Author: Morrison, Toni, author. Smith, Zadie, foreword.
Published: 2019
Call Number: B MORRISON
Format: Books
Summary: "This inspirational book juxtaposes quotations, one to a page, drawn from Toni Morrison's entire body of work, both fiction and nonfiction--from The Bluest Eye to God Help the Child, from Playing in the Dark to The Source of Self-Regard--to tell a story of self-actualization. It aims to evoke the totality of Toni Morrison's literary vision. Its sequence of flashes of revelation--remarkable for their linguistic felicity, keenness of psychological observation, and philosophical profundity--addresses issues of abiding interest in Morrison's work: the reach of language for the ineffable; transcendence through imagination; the self and its discontents; the vicissitudes of love; the whirligig of memory; the singular power of women; the original American sin of slavery; the bankruptcy of racial oppression; the humanity and art of black people"--
Author: Dafkos, Niko, author. Firmin, Paul, author. Batchelor, Anna (Photographer), photographer. Dhondy, Tamineh, photographer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 745.5933 DAFKOS
Format: Books
Summary: "In this beautiful book, [the authors] share the secrets behind the gorgeously scented candles they create at their studio. As well as the basic steps to preparing and pouring candles at home, the book includes a fascinating exploration of the art of building scent, so that the reader can create their own signature fragrances. [The authors] are devoted to capturing memories and feelings in scent, and in this book you can learn how to combine different essential oils to trigger different emotions and memories, whether that is the recollection of a childhood holiday conjured up by a hint of mandarin and seaweed, or an imagined walk in your grandparents' garden scented with basil and parsley. Not only is candle making and scent development a wonderfully relaxing craft, it is also a unique way to create personalized gifts or to create a signature scent for your own home or special event."--Provided by publisher.
Author: Fauber, L. S., author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 520.92
Format: Books
Summary: Today we take for granted that a telescope allows us to see galaxies millions of light years away. But before its invention, people used nothing more than their naked eye to fathom what took place in the visible sky. So how did four men in the 1500's--of different nationality, age, religion, and class--collaborate to discover that the Earth revolved around the Sun? With this radical discovery that went against the Church, they created our contemporary world--and with it, the uneasy conditions of modern life. Heaven on Earth is an intimate examination of this scientific family--that of Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and Galileo Galilei. Fauber juxtaposes their scientific work with insight into their personal lives and political considerations, which shaped their pursuit of knowledge. Uniquely, he shows how their intergenerational collaboration was actually what made the scientific revolution possible. Ranging from the birth of astronomy and the methods of early scientific research, Fauber reveals the human story that underlies this civilization altering discovery. And, contrary to the competitive nature of research today, collaboration was key to early scientific discovery. Before the rise of university research institutions, deep thinkers only had each other. They created a kind of family, related to each other via intellectual pursuit rather than blood.
Author: McCann, Michelle Roehm, 1968- author. Watts, Shannon, author of foreword.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 363.33
Format: Books
Summary: Explores the complexities of gun violence in America by explaining the myths, facts, causes, and obstacles surrounding the issue, and provides resources for students to get involved in gun safety activism. Young people are suffering the most from the epidemic of gun violence--as early as kindergarten students are crouching behind locked doors during active shooter drills. Teens are galvanizing to speak up and fight for their right to be safe. They don't just want to get involved, they want to change the world. Enough Is Enough is a call to action for teens ready to lend their voices to the gun violence prevention movement. This handbook deftly explains America's gun violence issues--myths and facts, causes and perpetrators, solutions and change-makers--and provides a road map for effective activism. Told in three parts, Enough Is Enough also explores how America got to this point and the obstacles we must overcome, including historical information about the Second Amendment, the history of guns in America, and an overview of the NRA. Informative chapters include interviews with teens who have survived gun violence and student activists who are launching their own movements across the country. Additionally, the book includes a Q&A with gun owners who support increased gun safety laws.
Author: Bercaw, Isabel, author. Bercaw, Caroline, author.
Published: 2019 2018
Call Number: 668.5
Format: Books
Summary: "If you love bath bombs and have always wanted to learn how to make them this is the book for you! This easy step-by-step guide contains over 50 exciting recipes-from fragrant fizzers to shower melts, face masks to body scurbs and more!"-from back cover.
Author: Ide, Junko, author.
Published: 2019 2018
Call Number: 668.5
Format: Books
Summary: Make your own natural homemade soaps for glowing skin. The best way to maintain beautiful, youthful skin is to know what ingredients goes into your cleanser. In Natural Soap Recipes: 15 Organic Soaps to Create Yourself, author Junko Ide shows how easy and fun soap making is. The book includes basics such as the types of plant oils to fundamental steps of cold process soap, how to make herb oils and more. Sesame, macadamia nut, avocado, salt and butter--by using all natural ingredients, your skin will thank you.
Author: Shore, Debbie (Writer on sewing), author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 646.2
Format: Books
Summary: "Whether you are just starting out or are an enthusiastic sewer looking to perfect your skills, step into Debbie Shore's sewing room and learn all the techniques you need for successful machine sewing. Jam-packed with friendly advice and helpful tips, Debbie walks you through every aspect of machine sewing, including deciding which machine to buy, inserting a zip, making bias binding and free-motion embroidery. She guides you through the wonderful array of fabrics, threads, wadding and interfacing available and builds your confidence and skills as you progress through the book with ten gorgeous step-by-step projects. You will turn to this book again and again!"--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Gobin, Robyn L., author
Published: 2019
Call Number: 158.1
Format: Books
Summary: Picture your best life: Where would you work? What would your social calendar look like? What personal interests would you be exploring? This book is your prescription to turn those visions into a reality?with proven self care strategies for every area of your life. The Self Care Prescription empowers you to find balance and purpose in your relationships, work, and life. From creating a plan to spend more time with family and friends, to zeroing-in on a career that you can feel good about, the book will help you create a personalized self care plan. You?ll also learn actionable techniques to fight anxiety, demotivation, or whatever else is holding you back from building the life you want to live.
Author: Shinohara, Kenta, 1974- author, artist. Christman, Annaliese, artist, letterer. Beck, Adrienne, translator.
Published: 2019 2018 2017
Call Number: Y PB SHINOHAR V.1
Format: Books
Summary: "In the year 2063, interstellar space travel has become the norm. What sort of adventure awaits on the new frontier? It's the first day of Planet Camp, and Aries Spring couldn't be more excited! She, along with eight other strangers, leave for Planet McPa for a weeklong excursion. Soon after they arrive, however, a mysterious orb appears and transports them into the depths of space, where they find an empty floating spaceship. Will it be their salvation or get them further lost in space?"--Back cover of volume 1.
Author: Force, Marie, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: PB FORCE
Format: Books
Summary: "The story breaks as Metro PD lieutenant Sam Holland attends a dinner party with her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano: President Nelson is accused of having an affair. More shocking still, campaign staffer Tara Weber claims the president fathered her newborn son--while the First Lady was undergoing secret cancer treatment. When a high-profile murder case hits Sam's desk, she's shocked to uncover a connection to the presidential scandal. With the department caught up in its own internal scandals, and the chief's job hanging by a thread, Sam questions who she can trust as her team uncovers information that clouds an already-murky case. And with calls for the president to resign getting louder by the minute, Sam needs to close this case before she finds herself living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue..." --Back cover.
Author: Matsui, Y?sei, 1981- author, illustrator. Miyaki, Tetsuichiro. Turnage, Bryant.
Published: 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Call Number: Y PB MATSUI V.2
Format: Books
Summary: The students in Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High have a new teacher: an alien octopus with bizarre powers and unlimited strength, who's just destroyed the moon and is threatening to destroy the earth--unless they can kill him first!
Author: Shaw, L. C., author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: F SHAW
Format: Books
Summary: Late one night in his New York apartment, investigative journalist Jack Logan receives a surprise visit from US Senator Malcolm Phillips. The senator swears he's about to be murdered, and pleads that Jack protect his wife Taylor. When the senator is found dead, Jack and Taylor race to find the one man who knows the truth. Pursued by unknown assailants, their hunt leads them to the Institute, led by Damon Crosse. The Institute has tentacles everywhere--but Taylor unknowingly holds the secret to the one thing Crosse needs. -- adapted from book jacket
Author: Rudnick, Elizabeth, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y RUDNICK
Format: Books
Summary: "Five years has passed. Aurora is queen of the Moors. Phillip is prince of Ulstead. And these two young rulers have fallen in love. It's finally time for happily every after... right? Wrong. Faeries are going missing from the Moors, and something suspicious is in the air. As Aurora bonds with Queen Ingrith, Phillip's mother, Maleficent finds herself pitted against a woman who detests all that she holds sacred. And in the wake of additional betrayal, the Dark Fey's inner strength is tested. In this new adventure, Maleficent and Aurora are forced to question the very nature of family, what it means to belong, and whether true love is enough."--Back cover.
Author: Lewis, Andrew S., 1982- author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 974.9
Format: Books
Summary: "The Drowning of Money Island tells the story of a journalist's return to a hometown ravaged by Superstorm Sandy, where lack of recovery, sea level rise, and a state effort to buy out and demolish neighborhoods has fractured the community and foreshadowed coastal America's sinking future"--
Author: Swinson, Kiki, author. Container of (work) : Swinson, Kiki. Devil in sheep's clothing. Container of (work) : Saundra. Twisted deception.
Published: 2019
Call Number: PB SWINSON
Format: Books
Summary: DEVIL IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING : Karlie Houston hasn't seen a raise in forever, but the payday loan office she manages is raking in the cash. So why not get what she's rightfully owed by masterminding a heist? Once her lover Sidney's boys hit all the company's locations at one time, there's a fortune to split. But suddenly bodies start dropping--and Karlie better devise the perfect plan to survive... TWISTED DECEPTION: Raised by a ruthless mother, Yazz Armstrong lives by "scheme or die." So she's cool with helping her man, Kevon, take control of head dealer Caesar's territory. And when the fallout racks up unexpected casualties, Yazz finds Caesar's bed a refuge--and his empire hers to help rule. Too bad someone with an even more lethal agenda won't stop 'til Yazz and her dreams crash and burn for good... --
Author: MacRae, Molly, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: LP F MACRAE
Format: Large print
Summary: "Yarn shop owner Kath Rutledge is looking forward to the grand opening of the Blue Plum Vault, a co-op of small shops on Main Street. But in the week before the grand opening, Kath and her needlework group, TGIF (Thank Goodness It's Fiber), hear rumors of an unpleasant rivalry developing between two of the new shopkeepers. Nervie Bales and Belinda Moyer declare each other's embroidery patterns and antique embroidered linens fakes, copies--and stolen goods. Kath is caught in the middle when she's asked to use her textile expertise to decide if there's any truth to the accusations.Then, the day before the grand opening, an exquisite tablecloth that Kath has fallen in love with--the pride of Belinda's shop--is found cut to shreds. Belinda accuses Nervie of the outrage, but Nervie has an airtight alibi: she was at Kath's shop, the Weaver's Cat, teaching a crewel embroidery class.Despite worries over the rivalry and vandalism, the opening is a success--until Belinda is found dead, stabbed in the back with a pair of scissors from the Weaver's Cat. Geneva, the ghost who haunts Kath's store, claims she saw the murderer leaving the scene of the crime. But the ghost is the ultimate unreliable witness--only Kath and her shop manager can see or hear her. That means it's up to Kath, TGIF, and especially Geneva the ghost to solve the crime before the killer cuts another life short"--
Author: James, Miranda, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: LP F JAMES
Format: Large print
Summary: "Charlie is thoroughly enjoying a course on early medieval history offered by young, charismatic history professor Carey Warriner. Warriner is married to Irene, a beautiful colleague at the college. Charlie is charmed to discover that Irene Warriner writes historical romance under a pseudonym. He has read several of her books, and he recalls that the heroes in the books are all tall, muscular, blondes. When he meets one of Carey Warriner's colleagues in the history department, he is struck by his resemblance to Irene's fictional heroes. Charlie soon learns that the Warriner marriage may be on the rocks. Both Carey and Irene have been spotted with possible paramours and the gossip mill is working overtime. When a body turns up, Charlie finds himself once again involved in murder. This time it looks like a crime of passion. Whose jealousy finally erupted into murderous rage? Charlie and Diesel must navigate the labyrinth of tangled relationships and arrive at the truth"--
Author: Moorer, Allison, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: B MOORER
Format: Books
Summary: Mobile, Alabama, 1986. Moorer is awakened by the sound of gunfire. On the front lawn, her father has shot and killed her mother before turning the gun on himself. That moment, which forever altered her own life and that of her older sister, Shelby, has never been far from her thoughts. Now, in her journey to understand the unthinkable, to parse the unknowable, she uses her lyrical storytelling powers to lay bare the memories and impressions that make a family, and that tear a family apart. -- adapted from jacket Moorer turns her lyrical storytelling powers to recount the events leading up to the moment that forever altered her own life and that of her older sister, Shelby, with whom she shares an unbreakable bond. Gorgeously written, this work delves into the meaning of inheritance and destiny, shame, and trauma--and how it is possible to carve out a safe place in the world despite it all.
Author: Novak, Brenda, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: PB NOVAK
Format: Books
Summary: When Harper Devlin's rock star husband leaves her, she takes her two daughters to Silver Springs hoping that her family can heal their broken heart. She finds unexpected comfort after meeting ex-con Tobias Richardson and learning about his own tragic past.
Author: Walters, Damien Angelica, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: F WALTERS
Format: Books
Summary: "In 1991, Heather Cole and her friends were members of the Dead Girls Club. Obsessed with the macabre, the girls exchanged stories about serial killers and imaginary monsters, like the Red Lady, the spirit of a vengeful witch killed centuries before. Heather knew the stories were just that, until her best friend Becca began insisting the Red Lady was real--and she could prove it. That belief got Becca killed. It's been nearly thirty years, but Heather has never told anyone what really happened that night--that Becca was right and the Red Lady was real. She's done her best to put that fateful summer, Becca, and the Red Lady, behind her. Until a familiar necklace arrives in the mail, a necklace Heather hasn't seen since the night Becca died. The night Heather killed her. Now, someone else knows what she did ... and they're determined to make Heather pay"--
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