Author: Tison, Ari, author. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, publisher. Published: 2023 Call Number: Y TISON Format: Books Summary: "Max and Jay have always depended on each other for their survival. Growing up with an abusive father, the two brothers have learned that the only way to protect themselves and their mother is to keep their heads down. And create art. But when they hear a girl in trouble in the woods after school, instinct takes over and they intervene, interrupting a fight and beating up their high school's star soccer player. When the authorities arrive and statements are taken, Max and Jay realize they may have misread the situation. Did they? With their college dreams in jeopardy, this one act of violence shakes their idea of who they thought they were--as brothers, as sons, as men. Max and Jay will have to reach back to their Bribri (Indigenous Costa Rican) roots to find their way forward--and face the truth of what really happened in those woods. Told in alternating points of view using vignettes and poems, Ari Tison's debut novel draws on her Bribri American identity to paint a slow-burning small-town drama about brotherhood, abuse, recovery, and doing the right thing."--
Author: Schwinke, Theodore, author. Published: 2021 Call Number: 914.3712 PRAGUE 2024 Format: Books Summary: "Discover the very best sights you'll want to include on your Prague bucket list with this fantastic city guide! Visit the Prague Castle, cross the Charles Bridge, or climb to the top of the Old Town Hall Tower, this ultimate pocket-sized travel guide will make sure you have the quintessential Prague experience. Inside the pages of this Prague travel guide, you'll discover: Ten easy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a day trip, a weekend, or a week ; Available in a handy format that is light, portable, and packed with essential information ; Expert advice and travel tips to help you tick off unmissable sights, explore beyond the tourist hubs and soak up the atmosphere ; Detailed maps cover every area of Prague, plus a laminated pull-out map that won't let you down whatever the weather. A medieval city with modern flare. One of Europe's most enchanting medieval cities rich in tradition and Gothic architecture, Prague is a treasure trove of things to see and do. This travel guide will ensure that you experience this breathtakingly beautiful region like a local. Find the best museums and galleries, places to eat, shops, and cultural experiences this Czech town has to offer! Use this travel guide to find inspiration for different things to enjoy during your trip -- including family activities and things to do for free. This guide includes itineraries that cover iconic areas and must-sees such as Prague Castle, St Vitus Cathedral, Charles Bridge, the St Agnes of Bohemia Conventent, Wenceslas Square, and Petrin Hill. DK Eyewitness Prague has been updated regularly to make sure the information is as up-to-date as possible following the COVID-19 outbreak." --
Author: Atkins, Ace, author. Published: 2019 2013 Call Number: PB ATKINS Format: Books Summary: A year after becoming sheriff, Quinn Colson is faced with the release of an infamous murderer from prison. Jamey Dixon comes back to Jericho preaching redemption, and some believe him; but for the victim's family, the only thought is revenge.
Author: Dohner, Janet Vorwald, 1951- author. Published: 2017 Call Number: 591.53 Format: Books Summary: "Learn to identify threatening species through tracks, scat, and the damage they leave behind. Fascinating profiles of more than 50 predatory mammals, birds, and reptiles teach farmers, ranchers, homesteaders, and backyard-animal raisers how to prevent their livestock, poultry, and pets from becoming prey. By understanding how predators think and behave, where and how they live, and how they attack and kill prey, you'll be able to interpret the potential threats surrounding your home. Whether you have a vested interest in protecting your pets and livestock or are simply spellbound by wild predators, this is the book for you!"--Amazon.com.
Author: King, Stephen, 1947- author. Published: 2016 1979 Call Number: F KING Format: Books Summary: "A national bestseller about a man who wakes up from a five-year coma able to see people's futures and the terrible fate awaiting mankind in the dead zone"--
Author: Mazzagetti, Dominick A. Published: 2013 Call Number: B LEE Format: Books Summary: Dominick Mazzagetti presents an engaging account of the life of Charles Lee, the forgotten man of the American Revolution. Fort Lee, on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge, was named in his honor.
Author: Bergreen, Laurence. Published: 2011 Call Number: 970.015 Format: Books Summary: Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed event in world history. Yet Columbus made three more voyages within the span of only a decade, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. These later voyages were even more adventurous, violent, and ambiguous, but they revealed Columbus's uncanny sense of the sea, his mingled brilliance and delusion, and his superb navigational skills. In all these exploits, he almost never lost a sailor. By their conclusion, however, Columbus was broken in body and spirit. If the first voyage illustrates the rewards of exploration, the latter voyages illustrate the tragic costs, political, moral, and economic. In this book, the author re-creates each of these adventures as well as the historical background of Columbus's celebrated, controversial career.
Author: Green, John, 1977- author. Dutton Books, publisher. Published: 2005 Call Number: Y GREEN Format: Books Summary: Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
Author: Tuck, Lily, 1938- author. Published: 2025 Call Number: F TUCK Format: Books Summary: "First glimpsed riding on the back of a boy's motorcycle, fourteen-year-old Czeslawa comes to life in this mesmerizing novel by Lily Tuck, who imagines her upbringing in a small Polish village before her world imploded in late 1942. Stripped of her modest belongings, shorn, and tattooed number 26947 on arriving at Auschwitz, Czeslawa is then photographed. Three months later, she is dead. How did this happen to an ordinary Polish citizen? This is the question that Tuck grapples with in this haunting novel, which frames Czeslawa's story within the epic tragedy of six million Poles who perished during the German occupation. A decade prior to writing The Rest Is Memory, Tuck read an obituary of the photographer Wilhelm Brasse, who took more than 40,000 pictures of the Auschwitz prisoners. Included were three of Czeslawa Kwoka, a Catholic girl from rural southeastern Poland. Tuck cut out the photos and kept them, determined to learn more about Czeslawa, but she was only able to glean the barest facts: the village she came from, the transport she was on, that she was accompanied by her mother and her neighbors, her tattoo number, and the date of her death. From this scant evidence, Tuck's novel becomes a remarkable kaleidoscopic feat of imagination, something only our greatest novelists can do"--
Author: Hogan, Thatcher, 1950- author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 912.747 Format: Books Summary: "Featuring more than a hundred maps and illustrations, Mapping the Adirondacks is the first book to focus solely on Verplanck Colvin's original survey of the Adirondack Region, a monumental project that would help define and protect the land for generations to come"-- "New York State?'s famous Adirondack landscape is immense, spanning over six million acres of public forests, lakes, rivers, mountains, and private lands. In full color featuring hundreds of detailed maps and photos, Mapping the Adirondacks celebrates it all with the first clear account of the original surveyor who explored and fully comprehended it--Verplanck Colvin. 'Everywhere below,' Colvin wrote, 'were lakes and mountains so different from all maps, yet so immovably true.' His monumental accomplishment helped motivate the citizens of New York in 1894 to legally protect it for generations to come." --Amazon.com
Author: Mahnke, Aaron, author. Marks, Harry C., author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 030 Format: Books Summary: "The new book based on the long-running hit podcast by Aaron Mahnke, which has translated into over 120-million downloads to date, and a monthly average of over 2 million listeners. The podcast, Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities, has delighted millions of listeners for years with tales of the wonderful, astounding, and downright bizarre people, places, and things throughout history. Now, in Cabinet of Curiosities the book, learn the fascinating story of the invention of the croissant in a country that was not France, and relive the adventures of a dog that stowed away and went to war, only to help capture a German spy. Along the way, readers will pass through the American state of Franklin, watch Abraham Lincoln's son be rescued by his assassin's brother, and learn how too many crash landings inspired one pilot to leave the airline industry and trek for the stars. For the first time ever, Aaron has gathered scores of his favorites in print, and curated them into a beautiful, topical collection for devoted followers and new fans alike"--
Author: Bhogal, Ruby, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 641.71 Format: Books Summary: Great British Bake Off finalist Ruby Bhogal is here to delight us with a flexible approach to baking tasty, sweet treats that give you double helpings of temptation. She brings us 50 like-for-like recipes, with a plant-based and non- plant-based version for each bake. "We all remember watching in horror as Ruby's showstopper cake collapsed on the first-ever Vegan Week on the Great British Bake Off. Instead of slinking off with her tail between her legs, she was determined to master the art of baking and bake, bake, bake again until she could say with confidence that her recipes were failproof. Sharing new bakes and videos online, Ruby discovered a growing demand for adaptable recipes without eggs, dairy, or a full plant-based twist. She wanted her bakes to cater to everyone's needs, no matter the dietary preference..." --Amazon.com
Author: Smith, Tanya, 1960- author. Published: 2024 Call Number: B SMITH Format: Books Summary: "In Never Saw Me Coming, Tanya Smith shares her deeply personal and remarkable story of how she went from a precocious young girl to a money-grabbing, computer-savvy wiz. It starts out as a keen interest in technology and innocently acquiring phone numbers to Michael Jackson, as well as other celebrities, and moves to her successfully stealing and depositing $5,000 into her grandmother's banking account. By the time she is 18, the risk taker has confiscated millions in cash. The FBI is hot on her tail and hauls her in for an interview, demanding Smith let them know who she's working for, "as these are not the kind of crimes Black people are smart enough to commit." Their words, indicating that intelligence was determined by race, severely offended Smith. Up for the challenge, she proves the FBI wrong and over time steals $40 million dollars, while securing diamonds, gold bars, and other commodities. Her lifestyle attracts the wrong kind of people, even those who set out to kill her. Law enforcement persisted, ultimately dubbing Smith "one of the single biggest threats to the entire United States banking system." She receives an outrageous prison sentence--the longest for a white-collar offense--and is eventually released by mounting her own brilliant defense."--Amazon.
Author: Tierney, Marie, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F TIERNEY Format: Books Summary: "Fourteen-year-old Ava Bonney is unlike other children. She has an obsessive interest in the rate at which dead animals decompose. The motorway she lives by regularly offers up roadkill, and in the dead of night, Ava likes nothing more than to pull her latest discovery into her roadside den and record her findings. One night, she stumbles across the body of her classmate Mickey Grant, and fearing that her secret ritual could be revealed, she makes an anonymous call to the police. When Detective Seth Delahaye is given the case, Ava won't step back -- not when teenagers in her sleepy South Birmingham town are going missing. How hard can it be to track a killer? Marie Tierney's debut, Deadly Animals, is a beautiful novel about a small community's descent into devastation and desperation -- and the bravery of youth in the face of darkness"--
Author: Erikson, Thomas, 1965- author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 158.2 Format: Books Summary: "Protect yourself against lies and deception with bestselling author Thomas Erikson's proven behavioral science methods-- Do you ever have the feeling that your friend isn't telling you the whole story? Or that your colleague's answer doesn't quite add up? Whether in your personal or social life, professional life, or on the news or media, sorting the lies from the truth can be exhausting and make you feel constantly on edge. In the next installment of the Surrounded by Idiots series, Thomas Erikson shows you how to identify and deal with the liars in your life. With the help of the simple, four-color behavioral model made famous in Surrounded by Idiots, readers will learn to protect themselves against deception and insincerity. Filled with sophisticated wisdom and Erikson's trademark humor, Surrounded by Liars arms readers with the practical knowledge needed to feel confident in their ability to discern the truth and live a calmer, more reliable life"--
Author: Moss, Korina, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: PB MOSS Format: Books Summary: "The small town of Yarrow Glen's neighbor, Lockwood, hosts an annual Labor Day weekend bash: Dairy Days. And Willa Bauer and her cheese shop, Curds & Whey, refuse to miss out on the fun. Willa is thrilled to celebrate her favorite thing--she is a cheesemonger after all--and this festival goes all out: butter sculptures, goat races, cheese wheel relays, even a Miss Dairy pageant. Too bad the pageant runner, Nadine, is treating Dairy Days prep like it's fondue or die and is putting everyone around her on edge. When Willa finds Nadine's dead body under years' worth of ceramic milk jugs, the police aren't sure whether the death was an accident. But fingers are pointing at Willa's employee, Mrs. Schultz, who steps in to help the pageant after Nadine's death. Someone wanted Nadine out of the whey, and Willa is going to find out who." --
Author: K'wan, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F KWAN Format: Books Summary: He's smart, he's handsome, he's dangerous . . . He is the Black Godfather, and dope pushers beware! Grimm's childhood wasn't unlike any of the other kids in his dirt-poor neighborhood: hard times and hard lives. However, while his best friends, Spoon and Goldie, were out getting into mischief, Grimm was in the house, studying or reading. After a fast-tracked graduation, Grimm enlisted in the Marines. He endured seven years trapped in a South American prison camp, subject to torture, starvation, and, most notably, a deadly underground fighting circuit. By the time he was rescued, he emerged as a 210-pound weapon of mass destruction. Upon Grimm's return, he finds that his neighborhood has changed. His mother is a broken shell of her former self. His best friend Spoon is now an up-and-coming hustler and pimp, and Goldie has become a prostitute. It's up to Grimm to fix his family and his community. He embarks on a mission to push some of the low-level dealers and users out of the neighborhood with the help of some of his veteran buddies. Grateful neighbors start referring to him as the "Black Godfather" because of the way he takes care of his people. This sets the scene for a confrontation between Grimm and Spoon. The two once best friends are now bitter rivals, locked in a personal war in the streets. It's a long and hard-fought battle, but it's only the beginning of a greater war.--Back cover
Author: Patterson, James, 1947- author. Eversmann, Matt, author. Malloy, Tim (Journalist), author. Mooney, Chris, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 355.134 Format: Books Summary: "U.S. soldiers who served in overseas conflicts--from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan--share true stories of the actions that earned them some of America's most distinguished military medals, up to and including the Medal of Honor. They never acted alone, but always in the spirit of camaraderie, patriotism, and for the good of our beloved country. There has never been a better time for all of us to think about duty, sacrifice, and what it means to be an American hero."--Publisher.
Author: Cornwell, Patricia Daniels, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F CORNWELL Format: Books Summary: "Summoned to an unnerving, abandoned theme park to retrieve a body, Dr Kay Scarpetta is devastated to learn that the victim is a man she once loved. While teaching in Rome during the early days of her career, Scarpetta had an intense love affair with Sal Giordano that led to a lifelong friendship. The murder scene is bizarre, with a crop circle of petals around the body, and Giordano's skin is strangely red. Scarpetta's niece Lucy believes he was dropped from an unidentified flying craft. Scarpetta knows an autopsy can reveal the dead's secrets, but she is shocked to find her friend seems to have deliberately left her a clue. As the investigators are torn between suspicions of otherworldly forces, and of Giordano himself, Scarpetta detects an explanation closer to home that, in her mind, is far more evil"--
Author: Sanders, Angela M., author. Published: 2024 Call Number: PB SANDERS Format: Books Summary: "Surprised by an unexpected visit from her oddly pensive mother, Josie hopes to distract her with a visit to the Aerie, the clifftop manor where the recently passed Reverend Clarence Duffy lived. Inside, however, Josie hears hissed warnings from boxes of the preacher's old books--and once home, from the library's detective novels. When Wilfred residents start to receive threatening letters the next day, the witch-in-training is determined to uncover the missives' author... But not before the dead body of one of the reverend's sons is discovered at the bottom of the cliff. Unsettled by the Wilfred residents' crumbling friendships--and by her mother's reason for her visit--Josie has her hands full of dilemmas. Sheriff Sam is no help--he laughs off the letter he receives. Then Josie finds one addressed to her, stating that the author "knows her secret." Josie must trust her fledgling sorcery--as well as a bit of magic from a surprising source--to uncover the poison pen before anyone else receives a deadly delivery..."--
