Author: Méndez, Yamile Saied, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y MENDEZ Format: Books Summary: Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan, a rising soccer star in Rosario, Argentina, dreams of playing professionally, in defiance of her fathers' wishes and at the risk of her budding romance with Diego. Rosario, Argentina. At home Camila Hassan lives within her mother's narrow expectations, her soccer-star brother's shadow, and under the abusive rule of her short-tempered father. On the field, she is La Furia, a powerhouse of skill and talent. When her team qualifies for the South American tournament, Camila dreams of getting an athletic scholarship to a North American university. But her parents wouldn't allow a girl to play fúbol-- and she needs their permission to go any farther. Can she make her way in a world with no place for the dreams and ambition of a girl like her? -- adapted from jacket
Author: Reichardt, Marisa, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y REICHARD Format: Books Summary: When a major earthquake hits California, trapping seventeen-year-old Ruby with Charlie, a near-stranger, in a laundromat, they struggle to stay alive and hopeful with only memories and each other's voices to sustain them. When a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits California, Ruby is trapped in a laundromat with Charlie, a boy she had her first conversation with only moments before. She can't see anything beyond the rubble that she's trapped beneath, but she's sure someone will come save them soon. As the hours and days tick by, Ruby and Charlie struggle to stay hopeful--and stay alive. Ruby has only Charlie's voice and her memories to find the hope to keep holding on. Will the two make it out alive? And if they do, what will they have lost to the earthquake? Riveting, tense, and emotionally complex, Aftershocks weaves together the terror and hope of a catastrophic event while showing the ways that disasters can change and unite us.
Author: Lalami, Laila, 1968- author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 323.6 Format: Books Summary: "The acclaimed, award-winning novelist--author of The Moor's Account and The Other Americans--now gives us a bracingly personal work of nonfiction that is concerned with the experiences of "conditional citizens." What does it mean to be American? In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book, Pulitzer Prize Finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to U.S. citizen, using it as a starting point for her exploration of the rights, liberties, and protections that are traditionally associated with American citizenship. Tapping into history, politics, and literature, she elucidates how accidents of birth--such as national origin, race, or gender--that once determined the boundaries of Americanness still cast their shadows today. Throughout the book, she poignantly illustrates how white supremacy survives through adaptation and legislation, with the result that a caste system is maintained, keeping the modern equivalent of white male landowners at the top of the social hierarchy. Conditional citizens, she argues, are all the people whom America embraces with one arm, and pushes away with the other. Brilliantly argued and deeply personal, Conditional Citizens weaves together the author's own experiences with explorations of the place of nonwhites in the broader American culture"--
Author: Oshiro, Mark, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y OSHIRO Format: Books Summary: "Xochitl is destined to wander the desert alone, speaking her troubled village's stories into its arid winds. Her only companions are the blessed stars above and enigmatic lines of poetry magically strewn across dusty dunes. Her one desire: to share her heart with a kindred spirit. One night, Xo's wish is granted--in the form of Emilia, the cold and beautiful daughter of the town's murderous conqueror. But when the two set out on a magical journey across the desert, they find their hearts could be a match--if only they can survive the nightmare-like terrors that arise when the sun goes down"--Dust jacket flap.
Author: Schwab, Victoria, author. Published: 2019 2017 Call Number: F SCHWAB Format: Books Summary: Londons fall and kingdoms rise while darkness sweeps the Maresh Empire, and the fraught balance of magic blossoms into dangerous territory while heroes struggle. The trilogy's conclusion concerns the fate of beloved protagonists -- and old foes.
Author: Pellegrinelli, Carroll author. Published: 2019 Call Number: 641.815 Format: Books Summary: For perfect sourdough bread, you need a healthy and happy starter -- that yeasty concoction that gives sourdough its tangy, delicious flavor. Starter Sourdough helps you get the tricky starter process down pat, so you can bake mouthwatering loaves, rolls, banquettes -- and even cakes and cookies! This book simplifies the process of making your own starter so it's accessible, no matter your skill level. Keep your tasty new creation alive and thriving with the help of clear instructions accompanied by beautiful photographs. Once you get the hang of maintaining your signature starter, you can use it to put a unique twist on almost any recipes made with flour."--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Caruso, Melissa, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: F CARUSO Format: Books Summary: While winter snows keep the Witch Lord Ruven's invading armies at bay, Lady Amalia Cornaro and the fire warlock Zaira attempt to change the fate of mages in the Raverran Empire forever, earning the enmity of those in power who will do anything to keep all magic under tight imperial control. But in the season of the Serene City's great masquerade, Ruven executes a devastating surprise strike at the heart of the Empire - and at everything Amalia holds most dear.
Author: Hannen, Scott, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: 616.0472 Format: Regular print Summary: Dr. Scott Hannen, DC walks you through the ways that inflammation and oxidation wreak havok on your body. Learn easy to follow methods to take control of your life and STOP THE PAIN! "Millions of people suffer from debilitating pain and inflammation each and every day. Most treatments focus on relieving or managing the pain instead of locating the cause and eliminating it. This book helps the reader understand what pain is, where it comes from, and most importantly, how to get rid of it. There are six things to fix and six protocols to help correct the imbalances that cause pain and dysfunction. Learn how to balance thyroid levels, fix the gut, revive your metabolism, restore energy levels, improve brain function, and anti-aging. Look younger, feel better, and think clearer, while eliminating the causes of pain that create dysfunction in your body. Allow this book to be your personalized road map to guide you down the road to recovery. The most exciting part is realizing that you may be only a few simple choices away from eliminating chronic debilitating pain and suffering from your life"--Amazon.com.
Author: Murphy, Pat, 1955- author. Published: 2018 1986 Call Number: F MURPHY Format: Books Summary: Elizabeth Butler is a famous archaeologist with a reputation for eccentricity and a secret: she sees the shades of the men and women who have walked the ground of the Mayan ruins she is excavating, and communicate with them--and when the daughter she abandoned shows up hoping for a reunion, she is presented with a problem because a Mayan priestess who has been dead for a thousand years is demanding that Elizabeth restore the past with a blood sacrifice, her daughter.
Author: Caruso, Melissa, author. Published: 2018 Call Number: F CARUSO Format: Books Summary: "Across the border, the Witch Lords of Vaskandar are preparing for war. But before an invasion can begin, they must call a rare gathering of all seventeen lords to decide a course of action. Lady Amalia Cornaro knows that this Conclave might be her only chance to smother the growing flames of war, and she is ready to make any sacrifice if it means saving Raverra from destruction. Amalia and Zaira must go behind enemy lines, using every ounce of wit and cunning they have, to sway Vaskandar from war. Or else it will all come down to swords and fire. "Charming, intelligent, fast-moving, beautifully atmospheric. I couldn't put it down."--Genevieve Cogman, author of The Invisible Library "The best kind of fantasy."--Rosalyn Eves, author of Blood Rose Rebellion The Defiant Heir is the second novel in a spellbinding new fantasy series. Swords and FireThe Tethered MageThe Defiant Heir"--
Author: Caruso, Melissa, author. Published: 2017 Call Number: F CARUSO Format: Books Summary: "In the Raverran Empire, magic is scarce and those born with power are strictly controlled -- taken as children and conscripted into the Falcon Army. Zaira has lived her life on the streets to avoid this fate, hiding her mage-mark and thieving to survive. But hers is a rare and dangerous magic, one that threatens the entire empire. Lady Amalia Cornaro was never meant to be a Falconer. Heiress and scholar, she was born into a treacherous world of political machinations. But fate has bound the heir and the mage. And as war looms on the horizon, a single spark could turn their city into a pyre. The Tethered Mage is the first novel in a spellbinding new fantasy series"--
Author: Franklin, Aaron, author. Mackay, Jordan, author. Published: 2015 Call Number: 641.76 Format: Books Summary: When Aaron and Stacy Franklin opened up a small barbecue trailer on the side of an Austin, Texas, interstate in 2009, they had no idea what they'd gotten themselves into. Today, Franklin Barbecue has a national reputation and several major barbecue awards. Now the authors share years' worth of hard-won knowledge and the secrets behind truly great barbecue. This resource for the backyard pitmaster includes chapters dedicated to building or customizing your own smoker; finding and curing the right wood; creating and tending perfect fires; sourcing top-quality meat; and of course, cooking mind-blowing, ridiculously delicious barbecue.
Author: Childs, Laura, 1963- author. Hyzy, Julie A., author. Published: 2015 Call Number: 641.5973 Format: Books Summary: "More than 100 recipes from Avery Aames/Daryl Wood Gerber, Ellery Adams, Connie Archer, Leslie Budewitz, Laura Childs, Cleo Coyle, Victoria Hamilton, B.B. Haywood, Julie Hyzy, Jenn McKinlay, Paige Shelton. Great meals don't have to be a mystery--but they can come from a mystery. Selecting the most delicious recipes from some of the most popular names in crime solving, The Cozy Cookbook serves up mouth-watering appetizers, entrees, and desserts that will leave your family or book club group asking, Whodunit? In addition to recipes, choose a sleuth du jour from our menu of mystery series and get a taste of each of our authors' bread and butter--page-turning puzzles and stay-up-all-night suspense in excerpts from their bestselling works. Whether you like your meals sauteed, roasted, baked, or served cold like revenge, The Cozy Cookbook has something to satisfy every mystery fan."--Publisher's description.
Author: Harmel, Kristin, author. Published: 2012 Call Number: F HARMEL Format: Books Summary: In this heartwarming story of love, family and baked goods, bakery owner Hope McKenna-Smith, the divorced mother of a surly preteen girl, is summoned by her aging grandmother who, ready to reveal the secret she has kept for 70 years, sends her on a journey across the world that will forever change her life.
Author: Robinson, Marilynne, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: F ROBINSON Format: Books Summary: "A new Gilead novel that tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the beloved, erratic, and grieved-over prodigal son of a Presbyterian minister from Gilead, Iowa"-- Marilynne Robinson's mythical world of Gilead, Iowa--the setting of her novels Gilead, Home, and Lila, and now Jack--and its beloved characters have illuminated and interrogated the complexities of American history, the power of our emotions, and the wonders of a sacred world. Jack is Robinson's fourth novel in this now-classic series. In it, Robinson tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the prodigal son of Gilead's Presbyterian minister, and his romance with Della Miles, a high school teacher who is also the child of a preacher. Their deeply felt, tormented, star-crossed interracial romance resonates with all the paradoxes of American life, then and now. Robinson's Gilead novels, which have won one Pulitzer Prize and two National Book Critics Circle Awards, are a vital contribution to contemporary American literature and a revelation of our national character and humanity.
Author: Moore, Wayétu, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: B MOORE Format: Books Summary: "When Wayétu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party at their home in Monrovia, Liberia, but all she can think about is how much she misses her mother, who is working and studying in faraway New York. Before she gets the reunion her father promised her, war breaks out in Liberia. The family is forced to flee their home on foot, walking and hiding for three weeks until they arrive in the village of Lai. Finally, a rebel soldier smuggles them across the border to Sierra Leone, reuniting the family and setting them off on yet another journey, this time to the United States"--Publisher's description.
Author: Finlay, Adrianne, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y FINLAY Format: Books Summary: When something goes horribly wrong during the filming of a new virtual reality show, teenaged contestants are trapped in a simulation, questioning how much of the game is real.-- Each of the four teenage contestants has their own reasons for joining the new virtual reality show CUT/OFF. The simple premise: place a group of teenagers alone in the wilderness, and whoever lasts the longest without 'tapping out' wins a cash prize. Not only that, new software creates a totally unprecedented television experience, allowing viewers to touch, see, and live everything along with the contestants. When something goes horribly wrong, the contestants soon realize no one is coming to save them. In fact, the whole world seemingly disappears while they are stranded in the wild. -- adapted from jacket
