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New Material at the North Dakota State Library
                                           February 19, 2020
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North Dakota Nonfiction

N 6537 .M656 A4 2004
Native modernism : the art of George Morrison and Allan Houser / edited by Truman T. Lowe.
George Morrison (Grand Portage Band of Chippewa, 1919‐2000) and Allan Houser (Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache,
1914‐1994) shattered expectations for Native art and paved the way for successive generations to experiment with a
wide array of styles and techniques. Born in a small Chippewa community in Minnesota, Morrison traveled and studied
in New York City and Europe during an extraordinarily creative period in twentieth‐century art. He emerged
triumphantly as both a major American artist and an Indian artist. Often described as an abstract expressionist, Morrison
developed, in such celebrated series as his Horizon paintings, a non‐figurative visual language. Sculptor and painter Allan
Houser also forged a unique path that redefined the way art by Native Americans is viewed and understood. The work of
this prominent twentieth‐century artist has appeared in important exhibitions in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and his
monumental bronze Offering of the Sacred Pipe, installed at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, has become a
worldwide symbol of peace. In this beautifully illustrated book, distinguished Native American writers and scholars add a
rich new dimension to previously published accounts of Native American art with an exploration of Morrison's and
Houser's work in the context of contemporary art, Native American art history, and cultural identity.

PS 662 .B65 2020
Bolden, Tonya, author. Strong voices : fifteen American speeches worth knowing / introductions by Tonya Bolden ;
foreword by Cokie Roberts ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez.
A collection of speeches that showcases the voices of those at the reins of power and of those who are not. Read the
original words, sometimes abridged and sometimes in their entirety, that have shaped our cultural fabric. Introductions
provide historical context and critical insights into the meaning and impact of every speech. For each speech, writer and
history lover Tonya Bolden provides an introduction ‐‐ telling us what was going on at the time, who the person was, and
what it all meant. Understanding what a speech meant at the time can help us unlock what it means for us today.
(Written for ages 8‐12.) (Includes Theodore Roosevelt’s “Citizenship in a Republic.”

SB 434.3 .B474 2018
Bergeson, Eric P., author. Successful gardening on the northern prairie / Eric Bergeson. Second edition. An easy‐to‐
read, common‐sense manual for gardeners on the plains of Western Minnesota, Eastern South Dakota, North Dakota,
and Southern Manitoba. Whether a beginner or a seasoned expert, Successful Gardening provides insight into growing
trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals and vegetables in the cold climate and alkaline soils of the northern prairie.

North Dakota Authors ‐ Fiction

PS 3552 .R718 L68 2014
Loving Adonis / Sandi K. Whipple.
At a very young age, heartbroken Angie loses her parents. Her older brother had run away years before and now she is
left entirely alone. Her aunt, whom she never knew existed, takes her in, raising her as the daughter she never had.
Upon graduation from college, Angie pursues ownership of a flower shop business, pouring all of her energies and
honing her focus into developing her independence. Fate, however, is at work in preventing a solitary life for Angie. As a
supposed fill‐in for an employee, another owner of a well‐established business is introduced to Angie. Upon meeting the
handsome Gary, she is shocked at her reaction to him and privately nicknames him her "Adonis." Surprised by the
electric chemistry that neither can ignore, and with some trepidation, they embark upon a relationship filled with
heated encounters that leave Angie breathless. Weeks filled with passion, love‐making, playing, and sharing have begun
to cement a commitment between Angie and Gary. But fate again steps in to test Angie on the day she accidentally

observes Gary embracing another woman. Too stubborn to confront the apparent cheating incident, Angie's jealousy
rises and clouds all reason and logic. To make matters worse, within a short time later, Gary overhears several
conversations between Angie and two other men! Suspicions now mount in the minds of both and their false pride puts
their relationship in danger. Both are too stubborn and hurt to confront one another. Struggling through days of
loneliness and refusing to communicate, Angie is struck once again by the hand of fate. Family members suddenly begin
to emerge from her past. Uncovered ties are realized and the dynamics of these family bonds add new perspectives and
ingredients to Angie's daily life. When the lovers are forced to confront one another about their suspected unfaithful
behavior, the shaky bonds and shattered commitments are surprisingly strengthened by the truth. This is a story of new
love found, lost, and regained. But that's not the end. The story is intensified with past love found, the power of
friendship and family ties. Interwoven between the pages is inspiration to search for the power of love.

PS 3552 .R718 T37 2015
Tarnished romance / Sandi K. Whipple.
Following their first date, Judy Kalfus fell in love with the man of her dreams, attorney Bryce Stevens. In an attempt to
cover her real occupation, Bryce is led to believe that Judy is employed at the San Francisco General Hospital. As she
struggles with her childhood fears, Judy wrestles to have an honest relationship. Heartache and emotional pain are no
strangers to her. How can she have both closeness and distance at the same time? The inevitable happens and Judy's
false foundation begins to crumble. Bryce discovers she is unknown at the hospital and demands full disclosure. Will the
truth tarnish their romance?

PS 3552 .R718 T95 2014
Twisted engagement / Sandi K. Whipple.
Lilly, a successful entrepreneur decides marrying David would be a mistake. After breaking the engagement, her best
friend, Sue, convinces her to go away. Lilly sells her business and leaves New York to regroup. She ends up in a small
town called Everley Flats, Colorado. When she finds comfort and a new love, she believes all her dreams have come
true. Glenn, a hotel owner, is everything she ever wanted. Lilly decides to stay in Everley Flats and rents a cottage at the
edge of town. Strange things begin happening. Lilly and Sue are nearly run over after leaving a department store, on
several occasions the doors of the cottage are found unlocked and open, and they discover they're often being followed.
The jilted David has found Lilly and he is even more dangerous than she had realized.

PS 3607 .R43 W58 2017
With the world I know / Marilyn Gregoire. True North, book 2.
It's easy to hide from the truth, as many of the Providence staff and friends of Alan and Anna Zimmerman will show you.
Romance can bud and blossom, but how many sweethearts really show their truthful selves? What prices will they pay?
At times, truth is too ugly to face. And even if you did tell the truth, who would listen? Join us here in the Upper
Midwest, in the Red River Valley, and see how truth ‐‐ or the lack of it ‐‐ can trip us up, or touch our hearts.

Nonfiction

BF 1708.1 .N48 2020M
You were born for this : astrology for radical self‐acceptance / Chani Nicholas.
Your weekly horoscope is merely one crumb of astrology’s cake. Chani Nicholas shows how your birth chart ‐‐ a snapshot
of the sky at the moment you took your first breath ‐‐ reveals your unique talents, challenges, and opportunities.
Fortified with this knowledge, you can live out the life you were born to. Marrying the historic traditions of astrology
with a modern approach, You Were Born for This explains the key components of your birth chart in an easy to use,
choose your own adventure style. With journal prompts, reflection questions, and affirmations personal to your
astrological makeup, this book guides you along the path your chart has laid out for you. Astrology is not therapy, but it
is therapeutic. In a world in which we are taught to look outside of ourselves for validation, You Were Born for This
brings us inward to commit to ourselves and our life’s purpose.

BF 323 .D5 G39 2016
The distracted mind : ancient brains in a high‐tech world / Adam Gazzaley and Larry D. Rosen.
Adam Gazzaley and Larry Rosen ‐‐ a neuroscientist and a psychologist ‐‐ explain why our brains aren't built for
multitasking and suggest better ways to live in a high‐tech world without giving up our modern technology. They explain
that our brains are limited in their ability to pay attention. We don't really multitask but rather switch rapidly between
tasks. Distractions and interruptions, often technology‐related ‐‐ referred to by the authors as interference ‐‐ collide with
our goal‐setting abilities.

BL 71 .A76 2019
The lost art of Scripture : rescuing the sacred texts / Karen Armstrong.
Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in
the Land of Israel, and the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception. The significance of Scripture ‐‐ the holy
texts at the centre of all religious traditions ‐‐ may not be immediately obvious in our secular world but its
misunderstanding is perhaps the root cause of most of today's controversies over religion. Holy texts are not only used
selectively to underwrite sometimes arbitrary and subjective views: they are seen to prescribe ethical norms and codes
of behaviour that are divinely ordained. They are believed to contain eternal truths. But as Karen Armstrong shows in
this trawl through millennia of religious history, this reading of Scripture is a relatively recent, modern phenomenon ‐‐
and in many ways, a reaction to a hostile secular world. For most of their history, the world's religious traditions have
regarded these texts as tools for the individual to connect with the divine, to transcend their physical existence, and to
experience a higher level of consciousness that helped them to engage with the world in more meaningful and
compassionate ways. Scripture was not a 'truth' that had to be 'believed.' Armstrong argues that only if the world's
religious faiths rediscover such an open and spiritual engagement with their holy texts can they curtail the arrogance,
intolerance and violence that flows from a narrow reading of Scripture as truth.

BR 481 .W26 2019
Christ in crisis : why we need to reclaim Jesus / Jim Wallis ; foreword by Bishop Michael Curry.
Writing in response to our current "constitutional crisis," author and Christian activist Jim Wallis urges America to return
to the tenets of Jesus once again as the means to save us from the polarizing bitterness and anger of our tribal nation. In
Christ in Crisis Jim Wallis provides a path of spiritual healing and solidarity to help us heal the divide separating
Americans today. Building on "Reclaiming Jesus"‐‐the declaration he and other church leaders wrote in May 2018 to
address America's current crisis‐‐Wallis argues that Christians have become disconnected from Jesus and need to revisit
their spiritual foundations. By pointing to eight questions Jesus asked or is asked, Wallis provides a means to measure
whether we are truly aligned with the moral and spiritual foundations of our Christian faith. "Christians have often
remembered, re‐discovered, and returned to their obedient discipleship of Jesus Christ‐‐both personal and public‐‐in
times of trouble. It's called coming home," Wallis reminds us. While he addresses the dividing lines and dangers facing
our nation, the religious and cultural commentator's focus isn't politics; it's faith. As he has done throughout his career,
Wallis offers comfort, empathy, and a practical roadmap. Christ in Crisis is a constructive field guide for all those
involved in resistance and renewal initiatives in faith communities in the post‐2016 political context.

BR 65 .A9 S625 2019
On the road with Saint Augustine : a real‐world spirituality for restless hearts / James K.A. Smith.
This is not a book about Saint Augustine. In a way, it's a book Augustine has written about each of us. Speaker and
author James K. A. Smith has spent time on the road with Augustine, and he invites us to take this journey too, for this
ancient African thinker knows far more about us than we might expect. This book shows how Augustine can be a pilgrim
guide to a spirituality that meets the complicated world we live in. Augustine, says Smith, is the patron saint of restless
hearts ‐‐ a guide who has been there, asked our questions, and knows our frustrations and failed pursuits. Augustine
spent a lifetime searching for his heart's true home and he can help us find our way. "What makes Augustine a guide
worth considering," says Smith, "is that he knows where home is, where rest can be found, what peace feels like, even if
it is sometimes ephemeral and elusive along the way." Addressing believers and skeptics alike, this book shows how
Augustine's timeless wisdom speaks to the worries and struggles of contemporary life, covering topics such as ambition,
sex, friendship, freedom, parenthood, and death. As Smith brings Augustine to life for 21st‐century readers, he also
offers a fresh articulation of Christianity that speaks to our deepest hungers, fears, and hopes.

BV 4950 .S36 2019
Leaving the Witness : exiting a religion and finding a life / Amber Scorah.
A first book by the creator of the "Dear Amber" podcast describes her strict upbringing as a third‐generation Jehovah's
Witness and her efforts to find her true place in the world apart from the edicts of her family and faith.

E 189 .M36 2009
The light and the glory, 1492‐1793 / Peter Marshall and David Manuel. Revised and expanded edition.
Did Columbus believe that God called him west to undiscovered lands? Does American democracy owe its inception to
the handful of Pilgrims that settled at Plymouth? If, indeed, there was a specific, divine call upon this nation, is it still
valid today? The Light and the Glory answers these questions and many more for history buffs. As readers look at their
nation's history from God's point of view, they will begin to have an idea of how much we owe to a very few ‐‐ and how
much is still at stake. Now revised and expanded for the first time in more than thirty years, The Light and the Glory is
poised to show new readers just how special their country is.

E 301 .M35 2009
From sea to shining sea, 1787‐1837 / Peter Marshall and David Manuel.
After the Revolutionary War, our newborn country went through an exciting era of growth and innovation. Was God
intervening on behalf of the struggling nation? In this sequel to The Light and the Glory, you'll learn how America's
future was threatened by greed, pride, and self‐righteousness. You'll also see how, in the midst of turmoil, God raised up
leaders to shape our unique country and character.

E 338 .M33 2009
Sounding forth the trumpet, 1837‐1860 / Peter Marshall and David Manuel.
Sounding Forth the Trumpet brings to life one of the most crucial epochs in America's history ‐‐ the events leading up to
and precipitating the Civil War. In this book, readers live through the Gold Rush, the Mexican War, the skirmishes of
Bleeding Kansas, and the emergence of Abraham Lincoln, as well as the tragic issue of slavery.

E 839.5 .C333 2020M
The age of entitlement : America since the sixties / Christopher Caldwell.
Conservative columnist Christopher Caldwell has spent years studying the liberal uprising of the 1960s and its
unforeseen consequences. Even the reforms that Americans love best have come with costs that are staggeringly high ‐‐
in wealth, freedom, and social stability ‐‐ and that have been spread unevenly among classes and generations. Caldwell
describes the political turning points of the past half century, taking readers on a roller‐coaster ride through Playboy
magazine, affirmative action, CB radio, leveraged buyouts, iPhones, Oxycontin, Black Lives Matter, and internet cookies.
In doing so, he shows that attempts to redress the injustices of the past have left Americans living under two different
ideas of what it means to play by the rules.

E 913.3 .D355 2020M
A very stable genius : Donald J. Trump's testing of America / Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig.
When he accepted the Republican presidential nomination in Cleveland, Trump promised to restore what he described as
a fallen nation. Yet over the subsequent years it has been hard to see beyond the daily chaos of scandal, investigation, and
constant bluster. His first term appears to be pure and uninhibited chaos, but there are patterns to his behavior and that
of his associates. The universal value of the Trump administration is loyalty: not to the country, but to the president
himself. Leonnig and Rucker take readers inside Robert Mueller's Russia investigation as well as the president's own
haphazard but ultimately successful legal defense.

E 97.6 .C4 L65 1995
They called it Prairie Light : the story of Chilocco Indian School / K. Tsianina Lomawaima.
Established in 1884 and operative for nearly a century, the Chilocco Indian School in Oklahoma was one of a series of
off‐reservation boarding schools intended to assimilate American Indian children into mainstream American life. Most
students in this case were from Cheyenne, Arapaho, Wichita, Comanche and Pawnee tribes. Latterday critics have
characterized the schools as destroyers of Indian communities and cultures, but the reality was much more complex.
"Indian people took possession of Chilocco and made it their own," K. Tsianina Lomawaima writes. "Their voices should
tell its history." In recollections juxtaposed against the official records of racist ideology and repressive practice, students

from the 1920s and '30s recall their loneliness and demoralization but also remember with pride the love and mutual
support binding them together, their creative rebellions against petty authority, the forging of new pan‐Indian identities
and reinforcement of old tribal ones, the skills and trades they mastered, and the leadership they developed.

E 98 .F39 W66 2012
American nations : a history of the eleven rival regional cultures of North America / Colin Woodard.
Why do Americans have such a difficult time agreeing on basic issues like the meaning of freedom, the role of religion in
public life, or what it means to be an American? The reason, argues historian Colin Woodard, is that North America is
actually made up of eleven nations, each with its own unique historical roots dating back centuries. From the Deep
South to the Far West, Yankeedom to El Norte, each region continues to uphold its distinguishing ideals today, with
results that can be seen in the composition of the U.S. Congress or on the county‐by‐county election maps of
presidential elections. Woodward takes readers on a journey through the history of our fractured country, describing
America's myriad identities and how the conflicts between them have shaped our past and are molding our future.

HF 5548.8 .L493 2019
Dealing with difficult people : fast, effective strategies for handling problem people / Roy Lilley. Fourth edition.
By understanding the motives and individual behaviours of difficult people, you can learn to manage aggression, reduce
awkwardness, and remain the better person. Updated for 2019, this 4th edition features practical exercises, useful
templates, and top tips you need to get the best out of the worst, including how to deal with difficult customers, dealing
with difficult people in the digital sphere, advice on beating bullies at their own game, and how to deal with a boss who
drives you barmy.

HN 90 .P57 K54 2020M
Why we're polarized / Ezra Klein.
America's political system isn't broken. The truth is scarier: it's working exactly as designed. Journalist Ezra Klein reveals
how that system is polarizing us ‐‐ and how we are polarizing it ‐‐ with disastrous results. Neither a polemic nor a lament,
this book offers a clear framework for understanding everything from Trump's rise to the Democratic Party's leftward
shift to the politicization of everyday culture. America is polarized, first and foremost, by identity. Over the past fifty
years, our partisan identities have merged with our racial, religious, geographic, ideological, and cultural identities.
These merged identities have attained a weight that is breaking much in our politics and tearing at the bonds that hold
this country together. Klein shows how and why American politics polarized around identity in the twentieth century,
and what that polarization did to the way we see the world and one another. And he traces the feedback loops between
polarized political identities and polarized political institutions that are driving our system toward crisis.

HV 6534 .R39 O47 2019
If you tell : a true story of murder, family secrets, and the unbreakable bond of sisterhood / Gregg Olsen.
After more than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the word mom, it claws like an eagle's talons,
triggering memories that have been their secret since childhood. Until now. For years, behind the closed doors of their
farmhouse in Raymond, Washington, their sadistic mother, Shelly, subjected her girls to unimaginable abuse,
degradation, torture, and psychic terrors. Through it all, Nikki, Sami, and Tori developed a defiant bond that made them
far less vulnerable than Shelly imagined. Even as others were drawn into their mother's dark and perverse web, the
sisters found the strength and courage to escape an escalating nightmare that culminated in multiple murders.
Harrowing and heartrending, If You Tell is a survivor's story of absolute evil ‐‐ and the freedom and justice that Nikki,
Sami, and Tori risked their lives to fight for. Sisters forever, victims no more, they found a light in the darkness that made
them the resilient women they are today ‐‐ loving, loved, and moving on.

JK 2249 .S39 2020M
Profiles in corruption : abuse of power by America's progressive elite / Peter Schweizer.
Investigative journalist Peter Schweizer offers a deep‐dive investigation into the private finances and secrets deals of
some of America's top political leaders. Allegations of corruption and abuse of power are backed up by corporate
documents and legal filings from around the globe. Learn about how they are making sweetheart deals, generating side
income, bending the law to their own benefits, using legislation to advance their own interests, and much more.

ML 1015 .G9 P66 2019
The birth of loud : Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the guitar‐pioneering rivalry that shaped rock 'n' roll / Ian S. Port.
In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big‐band jazz into the primordial elements of rock 'n' roll ‐‐ and
these louder styles demanded revolutionary instruments. When Leo Fender's tiny firm marketed the first solid‐body
electric guitar, the Esquire, musicians immediately saw its appeal. Not to be out‐maneuvered, Gibson, the largest guitar
manufacturer, raced to build a competitive product. The company designed an 'axe' that would make Fender's Esquire
look cheap and convinced Les Paul ‐‐ whose endorsement Leo Fender had sought ‐‐ to put his name on it. Thus was born
the guitar world's most heated rivalry: Gibson versus Fender, Les versus Leo. While Fender was a quiet, half‐blind, self‐
taught radio repairman from rural Orange County, Paul was a brilliant but egomaniacal pop star and guitarist who spent
years toying with new musical technologies. Their contest turned into an arms race as the most inventive musicians of
the 1950s and 1960s ‐‐ including bluesman Muddy Waters, rocker Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton ‐
‐ adopted one maker's guitar or another. By the time Jimi Hendrix played 'The Star‐Spangled Banner' at Woodstock in
1969 on his Fender Stratocaster, it was clear that electric instruments ‐‐ Fender or Gibson ‐‐ had launched music into a
radical new age, empowering artists with a vibrancy and volume never before attainable.

PN 4888 .F35 C67 2019
Fake news nation : the long history of lies and misinterpretations in America / James W. Cortada and William Aspray.
After the election of Donald Trump as president, people in the United States and across large swaths of Europe, Latin
America, and Asia engaged in the most intensive discussion in modern times about falsehoods pronounced by public
officials. Fake facts in their various forms have long been present in American life, particularly in its politics, public
discourse, and business activities ‐‐ going back to the time when the country was formed. This book explores the long
tradition of fake facts, in their various guises, in American history. In Fake News Nation, James Cortada and William
Aspray present a series of case studies that describe how lies and fake facts were used over the past two centuries in
important instances in American history. Cortada and Aspray give readers a perspective on fake facts as they appear
today and as they are likely to appear in the future.

PS 3558 .A62423 Z46 2012
Crazy brave : a memoir / Joy Harjo.
Joy Harjo, the first Native American to be appointed Poet Laureate of the United States, details her journey to becoming
a poet. Born in Oklahoma, the end place of the Trail of Tears, Harjo grew up learning to dodge an abusive stepfather by
finding shelter in her imagination, a deep spiritual life, and connection with the natural world. Narrating the
complexities of betrayal and love, grounded in tribal myth and ancestry, music and poetry, Crazy Brave is a haunting
memoir about family and the breaking apart necessary in finding a voice.

QA 76.8 .I64 S65 2020
iPhone for seniors / by Dwight Spivey. 9th edition.
It's fun to play with new gadgets, but getting to the point where you can navigate around a new iPhone with ease can feel
daunting at any age. Written with you in mind, the easy-to-follow steps, larger text, and full-color images in this book help
you manage, personalize, and use your new iPhone to its fullest extent. You'll discover how to do everything from shop
online and organize appointments using Calendar, to taking and sharing pictures and downloading and listening to your
favorite music. With the latest iOS update, you'll also learn how to customize Siri Suggestions, limit App notifications, stay
in touch with Group FaceTime video calls, read ebooks, play games -- whatever you fancy! Sync with iTunes, stay safe
while browsing, manage email and appointments, download and use apps. Whether you're a total newbie or upgrading
from an older model, iPhone For Seniors For Dummies helps you can sit back, relax, and enjoy keeping up with the latest
technology!

RC 176 .C2 R36 2019
Black Death at the Golden Gate : the race to save America from the bubonic plague / David K. Randall.
For Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King, surviving in San Francisco meant a life in the shadows. His passing on March 6,
1900, would have been unremarkable if a city health officer hadn’t noticed a swollen black lymph node on his groin ‐‐ a
sign of bubonic plague. Empowered by racist pseudoscience, officials rushed to quarantine Chinatown while doctors
examined Wong’s tissue for telltale bacteria. If the devastating disease was not contained, San Francisco would become
the American epicenter of an outbreak that had already claimed ten million lives worldwide. To local press, railroad
barons, and elected officials, such a possibility was inconceivable ‐‐ or inconvenient. As they mounted a cover‐up to

obscure the threat, ending the career of one of the most brilliant scientists in the nation in the process, it fell to federal
health officer Rupert Blue to save a city that refused to be rescued. Spearheading a relentless crusade for sanitation,
Blue and his men patrolled the squalid streets of fast‐growing San Francisco, examined gory black buboes, and dissected
diseased rats that put the fate of the entire country at risk. In the tradition of Erik Larson and Steven Johnson, Randall
spins a spellbinding account of Blue’s race to understand the disease and contain its spread ‐‐ the only hope of saving
San Francisco, and the nation, from a gruesome fate.

RC 374 .K46 P37 2018
Keto meal prep by Flavcity : 125+ low carb recipes that actually taste good / Bobby Parrish & Dessi Parish.
Tired of eating bland, boring low‐carb food? Trying to adopt the keto lifestyle and the many health benefits without
sacrificing the joy of delicious food? If so, this book is for you! Bobby and Dessi Parrish of the hit Youtube channel
FlavCity, have taken all their creativity, experience, and kitchen know‐how to devise this one‐of‐kind cookbook filled
with mouthwatering meals that will give you all the benefits of a ketogenic lifestyle with over a hundred yummy recipes!

TT 157 .V2855 2015
The artful year : celebrating the seasons and holidays with family arts and crafts / Jean Van't Hul.
Presents a year's worth of art projects, seasonal activities, and recipes for simple, family‐friendly crafting through the
seasons and holidays.

TX 783 .F66 2019
Kawaii sweet world : 75 yummy recipes for baking that's (almost) too cute to eat / Rachel Fong.
YouTube sensation Rachel Fong teaches you how to bake super‐easy treats that are just as fun to make as they are to
eat. Whether you're a cookie rookie or a piping pro, you'll find tips on all the basics, from whipping up the best
buttercream to using a turntable to decorate ‐‐ but this is no ordinary baking book. Why have a plain layer cake when
you could have a cuddly corgi cake? These 75 totally original recipes include chocolate cupcakes that transform into
snuggly koalas, cake pops that are twinkly‐eyed narwhals, lemon cookies that turn into emojis, and cream puffs that
become little pigs. With Kawaii Sweet World cookbook, the fun is baked right in.

Z 678.9 .B85 2020
Neal‐Schuman library technology companion : a basic guide for library staff / John J. Burke. Sixth edition.
Burke's guide should be at the top of the reading list for any current or future library professional looking to stay at the
forefront of technological advancement. Updated with new case studies to illuminate key areas, its incisive coverage
includes: complete analysis of the librarian's technological toolbox for teaching, security, databases, and more; expert
advice on how to compare and evaluate competing technology solutions; social media, streaming media, and educating
patrons about digital privacy; makerspaces and other technology programing, including virtual and augmented reality
technologies; technology lending programs; open source catalog systems, discovery layers, and related library
management systems; websites, web‐based services, and free information resources; copyright and licensing as they
pertain to the use of digital materials; new technology predictions for the future, with tips on how to stay up to date
with the latest developments; and a refreshed glossary of useful terms. Informed by a large‐scale survey of librarians
across the spectrum of institution types, this guide will be a true technology companion to readers at all experience
levels.

Z 716.37 .A15 2018
63 ready‐to‐use maker projects / edited by Ellyssa Kroski.
Librarians and makers from across the country present projects as fun as an upcycled fashion show, as practical as
Bluetooth speakers, and as mischievous as a catapult. Included are projects for artists, sewers, videographers, coders,
and engineers. The handy reference format will help you quickly identify the estimated costs, materials, and equipment;
and because several projects don't even require a dedicated makerspace, every library can join in.

Juvenile Nonfiction

E 184 .K6 H323 2020
Almost American girl : an illustrated memoir / Robin Ha.
For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a
single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit
friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation ‐‐ following her mother's announcement
that she's getting married ‐‐ Robin is devastated. Overnight, her life changes. She is dropped into a new school where
she doesn't understand the language and struggles to keep up. She is completely cut off from her friends in Seoul and
has no access to her beloved comics. At home, she doesn't fit in with her new stepfamily, and worst of all, she is furious
with the one person she is closest to: her mother. Then one day Robin's mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing
class, which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined.

E 784 .S25 2019
1919, the year that changed America / Martin W. Sandler.
Some of the most important issues of our time were no less important 100 years ago. America in 1919, at the close of
World War I, was shaken from the events of large‐scale warfare, fearing a Communist takeover, and facing an incredible
amount of social and political change. From Prohibition to women's suffrage, the labor strikes to the violence of the Red
Summer and the Red Scare, this book explores each major movement of 1919. Showing how these events were
interrelated and examining their continued relevance to our country a century later, Martin Sandler offers a unique
historical perspective on the trajectory of the major movements of the 20th century. Showing readers how every current
event has unique and fascinating history preceding it, this book will help them better understand the world they live in
and the change many still seek today, offering educators a framework for discussing historical perspective and progress.

E 873 .H44 2020
Hard work, but it's worth it : the life of Jimmy Carter / written by Bethany Hegedus ; illustrated by Kyung Eun Han.
Even before Jimmy Carter became president, he knew the value of hard work. Living on his family's peanut farm, Jimmy
saw how hard work yielded strong results. At least it did for some people. But growing up in the segregated South,
Jimmy also saw firsthand how white people and black people were not treated equally. None of it was right. None of it
was fair. So Jimmy created a list of Good Mental Habits to help him navigate life's challenges. The list guided his
thoughts and actions and helped him fight for change, whether working with civil rights leaders to end racial
discrimination in his home state of Georgia, helping to negotiate peace in the Middle East, or building homes for the
poor through Habitat for Humanity. From the statehouse to the White House and beyond, Jimmy has worked to make
change for all people, devoting decades to public service and becoming one of the most respected humanitarians of our
time.

F 444 .C68 B69 2019
This promise of change : one girl's story in the fight for school equality / Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy.
In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann
Allen was one of twelve African‐American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in
Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the
townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton 12 themselves wondered if the
easier thing to do would be to go back to their old school. Jo Ann‐‐clear‐eyed, practical, tolerant, and popular among
both black and white students‐‐found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. But what about just being a
regular teen? This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a
trailblazer in history. Based on original research and interviews and featuring backmatter with archival materials and
notes from the authors on the co‐writing process.

G 175 .H73 2019
Explorers : amazing tales of the world's greatest adventurers / illustrated by Jessamy Hawke ; written by Nellie Huang.
Tells the story of humanity's explorations, taking the reader into the lives of some of the most intrepid people ever
known. Focusing on 50 of the world's greatest explorers, with shorter entries on 60 of their helpers and companions, the
book is filled with first‐person accounts in the explorers' own words, rare maps, specially commissioned photographs,
and artworks to re‐create history's greatest expeditions.

GB 662.3 .P688 2018
Hey, water! / Antoinette Portis.
Join a young girl as she explores her surroundings and sees that water is everywhere. But water doesn't always look the
same, it doesn't always feel the same, and it shows up in lots of different shapes. Water can be a lake, it can be steam, it
can be a tear, or it can even be a snowman. As the girl discovers water in nature, in weather, in her home, and even
inside her own body, water comes to life, and kids will find excitement and joy in water and its many forms.

GV 1785 .T69 L96 2020
Ready to fly : how Sylvia Townsend became the bookmobile ballerina / story told by Lea Lyon and A. LaFaye ; foreword
by Sylvia Townsend ; illustrated by Jessica Gibson.
Ready to Fly is the true story of Sylvia Townsend, an African American girl who falls in love with ballet after seeing Swan
Lake on TV. Although there aren't many ballet schools that will accept a girl like Sylvia in the 1950s, her local bookmobile
provides another possibility. A librarian helps Sylvia find a book about ballet and the determined seven‐year‐old, with
the help of her new books, starts teaching herself the basics of classical ballet. Soon Sylvia learns how to fly ‐‐ how to
dance ‐‐and how to dare to dream. Includes a note from the author and a brief history of the bookmobile.

GV 697 .G5 R45 2020
Althea Gibson : the story of tennis' fleet‐of‐foot girl / written by Megan Reid ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.
Althea Gibson was the quickest, tallest, most fearless athlete in 1940s Harlem. She couldn't sit still! When she put her
mind to it, the fleet‐of‐foot girl reigned supreme at every sport ‐‐ stickball with the boys, basketball with the girls, paddle
tennis with anyone who would hit with her. But being the quickest, tallest, most fearless player in Harlem wasn't enough
for Althea. She knew she could be a tennis champion. Because of segregation, black people weren't allowed to compete
against white people in sports. Althea didn't care. She just wanted to play tennis against the best athletes in the world.
And with skill and determination, she did just that, eventually becoming the first black person ‐‐ man or woman ‐‐ to win
a trophy at Wimbledon.

HV 5745 .G58 2019
Everything you need to know about smoking, vaping, and your health / Sherri Mabry Gordon.
Most people know that smoking is bad for their health. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
however, every day in the United States, more than 3,200 people ages eighteen and younger smoke their first cigarette.
Many people don't believe they will become addicted; others choose to vape because they think it's a less dangerous
alternative. This book delivers facts about the differences between smoking and vaping, effects on their short‐term and
long‐term health, and how addiction works. Readers will learn strategies for dealing with peer pressure, how to handle
addiction, and how to quit smoking altogether.

HV 5748 .H55 2019
The vaping controversy / Laurie Collier Hillstrom.
This work is devoted to the rapid rise of vaping across the nation, especially among young people. This trend has
prompted fierce debate in communities across the country, with some people heralding "e‐cigarettes" and other vaping
devices as valuable smoking cessation tools and others condemning them for being unhealthy in their own right ‐‐ and a
gateway to future cigarette consumption. The Vaping Controversy describes the key events and people that provided
the foundation for the rise of e‐cigarettes and vaping, from governmental and medical efforts to reduce traditional
cigarette smoking to the emergence and rapid spread of an entire industry devoted to selling vaping devices and
accessories. This volume also explores how vaping has influenced youth culture and high school life, its impact on "old
school" tobacco companies, and the increasingly visible partisan divide in attitudes about the public health impact of
vaping.

PG 7158 .G662 M35 2019
A light in the darkness : Janusz Korczak, his orphans, and the Holocaust / Albert Marrin.
A Polish Jew on the eve of World War II, Janusz Korczak turned down opportunities for escape in order to stand by the
children in his orphanage as they became confined to the Warsaw Ghetto. Dressing them in their Sabbath finest, he led
their march to the trains and ultimately perished with his children in Treblinka. Marrin examines not just Korczak's life

but his ideology of children: that children are valuable in and of themselves, as individuals. He contrasts this with Adolf
Hitler's life and his ideology of children: that children are nothing more than tools of the state.

PN 2287 .J256 A3 2019
Reach for the Skai : how to inspire, empower, and clapback / Skai Jackson.
Actress and activist Skai Jackson is a star! Her rise to fame started on the popular Disney Channel shows Bunk'd and
Jessie. Her cool sense of style led her to create her own fashion line. And her success has made her a major influencer,
with millions of followers on Instagram, who isn't afraid to stand up for what she believes in. But being a teen celebrity
isn't always glamorous. For the first time, Skai discusses the negative experiences that sometimes come with living in the
spotlight ‐‐ the insecurities about her appearance, the challenges of separating her real personality from her TV roles,
and the bullying she's faced both personally and professionally. She knows firsthand the struggles tweens and teens face
today, and she has found her calling as an antibullying activist, known as the queen of the classy clapback. Skai is a
positive force and a role model for inspiring change and embracing differences in others. Her story will encourage girls
and boys alike to believe in themselves and to have the courage to reach for the sky and follow their dreams.

PS 3564 .Y44 C37 2020
Cast away : poems for our time / Naomi Shihab Nye.
Young People's Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye shines a spotlight on the things we cast away, from plastic water
bottles to refugees.

QL 644.2 .J33275 2019
World's biggest reptiles / by Tom Jackson ; illustrated by Vladimir Jevtic.
Learn about snakes that swallow their meals whole and massive saltwater crocodiles. Take a journey in search of the
largest reptiles on Earth with full‐color illustrations designed to keep young readers engaged and entertained while they
learn accessible, fun facts.

QL 644.2 .J33278 2019
World's sneakiest reptiles / by Tom Jackson ; illustrated by Vladimir Jevtic.
Discover the clever ways different creatures find dinneror avoid becoming dinner! You wouldn't want to play hide‐and‐
seek with these reptiles. Learn all about them with illustrated spreads and high impact photos designed to give you fast,
digestible facts.

QL 644.2 .J33285 2019
World's weirdest reptiles / by Tom Jackson ; illustrated by Paul Collicutt.
Find out where the world's weirdest reptiles live and hunt, along with some of their most bizarre behaviors. Illustrated
spreads designed to engage young readers and keep them captivated as they learn accessible, fun facts.

QL 645.7 .J33 2019
World's deadliest reptiles / by Tom Jackson ; illustrated by Vladimir Jevtic.
Travel to Africa to meet the longest snake on the continent, the black mamba, which is also one of the fastest in the
world. A deadly and dangerous cast of characters with comic‐style illustrated spreads will keep young readers turning
the page.

TL 147 .H36 2008
Car science : an under-the-hood, behind-the-dash look at how cars work / Richard Hammond.
From Top Gear's Richard Hammond, Car Science is an intuitive and exciting children's science book on all things cars. In
four sections, Car Science includes a timeline of automotive invention; a "how it works" guide to modern cars, with
exploded diagrams, cutaways, and computer graphics; key physics concepts, all relating to cars and how they run; and a
look into the future of cars, including eco‐friendly concept cars. This car book for kids is the perfect resource for curious
minds.

TL 789.85 .G6 K78 2020
Fly high, John Glenn : the story of an American hero / by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Maurizio A. C. Quarello.
John Glenn wasn't just the first American to orbit Earth. He was a family man, a soldier, a United States senator, and a
national hero. He laid the groundwork for future star voyagers ‐‐ and dreamers ‐‐ everywhere. From the time he was a
child, John Glenn loved flying. Later he did so by flying airplanes for the U.S. military, and then when space travel
became a possibility, he trained for years to become an astronaut. John had to push his mind and body to the brink. But
he loved his country more than anything and wanted to serve ‐‐ including flying into the great unknown.

UB 271 .U5 F38 2019
Spies : the secret showdown between America and Russia / Marc Favreau.
The Cold War spanned five decades as America and the USSR engaged in a battle of ideologies with global ramifications.
Over the course of the war, with the threat of mutually assured nuclear destruction looming, billions of dollars and tens
of thousands of lives were devoted to the art and practice of spying, ensuring that the world would never be the same.
Rife with intrigue and filled with historical figures whose actions shine light on both the past and present, this work of
narrative nonfiction explores the turbulence of the Cold War through the lens of the men and women who waged it
behind closed doors, and helps explain the role secret and clandestine operations have played in America's history and
its national security.

Fiction

PQ 8098.1 .L54 L3613 2020M
A long petal of the sea / Isabel Allende ; translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson.
In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the
government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French
border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life irreversibly intertwined with that of Victor
Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage
neither of them wants, and together are sponsored by poet Pablo Neruda to embark on the SS Winnipeg along with
2,200 other refugees in search of a new life. As unlikely partners, they embrace exile and emigrate to Chile as the rest of
Europe erupts in World War. Starting over on a new continent, their trials are just beginning. Over the course of their
lives, they will face test after test. But they will also find joy as they wait patiently for a day when they are exiles no
more, and will find friends in the most unlikely of places. Through it all, it is that hope of being reunited with their home
that keeps them going. And in the end, they will find that home might have been closer than they thought all along.

PS 3557 .A7132 W48 2020M
When you see me : a novel / Lisa Gardner. Detective D.D. Warren, book 11.
FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy and Sergeant Detective D.D. Warren have built a task force to follow the digital bread
crumbs left behind by deceased serial kidnapper Jacob Ness. When a disturbing piece of evidence is discovered in the
hills of Georgia, they bring Flora Dane and true‐crime savant Keith Edgar to a small town where something seems to be
deeply wrong. What at first looks like a Gothic eeriness soon hardens into something much more sinister... and they
discover that for all the evil Jacob committed while alive, his worst secret is still to be revealed. Quincy and D.D. must
summon their considerable skills and experience to crack the most disturbing case of their careers ‐‐ and Flora must face
her own past directly in the hope of saving others.

PS 3557 .I2264 A64 2020M
Agency / William Gibson. The Peripheral, book 2.
Verity Jane, gifted app‐whisperer, has been out of work since her exit from a brief but problematic relationship with a
Silicon Valley billionaire. Then she signs the wordy NDA of a dodgy San Francisco start‐up, becoming the beta tester for
their latest product: a digital assistant, accessed through a pair of ordinary‐looking glasses. "Eunice," the disarmingly
human AI in the glasses, soon manifests a face, a fragmentary past, and an unnervingly canny grasp of combat strategy.
Verity, realizing that her cryptic new employers don't yet know this, instinctively decides that it's best they don't.
Meanwhile, a century ahead, in London, in a different timeline entirely, Wilf Netherton works amid plutocrats and
plunderers, survivors of the slow and steady apocalypse known as the jackpot. His employer, the enigmatic Ainsley
Lowbeer, can look into alternate pasts and nudge their ultimate directions. Verity and Eunice have become her current

project. Wilf can see what Verity and Eunice can't: their own version of the jackpot, just around the corner. And
something else too: the roles they both may play in it.

PS 3603 .U663 A64 2020M
American dirt / Jeanine Cummins.
Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life,
and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the
drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of
her all‐time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register
with four books he would like to buy ‐‐ two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to
Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia's husband's tell‐all
profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same. Forced to flee, Lydia and eight‐year‐old Luca soon
find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle‐class existence. Instantly transformed into
migrants, Lydia and Luca ride la bestia ‐‐ trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only
place Javier's reach doesn't extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that
everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?

PS 3607 .A56 N66 2018
No one ever asked / Katie Ganshert.
When an impoverished school district loses its accreditation and the affluent community of Crystal Ridge has no choice
but to open their school doors, the lives of three very different women converge: Camille Gray ‐‐ wife of an executive,
mother of three, long‐standing PTA chairwoman and champion fundraiser ‐‐ is faced with a shocking discovery that
threatens to tear her picture‐perfect world apart at the seams. Jen Covington's long, painful journey to motherhood
finally resulted in adoption, but she is struggling with a happily‐ever‐after so much harder than she anticipated. Twenty‐
two‐year‐old Anaya Jones ‐‐ the first woman in her family to graduate college and a brand new teacher at Crystal Ridge's
top elementary school ‐‐ is unprepared for the powder‐keg situation she's stepped into. Tensions rise within and
without, culminating in an unforeseen event that impacts them all. (2019 Christy Award winner.)