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• Staff Picks Newsletter for Adults •
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Children of Chicagoby Cynthia PelayoWhen Detective Lauren Medina sees the calling card at a murder scene in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, she knows the Pied Piper has returned. When another teenager is brutally murdered at the same lagoon where her sister's body was found floating years before, she is certain that the Pied Piper is not just back, he's looking for payment he's owed from her. Lauren's torn between protecting the city she has sworn to keep safe, and keeping a promise she made long ago with her sister's murderer. She may have to ruin her life by exposing her secrets and lies to stop the Pied Piper before he collects.
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Life's too Shortby Abby JimenezVanessa lives life one day at a time, every day to its fullest. She can't afford to think about whether she has the same fatal genetic condition as her older sister. After all, she has way too much to do, traveling the globe and showing millions of YouTube followers the joy in seizing every moment. After her younger step-sister drops off an infant and skips town, Vanessa is housebound — on mommy duty for the foreseeable future and feeling totally out of her depth. The last person she expects to help is her wickedly hot next-door neighbor, Adrian Copeland. But as they get closer, she must decide whether she is willing to take a leap of faith and change her ways.
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First, Become Ashesby K.M. SzparaFor thirty years, the Fellowship of the Anointed isolated its members, conditioning them to believe that pain is power. That magic is suffering. That the world beyond the fence has fallen prey to monsters. But when their leader is arrested, her followers must decide how to survive. For Kane, survival means rejecting the magic he and his lover suffered for. For Deryn, the cult's collapse is an opportunity to prove they are worth as much as their Anointed brother. For Calvin, lark is the alluring embodiment of the magic he's been seeking his entire life. But for Lark, the Fellowship isn't over. Before he can begin to discover himself and heal a lifetime of traumas, he has a monster to slay.
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The Phone Booth at the Edge of the Worldby Laura Imai Messina When Yui loses both her mother and her daughter in the tsunami, she begins to mark the passage of time from that date onward: Everything is relative to March 11, 2011, the day the tsunami tore Japan apart, and when grief took hold of her life. Then, one day she hears about a man who has an old disused telephone booth in his garden. There, those who have lost loved ones can come to face their grief. Soon Yui makes her own pilgrimage to the phone booth, but will she find the strength to find peace? Messina's novel is a simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming meditation on loss and grief.
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Libertieby Kaitlyn GreenidgeComing of age as a free-born Black girl in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson feels stifled by her mother's expectations for her and is constantly reminded that, unlike her mother, Libertie has skin that is too dark. When a young man from Haiti proposes to Libertie and promises she will be his equal on the island, she accepts, only to discover that she is still subordinate to him and all men. As she tries to parse what freedom actually means for a Black woman, Libertie struggles with where she might find it — for herself and for generations to come.
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Broken (in the best possible way)by Jenny LawsonIn Broken (in the best possible way), author Jenny Lawson explores her experimental treatment of transcranial magnetic stimulation with brutal honesty and her trademark humor. Along the way she covers many topics that will be of interest to fans and non-fans alike. For example, Jenny discusses the frustration of dealing with her insurance company, which should be an anthem for anyone who has ever had to call to get a claim covered. Readers also see how her vacuum cleaner almost set her house on fire, how she was attacked by three bears, business ideas she wants to pitch to Shark Tank, and why she can never go back to the post office.
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The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earthby Michael SpitzerToday music fills our lives. How we have created, performed and listened to this music throughout history has defined what our species is and how we understand who we are. Yet music is an overlooked part of our origin story. The Musical Human takes us on an exhilarating journey across the ages to explore the vibrant relationship between music and the human species. With insights from a wealth of disciplines, we begin to understand how music is central to the distinctly human experiences of cognition, feeling and even biology, both widening and closing the evolutionary gaps between ourselves and animals in surprising ways.
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Bee People and the Bugs They Loveby Frank MortimerWho wants to keep bees? And why? For the answers, Master Beekeeper Frank Mortimer invites readers on an eye-opening journey into the secret world of bees, and the singular world of his fellow bee-keepers. With a swarm of offbeat characters and fascinating facts (did that bee just waggle or festoon?), Frank the Bee Man delivers an informative, funny, and galvanizing book about the symbiotic relationship between flower and bee, and bee and the beekeepers who are determined to protect the existence of one of the most beguiling and invaluable creatures on earth.
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Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. In World Travel, a life of experience is collected into an entertaining, practical, fun and frank travel guide that gives readers an introduction to some of the late Bourdain's favorite places — in his own words. Supplementing Bourdain's words are a handful of essays by friends, colleagues, and family that tell even deeper stories about a place. For veteran travelers, armchair enthusiasts, and those in between, World Travel offers a chance to experience the world like Anthony Bourdain.
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Why We Cook: Women on Food, Identity, and Connectionby Cicely TysonInspiring, empowering, beautiful, and moving, Why We Cook explores the place where food meets feminism. In it, artist Lindsay Gardner brings together stories, essays, kitchen profiles, interviews, and more, featuring 112 women restaurateurs, food producers, activists, writers, professional chefs, and home cooks. With rich visual storytelling — the book is filled with beautiful watercolor illustrations — Gardner not only captures a sense of what is unique about each woman, but adds layers of nuance and insight to their words and their work.
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