Author: Patel, Sajni, 1981- author.
Published: 2025
Call Number: Y PATEL
Format: Books
Summary: "Before Manisha, the youngest of three sisters, was sent to hide on the floating mountain, her eldest sister, Eshani, made a deal with the shades. In order to save her people in the midst of a tragic war, she exchanged her life for theirs. Now, years later, the shades claim their due, dragging Eshani into the Nightmare Realm where she must find the Gatekeeper to fulfill her end of the bargain. Nothing is as it seems in a land filled with ravenous monsters, ghoulish residents, and a river full of the dead. But most terrifying of all is the Shadow King, who intends to use Eshani to obtain immortality. As it turns out, Eshani--nicknamed "little goddess of spring"--is the key to fulfilling the Nightmare Realm's prophecy. There's only one person who can help Eshani escape, and he has his own problems. Hiran has spent most of his life hiding, but destiny beckons, and he can no longer resist the call of the realm. But how can a stowaway, long thought to be dead, save an entire world? Nothing will stop the Nightmare Realm from getting what it wants. Except maybe a king in the making and a goddess rising."--
Author: Adlington, Lucy, 1970- author.
Published: 2025
Call Number: 940.5318
Format: Books
Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz tells the stories of four Jewish girls during the Holocaust, strangers whose lives were unknowingly linked by everyday garments, revealing how the ordinary can connect us in extraordinary ways. Jock Heidenstein, Anita Lasker, Chana Zumerkorn, and Regina Feldman all faced the Holocaust in different ways. While they did not know each other-in fact had never met-each had a red sweater that would play a major part in their lives. In this absorbing and deeply moving account, award-winning clothes historian Lucy Adlington documents their stories, knitting together the experiences that fragmented their families and their lives. Adlington immortalizes these young women whose resilience, skills, strength, and kindness accompanied them through the darkest events in human history. A powerful reminder of the suffering they endured and a celebration of courage, love, and tenacity, this moving and original work illuminates moments long lost to history, now pieced back together by a simple garment. Four Red Sweaters is illustrated with more than two dozen black-and-white images throughout"--
Author: Purkis, Yenn, 1974- author. Masterman, Tanya, author. Masterman, Glynn, illustrator.
Published: 2024
Call Number: 616.8588
Format: Books
Summary: Understanding your feelings and emotions is an incredibly important part of learning to become your most awesome autistic self! Yenn, Tanya and a tiny meerkat called Min are here to help you find out everything you need to know about your feelings and emotions, using tips and tricks they have picked up along the way to help you calm your brain down when it feels overloaded. From anger and worry to sadness and joy, emotions can come in all shapes and sizes with some feeling really big and others feeling much smaller (or even feeling like nothing), this book explores why we experience certain emotions, what they mean and how we can find the ultimate autistic comfort zone!- From back cover.
Author: Cobb, Robert, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: NJC 974.9 COBB
Format: Books
Summary: "The purpose of this book is to take stories rooted, for the most part, in New Jersey's folklore, and place them within a historical narrative grounded on facts. Distant from the state's famous Revolutionary War battlefields, along both New Jersey's Atlantic Ocean and Delaware River Bay coasts, a distinctive type of conflict was playing out. The combatants were privateers, militia troops, partisans, and illicit traders motivated not only by divergent political loyalties, but also by a quest for profit, spoils, and retribution. The mayhem thus created was a constant concern for leaders on both sides, and a source of daily terror for coastal inhabitants. Author Cobb's work chronicles this colorful history of coastal New Jersey during the American War for Independence"--Back cover.
Author: Watson, Renée, author. Holmes, Ekua, illustrator.
Published: 2024
Call Number: 811.6
Format: Books
Summary: "Poet Renée Watson looks back at her childhood and urges readers to look forward at their futures with love, understanding, and celebration in this fully illustrated poetry collection"-- Provided by publisher. "In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Renée Watson writes about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender. Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland, tender odes to the Black women in her life, and urgent calls for Black girls to step into their power. Black Girl You Are Atlas encourages young readers to embrace their future with a strong sense of sisterhood and celebration..." --Amazon.com
Author: Gibbs, Susanne, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: 371.042
Format: Books
Summary: "Homeschooling Quick Start is a straightforward, user-friendly guide for the parent who sees an urgent need to start homeschooling their child, and also the parent who is wondering whether they have what it takes to homeschool. Written in a format that allows for a quick overview, and then diving deeper into detailed aspects of homeschooling, this book explains what's necessary for homeschooling and lays out the steps needed to start homeschooling from scratch, with plenty of examples and firsthand experience"--
Author: Wortham, Reavis Z., author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F WORTHAM
Format: Books
Summary: "Texas cowboy Cap Whitlatch has never shied away from hard work. Whether driving cattle or busting broncos, he gets the job done right. When he hires on with a ranch, he earns his pay with blood and sweat, keeping him honest. And when a friend is in dire need, Cap will move the tallest mountains to defend and protect them from harm. Gil Vanderburg has known Cap since they were children. Now, he's in jail for murder in a small Oklahoma town. To see justice served right, Cap volunteers to escort his friend to South Texas where he will stand trial for robbery. But they're not quite traveling alone along the unhealthy trail in Indian territory. Three bloodthirsty Cherokee brothers want revenge on Gill for killing their sibling. A pair of vicious outlaws are after the gold in Cap's saddlebags. And the marshal pursuing them all is determined to bring every lawbreaker in--dead or alive. Cap is not about to let any man--no matter which side of the law he falls on--deter him from fulfilling his righteous mission. And he will show no mercy to anyone who tries..."--
Author: McFadden, Freida, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F MCFADDEN
Format: Books
Summary: "A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation. She thought this would be a break from the stresses of work and raising her young children. A chance to repair her damaged marriage. A week of hiking and hot tubs with friends. It sounded like heaven. Then Claire's minivan breaks down on a lonely dirt road. With no cell reception, the group has no choice but to hike the rest of the way to their hotel. But it turns out the woods aren't as easy to navigate as they thought. Hours later, they are lost. Hopelessly lost. And as they navigate deeper into the woods, the members of their party are struck down mysteriously one by one. Has a wild animal been hunting them? Or is the hunter one of them? But as more time passes, one thing becomes clear: only one of them will return home alive."--
Author: McFadden, Freida, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F MCFADDEN
Format: Books
Summary: "Eve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except... Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye. Addie can't be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that's what everyone says. But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And Addie will do anything to keep it quiet. From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a story of twisting secrets and long-awaited revenge"--
Author: Maguire, Gregory, author. Prequel to: Maguire, Gregory. Wicked.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F MAGUIRE
Format: Books
Summary: "What happened to young Elphaba before her witchy powers took hold in Wicked? Almost 30 years after publication of the original novel, for the first time Gregory Maguire reveals the story of prickly young Elphie, the future Wicked Witch of the West"-- "Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, will grow to have a feisty and somewhat uncompromising character in adult life. But she is always a one-off, from her infancy; Elphie is the riveting coming-of-age story of a very peculiar and relatable young girl. Young Elphie is shaped and molded by the behaviors of her promiscuous mother, Melena, and her pious father, Frex. She suffers ordinary childhood jealousies when her sister, saintly Nessarose, and brother, junior felon Shell, arrive. She first encounters the mistreatment of the Animal populations of Oz, which live adjacent to but not intertwined with human settlements, haunted by a Monkey and receiving aid from Dwarf Bears. She thrashes through her first bruising attempts at friendship, a possible lifeline from her tricky family life. And she gleans the benefits of an education, haphazard though it must be--until she arrives at the doors of Shiz University, about to meet the radiant creature that is Galinda..." --Amazon.com
Author: Carlton, H. D., author.
Published: 2024 2021
Call Number: F CARLTON
Format: Books
Summary: "Haunting Adeline follows Adeline Reilly, a young author who has recently moved into her family's home in Washington state following the death of her grandmother. She is stalked by Zade Meadows, the leader of an underground organization, Z, which aims to end human trafficking. With the help of her friend Daya, Adeline uncovers the secrets of her new home, Parsons Manor, and the murder of her great-grandmother, Gigi, all while trying to keep Zade at an arm's length."--
Author: Coe, Tyler Mahan, author. White, Wayne, 1957- illustrator.
Published: 2024
Call Number: 782.42
Format: Books
Summary: By the early 1960s nearly everybody paying attention to country music agreed that George Jones was the greatest country singer of all time. After taking honky-tonk rockers like "White Lightning" all the way up the country charts, he revealed himself to be an unmatched virtuoso on "She Thinks I Still Care", thus cementing his status as a living legend. That's where the trouble started. Only at this new level of fame did Jones realize he suffered from extreme stage fright. His method of dealing with that involved great quantities of alcohol, which his audience soon discovered as Jones more often than not showed up at concerts falling-down drunk or failed to show up at all. But the fans always forgave him because he just kept singing so damn good. Then he got married to Tammy Wynette right around the time she became one of the most famous women alive with the release of "Stand by Your Man". Tammy Wynette grew up believing George Jones was the greatest country singer of all time. After deciding to become a country singer herself, she went to Nashville, got a record deal, then met and married her hero. With the pop crossover success of "Stand by Your Man" (and the international political drama surrounding the song's lyrics) came a gigantic audience, who were sold a fairy tale image of a couple soon being called "The King and Queen of Country Music". Many fans still believe that fairy tale today. The behind-the-scenes truth is very different from the images shown on album covers. Illustrated throughout by singular artist Wayne White, Cocaine & Rhinestones is an unprecedented look at the lives of two indelible country icons, reframing their careers within country music as well as modern history itself.--
Author: Lin, Ann Sei, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: Y LIN
Format: Books
Summary: "The second book in Ann Sei Lin's Rebel Skies fantasy YA series, set in a world of flying ships, sky cities and rebel uprisings. Perfect for fans of Xiran Jay Zhao, Kalynn Bayron and the films of Studio Ghibli. Kurara has barely escaped the grasp of Princess Tsukimi. Reeling from her Crafter mentor's grim betrayal, Kurara and her friends are desperate to catch up with their old airship, even if it means they have to do it on foot. But after everything she's been through, Kurara refuses to give up on understanding and freeing the shikigami, origami creatures enchanted to life, nor will she stop at anything to understand her mysterious past, no matter who tries to interfere . . . or what dark truths about her role in the war may surface, the farther south she goes. Her goal is the Grand Stream, where Suzaku, the greatest shikigami of all, likes in furious wait. But Kurara isn't the only one searching for Suzaku. Traveling through forests, seas and the ruins of an underground Crafter city, there is no shortage of enemies who wish to control Kurara and the shikigami of the world for their own ends. When a bloody confrontation leads to horrifying revelations about the true nature of shikigami and Kurara's past, Kurara will need all the support she can muster just to carry on."--
Author: Jones, Lesley-Ann, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: B MCVIE
Format: Books
Summary: "Christine McVie--born Christine Perfect--was the quintessentially English rock star, as both the backbone and the beating heart of Fleetwood Mac. Straddling the band's incarnations to achieve global fame alongside Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham and John McVie, the classic line-up, she wrote and performed many of their greatest hits. As famous for their occasionally life-threateningly decadent lifestyles as for their musical brilliance, they were held together by this strong, constant figure whom they dubbed 'the mother' of the band. It was Christine who contained the flock, regrouped them when they went AWOL, focused and blended their talents and always got them back on track. And yet, as the "engine" of the band during their Rumours era--an album which charted the complete romantic disintegration within the band--Christine's personal life was every bit as tempestuous as those of her bandmates, weathering affairs, divorce, addiction and fiery passion, all of which bled into her now iconic song-writing. Told by an author who herself was friends with Christine, and with new contributions from those who knew her best, Songbird offers a true insider's view, and deep psychological insight into Christine as a both a woman and a musician--the first, the only, the ultimate picture of a rock legend and a national treasure"--
Author: Halteman, Matthew C., author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: 179.3
Format: Books
Summary: "A heartfelt, humane, and even hilarious account of why rule-obsessed veganism fails and how a focus on flourishing can bring about an abundant future for all. Perhaps you've looked at factory farming or climate change and thought, I should become a vegan. And like most people who think that, very probably you haven't. Why? Well, in our world, roast turkey emanates gratitude, steak confers virility, and chicken soup represents a mother's love. Against that, simply swapping meat for plants won't work. In Hungry Beautiful Animals, philosopher Matthew C. Halteman shows us how-despite all the forces arrayed against going vegan-we can create an abundant life for everyone without using animals for food. It might seem that moral rectitude or environmental judgement should do the trick, but they can't. Going vegan must be about flourishing, for all life. Shame and blame don't lead to flourishing. We must do it with joy instead. Hungry Beautiful Animals is more than philosophy: it's a book of action, of forgiveness, of love. Funny and wise, this book frees us joyfully to want what we already know we need"--
Author: Buttermore, Jess, author, photographer. McGuinness, Lisa, author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 396.368
Format: Books
Summary: "Floriography and slow botanical styling entwine in this playful twist on traditional flower arranging. Blooming with inspirational lifestyle photography by Jess Buttermore of Cedar House Living, The Love Language of Flowers contains step-by-step instructions for creating impactful yet achievable arrangements infused with vintage meaning, floral poetry, and a wild yet elegant edge. With a comprehensive glossary of flowers, herbs, and botanicals alongside their meanings, and a toolbox filled with floral arranging necessities, authors Jess and Lisa show you how to fill your arms with meaningful botanical arrangements and your hearts with the self-care you deserve."--
Author: Chong, Jinwoo, author.
Published: 2023 2022
Call Number: F CHONG
Format: Books
Summary: "A blazingly original and stylish debut novel about a young man whose reality unravels when he suspects his mysterious new employers have inadvertently discovered time travel--and are using it to cover up a string of violent crimes..."--Dust jacket flap. After 8-year-old Bo loses his mother in a tragic accident, his white father, attempting to hold their lives together, begins to gradually retreat from the family. 28-year-old Brandon finds himself in an apartment he does not recognize, an office he sometimes cannot remember leaving, and comes to suspect that something far more sinister is happening behind the walls. 48-year-old Blue, who can only speak with the aid of cybernetic implants, participates in a television expose of Flux, a failed bioelectric tech startup whose fraudulent activity eventually claimed the lives of three people and nearly killed him. As the lives of Bo, Brandon and Blue intersect with each other, it becomes clear that their lives are more interconnected and interdependent than could have ever imagined. -- adapted from Goodreads.
Published: 2023
Call Number: 398.24
Format: Books
Summary: "A guide to the timeless language of flowers. Revealing a world of secret messages contained within a single petal. Floriography - the language of flowers - is the ancient art of encoding hidden messages in the type, colour and arrangement of plants, allowing individuals to express emotions and sentiments that they may not be able to articulate through words. Featuring 100 of the most popular and available blooms from around the world, this beautifully illustrated gift book gives the botanical name for each plant, a description of its significance and place in folklore, and the story behind its meaning. It also reveals how floral symbolism has been used over the centuries in literature and art, from Hamlet's Ophelia handing out rosemary 'for remembrance' and pansies 'for thoughts', to Oscar Wilde urging his friends to wear green carnations as a subtle code for homosexuality. The idea that flowers have secret meanings would have been well understood by contemporary audiences - and we are seeing a revival of the practice today. From mimosa - which signifies chastity because its leaves close when touched - to the varied messages encoded within different colours of geraniums, Floriography offers a creative way to convey feelings and can add an extra layer of beauty and significance to a gift of flowers. The flowers in Kate Middleton's wedding bouquet signified love, happiness, gallantry and fidelity. If someone sends you a bouquet of hydrangea and lobelia, beware: they stand for heartlessness and malevolence"--Publisher's description.
Author: Gilmore, Lucy (Romance fiction writer), author.
Published: 2023
Call Number: F GILMORE
Format: Books
Summary: "Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in her small, contained town. She never thinks of herself as lonely...but still she looks forward to that time every day when old curmudgeon Arthur McLachlan comes to browse the shelves and cheerfully insult her. Their sparring is such a highlight of Sloane's day that when Arthur doesn't show up one morning, she's instantly concerned. And then another day passes, and another. Anxious, Sloane tracks the old man down only to discover him all but bedridden...and desperately struggling to hide how happy he is to see her. Wanting to bring more cheer into Arthur's gloomy life, Sloane creates an impromptu book club. Slowly, the lonely misfits of their sleepy town begin to find each other, and in their book club, find the joy of unlikely friendship. Because as it turns out, everyone has a special book in their heart--and a reason to get lost (and eventually found) within the pages"--
Author: Hokin, Catherine, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: F HOKIN
Format: Books
Summary: "'What is this place?' She lowers her camera and takes in the frail bodies and desolate faces staring back at her. 'It's hell on earth. Where the desperate abandon their last hope.' In that moment, she knows that taking pictures is not enough, she has to help these people... 1933, Berlin. Ten-year-old Hanni Foss stands by her father watching the celebrations marking Adolf Hitler as Germany's new leader. As the torchlights fade, she knows her safe and happy childhood is about to change forever. Practically overnight, the father she adores is lost to his ruthless ambition to oversee an infamous concentration camp... Twelve years later. As the Nazi regime crumbles, Hanni hides from her father on the fringes of Berlin. In stolen moments, she develops the photographs she took to record the brutality of the camp - the empty food bowls and hungry eyes - and vows to get justice for the innocent people she couldn't help as a child. But on the day she plans to deliver these damning photographs to the Allies, Hanni comes face to face with her father again. Reiner Foss is now working with the British forces, his past safely hidden behind a new identity. He makes it clear that he will go to deadly lengths to protect his secrets, but Hanni knows she can't give up her fight. But what will she have to sacrifice in order to keep the promise she made?"--Provided by publisher.
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