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Where are you, Brontë?
by Tomie DePaola
Tomie dePaola tells the emotional and deeply personal story about overcoming his grief after the loss of his beloved dog, Brontë.
Picture Book
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Fierce Aunties!
by Laurel Goodluck
Celebrates aunts, related by birth or not, who surround children with unyielding love and support.
Picture Book
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Please Pay Attention
by Jamie Sumner
After surviving a school shooting that left her feeling helpless in her wheelchair, Bea finds healing and empowerment through horseback riding therapy and begins to advocate for change.
Children's Fiction
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Are We There Yet?: The First Road Trip Across the USA
by Stacy McAnulty
In 1903, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson wagered fifty dollars that he could accomplish the seemingly impossible: driving one of the new "horseless carriages" – a car – from California to New York in under three months. Despite his lack of driving experience, the absence of established highways, and the previous failures of others, Dr. Jackson was undeterred. He hired a bicycle racer as his mechanic, and together with their bulldog mascot, Bud, they embarked on the journey in Dr. Jackson's car, the Vermont. They faced challenges such as hauling the car across waterways, navigating treacherous mud and rocks, and enduring delays for essential parts. Adding to the challenge, two more teams soon began their own attempts from California, turning the endeavor into an unexpected race. The question became: could this unlikely trio – a doctor, a bike racer, and a bulldog – be the first to reach the East Coast?
Children's Nonfiction
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Dogs vs. Humans: A Showdown of the Senses
by Stephanie Gibeault
A junior nonfiction book helps readers better understand dog behavior and creates a fierce but fun competition comparing the ways dogs and humans perceive the world through each of the five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing.
Children's Nonfiction
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The Story Spinners: Princess Sparklepuff and Her Crew of Lady Pirates
by Cassandra Federman
In this heartwarming graphic novel, two sisters with contrasting personalities are challenged to unite. Their mission: to find and tell the ultimate bedtime story that will soothe their new baby sister. Through this shared goal, they aim to demonstrate to their parents, and more importantly, to each other, that they are capable of getting along.
Children's Graphic Novel
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Scariest Book Ever
by R. L. Stine
From the delightfully twisted mind of R.L. Stine comes a fresh new vision for the fan-favorite brand. This new series will feature an ALL NEW line-up of incredible villains, with iconic monsters as you've never seen them before, whose antics are destined to make them every bit as beloved as Slappy. This exciting new Goosebumps series will have the same humor and terrifying tone that millions of readers love, but will be bigger, bolder, funnier, and scarier!
Children's Audiobook on CD
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America, Let Me In
From comedian and a writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Felipe Torres Medina tells his immigration story in this funny and informative memoir. Born in Colombia, Medina moved to the US at the age of 21 and has spent over ten years of his life both navigating the chaos and confusion of the immigration system and explaining that craziness to the clueless Americans around him. There are few subjects that Americans have stronger opinions on. And there are few subjects that they know less about.
Adult Audiobook on CD
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The Notorious Virtues
by Alwyn Hamilton
Once upon a time, a kind woodcutter living on the outskirts of the tiny village of Walstad spared the life of a magical Huldrekall by choosing not to chop down her tree. As a reward for his kindness and honor, the Huldrekall gave him a magical axe, that would allow him to create a space of safety from the dangerous creatures of the wood. Hundreds of years later, the magic of Holtzfall family, the descendants of the woodcutter, continues to protect the city of Walstad, and the family has grown rich and powerful from their access to magic. The heir to the family is chosen by a trial of virtues, created by the Huldrekall. After the death of Nora’s mother, the previous heir, the time for a new trial has arrived. Despite her party girl reputation, quick-thinking Nora is certain she will best her envious cousins in the trials, but her confidence is shaken by two pieces of news. The first is that she has another cousin, Lotte, who has been living a harsh life in a convent in the country, with no knowledge of her family, until she is brought to the Holtzfall estate for the trials. The second is that Nora’s mother’s death was not a mugging; it was murder. Switching between viewpoints, the story follows Nora’s search for her mother’s killer and Lotte’s desperate attempts to earn her place in her newly found family. Set in a 1930s Hollywood-esque world of glamor and excess, the fantasy framework of the story will draw in readers of Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen series, while Nora’s quest for answers, combined with the trials, will appeal to fans of The Inheritance Games.
Teen Fiction
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Hyo the Hellmaker
by Mina Ikemoto Ghosh
Hyo and her brother Mansaku have inherited the family curse – hellmaking, or spreading misfortune -- which has become the Hakai family business: “Purveyors of Artisan Hells & Unlucky Days to Inflict Upon Your Enemies.” Forced into a commission by a demon who has cursed their village, the siblings travel to the island of Onogoro, where the gods dwell among humans, to investigate the rumors that someone on the island is growing hitodenashi pears, a cursed fruit that grants power and immortality – and turns people into demons – and which can only be cultivated in the suffering and death of humans. The island thrives on its reputation as the only place where shinshu, the cure for hitodenashi, can be manufactured, so a plot to grow the source of the curse would have to have deep and dangerous roots, and likely involve one or more of the gods of the islands. Upon arrival at Onogoro, Hyo and Mansaku find themselves swept into multiple mysteries, including the disappearance of a friend; the fate of his artist brother, whose extraordinary run of bad luck seems to be infectious; the unknown past of a mysterious not-quite-god; and, of course, the source of hitodenashi on the island. Hyo the Hellmaker features rich and imaginative worldbuilding rooted in Japanese history and mythology and will appeal to fans of mysteries and anime alike.
Also available as an eBook.
Teen Fiction
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The Museum Detective
by Maha Khan Phillips
When archeologist and curator Dr. Gul Delani receives a phone call in the middle of the night from the police, she thinks they have finally found her niece, Mahnaz, who went missing 3 years ago. But there is no news of Mahnaz. Instead, Gul is summoned to a narcotics investigation in a remote desert region in western Pakistan. In her wildest dreams, Gul couldn’t have imagined what she’d find there: amid a drug bust gone wrong, there is a mummy — life-size, seemingly authentic, its sarcophagus decorated with symbols from Persepolis, the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. The discovery confounds everyone. It is both too good to be true, and for Gul, too precious to leave in careless or corrupt hands. Aided by her team of unlikely misfits, Gul will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of it, even as her quest for the truth puts her in the throes of a dangerous conspiracy and threatens to collide with her ongoing search for Mahnaz. Kirkus Reviews describes The Museum Detective as “a deep dive into a fascinating city complete with multiple menacing mysteries,” and Library Journal Reviews recommends this “chilling, heart-pounding” series starter to readers of Elly Griffiths and Nilima Rao.
Adult Fiction
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The Ephemera Collector
by Stacy Nathaniel Jackson
In 2035, Xandria Anastasia Brown is the curator of African American Ephemera at the Huntington Library. She is already struggling with personal and environmental challenges in order to continue her work – she’s experiencing brain fog from long COVID and is navigating the increased heat and unhealthy air quality brought on by climate change – when the library goes into lockdown due to the kidnapping of the new CEO. She must fend off the barriers erected by her concerned AI assistants and a co-worker who wants to implicate her in the kidnapping in order or protect her life’s work: cataloging an impossible collection of ephemera from the undersea city of Diwata – impossible, because Diwata won’t be founded for over a century. The story of The Ephemera Collector unfolds through prose, poetry, memos, and advertisements, linked together with the narrative of Xandria’s past, present, and future. Publisher’s Weekly calls author Stacy Nathaniel Jackson “an exciting new voice in Afrofuturism,” and Library Journal Reviews says, “the scope of Jackson's debut is breathtaking, from gripping suspense to serene contemplation to the scientific presentation of articles of history and imagination.”
Also available in eBook.
Adult Fiction
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The Art of Winning: Lessons from My Life in Football
by Bill Belichick
No one embodies winning more than Bill Belichick, the greatest football coach of all time. Over the past fifty years, Belichick has been a man of notoriously few words, believing that a coach should keep a low profile. After he left the Patriots in 2024, he briefly became a coach without a team. He spent that year writing down the principles he learned from his father, Navy football, and from his forty-nine-year coaching career. Belichick’s philosophy goes far beyond football. He presents a whole-year, whole-life, whole-mindset approach to greatness that encompasses preparation, motivation, confidence, and leadership. The principles in this book are adaptable to wherever you work. No matter where you are on the ladder, they will help you think like a leader in anticipation of being one.
Adult Nonfiction
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Mark Twain
by Ron Chernow
In this richly nuanced portrait of Mark Twain, acclaimed biographer Ron Chernow brings his considerable powers to bear on a man who shamelessly sought fame and fortune, and crafted his persona with meticulous care. After establishing himself as a journalist, satirist, and lecturer, he eventually settled in Hartford with his wife and three daughters, where he went on to write The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He threw himself into the hurly-burly of American culture, and emerged as the nation’s most notable political pundit. Today, more than one hundred years after his death, Twain’s writing continues to be read, debated, and quoted. In this brilliant work of scholarship, a moving tribute to the writer’s talent and humanity, Chernow reveals the magnificent and often maddening life of one of the most original characters in American history.
Adult Nonfiction
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Tectiv 1: Noirtopia
by Richard Ashley Hamilton
When her best friend vanishes, Bingo Finder — the only literate person in a post-apocalyptic L.A. — turns to her beloved, ancient books for inspiration, becoming the first detective in centuries. But to solve this mystery, Bingo must fight for her own life and uncover a conspiracy within this fragile civilization.
Teen Graphic Novel
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Frank Miller's Ronin Rising
by Frank Miller
A cursed Ronin. Psychological manipulation by a sentient AI. A security commander turned savior. And a postapocalyptic biotech war in the demon-teeming pits of a twenty-first century New York inadvertently started by the once benevolent Aquarius Corporation.
Adult Graphic Novel
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Mamamigas
by Paula González & José Carlos Andrés
This is the story of a mother and a grandmother. This is the story of Mamamigas, but also of her stews, of her dog Leon, of her children and of her granddaughters.
Esta es la historia de una madre y de una abuela. Esta es la historia de Mamamigas, pero también de sus guisos, de su perro León, de sus hijos y de sus nietas.
Spanish Picture Book
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¡A mí me lo vas a contar!
by Daniel de la Peña
A fun, sexy, and exciting enemies-to-lovers novel. Will Noe and Mike be able to understand each other? Will they dare to unleash their passion?
Una divertida, sexi y emocionante novela de enemigos a amantes. ¿Serán capaces de entenderse Noe y Mike? ¿Se atreverán a dar rienda suelta a su pasión?
Spanish Adult Fiction
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Yo quiero dinero!
by Jannese Torres
Build financial literacy, improve your money management skills, and make your money work for you!
¡Desarrolla tu alfabetización financiera, mejora tus habilidades de administración del dinero y haz que tu dinero trabaje para ti!
Spanish Adult Nonfiction
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