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The Good Stuff From the Staff of Driftwood Public Library August 2025 |
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Birding while Indian by Thomas C. GannonCatalogs a lifetime of bird sightings to explore the part-Lakota author's search for identity and his reckoning with colonialism's violence against Indigenous humans, animals, and land.
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Nanuq: life with polar bears by Paul SoudersQuotations of first-hand accounts of living among polar bears paired with photographs highlighting how the bears hunt, communicate, and relate to others and their environment.
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Low & no alcohol cocktails by Matthias GiroudContains 60 alcohol-free or low-alcohol recipes that are sure to tantalize tastebuds and get tongues wagging.
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Grandmothering: Building strong ties with every generation by Kathleen Stassen BergerExplores the role of grandmothers in the lives of their grandchildren by using real life examples to illustrate how grandmothers can best integrate themselves into the lives of their children's families without overstepping.
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Glory: magical visions of black beauty by Kahran BethencourtStriking photography of natural Black hairstyles with visual storytelling in a celebration of Black culture, heritage and self-acceptance.
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Finna: poems by Nate MarshallExplores the erasure of peoples in the American narrative; asks how gendered language can provoke violence; and finally, how the Black vernacular, expands our notions of possibility, giving us a new language of hope.
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Narrated by Charlie Thurston.
Capturing the wry, snarky voice of a downtrodden kid from modern day Appalachia can’t have been easy, but the narrator nails it, as did Barbara Kingsolver. Go team! |
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Narrated by Penelope Wilton
Narrated by the well-known British actress who starred as Maggie Smith’s archnemesis in Downton Abby, and brings just the right amount of haughty and hilarious distain to the first two books in M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin mystery series. |
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What can I say? Sissy’s got the perfect voice for this book, imbuing the character of Scout with innocence, dignity and humor. I think of Scout as a real person now, thanks to Sissy. Scout, will you be my friend? |
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The narrator makes me believe she is, in fact, a female comedy writer for a late-night sketch comedy show. Impossible to listen to this rom-com and not picture Kristen Wiig from her Saturday Night Live days. Try it, SNL fans, I dare you.
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An all-star cast of award-winning actors brings to life four stories from one of the best loved and recognized children's books of all time in a full dramatization with specially composed music. |
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Audiobook on CD Originally written in 1928, A.A. Milne introduces Tigger, Pooh, Christopher Robin, and the rest of gang as they embark on ten exciting adventures in Hundred Acre Wood. |
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Surprised by how little he knew of the things that made his home life so comfortable, author Bill Bryson decided to study each room in his house and discover how they came to be. Here, with trademark humor and wit, Bryson chronicles the history of domesticity.
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Ryland Grace has been asleep for a very, very long time. He's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. He can't remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
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In a quiet Michigan town, a seasoned lawyer goes up against an ambitious prosecutor to defend an Army lieutenant accused of murder. Groundbreaking movie with excellent performances. Directed by Otto Preminger. |
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At Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, the death of a young Marine results in murder charges two other Marines. JAG lieutenant Kaffee is assigned to defend them but has no courtroom experience. His commander suspects there is a cover up. Together, the attorneys investigate, eventually leading to a dramatic cross examination in court. Directed by Rob Reiner. |
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Based on the Scopes Monkey Trial of the 1920s. A high school science teacher in a small Southern town is arrested and put on trial for teaching the theory of evolution, which is prohibited in the state. Two of the nation’s most prominent lawyers face off in the courtroom and drawing national attention. Some issues are still with us. Directed by Stanley Kramer |
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In 1930s rural Alabama, lawyer Atticus Finch is called on to defend Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of the rape of a young white woman. The accusation and trial inflame racial tensions in the community. As the Finch family deal with the reactions of the townspeople, the children begin to appreciate their father’s belief in fairness and understanding. Directed by Robert Mulligan. |
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12 angry men (1957)Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E. G. Marshall. Though most of the action takes place outside the courtroom, this movie looks at the drama that can ensue during jury deliberations. One juror has questions about the case. As the afternoon progresses and tempers flare, other jurors realize they have their own doubts. Directed by Sidney Lumet. |
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Elle Woods finds that trying to win back an ex-boyfriend leads her to Harvard Law School and a career she never imagined. Directed by Robert Luketi.
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When five-year-old Max makes a birthday wish for his father Fletcher to stop lying for 24 hours, Max’s wish comes true. But Fletcher’s legal career gets turned upside down. Directed by Tom Shadyac.
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Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio A drive through Alabama leads to a bogus charge of murder for two New York college students Bill and Stan. And when Bill calls on his cousin Vinny, a new lawyer with no trial experience, Vinny takes the case — with the help of his fiancee Lisa. Directed by Jonathan Lynn. |
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The Roma: a traveling history by Madeline PotterPart history, part memoir and part travelogue. Examines the resilience, cultural traditions, and enduring marginalization of Roma communities across centuries and countries, challenging stereotypes while tracing the author's own experiences as a Romani woman in a deeply biased world. |
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How not to miss the point: the Buddha's wisdom for a life well livedby Khandro RinpocheBeloved Buddhist teacher Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche focuses on the Buddha's core teachings: guidance for cultivating wisdom, compassion, and personal responsibility, offering a clear path for anyone — regardless of background — to develop inner clarity and contribute meaningfully to the well-being of others and the world. |
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by Kate Marvel
Human Nature is [an] ... inquiry into our rapidly changing Earth. In each chapter, Marvel uses a different emotion to explore the science and stories behind climate change. As expected, there is anger, fear, and grief — but also wonder, hope, and love |
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Many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. Years passed. Then, one day, he wrote to her, asking if he could return. Bring work clothes, she replied, and good boots, and come quickly: her health was failing. And so he traveled to the edge of the Arctic to witness her last season on the island. As Rebanks follows her from the rough, isolated toil of bitter winter into the summer light, his understanding of her life and work - and of his own - is utterly transforming. |
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by Joe Yonan
Washington Post ""Weeknight Vegetarian"" columnist and cookbook autho Joe Yonan makes the case that vegan cooking deserves to be treated as its own rich cuisine, with mouthwatering recipes for flavorful staples, weeknight meals, and celebratory feasts. |
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by Maya Gabeira
Ages 13 and up.
Maya Gabeira's memoir chronicles her journey from determined teen surfer to the indomitable champion, and role model that she is today. As a teen, Maya carved her own path, and her story is a remarkable one: that of a passionate and driven young woman who learned never to flinch even in the face of death and the season's highest recorded wave.
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Recounting the explosive story of the "Kids for Cash" scandal in Pennsylvania in the early 2000s, this gripping combination of extensive research and original reporting shows how more than 2,500 children and teens were wrongly sent to a for-profit detention center by two corrupt judges.
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"Let's float out on a clear, calm day. What sounds can we hear far away?"
A rhyming picture book that show how scientists use special equipment to listen to the sounds fish make in the ocean, including boops, chirps, drums, and barks. Discover the many ways fish talk to each other, what they are saying, and why. |
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Over a century ago in America a lighthouse keeper required guts, courage, and bravery. This true tale chronicles the amazing feats of four fascinating women. Each real lighthouse lady featured in this book, whether she's on a wind-walloped Hawaiian cliff or an icy channel off the Virginia coast, shows that girl power was around long before it became a popular phrase. |
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In elementary school, Chloe Hanako Quinn is assigned Oliver Jones as her pen pal partner. Little does she know it would be the beginning of a friendship that would bloom into something more. But the childhood bond is eventually severed. Now over twenty years later, Chloe, desperate for encouragement, begins writing uplifting messages on yellow origami roses and leaving them around the city. When a specific one finds its way into Oliver's hands his life changes forever.
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The codebreaker's daughter by Amy Lynn GreenLillian Kendall was a successful codebreaker during the Great War, but her spirited daughter Dinah is the one puzzle she's never managed to solve. Dinah may have inherited Lillian's analytical mind, but her mother's cryptic expectations and mysterious past keep the pair perpetually at odds. When Dinah needs Lillian's help completing a cipher assignment during WWII, Lillian must revisit painful secrets about the life she has long kept hidden. With national security at risk and rumors of a spy in their midst, the women race to decipher truths that will impact the war and their relationship forever
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Moderationby Elaine CastilloA moderator for a social media site thrives in the psychologically challenging role precisely because she has closed herself off to emotion and romance -- until she meets her new boss on a virtual reality project. A bold and inventive novel about real romance in the virtual workplace - bringing Castillo's trademark wit and sharp cultural criticism to an irresistible story. Requires warning and encouragement: get through the first chapter's unspeakably graphic violence to be rewarded with a slyly brilliant narrative. |
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Uli is a modern dance student at a prestigious German University pursuing his dream of becoming a famous Broadway dancer. During a fateful trip to Berlin, Uli meets Anthony, a young American dancer. The attraction is immediate and Anthony convinces Uli to try his luck on Broadway. The young men part ways and Uli is inspired to pack his bags and embark on an adventure to "the big apple." |
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A shipwreck in Fijiby Nilima RaoIn 1915, Fiji transplant Sergeant Akal Singh and friend Taviti — investigating strange reports of Germans on neighboring island Ovalau; chaperoning strong-willed European ladies Mary and Katherine; and supervising the only police officer on Ovalau, an excitable 18-year-old constable — face an unpopular local's death and imprisoned Norwegian sailors. (The second "Sergeant Akal Singh" historical mystery following the award-winning A Disappearance in Fiji.) |
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History lessons by Zoe B. WallbrookAs a newly minted junior professor, Daphne Ouverture's small world suits her just fine. Until Sam Taylor dies. The rising star of Harrison University's anthropology department was never one of Daphne's favorites. But that doesn't prevent Sam's killer from believing Daphne has something they want and will stop at nothing to get. With the help of an alluring former-detective-turned-bookseller, she investigates her connection to the killer and unravels a deadly cover-up on campus.
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by Liza Tully This feel-good mystery stars Olivia Blunt, a 25-year-old former fact-checker for an online bureau. She visits Aubrey Merritt, the most famous PI in America, hoping to snag a position as her assistant. The pair's first client is Haley Summersworth, whose mother died from an early-morning fall from her balcony. Olivia juggles a near-overload of characters and red herrings, while providing a spirited first-person narration of her fraught mentor/mentee relationship with Aubrey. |
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Savvy Summers and the sweet potato crimes by Sandra Jackson-OpokuWhen Grandy Jaspers, the 75-year-old neighborhood womanizer, drops dead at table two of Savvy Summers's soul food café Essie's, she finds herself and her café swamped by bad press, so Savvy and her snooping assistant manager, Penny Lopés, take it upon themselves to find who really killed Grandy. |
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Ali Dawson and her cold case team investigate crimes so old, they're frozen--or so their inside joke goes. Nobody knows that her team has a secret: they can travel back in time to look for evidence.The latest assignment sees Ali venture back farther than they have dared before: to 1850s London to clear the name of Cain Templeton, an eccentric patron of the arts. Ali arrives in the Victorian era to another dead woman at her feet and far too many unanswered questions.
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Scholar Pleiti is going it alone in this third investigation of the halls of academe amid the human colonies ringed around Jupiter. Pleiti investigates a plagiarism accusation threatening a young academic's future at a rival Jovian university. Her inquiry soon unravels into a perilous conspiracy, all while she grapples with the mysterious estrangement of her partner, Mossa.
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Convinced that Capt. Indira "La Voz" Roscoe is innocent, former crew members Dobs and Mumbles recruit her cadet granddaughter Nimah for a jailbreak. Together, they must gather the rest of the crew, with a couple of surprise additions, and free Indira before the pirate captain is executed for a crime that she very well may not have committed. The complex plot and banter between the scrappy heroes and diverse cast of characters makes this an entertaining read. |
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When an arrogant prince and his entourage get stuck in Orledder Halt as part of brutal political intrigue, competent and sunny deputy courier Elen, once a child slave, is assigned to guide him through the hills to reach his destination. When she warns him not to enter the haunted Spires, the prince doesn't heed her advice, and the man who emerges from the towers isn't the same man who entered. Can a group taught to ignore and despise the lower classes learn to trust a mere deputy courier as their guide for their survival?
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Middle-aged Beryl Gardinant runs a humble sword-fighting dojo in the quiet countryside. But when he's paid a visit by his former pupil, Allusia, he discovers that she has become an elite commander -- and she's hardly the only ex-student who's a renowned warrior! Now forced by Allusia to become a special instructor to the strongest order of knights in the kingdom, can Beryl reach his full potential even though he's an old man? |
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Ages 14 and up.
Lara Williams spends her unexpected gap year working on a luxury train hoping to reinvent herself and "be born anew." The train, laden with mysterious cargo and equally eerie passengers, totes its own sinister secrets. Sibling passengers Gwen and Gwydion claim to be researching accelerated plant growth. Can a teen determined to flee her own past uproot the truth about the sentient flora in time to save her future? |
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Torn from her family as a child and raised to one day to marry the Crown Prince of a powerful empire, Fei has only ever known loneliness. When the opportunity arises to seize her own destiny for the first time in her life, Fei sets out to hunt a legendary tiger, knowing it might cost her everything. What she doesn't expect is to fall under the mercy of Yexue, the beautiful runaway prince from a rival kingdom who is capable of commanding an army of deadly vampires by night. |
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In this realms-hopping romantasy overachieving high school senior Brenda Nguyen, who is Vietnamese American, has an elaborate plan that hinges on obtaining a college scholarship. She wanders into an unfamiliar L.A. coffee shop, where she meets Chinese American Kat Woo. The two hit it off only to discover that they live in different dimensions -- Brenda in a world of science and Kat in a world of magic--which they can only visit by traveling through fleeting, unstable portals. |
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The library is Poppy's favorite place to go but it's haunted by a ghost named Boo who loves to frighten visitors away. Boo casts eerie shadows, rips out pages, and knocks books off the shelves. However, brave Poppy refuses to leave -- she just wants to read in peace! Poppy soon realizes why Boo is acting out and she knows just how to help him.
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Margaux and her cat May grew up together, sharing countless memories along the way. But one day, May is late coming home. Where is May? The family looks and looks, they can't find her. Margaux's auntie helps in the search, but she can't stay long because she is moving to the city. Margaux will miss her auntie. But little do they know, May has a surprise in store for both of them!
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Ages 4 and up.
After an exciting day at the museum, Angel is inspired! With all the art supplies he can gather, he knows the dinosaur he draws will be perfect. But soon, fear and frustration take root - why can't he seem to draw exactly what he sees in his head? And even worse, what if he keeps making mistakes? |
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CeeCee is a young enslaved girl growing up alongside the two spoiled daughters she must work for on a plantation in Maryland. She takes care of them, catering to their every whim and suffering their casual cruelty. She learns to read with the threat of punishment if caught. CeeCee receives help from the caring cook, Binty and chances everything for the possibility of a new life.
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Norman the porcupine leaves his best friend Mildred the tree and sets out to find an adventure, but eventually decides that the best adventures are shared
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Floatby Laura MartinAges 8 and up.
Relegated to a government-mandated summer camp for kids with uncontrollable supernatural abilities, Emerson, a boy who must wear weights to prevent himself from uncontrollably floating away, teams up with his new friends and fellow misfits when he discovers that a time-traveling camper is hiding a dangerous secret.
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Hi, I'm Lottie Brooks! I'm 11 (and 3/4) years old and this is my diary. Before you read, though, you should be warned. This book is going to include mortifying moments like bra shopping with your mom and your seven-year-old brother, showing up to class with cereal in your hair, standing awkwardly at your first school dance, and so many more humiliating occurrences.
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Graphic novel ; ages 8 and up.
Explorers Tiana, Padmini, Sammy, Joe and their guide Kenji embark on a journey through time to observe key events in more recent history, including the Philippine-American War; the epic birthright citizenship battles of Wong Kim Ark, Takao Ozawa, and Bhagat Singh Thind, and the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. |
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Kickturn by Brie SpanglerGraphic novel ; ages 8 and up.
Lindy doesn't love living a nomadic life with her influencer parents in their renovated RV-school bus -- but she's used to it. When the bus breaks down in San Jose, Lindy happens to meet a few local girls whotake her to a real, live skate park. And when they do, Lindy immediately falls in love. With skateboarding. Lindy's parents want to get back on the road as soon as the bus is fixed -- but Lindy is willing to do anything to get them to stay. Will they ever be able to put down roots?"
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