Book Review: ‘The Darkest White,’ by Eric Blehm
In “The Darkest White,” Eric Blehm chronicles the 2003 disaster that killed the pioneering snowboarder Craig Kelly and six others.
Book Review: ‘The Darkest White,’ by Eric Blehm
In “The Darkest White,” Eric Blehm chronicles the 2003 disaster that killed the pioneering snowboarder Craig Kelly and six others.
Book Review: ‘The Washington Book,’ by Carlos Lozada
In “The Washington Book,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Carlos Lozada mines a genre known for sanitized prose to revealing effect.
Book Review: ‘The Washington Book,’ by Carlos Lozada
In “The Washington Book,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Carlos Lozada mines a genre known for sanitized prose to revealing effect.
Book Review: ‘In Ascension,’ by Martin MacInnes
A brooding biologist seeks transcendence in Martin MacInnes’s richly atmospheric, patiently unfurling novel “In Ascension.”
Book Review: ‘In Ascension,’ by Martin MacInnes
A brooding biologist seeks transcendence in Martin MacInnes’s richly atmospheric, patiently unfurling novel “In Ascension.”
Thanksgiving [DVD]
Author: Roth, Eli, 1972- film director, screenwriter, film producer. Rendell, Jeff, screenwriter, film producer. Birnbaum, Roger, film producer. Dempsey, Patrick, 1966- actor. Verlaque, Nell, actor.
Published: 2024 2023
Call Number: THANKSGI
Format: Video disc
Summary: After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts, the birthplace of the infamous holiday.
Published: 2024 2023
Call Number: THANKSGI
Format: Video disc
Summary: After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts, the birthplace of the infamous holiday.
When the jessamine grows : a novel
Author: Everhart, Donna, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F EVERHART
Format: Books
Summary: "An evocative, morally complex novel set in rural 19th century North Carolina, as one woman fights to keep her family united, her farm running, and her convictions whole during the most devastating and divisive period in American history"--
Published: 2024
Call Number: F EVERHART
Format: Books
Summary: "An evocative, morally complex novel set in rural 19th century North Carolina, as one woman fights to keep her family united, her farm running, and her convictions whole during the most devastating and divisive period in American history"--
Three-inch teeth [large print]
Author: Box, C. J., author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F BOX
Format: Large print
Summary: When the outlaw he locked up years ago is released from prison, determined to exact revenge on the six people who sent him away, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett, with a grizzly bear on a rampage, soon discovers he's one of those six people. "A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage--killing, among others, the potential fiance of Joe’s daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property. Using the grizzly attacks as cover, Cates sets out to methodically check off his list. The problem is, both Nate Romanowski and Joe Pickett are on it.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F BOX
Format: Large print
Summary: When the outlaw he locked up years ago is released from prison, determined to exact revenge on the six people who sent him away, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett, with a grizzly bear on a rampage, soon discovers he's one of those six people. "A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage--killing, among others, the potential fiance of Joe’s daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property. Using the grizzly attacks as cover, Cates sets out to methodically check off his list. The problem is, both Nate Romanowski and Joe Pickett are on it.
Three-inch teeth
Author: Box, C. J., author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F BOX
Format: Books
Summary: "A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage--killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe's daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property. Using the grizzly attacks as cover, Cates sets out to methodically check off his list. The problem is, both Nate Romanowski and Joe Pickett are on it"--
Published: 2024
Call Number: F BOX
Format: Books
Summary: "A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage--killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe's daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property. Using the grizzly attacks as cover, Cates sets out to methodically check off his list. The problem is, both Nate Romanowski and Joe Pickett are on it"--
Always remember [large print]
Author: Balogh, Mary, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F BALOGH
Format: Large print
Summary: "Left unable to walk by a childhood illness, Lady Jennifer, sister of the Duke of Wilby, has grown up to make a happy place for herself in society. But she secretly dreams of marriage and children, and of walking--and dancing. When Ben Ellis comes across Lady Jennifer as she struggles to walk with the aid of crutches, he instantly understands her yearning. He is a fixer. It is often said that he never saw a problem he did not have to solve. He wants to help her discover independence and motion, but he must be careful. A duke's sister certainly cannot marry the bastard son of an earl. Except sometimes, love can find a way"--
Published: 2024
Call Number: LP F BALOGH
Format: Large print
Summary: "Left unable to walk by a childhood illness, Lady Jennifer, sister of the Duke of Wilby, has grown up to make a happy place for herself in society. But she secretly dreams of marriage and children, and of walking--and dancing. When Ben Ellis comes across Lady Jennifer as she struggles to walk with the aid of crutches, he instantly understands her yearning. He is a fixer. It is often said that he never saw a problem he did not have to solve. He wants to help her discover independence and motion, but he must be careful. A duke's sister certainly cannot marry the bastard son of an earl. Except sometimes, love can find a way"--
A catered quilting bee
Author: Crawford, Isis, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F CRAWFORD
Format: Books
Summary: "When one of their members is discovered dead, the members of the Longley Sip and Sew Quilting Circle don't accept the police's determination of suicide"-- "Quilts, quiet, and delicious food. That's exactly what Bernie and Libby expect as they build the menu for the Longely Sip and Sew Quilting Circle's first-ever exhibition hosted at the local library. The eclectic ladies of the group couldn't appear more harmlessly wholesome if they tried, especially mild-mannered kindergarten teacher Cecilia Larson, who hired A Little of Taste of Heaven to cater the event. So it's a complete shock when disturbing news drops about member Ellen Fisher, found hanging from a plant hook in her otherwise pristine sewing room . . ." --Amazon.com
Published: 2024
Call Number: F CRAWFORD
Format: Books
Summary: "When one of their members is discovered dead, the members of the Longley Sip and Sew Quilting Circle don't accept the police's determination of suicide"-- "Quilts, quiet, and delicious food. That's exactly what Bernie and Libby expect as they build the menu for the Longely Sip and Sew Quilting Circle's first-ever exhibition hosted at the local library. The eclectic ladies of the group couldn't appear more harmlessly wholesome if they tried, especially mild-mannered kindergarten teacher Cecilia Larson, who hired A Little of Taste of Heaven to cater the event. So it's a complete shock when disturbing news drops about member Ellen Fisher, found hanging from a plant hook in her otherwise pristine sewing room . . ." --Amazon.com
The guests
Author: Hunt, Margot (Novelist), author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F GUNT
Format: Books
Summary: As a hurricane besieges their coastal Florida town, the Davies family invites close friends to wait out the storm in comfort and style, but when three uninvited strangers seeking safe haven arrive, long-held secrets are revealed, one by one, until only one truth remains: not everyone is going to make it out alive.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F GUNT
Format: Books
Summary: As a hurricane besieges their coastal Florida town, the Davies family invites close friends to wait out the storm in comfort and style, but when three uninvited strangers seeking safe haven arrive, long-held secrets are revealed, one by one, until only one truth remains: not everyone is going to make it out alive.
Why we remember : unlocking memory's power to hold on to what matters
Author: Ranganath, Charan, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: 153.12
Format: Books
Summary: "Memory is far more than a record of the past--in this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, one of the world's top memory researchers reveals the powerful role memory plays in nearly every aspect of our lives, from learning and decision-making to trauma and healing, and helps us take control of our unconscious mind to live happier, more deliberate lives. A new understanding of memory is emerging from the latest scientific research. In short, the memory is not what we think it is--a repository of the past that we tap into as we wish. It is actually a highly transformative power, active at all times, that shapes our present in often secretive and sometimes destructive ways. We are in many ways creatures of memory and only when we understand the mechanisms of memory can we truly understand ourselves and our motivations, and use our knowledge of those mechanisms to our advantage while avoiding their pitfalls. Why We Remember teaches the principles behind memory storage and retrieval and explains how our memories are always changing. It reveals how these processes affect what we think we know about ourselves and how we make decisions. It shows that the real power of psychotherapy isn't to remember what happened, but to change our interpretations of those events, so we can heal and grow. Memory is designed to be selective, meaningful and malleable. When we understand how memory works, we can cut through the clutter and remember the things we want to remember. We can not only remember more--we can remember better."--
Published: 2024
Call Number: 153.12
Format: Books
Summary: "Memory is far more than a record of the past--in this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, one of the world's top memory researchers reveals the powerful role memory plays in nearly every aspect of our lives, from learning and decision-making to trauma and healing, and helps us take control of our unconscious mind to live happier, more deliberate lives. A new understanding of memory is emerging from the latest scientific research. In short, the memory is not what we think it is--a repository of the past that we tap into as we wish. It is actually a highly transformative power, active at all times, that shapes our present in often secretive and sometimes destructive ways. We are in many ways creatures of memory and only when we understand the mechanisms of memory can we truly understand ourselves and our motivations, and use our knowledge of those mechanisms to our advantage while avoiding their pitfalls. Why We Remember teaches the principles behind memory storage and retrieval and explains how our memories are always changing. It reveals how these processes affect what we think we know about ourselves and how we make decisions. It shows that the real power of psychotherapy isn't to remember what happened, but to change our interpretations of those events, so we can heal and grow. Memory is designed to be selective, meaningful and malleable. When we understand how memory works, we can cut through the clutter and remember the things we want to remember. We can not only remember more--we can remember better."--
The deepest kill
Author: Black, Lisa, 1963- author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F BLACK
Format: Books
Summary: When the pregnant daughter of software pioneer Martin Post, the third richest man in America, is murdered, expert forensic analysts Ellie Carr and Rachael Davies, called in to investigate, are drawn into the Posts' increasingly dangerous family dynamic to determine who--and what--is at the heart of the crime. "For software pioneer Martin Post, the third richest man in America, his private compound on the Florida coast is a sunny no-man's-land separating his family from the rest of the world. Now, expert forensic analysts Ellie Carr and Rachael Davies of the renowned Locard Institute have been summoned to its dark side. Martin's pregnant daughter, Ashley, had ventured on a day trip in her motorboat into the Gulf, only to wash up dead on a nearby shore. Although the local coroner determined her death was an accident, Ellie and Rachael soon confirm Martin's gravest fear: His daughter was murdered. Was it a kidnapping gone wrong? Or something even more brutal? Ashley and her husband, Greg, had been working working with Martin on a revolutionary new defense initiative for the US military--could espionage have played a part in her death? Martin believes Greg is behind the murder, and the spoiled charmer does set off Rachel's deception radar. If the widower didn't kill Ashley himself, why isn't he more upset that she's dead?" --Amazon.com
Published: 2024
Call Number: F BLACK
Format: Books
Summary: When the pregnant daughter of software pioneer Martin Post, the third richest man in America, is murdered, expert forensic analysts Ellie Carr and Rachael Davies, called in to investigate, are drawn into the Posts' increasingly dangerous family dynamic to determine who--and what--is at the heart of the crime. "For software pioneer Martin Post, the third richest man in America, his private compound on the Florida coast is a sunny no-man's-land separating his family from the rest of the world. Now, expert forensic analysts Ellie Carr and Rachael Davies of the renowned Locard Institute have been summoned to its dark side. Martin's pregnant daughter, Ashley, had ventured on a day trip in her motorboat into the Gulf, only to wash up dead on a nearby shore. Although the local coroner determined her death was an accident, Ellie and Rachael soon confirm Martin's gravest fear: His daughter was murdered. Was it a kidnapping gone wrong? Or something even more brutal? Ashley and her husband, Greg, had been working working with Martin on a revolutionary new defense initiative for the US military--could espionage have played a part in her death? Martin believes Greg is behind the murder, and the spoiled charmer does set off Rachel's deception radar. If the widower didn't kill Ashley himself, why isn't he more upset that she's dead?" --Amazon.com
The making of a king : King Charles III and the modern monarchy
Author: Hardman, Robert, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: B CHARLES
Format: Books
Summary: "No British monarch has had a tougher act to follow. Now, after seventy years of waiting and preparation, King Charles III is not just the head of the most famous family in the world. He is the custodian of a thousand-year-old institution that must redefine its place in the digital age while others insist on rewriting the past. With unrivaled access to the king, the royal family, and the court, leading royal authority Robert Hardman brings us the inside story on the most pivotal and challenging year for the monarchy in living memory. From the death of Elizabeth II through to the ancient spectacle of the Coronation, from the rise of a new Prince and Princess of Wales to the latest truth bombs from the Sussexes, this is the story of the making of a monarch."--Amazon.
Published: 2024
Call Number: B CHARLES
Format: Books
Summary: "No British monarch has had a tougher act to follow. Now, after seventy years of waiting and preparation, King Charles III is not just the head of the most famous family in the world. He is the custodian of a thousand-year-old institution that must redefine its place in the digital age while others insist on rewriting the past. With unrivaled access to the king, the royal family, and the court, leading royal authority Robert Hardman brings us the inside story on the most pivotal and challenging year for the monarchy in living memory. From the death of Elizabeth II through to the ancient spectacle of the Coronation, from the rise of a new Prince and Princess of Wales to the latest truth bombs from the Sussexes, this is the story of the making of a monarch."--Amazon.
The guest
Author: Paris, B. A., author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F PARIS
Format: Books
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris captivated psychological thriller readers everywhere with Behind Closed Doors. Now she invites you into another heart-pounding home full of secrets, in The Guest. Some secrets never leave. Iris and Gabriel have just arrived home from a make-or-break holiday. But a shock awaits them. One of their closest friends, Laure, is in their house. The atmosphere quickly becomes tense as she oversteps again and again: sleeping in their bed, wearing Iris' clothes, even rearranging the furniture. Laure has walked out on her husband--and their good friend--Pierre, over his confession of an affair and a secret child. Iris and Gabriel want to be supportive of their friends, but as Laure's mood becomes increasingly unpredictable, her presence takes its toll. Iris and Gabriel's only respite comes in the form of a couple new to town. But with them comes their gardener, who has a checkered past. Soon, secrets from all their pasts will unravel, some more dangerous than they could have known"--
Published: 2024
Call Number: F PARIS
Format: Books
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris captivated psychological thriller readers everywhere with Behind Closed Doors. Now she invites you into another heart-pounding home full of secrets, in The Guest. Some secrets never leave. Iris and Gabriel have just arrived home from a make-or-break holiday. But a shock awaits them. One of their closest friends, Laure, is in their house. The atmosphere quickly becomes tense as she oversteps again and again: sleeping in their bed, wearing Iris' clothes, even rearranging the furniture. Laure has walked out on her husband--and their good friend--Pierre, over his confession of an affair and a secret child. Iris and Gabriel want to be supportive of their friends, but as Laure's mood becomes increasingly unpredictable, her presence takes its toll. Iris and Gabriel's only respite comes in the form of a couple new to town. But with them comes their gardener, who has a checkered past. Soon, secrets from all their pasts will unravel, some more dangerous than they could have known"--
Love and hot chicken : a delicious Southern novel
Author: Hartong, Mary Liza, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F HARTONG
Format: Books
Summary: Returning home to Pennywhistle, Tennessee, for her beloved daddy's funeral, PJ Spoon, abandoning her PhD program at Vanderbilt, impulsively takes a job as a fry cook at the Chickie Shak, where she meets and falls for Boof, a talented singer-songwriter searching for her birth mother.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F HARTONG
Format: Books
Summary: Returning home to Pennywhistle, Tennessee, for her beloved daddy's funeral, PJ Spoon, abandoning her PhD program at Vanderbilt, impulsively takes a job as a fry cook at the Chickie Shak, where she meets and falls for Boof, a talented singer-songwriter searching for her birth mother.
Jackie [large print] : public, private, secret
Author: Taraborrelli, J. Randy, author.
Published: 2024 2023
Call Number: LP B ONASSIS
Format: Books
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author of Jackie, Janet & Lee comes a fresh and often startling look at the life of the legendary former first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Based on hundreds of interviews with friends, family, and lovers over a thirty-year period--as well as previously unreleased material from the JFK Library--Kennedy historian J. Randy Taraborrelli paints an unforgettable new portrait of a woman whose flaws and contradictions only serve to make her even more iconic. "I have three lives," Jackie told a former lover, "public, private and secret." In this revealing biography, readers will become intimately familiar with all three. New insights from the book include: --Jackie's cold feet before her wedding to Jack Kennedy and her secret plan to avoid moving into the White House with him. --Jackie's plan to meet with the woman with whom her husband, Aristotle Onassis, was again having an affair, Maria Callas...and why, in the end, she decided against it. --The truth about the nude photos of Jackie which scandalized her in the 1970s...and which family member had betrayed her by selling them. --Her unusual relationship with Maurice Templesman, which was never what outsiders believed it to be. --The never-before-reported, last-ditch efforts to save Jackie's life with experimental cancer treatments, and the doctor who wouldn't risk jail time in order to treat her. Twenty-nine years after her death and sixty years after the assassination of President Kennedy, Jackie delivers the last word on one of the most famous women in the world"--
Published: 2024 2023
Call Number: LP B ONASSIS
Format: Books
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author of Jackie, Janet & Lee comes a fresh and often startling look at the life of the legendary former first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Based on hundreds of interviews with friends, family, and lovers over a thirty-year period--as well as previously unreleased material from the JFK Library--Kennedy historian J. Randy Taraborrelli paints an unforgettable new portrait of a woman whose flaws and contradictions only serve to make her even more iconic. "I have three lives," Jackie told a former lover, "public, private and secret." In this revealing biography, readers will become intimately familiar with all three. New insights from the book include: --Jackie's cold feet before her wedding to Jack Kennedy and her secret plan to avoid moving into the White House with him. --Jackie's plan to meet with the woman with whom her husband, Aristotle Onassis, was again having an affair, Maria Callas...and why, in the end, she decided against it. --The truth about the nude photos of Jackie which scandalized her in the 1970s...and which family member had betrayed her by selling them. --Her unusual relationship with Maurice Templesman, which was never what outsiders believed it to be. --The never-before-reported, last-ditch efforts to save Jackie's life with experimental cancer treatments, and the doctor who wouldn't risk jail time in order to treat her. Twenty-nine years after her death and sixty years after the assassination of President Kennedy, Jackie delivers the last word on one of the most famous women in the world"--
Girl abroad
Author: Kennedy, Elle, author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F KENNEDY
Format: Books
Summary: "When nineteen-year-old Abbey Bly gets the opportunity to study abroad for a year in London, it's the perfect chance to finally slip out from under the thumb of her beloved but overbearing retired rock star father. She's ready to be free, to discover herself—but first off, to meet the girls she's rooming with. That is, until she arrives at her gorgeous new flat to discover those roommates are actually all boys. Charming, funny, insufferably attractive boys. And off-limits, with a rule against fraternizing between housemates after unwanted drama with the previous girl. Abbey has never considered herself a rulebreaker. But soon, she's lying to her father about her living situation and falling for not one, but two men she can't have: her rugby-player roommate and a broody musician with a girlfriend. Not to mention, her research for school has gotten her tangled in a deeply hidden scandal of a high nobility family, surrounding her in secrets on all sides. If there's any hope of Abbey finding love, answers, or a future in London, she'll have to decide which rules—and hearts—might be worth breaking."--Amazon.
Published: 2024
Call Number: F KENNEDY
Format: Books
Summary: "When nineteen-year-old Abbey Bly gets the opportunity to study abroad for a year in London, it's the perfect chance to finally slip out from under the thumb of her beloved but overbearing retired rock star father. She's ready to be free, to discover herself—but first off, to meet the girls she's rooming with. That is, until she arrives at her gorgeous new flat to discover those roommates are actually all boys. Charming, funny, insufferably attractive boys. And off-limits, with a rule against fraternizing between housemates after unwanted drama with the previous girl. Abbey has never considered herself a rulebreaker. But soon, she's lying to her father about her living situation and falling for not one, but two men she can't have: her rugby-player roommate and a broody musician with a girlfriend. Not to mention, her research for school has gotten her tangled in a deeply hidden scandal of a high nobility family, surrounding her in secrets on all sides. If there's any hope of Abbey finding love, answers, or a future in London, she'll have to decide which rules—and hearts—might be worth breaking."--Amazon.
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