August 9, 2021
Adult Fiction
Nine Lives by Danielle Steel.
After a carefree
childhood, Mary Margaret Kelly came of age in the shadow of grief. Her father,
a dashing daredevil Air Force pilot, died when she was nine. Maggie saw her
mother struggle to put their lives back together. As the family moved from one
city to the next, her mother warned her to beware of daredevil men and avoid
risk at all cost. Following her mother's advice, and forgoing the magic of
first love with a high school boyfriend who was too wild to feel safe, Maggie
instead sought out all the things her mother had lost--a predictable partner, a
stable home, and a regular paycheck. She chose to marry a dependable, kind man
who was a reliable husband and successful accountant. Together they had a son
and found happiness in a conventional suburban life. Until tragedy struck
again. Now on her own, feeling a sense of adventure for the first time, Maggie
decides to face her fears, setting off on a whirlwind trip from San Francisco
to Rome, Paris, and Monaco. But when her travels reconnect her with the very
same irresistible, thrill-seeking man she's spent thirty years trying to
forget, Maggie becomes terrified that rushing into love and sharing his life
may very well end in disaster. But ultimately, while Maggie tries to outrun her
fears and painful memories of her past, fate will surprise her in the most
astounding of ways, as she walks the tightrope between danger and courage, and
between wisdom and love.
Out of Hounds by Rita Mae Brown.
Spring is peeking through
the frost in Virginia, and though the hunting season is coming to a close, the
foxes seem determined to put the members of the Jefferson Hunt Club through
their paces. Sister and her friends are enjoying some of the best chases
they've had all season when the fun is cut short by the theft of Crawford
Howard's treasured Sir Alfred Munnings painting of a woman in hunting attire
riding sidesaddle. When another painting goes missing five days later -- also a
Munnings, also of a woman hunting sidesaddle -- Sister Jane knows it's no
coincidence. Someone is stealing paintings of foxhunters from foxhunters. But
why?
False Witness by Karin Slaughter.
Leigh Collier has worked
hard to build what looks like a normal life. She's an up-and-coming
defense attorney at a prestigious law firm in Atlanta, would do anything for
her sixteen-year-old daughter Maddy, and is managing to successfully coparent
through a pandemic after an amicable separation from her husband Walter. But
Leigh's ordinary life masks a childhood no one should have to endure...a
childhood tarnished by secrets, broken by betrayal, and ultimately destroyed by
a brutal act of violence. On a Sunday night at her daughter's school play, she
gets a call from one of the firm's partners who wants Leigh to come on board to
defend a wealthy man accused of multiple counts of rape. Though wary of the
case, it becomes apparent she doesn't have much choice if she wants to keep her
job. They're scheduled to go to trial in one week. When she meets the
accused face-to-face, she realizes that it's no coincidence that he's
specifically asked for her to represent him. She knows him. And he
knows her. More to the point, he may know what happened over twenty years
ago, and why Leigh has spent two decades avoiding her past. Suddenly she has a
lot more to lose than this case. The only person who can help is her
younger, estranged sister Callie--the last person Leigh would ever want to drag
into this after all they've been through. But with the life-shattering
truth in danger of being revealed, she has no choice...
Adult Non-Fiction
Vibrant by Stacie Stephenson.
Today's view of wellness
is far too often fragmented, focusing on specific symptoms rather than the
whole person. In Vibrant, Dr. Stacie Stephenson introduces readers to a
new and empowering way of looking at health. A recognized leader in functional
and integrative medicine, Stephenson has helped thousands by focusing not on
treating disease, but on creating health-by giving individuals the knowledge,
confidence, and inspiration they need to do so for themselves. By the end of
this life-changing book, readers will have the tools to transform their energy,
weight, fitness, and general wellness, tackling everything from enhancing sleep
quality to building an iron-clad immune system. Beginning with basics such as
the truth about the best diet, the critical role of exercise in vitality and
longevity, and the importance of human connection, Vibrant also dives
deeper to give a holistic picture of health and how to achieve it. With helpful
breakdowns on supplements, detoxification, and how to think about disease, this
is much more than just another wellness book. With Stephenson's candid and
conversational voice, Vibrant is like having a friend who also
happens to be a leading health authority take you under her wing. Along with
practical advice, she shares powerful insights that will change the way you
think about everything from exercise to relationships, and sends readers off
with an inspirational chapter on how health has a ripple effect that can change
your family, your community, and help to create a more vibrant world. With a
step-by-step program for making foundational lifestyle
shifts, Vibrant shows you how to reclaim your health and energy,
reverse aging, and glow-not just on the outside, but from deep within yourself.
Kamala’s Way by Dan Morain.
There's very little that's
conventional about Kamala Harris, and yet her personal story also represents
the best of America. She grew up the eldest daughter of a single mother, a
no-nonsense cancer researcher who emigrated from India at the age of nineteen
in search of a better education. She and her husband, an accomplished economist
from Jamaica, split up when Kamala was only five. The Kamala Harris the public
knows today is tough, smart, quick-witted, and demanding. She's a
prosecutor--her one-liners are legendary--but she's more reticent when it comes
to sharing much about herself, even in her memoirs. Fortunately, former Los
Angeles Times reporter Dan Morain has been there from the start. In Kamala's
Way, he charts her career from its beginnings handling child molestation cases
and homicides for the Alameda County District Attorney's office and her
relationship as a twenty-nine-year-old with the most powerful man in the state:
married Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, a relationship that would prove
life-changing. Morain takes readers through Harris's years in the San Francisco
District Attorney's Office, explores her audacious embrace of the little-known
Barack Obama, and shows the sharp elbows she deployed to make it to the US
Senate. He analyzes her failure as a presidential candidate and the
behind-the-scenes campaign she waged to land the Vice President spot. Along the
way, he paints a vivid picture of her values and priorities, the kind of people
she brings into her orbit, the sorts of problems she's good at solving, and the
missteps, risks, and bold moves she's made on her way to the top. Kamala's
Way is essential reading for all Americans curious about the woman
standing by Joe Biden's side.
Easy/Juvenile/Young Adult/Graphic Novel
Who Would Win? Jaguar
vs. Skunk by Jerry Pallotta. J NF
What if a jaguar and a
skunk had a fight? Who do you think would win? This nonfiction reader compares
and contrasts two ferocious animals. Readers will learn about each animal's
anatomy, behavior, and more. Then compare and contrast the battling pair before
finally discovering the winner!
Renegade Flight by Andrea Tang.
YA
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