Author: America's Test Kitchen (Firm), author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 641.587 AMERICAS
Format: Books
Summary: Invigorate weeknight dinners with wholesome recipes prepared in the Instant Pop multi-cooker that can steam rice, poach fish, pressure cook barley and perfectly sear chicken breasts in recipes like Smoky Turkey Meatball Soup with Kale and Butternut Squash Risotto.
Author: Dye, Ginny, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: PB DYE
Format: Books
Summary: "America continues the struggle to become a country for everyone ... When chaos swirls through America, can hope be renewed by dawn? Moses and Rose are pulled into drama erupting in South Carolina. When it spills over to the plantation, will their family grow? Racial tensions boil over into violence and murder during the Philadelphia elections. Carrie, Janie and Florence join hands with the clinic to work together once more. Peter's trip to a journalism conference lands him in the midst of one of America's greatest tragedies. Matthew and Harold have a front row seat as a corrupt politician is brought down. Flu grips the plantation, pushing Carrie and Janie to their limits. The holidays are especially joyful as another marriage is celebrated and they find reasons for renewed hope. When everyone just wants a simple, clear future, each person finds they must hold on to the hope that each dawn brings."
Author: Rummans, Angela, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 641.5636 RUMMANS
Format: Books
Summary: "Over 100 of your favorite comfort meals made entirely from plants. Written by an untrained chef for the untrained chef"-- Back cover.
Author: Dye, Ginny, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: PB DYE
Format: Books
Summary: Another chapter in the lives of Carrie, Janie, Elizabeth, Florence, Silas, Rose, Marietta, Abby and Thomas as they work to rebuild their lives in Virginia during the United States' Reconstruction. The newly formed Bregdan Medical Clinic faces a challenge no one anticipated; and Carrie, Janie and Elizabeth are forced to make unimaginable choices.
Author: Dye, Ginny, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: PB DYE
Format: Books
Summary: Another chapter in the lives of Carrie, Janie, Rose and Moses, Florence Robinson, and Felicia as they work to rebuild their lives in Virginia during the United States' Reconstruction.
Author: Dye, Ginny, author.
Published: 2018
Call Number: PB DYE
Format: Books
Summary: Follows the Bregdan family as they deal with racism and violence in post-Civil War Virginia.
Author: Trenow, Liz, author.
Published: 2017
Call Number: F TRENOW
Format: Books
Summary: London, 1760. When Anna Butterfield's mother dies, she's sent to live with her uncle, a silk merchant in London, to make a good match and provide for her father and sister. There, she meets Henri, a French immigrant and apprentice hoping to become a master weaver. But Henri, born into a lower class, becomes embroiled in the silk riots that break out as weavers protest for a fair wage.With her family's security at stake-- and her reputation on the line-- will Anna be able to pursue her dreams?
Author: Ivory, Karen, author.
Published: 2015
Call Number: 974.8 IVORY
Format: Books
Summary: "It's only human to be fascinated by disasters--and uplifted by reports of survival in the face of overwhelming circumstances. Karen Ivory takes you back to Pennsylvania's most catastrophic events., vividly re-creating the moments that changed the Keystone State forever. The twenty-three true stories in Pennsylvania disasters are a chilling reminder to expect the unexpected. From the Johnstown flood of 1889 to the heroic actions on United Airlines Flight 93 on 9/11. Pennsylvania has been home to some of the nation's most dramatic moments. Each story reveals not only the circumstances surrounding the disaster and the magnitude of the devastation, but also the courage and ingenuity displayed by those who survived and the heroism of those who helped others, often risking their own lives in rescue efforts"--Back cover.
Author: King, Stephen, 1947- author.
Published: 2011 1978
Call Number: PB KING
Format: Books
Summary: Collection of twenty stories of horror and nightmarish fantasy that transform everyday situations into experiences of compelling terror in the worlds of the living, the dying, and the nonliving. Night Shift is Stephen King's first collection of short stories-- a perfect showcase of just how far King's dark imagination can go.
Author: Jenkins, Beverly, 1951-
Published: 2007
Call Number: PB JENKINS
Format: Books
Summary: She's an unrepentant outlaw out to steal his heart ... Brazen and beautiful Teresa July was the most wanted woman in the West, until the law caught up with her. Now she's paroled to a wealthy Philadelphia society matron. If Teresa can stay out of trouble for a year, she can return to her beloved West. But trouble's going to be hard to avoid, now that she's met the matron's breathtaking Black Adonis of a son. A distinguished banker, Madison is wary of his mother's newest ward. Teresa has a wild streak about her ... even if she stirs in him a desire that burns hotter than anything he's ever known. Yet the exquisite thief is determined to rock his world ... and prove to the handsome, straight-laced Easterner that the very best love is the wild and dangerous kind.
Author: Jenkins, Beverly, 1951-
Published: 2005
Call Number: PB JENKINS
Format: Books
Summary: He was a wanted man. But no one wanted him more than she did. Desperate to escape an arranged marriage, Olivia Sterling flees Chicago and heads west. She dreams of setting up her own seamstress shop in Henry Adams, a small all-Black town in Kansas. But her plans are derailed when her train is robbed by Neil July and his notorious band of outlaws.
Author: Jenkins, Beverly, 1951-
Published: 1994
Call Number: PB JENKINS
Format: Books
Summary: A Traitorous Heart . . .Cara Lee Henson knows no soldier can be trusted to stay in one place--and that includes handsome Sergeant Chase Jefferson of the Tenth Cavalry. Dallying with the dashing man in blue could cost the pretty, independent Kansas schoolteacher her job and her reputation. So Cara is determined to repel Chase's advances--even though her aloof facade barely masks her smoldering desire.A Blazing Passion . . .Never before has Chase longed for a woman the way he ached for lovely Cara Lee. The strong-willed ebony beauty, however, will not surrender easily. But with tender words and soulful caresses, Chase intends to conquer the reluctant schoolmarm's misgivings--and teach her how to love fully, sensuously . . . and forever.
Keefe’s narrative history, which was No. 19 on our list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, has now been adapted into a streaming series.
Keefe’s narrative history, which was No. 19 on our list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, has now been adapted into a streaming series.
“Lazarus Man” follows several characters in Harlem in the wake of a building collapse.
“Lazarus Man” follows several characters in Harlem in the wake of a building collapse.
Yang Shuang-zi’s “Taiwan Travelogue,” a National Book Award finalist, is a nesting-doll narrative about colonial power in its many forms.
Yang Shuang-zi’s “Taiwan Travelogue,” a National Book Award finalist, is a nesting-doll narrative about colonial power in its many forms.
Chefs, writers, editors and a bookseller gathered to debate — and decide — which titles have most changed the way we cook and eat.
Chefs, writers, editors and a bookseller gathered to debate — and decide — which titles have most changed the way we cook and eat.
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