Adult Fiction
The Paris Showroom by Juliet Blackwell.
"Capucine Benoit
works alongside her father to produce fans of rare feathers, beads, and
intricate pleating for the haute couture fashion houses. But after the Germans
invade Paris in June 1940, Capucine and her father must focus on mere survival
- until they are betrayed to the secret police and arrested for his political
beliefs. When Capucine saves herself from deportation to Auschwitz by
highlighting her connections to Parisian design houses, she is sent to a
little-known prison camp located in the heart of Paris, within the Lévitan
department store. There, hundreds of prisoners work to sort through, repair,
and put on display the massive quantities of art, furniture, and household
goods looted from Jewish homes and businesses. Forced to wait on German
officials and their wives and mistresses, Capucine struggles to hold her tongue
in order to survive, remembering happier days spent in the art salons,
ateliers, and jazz clubs of Montmartre in the 1920s. Capucine's estranged
daughter, Mathilde, remains in the care of her conservative paternal
grandparents, who are prospering under the Nazi occupation. But after her
mother is arrested and then a childhood friend goes missing, the usually
obedient Mathilde finds herself drawn into the shadowy world of Paris's
Résistance fighters. As her mind opens to new ways of looking at the world,
Mathilde also begins to see her unconventional mother in a different
light."-- Provided by publisher.
The Cartographer’s
Secret by Tea Cooper.
"The Hunter Valley,
1880. Evie Ludgrove loves to chart the landscape around her home--hardly
surprising since she grew up in the shadow of her father's obsession with the
great Australian explorer Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt. So when an advertisement
appears in The Bulletin magazine offering a thousand-pound reward for proof of
where Leichhardt met his fate, Evie is determined to use her father's papers to
unravel the secret. But when Evie sets out to prove her theory, she vanishes
without a trace, leaving behind a mystery that haunts her family for thirty
years. Letitia Rawlings arrives at the family estate in her Ford Model T to
inform her great-aunt Olivia of a loss in their family. But Letitia is also
escaping her own problems--her brother's sudden death, her mother's scheming,
and her dissatisfaction with the life planned out for her. So when Letitia
discovers a beautifully illustrated map that might hold a clue to the fate of
her missing aunt, Evie Ludgrove, she sets out to discover the truth. But all is
not as it seems, and Letitia begins to realize that solving the mystery of her
family's past could offer as much peril as redemption."-- Provided by
publisher.
The Lost Book of
Eleanor Dare by Kimberly Brock.
"The entire Roanoke
colony had vanished in the late sixteenth century and "The Dare
Stone," as it came to be called, seemingly revealed the sorry fate of the
colonists as well as that of Eleanor, who miraculously survived. War widow
Alice Young knew the secret of the Dare Stone long before the carved rock
became frontpage news because the stone had sat, for centuries, at Evertell,
her family's estate outside of Savannah, until it disappeared during the summer
she turned thirteen. The story of Eleanor Dare's miraculous survival is Young
family lore, long preserved in both a singsong verse Alice learned as a child
and in a book passed down through the generations of women descended from
Eleanor and her daughter, Agnes. Alice had been next in line to receive the
book that long-ago summer, but everything changed when the stone and book
vanished. Her mother became gripped by a mania that hurtled her toward a tragic
death, and rambling old Evertell, a too-painful reminder for Alice's father,
was abandoned and sold and they moved away. When her father dies, Alice, now
thirty-two, learns that Evertell was never sold and the deed to it is hers. Her
own thirteen-year-old daughter, Penn, is enamored with the idea of exploring the
family history she never knew she had, and Alice decides they will visit the
estate just long enough to sell it and start over. But soon Alice learns that
leaving one's past behind isn't nearly as important as embracing one's truth."--
Provided by publisher.
Adult Non-Fiction
Work Jerks by Louise Carnachan.
If you're stressed and
unhappy because of problems with a boss or colleague, you pay a price. Not only
can your mental and physical health suffer, your nearest and dearest get sick
of hearing about it. Going to bed angry and waking up only to dread a new
workday is a terrible way to live. Remote work may have lessened the impact of
annoying colleagues for a while, but they can still find ways to irritate. If
you're co-located, the "mute" and "stop video" buttons
don't exist to diminish your exasperation. Not all jerks are the same; the
person you find to be a nightmare may be perfectly acceptable to others. And,
astonishingly, someone else may even think you're the jerk! Author
Louise Carnachan has the credentials and experience to make her an expert in
this area, but more importantly, she's been in the trenches herself. With an
emphasis on the positive actions you can take while being attentive to your
specific situation, Work Jerks provides practical advice on how to
deal with a variety of problematic coworkers--whether in-person or remotely--so
work can stop being something you dread and start being something you enjoy.
The Gates of Europe by Serhii Plokhy.
As Ukraine is embroiled in
an ongoing struggle with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and
political independence, celebrated historian Serhii Plokhy explains that
today's crisis is a case of history repeating itself: the Ukrainian conflict is
only the latest in a long history of turmoil over Ukraine's sovereignty.
Situated between Central Europe, Russia, and the Middle East, Ukraine has been
shaped by empires that exploited the nation as a strategic gateway between East
and West--from the Romans and Ottomans to the Third Reich and the Soviet Union.
In The Gates of Europe, Plokhy examines Ukraine's search for its identity
through the lives of major Ukrainian historical figures, from its heroes to its
conquerors. This revised edition includes new material that brings this
definitive history up to the present. As Ukraine once again finds itself at the
center of global attention, Plokhy brings its history to vivid life as he
connects the nation's past with its present and future.
Easy/Juvenile/Young Adult/Graphic Novel
Who Was E. B. White? by Gail Herman.
J NF
Today, most people
remember E. B. White as the beloved children's book author who gave
us Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, but did you know that most
of his career was spent writing for famous magazines like The New Yorker?
His lifelong dream to write a children's book about a mouse would take years to
get published before it became the classic book we know and love today. A few
years later, White would publish yet another children's book inspired by a pig
he had raised and a spider whose webs he loved to admire in his barn.
How to Find What You’re
Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani. J
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