Author: Williams, Lynn, 1955 January 15- author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 650.14
Format: Books
Summary: "Covering everything from looking for jobs online to making a fantastic impression at interview, Ultimate Job Search is everything the ambitious job hunter needs."--Amazon.com. Covering everything from looking for jobs online to making a fantastic impression at interview, Ultimate Job Search is everything the ambitious job hunter needs. Take the stress out of job-seeking with comprehensive advice on: designing your job-search strategy; building an online profile; writing a stand-out CV/resume; sample cover letters to help you sound both authentic and impressive; giving a winning interview performance; dealing with rejections and offers. Now in its 6th edition, Ultimate Job Search now contains new and up-to-date advice on the changing face of technology in job seeking; avoiding scams and other traps; developing resilience; and the future of work. Let this invaluable guide help you on your way to your next dream job.
Author: Dovalpage, Teresa, 1966- author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F DOVALPAG
Format: Books
Summary: "Cuban-born Mercedes Spivey and her American husband, Nolan, win a five-day cruise to Cuba. Although the circumstances surrounding the prize seem a little suspicious to Mercedes, Nolan's current unemployment and their need to revamp their marriage make the decision a no-brainer. Once aboard, Mercedes is surprised to see two people she met through her ex-boyfriend Lorenzo: former University of Havana professor Selfa Sagarra and down-on-his-luck Spanish writer Javier Jurado. Even stranger: they also received a free cruise. When Selfa disappears on their first day at sea, Mercedes and Javier begin to wonder if their presence on the cruise is more than a mere coincidence. Worried, Mercedes confides her suspicions to her husband, who--desperate to accept the last-minute invitation he received to give a lecture at Havana University--convinces her it's all in her head. However, when Javier dies under mysterious circumstances after the cruise disembarks in Havana, and Nolan is nowhere to be found, Mercedes wanders through the city, fearing she had been right all along. Will she be next?"--
Author: Fox, Sarah (Mystery writer), author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F FOX
Format: Books
Summary: Sadie Coleman, owner of a literary-themed pub in Shady Creek, Vermont, investigates after a Renaissance Faire "wizard" dies in the middle of his magic act. The Trueheart Renaissance Faire and Circus has rolled into town, attracting locals who can't wait to spend a few summer days lost in a whimsical world of all-knowing fortune-tellers and daring acrobats. Well-read pub owner Sadie Coleman is swept up in the magic herself when she serves drinks to the faire's resident wizard, the shamelessly brazen illusionist Ozzie Stone, and scores two tickets to his dazzling performance. Sadie has no complaints about indulging in a free show with her new beau, craft brewery owner Grayson Blake. But while Ozzie is an instant crowd-pleaser, the real surprise comes when he collapses in the middle of his set. It's not part of the act--Ozzie is dead, seemingly poisoned by someone who wasn't clowning around about writing the roguish showman's final chapter. The terrifying situation intensifies when the police eye one of Sadie's employees, last seen caught in a suspicious fistfight at the fairgrounds. With so much at stake, Sadie must strain through a suspect list longer than her cocktail menu to find the real knave of a killer. But when another performer is murdered, it becomes clear that bringing the mixed-up murderer to justice will be about as dangerous as walking the high wire after happy hour...
Author: Fowler, Christopher, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F FOWLER
Format: Books
Summary: "The brilliant duo of Arthur Bryant and John May uncover a nefarious plot behind the seemingly innocuous death of an old lady--and when the case leads them to the London Bridge, it all comes down on the Peculiar Crimes Unit. Ninety-one-year-old Amelia Hoffman died alone in her top-floor flat. Social services say she slipped through the cracks in a failing system. But detectives Arthur Bryant and John May of the Peculiar Crimes Unit have their suspicions. Mrs. Hoffman was not as innocent as she appeared. A former government security expert, she had once worked for their own unit, but there's no one left who can remember her. And when they uncover a link between her and a diplomat desperate to leave the country, it begins to look as if someone might have committed an impossible murder. But Mrs. Hoffman wasn't acting alone. Arthur Bryant is convinced that a group of talented women have been working together for decades and now the others are in danger. With the help of some of his more certifiable contacts and historical experts, he and John May embark on an investigation that will lead them down forgotten alleyways to riverside buildings and on to the city's oldest bridge. But just when the case appears to have been solved and unit chief Raymond Land can congratulate everyone on ending a threat to international security, the detectives discover that they've been the victims of the biggest deception of all. For even after her death, Mrs. Hoffman would prove too clever for them . . . Bryant and May's twentieth-anniversary case brings an ending and a new beginning to London's most peculiar crimes unit and all who work there"--
Author: Smith, Eric (Eric A.), author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: Y SMITH
Format: Books
Summary: Adam and Whitney find themselves trapped in an arcade during a snowstorm, and the tension between them seems to melt away, leaving something else in its place. After Adam Stillwater becomes determined to prevent a tech mogul from turning his late father's pinball arcade into a game cafe, he finds himself trapped during a snowstorm with Whitney, the mogul's daughter who runs one of the cafes, and they end up forgetting the tensions between their families and their differences. The pinball arcade is the only piece of his dad that Adam Stillwater has left. Philadelphia's newest tech mogul wants to turn it into another one of his cold, lifeless gaming cafes. Whitney Mitchell's parents split up, she lost all her friends, her boyfriend dumped her...and now she's spending her senior year running social media for her dad's chain of super successful gaming cafes. Most of the job consists of trading insults with that decrepit old pinball arcade across town. When a snowstorm traps Adam and Whitney inside the arcade, the tension between them seems to melt away. What will happen when the storm stops? -- adapted from jacket
Author: Warzel, Charlie, author. Petersen, Anne Helen, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 658.3123
Format: Books
Summary: "A future-looking, game-changing book about the radical transformational potential of working from home"-- Hellish daily commutes and the demands of jam-packed work schedules no longer make sense. But how can we realize that future in a way that benefits workers and companies alike? Warzel and Petersen illuminate the key values and questions that should be driving this conversation: trust, fairness, flexibility, inclusive workplaces, equity, and work-life balance. Above all, they argue that companies need to listen to their employee--and that this will promote, rather than impede, productivity and profitability. Working from home is about so much more than zoom meetings and hybrid schedules: it aims to reshape our entire relationship to the office. -- adapted from Amazon info
Author: Maas, Sarah J., author.
Published: 2020 2017
Call Number: Y MAAS
Format: Books
Summary: Feyre will bring vengeance. She has left the Night Court--and her High Lord--and is playing a deadly game of deceit. Her former lover Tamlin is making deals with Feyre's enemies and she is determined to uncover his plans. But can she make him believe she has come back to him when every fibre of her being yearns for Rhysand? As mighty armies clash, Feyre will discover she is not the only one hiding something. And as the web of secrets, lies and betrayals is revealed, fighting for the truth may cost Feyre and her court the ultimate price.
Author: Swanson, Jennifer, author. Pearce, Chris (Teacher), illustrator.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 540
Format: Books
Summary: A workbook that examines chemistry on a high school level. Organized by key concepts, the text includes mnemonic devices, definitions, timelines and doodles to help the subject stick in your brain, so you can ace your class. -- adapted from jacket and perusal of book.
Author: Needham, Christy, author. Drury, Kristen, contributor. Ku, Kim, illustrator.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 516
Format: Books
Summary: "This Big Fat Notebook covers everything you need to know during a year of high school geometry class, breaking down one big bad subject into accessible units. Learn to study better and get better grades using mnemonic devices, definitions, diagrams, educational doodles, and quizzes to recap it all."--Amazon. A workbook that examines geometry on a high school level. Organized by key concepts, the text includes mnemonic devices, definitions, timelines and doodles to help the subject stick in your brain, so you can ace your class.
Author: Thomas, Leah, 1989- author.
Published: 2015
Call Number: Y THOMAS
Format: Books
Summary: Ollie, who has seizures when near electricity, lives in a backwoods cabin with his mother and rarely sees other people, and Moritz, born with no eyes and a heart defect that requires a pacemaker, is bullied at his high school, but when a physician who knows both suggests they begin corresponding, they form a strong bond that may get them through dark times.
Author: Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-
Published: 2008
Call Number: FIC MEY
Format: Books
Summary: Although eighteen-year-old Bella joins the dark but seductive world of the immortals by marrying Edward the vampire, her connection to the powerful werewolf Jacob remains unsevered.
Author: Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-
Published: 2007
Call Number: FIC MEY
Format: Books
Summary: Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob, a werewolf, and her relationship with Edward, a vampire, but when Seattle is ravaged by a mysterious string of killings, the three of them need to decide whether their personal lives are more important than the well-being of an entire city.
Author: Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-
Published: 2006
Call Number: PB M
Format: Books
Summary: When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways.
Author: Hosseini, Khaled.
Published: 2003
Call Number: F HOSSEINI
Format: Books
Summary: An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present day. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy Afghan youth and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption. It is also about the power of fathers over sons: their love, their sacrifices, and their lies.
In the collection “Cost of Living,” Emily Maloney investigates the costs — emotional, physical and financial — of being sick.
What your favorite writers might have done if they hadn’t written.
Dennis Duncan discusses “Index, a History of the,” and Brendan Slocumb talks about “The Violin Conspiracy.”
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
A selection of books published this week.
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
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