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The Good Stuff From the Staff of Driftwood Public Library December 2025 |
Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsandby Ursula K. Le Guin In these stories, connected loosely but powerfully by their rugged Pacific Northwest setting, LeGuin portrays residents of a small Oregon shore town with sympathy and no sentiment. Many of the tales center around women drawn together in threes - mother, daughter, grandmother - by illness or death.
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Buffalo Gals and uther animal presences by Ursula K. Le GuinA series of interconnected stories set in a small vacation town on the Oregon coast, Buffalo Gals offers vivid and powerfully evocative portraits of the town's residents and the community they have built. Some have deep roots in the village, while others have come for just a weekend: but all are pilgrims subject to inexpressible longings.
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Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on writingby Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le Guin discusses her fiction, nonfiction, and poetry -- both her process and her philosophy -- with all the wisdom, profundity, and rigor we expect from one of the great writers of the last century. |
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A wizard of Earthsea, Vol. 1 by Ursula K. Le GuinThe bestselling first adventure of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle. Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and unleashed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tumultuous tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.
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The left hand of darknessby Ursula K. Le GuinA lone human ambassador is sent to the icebound planet of Winter, a world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants' gender is fluid. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the strange, intriguing culture he encounters. |
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How to Winter: Harness Your mindset to thrive on cold, dark, or difficult days by Kari Leibowitz"A blend of mindset science, original research and cultural insights into cultivating a positive 'wintertime mindset,' to cure winter blues and learn to find joy and comfort in dark times year-round. Do you dread the end of Daylight Savings each year and grouch about the long, chilly season of gray skies and ice? Do you reach for a lightbox to get you through January and February each year? What if there were a way to rethink this time of year? Psychologist and winter expert Kari Leibowitz's galvanizing HOW TO WINTER uses mindset science to help readers embrace winter as a season to be enjoyed, not endured -- and in turn, learn powerful lessons that can impact our mental wellbeing throughout the year." -- provided by publisher
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Winter Blues: Everything you need to know to beat Seasonal Affective Disorderby Norman E. Rosenthal"Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal's engaging, compassionate style and rich store of scientific wisdom have made this trusted guide a perennial bestseller. Dr. Rosenthal explains step by step how to evaluate your own level of seasonality, get the most out of light boxes and other effective self-help options, and make informed decisions about antidepressants and psychotherapy. The thoroughly updated fourth edition features a new chapter on different meditation practices and their benefits. Packed with information and insights, this is a tried-and-true survival kit for weathering the winter blues." --provided by publisher |
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House in the Cerulean Sea by Tj Klune Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages. When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist.
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A psalm for the wild-built: Monk and Robot bookby Becky ChambersIt's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of what do people need? is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. |
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The happy ever after playlist by Abby JimenezSloan Monroe can't catch a break. Two years after losing her fiancé her life consists of cemetery visits, unorthodox art projects, and drinking sessions with her best friend Kristen. So when a dog dashes in front of her car and gets her a ticket for obstructing traffic, [she's] at her wits' end. But after meeting the ridiculously attractive and charming owner of the trouble-making retriever, she begins to think that maybe her luck has finally started to turn around--
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A man called Oveby Fredrik BackmanMeet Ove. He's a curmudgeon; the kind of man who points at people he dislikes. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door, it is the lead-in to a comical and heartwarming tale of unkempt cats, unexpected friendship, and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents' association to their very foundations. |
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A room with a view (1986)"Based on E.M. Forster's novel of requited love. A young, independent-minded, upper-class Edwardian woman ... is trying to sort out her burgeoning romantic feelings, divided between an enigmatic free spirit she meets on vacation in Florence and the priggish bookworm to whom she becomes engaged back in the more corseted Surrey." -- From container. |
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Summertime (1955)The story of a witty but lonely secretary who takes a vacation in Venice, hoping to fall in love. She does -- with a very handsome but very married Italian man. |
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Enchanted April (1992)London, the 1920s. Lottie and Rose are two married women who share the misery of empty marriages and decide to rent a seaside, Italian castle for the spring to get away. In order to save money, they advertise for two other women to join them. Mrs. Fisher, an elderly widow, and Lady Caroline Dester, a gorgeous flapper respond. The women find themselves in a transformative beauty so enchanting that they experience changes in themselves they never thought possible.
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Under the Tuscan sun (2003)While on vacation, a just-divorced writer buys a villa in Tuscany on a whim, hoping it will be the start of a change for the better in her life. Along the way she finds that sometimes what seems like a mistake is really a blessing. |
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Call me by your name (2017)It's the summer of 1983 in Italy, and Elio, a precocious 17-year-old, spends his days in his family's villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading and flirting with his friend Marzia. One day, Oliver, a charming American scholar arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio's father, an eminent professor. Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.
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Roman holiday (1953)A princess rebels against her royal obligations and explores Rome on her own. She meets an American newspaperman who, seeking an exclusive story, pretends ignorance of her identity. But his plan falters as they fall in love. |
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Tea with Mussolini (1999)Pre-war Florence is the place to be for any proper British woman. These ladies have a promise from Dictator Mussolini himself that not even the imminent World War will impose upon their lifestyle. But when it appears that his word is not kept and the expatriates who choose to stay in Italy are in trouble, it takes a young outcast boy and a brazen American woman (Cher) to keep them in the high life and out of harms way.
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Franco Zeffirelli's sublime adaptation starring Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting and featuring a score by Nino Rota and Oscar-winning costumes and cinema-tography is Shakespeare at its most deeply felt and passionately alive.
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William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1996)Baz Luhrmann's unconventional adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic love story, with the setting moved from Renaissance-era Verona to modern-day southern California |
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Don't look now (1973)Working with elements of the traditional horror genre - second sight, ESP, warnings from the dead, a mad killer - and a cinematography of disquieting beauty and dreamlike sense of dislocation, director Nicolas Roeg weaves a fabric of anxiety that questions all reality. The evocative use of the back streets of Venice is a sinister participant in the action. |
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Graphic novel
It's June 1910, and Cherry, inexperienced and unqualified, has just joined Captain Scott's new expedition to the South Pole. Simply getting to Antarctica turns out to be an adventure. As they sail the Terra Nova through one trial after another, the scientists ad Navy men learn to work as a team--but are they a match for the fury of the Southern Ocean, which threatens to sink the expedition before it even begins? |
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Bird school: A beginner in the woodby Adam NicolsonAn intimate exploration of the lives of birds and their interactions with man, by a preeminent naturalist. Bird School describes and follows Adam Nicolson's progress over two or three years in trying to learn about, and eventually to create an environment friendly to, the birds of the farm where he lives in Sussex. In simple language that evinces his careful observational prowess, Nicolson aims to cross the boundary between the scientific and the prescientific understanding of birds. |
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Life and art: Essays by Richard RussoLife and art -- these are the twin subjects considered in Richard Russo's twelve masterful new essays -- how they inform each other and how the stories we tell ourselves about both shape our understanding of the world around us. His work includes sharp, tender, extraordinarily intimate reflections on work, culture, love, and family. |
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Ages 8 and up.
When you've got a bad case of the 'mews' and are in desperate need of a 'pup'-lifting read, this book is the 'ulti-mutt' remedy. The perfect gift for a dog person, cat person and every pet lover in between. "Please don't think me lazy, I'm not trying to slack, it's just that I'm stuck, you see, under this cat." |
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What is the secret to crows' survival? This riveting informational picture book explores the beguiling mysteries of crow behavior. Gorgeous illustrations take readers into a crow's environment and community, making this an incredible-and unforgettable-reading experience--.
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Graphic novel ; Ages 13 and up.
After years of asking herself, Why, o why?, Lou discovers that she has cyclothymia: a mood disorder from the bipolar family. So, what do you do when you discover a little wild fox in your brain? Can it be tamed, subdued? And how to be happy when you have to coexist with such an unpredictable creature? Welcome to Lou's world: her doubts, her joys, her challenges, her sense of humor and... a lovingly annoying fox!-- |
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Based on the story that inspired the Netflix samurai epic! The year 1878 - the 11th year of the Meiji era in Japan, and more than a decade since the samurai were stripped of their privileges and swords outlawed on public streets. A mysterious flyer appears in all corners of the land, luring those skilled in martial arts to Kyoto. Warriors deprived of purpose flock to the appointed place at the appointed time, what awaits them is an all-out war -- against each other! |
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Mirren Sutherland stumbled into a career as an antiquarian book hunter after finding a priceless antique book in her great aunt's attic. Now, as Christmas approaches, she's been hired by Jamie McKinnon, the surprisingly young and handsome laird of a Highland clan. Jamie needs Mirren to help him track down a rare book, which he believes is hidden in his own home. Now they must unpuzzle his clues, discovering the secrets of the house. |
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The princess and the P.I. by Nikki PayneAn amateur online sleuth must enlist the help of a jaded PI to clear her name while taking down a shady tech start-up in this exhilarating romantic suspense novel. Fiona Addai is ready to set her plan in motion. To honor the anniversary of her brother's death, she's going to steal back his brilliant invention from the ruthless corporation that stole and claimed it as their own.
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Before the mango ripensby Afabwaje KurianIn Rabata, everyone has secrets -- especially since the arrival of the white American missionaries. Twenty-year-old Jummai is a beautiful and unassuming house girl. An unexpected pregnancy forces her to hide her lover's identity. Tebeya, an ambitious Dublin-educated doctor, discovers a painful betrayal when she strives to take control of the mission clinic. Zanya, a young translator, finds himself embroiled in a fight against the American reverend. United by their yearning for change, all three must make difficult decisions that threaten the fragile relationships of the Rabata they know. |
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Too old for this by Samantha DowningDecades earlier, Lottie Jones changed her identity and tucked herself away in a small town. Her most exciting nights are weekly bingo games at the local church and gossiping with friends. When investigative journalist Plum Dixon shows up on her doorstep asking questions about Lottie's involvement with numerous unsolved cases, well, Lottie just can't have that. But getting away with murder is hard enough when you're young. And when Lottie receives another annoying knock on the door, she realizes this crime might just be the death of her.
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House of monstrous womenby Daphne FamaJosephine del Rosario feels like a pariah in her town. Long orphaned after her father's political campaign ends in tragedy, she's all alone taking care of the family home. When she receives a letter from her cherished childhood friend Hiraya, inviting her to play a game, she jumps at the reason to leave town. Josephine will have whatever her heart desires if she wins. Maybe Josephine can change her life. It doesn't matter that dark rumors have always surrounded Hiraya-- |
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Frances is asked by friend Alicia to investigate Carlson Deaver, a wealthy American with a murdered wife who's courting Alicia's daughter--and when stage icon Sarah Bernhardt receives jewelry stolen from the victim, Frances and husband George must infiltrate elite Parisian society to find the murderer. |
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The essential Harlem detectivesby Chester HimesIn one volume is an exceptional selection of four books from Chester Himes's acclaimed Harlem Detectives series. A rage in Harlem introduces detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson in a searing escapade. In The real cool killers, the duo investigates a shooting and discovers an unsettling personal connection. In The crazy kill, a man is found in a breadbasket, stabbed to death, leaving Himes's detectives to find out who among the many suspects did it. And in Cotton comes to Harlem, the brazen robbery of a notorious con man running a back-to-Africa scam sets off a hunt for a bale of Southern cotton. |
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The English masterpiece by Katherine ReayAs the recently promoted assistant to the Tate's Modern Collections keeper Diana Gilden, Lily helps plan a world-class Picasso exhibit to honor the passing of the great artist -- and she's waited her whole life for this moment. The opening is beyond anyone's expectations -- the lighting, the champagne, the glittering crowd, and the international acclaim -- until Lily does the unthinkable. She stops in front of a masterpiece and hears her own voice say, "It's a forgery." The gallery falls silent. A fast-paced read to the end.
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A terribly nasty business: A Beatrice Steele novelby Julia SealesBeatrice Steele feels like everything is finally falling into place. She's traded her etiquette-obsessed community of Swampshire for the big city of London. However, nothing is turning out how Beatrice imagined it would. Sir Huxley, famed gentleman inspector and Beatrice’s former crush, is still considered the real investigator in London. The only cases left for Beatrice are lost pets and spectacles. until a string of murders thrusts Beatrice into the center of a scandal that pits the neighborhood’s wealthiest against the arts community. |
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Fantasy
The world of unknowable objects -- magical items that most people have no idea possess powers -- has been quiet for decades. Three current members of a secret society, pledge to keep their archive of magical items hidden away, safe from the outside world. But when Frank Simpson, the longest-standing member of the Society, hears of a new artifact coming to light in Hong Kong, he sends Magda Sparks -- author by day and newest member to investigate. |
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Science fiction
Unbeknownst to Space Broom Johnny Gomez, every nefarious creature in the solar system will soon be after him to claim a data chip he's found in alien poop for their own. With the help of his augmented roommate, a pair of smugglers and a mysterious and beautiful stranger, Johnny fights off thugs and sails as fast as possible to earth's moon, Luna, in effort to sell the chit. Luna proves to be nothing like a safe haven, when Johnny's painful past finally catches up to him... |
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Davi has left the horde behind her, hoping to find a peaceful solution to keep the Kingdom from being destroyed this time. But the bloodthirsty Duke Aster holds a key to the one mystery she can't solve -- the origins of the time loop that has entrapped her. She must gain his trust, and swiftly. With restless armies at her doorstep, Duke Aster reaching for power, and an ancient magician hounding her every turn, Davi must scheme her way to peace.
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Time space fantasy
A WWII-era girl who grows up trapped in the "time space," a cavernous library featuring books that house memories -- but while government agents burn memories they wish to erase, she saves them, until an affair with an American CIA agent as a young woman changes the course of her life. |
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Graphic novel
A high school student whose promising basketball career is in jeopardy discovers the triumphs and hardships of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's life as a social justice advocate. |
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Nobody in particularby Sophie GonzalesSeventeen-year-old Princess Rosemary of Henland, working to restore her reputation after a scandal that caused the death of her best friend, falls for new student Danni at her all-girls boarding school, but their growing relationship risks destroying her reputation and drawing the wrath of the palace. |
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Nastia, daughter of revolutionaries, must fight alongside her male peers to defend the glorious Motherland. But all is not as it seems. As Hitler's army moves forward and the battles begin, secrets are revealed and everything that Nastia once knew is challenged. |
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Graphic novel
dAmidst the chaos of her parents' bitter divorce, Alaskan teenager Waverly Lyons trades in her textbooks and parka for a summer of suntans and short-shorts with her aunt in Florida. After a few weeks of dipping her toes into these new waters, she's actually starting to feel like she's found her people. And now that she's taken a few swimming lessons with Blake their relationship starts to turn into a romantic one. What will Waverly do with summer almost at an end?
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Ages 3 and up.
Josh and Mom are heading out to Aunty Nelly's birthday party, and it's time for Josh to put on his shoes. But Josh is in his own little world, and the more Mom begs him to put his shoes on, the wilder his imagination becomes.
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Ages 3 and up
As a hapless boy goes from shop to shop, requesting a series of perfectly reasonable items -- a hat, a coat, a cake, a chair --he finds himself thwarted at every turn, amassing instead a growing menagerie of animals who happily follow him on his errands. It's not until he finally asks for a cup that he's offered a wriggly creature that solves his dilemma -- or does it?. |
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Two children navigate their friendship as they imagine what it would be like to be dogs.
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Mama’s wheelchair can take you on adventures, big and small. Even going to the kitchen for breakfast might become an exciting expedition. But the very best part about the Mama Car is...it has Mama! And she’s always there when you need her.
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Graphic novel ; Ages 8 and up.
Every time Milo tries to dance, something goes horribly wrong. Like at his cousin's wedding, when he tripped into the cake, or on Halloween, when he nearly got a concussion after an ill-timed wipeout. His Abuela --a legendary dancer -- knows Milo has what it takes to follow in her footsteps. But with several new mishaps in his way, does Milo have any chance of putting his best foot forward? |
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Graciela's spirit is young, yet she has lived at the bottom of the ocean for more than a hundred years. In the mortal world on land, twelve-year-old Jorge Leon works in his family's forge. When Jorge discovers a hand-wrought harpoon with the power to spear a sea ghost, he knows he must destroy it any way he can. When the harpoon is accidentally reunited with its vengeful creator, unlikely allies Graciela and Jorge have no choice but to work together.
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Graphic novel ; Ages 8 and up.
Lu dreams of being a great adventurer, just like her ah-ma, who is a world-renowned geozoologist and has traveled far and wide, researching unique animals. But when Ah-ma's letters suddenly stop, Lu becomes worried. She decides to go on a journey to find Ah-ma. She charts a course with the help of Ren, an old friend. As they follow in Ah-ma's footsteps, Lu begins to discover the complex relationships between geofauna -- and between people. |
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Ages 8 and up.
1941. The German armies are storming across Europe. Iran is a neutral country occupied by British forces on one side, Soviet forces on another. Babak and his little sister have just lost their father. Fearing they will be separated, the two devise a plan. They will make their yearly trek across the mountains to the nomad lands. On the treacherous journey they meet a Jewish boy, hiding from a Nazi spy. And suddenly, they are all in a race for survival. |
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