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Misbelief

Misbelief

What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things

by Ariely, Dan

Book - 2023

Adult Nonfiction. “Grounded in years of study as well as Ariely's own experience as a target of disinformation, Misbelief is an eye-opening and comprehens...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “Grounded in years of study as well as Ariely's own experience as a target of disinformation, Misbelief is an eye-opening and comprehensive analysis of the psychological drivers that cause otherwise rational people to adopt deeply irrational beliefs. Utilizing the latest research, Ariely reveals the key elements that drive people down the funnel of false information and mistrust, showing how under the right circumstances, anyone can become a misbeliever. Yet Ariely also offers hope. The sooner we recognize that misbelief is above all else a human problem, the sooner we can become the solution ourselves.” Pub description Show less

Adult Nonfiction. “Grounded in years of study as well as Ariely's own experience as a target of disinformation, Misbelief is an eye-opening and comprehens...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “Grounded in years of study as well as Ariely's own experience as a target of disinformation, Misbelief is an eye-opening and comprehensive analysis of the psychological drivers that cause otherwise rational people to adopt deeply irrational beliefs. Utilizing the latest research, Ariely reveals the key elements that drive people down the funnel of false information and mistrust, showing how under the right circumstances, anyone can become a misbeliever. Yet Ariely also offers hope. The sooner we recognize that misbelief is above all else a human problem, the sooner we can become the solution ourselves.” Pub description Show less

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The Secret Hours

The Secret Hours

by Herron, Mick

Book - 2023

Adult Fiction. “Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, an auditing of the British Secret Service ‘to investigate histori...Show more Adult Fiction. “Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, an auditing of the British Secret Service ‘to investigate historical over-reaching.’ When an MI5 case file appears without explanation on the eve of Monochrome’s shuttering, civil servants Griselda and Malcolm are drawn into the buried history of a classified operation in Cold War Berlin, which ended in tragedy and scandal—and whose cover-up has rewritten 30 years of Service history. The Secret Hours is a dazzling entry point into Mick Herron’s body of work, a standalone spy thriller that is at once unnerving, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny.” Pub description Show less

Adult Fiction. “Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, an auditing of the British Secret Service ‘to investigate histori...Show more Adult Fiction. “Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, an auditing of the British Secret Service ‘to investigate historical over-reaching.’ When an MI5 case file appears without explanation on the eve of Monochrome’s shuttering, civil servants Griselda and Malcolm are drawn into the buried history of a classified operation in Cold War Berlin, which ended in tragedy and scandal—and whose cover-up has rewritten 30 years of Service history. The Secret Hours is a dazzling entry point into Mick Herron’s body of work, a standalone spy thriller that is at once unnerving, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny.” Pub description Show less

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The Vaster Wilds

The Vaster Wilds

by Groff, Lauren

Book - 2023

Adult Fiction. “A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the...Show more Adult Fiction. “A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the spark of god that burns hot within her. What she finds in this terra incognita is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief in everything that her own civilization has taught her. Lauren Groff’s new novel is at once a thrilling adventure story and a penetrating fable about trying to find a new way of living in a world succumbing to the churn of colonialism.”Pub description Show less

Adult Fiction. “A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the...Show more Adult Fiction. “A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the spark of god that burns hot within her. What she finds in this terra incognita is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief in everything that her own civilization has taught her. Lauren Groff’s new novel is at once a thrilling adventure story and a penetrating fable about trying to find a new way of living in a world succumbing to the churn of colonialism.”Pub description Show less

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Biking Uphill in the Rain

Biking Uphill in the Rain

The Story of Seattle From Behind the Handlebars

by Fucoloro, Tom

Book - 2023

Adult Nonfiction. “Seattle was recently named the best bike city in the U.S. by Bicycling magazine. How did this notoriously hilly and rainy city become s...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “Seattle was recently named the best bike city in the U.S. by Bicycling magazine. How did this notoriously hilly and rainy city become so inviting to bicyclists? Fucoloro…blends his longtime reporting with new interviews and archival research to tell the story of how a flourishing bike culture emerged despite the obstacles of climate, topography, and an entrenched, car-centric urban landscape and culture. From the arrival of the first bicycles in the late 19th century to the bike-share entrepreneurs of the present day, the result is a unique perspective on Seattle's history and its future.” Pub description Show less

Adult Nonfiction. “Seattle was recently named the best bike city in the U.S. by Bicycling magazine. How did this notoriously hilly and rainy city become s...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “Seattle was recently named the best bike city in the U.S. by Bicycling magazine. How did this notoriously hilly and rainy city become so inviting to bicyclists? Fucoloro…blends his longtime reporting with new interviews and archival research to tell the story of how a flourishing bike culture emerged despite the obstacles of climate, topography, and an entrenched, car-centric urban landscape and culture. From the arrival of the first bicycles in the late 19th century to the bike-share entrepreneurs of the present day, the result is a unique perspective on Seattle's history and its future.” Pub description Show less

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Bellies

Bellies

A Novel

by Dinan, Nicola

Book - 2023

Adult Fiction. “It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out with friends at their local university drag night, Tom buys Ming a drink. Confident and...Show more Adult Fiction. “It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out with friends at their local university drag night, Tom buys Ming a drink. Confident and witty, a magnetic young playwright, Ming is the perfect antidote to Tom’s awkward energy, and their connection is instant. Tom finds himself deeply and desperately drawn into Ming’s orbit, and on the cusp of graduation, he’s already mapped out their future together. But shortly after they move to London to start their next chapter, Ming announces her intention to transition. Bellies is an unforgettable story of youth, intimacy, hunger and heartbreak…” Pub description Show less

Adult Fiction. “It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out with friends at their local university drag night, Tom buys Ming a drink. Confident and...Show more Adult Fiction. “It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out with friends at their local university drag night, Tom buys Ming a drink. Confident and witty, a magnetic young playwright, Ming is the perfect antidote to Tom’s awkward energy, and their connection is instant. Tom finds himself deeply and desperately drawn into Ming’s orbit, and on the cusp of graduation, he’s already mapped out their future together. But shortly after they move to London to start their next chapter, Ming announces her intention to transition. Bellies is an unforgettable story of youth, intimacy, hunger and heartbreak…” Pub description Show less

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Congratulations, the Best Is Over!

Congratulations, the Best Is Over!

Essays

by Thomas, R. Eric

Book - 2023

Adult Nonfiction. “They say you can't go home again, but what if you and home have changed beyond recognition? From attending his 20-year high school reun...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “They say you can't go home again, but what if you and home have changed beyond recognition? From attending his 20-year high school reunion and discovering another person's face on his name badge, to splattering an urgent care room with blood à la The Shining, to being terrorized by a plague of gay frogs who've overtaken his backyard, Thomas provides the nitty, and sometimes the gritty, details of wrestling with the life he thought he'd left behind while trying to establish a new one.” Pub description Show less

Adult Nonfiction. “They say you can't go home again, but what if you and home have changed beyond recognition? From attending his 20-year high school reun...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “They say you can't go home again, but what if you and home have changed beyond recognition? From attending his 20-year high school reunion and discovering another person's face on his name badge, to splattering an urgent care room with blood à la The Shining, to being terrorized by a plague of gay frogs who've overtaken his backyard, Thomas provides the nitty, and sometimes the gritty, details of wrestling with the life he thought he'd left behind while trying to establish a new one.” Pub description Show less

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Family Lore

Family Lore

A Novel

by Acevedo, Elizabeth

Book - 2023

Adult Fiction. “Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. So when she decides she wants a living wake—a party to bring her fami...Show more Adult Fiction. “Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. So when she decides she wants a living wake—a party to bring her family and community together to celebrate the long life she’s led—her sisters are surprised. Spanning the three days prior to the wake, Family Lore traces the lives of each of the Marte women, weaving together past and present, Santo Domingo and New York City. Told with Elizabeth Acevedo’s inimitable and incandescent voice, this is an indelible portrait of sisters and cousins, aunts and nieces—one family’s journey through their history, helping them better navigate all that is to come.” Pub description Show less

Adult Fiction. “Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. So when she decides she wants a living wake—a party to bring her fami...Show more Adult Fiction. “Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. So when she decides she wants a living wake—a party to bring her family and community together to celebrate the long life she’s led—her sisters are surprised. Spanning the three days prior to the wake, Family Lore traces the lives of each of the Marte women, weaving together past and present, Santo Domingo and New York City. Told with Elizabeth Acevedo’s inimitable and incandescent voice, this is an indelible portrait of sisters and cousins, aunts and nieces—one family’s journey through their history, helping them better navigate all that is to come.” Pub description Show less

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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

by McBride, James

Book - 2023

Adult Fiction. “In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, PA, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a ske...Show more Adult Fiction. “In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, PA, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side... An unforgettable cast of characters… closely guard a secret, especially when the truth is revealed about what happened and the part the town’s white establishment played in it.” Pub description Show less

Adult Fiction. “In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, PA, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a ske...Show more Adult Fiction. “In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, PA, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side... An unforgettable cast of characters… closely guard a secret, especially when the truth is revealed about what happened and the part the town’s white establishment played in it.” Pub description Show less

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Safe and Sound

Safe and Sound

A Renter-friendly Guide to Home Repair

by Stardust, Mercury

Book - 2023

Adult Nonfiction. “As a transwoman and a professional maintenance technician, Mercury has discovered (the hard way) that we live in a world with much to f...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “As a transwoman and a professional maintenance technician, Mercury has discovered (the hard way) that we live in a world with much to fear. If you've ever felt panicked about opening your home to strangers in order to fix a maintenance issue, this book is for you. Mercury will show you how to tackle the projects that need improvement in your home—from how to properly fix a clog in your bathroom sink and safely hang things on your walls to patching small and medium drywall holes.” Pub description Show less

Adult Nonfiction. “As a transwoman and a professional maintenance technician, Mercury has discovered (the hard way) that we live in a world with much to f...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “As a transwoman and a professional maintenance technician, Mercury has discovered (the hard way) that we live in a world with much to fear. If you've ever felt panicked about opening your home to strangers in order to fix a maintenance issue, this book is for you. Mercury will show you how to tackle the projects that need improvement in your home—from how to properly fix a clog in your bathroom sink and safely hang things on your walls to patching small and medium drywall holes.” Pub description Show less

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Tom Lake

Tom Lake

A Novel

by Patchett, Ann

Book - 2023

Adult Fiction. “In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their ...Show more Adult Fiction. “In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew. Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart.” Pub description Show less

Adult Fiction. “In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their ...Show more Adult Fiction. “In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew. Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart.” Pub description Show less

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The Underworld

The Underworld

Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

by Casey, Susan

Book - 2023

Adult Nonfiction. “For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of wonder and terror, an unknown realm that evoked a singular, compelling qu...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of wonder and terror, an unknown realm that evoked a singular, compelling question: What's down there? A place of soaring mountains, smoldering volcanoes, and valleys 7,000 feet deeper than Everest is high. Far from a dark void, the deep is a vibrant realm that's home to pink gelatinous predators and shimmering creatures a hundred feet long and ancient animals with glass skeletons and sharks that live for half a millennium—among countless other marvels. The Underworld is a gorgeous evocation of the natural world and a powerful call to arms.” Pub description Show less

Adult Nonfiction. “For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of wonder and terror, an unknown realm that evoked a singular, compelling qu...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of wonder and terror, an unknown realm that evoked a singular, compelling question: What's down there? A place of soaring mountains, smoldering volcanoes, and valleys 7,000 feet deeper than Everest is high. Far from a dark void, the deep is a vibrant realm that's home to pink gelatinous predators and shimmering creatures a hundred feet long and ancient animals with glass skeletons and sharks that live for half a millennium—among countless other marvels. The Underworld is a gorgeous evocation of the natural world and a powerful call to arms.” Pub description Show less

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Whalefall

Whalefall

A Novel

by Kraus, Daniel

Book - 2023

Adult Fiction. “Jay is a high-school senior dealing not only with the loss of his local-hero and diving-legend father, but also his unresolved anger with ...Show more Adult Fiction. “Jay is a high-school senior dealing not only with the loss of his local-hero and diving-legend father, but also his unresolved anger with their complicated relationship. In an attempt to bring some peace to his mother and sisters, Jay attempts a dangerous solo dive that is cut short when he is swallowed by a whale. The story is told from Jay’s point of view in short, alternating chapters set in the present, denoted by how much air is left in his tank, and the past, allowing readers to immediately fall into the story. The pacing is relentless, the awe astounding, and the tension palpably constricting, even as Kraus takes time to provide necessary details both scientific and visceral.” Booklist Show less

Adult Fiction. “Jay is a high-school senior dealing not only with the loss of his local-hero and diving-legend father, but also his unresolved anger with ...Show more Adult Fiction. “Jay is a high-school senior dealing not only with the loss of his local-hero and diving-legend father, but also his unresolved anger with their complicated relationship. In an attempt to bring some peace to his mother and sisters, Jay attempts a dangerous solo dive that is cut short when he is swallowed by a whale. The story is told from Jay’s point of view in short, alternating chapters set in the present, denoted by how much air is left in his tank, and the past, allowing readers to immediately fall into the story. The pacing is relentless, the awe astounding, and the tension palpably constricting, even as Kraus takes time to provide necessary details both scientific and visceral.” Booklist Show less

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Baking Yesteryear

Baking Yesteryear

The Best Recipes From the 1900s to the 1980s

by Hollis, B. Dylan

Book - 2023

Adult Nonfiction. “Friends of baking, are you sick and tired of making the same recipes again and again? Then look no further than this baking blast from ...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “Friends of baking, are you sick and tired of making the same recipes again and again? Then look no further than this baking blast from the past, as B. Dylan Hollis highlights the most unique tasty treats of yesteryear. Travel back in time on a delicious decade-by-decade jaunt as Dylan shows you how to bake vintage forgotten greats. With a big pinch of fun and a full cup of humor, you'll be baking everything from Chocolate Potato Cake from the 1910s to Avocado Pie from the 1960s. And because some of the recipes Dylan shares on his wildly popular social media channels are spectacular failures, he's thrown in a few of the most disastrously strange recipes for you to try if you dare.” – Pub description On sale 7/25/23 Show less

Adult Nonfiction. “Friends of baking, are you sick and tired of making the same recipes again and again? Then look no further than this baking blast from ...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “Friends of baking, are you sick and tired of making the same recipes again and again? Then look no further than this baking blast from the past, as B. Dylan Hollis highlights the most unique tasty treats of yesteryear. Travel back in time on a delicious decade-by-decade jaunt as Dylan shows you how to bake vintage forgotten greats. With a big pinch of fun and a full cup of humor, you'll be baking everything from Chocolate Potato Cake from the 1910s to Avocado Pie from the 1960s. And because some of the recipes Dylan shares on his wildly popular social media channels are spectacular failures, he's thrown in a few of the most disastrously strange recipes for you to try if you dare.” – Pub description On sale 7/25/23 Show less

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Crook Manifesto

Crook Manifesto

A Novel

by Whitehead, Colson

Book - 2023

Adult Fiction. “Harlem furniture-store owner, family man, and sometimes crook Ray Carney had been keeping it clean. But in 1971, when his daughter begs fo...Show more Adult Fiction. “Harlem furniture-store owner, family man, and sometimes crook Ray Carney had been keeping it clean. But in 1971, when his daughter begs for tickets to see the Jackson Five, Carney contacts a dirty cop and gets dragged back into the violent underworld. Whitehead continues the ensnaring, ingenious, mordantly funny, and profoundly revelatory crime saga begun in Harlem Shuffle (2021), digging even deeper into the city’s corruption, from gang wars to a battle between rival fried-chicken restaurants to alliances among politicians, insurance companies, fixers, and arsonists in the grand racket known as urban renewal. Whitehead captures the menace and the beauty of the city in exhilarating detail within the many-faceted, rollicking plot…” – Booklist Show less

Adult Fiction. “Harlem furniture-store owner, family man, and sometimes crook Ray Carney had been keeping it clean. But in 1971, when his daughter begs fo...Show more Adult Fiction. “Harlem furniture-store owner, family man, and sometimes crook Ray Carney had been keeping it clean. But in 1971, when his daughter begs for tickets to see the Jackson Five, Carney contacts a dirty cop and gets dragged back into the violent underworld. Whitehead continues the ensnaring, ingenious, mordantly funny, and profoundly revelatory crime saga begun in Harlem Shuffle (2021), digging even deeper into the city’s corruption, from gang wars to a battle between rival fried-chicken restaurants to alliances among politicians, insurance companies, fixers, and arsonists in the grand racket known as urban renewal. Whitehead captures the menace and the beauty of the city in exhilarating detail within the many-faceted, rollicking plot…” – Booklist Show less

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The Heat Will Kill You First

The Heat Will Kill You First

Life and Death on A Scorched Planet

by Goodell, Jeff

Book - 2023

Adult Nonfiction. “Rolling Stone contributing editor Goodell (The Water Will Come) surveys how extreme heat is ravaging the planet, describing the 2021 wi...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “Rolling Stone contributing editor Goodell (The Water Will Come) surveys how extreme heat is ravaging the planet, describing the 2021 wildfire that tore through the town of Lytton in British Columbia during an unprecedented 121 °F heat wave, the sudden deaths by overheating of a California family out for a hike in California's Sierra Nevada foothills, and the spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes into warming regions. The alarming case studies are well complemented by elegant reportage on overheated regions (‘The air feels solid, a hazy, ozone-soaked curtain of heat,’ he writes of a summer day in Phoenix) and disturbing explanations of the dire physical effects of excessive heat (a 107 °F body temperature melts cell membranes). The result is a sobering assessment of the risks of global warming."– Publishers Weekly Show less

Adult Nonfiction. “Rolling Stone contributing editor Goodell (The Water Will Come) surveys how extreme heat is ravaging the planet, describing the 2021 wi...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “Rolling Stone contributing editor Goodell (The Water Will Come) surveys how extreme heat is ravaging the planet, describing the 2021 wildfire that tore through the town of Lytton in British Columbia during an unprecedented 121 °F heat wave, the sudden deaths by overheating of a California family out for a hike in California's Sierra Nevada foothills, and the spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes into warming regions. The alarming case studies are well complemented by elegant reportage on overheated regions (‘The air feels solid, a hazy, ozone-soaked curtain of heat,’ he writes of a summer day in Phoenix) and disturbing explanations of the dire physical effects of excessive heat (a 107 °F body temperature melts cell membranes). The result is a sobering assessment of the risks of global warming."– Publishers Weekly Show less

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Hello Stranger

Hello Stranger

by Center, Katherine

Book - 2023

Adult Fiction. “With a thoroughly modern millennial heroine at the helm, this emotional contemporary from Center (The Bodyguard) tugs on the heartstrings ...Show more Adult Fiction. “With a thoroughly modern millennial heroine at the helm, this emotional contemporary from Center (The Bodyguard) tugs on the heartstrings and grabs attention. Portrait artist Sadie Montgomery, 28, may finally get her big break when she’s selected to enter a prestigious competition. Unfortunately, the contest coincides with a minor medical procedure that turns into emergency brain surgery, and the recovery process leaves her unable to make sense of human faces. Center takes Sadie’s life seriously and her struggles with adulting resonate even before her face blindness sets in. Meanwhile, a dash of humor and an endearing love story make the pages fly.” – Publishers Weekly Show less

Adult Fiction. “With a thoroughly modern millennial heroine at the helm, this emotional contemporary from Center (The Bodyguard) tugs on the heartstrings ...Show more Adult Fiction. “With a thoroughly modern millennial heroine at the helm, this emotional contemporary from Center (The Bodyguard) tugs on the heartstrings and grabs attention. Portrait artist Sadie Montgomery, 28, may finally get her big break when she’s selected to enter a prestigious competition. Unfortunately, the contest coincides with a minor medical procedure that turns into emergency brain surgery, and the recovery process leaves her unable to make sense of human faces. Center takes Sadie’s life seriously and her struggles with adulting resonate even before her face blindness sets in. Meanwhile, a dash of humor and an endearing love story make the pages fly.” – Publishers Weekly Show less

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The Housekeepers

The Housekeepers

A Novel

by Hay, Alex (Writer)

Book - 2023

Adult Fiction. “Mrs. King is no ordinary housekeeper. Born into a world of con artists and thieves, she’s made herself respectable, running the grandest h...Show more Adult Fiction. “Mrs. King is no ordinary housekeeper. Born into a world of con artists and thieves, she’s made herself respectable, running the grandest home in Mayfair. The place is packed with treasures, a glittering symbol of wealth and power, but dark secrets lurk in the shadows. When Mrs. King is suddenly dismissed from her position, she recruits an eclectic group of women to join her in revenge… Their plan? On the night of the house’s highly anticipated costume ball—set to be the most illustrious of the year—they will rob it of its every possession, right under the noses of the distinguished guests and their elusive heiress host. But there’s one thing Mrs. King wants even more than money: the truth. And she’ll run any risk to get it…” – Pub description Show less

Adult Fiction. “Mrs. King is no ordinary housekeeper. Born into a world of con artists and thieves, she’s made herself respectable, running the grandest h...Show more Adult Fiction. “Mrs. King is no ordinary housekeeper. Born into a world of con artists and thieves, she’s made herself respectable, running the grandest home in Mayfair. The place is packed with treasures, a glittering symbol of wealth and power, but dark secrets lurk in the shadows. When Mrs. King is suddenly dismissed from her position, she recruits an eclectic group of women to join her in revenge… Their plan? On the night of the house’s highly anticipated costume ball—set to be the most illustrious of the year—they will rob it of its every possession, right under the noses of the distinguished guests and their elusive heiress host. But there’s one thing Mrs. King wants even more than money: the truth. And she’ll run any risk to get it…” – Pub description Show less

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The Librarianist

The Librarianist

A Novel

by deWitt, Patrick

Book - 2023

Adult Fiction. “Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books and small comforts in a mint-colored house in Portland, Ore...Show more Adult Fiction. “Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books and small comforts in a mint-colored house in Portland, Oregon. One morning on his daily walk he encounters a confused elderly woman lost in a market and returns her to the senior center that is her home. Hoping to fill the void he’s known since retiring, he begins volunteering at the center. Here, as a community of strange peers gathers around Bob… the events of his life and the details of his character are revealed. Behind [his] straight-man façade is the story of an unhappy child’s runaway adventure during the last days of the Second World War, of true love won and stolen away, of the purpose and pride found in the librarian’s vocation, and of the pleasures of a life lived to the side of the masses.” – Pub description Show less

Adult Fiction. “Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books and small comforts in a mint-colored house in Portland, Ore...Show more Adult Fiction. “Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books and small comforts in a mint-colored house in Portland, Oregon. One morning on his daily walk he encounters a confused elderly woman lost in a market and returns her to the senior center that is her home. Hoping to fill the void he’s known since retiring, he begins volunteering at the center. Here, as a community of strange peers gathers around Bob… the events of his life and the details of his character are revealed. Behind [his] straight-man façade is the story of an unhappy child’s runaway adventure during the last days of the Second World War, of true love won and stolen away, of the purpose and pride found in the librarian’s vocation, and of the pleasures of a life lived to the side of the masses.” – Pub description Show less

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Prom Mom

Prom Mom

A Novel

by Lippman, Laura

Book - 2023

Adult Fiction. “Amber Glass has spent her entire adult life putting as much distance as possible between herself and her hometown of Baltimore, where she ...Show more Adult Fiction. “Amber Glass has spent her entire adult life putting as much distance as possible between herself and her hometown of Baltimore, where she fears she will forever be known as ‘Prom Mom’—the girl who allegedly killed her baby on the night of the prom after her date, Joe Simpson, abandoned her to pursue the girl he really liked. But when circumstances bring Amber back to the city, she realizes she can have a second chance—as long as she stays away from Joe… The problem is, Amber can’t stay away from Joe. Against the surreal backdrop of 2020 and early 2021, the two are slowly drawn to each other and eventually cross the line they’ve been trying not to cross. And then Joe asks Amber to help him do the unthinkable…” – Pub description Show less

Adult Fiction. “Amber Glass has spent her entire adult life putting as much distance as possible between herself and her hometown of Baltimore, where she ...Show more Adult Fiction. “Amber Glass has spent her entire adult life putting as much distance as possible between herself and her hometown of Baltimore, where she fears she will forever be known as ‘Prom Mom’—the girl who allegedly killed her baby on the night of the prom after her date, Joe Simpson, abandoned her to pursue the girl he really liked. But when circumstances bring Amber back to the city, she realizes she can have a second chance—as long as she stays away from Joe… The problem is, Amber can’t stay away from Joe. Against the surreal backdrop of 2020 and early 2021, the two are slowly drawn to each other and eventually cross the line they’ve been trying not to cross. And then Joe asks Amber to help him do the unthinkable…” – Pub description Show less

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Random Acts of Medicine

Random Acts of Medicine

The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health

by Jena, Anupam B.

Book - 2023

Adult Nonfiction. "Why do kids born in the summer get diagnosed more often with A.D.H.D.? How are marathons harmful for your health, even when you're...Show more Adult Nonfiction. "Why do kids born in the summer get diagnosed more often with A.D.H.D.? How are marathons harmful for your health, even when you're not running? What do surgeons and salesmen have in common? Which annual event made people 30 percent more likely to contract COVID-19? In this singular work of science and medicine, Jena and Worsham work together to reveal the hidden side of medicine, and its effect on everyone that touches the health care system. Relying on ingeniously devised natural experiments − random events that unknowingly turn us into experimental subjects − Jena and Worsham do more than offer readers colorful stories. They help us see the way our health is shaped by forces invisible to the untrained eye.” – Pub description Show less

Adult Nonfiction. "Why do kids born in the summer get diagnosed more often with A.D.H.D.? How are marathons harmful for your health, even when you're...Show more Adult Nonfiction. "Why do kids born in the summer get diagnosed more often with A.D.H.D.? How are marathons harmful for your health, even when you're not running? What do surgeons and salesmen have in common? Which annual event made people 30 percent more likely to contract COVID-19? In this singular work of science and medicine, Jena and Worsham work together to reveal the hidden side of medicine, and its effect on everyone that touches the health care system. Relying on ingeniously devised natural experiments − random events that unknowingly turn us into experimental subjects − Jena and Worsham do more than offer readers colorful stories. They help us see the way our health is shaped by forces invisible to the untrained eye.” – Pub description Show less

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All the Sinners Bleed

All the Sinners Bleed

by Cosby, S. A.

Book - 2023

Adult Fiction. “After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights and honeys...Show more Adult Fiction. “After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins, and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county. Then a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus's deputies. Titus pledges to follow the truth wherever it leads. But no one expected he would unearth a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight…” Pub description Show less

Adult Fiction. “After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights and honeys...Show more Adult Fiction. “After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins, and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county. Then a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus's deputies. Titus pledges to follow the truth wherever it leads. But no one expected he would unearth a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight…” Pub description Show less

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The Art Thief

The Art Thief

A True Story of Love, Crime, and A Dangerous Obsession

by Finkel, Michael

Book - 2023

Adult Nonfiction. “For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it a...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than 200 heists over nearly eight years−in museums and cathedrals all over Europe −Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than 300 objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion. This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.” Pub description Show less

Adult Nonfiction. “For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it a...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than 200 heists over nearly eight years−in museums and cathedrals all over Europe −Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than 300 objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion. This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.” Pub description Show less

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Banyan Moon

Banyan Moon

A Novel

by Thai, Thao

Book - 2023

Adult Fiction. “When Ann Tran gets the call that her fiercely beloved grandmother, Minh, has passed away, her life is already at a crossroads. In the year...Show more Adult Fiction. “When Ann Tran gets the call that her fiercely beloved grandmother, Minh, has passed away, her life is already at a crossroads. In the years since she’s last seen Minh, Ann has built a seemingly perfect life— but it all crumbles with one positive pregnancy test. With both her relationship and carefully planned future now in question, Ann returns home to Florida to face her estranged mother, Huơng. Spanning decades and continents, from 1960s Vietnam to the wild swamplands of the Florida coast, [this] is a… story of mothers and daughters, the things we inherit, and the lives we choose to make out of that inheritance.” Pub description Show less

Adult Fiction. “When Ann Tran gets the call that her fiercely beloved grandmother, Minh, has passed away, her life is already at a crossroads. In the year...Show more Adult Fiction. “When Ann Tran gets the call that her fiercely beloved grandmother, Minh, has passed away, her life is already at a crossroads. In the years since she’s last seen Minh, Ann has built a seemingly perfect life— but it all crumbles with one positive pregnancy test. With both her relationship and carefully planned future now in question, Ann returns home to Florida to face her estranged mother, Huơng. Spanning decades and continents, from 1960s Vietnam to the wild swamplands of the Florida coast, [this] is a… story of mothers and daughters, the things we inherit, and the lives we choose to make out of that inheritance.” Pub description Show less

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Better Living Through Birding

Better Living Through Birding

Notes From A Black Man in the Natural World

by Cooper, Christian

Book - 2023

Adult Nonfiction. “While in [Central Park] one morning in May 2020, Cooper was engaged in a birdwatching ritual…when what might have been a routine encoun...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “While in [Central Park] one morning in May 2020, Cooper was engaged in a birdwatching ritual…when what might have been a routine encounter with a dog walker exploded age-old racial tensions. Cooper's viral video of the incident would send shock waves through the nation. In Better Living Through Birding, Cooper tells the story of his extraordinary life leading up to the now-infamous incident in Central Park and shows how a life spent looking up at the birds prepared him, in the most uncanny of ways, to be a gay, Black man in America today.” Pub description Show less

Adult Nonfiction. “While in [Central Park] one morning in May 2020, Cooper was engaged in a birdwatching ritual…when what might have been a routine encoun...Show more Adult Nonfiction. “While in [Central Park] one morning in May 2020, Cooper was engaged in a birdwatching ritual…when what might have been a routine encounter with a dog walker exploded age-old racial tensions. Cooper's viral video of the incident would send shock waves through the nation. In Better Living Through Birding, Cooper tells the story of his extraordinary life leading up to the now-infamous incident in Central Park and shows how a life spent looking up at the birds prepared him, in the most uncanny of ways, to be a gay, Black man in America today.” Pub description Show less

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Lady Tan's Circle of Women

Lady Tan's Circle of Women

A Novel

by See, Lisa

Book - 2023

Adult Fiction. “In 15th-century China, Tan Yunxian loses her mother at a young age, and her father quickly remarries, sending Yunxian to live with her gra...Show more Adult Fiction. “In 15th-century China, Tan Yunxian loses her mother at a young age, and her father quickly remarries, sending Yunxian to live with her grandparents. There she finds her passion, learning the art of medicine from her grandmother. She also befriends a midwife’s daughter, Meiling, a tie complicated by their vastly different social strata. When Yunxian marries into the wealthy and traditional Yang family, her life constricts, and she fights loneliness... Based on the writings of an historical Ming dynasty female physician, See’s accomplished novel immerses readers in a fascinating life lived within a fascinating culture.” Booklist Show less

Adult Fiction. “In 15th-century China, Tan Yunxian loses her mother at a young age, and her father quickly remarries, sending Yunxian to live with her gra...Show more Adult Fiction. “In 15th-century China, Tan Yunxian loses her mother at a young age, and her father quickly remarries, sending Yunxian to live with her grandparents. There she finds her passion, learning the art of medicine from her grandmother. She also befriends a midwife’s daughter, Meiling, a tie complicated by their vastly different social strata. When Yunxian marries into the wealthy and traditional Yang family, her life constricts, and she fights loneliness... Based on the writings of an historical Ming dynasty female physician, See’s accomplished novel immerses readers in a fascinating life lived within a fascinating culture.” Booklist Show less

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