August 16, 2021
Adult Fiction
The Bone Code by Kathy Reichs.
On the way to
hurricane-ravaged Isle of Palms, a barrier island off the South Carolina coast,
Tempe receives a call from the Charleston coroner. The storm has tossed ashore
a medical waste container. Inside are two decomposed bodies wrapped in plastic
sheeting and bound with electrical wire. Tempe recognizes many of the details
as identical to those of an unsolved case she handled in Quebec years earlier.
With a growing sense of foreboding, she travels to Montreal to gather evidence.
Meanwhile, health authorities in South Carolina become increasingly alarmed as
a human flesh-eating contagion spreads. So focused is Tempe on identifying the
container victims that, initially, she doesn't register how their murders and
the pestilence may be related. But she does recognize one unsettling fact.
Someone is protecting a dark secret--and willing to do anything to
keep it hidden.
Forever My Own by Tracie Peterson.
"While caring for her grandmother, Kristin encounters the brother she long
thought dead. In shock, she volunteers to care for her brother's injured
friend, Ilian. As Ilian recovers, an attraction sparks between them, but both
are dealing with problems that have no easy answers. With no clear way forward,
can love ever thrive and the past be forgiven?" -- Provided by publisher.
The Badlands Trail by Ralph Compton.
"The drovers of
Circle K ranch have to drive the herd of beautiful longhorn cattle five hundred
miles northwest to Missouri if they hope to make it through the next year. Toby
Bishop, a jack-of-all-trades and drifter, will have to work with the mixed
group of drovers, whether they are white, black, Hispanic, lifelong cowboys,
drifters, or shamed preachers. On the trail, drovers must set aside their
differences in favor of a common goal. As they go north, Bishop finds himself
tested: physically by the rigors of the trail; and mentally, by the grim
memories evoked by the violence necessary to protect the herd. But if they are
to make it all the way to St. Louis, he'll have to call on every skill and
ounce of knowledge he's acquired in his checkered and violent past to overcome
the unexpected obstacles threatening the drive." -- Provided by publisher.
Adult Non-Fiction
Paracord Projects by Bryan Lynch.
Whether you're camping,
hiking, or simply on a walk, cordage is one of the most useful and important
items a person can have. Not only is it crucial to have close by, but it's also
a lot of fun to discover the endless possibilities! From the same author who
wrote the Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Camping & Outdoor Survival Guide,
Bryan Lynch teaches readers the basics of survival, 7 ways to carry paracord,
and over 60 functional uses, from creating fire, collecting water, and
repairing gear to keeping clean, navigating the area, making tools, and more!
Learn the history of how paracord is made, what it was originally used for in
the military, why it's so popular and useful, and why you'll always want to
have it on you. Trust us, you'll want to know!
Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff.
When Dr. Michaeleen
Doucleff becomes a mother, she examines the studies behind modern parenting
guidance and finds the evidence frustratingly limited and the conclusions often
ineffective. Curious to learn about more effective parenting approaches, she
visits a Maya village in the Yucatán Peninsula. There she encounters moms and
dads who parent in a totally different way than we do--and raise
extraordinarily kind, generous, and helpful children without yelling, nagging,
or issuing timeouts. What else, Doucleff wonders, are Western parents missing
out on? In Hunt, Gather, Parent, Doucleff sets out with her three-year-old
daughter in tow to learn and practice parenting strategies from families in
three of the world's most venerable communities: Maya families in Mexico, Inuit
families above the Arctic Circle, and Hadzabe families in Tanzania. She sees
that these cultures don't have the same problems with children that Western
parents do. Most strikingly, parents build a relationship with young children
that is vastly different from the one many Western parents develop--it's built
on cooperation instead of control, trust instead of fear, and personalized
needs instead of standardized development milestones. Maya parents are masters
at raising cooperative children. Without resorting to bribes, threats, or chore
charts, Maya parents rear loyal helpers by including kids in household tasks
from the time they can walk. Inuit parents have developed a remarkably
effective approach for teaching children emotional intelligence. When kids cry,
hit, or act out, Inuit parents respond with a calm, gentle demeanor that
teaches children how to settle themselves down and think before acting. Hadzabe
parents are world experts on raising confident, self-driven kids with a simple
tool that protects children from stress and anxiety, so common now among
American kids. Not only does Doucleff live with families and observe their
techniques firsthand, she also applies them with her own daughter, with
striking results. She learns to discipline without yelling. She talks to
psychologists, neuroscientists, anthropologists, and sociologists and explains
how these strategies can impact children's mental health and development.
Filled with practical takeaways that parents can implement
immediately, Hunt, Gather, Parent helps us rethink the ways we relate
to our children, and reveals a universal parenting paradigm adapted for
American families.
Easy/Juvenile/Young Adult/Graphic Novel
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom.
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Water is the first
medicine. It affects and connects us all...When a black snake threatens to
destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector
takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource.
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller.
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