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September 2026 LIBRARY NEWSLETTER |
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Quick Pickling Workshop with Blackstone Valley Veggie
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 - 6:30 PM
Town Hall Community Room
Blackstone Valley Veggie Gardens will teach you how to make summer squash, zucchini or cucumber pickles. All participants will go home with a pint jar of delicious pickles that they will make themselves. Registration is required. This program is for adults only. Sponsored by the Friends of the Plainville Public Library, Inc.
This program will be held at the Town Hall Community Room. Please enter through the glass doors that face the driveway across from the library.
Register online between 7/9/2026 9:00 AM and 9/9/2026 9:00 AM.
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Estate Planning Workshop
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 - 6:30 PM
Lauren Caisse will present on essential estate planning documents, how to plan for incapacity, ways to minimize estate taxes, an overview of probate and how thoughtful planning can provide lasting peace of mind. The presentation is approximately one hour and is designed to be informative, approachable, and easy to understand.
With more than 20 years of experience, Lauren continues to see how often families lack critical documents such as Durable Powers of Attorney, Health Care Powers of Attorney, and Wills—especially young families who may not realize the importance of naming guardians for minor children.
Lauren Caisse, a Personal Family Lawyer® located right here in Plainville.
Register online between 6/30/2026 12:00 AM and 9/9/2026 6:30 PM.
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Donate to our Craft Supply Swap
ALL September long
Have left over craft stuff? Buttons, fabric, thread, beads, yarn, floral, elastic, kid's craft materials, paper, and more are accepted. We cannot accept open paints, glues or stains. If you donate you will get a swap ticket which allows you early entry at 9:00am on Saturday, October 3. The Swap will be open to the public on Saturday, October 3 from 10:00 - 1:00pm.
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Storytime (age 2-5) Mondays at 10:00am starts up September 14 Rhyme Time (age 0-3) Tuesdays at 10:00am starts up September 1 |
Lego Club (ages 5+) Friday 9/11: 3:00 - 4:45pm and Saturday 9/12 9:00am - 12:45pm |
Drop in STEM Play Thursday 9/24 4:00 - 6:00PM Check out the new STEM toys donated by ThermoFisher |
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Senior Book Club
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 - 1:15 PM
Senior Center
9 School St. , Plainville, MA, 02762
Melissa Campbell leads a book discussion at the Plainville Senior Center once a month. All are welcome to attend. Books in large print and regular format are available at the Library to checkout.
This month's title: James by Percival Everett
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Molly's Book Club
Thursday, September 10, 2026 - 6:00 PM
Molly will be leading a book club for adults on the second Thursday of each month. She has volunteered her time to lead a lively discussion, while you can meet new people who love reading as well. Feel free to bring a beverage and relax in our comfy chairs while you talk about the book. If you would like a reminder about this program, please register below
Discussing - TBA
Register online between 7/17/2026 12:00 AM and 9/12/2026 11:45 PM.
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Banned Book Club
Thursday, September 17, 2026 - 6:30 PM
Are you interested in attending a book club where we read books that have been banned? Molly, our volunteer book club leader, has added this unique book club to our schedule. Are you Interested? Register here to let us know. The Banned Book Club would meet on the third Thursday of the month at 6:30pm at the Plainville Library.
Discussing: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Chapter 15–end
Register online
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The Birthing Tree
by Amanda Peters
NATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHORCarnegie-Winning Author - Winner of the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize - A New Yorker Best Book of the Year From the bestselling author of The Berry Pickers, an unforgettable novel about a woman who must confront her family's buried truths and memories of passionate young love when her grandmother's death leaves her as the only guide to her community's future Born under the shadow of a birthing tree sacred to generations of Mi'kmaq women, Aliet Paul grows up outside a small Nova Scotia town with her fierce, loving grandmother Kiju. Her mother died bringing Aliet into the world under that very tree; her father remains a mystery no one will name. Aliet's childhood is shaped by seasonal apple pickers, the medicinal wisdom of the old ways, and the quiet, steadfast presence of John, a boy who becomes her anchor. But the world beyond their community is changing. Traditional midwifery is condemned, prejudice deepens, and when the wrong person witnesses a birth, the consequences are disastrous. As Aliet comes of age, she navigates love, loss, and a personal tragedy that veers her from the path her grandmother wanted for her. She becomes a nurse trained in modern medicine, yet she carries Kiju's teachings close, tucked beside memories of the tree that once welcomed new life. Years later, when the call comes that Kiju has died, Aliet returns home to a crumbling house, a community scattered, and a past she thought she'd outrun. As Aliet restores the house room by room, something inside her stirs awake: the threads of her lineage, the old ways of her grandmother, and the mystery of her own bloodline. As Aliet digs to uncover who her family really is, each revelation pulls her deeper into a web of long-guarded silences, dangerous loyalties, and generational wounds that refuse to stay buried: Someone knew the truth about her mother's final moments. Someone knew what happened in the orchard all those years ago. And someone wants the past to remain undisturbed. Spanning decades of loss and reclamation, this sweeping yet intimate novel follows one woman's journey to protect the land, the traditions, and the memory of the women who came before her--and to decide which parts of her inheritance she will carry into the future.
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Auto Repair for Dummies
by Desiree White
Maintain, diagnose, and fix your own car--this practical guide makes it easy With Auto Repair For Dummies, working on your own car is more accessible than you think. This book teaches you the basics of how cars work and how they break. It also gives you the confidence you need to fix many common issues yourself--along with the wisdom to know when it's time to take it in. With a focus on tech-savvy, time-saving solutions, this updated edition covers simple fixes like jump-starting your battery and changing a tire, along with more advanced topics like working on brakes, steering and suspension. Think you can't work on your electric or hybrid vehicle? Think again. With this guide, you can take control of your car, no matter what it runs on. Get a crash course in how cars work and what it takes to maintain and repair them Learn everything you need to diagnose common issues in your car's major systems Buy the tools you'll need, locate resources specific to your car and--when all else fails--find a good mechanic Great for first-time drivers, DIY enthusiasts, and anyone who wants to save money on car maintenance, this is the go-to Dummies guide for getting under the hood with confidence.
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Exit Party
by Emily St John Mandel
The award-winning, bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility returns with a breathtaking novel of doubles, shadow worlds, and fractured timelines as a man disappears from a glittering Los Angeles party, and a woman--a gunrunner, an art collector, an operative of the State--searches for answers. Los Angeles, 2031: The first spring after the collapse of the United States, peacekeeping troops withdraw from the city, the Jacaranda trees blossom, and the curfew is finally lifted. Ari Waker and her roommate pass the gauntlet of bomb-sniffing dogs, the shanty towns, and the Red Cross tents as they walk across Silverlake to a party. The mood is ecstatic inside the apartment, people drink and dance, a woman wears a silver dress, pleated like tinfoil. And then: A shift. A bewildered twin, an uncanny doppelganger stumbles through the crowd and out into the night, and Kareem, the party's host, vanishes into thin air. As Ari Waker unravels the mystery of this inexplicable night, Emily St. John Mandel unfurls a story that takes us from a future America splintered by civil war to the seaside cliffs of Greece where weapons dealers hide in an elegant resort, and from the domed city of Paris to a colony on the moon. An unforgettable literary feat, Exit Party is a novel about the price of safety, the perils of the surveillance state, a requiem for a world not unlike our own, and a breathtaking story of resilience in the face of cataclysmic change.
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Our Noble Selves
by Kate Atkinson
A thrilling tale of post-World War II London, where the peace proves as tricky to navigate as the past, from the #1 international bestselling author of Life After Life. When crime correspondent turned war reporter Harry Flynn returns to Britain from Singapore in 1945, he takes a quiet job with the Festival of Britain, a government-funded endeavor aimed at celebrating the nation's creativity, grit, and ingenuity. There, he joins a team of misfits and eccentrics as they help to ready the Festival for launch. When a Frenchwoman goes missing, Flynn becomes the central suspect in her disappearance--and possible murder. He was the last person to see her alive, yet he has no memory of the evening they spent together. As evidence against him mounts, Flynn begins to wonder if he might actually be to blame. To make matters worse, he is surrounded by people who have their own secret agenda. There may be a carnival atmosphere in London as the country attempts to throw off the drab privations of war, yet beneath the frivolity there is also a worthy attempt to hold up a mirror to both its history and its future. With her unique voice and her skill at conjuring the past, Kate Atkinson turns her light on a nation reconstructing its image and the lengths to which some might go to manipulate the outcome. Witty, brilliantly plotted, and with an unforgettable cast of characters, Our Noble Selves paints a vivid portrait of a former empire struggling with its identity in the aftermath of war.
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Thank You for Remembering
by Emily Harding
Emily Harding's writing is fresh, romantic, full of wit You can't go wrong with one of her books --Ali Hazelwood, #1 New York Times bestselling author For fans of Hello Stranger and Pictures of You, a modern amnesia romance about fresh starts, unexpected love, and what happens when forgetting your past sends you stumbling straight into your future. Growing up, Marnie Stephens believed that destiny was real and the universe had a plan. But at thirty, real life has become more difficult than divine. Especially when Marnie wakes up at a hospital in Boston with no memory of how she got there...or the last year of her life. Her doctor tells her she suffered a head injury, her boyfriend, Matt, insists they broke up months ago, and her hair is somehow eight inches shorter. Before she knows it, she finds herself in an apartment she doesn't remember with a new neighbor, Ben Morgan, she's sure she won't forget. As Marnie sets out to retrace the last year of her life, the last thing she needs is to start falling for Ben, the grumpy--and incredibly attractive--neighbor helping her. But the universe has other plans, and it's not long before Marnie begins to wonder if fighting for the past is as important as the one person who could be her future.
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We Chase Shadows: A We Solve Murders Mystery
by Richard Osman
#1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Osman's globe-trotting series We Solve Murders returns with the thrilling new mystery, We Chase Shadows. Back together. Back on the case. And back to solving murders . . . At sunrise, high in the Italian hills, a body is found on the steps of a beautiful private villa. On the body is a threatening note, signed by a mystery man. Back at We Solve Murders HQ, Amy, Rosie, and Steve leap at the chance to take on their first proper case. So what if their new client seems to have his own reasons for avoiding the police? All they need to do is uncover who left the note, and then find them. Simple. But once they start digging, the suspects keep piling up: there's Sweden's most-wanted criminal, a canny ex-wife and a fierce business rival - yet the murderer keeps evading them. And as the trio chase a villain through the shadows, danger travels closer to home . . . Between Italy and Palm Springs, via Barcelona and Steve's village pub, can the team catch an elusive killer who knows EXACTLY where to hide?
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When America Roared: How the 1980s Saved, Then Broke, the Country--And Led Us to Today
by Jonathan Kaufman
The panoramic story of the 1980s, exploring the triumphs and failures of the decade that shaped the 21st century more than any other, from a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter who witnessed the transformations firsthand In January 1980, America seemed broken. Inflation raged. Interest rates topped 20 percent. Americans were held hostage in Iran. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan with impunity. Japan was eating American manufacturing alive. Three networks controlled what Americans watched. China had been closed for 30 years. Ten years later, everything had changed. The economy was booming. The Soviet Empire was collapsing. American businesses were competitive again. In this immersive, character-driven narrative, Jonathan Kaufman lays bare the contending ideologies--and people--who battled for control of business, media and politics in the 1980s, shaping the way we live today. As Ronald Reagan and conservatives pummeled the Democratic party, as Jack Welch redefined leadership at Fortune 500 companies, and as deregulation spearheaded by Mark Fowler allowed television to become the hundreds of specialized and partisan channels we watch now, the groundwork was laid for our current economic and political conflicts. The decade also launched transformative social and political movements. Karen Nussbaum and Jane Fonda galvanized a struggling women's movement, Evan Wolfson spearheaded the gay community's legal fight against a hostile government, and Barack Obama cut his teeth as a community organizer in Chicago--all building long-lasting movements whose success progressives can learn from today. From pivotal moments in board rooms and court rooms, to cultural touchstones like the birth of hip hop and of conservative talk radio, as well as the author's eyewitness experiences in Tiananmen Square and Prague, When America Roared is the riveting story of how the 1980s built the world we live in, for better and for worse. It is the decade that made us--and the key to understanding where we go from here.
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Paying for College, 2027: Everything You Need to Maximize Financial Aid and Afford College
by The Princeton Review
A SMARTER WAY TO PAY FOR COLLEGE. Take control of your financial aid experience with this essential guide--the only annual guidebook with line-by-line instructions for completing the FAFSA aid forms Includes guidance for how to handle delays to the redesigned FAFSA. A first-rate guide through the financial aid maze. --Lynn Brenner, Newsday Can save thousands in college bills. --John Wasik, Forbes Financing a college education is a daunting task no matter your circumstances--and the recent rollout of the redesigned FAFSA hasn't made things any easier. College finance guru Kalman Chany and the experts at The Princeton Review come prepared with line-by-line instructions for filling out the latest iteration of the FAFSA, and consumer-friendly advice to minimize college costs. Take control with Paying for College, which will help you: - Maximize your financial aid eligibility- Explore long- and short-term strategies to reduce college costs and avoid expensive mistakes- Complete every question on the FAFSA and CSS Profile aid applications to your best advantage- Compare aid offers and learn how to appeal them if necessary
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Rock*: A Mainstream Alternative History of Alternative Mainstream Music
by Chuck Klosterman
Kaleidoscopic culture critic Chuck Klosterman rewrites the history of reality in an ingenious (Kirkus Reviews) work of speculative fiction based on a question that has never been considered or (in all likelihood) even asked: What if The Beatles had only developed a cult following while the Velvet Underground emerged as the most popular band in the world? This twisted, ironic tribute will delight, surprise, and provoke rock fans. (Publishers Weekly starred review) The Velvet Underground & Nico was released in the spring of 1967. For decades, the cliche has been that it initially only sold 10,000 copies, though everyone who bought it supposedly started a band. It is the definition of a record whose influence outstrips its mass popularity. But what if the opposite had transpired? What if instead of selling 10,000 copies, it had sold...10 million copies? What if it had sold 100 million copies? What would have happened if the Velvet Underground had inexplicably become the biggest group in the history of popular music, and everything about the rest of the 20th century was merely a footnote to that phenomenon? Whatever answer you imagine is an infinitesimal splinter, at least when compared to Rock*. Chuck Klosterman has generated a fictitious universe where almost everything is different, except for the songs. The songs remain the same--the difference is how they are heard and what they now mean. Lou Reed is a messiah, reversing the monoculture and dictating the outcome of presidential elections. The Beatles disappear, though they never break up. The Rolling Stones collapse while Led Zeppelin goes bankrupt. Punk rock fills stadiums, undermined only by insouciant radicals like Boston and Van Halen. Disco is destroyed. Hip-hop becomes country. The 1980s are defined by disposable pop icons (like G.G. Allin) and Christian revivalists (like Madonna). Lenny Kravitz lets love rule, Oasis collides with a wonderwall, and the terrorist attacks of 9/11 are somehow blamed on the Strokes. Presented like The Rolling Stone History of Rock & Roll if written by Philip K. Dick, Jorge Luis Borges, and Patrick Bateman, Rock* intermixes satiric contrarianism and Spinal Tap-ish absurdity with darker theories about what makes art popular, how success delineates perception, and the inescapable consensus of subjective history. It is not, nor does it claim to be, the greatest book ever written about rock and roll. But it's probably the last one that ever needs to be written.
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Your Glp-1 Game Plan: What Your Doctor Didn't Tell You about How to Eat, Move, and Thrive on Weight Loss Medications--With 50 Easy, Nutritious Recipes
by Heidi Skolnik
Maximize results and minimize risks on GLP-1 medications with cutting-edge nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle guidance. GLP-1 are transforming lives, yet lasting success depends on more than just the prescription. Research shows that people who also apply nutrition, exercise, and mental health strategies achieve better, longer-lasting results. Unfortunately, most are given little guidance, risking issues like malnutrition, muscle loss, and fatigue as they lose weight. That's where where Your GLP-1 Game Plan comes in. Heidi Skolnik, nutrition expert, exercise physiologist, and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Whole Body Reset, translates the latest science into simple, actionable steps. Learn how to: Build a Balanced GLP-1 Plate.Discover meal strategies and fifty recipes to hit your protein, fiber, and calorie goals.Time meals for energy.Move to support muscle function and metabolism.With these practical, evidence-based guidelines, you can manage side effects and expect improved strength and stamina, better sleep, and a greater chance of maintaining weight loss and overall health. Packed with real-life stories, meal strategies, smart swaps, and recipes that make nutritious choices easy (even when your appetite is low), Your GLP-1 Game Plan helps you build sustainable habits and gives you the tools to boost the benefits of your medication, protect your health, and thrive.
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Brady: An American Story and the Price of Greatness
by Lars Anderson
Based on years of in-depth reporting and sources from every corner of his life, Brady is the definitive biography of the life, career, and retirement of one of football's most legendary figures, Tom Brady.New York Times bestselling author and former Sports Illustrated journalist Lars Anderson plunges into Tom Brady's childhood to discover the origins of what Brady later described as his sickness his category-five obsession with the game. The obsession dictated every choice Brady made, from what foods he ate to how he managed his day-to-day schedule to how he viewed his role as father to his three children and husband to supermodel Gisele B ndchen. From more than 350 original interviews with people who know the quarterback on and off the field, Anderson paints a detailed psychological portrait of Tom Brady, a self-described loner whose life is defined by discipline, resilience, a fascination with preparation, an intolerance for wasted time, and a relentless pursuit of the extraordinary. What he finds is a man riddled with contradiction, defined by both a prolific career of unmatched success on the field and the agonizing cost of greatness in his personal life. Brady is a comprehensive view of the life of the most accomplished player in the history of America's game. Anderson digs deep behind the headlines to provide a richly detailed answer to one of the most vexing questions in sports: Who, really, is Tom Brady?
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The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East
by Simon Sebag Montefiore
An essential guide to the making of the modern Middle East from 1900 to the present: a spellbinding history by the New York Times bestselling author of Jerusalem and The Romanovs Renowned historian Simon Sebag Montefiore wades into the ideological battles and geopolitical tensions of the Middle East with a comprehensive and nuanced chronicle that situates the region in the context of its last one hundred and twenty-five years. Few understand the real history of the Middle East; fewer still understand its variety and cosmopolitanism, its complexity and interconnectedness. The Cauldron is a fresh and unique survey of the region in all its diversity. Taking the reader on a spectacular journey from the Ottoman sultanate to the Trump presidency, from Morocco to Iran, this is a dazzling panorama of faith and fanaticism, creativity and tolerance, dictatorship and democracy brought to life by an extraordinary cast of kings, warriors, poets, terrorists, and peacemakers. With his signature style of voice-driven history that made Jerusalem a national bestseller, Montefiore reveals a stunning portrait of the world we have inherited and interrogates the prevailing historical narratives. This is the essential story of how the Middle East of 1900 led to the Middle East of today--and tomorrow.
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Cozy Hobbies: Joyful Activities for Play & Leisure
by Kennedy Rose
The gotta-have-it guide to choosing and deep-diving into hobbies from Kennedy (Cozy K) Rose, the creative force behind @cozy.games. Explore 45+ hobbies that range far and wide, from birdwatching and woodworking to video gaming and embroidery. Filled with large, colorful photographs that clearly showcase each hobby, this book is as engaging to browse as it is to read. Readers looking to recharge, discover a new interest, or simply learn more about creative pursuits will find plenty of inspiration within its pages.--Booklist, Starred Review Amid a culture obsessed with productivity and hustle, hobbies offer us essential opportunities for joy, relaxation, mindfulness, and creativity. But finding the right hobby and committing yourself to it can be overwhelming. If the question What do you do for fun? prompts sheer panic, let this book welcome you into the enriching world of hobbying. And who better to guide you than ex-lawyer-turned-professional-hobbyist and popular Instagrammer Kennedy Rose? Cozy Hobbies highlights more than 45 wide-ranging hobbies that will help you unlock a state of wonder, make new connections, and experience the benefits of play. Through her guidance, you'll learn to cast aside the need to be good at hobbies, embrace the journey of experimentation, and discover how to pick the right hobbies for yourself. In this guide, all hobbies are categorized into four distinct groups: Brain Off, Brain On, Arts & Crafts, and Physical Activity. Explore: Junk journaling Gem paintingKnittingBuilding setsGeocachingTabletop role-playing gamesBeadingForagingand more With gorgeous photography, a fun flowchart to help you find the activity for your current mood, and helpful tips and tricks for getting started, Cozy Hobbies is a one-stop shop for choosing your next recreational adventure. A TROVE OF INSPIRATION: Explore a bounty of options when you have a hankering to play and get off your phone, but don't know exactly where to start. This is the ideal tool to turn to for rest and reprieve. AN AUTHORATIVE GUIDE: A former lawyer clocking 80-hour weeks with limited time for rest, Kennedy Rose is no stranger to burnout from hustle culture. During the most challenging times of her legal career, she found solace in hobbies, eventually leaving the field entirely to work as a professional hobbyist, inspiring others to seek fulfillment through play. BEAUTIFUL GIFT: Bursting with gorgeous, full-color photography and housed in a beautiful three-piece cover with a suede spine and luxe ribbon marker, this book makes a lovely gift for anyone seeking ways to slow down, rest, and tap into play. It's ideal for displaying atop a coffee table or in a crafting corner. Perfect for: Fans of @cozy.games and Kennedy's popular content Aspiring or practicing hobbyists Self-care purchase for anyone seeking relief from burnout or anxietyGift-giving for birthdays, holidays, Mother's Day, and more
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Fictional Selves: A Memoir
by Kyle MacLachlan
In this highly anticipated memoir, the beloved actor and star of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Sex and the City, Fallout, and more shares his utterly original account of his offbeat journey in Hollywood, his battles with fear and fame, and the projects that shaped him--and created a cult icon. Everywhere I go I am followed by a mystery man. He looks like me but--not quite. On talk shows, I sip coffee on couches and pretend to be him; on social media, I put on his mask to engage in suburban silliness. And of course, we work together. But for him, the movies and TV shows never end. Where does this guy--this Kyle MacLachlan--end and where do I begin? And is he even real? And, holy mackerel . . . am I? To be in the black suit, or not to be? Kyle MacLachlan's funny, moving, and playfully self-aware memoir charts a career that could belong to no other. Plucked from obscurity to star in David Lynch's Dune, the Hollywood blockbuster that never was, MacLachlan rebounded with a startling performance in Lynch's provocative masterpiece Blue Velvet, which would mark him as a master of the unusual and ultimately lead to his career-defining role as Agent Dale Cooper on the TV sensation Twin Peaks. Fictional Selves is a book of doppelgangers, with MacLachlan mirrored by his own prodding ego (Other Kyle), the iconic characters he inhabited, and the ones that eluded his grasp but gave him a profound and surprising lens onto himself as a person and a performer. Taking us from the heights of critical success for Blue Velvet to the depths of the backyard pool in his infamous (and delightful) Showgirls love scene, MacLachlan brings us into the mind of one of the most distinctive actors of his generation, offering profound insights on collaborators like David Lynch, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, Anthony Hopkins, and more. Featuring lessons learned the hard way about ambition, love, and fatherhood, this memoir is an honest look into the remarkable--and often unpredictable--life of an enduring and endearing Hollywood icon.
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Get It Together: Organize Your Records So Your Family Won't Have to
by Melanie Cullen
If you get sick or die, your loved ones will need access to important details that only you might know. This workbook helps you organize and store that essential information so that it's available when they need it. It's not just a notebook with lists, it's a workbook that helps you identify what's important and then find, organize, and store your records.
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The Pumpkin Vice Cafe: A Bakeshop Mystery
by Ellie Alexander
Another delicious installment in the Bakeshop Series set in Ashland, OR As autumn settles over the charming hamlet of Ashland, Oregon, ushering in cool, crisp breezes and a stunning show of color, everyone at Torte is keeping warm by whipping up a bevy of fall treats and spicy lattes. Jules is nearing her due date, and the whole town is abuzz--placing bets on when the twins will make their grand debut. Helen and the team are working on a secret surprise baby shower, complete with cupcakes, cookies, and a feast fit for royalty, or maybe just a mother-to-be. Meanwhile, Lance and Arlo are busy planning their nuptials in what is sure to be as close to a royal wedding as Ashland has ever seen. But when the high-end wedding planner they hired is found dead in the frigid waters of Ashland Creek, what looks like a tragic accident, a slip on an icy bridge, quickly reveals itself as something much more sinister. Jules knows at once--this was no mishap. A killer is loose in Ashland, and they may be ready to strike again.
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Spellstruck
by Martha Waters
A whimsical, fantastical romp of a historical romance. --Emily Krempholtz, USA TODAY bestselling author Chemistry isn't only for cocktails in this lightly magical, enemies-to-lovers rom-com about the owner of a speakeasy supplying magical drinks and an enforcer of the ban on magic who must team up when potions begin to go awry--from acclaimed author Martha Waters. In an alternate version of 1920s London, vestiges of England's magical past exist, but the use of magic has been outlawed, leading families still with powers to operate illegal speakeasies for a public still hungry for magic. Vesper Holloway runs her family club, where a dash of spell powder or an enchanted cocktail can add a little extra intrigue to the evening. But when a spate of accidents strikes these establishments, she worries patrons will flee her family's business. Enter Maxwell Ashbridge, a onetime friend of Vesper's brother, who has joined the government agency tasked with enforcing the ban, and who has a personal vendetta against the magical elite. But he does not have a vendetta against Vesper; in fact, he finds her rather enticing. He promises immunity for her club if she teams up with him to investigate, which does little to quell the growing chemistry they share. As accidents continue and the fight to repeal the ban gains ground in Parliament, Vesper and Max will have to decide--is the magic between them worth fighting for?
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The Steps: A Memoir
by Sylvester Stallone
A gritty, inspiring, heart-wrenching memoir by the Academy Award-winning legend and icon Sylvester Stallone, about his unlikely path to stardom and the creation of the greatest underdog story ever told. In the fifty years since Sylvester Stallone ran up the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, he and those steps have become symbols of resilience and determination, and have inspired millions from all over the world to pursue their dreams. In The Steps, Stallone recounts how he pursued his own dreams. A culmination of decades of reflection, Stallone shares where he came from--a difficult birth, an even more difficult childhood, years of struggle in school being misunderstood--and he explains how the real story of a successful life is built by facing, embracing, and ultimately overcoming our challenges. It's found in the distances we are willing to go and the steps we must take to get from where we are to where we want to go. In a narrative framed between his arrival in New York City in 1969 and the triumph of Rocky at the 1977 Academy Awards, Stallone weaves a vivid and propulsive portrait of struggle, subsistence, and ultimately success. He writes of his early days and later years, too, and the persistence, creativity, and resilience that led not only to the creation of Rocky but to a career filled with remarkably iconic roles. The Steps is a testament to Stallone's extraordinary life and a profound meditation on the importance of vision and willpower and hard work.
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Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection)
by Rebecca Yarros
The next book in the blockbuster Empyrean series, Threshing Day contains thirteen stories starring your favorite characters and their dragons. The deluxe first edition includes sixteen beautiful original full-color illustrations by artist Joe Requeza. This breathtaking collectible is available only in the US and Canada while supplies last. Full blurb to be revealed soon
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The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict
by Priya Parker
A paradigm-shattering exploration of how we fight and how we build healthy conflict, from the author of The Art of Gathering We say we want community. Successful teams. High-performing colleagues and workplaces. Dynamic friend groups. Yet many of us don't understand the crucial element we need to forge long-lasting communities in our lives: healthy conflict. In The Art of Fighting, Priya Parker explains that we can't form and grow effective relationships without a fight. She rejects the idea that conflict is abnormal or that good groups don't fight. All groups change and evolve; indeed, it's because people disagree that good groups flourish. As she did in the now-classic The Art of Gathering, Parker draws on her far-reaching experience as a conflict facilitator, her own detailed research, and real-world examples to lay out the ways that people can identify disputes, determine how to address them, and what to do if they are insurmountable. Whether people disagree in the boardroom or the locker room, on a playground or in church, online or in person, conflict is a part of life, and understanding healthy conflict and how to harness its power is more important than ever. The Art of Fighting is a vital primer to help all of us understand how to do that.
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Feed Them Well: A Guide to Raising Healthy, Confident Eaters for Life
by Jennifer Anderson
From Jennifer Anderson--registered dietitian and founder of Kids Eat in Color, trusted by over two million parents--comes the evidence-based guide to feeding children from baby's first foods through the teen years. When you became a parent, you probably thought feeding your child would be the easy part. You swore you'd never bribe your kid with dessert, never make a separate meal because it was easier than a standoff, never hear yourself say, just try it, in a voice that didn't sound like your own. Or maybe feeding was easy for years--until your child came home one day and said, My friend says bread makes you fat, and you froze. Maybe your tween started picking at their plate after a pediatrician visit. Maybe your toddler who ate everything suddenly won't touch anything green. Now what? Every parent wants to feed their kids well--but between picky eating, battles with sugar, confusing nutrition headlines, and the fear of saying the wrong thing about food or bodies, it's hard to feel confident about any of it. Now, in Feed Them Well, Anderson gives you the exact words, scripts, and tools you need to navigate it all--without judgment, guilt, or perfection required. You'll learn how to talk about food without planting the seeds of diet culture. How to handle sugar, snacks, treats, and dessert in a way that actually works--at home, at birthday parties, at Grandma's house. What to do when your child refuses vegetables or gags on textures. How to navigate weight conversations when doctors, family, or other kids bring it up. And how to cut through nutrition confusion to figure out what truly matters for your family. This isn't another recipe book. This is the book that teaches you how to think about feeding your kids, so every decision feels less like a guess and more like a plan.
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The Forever Paycheck: The New Retirement Strategy to Spend More, Worry Less, and Never Run Out of Money
by Jean Chatzky
The clear, step-by-step plan that will help you stop guessing, stop stressing, and start using your money with confidence. I'll be sending copies of this book to my friends and my kids.--Mel Robbins The new roadmap to financial longevity, from longtime TODAY show financial editor and New York Times bestselling author, Jean Chatzky Retirement is in crisis. 61% of adults are worried they won't have enough money to support them in retirement. 84% of Gen-Xers are concerned or terrified about having no more paychecks in retirement. 74% of the non-retired Baby Boomers who preceded them and 79% of the Millennials who follow feel the same way. You've been saving for retirement for decades: paying yourself first, maxing out your 401(k) or IRA contributions, compromising on things you want today in order to make tomorrow possible. But what happens when you get to the endgame? How do you take the money you've amassed and not only make it last as long as you do, but do it in a way that brings you the most enjoyment and the least amount of stress? You probably do not yet have a detailed answer to this question. And this is something that you simply cannot afford to get wrong. If you do, you'll either run out of money before you run out of time, or you'll discover years too late that you didn't use your money as much as you could have to enjoy your life. The solution is right here. It's a paycheck that lasts for the rest of your life: a Forever Paycheck. With the power of a Forever Paycheck comes a simple, revelatory truth: you can spend more, and do more, than you think you can. It's a revolutionary concept. The data shows that people entering retirement often can't bring themselves to spend. But when their money comes as a steady monthly paycheck, they feel much more confident in using it to live life to the fullest. Many find they can spend double with no risk of running out. New research shows that a Forever Paycheck is even associated with better health, lower chances of disability, and a substantially longer lifespan. Whether you plan to work to 50 or 75, have a small 401(k) or a large stock portfolio, like to take risks with your money or always play it safe, bestselling author and financial expert Jean Chatzky provides a step-by-step plan for making your money work for you. Written in collaboration with AARP, The Forever Paycheck is packed with the information you need to plan for the future you want.
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Greek Out: Sunny Vibes, High-Energy Mediterranean Flavor
by Maria Koutsogiannis
Eat the Mediterranean way with these 120 sun-kissed dishes that taste as good as they make you feel. If you're looking for a modern Greek food bible, this is it. --Alex Snodgrass, Creator of The Defined Dish and New York Times Bestselling Author Everything tastes better in Greek For millions of fans worldwide, Maria Koutsogiannis (@foodbymaria) is the ambassador for everything that is tasty and Greek. In her much anticipated first cookbook, Greek Out, she debuts insanely delicious and nourishing recipes, viral fan favorites, and vivid stories straight from her Greek family and life. Through more than 120 fresh and inviting Mediterranean dishes, home cooks can tap into that special something that makes Greek food so Greek--whether it's chicken marinated with loads of oregano and garlic (and roasted upright gyros-style), a pita stuffed to the max with spinach, stringy cheese, and artichokes; or honey drizzled over phyllo, kebabs, donuts, and anything else you can think of. Maria's high-energy and healthful cooking style is rooted in Mediterranean tradition but not bound by it, her recipes often riffing on Greek classics like meatballs served over whipped feta, charred halibut and halloumi skewers with dates and figs, and a towering baklava ice cream cake that is definitely worth it. Highlighting culinary traditions that have sustained Greeks for generations, Maria draws inspiration from the healthy, fresh staples of her Greek family's kitchen (greens beans olive oil ) and shows how simple, everyday ingredients can create comforting, good-for-you meals that bring you right to the Aegean blue zones of the Mediterranean. Shot on location in Greece to capture the essence of a sun-and-sea life, the stunning photographs and Maria's practical meal-prep tips, mix-and-match strategies, and joyous energy are not only fun and inspiriting--they make it easy to cook generously, gather often, and feel empowered to do more with less. It's time to get your Greek on
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The Pirate Queen: A Novel from the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Frozen River
by Ariel Lawhon
A sweeping historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O'Malley, the legendary Irish folk heroine who risked everything to defend her people. Venture onto the high seas with the thrilling latest from the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River and I Was Anastasia. Grace O'Malley was born to be a sea captain. But despite her natural skill on the water, Grace learns early that her dreams of a life at the helm are not compatible with the expectations of her noble family. As the only daughter of a powerful chieftain, her role is to secure a strong alliance and bear children. But when she's sent to foster with a nearby clan, Grace falls for a clever and open-minded second son--a man she cannot have. Married off against her will to a brutal warrior, Grace performs her duty, all the while gathering followers loyal to her, and consolidating her husband's power, only to be ousted from his lands. But this betrayal offers Grace the opportunity to return to sea, finally leading clan O'Malley's mighty fleet. Just as she finds true independence, Queen Elizabeth's incursions into Ireland grow bolder and Grace must fight to defend her land, her ships, and the people she loves most against the cruel and power-hungry English deputies, who will stop at nothing to check her influence. Keenly observed and fiercely written, Ariel Lawhon's new action-packed novel channels the untamed beauty and harsh realities of sixteenth-century Ireland, as seen through the eyes of an unforgettable heroine who rightly became the Pirate Queen of Ireland.
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Receipts from the Bookshop: A Bookseller's Year in an English Seaside Town
by Katie Clapham
An utterly delightful peek into the real life of an English village bookshop, as told to us by the owner herself. A must-read for everyone who's ever felt most at home in a bookstore. - Julia Quin, New York Times bestselling author of BridgertonBased on the popular Substack that Julia Quinn calls delightful and India Knight describes as absolute heaven, a quirky and gossipy insider glimpse at a year in the life of a family-owned bookstore in a seaside English town--as told by the store's owner.One summer not long ago, bookseller Katie Clapham began chronicling life at the small independent bookstore she runs with her mother in the English seaside town of Lytham St Annes. Her cozy bookshop diaries detail the romance and frustration of running your own bookstore - from the loyal customers to the feisty passers-by, and the deliveries filled with tempting new stock to the never-ending aftermath of cardboard boxes. Katie faithfully records the change of seasons from sad January to exhausting December, punctuated with visits from inquisitive dogs, adorable children, and people just looking for a good place to get an omelette around here.Tender, funny, and thoughtful, Receipts from the Bookshop is a love letter to everything we hold dear: small towns, family, book chat, hot cups of tea, and just the right snack at 11 AM....A valentine for book lovers everywhere.Cozy armchair travel for anyone who loves England.Reminds readers why bookstores are our happy place.The perfect story of a small family business built on love and commitment.A warm, funny look at community in a small seaside town.
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Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love
by Allison Aubrey
From award-winning health and science correspondent for NPR News and contributor to CBS Sunday Morning comes an illuminating road map to reclaim your physical and emotional health in midlife. Not long ago, celebrated journalist Allison Aubrey was having breakfast with her youngest child, who suddenly turned to her and said: Stop looking at me. In that moment, as her daughter signaled a need for independence, Aubrey felt a sting, like she'd been fired. She reminded herself: teenager, individuation. It's her job to separate. But . . . ouch That moment was a microcosm of what felt like a crisis of both identity and purpose. Many women come upon such feelings of bewilderment at midlife: Beyond being a mother, beyond work, who am I? After years of striving, how do we broaden our horizons past parenting and a paycheck? What else is out there, now that the badges of achievement have started to feel less important? Aubrey had watched colleagues retire, leaving behind the frenetic pace and excitement of work life, only to flail from a lack of purpose and connection. If the smartest people she knew were struggling, who was thriving? Who was getting it right? To find the answers, she took a sabbatical and set out on a curiosity tour. She turned her searchlight toward people oozing with energy and adventure. Deep within, she feared she wouldn't find them, or that she would be disappointed. Maybe the best years are behind us? What she discovered changed my life, Aubrey says. The result is her first book, Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love, which answers the question What's next? with an electrifying message and a winning and deeply practical road map to reimagine your life. Aubrey presents a captivating collection of women, ages 45 to 105, who cultivated creativity, connection, and joy, showing how it's possible to find meaning and momentum in midlife. She takes what she's learned, from scores of fascinating women she met both on this journey and in her decades of reporting as a journalist, to give readers a playbook for what could be next. She weaves together incredibly powerful insights and resources of rediscovery to help you reignite your passions and hit your stride in midlife and beyond. She cuts through the clutter of health and self-improvement advice and offers readers indispensable, evidence-backed strategies to thrive. A kind of What Color Is Your Parachute? for middle age, this book provides us surprisingly simple yet specific steps we can take now to make the most of our third turns. Aubrey combines the rigor her audiences have come to expect with the attunement, inquisitiveness, and sense of service that have made so many of her health stories go viral. This book is the new blueprint for your midlife reawakening, with an empowering, essential message for women: The best time of your life starts now.
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The Make-Up Test
by Jenny L. Howe
ONE TO WATCH meets BEACH READ in this smart, swoony, romantic comedy, in which two college exes find themselves battling against each other--and their unresolved feelings--for a spot in a prestigious literature Ph.D. program.
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Bodies of Magic
by Freya Marske
Grey's Anatomy meets A Deadly Education in this dark academia fantasy from USA Today bestselling author Freya Marske. At the Academie of the Grand Duchy of Sieuxerr, every mage with the healer's gift has five years to master their power and to prepare for the infamous Grand Exam--a five-day trial whose results will determine their entire future. The list of exam rules includes: - You will perform five practical cases.- Your exam group is chosen at random.- You pass together, or fail together. It does not include: - On the first day, your exam group will find a classmate's dead body in the exam hall. And as they will soon discover, this particular group all have something to hide... and all have a connection with the dead girl, a brilliant scholar who would have been first in their class. Five scholars. Five secrets. Five days in which to solve a murder, pass the most important exam of their lives, and uncover a secret larger than all of their own combined. One with the potential to change the world. Are you ready? Let's begin.
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The Butterfly Season: What 64 Butterflies Taught Me about Nature's Great Mysteries and the Meaning of Life
by Lea Korsgaard
Lea Korsgaard's number-one international bestseller tells the story of the year she spent tracking every species of butterfly in her native Denmark. Suffused with beauty and wonder, The Butterfly Season is a love letter to the natural world and an unforgettable reflection on the precious and fleeting nature of life itself. The Butterfly Season is an inspiring love letter to the magic of the natural world, in all its beauty and complexity and joy--an unforgettable reminder that wonder awakens the heart. --Amy Tan, New York Times bestselling author of The Backyard Bird Chronicles Combining nature writing, philosophy, myth, science, and sixty-four beautiful hand-drawn illusrtations, The Butterfly Season is a luminous account of one woman's quest to see all sixty-four species of butterflies native to Denmark in a single year. Part field diary, part mythological tapestry, part existential reflection, Lea Korsgaard's journey unfolds across seasons and geographies, through meadows, marshes, and ancient coastal lands, as she discovers the mysteries and miracles of the natural world. On the first day of the year, Korsgaard sat at her desk, making a list. It was a typically cold, quiet January day, and the possibility of the new year--of new discoveries and new challenges--reawakened an old dream of hers: to see every Danish butterfly species in one year. At first, the goal felt impossible--Korsgaard knew almost nothing about butterflies--but she persevered, creating a color-coded tracking system that mapped butterfly regions and flight times with meticulous care. As the project developed, what was at first a simple exercise in discovery became an intimate reckoning with transformation and rebirth, the butterfly's fleeting existence knitting together beginnings, endings, and the life made in between. The Butterfly Season is perfect for readers of Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton and The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan.
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Hollow Bones
by Jodi Picoult
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name comes a riveting novel about the risks we take to protect the ones we love in a world where crisis is always just around the corner. On September 11, 2001, when Molly Fitzgerald was only two months old, her mother went to an appointment at the World Trade Center and never came home. Her father and the stepmother who raised her couldn't have loved her more, but she still grew up with a healthy dread of disasters. Now an adult, she runs the Rhode Island Department for Emergency Preparedness, mapping out ways to save lives during storms, epidemics, and airplane crashes. She and her husband, Jesse--a police polygraph expert with his own history of crisis--have found a love that is a solace in a dangerous world. But then the unexpected upends their new marriage, leading them both to question everything they thought they knew. Moving between past and present, Hollow Bones is an epic story of the lies we tell ourselves as we write the narratives of our lives, the plans we design to protect ourselves at the worst moments, and the ties that bind mothers and daughters.
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I'll Be Watching You
by Allison Brennan
In New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan's latest Angelhart Investigations novel, Margo finally has a new lead in the case that tore her family apart.Private investigator Margo Angelhart has recently rejoined her family's PI business, but she never forgot the reason she walked away. Three and a half years ago, her father, Dr. Cooper Angelhart, pled guilty to killing his colleague. While she never believed he was guilty, her mother, Ava, refused to help investigate and wouldn't explain why.When a nurse who once worked with Cooper reaches out, Margo leaps at what could be a potential lead...only to stumble across the nurse's grisly murder. Then, Cooper is mysteriously transferred to a penitentiary out of state in the middle of the night, and Ava finally discloses why her husband confessed to a murder he didn't commit.Now the entire Angelhart family must fight to clear Cooper's name. But every step they take drags them deeper into a deadly conspiracy...and into the crosshairs of some very powerful people with fortunes on the line. They've killed to keep their secrets before. And this time, the target is an Angelhart.
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Never Say Die: A Memoir
by Ke Huy Quan
In this stunning and compulsively readable memoir, the Oscar-winning star of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Goonies, and Everything Everywhere All at Once, Ke Huy Quan, tells the story of his journey from Vietnamese refugee to 80s child star to the most inspiring comeback in Hollywood history. A monumental work of self-discovery and the power and grace of communal survival. Quan's voice is crystalline and luminous, and his Odyssean journey to the screen is, in itself, a triumph of storytelling. -Ocean Vuong Ke Huy Quan's Hollywood adventure began when he was twelve years old, a mere five years after his family escaped Communist Northern Vietnam and settled down to a relatively peaceful life in L.A.'s Chinatown. After attending an open call audition on a whim, he was unexpectedly swept up in the wild world of filmmaking: learning to swim from Harrison Ford on the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, receiving trucks full of toys from Steven Spielberg and George Lucas for his birthday, meeting Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker, and making lifelong friends on the set of The Goonies. A star of two of the most beloved movies of the '80s, there appeared to be no limit to Ke's rise. But just a few years later, the roles had dried up and it seemed like Hollywood no longer had a place for him. He eventually left acting to work odd jobs behind the scenes for directors like Wong Kar Wai. His confidence was badly shaken, but his love of performing never abated. It wasn't until decades later, when he was 49 years old, that he stepped back in front of the camera to star in a strange little indie film called Everything Everywhere All at Once, which surprised everyone with its incredible box-office and awards season success. To call Ke's Oscar-winning performance a triumphant return would be an understatement. In this moving, inspirational memoir, Ke paints a vivid self-portrait, telling both heart-wrenching and funny stories of his early rise, slow fall from the spotlight, the resilience that kept him going through his darkest times, and his eventual resurrection on one of the biggest stages in Hollywood. Never Say Die is the story of Ke's extraordinary life, a love letter to the movies and people that shaped him, and a powerful testament to never giving up on your dreams.
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Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body
by Andrew D. Huberman
Andrew Huberman, host of the world's leading health and science podcast Huberman Lab, and neuroscientist and professor at Stanford School of Medicine, presents an essential guide to improving brain function, enhancing mood and energy, optimizing bodily health and physical performance, and rewiring your nervous system to learn new skills and behaviors that can positively transform your life. The power of your physiology can be harnessed in two complementary ways: First, through a set of foundational behaviors--core practices that substantially improve your day-to-day mental and physical state. Second, through specific science-based tools you can use to overcome common challenges or achieve elevated levels of mental or physical performance. In this book, Dr. Huberman offers essential practices for both, called protocols. These protocols can help you unlock your brain and body's full potential across seven areas: - Sleep - Exercise - Stress Control - Nutrition - Light - Focus, Motivation, and Learning - Personal Growth For example, a simple sleep protocol includes viewing sunlight as soon as possible after waking. Another protocol uses a unique breathing pattern to reduce stress in the moment. There are also protocols for getting stronger and leaner at any age, and for allowing you to learn faster. And much more. In his clear and engaging style, Huberman explains the science behind each protocol, then shows how they can deliver immediate, effective results. What's more, he describes how to customize them, allowing you to adapt them to your individual needs. Drawing on decades of research--from his own work and that of the many world experts he has interviewed over the years--Dr. Huberman delivers a comprehensive and indispensable guide to improving your mental health, physical health, and performance.
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The Thoroughbreds
by Elin Hilderbrand
Class is back in session New York Times bestselling authors of The Academy Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham return with The Thoroughbreds: what has more high-stakes drama, tension, and intrigue than senior year at a New England boarding school? September at Tiffin Academy is always a heady time, especially for the senior class--sixth formers, in Tiffin-speak--a season of college applications and intense pressure, of partying hard and last hurrahs. As the chapel bells ring in students and staff, everyone has something to look forward to--but in the midst of the anticipation and excitement, nagging questions and dark secrets lurk beneath the surface... Are Tiffin's It Couple, Charley and East, on the rocks? What sparked the rift between football star Dub and his best friend Hakeem? Will Pippa Sacks, posh day student, topple the delicate social hierarchy--or wreak even worse havoc? Can Head of School Audre Robinson save her job--and the school--after a disastrous financial mistake? And what was in that email attachment Cinnamon Peters sent to Dub before she died? Elin Hilderbrand and her daughter Shelby Cunningham answer these questions and more in The Thoroughbreds, a page-turning story about friendship, treachery, ambition, and growing up, at any age.
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What to Remember When You Are Forgetting: How to Live and Thrive with Memory Loss, Alzheimer's, and Other Dementias
by Zaldy Tan
Media darling and director of Memory and Healthy Aging at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Zaldy Tan's What to Remember When You Are Forgetting shares the definitive guide to thriving with dementia for the recently diagnosed and their caregivers. Renowned memory and Alzheimer's disease specialist, researcher, educator, and author Dr. Zaldy Tan, the Harvard-trained director of the Cedars-Sinai Memory and Healthy Aging Program, shares the definitive guide to thriving with dementia, in a format similar to the perennial bestseller What to Expect When You're Expecting. With an incredibly thorough and deeply comforting approach, Dr. Tan tackles everything from how to handle an initial assessment for Alzheimer's and who should be present, to what accommodations and treatments should be made for each stage. He delves into the surprisingly hopeful research on new treatment and coping modalities everyone should know, and reveals how other families and remarkable individuals he's treated over the years have handled both difficult challenges and incredible triumphs after diagnosis.
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Die Famous
by Michael Koryta
The Four Winds meets Bonnie and Clyde in this exhilarating historical thriller in which an unforgettable mother races to find the gangster she once loved--before the law gets to him first. Die Famous is the best gangster novel I've ever read. --Stephen King I loved the man and I wanted to kill him. What's so hard to understand about that? On the day Savannah Cody spots her first gray hair, she decides it's time to murder the father of her only child. Edward Nickel Terhune is the getaway driver for the Brady Gang, one of the FBI's most wanted criminals--with an enticing bounty set on his head. Dragging her son, Alford, and her father, Wendell, a retired railroad detective, along for the quest, Savannah embarks to find the man she once loved and the nation now fears, journeying across an America transformed by the Great Depression. But Alford--and soon, the FBI--notice that the closer the family gets to Nickel, the less clear Savannah's motivations seem to be. As the Brady Gang races to escape the law--or get rich trying--Nickel realizes he might not be able to outrun his mistakes. He dreams of a route that will lead him to peace, but no map shows one like that. Will Savannah find him before the police do? And if so, who will return home alive? Cleverly layered and emotionally taut, perfect for readers of The Lincoln Highway, The Frozen River, and The Alice Network, Die Famous follows a remarkable family as they race toward an impossible reunion--and asks us to consider where our own loyalties lie when ambition, devotion, and truth mean something different to each person telling the story.
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It's Not What You Think
by Clare Mackintosh
An unsettling, groundbreaking novel that crackles with immediacy, It's Not What You Think masterfully delivers a thriller steeped in current tensions and thought-provoking characters. Long after the stunning ending, Clare Mackintosh will make you question not only what happened on the page but our world today. For fans of Lisa Jewell, Gillian McAllister and Alice Feeney, It's Not What You Think grabs you by the throat and never lets you go.He has a secret. She knows he's lying...Nadeeka is certain Jamie is having an affair. She knows the tell-tale signs. She's been here before.When Jamie claims to be at work late, she knows he's lying. He's with another woman, and she's determined to catch him in the act.But when Nadeeka arrives home to confront him, Jamie can't explain himself. The house has become a crime scene...Jamie is dead.YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE YOU LOVEYOU THINK YOU KNOW WHO YOU CAN TRUSTYOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDSIT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK.
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Well Versed
by Jen DeLuca
It's a second chance at first love at the Renaissance Faire, where the search for a new queen shapes a destiny, from USA Today bestselling author Jen DeLuca. Caitlin Parker was eighteen when she fell out of love with the magic of the Willow Creek Renaissance Faire--the site of her first real heartbreak. But now, twenty-four and unemployed, she finds herself in her childhood bedroom and her childhood lady-in-waiting costume, assisting a rotating cast of substitute queens for the season. The very last person she wants to see is Alexander Wright--the sword-fighting, Shakespeare-spouting young man who won and broke her teenage heart. Yet there he is, older, annoyingly hotter, and back on stage at her Faire. When Alex broke things off with Caitlin the first time, he thought he was just ending a summer fling. He didn't realize how much he'd fallen for her until he let her go, and he certainly didn't know he'd tarnished her memories of her cherished Faire and worse, shattered her view on love and relationships. His need to right that wrong this summer brings them together again and again, and this time, it won't be so easy to let go of this summer fling. But as summer winds down, real life is catching up to both of them. Caitlin's always thought that being an adult with adult responsibilities means leaving whimsy behind. Alex, with a life full of stage combat, songs, and sonnets, doesn't know how to live any other way. Can they go after their dreams and find a future together where they can still say huzzah?
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Bake Anything: Essential Recipes and Techniques to Build on for Endless Possibilities
by Erin Jeanne McDowell
From Erin Jeanne McDowell, award-winning food stylist, recipe developer, and New York Times bestselling author of The Book on Pie, a foundational handbook to bake with limitless creativity, flexibility, and confidence.Erin Jeanne McDowell, bestselling cookbook author, baker extraordinaire, and beloved teacher, shares in her newest book how to bake just like she does--with confidence and creativity. Learn just 11 basic recipes and unlock an infinite arsenal of baked goods. You can make Erin's Vanilla Sugar Cookies for a simple, sweet treat. Or, you can finish it with icing or turn it into a sandwich cookie. Or, use it as the base for a Classic Fruit Tart. Or, maybe go all-out for a birthday with a stacked cookie cake. For another example, take Erin's biscuits, the loftiest in the land. Make a classic version with buttermilk, or let Erin guide you through swapping in yogurt or even cream instead. Top any fruit cobbler. Make a sweet cinnamon cream cheese biscuit danish, or stuffed biscuit waffles. Or, use as the crust for a quiche or in a sheet pan shortcake In Bake Anything, Erin shares, with her signature can-do encouragement and detailed guidance, how baking is as flexible as cooking. Each chapter focuses on a building block of baking, starting with a baking overview, essential tips for success, step-by-step photos, and QR codes to instructional how-to videos, all making for a fool-proof, comprehensive guide to mastering the basics, before diving into the adventurous, delicious recipes that make use of the building block: - Sugar Cookies (Iced Sugar Cookies, Tarts, and more)- Pudding (Parfaits, Pies, Poke Sheet Cakes...)- Biscuits (Cobblers, Shortcakes, Quiche...)- Pate a Choux (Eclairs, Cream Puff Cake...)- Creme Anglaise (Ice Cream, Caramel Mousse, S'mores Mousse Cake...)- Chocolate Cake (Fudge Glazed Chocolate Bundt, Any Day Chocolate Cake...)- Sponge Cake (Victoria Sponge Sheet Cake, Peaches and Cream Cake...)- Puff Pastry (Cardamom Twists, Mille Feuille, Sausage Rolls...)- Brioche (Sugared Brioche Buns, Cinnamon Rolls, Doughnuts...)- Macarons (Macarons, Macaron Cake, Macaron Stacks...)- Yeasted Puff Pastry (Danish, Croissants, Croissant Loaf, Morning Buns...)Throughout, you'll also find complete storage, refresh, and make-ahead info (freshly baked goods in the morning--without waking up before dawn--is possible for all ), idea sparkers (fun inspirations for transforming and flavoring recipes), and mini building blocks (think fruity jams, whipped creams, bright citrus curds, and other extra sweet touches).A complete package with QR codes to how-to videos and beautiful photographs throughout, this comprehensive handbook is your key to unlocking endless, delicious, creative bakes. With Bake Anything, you'll be able to bake whatever delicious combination you can think of.
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I Think We Should Kill Other People
by Chilton L M
Razor-sharp, irreverent, and as funny as hell. --John Marrs, internationally bestselling author of The One Brutal, biting, and totally unputdownable. --Joanna Wallace, USA TODAY bestselling author of You'd Look Better as a Ghost The latest laugh-out-loud dark comedy thriller from L.M. Chilton, the breakout author of Don't Swipe Right and Everyone in the Group Chat Dies. The nation watched them fall in love. Now someone's watching them die. Hazel and Marc were paired together on Love Synced, a revolutionary reality AI dating show that matches hopeful lovers. But when it came time to say I do, Hazel left her perfect match at the altar. Now all she wants to do is fly home. Instead, she's trapped at a tiny, snowed-in airport with her ex and his obnoxiously rich family. But when they start turning up dead, a jilted lover is the least of Hazel's worries--there's a serial killer to catch first. The heart's a fickle thing, so it's no surprise that AI couldn't predict true love for Hazel...but can it help crack the case when a murderer is picking off her almost-in-laws one by one in this twisty whodunit?
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