Author: Tyndall, Nicole B., author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y TYNDALL
Format: Books
Summary: "A coming-of-age story about a girl with creative aspirations and the star swimmer who charms his way into her life, centering on themes of addiction, loss, and the tumultuousness of first love--and how to find strength when everything falls apart"--
Author: Richer, Lois, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: LP F RICHER
Format: Large print
Summary: "Returning home to his Montana family ranch, journalist Sam Calhoun volunteers to run the local Christmas festival. But as a snowstorm drives him closer to Joy Grainge, the single mom helping him with the project, the last thing he expects is for her children to decide he should be their new dad. Can Sam earn Joy's trust in time to make all their Christmas wishes come true?"--Back cover.
Author: Perrin, Valérie, 1961- author. Serle, Hildegarde, translator.
Published: 2020
Call Number: F PERRIN
Format: Books
Summary: Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues - gravediggers, groundskeepers, and a priest - visit her to warm themselves in her lodge, where laughter, companionship, and occasional tears mix with the coffee she offers them. Her life is lived to the rhythms of their funny, moving confidences. Violette's routine is disrupted one day by the arrival of Julien Sole - local police chief - who insists on scattering the ashes of his recently deceased mother on the gravesite of a complete stranger. It soon becomes clear that Julien's inexplicable gesture is intertwined with Violette's own difficult past.
Author: Bascomb, Neal, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 796.7209
Format: Books
Summary: "In the years before World War II, Adolf Hitler wanted to prove the greatness of the Third Reich in everything from track and field to motorsports. The Nazis poured money into the development of new race cars, and Mercedes-Benz came out with a stable of supercharged automobiles called Silver Arrows. Their drivers dominated the sensational world of European Grand Prix racing and saluted Hitler on their many returns home with victory. As the Third Reich stripped Jews of their rights and began their march toward war, one driver, René Dreyfus, a 32-year-old Frenchman of Jewish heritage who had enjoyed some early successes on the racing circuit, was barred from driving on any German or Italian race teams, which fielded the best in class, due to the rise of Hitler and Benito Mussolini. So it was that in 1937, Lucy Schell, an American heiress and top Monte Carlo Rally driver, needed a racer for a new team she was creating to take on Germany's Silver Arrows. Sensing untapped potential in Dreyfus, she funded the development of a nimble tiger of a new car built by a little-known French manufacturer called Delahaye. As the nations of Europe marched ever closer to war, Schell and Dreyfus faced down Hitler's top drivers, and the world held its breath in anticipation, waiting to see who would triumph"--
Author: Babb, Michelle, author. McMullen, Hilary, photographer.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 641.5
Format: Books
Summary: Michelle Babb educates you in the art and science of intuitive, intentional eating. By slowing down and eating mindfully, your body will start to perform optimally. You'll reduce binge and emotional eating, which will help you achieve and maintain your healthiest weight. She also provides 30 easy vegetarian recipes which are designed to spark each of your senses. -- adapted from back cover. "This book lays out the principles and practices of mindful eating and includes 30 recipes to engage the senses"--
Author: Peña, Nelson (Partner of Green Leaf Communications), author. Meyer, Scott, (Partner of Green Leaf Communications), author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 615.7827
Format: Books
Summary: "CDB is the health sensation of the decade. Millions are using this natural remedy to ease their symptoms of pain, anxiety, insomnia, and more. CBD & You will help you decide if this plant-based supplement will benefit you and your family. Inside you'll find: A simple explanation of how CBD works -- Expert medical opinions on its benefits and risks when used for common conditions -- Up-to-date research from experts around the world -- Common myths dispelled -- Real-life testimonials -- Clear facts about CBD's legal status -- A buying guide to help you sort through the confusing array of products."--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Black, Holly, author.
Published: 2020 2007
Call Number: Y BLACK
Format: Books
Summary: As the possessor of Roibin's true name, sixteen-year-old Kaye returns to Faerieland to try and complete a nearly-impossible quest that will release him from the spell of the faery queen who holds him in thrall.
Author: Picciolini, Christian, author. Nance, Malcolm W., writer of foreword.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 320.53
Format: Books
Summary: "At fourteen, Christian Picciolini was recruited by a now notorious skinhead leader and encouraged to fight with the movement to 'protect the white race from extinction.' Soon, he had become an expert in racist ideology, a neo-Nazi terror who roamed the neighborhood, quick to throw fists. By the time he left the movement years later and was able to see clearly for the first time, Picciolini found that his life was in shambles and the nation around him was coming apart. Told with startling intimacy and compassion, Breaking Hate is the inside story of how extremists have taken the reins of our political discourse and a guide to how everyday Americans can win it back. The forces pushing to polarize and radicalize us are many--from fake news to coded language to Russian trolls to a White House that often aims to inflame rather than to heal. Increasingly, the information with which we construct our world views is segregated by social media stars and advertisers with murky motives to validate our worst impulses. As Picciolini demonstrates, our modern world systematically normalizes extremism in such a way that we grow blind to it, only recognizing it in the wake of tragedy. Drawing on profiles of extremists that he works to free from violent ideology and on his own painful history leading and then escaping from an infamous neo-Nazi group, Breaking Hate explains why terrorism and violence have come to characterize our daily lives and why that doesn't need to be the case"--
Author: Smith, Roland, 1951- author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y SMITH
Format: Books
Summary: "Mountain-climbing prodigy Peak Marcello faces his toughest challenge yet as he descends into Tibet and goes head-to-head with an old enemy". After surviving an avalanche on the remote and isolated mountain of Hkakabo Razi, Peak and his team will have to take a different route, and descend into Tibet. The only catch is that Peak's mountaineering father, Josh, and climbing guide, Zopa, are both wanted by the Chinese government. Making it off the mountain won't be the end of this team's struggles, only the beginning. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Black, Holly, author.
Published: 2020 2002
Call Number: Y BLACK
Format: Books
Summary: After returning home from a tour with her mother's rock band, sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny. Fierce and independent, Kaye drifts from place to place with her mother's rock band. When an ominous attack forces them back to Kaye's childhood home, she stumbles upon an injured faerie knight in the woods. Kaye has always been able to see faeries where others could not, and she chooses to save the strange young man instead of leaving him to die. This fateful choice will have more dire consequences than she could ever predict. Now Kaye finds herself the unwilling pawn in an ancient and violent power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms-- a struggle that could very well mean her death. -- adapted from back cover
Author: Agarwal, Pragya, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 177.5
Format: Books
Summary: Experiments have shown that our brains categorize people by race in less than one-tenth of a second, about 50 milliseconds before determining sex. This means that we are labelling people by race and associating certain characteristics to them without even hearing them speak or getting to know them. This subtle cognitive process starts in the amygdala, the area of the brain associated with strong emotions. Does this mean that unconscious biases are hardwired into our brains as an evolutionary response, or do they emerge from assimilating information that we see around us? In Sway, author Pragya Agarwal uncovers the science behind our 'unintentional' biases. Using real world stories underpinned by scientific theories and research, this book unravels the way our unconscious biases are affecting the way we communicate, make decisions and perceive the world. A wide range of implicit biases are covered, including age-ism, sexism and aversive racism, and by using research and theories from a wide range of disciplines, including social science, psychology, biology and neuroscience, readers learn how these biases manifest and whether there is anything we can do about them. This book encourages readers to think, understand and evaluate their own biases in a scientific and non-judgmental way.
Author: Cheney, Jim, author, photographer.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 917.48
Format: Books
Summary: Award-winning photographer and creator of Pennsylvania's most-read travel blog, Jim Cheney guides you to more than 180 of the top-ranked waterfalls in the state. The waterfalls are organized geographically and ranked by beauty. Entries include all the information you need, like directions, distance, and hike difficulty, as well as details about each waterfall, such as height, width, and the best time of year to visit. Details for not-to-miss sights and nearby activities are also given, so you can make the most of every outing. -- adapted from back cover.
Author: Stone, Anne, 1969- author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: F STONE
Format: Books
Summary: "Fifteen-year-old Dany is trying to survive with her little sister, Mac, in a world collapsing under the weight of a slow, creeping virus that erodes memory. As their identities slip away from them, the late-stage infected are quarantined by the Ministry of Disease Control in prison-hospices, military camps where some of Dany's family have already been taken. When a new and more virulent strain of the disease emerges and Dany begins to experience symptoms, the sisters are cast into crisis. As they try to escape the city together with Dany's best friend, Eva, and history teacher, Mr. Faraday, Dany comes to see the ways in which her own fear has carried her trauma with her. As her past erodes, Dany's present flickers into full fluorescence."--
Author: Williams, Kate, 1974- writer of foreword. Grant, R. G., contributor. Humphreys, Andrew, 1970- contributor. Ripley, Esther, contributor. Zaczek, Iain, contributor.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 809.983
Format: Books
Summary: Arranged chronologically, this book traces the compelling history of the diary, from ancient times to the present. You'll go inside the pages of the world's greatest diaries, journals, notebooks, and letters. Discover what it was like to build a pyramid, travel deep into the heart of Africa, or serve on the Western Front. Find out how writers and artists planned their masterpieces, and how scientists developed their groundbreaking theories. -- adapted from jacket Bringing together historical and literary diaries, artists' sketchbooks, explorers' journals, and scientists' notebooks, Remarkable Diaries provides an intimate insight into the lives and thoughts of some of the most interesting people of the last two thousand years. Discover what it was like to build a pyramid, sail the seas with Magellan, travel into the heart of Africa, or serve on the Western Front. Find out how writers and artists planned their masterpieces, and how scientists developed their groundbreaking theories. Arranged chronologically, Remarkable Diaries takes you into the pages of the world's greatest diaries, notebooks, and letters, including those of Samuel Pepys, Henry-David Thoreau, the Goncourt brothers, Virginia Woolf, and Anne Frank. Stunning reproductions of the original notebooks and manuscripts are complemented by extracts and quotations, and illustrated features set the diaries in their cultural and historical context.
Author: Berger, Karen, 1959- author. Smith, Bart, 1959- photographer. Burns, Ken, 1953- writer of foreword. Duncan, Dayton, writer of foreword.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 910
Format: Books
Summary: An inspirational bucket list for hikers, history buffs, armchair travelers, and all those who wish to walk in the hallowed footsteps of American history. From the battlefields of the American Revolution to the trails blazed by the pioneers, lands explored by Lewis and Clark and covered by the Pony Express, to the civil-rights marches of Selma and Montgomery, this is the official book of the country's 19 National Historic Trails. These trails range from 54 miles to more than 5,000 and feature historic and interpretive sites to be explored on foot and sometimes by paddle, sail, bicycle, horse, or by car on back country roads. Totaling 37,000 miles through 41 states, our entire national experience comes to life on these trails--from Native American history to the settlement of the colonies, westward expansion, and civil rights--and they are beautifully depicted in this large-format volume.
Author: Darke, Minnie, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: F DARKE
Format: Books
Summary: "From the author of Star-Crossed...Behind every great love song is a great love story. It's been seven years and Diana is finally ready to marry her long-time fiancé, Arie; she's even composing a beautiful love song for him, working on it in hotels and concert halls as she crisscrosses the world as a classical pianist. Before she can finish it, though, tragedy strikes--and Diana is lost to Arie forever. But her song might not be... In Australia, the world has gone quiet for Arie and he lives his life accordingly, struggling to cope with his loss. In Scotland, Evie is taking stock of her life after the end of another lackluster almost-relationship. Years of wandering the globe and failing to publish her poetry have taken their toll, and she might finally be ready to find what her travels have never been able to give her: a real home. As Diana's song is passed from musician to musician, winding its way around the world, it just might bring these two lost souls together. With heart-wrenching emotion, The Lost Love Song explores what it means to be lost, what it means to be found, and the power of music to bring people together"--
Author: Ember, Julia, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y EMBER
Format: Books
Summary: In a world where magic is sung, two young women from rival factions must work together to reunite their country, as they wrestle with their feelings for each other.
Author: Shmurak, Susannah, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 641.6474
Format: Books
Summary: "This book is for everyone from novices to advanced herbalists and contains everything you need to know to source elderberries and make the most potent and delicious natural remedies and treats. Used for centuries to fight illness, elderberries' reputation as an effective home remedy for colds and flu have been borne out by numerous scientific studies. While elderberry syrup is perhaps this amazing berry's best-known form, there is so much more we can make from flavorful elderberries! In addition to its flu-fighting superpowers, elderberry contains potent antioxidants that support long-term health. Elderberries make nutritious and tasty additions to baked goods, drinks, and all manner of treats. Once you get started making your own elderberry gummies and homemade beverages, you won't want to stop! All Things Elderberry will introduce readers to the science behind elderberries, their traditional uses, what to know about growing and foraging elderberries, and how to prepare numerous mouthwatering elderberry and elderflower recipes. From simple teas, syrups, and tinctures, to jams, desserts, and wine, All Things Elderberry will have you hooked on these gorgeous gifts from Mother Nature! The recipes featured here include: Elderberry hard candies and cough drops Superberry jam with foraged elderberries, mulberries, and blackberries Elderberry apple sauce Elderflower wine & kombucha Elderberry lemonade pops Elderflower tea & tinctures"--
Author: Chase, Loretta Lynda, 1949- author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: PB CHASE
Format: Books
Summary: "Cassandra Pomfret holds strong opinions she isn't shy about voicing. But her extremely plain speaking has caused an uproar, and her exasperated father, hoping a husband will rein her in, has ruled that her beloved sister can't marry until Cassandra does. Now, thanks to a certain wild-living nobleman, the last shreds of Cassandra's reputation are about to disintegrate, taking her sister's future and her family's good name along with them. The Duke of Ashmont's looks make women swoon. His character flaws are beyond counting. He's lost a perfectly good bride through his own carelessness. He nearly killed one of his two best friends. Still, troublemaker that he is, he knows that damaging a lady's good name isn't sporting. The only way to right the wrong is to marry her... and hope she doesn't smother him in his sleep on their wedding night."--Provided by publisher.
Author: Gewirtz, Abigail H., author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 155.4
Format: Books
Summary: Necessary and urgent, this resource, written by an expert child psychologist, brings solutions to raising engaged and confident kids in spite of the bad things happening in our world today "In our complicated world, big issues make both parents and children anxious. So how should parents talk to their kids about the things that make both parent and child on edge - from family financial issues to school shootings to global warming? Here, an expert child psychologist offers parents scripts for conversations that will help us raise kids who are informed, engaged, and confident." --Publisher's description.
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