Author: Boorman, Kate A., author. Published: 2014 Call Number: Y BOORMAN Format: Books Summary: When the revered leader of her settlement, a dark, isolated land with merciless winters and puritanical rulers, asks Emmeline for her hand it is a rare opportunity, but not only does she love another man, she cannot ignore dreams that urge her into the dangerous and forbidden woods that took her grandmother's life and her family's reputation.
Author: Brashares, Ann, author. Published: 2014 Call Number: Y BRASHARE Format: Books Summary: Seventeen-year-old Prenna, an immigrant who moved to New York when she was twelve, came from another time and she and the other travelers must follow strict rules to avoid destroying the new life they have worked so hard to get, as well as the one person Prenna is desperate to protect.
Author: Landay, William. Published: 2012 Call Number: F LANDAY Format: Books Summary: Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. When a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: his fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student. As the crisis reveals how little a father knows about his son, Andy will face a trial of his own--between loyalty and justice, between truth and allegation, between a past he's tried to bury and a future he cannot conceive.
Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963, author. Published: 2009 1952 Call Number: 230 LEWIS Format: Books Summary: "In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis ... explores the common ground upon which all of those of Christian faith stand together. Bringing together Lewis' legendary broadcast talks during World War Two from his three previous books The Case for Christianity, Christian Behavior, and Beyond Personality, Mere Christianity provides an unequaled opportunity for believers and nonbelievers alike to hear this powerful apologetic for the Christian faith."--HarperOne website. "Mere Christianity, [first published in 1952], is a theological book by C. S. Lewis, adapted from a series of BBC radio talks made between 1941 and 1944, while Lewis was at Oxford during the Second World War. Considered a classic of Christian apologetics, the transcripts of the broadcasts originally appeared in print as three separate pamphlets: The Case for Christianity (Broadcast Talks in the UK) (1942), Christian Behaviour (1943), and Beyond Personality (1944). Lewis was invited to give the talks by James Welch, the BBC Director of Religious Broadcasting, who had read his 1940 book, The Problem of Pain.--Wikipedia.
Author: Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Gollancz, Victor, 1893-1967, writer of foreword. Published: 1958 Call Number: 305.562 Format: Books Summary: George Orwell's observations on the appalling living conditions of the unemployed of northern England in 1937, includes evaluations of middle class prejudice and apathy, and a criticism of socialism.
Author: Colbert, Brandy, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y COLBERT Format: Books Summary: The first year they are eligible to vote, Marva and Duke meet at their polling place and, over the course of one crazy day, fall in love.--
Author: Rindell, Suzanne, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: F RINDELL Format: Books Summary: "San Francisco, 1906. Violet is one of three people grateful for the destruction of the big earthquake. It leaves her and her two best friends unexpectedly wealthy--if the secret that binds them together stays buried beneath the rubble. Fearing discovery, the women strike out on their own, and orphaned, wallflower Violet reinvents herself. When a whirlwind romance with the city's most eligible widower, Harry Carlyle, lands her in a luxurious mansion as the second Mrs. Carlyle, it seems like her dreams of happiness and love have come true. But all is not right in the Carlyle home, and Violet soon finds herself trapped by the lingering specter of the first Mrs. Carlyle, and by the inescapable secrets of her own violent history"--
Author: Poeppel, Amy, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: F POEPPEL Format: Books Summary: "Bridget and Will have the kind of relationship that people envy: they're loving, compatible, and completely devoted to each other. The fact that they're strictly friends seems to be lost on nearly everyone; after all, they're as good as married in (almost) every way. For three decades, they're nurtured their baby, the Forsyth Trio--a chamber group they created as college students--but now their beloved trio is missing its violinist and floundering. Bridget has been dreaming of spending the summer at her rustic Connecticut country home with her boyfriend, Sterling. But her plans are suddenly upended when he breaks up with her over email, and then her twin twenty-something children arrive unannounced, filling her empty nest with their big dogs, dirty laundry, and respective crises. Highlighting her trademark humor, pitch-perfect voice, and sly perspective on matters of the human heart, Amy Poeppel crafts a letter to modern family life, with all its discord and harmony. Musical chairs is an irresistibly romantic story of role reversals, reinvention, and sweet synchronicity"--Dust jacket.
Author: Tamkin, Emily, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 322.4092 TAMKIN Format: Books Summary: "The George Soros conspiracy is a frequent right-wing talking point: he pays protesters and influences elections. But the left isn't standing up to defend the billionaire who supports leftist causes. Reporter Emily Tamkin explores the genesis of Soros's influence and the truth of the conspiracies that surround him"--
Author: Shupe, Joanna, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: PB SHUPE Format: Books Summary: The final novel in Joanna Shupe's critically acclaimed Uptown Girl series about a beauitful do-gooder who must decide if she can team up with one of New York's brashest criminals without losing something irreplaceable: her heart. Manhattan kingpin. Brilliant mastermind. Gentleman gangster. He's built a wall around his heart ... Orphaned and abandoned on the Bowery's mean streets, Jack Mulligan survived on strength, cunning, and ambition. Now he rules his territory better than any politician or copper ever could. He didn't get here by being soft. But in uptown do-gooder Justine Greene--the very definition of an iron fist in a velvet glove--Jack may have met his match. She wears hers on her sleeve ... Justine is devoted to tracking down deadbeat husbands and fighting for fair working conditions. When her mission brings her face-to-face with Jack, she's shocked to find the man behind the criminal empire is considerably more charming and honorable than many gentlemen she knows. Forming an unlikely alliance, they discover an unexpected desire. And when Justine's past catches up with them, Jack may be her only hope of survival. Is she ready to make a deal with the devil ...?--
Author: De Leo, Anna, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 646.6 Format: Books Summary: This manual provides all necessary knowledge for anyone who wants to acquire the basic skills for mending, altering and fixing clothes. The publication explains in an easy to understand and simple language the most usual clothing repairs, like shortening pants, a seam to be redone, darning a hole, shortening the sleeves of a shirt, etc. From learning to do stitches by hand to using the sewing machine, the author guides the reader throughout the process by simple texts and useful photographs proving that mending is easy. The book also includes a glossary of technical terms. With this DIY guide, the reader will be able to perform some alterations and mendings without the need of going to the professional tailor. It's a basic manual, but also contains some more complicated mendings that people with advanced skills can tackle.
Author: Silvera, Adam, 1990- author. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y SILVERA Format: Books Summary: "In a world where some people are born with powers and some people take them, brothers Emil and Brighton Rey get swept up in a supernatural turf war generations in the making"--
Author: Klass, David, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: KLA Format: Books Summary: "A fiendishly clever serial bomber and self-styled 'eco-terrorist' hits targets across America -- and a conflicted young FBI agent may be the only person with the unique skills needed to catch him. A massive FBI manhunt is underway for an elusive and terrifyingly efficient serial bomber. He's just struck his sixth target, Idaho's Boone Dam, killing a dozen innocent people. But the bomber, who calls himself 'Green Man', insists these drastic acts of violence--each one carefully selected to target major human-created infrastructure--are necessary to draw the world's attention to the climate change emergency. The FBI has no real leads. It's as if Green Man can predict every step of their investigation, skillfully evading all their standard tactics. Until young agent Tom Smith approaches the task-force leader with an unexpected insight. Tom, a computer programmer by training, may be the only person with the unique skill set needed to catch Green Man before he strikes again..."--
Author: Dye, Paul (Paul F.), author. Published: 2020 Call Number: B DYE Format: Books Summary: "In the tradition of Chris Kraft's Flight and Gene Kranz's Failure Is Not an Option, from the longest-serving Flight Director in NASA's history, a revealing look at the high-stakes work of Mission Control that tells the inside story of the Space Shuttle program that has redefined our relationship with space"--
Author: Moke, Jenny Elder, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y MOKE Format: Books Summary: Sixteen-year-old Isabelle learns that she is the daughter of Robin Hood when her mother, Marien, sends her from their priory to get an urgent message to her father, aided by the Merry Men. Isabelle of Kirklees lives a quiet life inside the sheltered walls of the convent with her mother, Marien. After she is arrested by royal soldiers for defending innocent villagers, Isabelle becomes the target of the Wolf, King John's ruthless right hand. Desperate to keep her daughter safe, Marien helps Isabelle escape and sends her on a mission to find the one person who can help: Isabelle's father, Robin Hood. She is thrust into a world of thieves and mercenaries, handsome young outlaws, new enemies with old grudges, and a king who wants her entire family dead. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Bird, James, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y BIRD Format: Books Summary: Collin can't help himself--he has a unique condition that leads him to count every letter spoken to him. It's a quirk that makes him a prime target for bullies and a continual frustration to the adults around him, including his father. When Collin is asked to leave yet another school, his dad decides to send him to live in Minnesota with the mother he's never met. She is Ojibwe and lives on a reservation. Collin arrives in Duluth with his loyal dog, Seven, and quickly finds his mom and his new home to be warm, welcoming, and accepting of his condition. Collin's quirk is matched by that of his neighbor, Orenda, a girl who lives mostly in her treehouse and believes she is turning into a butterfly. With Orenda's help, Collin works hard to overcome his challenges. His real test comes when he must step up for his new friend and trust his new family.
Author: Rocha, Lucas, author. Helena, Larissa, translator. Published: 2020 Call Number: Y ROCHA Format: Books Summary: When Victor finds himself getting tested for HIV for the first time, he can't help but question his entire relationship with Henrique, the guy he has-had-been dating. See, Henrique didn't disclose his positive HIV status to Victor until after they had sex, and even though Henrique insisted on using every possible precaution, Victor is livid. That's when Victor meets Ian, a guy who's also getting tested for HIV. But Ian's test comes back positive, and his world is about to change forever. Though Victor is loath to think about Henrique, he offers to put the two of them in touch, hoping that perhaps Henrique can help Ian navigate his new life. In the process, the lives of Ian, Victor, and Henrique will become intertwined in a story of friendship, love, and stigma --- a story about hitting what you think is rock bottom, but finding the courage and support to keep moving forward.
Author: Mackenzie, Debora, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: 614.5 Format: Books Summary: In a gripping, accessible narrative, a veteran science journalist lays out the shocking story of how the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic happened and how to make sure this never happens again.
Author: Cocks, Heather, author. Morgan, Jessica, 1975- author. Published: 2020 Call Number: F COCKS Format: Books Summary: "After a scandalous secret turns their fairy-tale wedding into a nightmare, Rebecca 'Bex' Porter and her husband Prince Nicholas are in self-imposed exile. The public is angry. The Queen is even angrier. And the press is salivating. Cutting themselves off from friends and family, and escaping the world's judgmental eyes, feels like the best way to protect their fragile, all-consuming romance. But when a crisis forces the new Duke and Duchess back to London, the Band-Aid they'd placed over their problems starts to peel at the edges. Now, as old family secrets and new ones threaten to derail her new royal life, Bex has to face the emotional wreckage she and Nick left behind: with the Queen, with the world, and with Nick's brother Freddie, whose sins may not be so easily forgotten--nor forgiven."--Provided by publisher.
Author: Franqui, Leah, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: F FRANQUI Format: Books Summary: When Rachel Meyer, a thirtysomething foodie from New York, agrees to move to Mumbai with her Indian-born husband, Dhruv, she knows some culture shock is inevitable. Blessed with a curious mind and an independent spirit, Rachel is determined to learn her way around the hot, noisy, seemingly infinite metropolis she now calls home. But Rachel's sense of adventure is sorely tested when her mother-in-law, Swati, suddenly arrives from Kolkata announcing she's left her husband of more than forty years and moving in with them. Nothing the newlyweds say can budge the steadfast Swati, and as the days pass, it becomes clear she is here to stay--an uneasy situation that becomes more difficult when Dhruv is called away on business. Suddenly these two strong-willed women from such very different backgrounds, who see life so differently, are alone together in a home that each is determined to run in her own way--a situation that ultimately brings into question the very things in their lives that had seemed perfect and permanent ... with results neither of them expect.
