Author: Lai, Thanhha, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: Y LAI
Format: Books
Summary: A Vietnam War refugee in Texas partners with a city boy with rodeo dreams to track down the younger brother she was separated from six years before when he was evacuated by American troops during the waning days of the Vietnam War. In the final days of the Vi?t Nam War, H?ng takes her little brother, Linh, to the airport, determined to find a way to safety in America. When Linh is ripped from her arms, H?ng is left behind in the war-torn country. Six years later, H?ng is now in Texas as a refugee. She doesn't know how she will find her little brother until she meets LeeRoy, a city boy with big rodeo dreams, who decides to help her. Reunited with Linh, she realizes he doesn't remember her, their family, or Vi?t Nam. Her heart is crushed, but she will do anything to bridge the gap.
Author: McIntyre, Lee C., author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 121
Format: Books
Summary: "Are we living in a post-truth world, where "alternative facts" replace actual facts and feelings have more weight than evidence? How did we get here? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Lee McIntyre traces the development of the post-truth phenomenon from science denial through the rise of "fake news," from our psychological blind spots to the public's retreat into information silos. What, exactly, is post-truth? Is it wishful thinking, political spin, mass delusion, bold-faced lying? McIntyre analyzes recent examples--claims about inauguration crowd size, crime statistics, and the popular vote--and finds that post-truth is an assertion of ideological supremacy by which its practitioners try to compel someone to believe something regardless of the evidence. Yet post-truth didn't begin with the 2016 election; the denial of scientific facts about smoking, evolution, vaccines, and climate change offers a road map for more widespread fact denial. Add to this the wired-in cognitive biases that make us feel that our conclusions are based on good reasoning even when they are not, the decline of traditional media and the rise of social media, and the emergence of fake news as a political tool, and we have the ideal conditions for post-truth. McIntyre also argues provocatively that the right wing borrowed from postmodernism--specifically, the idea that there is no such thing as objective truth--in its attacks on science and facts. McIntyre argues that we can fight post-truth, and that the first step in fighting post-truth is to understand it"--
Author: McPherson, Catriona, 1965- author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: F MCPHERSO
Format: Books
Summary: Wedding bells are set to ring as Dandy Gilver, family in tow, arrives in windswept Wester Ross on Valentine's Day. They've come to celebrate Lady Lavinia's fiftieth birthday and to meet her daughter Mallory, a less-than-suitable bride-to-be for Dandy's son Donald. But soon love is the last thing on Dandy's mind when the news breaks that Lady Lavinia has been found dead, brutally murdered in the middle of her famous knot garden. Strange superstitions and folklore abound among the Gaelic-speaking locals. But Dandy suspects that the tangled boughs and branches around Applecross House hide something much more earthly at work ...
Author: Vogel, Leanne, author.
Published: 2017
Call Number: 641.5638 VOGEL
Format: Books
Summary: Vogel shows how a diet that is high in natural, healthy fats can actually help your body burn fat. In the ketogenic diet, as you get more of your calories from healthy fats and cut back on carbs, you'll start burning fat, losing weight, and feeling strong and energetic without feeling hungry or deprived. The first half of the book introduces the keto diet, and the foods that make it work. In the second half Vogel shares tips, meal plans, and recipes.
Author: Evanovich, Janet author. Goldberg, Lee, 1962- author.
Published: 2015
Call Number: LP F EVANOVIC
Format: Large print
Summary: "Nicolas Fox is a charming con man and master thief on the run. Kate O'Hare is the FBI agent who is hot on his trail. At least that's what everyone thinks. In reality, Fox and O'Hare are secretly working together to bring down super-criminals the law can't touch. Criminals like brutal casino magnate Evan Trace. Evan Trace is running a money-laundering operation through his casino in Macau. Some of his best customers are mobsters, dictators, and global terrorists. Nick and Kate will have to go deep undercover as high-stakes gamblers, wagering millions of dollars--and their lives--in an attempt to topple Trace's empire. It's a scam that will take Fox and O'Hare from the Las Vegas strip, to the sun-soaked beaches of Oahu's North Shore, and into the dark back alleys of Macau. Their only backup--a self-absorbed actor, a Somali pirate, Kate's father, and an ex-soldier who believes a rocket launcher is the best way to solve every problem. What could possibly go wrong?"--
Author: Perry, Marta author.
Published: 2014
Call Number: PB PERRY
Format: Books
Summary: When three women, all cousins, are given the task of sorting through the treasures of several generations of their Amish family, they each discover a story from the past that provides insights and inspiration for their own lives.
Author: Bell, James S. Campbell, Stan.
Published: 2003
Call Number: 220.61
Format: Books
Author: Jeffries, Christy
Call Number: PB JEFFRIES
Format: Books
Author: Jeffries, Christy
Call Number: PB JEFFRIES
Format: Books
Author: Grimm, Jacob
Call Number: 398.2 GRIMM
Format: Books
Recommended for ages 1-4. Registration requested. Enjoy stories, songs, and movements designed to encourage early literacy skills, simple crafts, and other fun activities.
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