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New and Notable Adult Books
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- Jackson Clark and Delilah Stewart have had their fair share of run-ins over the years, often ending in disaster. While Jackson thrives on routine and organization from the comfort of his radio booth, Delilah loves the spontaneity and adventure out…
- Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures.
The Balancing Act
Creating Healthy Dependency and Connection Without Losing Yourself
Tawwab, Nedra Glover,With her signature blend of clarity and compassion, therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab sheds light on healthy dependency and how to achieve it. Along the way, she unpacks buzzwords and trending topics including codependency, attachment styles, inner…- The Casino Shift is an hour-by-hour account of what a Canadian emergency room is like in these turbulent times when ER staff must be prepared to see, diagnose and treat any condition, often under unrelenting pressure. In addition to the introduction…
Crave, Cook, Nourish : 80+ Recipes and Expert Guidance for Healthy, Happy Nutrition [a Cookbook and Nutrition Guide]
Grasso, StephDevelop a healthier, happier relationship with food by tapping into these 80-plus nourishing recipes with zero intimidation factor from dietitian, nutrition expert and TikTok sensation Steph Grasso Dietitian.- Three estranged generations in Appalachia grapple with loss, poverty and their individual demons, until an explosive climax brings them together in apocalyptic deliverance.
- The Sharaf family is the picture of success. Successful, rich, happy. They came to this country as refugees with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. And now, after years of hard work, they live in the most exclusive neighborhood, their…
How to Live a Meaningful Life
Using Design Thinking to Unlock Purpose, Joy, and Flow Everyday
Burnett, Bill, 1957-In a world grappling with major societal shifts and increasing isolation, it's easy to feel like nothing you do matters. Even when we're at the top of our game in our careers and have reached the personal milestones we've always dreamed about, so…- In 2024, Gisèle Pelicot inspired and moved millions of people with her astonishing courage and dignity as she chose to waive her right to anonymity in her legal fight against her husband and the 50 men accused of her sexual assault. Gisèle Pelicot's…
- Courtney Gray's tranquil family vacation is shattered when she hears a blood-curdling scream from the lakeside cottage next door. There she finds the lifeless bodies of her brother and sister-in-law. Her teenage niece Reese is nowhere to be found,…
- Ethel Gathers is living in Occupied Germany in the 1950s. After discovering a local orphanage filled with the abandoned mixed-race children of German women and Black American GI's, Ethel feels compelled to help find these children homes. Her work in…
- Vernice and Annie, two motherless daughters raised in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, have been best friends and neighbors since earliest childhood, but are fated to live starkly different lives. Vernice leaves Honeysuckle at eighteen for Spelman College,…
- 1961: Emily Radcliffe works as an editorial assistant at Chatelaine magazine. When a bombshell letter from an inmate at the notorious Mercer Women's Prison lands on Emily's desk, she sees the scoop of a lifetime that could launch her career as a…
- All colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do was run the family ranch with his sister, maybe play a gig or two with his band and keep his family's aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking as long as possible. Even though the settlers were…
- We all know the feeling: that gut-wrenching post-conversation replay, cringing at how much we just revealed. We live in fear of saying too much, so we keep our mouths shut, guard our emotions and lock away our most personal thoughts. But what if…
- From East Village apartment parties and disastrous destination weddings, to fortieth birthdays and suburban backyard barbecues, Grant Ginder's resonant, funny and deeply moving novel is a story about the growing pains of the Millennial generation…
- Treaties cover much of Canada. Some were established thousands of years ago, with land and animals, and others date back to the time when Europeans first arrived in North America. These agreements make it possible for all of us to live, work, play…
- When their beloved sister passes away, Sylvia and Helen Rubinstein are unmoored. A misunderstanding about apple cake turns into a decade of stubborn silence. Busy with their own lives, their children do not want to get involved. Was this just a…
- Viola Bowen has the chance of a lifetime: to design a video game based on her all-time favorite book series. The only problem? Her co-lead is Jesse F-ing Andrews aka her archnemesis. When their bosses insist a wintery retreat is the perfect…
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