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All Grown Up by Jami AttenbergHiding the truth about her unhappiness and struggles with anxiety from everyone including her family, best friend and therapist, an alcoholic designer joins her loved ones in a reevaluation of family strength in the wake of a newborn's heartbreaking ailment. By the best-selling author of The Middlesteins. FICTION ATTENBERG
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The 8th circle by Sarah CainTraumatized by two violent events that cost him his family and best friend, journalist Danny Ryan investigates his friend's last assignment to prove his own innocence only to find himself on the wrong side of Philadelphia politics and nightlife. A first novel. FICTION CAIN
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople (DVD)When a foster child and his adopted uncle go missing in the wild bush, they must learn to survive together despite their differences. DVD COM HUN
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Ill Will : a novel by Dan ChaonA psychologist is unwittingly embroiled in two spectacular unsolved murders, three decades apart, when the foster brother convicted of killing their family years earlier is exonerated, making him question the testimony that led to the conviction. By the award-winning author of Among the Missing. FICTION CHAON
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Lincoln in the Bardo : a novel by George SaundersA long-awaited first novel by the National Book Award-nominated, New York Times best-selling author of Tenth of December traces a night of solitary mourning and reflection as experienced by the 16th President after the death of his 11-year-old son at the dawn of the Civil War. FICTION SAUNDERS
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The Night Ocean by Paul LaFargeA tale inspired by the scandals, secrets and pulp fiction of H. P. Lovecraft and his literary circle follows the experiences of a psychiatrist whose husband goes missing during his obsessive investigation into the story of H. P. Lovecraft's unspoken relationship with a gay teen fan. By the award-winning author of Luminous Airplanes. MYSTERY LAFARGE
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The Plot Against America (Hoopla audiobook)by Philip RothIn a novel of alternative history, aviation hero and isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh defeats Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election, negotiating a cordial accord with Adolf Hitler, accepting his conquest of Europe and anti-Semitic policies, and igniting a storm of fear for Jewish families throughout America. National Book Critics Circle Award.
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The Third Wife : a novel by Lisa JewellSuccessful architect and grief-stricken widower Adrian Wolfe begins to investigate his third wife's death, trying to determine whether it was suicide or just a tragic accident. By the author of The House We Grew Up In. FICTION JEWELL
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This is Not Over by Holly BrownClashing over exchanged insults that compromise their reputations, a woman running from her sordid past and a doctor's wife who depends on tenant income risk everything to protect shattering secrets. FICTION BROWN
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Within These Walls : a novel (Hoopla audiobook)by Ania AhlbornWith his marriage on the rocks and his life in shambles, washed-up true-crime writer Lucas Graham is desperate for a comeback, one more shot at the bestselling success he once enjoyed. His chance comes when he's promised exclusive access to death row inmate Jeffrey Halcomb, the notorious cult leader and mass murderer who's ready to break his silence after 30 years, and who contacted Lucas personally from his maximum-security cell. With nothing less to lose, Lucas leaves New York to live in and work from the scene of the crime: a split-level farmhouse on a gray sanded beach in Washington State whose foundation is steeped in the blood of Halcomb's diviners-- runaways who were drawn to his message of family, unity, and unconditional love.There, Lucas sets out to capture the real story of the departed faithful. Except that he's not alone. For Jeffrey Halcomb promised his devout eternal life and within these walls, they're far from dead.
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A World in Disarray : American foreign policy and the crisis of the old order by Richard HaassThe president of the Council on Foreign Relations presents a visionary examination of the deteriorating ability of today's global powers to shape the world in their image and facilitate world order, calling for new approaches that address the non-state contributors and other challenges of the 21st century. 327.73 HAA
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Blue Nights (Overdrive audiobook)by Joan DidionA latest memoir by the author of The Year of Magical Thinking shares the author's frank observations about her daughter, Quintana Roo, as well as her own thoughts and fears about having children and growing old, in a personal account that discusses such topics as her daughter's wedding and her feelings of failure as a parent.
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South and West : from a notebook by Joan DidionTwo excerpts from never-before-seen notebooks by the National Book Award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking offer insights into her literary mind and process and includes notes on her Sacramento upbringing, her life in the Gulf states, her views on prominent locals and her experiences during a formative Rolling Stone assignment. 818.54 DID
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Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl StrayedA personal account by the Pushcart Prize-winning author of Torch traces the personal crisis she endured after the death of her mother and a painful divorce, which prompted her ambition to undertake a dangerous 1,100-mile solo hike that both drove her to rock bottom and helped her to heal. BIOGRAPHY STRAYED
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Year of Yes (Overdrive audiobook)by Shonda RhimesThe creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal details the one-year experiment with saying “yes” that transformed her life, revealing how accepting unexpected invitations she would have otherwise declined enabled powerful benefits.
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Grand Canyon by Jason ChinA sumptuously illustrated exploration of the Grand Canyon past and present describes how it formed and how it is home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that have lived and evolved there for millennia. J 917.91 CHE
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Handmaiden (DVD)In 1930s Korea during the Japanese occupation, a young Korean thief poses as a maid working for a Japanese heiress to help a swindler rob her of her fortune. DVD FL HAN
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Waitress (Hoopla musical soundtrack) Contents: What's inside -- Opening up -- The negative -- What baking can do -- Club knocked up -- Pomatter pie -- When he sees me -- It only takes a taste -- You will still be mine -- A soft place to land -- Never ever getting rid of me -- Bad idea -- I didn't plan it -- Bad idea (Reprise) -- You matter to me -- I love you like a table -- Take it from an old man -- Dear baby -- She used to be mine -- Conraction ballet -- Everything changes -- Opening up.
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Do Not Say We Have Nothing : a novel by Madeleine ThienMarie endeavors to piece together the story of her fractured family's past and its connection to her friend Ai-Ming, uncovering information about how both women's fathers were forced to reimagine their identities during Mao's Cultural Revolution. FICTION THIEN
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Rich and pretty by Rumaan AlamForging a deep bond throughout their shared childhood, college years, first jobs and first loves, Sarah and Lauren experience secret envy and horror over aspects of each other's lives before the realities of their disparate responsibilities challenge them to retain their bond from increasingly distant perspectives. A first novel. FICTION ALAM
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Rosemary : the hidden Kennedy daughter (Hoopla audiobook)by Kate Clifford LarsonBased on information contained in Rose Kennedy's diaries and correspondence, as well as exclusive family interviews, the author describes the plight of a woman forgotten to history, who was intellectually disabled and kept hidden by the family after she received a lobotomy at age 23.
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Shirley Jackson : a rather haunted life (Hoopla audiobook)by Ruth Franklin"This long-awaited biography establishes Shirley Jackson as a towering figure in American literature and revives the life and work of a neglected master. Still known to millions only as the author of the "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) remains curiously absent from the American literary canon. A genius of literary suspense, Jackson plumbed the cultural anxiety of postwar America better than anyone. Now, biographer Ruth Franklin reveals the tumultuous life and inner darkness of the author behind such classics as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle.
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Allegedly : a novel by Tiffany D. JacksonRelocated to a violent group home after enduring years in prison for allegedly killing a white baby, black teen Mary B. Addison falls in love with a fellow resident and becomes pregnant before finding the courage to set the record straight about what really happened. TEEN FICTION JACKSON
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Bull by David ElliottThe best-selling author of the Evangeline Mudd series updates the classic story of Theseus and the Minotaur in a darkly comedic, versed adaptation specifically tailored to the interests of today's young adults. TEEN FICTION ELLIOTT
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The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasAfter witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died. TEEN FICTION THOMAS
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Hooray For Birds! by Lucy CousinsBirds of all feathers flock together in a colorful rhyming tale by the creator of Maisy that invites children to imagine themselves as brilliantly plumed birds that make onomatopoeic sounds. ANIMALS BIRDS COUSINS
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A List of Cages by Robin RoeLanding a coveted elective to serve as an aide to the school psychologist, Adam, a student struggling with ADHD, is assigned to track down a troubled freshman he discovers is the foster brother he has not seen in five years. A first novel. TEEN FICTION ROE
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Passengers (DVD)When a spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet has a malfunction in its sleep chambers, two passengers are awakened almost ninety years early. DVD SF PAS
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Shallows (DVD)While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself stranded only 200 yards from shore in the middle of a Great white shark's feeding ground. DVD SUS SHA
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A court of mist and fury (Overdrive ebook)by Sarah J MaasRetaining her human heart despite her latent High Fae powers, Feyre struggles with guilt over the deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people while navigating the Night Court's web of politics, passion and evil.
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Scythe by Neal ShustermanForced to become trained killers in a disease-free world where people can only die if eliminated by professional assassins, teens Citra and Rowan reluctantly train under a master reaper who informs them that the one who successfully kills the other will become his apprentice. By the best-selling author of the Unwind dystology. TEEN FICTION SHUSTERMAN
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Stardust (Hoopla ebook)by Neil GaimanIn the quiet English hamlet of Wall, Tristran Thorn embarks on a remarkable journey through the world of Faerie to recover a fallen star for his lover, the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester.
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Beauty and the Beast (Hoopla musical soundtrack) Contents: Overture -- Main title: Prologue pt. 1 Aria Main title: Prologue pt. 2 Belle How does a moment last forever (Music box) Belle (Reprise) Gaston Be our guest Days in the sun Something there How does a moment last forever (Montmatre) Beauty and the beast Evermore The mob song Beauty and the beast (Finale) How does a moment last forever Beauty and the beast Evermore
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Heir of Fire : a Throne of Glass novel by Sarah J. MaasRoyal assassin Celaena must travel to a new land to confront a truth about her heritage, while brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. TEEN FICTION MAAS
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I Dissent : Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes her mark by Debbie LevyA picture book portrait of the celebrated Supreme Court justice traces her achievements through the lens of her many famous acts of civil disagreement against inequality, unfair treatment and human rights injustice. By the author of We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song. J BIOGRAPHY GINSBURG
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Men Explain Things To Me (Hoopla ebook)by Rebecca SolnitIn her comic, scathing essay "Men Explain Things to Me," Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don't, about why this arises, and how this aspect of the gender wars works, airing some of her own hilariously awful encounters. She ends on a serious note-- because the ultimate problem is the silencing of women who have something to say, including those saying things like, "He's trying to kill me!" This updated edition of the book features that now-classic essay as well as Solnit's recent essay on the remarkable feminist conversation that arose in the wake of the 2014 Isla Vista killings.
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Sherlock (DVD - Season 4)Season four begins with the mercurial Sherlock Holmes, back once more on British soil as Doctor Watson and his wife Mary prepare for their biggest challenge yet: becoming parents.
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Throne of Glass by Sarah J. MaasAppearing before the Crown Prince after a year of hard labor in the salt mines, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is offered her freedom in exchange for representing the throne during a competition to find a new royal assassin, a challenge that is marked by grueling training and the murders of fellow contestants. TEEN FICTION MAAS
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Dear Evan Hansen (Hoopla musical soundtrack) Contents: Anybody have a map? Waving through a window For forever Sincerely, me Requiem If I could tell her Disappear You will be found To break in a glove Only us Good for you Words fail So big/So small Finale
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Get Well Soon : history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them by Jennifer Ashley WrightAn irreverent tour of history's worst plagues and the people who battled them includes coverage of the Antonine Plague, leprosy and polio while surveying the lesser-known, bizarre and grotesque details that marked each disease. By the author of It Ended Badly. 614.4 WRI
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Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerDana, a black woman, finds herself repeatedly transported to the antebellum South, where she must make sure that Rufus, the plantation owner's son, survives to father Dana's ancestor. FICTION BUTLER
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Moana (DVD)Moana, the strong-willed daughter of a Polynesian chief sets out from her island home across the ocean in search of Maui, a demigod, to save her people from a curse. DVD DRM MOA
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Simply Beautiful Photographs by Annie GriffithsNational Geographic Simply Beautiful Photographs takes readers on a spectacular visual journey through some of the most stunning photographs to be found in National Geographic's famed Image Collection. Award-winning photographer Annie Griffiths culled the images to reflect the many variations on the universal theme of beauty. Chapters are organized around the aesthetic concepts that create beauty in a photograph: Light, Composition, Moment (Gesture and Emotion), Motion, Palette, and Wonder. 779 GRI
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Someday, Someday, Maybe : a novel (Overdrive audiobook)by Lauren GrahamThe stage and screen star best known for her work in such series as Gilmore Girls presents the story of a struggling actress in 1990s New York City who searches for work and the perfect hair product while befriending a rival and resisting her father's pressure to get a "real" job.
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The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'FarrellIris Lockhart is stunned when she receives news that her great-aunt Esme, a previously unknown woman edited out of her family's history, is being released from Cauldstone Hospital, where she has been confined for more than sixty years, and soon discovers that Esme holds the key to long-hidden family secrets that could change her life forever. FICTION OFARRELL
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Big mushy happy lump : a "Sarah's Scribbles" collection (Hoopla e-comic)by Sarah AndersenAlso containing illustrated personal essays on the author’s real-life experiences with anxiety, career, relationships and other adulthood challenges, this collection of the hugely popular, world-famous Sarah’s Scribbles comics are perfect for those of us who boast bookstore-ready bodies and Netflix-ready hair.
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NOS4A2 (Hoopla audiobook)by Joe HillWhen Charles Talent Manx, a monster who transforms children into his own likeness, kidnaps her son, Victoria McQueen, the only person to ever escape his unmitigated evil, must engage in a life-and-death battle of wills to get her son back.
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Give Up (Hoopla music) Contents: district sleeps alone tonight -- Such great heights -- Sleeping in -- Nothing better -- Recycled air -- Clark Gable -- We will become silhouettes -- This place is a prison -- Brand new colony -- Natural anthem.
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Mindset : the new psychology of success by Carol S. DweckAn authority in the fields of motivation and developmental psychology reveals how one's personal mindsets affect one's life, identifying two basic mindsets--the fixed and the growth--and how they control every aspect of one's life and explaining how to use the growth mindset at any stage of life to promote success and personal fulfillment. 153.8 DWE
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Nothing to Envy : ordinary lives in North Korea (Overdrive ebook)by Barbara DemickAn analysis of North Korea throughout the past 15 years as reflected by the lives of six everyday citizens traces their struggles for survival under totalitarian governance, including coverage of the death of Kim Il Sung, the rise of Kim Jong Il and the famine that has killed countless people.
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Eric Clapton Contents: Cocaine -- Wonderful tonight -- Lay down Sally -- Next time you see her -- We're all the way -- The core -- May you never -- Mean old Frisco -- Peaches and diesel.
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Chicken PeopleFollows three top competitors in the largest national poultry competition, as they fight to win the crown. DVD NF SOC CHI
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The Girl from the Metropol Hotel : growing up in communist Russia by Liudmila PetrushevskaiaA memoir from the best-selling and award-winning Russian author, describes waiting in bread lines with her Bolshevik family who once lived across the street from the Kremlin and being raised by her aunt and grandmother after her mother left. BIOGRAPHY PETRUSHEVSKAYA
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The Lost Book of the Grail (Hoopla audiobook)by Charles C LovettAn obsessive bibliophile and Holy Grail fanatic combs through centuries of history to uncover a long-lost secret about the medieval Barchester Cathedral library at the side of a young American charged with digitizing the library's manuscripts. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Bookman's Tale.
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On Turpentine Lane (Hoopla audiobook)by Elinor LipmanLiving a mostly peaceful existence in her small suburban hometown where she struggles to ignore the dysfunctional people in her life, Faith discovers mysterious artifacts that make her question a promising new relationship and everything she believes. By the best-selling author of The View From Penthouse B. 35,000 first printing.
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SuitedA behind the scenes look at the Brooklyn tailoring company Bindle and Keep, specializing in custom suits for transgender clientele. DVD NF SOC SUI
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Swimming Lessons by Claire FullerReturning home to care for her aging father 12 years after her mother's disappearance, Flora discovers that before she went missing, her mother wrote letters to her father about their marriage and hid them among his thousands of books. By the award-winning author of Our Endless Numbered Days. FICTION FULLER
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