: Three siblings find themselves on opposing sides of a centuries-old conflict in an enchanted kingdom ruled by the Rat King who seeks to find and kill the missing Nutcracker Prince. "Nabik, a soldier, owes his loyalty to his elder brother Fydir, who lifted him and their sister, Drakne, from poverty. But when Fydir orders him to quell unrest among the city's beastfolk, the magic Nabik had long buried begins to stir. A wintery voice urges Nabik to desert his post--nd his brother's watchful eye--to journey north into Kolznechia, a frozen, enchanted kingdom ruled by the mercurial Rat King. His power may hold the key to breaking an ancient curse and ending the Rat King's terrible reign. Drakne will do whatever it takes to break free of Fydir. As Nabik follows all of their eldest brother's commands, her best hope of escaping is to seek the protection of the Rat King. . ."--
Author: Reinhardt, Emily, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 738.12
Format: Books
Summary: "With The Beginner's Guide to Decorating Pottery, learn to create designs and patterns on clay that have a distinctive, modern feel and are easy enough for beginners to master"--
Author: Siegel, Jeremy J., author.
Published: 2023 1994
Call Number: 332.6322 2023
Format: Books
Summary: "The stock-investing classic Updated to help you win in today's chaotic global economy"-- "The long-awaited revised edition of the stock trading classic gets you fully up to date on value investing, ESG investing, and other important developments. The definitive guide to stock trading, Stocks for the Long Run has been providing the knowledge, insights, and tools that traders need to understand the market for nearly 30 years. It?s been updated with new chapters and content on: The role of value investing ; The impact of ESG--Environmental/Social/Governance--issues on the future of investing ; The current interest rate environment ; Future returns investors should expect in the bond and stock markets ; The role of international investing ; The long-run risks on equity markets ; The importance of black swan events, such as a pandemic and the financial crisis.
Author: McIntire, Emily, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: F MCINTIRE
Format: Books
Summary: "Yasmin Karam was raised in prosperity. Daughter to one of the richest men in the world, she's been fortunate to never know strife. When her father falls ill, he has one last wish: to see her married to someone of his choosing. Determined to make his last days his happiest, she agrees. But there's one problem: her heart belongs to someone else. A servant. A street rat. A man who would never be considered worthy. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Yasmin strikes a deal with an unlikely ally-Julian Faraci, her father's right hand man-not realizing he has his own twisted agenda. Julian Faraci came from nothing, built from broken bones and faded bruises. But dark pasts can forge bright futures, and Julian has climbed his way through the trenches, not caring who gets hurt along the way. He has one goal: become the most powerful man in the world. When his mentor falls ill, he's on the verge of losing everything, and he'll stop at nothing to inherit what is rightfully his. Even if it means forcing a woman he can't stand into marriage. She's a brat who speaks out of turn. He's the villain of her story. But he's decided that she's his...whether she wants to be or not"--
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