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iv Books for Adults All books listed in this issue of Talking Adult Fiction Book Topics (TBT) have been distributed to cooperating libraries, though TBT does not Adventure include every book that has been produced Shanghai Station by NLS. The complete collection, con- DB92372 12 hours 27 minutes taining a wide range of fiction and nonfic- by Bartle Bull tion books, including biographies, classics, read by Peter Holdway Russian aristocrat Alexander Karlov flees westerns, mysteries, and romances, can be to Shanghai with his mother and sister in found by visiting www.loc.gov/nls. 1918. En route, their train is attacked by the Registered users may also download all Red Guard, Alexander’s mother is killed, titles and magazines from the NLS Braille and his sister is kidnapped. Hunted by a and Audio Reading Download (BARD) communist agent, Alexander searches for service at https://nlsbard.loc.gov. The free his sister. Violence, strong language, and BARD Mobile app is available from the some explicit descriptions of sex. 2004. App Store, Google Play, and Amazon’s The Good Luck Girls Appstore for reading talking books on your DB97143 11 hours 59 minutes personal smart phone or tablet. To learn by Charlotte Nicole Davis more about the collection or to sign up read by Jeanette Illidge for BARD, contact your local cooperating When one of the Good Luck Girls—girls library. Regional library telephone numbers sold to houses as children and branded and email addresses are listed on the last with cursed markings—accidentally kills pages of this magazine. a man, the girls risk everything to find Books within the headings Adult Fiction freedom, justice, and revenge in a country and Adult Nonfiction are listed alphabeti- that wants them to have none of those cally by subject category, author last name, things. Violence and strong language. and title. For example the title War and Commercial audiobook. For senior high Peace by Leo Tolstoy would be listed in and older readers. 2019. Archenemies Adult Fiction under the Classics subject DB92963 14 hours 35 minutes category and by the last name Tolstoy. by Marissa Meyer Note: A notice may appear immediately read by various narrators following the book description to indicate As crime escalates in Gatlon City, covert occurrences of violence, strong language, weapons and conflicting missions have or descriptions of sex. The word “some” Nova and Adrian questioning not only before any of these terms indicates an occa- their beliefs about justice, but also sional or infrequent occurrence, as in “some their feelings for each other. Sequel strong language.” Commercial audiobooks to Renegades (DB 89651). Unrated. for which NLS does not have access to the Commercial audiobook. For senior high print book may display the notice “unrated,” and older readers. 2018. which means that the book may or may Kydd Sea Adventure: Books 17-19 not contain violence, strong language, or DB95772 34 hours 4 minutes descriptions of sex. by Julian Stockwin

1 Adult Fiction Adventure, Classics, Family read by Ray Foushee whom he has never met. Noah accepts Three books, written in 2016-17, following custody of Michael and takes him to the adventures of Captain Sir Thomas France. There, they bond and discover Kydd of the Royal Navy. In Inferno, Kydd family secrets from World War II. Unrated. and the crew of the HMS Tyger are sent Commercial audiobook. 2019. on a mission to neutral Denmark. Includes All the Bad Apples Persephone and The Baltic Prize. Some DB96893 8 hours 54 minutes violence and some strong language. 2017. by Moïra Fowley-Doyle read by various narrators Classics Dublin, Ireland. After Deena starts Les Misérables receiving letters from her older sister DB96732 60 hours 30 minutes Mandy—whom everyone thinks is dead— by Victor Hugo she embarks on a cross-country hunt to read by various narrators find her sister and heal their family’s rotten Jean Valjean, a poor French peasant, is past. Some strong language. Commercial imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread audiobook. For senior high and older to feed his sister’s hungry children. He readers. 2019. escapes, hiding his identity and devoting The Dutch House his life to noble causes, until he once DB96739 9 hours 55 minutes again becomes the victim of cruel circum- by Ann Patchett stance in early nineteenth-century France. read by Tom Hanks Commercial audiobook. 2008. Through a canny investment at the end of Family World War II, Cyril Conroy lifts his family out of poverty. His first order of business The Reconstructionist is to buy the lavish Dutch House. But this DB96339 10 hours 39 minutes purchase brings only heartache to his loved by Nick Arvin ones—including children Danny and Maeve. read by Gregory Maupin Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Ten years ago, Ellis Barstow heard the Spilled Milk: Based on a True Story crash that killed his older half-brother, DB97070 7 hours 46 minutes Christopher. Now, he works as an accident by K.L. Randis reconstructionist under the supervision of read by K.L. Randis John Boggs. He has an uncomfortable fas- Battered child Brooke reports the violence cination with Heather, Boggs’s wife—who she endures at home, but social services was Christopher’s girlfriend when he died. further jeopardizes her safety. Seeking Strong language and some violence. 2012. safety and justice, Brooke battles a system Akin that pushes to keep her father in the DB96463 11 hours 33 minutes home despite his past actions. Unrated. by Emma Donoghue Commercial audiobook. 2013. read by Jason Culp In His Father’s Footsteps Seventy-nine-year-old Noah is preparing DB92316 9 hours 44 minutes to travel to his birthplace of Nice, France, by Danielle Steel when he receives a call about his read by Dan John Miller eleven-year-old great-nephew, Michael, 2 Adult Fiction—Family, Fantasy Max, the son of two concentration camp Rowena. In The Legend of Deathwalker, survivors, was determined to live a life Druss searches for jewels with mystic of wealth and success, creating his own powers. Violence, some strong language, version of the perfect American family. and some descriptions of sex. 1996. When things don’t go according to his White Wolf plans, Max struggles to set an example for DB96170 15 hours 34 minutes his own children. Unrated. Commercial by David Gemmell audiobook. 2018. read by Stephen Van Doren Former general Skilgannon the Damned Fantasy has retired from the army to live a simple Sapphire Flames: A Hidden Legacy Novel life as a monk, but the unrest in the DB96641 12 hours 35 minutes lands of the Drenai forces him to rejoin by Ilona Andrews the world. A brutal attack brings him an read by Emily Rankin unlikely alliance with Druss the Legend. In a world where magic is the key to Violence and some strong language. 2003. power and wealth, Catalina Baylor is a An Easy Death Prime and the Head of her House, despite DB93009 9 hours 50 minutes being afraid to use her unique powers. by Charlaine Harris When her friend’s mother and sister are read by Eva Kaminsky murdered, Catalina risks her reputation to Gunnie Lizbeth Rose is hired by two unravel the mystery. Unrated. Commercial Russian sorcerers to be their local guide audiobook. 2019. through East Texas in a version of America Ninth House that collapsed after FDR’s assassination DB97047 16 hours 24 minutes in the 1930s. They are looking for by Leigh Bardugo the daughter of a dead sorcerer, who read by various narrators the Russians believe will save their After waking up in the hospital, Galaxy emperor-in-exile. Unrated. Commercial “Alex” Stern, sole survivor of a mul- audiobook. 2018. tiple homicide, is surprised to receive an The Ten Thousand Doors of January acceptance to Yale University. The offer is DB96852 12 hours 23 minutes contingent on her joining the Lethe secret by Alix E. Harrow society, which wants Alex for her ability read by January LaVoy to see ghosts. Unrated. Commercial audio- Living in a sprawling mansion as the ward book. 2019. of the wealthy Mr. Locke, January Scaller The First Chronicles of Druss the is isolated and largely ignored. One day, Legend; The Legend of Deathwalker she finds a strange book and discovers DB92024 31 hours 55 minutes she has the ability to open doors between by David Gemmell worlds. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. read by Jon Huffman 2019. Two epic of the warrior Druss, Warrior of the Altaii the Deathwalker, written in 1993 and 1996. DB97056 9 hours 31 minutes The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend by Robert Jordan tells of his search for his missing wife read by Michael Kramer

3 Adult Fiction Fantasy, General Never-before-published first novel by and the origins of Dust. Some violence the author of the Wheel of Time series. and some strong language. Commercial Wulfgar, leader of the Altaii people, must audiobook. For senior high and older contend with queens, warlords, prophets, readers. 2019. and magic in hopes of protecting his Blood Communion: people. Elspeth, a visitor from another A Tale of Prince Lestat world, holds the answers if Wulfgar asks DB92506 8 hours 51 minutes the right questions. Unrated. Commercial by Anne Rice audiobook. 2019. read by Eric Shaw Quinn Eye Spy: Family Spies, Book 2 Prince Lestat relates the story of the for- DB96436 9 hours 54 minutes mation of the Blood Communion and how by Mercedes Lackey he became the true ruler of the vampire read by Nick Podehl world. His rival was the mysterious out- Abidela is the daughter of two legendary cast Rhoshamandes, avowed enemy of Heralds: Mags, the King’s Spy, and Queen Akasha. Unrated. Commercial Amily, the King’s Own. Without a Gift audiobook. 2018. of her own, she plans to join her father’s network of spies. When she senses an General imminent bridge collapse, it reveals a rare Find Me Gift that needs special training. Unrated. DB97242 8 hours 24 minutes Commercial audiobook. 2019. by André Aciman Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress; read by Michael Stuhlbarg Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Samuel is heading to Rome to visit his son Melniboné, Volume 3 Elio when he meets a woman who upends DB91585 15 hours 39 minutes his plans. Elio moves to Paris, where by Michael Moorcock he also has a life-changing affair, while read by Richard Davidson Oliver considers a trip back to Europe. Third collection of stories about Elric of Sequel to Call Me by Your Name (DB Melniboné, last king of a fallen empire. 65344). Some explicit descriptions of sex. Elric wanders the world, desiring only Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2019. oblivion, but the great lords of Law and Night Boat to Tangier Chaos have other plans for the legendary DB96929 5 hours 42 minutes warrior. Violence. 2008. by Kevin Barry The Secret Commonwealth: read by Kevin Barry The Book of Dust, Volume 2 In the dark waiting room of the ferry DB97269 19 hours 46 minutes terminal in the sketchy Spanish port of by Philip Pullman Algeciras, two aging Irishmen—Maurice read by Michael Sheen and Charlie, longtime drug-smuggling College undergraduate Lyra is once again partners—sit none too patiently. They are thrown together with Malcolm, now a expecting Maurice’s estranged daughter professor, after Lyra and her daemon, to either arrive on a boat coming from Pantalaimon, receive secrets from a Tangier or depart on one heading there. dying man about a daemon-haunted city Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.

4 Adult Fiction—General Pay Day students at school, befriends loner Darren DB96640 4 hours 47 minutes Eberheart, not knowing Darren is one of by ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Richelle his father’s patients. Violence and strong Denise language. Commercial audiobook. 2019. read by various narrators Lost Daughters One little ticket is about to change their DB97097 14 hours 22 minutes lives, but is it for better or for worse? by Mary Monroe When the office lotto pool lands the win- read by Diana Luke ning ticket for four friends, they embark Maureen Montgomery, from The Upper on journeys that change their lives forever. Room (DB 94005), returns home to Florida Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2015. after Mama Ruby dies. She and her brother A Dog’s Promise Virgil—who continues to keep Mama DB97118 10 hours 51 minutes Ruby’s secret—long for peace and quiet, by W. Bruce Cameron but Maureen’s daughter Loretta aspires read by William Dufris to be rich and famous and stirs things up. Bailey, a dog who has lived many lives— Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2013. as recounted in books starting with A Mama Ruby Dog’s Purpose (DB 72218)—returns as a DB96831 12 hours 36 minutes service dog named Cooper. Cooper helps by Mary Monroe Burke, a paraplegic teen who clashes with read by Kevin R. Free his brother, and meets Lacey, a special dog Before she was Mama Ruby in The who helps him fulfill his purpose. Unrated. Upper Room (DB 94005), she was just Commercial audiobook. 2019. fifteen-year-old Ruby, a wild child with Have You Seen Luis Velez? a taste for boys and booze. When she DB96316 9 hours 46 minutes becomes pregnant, she turns to her best by Catherine Ryan Hyde friend, Othella, who convinces Ruby to read by Kurt Elftmann give the baby up. Unrated. Commercial Teenager Raymond leads a lonely life, audiobook. 2011. shuttling between the homes of his Quichotte divorced parents. Millie, an elderly blind DB96643 16 hours 4 minutes woman who lives in his mother’s building, by Salman Rushdie asks him if he has seen the man who was read by Vikas Adam her caretaker. He starts helping Millie, and A mediocre thriller writer creates the char- looking for the missing Luis Velez. 2019. acter of Quichotte, a traveling salesman The Topeka School obsessively in love with a TV star. He DB97054 10 hours 37 minutes sets off on a quest across America in an by Ben Lerner effort to be worthy of her love. Inspired read by various narrators by Don Quixote by Cervantes. Unrated. Adam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High Commercial audiobook. 2019. School, class of '97. Both of his par- Olive, Again ents work at a world-renowned psychi- DB97052 12 hours 16 minutes atric clinic. Adam, as one of the popular by Elizabeth Strout read by Kimberly Farr

5 Adult Fiction General, Historical Fiction This collection of linked stories follows Winchester, where she becomes part of the the cantankerous Olive Kitteridge as she cathedral’s broderers and finds friendship. struggles to understand not only herself Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. and her own life, but the lives of those The Water Dancer around her in her Maine hometown. DB96729 14 hours 16 minutes Sequel to Olive Kitteridge (DB 67392). by Ta-Nehisi Coates Some strong language. Commercial read by Joe Morton audiobook. 2019. Born into bondage, Hiram Walker is robbed of all memory of his mother when she is Historical Fiction sold. But Hiram is blessed with a myste- The Tuscan Child rious power. This power saves him when DB92978 10 hours 11 minutes he almost drowns, and he knows he must by Rhys Bowen escape the only life he has ever known. read by various narrators Violence. Commercial audiobook. 2019. 1944. After Hugo Langley survives his Where the Light Enters bomber being shot out of the sky, he finds DB96743 26 hours 11 minutes refuge in a ruined monastery and the arms by Sara Donati of Sofia Bartoli. Thirty years later, his read by Kate Reading estranged daughter Joanna discovers a 1884. After the loss of her husband, letter to Sofia while settling Hugo’s estate. Dr. Sophie Savard, from The Gilded Hour Joanna’s world is upended. Unrated. (DB 84079), returns home to New York Commercial audiobook. 2018. to rebuild her life. She and her cousin The Chocolate Maker’s Wife and fellow doctor, Anna, are consulted DB96568 19 hours 9 minutes by Anna’s husband, Detective Sergeant by Karen Brooks Jack Mezzanotte, on mysterious deaths read by Peter Holdway of young women. Unrated. Commercial England, 1662. Rosamund Tomkins audiobook. 2019. encounters Sir Everard Blithman when he The Winemaker’s Wife almost runs her down with his carriage. DB96499 11 hours 35 minutes He sees her potential and brings her to by Kristin Harmel London to be his wife and work in his read by various narrators chocolate shop. But family secrets are France, 1940. Inès thought her marriage to being kept hidden. Violence and explicit Michel would be a dream come true, but descriptions of sex. 2019. he isolates her from their wine business. A Single Thread With Nazi Germany coming to power, she DB96525 10 hours 53 minutes must contend with the local officials. She by Tracy Chevalier soon finds out about the Resistance and read by Fenella Woolgar others using the winery’s caves. Unrated. 1932. Violet Speedwell, who lost both her Commercial audiobook. 2019. beloved brother and her fiancé in the Great Galway Bay War, struggles as part of the lost generation DB91054 21 hours 38 minutes of single women. She saves up enough by Mary Pat Kelly to move out of her mother’s home to read by Kate Kiley

6 Adult Fiction—Historical Fiction 1839. Soon after Honora Keeley is The Song of the Jade Lily accepted to the convent, she meets DB96394 12 hours 13 minutes Michael Kelly and they fall in love. by Kirsty Manning As the Great Starvation sweeps across read by Saskia Maarleveld Ireland, they struggle to feed their growing In 1939, Jewish refugee Romy meets family. Then an opportunity to immigrate Shanghai local Li. They form a fierce to America is offered to them. Conflict friendship as they try to survive the follows the family. Some violence. 2009. horrors of war. In 2016, Alexandra returns Unsheltered home to Australia to care for her grand- DB92948 16 hours 40 minutes mother Romy and grandfather Wilhelm, by Barbara Kingsolver who is dying of cancer. Family secrets read by Barbara Kingsolver are revealed. Unrated. Commercial One New Jersey house connects two families audiobook. 2018. across time. In the present day, it is home A Bridge across the Ocean to the Knox family, who question why the DB97340 10 hours 35 minutes success promised to them has never materi- by Susan Meissner alized. In the 1800s, science teacher Thatcher read by Kim Bubbs Greenwood wonders why utopia eludes him. Brette Caslake encounters a ghost while Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. attending a friend’s baby shower on This Tender Land the famously haunted Queen Mary. DB96864 14 hours 8 minutes The incident leads her to investigate by William Kent Krueger a seventy-year-old tragedy. In 1946, read by various narrators German ballerina Annaliese Lange and Odie, his older brother Albert, their best Frenchwoman Simone Deveraux travel friend Mose, and little Emmy escape from to America on the RMS Queen Mary. the Lincoln School and the harsh superin- Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2017. tendent. They use a canoe to travel down Cilka’s Journey the Mississippi River, intent on finding a DB97024 11 hours 6 minutes new place for themselves, and cross paths by Heather Morris with other drifters. Unrated. Commercial read by Louise Brealey audiobook. Bestseller. 2019. 1945. Cilka Klein has been liberated The Downstairs Girl from Auschwitz. But as the Soviet army DB96993 10 hours 25 minutes is processing her, they charge her as a by Stacey Lee collaborator and send her to a Siberian read by Emily Woo Zeller prison camp. Cilka must learn to survive 1890. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo in a harsh new reality as she wrestles with Kuan works as a lady’s maid for the cruel her past. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Caroline Payne, daughter of one of the Bestseller. 2019. wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo The Giver of Stars moonlights as the pseudonymous author DB96907 13 hours 54 minutes of a newspaper advice column. Unrated. by Jojo Moyes Commercial audiobook. For senior high read by Julia Whelan and older readers. 2019.

7 Adult Fiction Historical Fiction, Human Relationships 1937. Alice Van Cleve is still trying to adjust The English German Girl to married life and living in Kentucky after DB94611 15 hours 37 minutes being raised in England. When offered the by Jake Wallis Simons chance to join a group of women to deliver read by Julie Teal ’s new traveling library, As Rosa Klein’s family lives in a Berlin she jumps at it. But they face dangers. that is growing more and more restrictive, Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. they arrange for her to leave the country Moonlight over Paris on a Kindertransport that eventually takes DB97099 8 hours 53 minutes her to England. Rosa vows to secure safe by Jennifer Robson passage for her family, but war breaks read by Jane Copland out and she loses contact. Unrated. 1924. After a broken engagement and a Commercial audiobook. 2013. near-fatal illness, Lady Helena Montagu- The Labyrinth of the Spirits Douglas-Parr is determined to reclaim her DB93034 27 hours 57 minutes life. The first step is to move to Paris to by Carlos Ruiz Zafón live with her Aunt Agnes. There, Helena read by Daniel Weyman lives as Miss Parr and meets American Spain, 1938. Young Alicia loses her journalist Sam Howard. Unrated. parents to the Nationalist bombings of Commercial audiobook. 2016. Barcelona. Twenty years later, she must The Women of the Copper Country confront Spain’s past as she works as DB96426 12 hours 30 minutes an investigator for the secret police. by Mary Doria Russell Companion to The Prisoner of Heaven read by Cassandra Campbell (DB 75335). Translated from the 1913. Tired of her husband’s abuse and original 2016 Spanish edition. Unrated. the working conditions in her copper Commercial audiobook. 2017. mining community, twenty-five-year-old Anna “Big Annie” Clements decides to Human Relationships stand up for herself. Searching for justice, Matchmaking for Beginners she begins to realize exactly how far she DB91685 12 hours 51 minutes will have to go to achieve independence. by Maddie Dawson Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. read by Gabriella Cavallero Jeeves and the King of Clubs: Marnie longs for the domestic bliss of A Novel in Homage to P.G. Wodehouse marriage, but everything changes soon DB93086 8 hours 27 minutes after she meets her fiancé’s matchmaking by Ben Schott great-aunt Blix. Her marriage ends, Blix read by James Lance dies and leaves Marnie her Brooklyn The Junior Ganymede Club—the asso- brownstone, and she decides to open her- ciation of butlers and valets that Jeeves self to new dreams. Strong language and belongs to—is revealed to actually be some descriptions of sex. 2018. an arm of Britain’s intelligence service. Gone So Long Jeeves is tasked with ferreting out a fascist DB93095 16 hours 31 minutes spy and Bertie’s assistance is required. by Andre Dubus Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. read by Andre Dubus III

8 Adult Fiction—Human Relationships Susan Dunn is a professor struggling with Second Time Sweeter both work and her marriage. She’s ready DB96495 9 hours 8 minutes to abandon everything when she receives by Beverly Jenkins a letter that forces her to reckon with the read by Lynnette R. Freeman trauma that first sent her running: her A redemption-seeking recovering alco- mother’s murder at the hands of her father holic who mentors foster children seeks forty years ago. Unrated. Commercial forgiveness from the woman he betrayed, audiobook. 2018. while a store owner and his high school Virgil Wander sweetheart consider a second chance at DB93336 10 hours 39 minutes love. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. by Leif Enger 2018. read by MacLeod Andrews We Regret to Inform You After his car crashes in an icy Lake DB96668 9 hours 35 minutes Superior, Virgil survives with damage to by Ariel Kaplan his language and memory. The people read by MacKenzie Beyer in the small Minnesota town where he When high-achiever Mischa is rejected owns a struggling movie house help Virgil from every college she applies to, she piece back together his personal history. teams up with a group of hacker girls to Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. find out who altered her transcript and try What Happens in Paradise to set things right. Some strong language. DB97048 9 hours 50 minutes For senior high and older readers. 2018. by Elin Hilderbrand Nine Perfect Strangers read by Erin Bennett DB92901 19 hours 3 minutes In Winter in Paradise (DB 92619), newly by Liane Moriarty widowed Irene Steele learned of her late read by Caroline Lee husband’s double life on St. John in the Nine people gather at a remote health US Virgin Islands. Now she and her adult resort called Tranquillum House, each for sons have moved to the island, trying to their own reasons. Among them is Frances, learn more about the man who deceived a romance novelist who is intrigued by them all. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. both her fellow guests and the charismatic 2019. owner, while fighting the feeling she State of the Union: should run while she still can. Unrated. A Marriage in Ten Parts Commercial audiobook. 2018. DB95891 2 hours 31 minutes Retaliation, Books 1-2 by Nick Hornby DB95985 11 hours 44 minutes read by Michael Russotto by Yasmin Shiraz Tom and Louise meet at the pub before read by Teresa Willis their couples therapy appointments. They Two books, written in 2007 and 2014, once thought they had a stable home life. featuring teens trying to escape the vio- Now they wonder if their marriage will lence that surrounds them. In Retaliation, ever go back together after being picked Washington, DC, native Tashera is badly apart each week. Strong language and injured after being jumped by a group descriptions of sex. 2019. of girls. In Accused, Tashera’s boyfriend

9 Adult Fiction Human Relationships, Humor, Literature Ahmed is wrongly arrested. Violence. For Returning to her Nantucket childhood senior high and older readers. 2014. home in the wake of personal and profes- Every Breath sional setbacks, novelist Keely Green is DB92510 9 hours 14 minutes forced to face her estranged best friend, by Nicholas Sparks Isabelle. When she begins to fall for read by various narrators Isabelle’s brother, things become compli- Hope Anderson is at a crossroads, with cated. Some strong language and some her relationship stalled and her father descriptions of sex. 2019. sick. She decides to take a break in Red at the Bone Sunset Beach, North Carolina. She DB96652 3 hours 55 minutes meets Tru Walls, a safari guide from by Jacqueline Woodson Zimbabwe in town to investigate his read by various narrators family mysteries, and the two share 2001. Sixteen-year-old Melody enters a connection. Unrated. Commercial her coming-of-age ceremony wearing the ­audiobook. 2018. custom-made dress her mother Iris never Beauchamp Hall got to wear—due to her pregnancy. As the DB93397 7 hours 25 minutes families of Melody’s parents gather for by Danielle Steel the ceremony, their individual stories are read by Dan John Miller revealed. Strong language and descriptions One thing that consoles Winnie when she of sex. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. thinks about the path her life has taken 2019. is binge-watching the British TV show Beauchamp Hall. After her boyfriend Humor betrays her, Winnie decides to take a trip Live a Little to England to see the town where the DB96925 9 hours 40 minutes show is filmed. Unrated. Commercial by Howard Jacobson audiobook. 2018. read by Allan Corduner The Goodbye Cafe Ninety-something Beryl Dusinbery keeps DB97130 13 hours 44 minutes forgetting everything, including her own by Mariah Stewart children, but spends her days stitching read by Joy Osmanski morbid samplers. Shimi Carmelli, last California girl Allie Hudson Monroe can’t of the eligible elderly bachelors in wait for the day when the renovations North London, remembers everything— on the Sugarhouse Theater are complete, including a shameful childhood incident. so she can finally collect the inheritance But their combined talents allow them from her father and leave Pennsylvania. to eke out new adventures. Unrated. After all, her life and her fourteen-year-old Commercial audiobook. 2019. daughter are in Los Angeles. Unrated. Literature Commercial audiobook. 2019. Harlem Renaissance: Surfside Sisters Four Novels of the 1930s DB95998 10 hours 30 minutes DB91302 29 hours 21 minutes by Nancy Thayer edited by Rafia Zafar read by MacKenzie Beyer read by Eva Wilhelm 10 Adult Fiction—Literature, Mystery and Detective Four novels from African American brother learns that Bella is working under- writers during Harlem’s cultural and cover to find a missing girl involved in a artistic movement of the 1930s. Includes dangerous prostitution ring, he asks FBI Not without Laughter by Langston agent Lucy Kincaid for help. Unrated. Hughes, Black No More by George S. Commercial audiobook. 2018. Schuyler, The Conjure-Man Dies by Too Far Gone Rudolph Fisher, and Black Thunder by DB92986 13 hours 20 minutes Arna Bontemps. Some violence and some by Allison Brennan strong language. 2011. read by Ann Marie Lee When a man who appears mentally Mystery and Detective unstable holds a group of people hos- Nothing Ventured tage and dies in a shootout with the FBI, DB96828 9 hours 19 minutes Special Agent Lucy Kincaid is assigned by Jeffrey Archer to investigate. Up until two months ago, read by George Blagden the shooter was a respected scientist. Then William Warwick, the protagonist of his life fell apart. Unrated. Commercial the books written by Harry Clifton from audiobook. 2018. Only Time Will Tell (DB 73852), fights Tin Badges with his lawyer father over his dream DB96771 7 hours 46 minutes of becoming a detective. He eventu- by Lorenzo Carcaterra ally joins the Metropolitan Police and is read by Pete Simonelli assigned to investigate art crimes. Unrated. After retired NYPD detective Tank Rizzo Commercial audiobook. 2019. agrees to help take down a kingpin, Bitter Creek: A Montana Mystery he suddenly becomes guardian to his Featuring Gabriel Du Pré orphaned teenage nephew, Chris. When DB96334 7 hours 43 minutes Chris reveals genius-level computer skills by Peter Bowen and an interest in true crime, Tank real- read by Alec Volz izes he’s just what the team needs for A visit to a medicine man’s sweat lodge their current case. Unrated. Commercial reveals a very cold case: a band of audiobook. 2019. Métis disappeared after fleeing General Crepe Factor Pershing’s troops in 1910. Gabriel Du Pré, DB97017 10 hours 21 minutes his girlfriend’s son Chappie Placquemines, by Laura Childs and Terrie Farley Moran and Chappie’s former commanding officer read by Danielle Ferland John Patchen investigate the probable While strolling through the Winter Market, massacre. Strong language and some scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand violence. 2015. comes upon a dying man stabbed with a Breaking Point serving fork. The victim is loathed restau- DB92977 14 hours 30 minutes rant critic Martin Lash. And the prime by Allison Brennan suspect is New Orleans restaurateur Quigg read by Ann Marie Lee Brevard—who was seen giving the critic After surviving abuse and betrayal, Bella a tongue-lashing minutes earlier. Unrated. Caruso spends her time saving other young Commercial audiobook. 2016. women from the same hell. When her 11 Adult Fiction Mystery and Detective Mumbo Gumbo Murder the murder case that obsessed the man DB97019 9 hours 54 minutes who trained Bosch as a rookie. After the by Laura Childs and Terrie Farley Moran mentor’s death, his widow gives Bosch a read by Danielle Ferland murder book he held on to: the unsolved It’s Fest in New Orleans, and Carmela killing of a troubled young man. Unrated. and her friend Ava are following the giant Commercial audiobook. 2019. puppets from the Beastmaster Puppet A Willing Murder Theater through the French Quarter when DB92708 10 hours 58 minutes they hear a terrible crash from Devon by Jude Deveraux Dowling’s antique shop. They find Devon read by Susan Bennett collapsed with blood streaming down his Retired romance author Sara Medlar, her face. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. previously estranged niece Kate, and irri- You Don’t Own Me: tating Jackson Wyatt make unlikely room- An Under Suspicion Novel mates in Sara’s newly acquired mansion in DB93338 7 hours 5 minutes Lachlan, Florida. When two skeletons are by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke accidentally uncovered in the quiet town, read by January LaVoy the trio decides to work together to solve Dr. Martin Bell, a famously charming and the mystery. Unrated. Commercial audio- talented physician, was shot dead as he book. 2018. pulled into his driveway five years ago. Christmas Cake Murder Certain that Martin’s disgraced and erratic DB93200 6 hours 13 minutes wife is the murderer, Martin’s parents by Joanne Fluke want television producer Laurie Moran to read by Suzanne Toren feature Martin’s case on Under Suspicion. It’s Christmas years ago, and topping Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. young Hannah Swensen’s wish list is The Long Call becoming the go-to baker in Lake Eden, DB96754 10 hours 26 minutes Minnesota. While recreating a spectacular by Ann Cleeves Christmas Ball in honor of elderly hospice read by Ben Aldridge patient Essie Granger, Hannah becomes Detective Matthew Venn stands outside enthralled by Essie’s old notebooks about the North Devon church as his estranged a woman escaping danger. Unrated. father’s funeral takes place. On the day Commercial audiobook. 2018. Matthew left the strict evangelical commu- Raspberry Danish Murder nity he grew up in, he lost his family too. DB93214 10 hours 2 minutes But before he leaves again, he learns that a by Joanne Fluke body has been found on the nearby beach. read by Suzanne Toren Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Even though newlywed Hannah Swensen The Night Fire Barton’s husband Ross has vanished DB97282 10 hours 6 minutes without a trace, she throws herself into a by Michael Connelly baking frenzy when holiday orders pour read by various narrators into The Cookie Jar. Then P.K., her hus- Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective band’s assistant at KCOW-TV—who is Renée Ballard come together again on driving Ross’s car and using his desk at

12 Adult Fiction—Mystery and Detective work—is murdered. Unrated. Commercial Still recovering from the harrowing events audiobook. 2018. in Depth of Winter (DB 92275), Sheriff Broken Dishes Walt Longmire investigates what may or DB93199 9 hours 3 minutes may not be the suicide by hanging of a by Earlene Fowler shepherd in Absaroka County. Meanwhile, read by Johanna Parker he becomes more and more empathetic Benni Harper is helping out a friend on towards an oversize wolf in the Big a dude ranch by teaching quilting classes Horn Mountains. Unrated. Commercial and lending a hand wherever needed. audiobook. 2019. Things are finally coming together—that John Bekker, Books 2-5 is, until a dead body and Harper’s nemesis DB95326 27 hours 14 minutes Detective Ford “Hud” Hudson show up. by Al Lamanda Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2004. read by various narrators Claws for Concern: Four mysteries, written in 2013-16, feature A Cat in the Stacks Mystery ex-cop-turned-PI John Bekker. Includes DB92420 8 hours 9 minutes Sunrise, First Light, This Side of Midnight, by Miranda James and With Six You Get Wally, in which read by Erin Bennett Bekker—hired to babysit a man who must Jack is bugging Charlie to be in his latest break his gambling addiction to inherit true-crime book. Charlie prefers helping the family company—faces down a killer. an elderly man navigate the library’s gene- Strong language and some violence. 2016. alogical database—especially when he Heaven, My Home learns that his search is about a member of DB96855 9 hours 19 minutes Charlie’s family. But Jack is certain that the by Attica Locke researcher was involved in a shocking homi- read by J.D. Jackson cide. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. Following the events of Bluebird, Bluebird Twelve Angry Librarians: (DB 89420), Texas Ranger Darren A Cat in the Stacks Mystery Mathews is on the hunt for a missing DB92428 7 hours 16 minutes nine-year-old boy in a small lakeside by Miranda James town, but it’s the boy’s family of white read by Erin Bennett supremacists who are his real target. After his library-school nemesis drops Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. dead, Charlie—who had a heated argu- Trace: A Joe Gunther Novel ment with him the day before—becomes DB92094 12 hours 45 minutes the main suspect. Charlie, with Diesel’s by Archer Mayor feline help, must check out every clue read by Joe Wilson to find the real killer or the next book he When Joe Gunther takes leave from his reads will come from a prison library. position with the Vermont Bureau of Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2017. Investigation to care for his ill mother, Land of Wolves his detectives deal with three complicated DB97044 8 hours 12 minutes cases, including the reopening of one in by Craig Johnson which a cop and a suspect killed each read by George Guidall other. Violence and strong language. 2017.

13 Adult Fiction Mystery and Detective The Colors of All the Cattle prison’s young librarian. After Michael is DB93250 9 hours 38 minutes unexpectedly released, he must avoid the by Alexander McCall Smith temptation of crime while balancing his read by Lisette Lecat new job, his love of reading, and the debt Botswana. When Mma Ramotswe of the he owes to the man who helped get him out. No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency learns Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. about the proposed construction of the Kingdom of the Blind: A Chief Inspector flashy Big Fun Hotel next to a graveyard, Gamache Novel she reluctantly agrees to run for city DB92965 12 hours 22 minutes council. Her opponent is Violet Sephotho, by Louise Penny who is in the pocket of the hotel devel- read by Robert Bathurst opers. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. A stranger names Armand Gamache as an 2018. executor of her will. The terms are so odd Blind Search: A Mercy and Elvis Mystery that Gamache suspects the woman was DB97170 12 hours 12 minutes delusional. When a body is found, the will by Paula Munier suddenly seems more menacing than pecu- read by Kathleen McInerney liar. Meanwhile, Gamache tries to stop Lost in the woods, nine-year-old Henry missing opioids from hitting the streets. sees something terrible—but his autism Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. keeps him silent. When a young woman is City of Windows found shot through the heart with a fatal DB96454 11 hours 7 minutes arrow, Mercy and canine Elvis team up by Robert Pobi with their crime-solving friends to find read by Stephen Graybill the killer—before the killer finds Henry. During an NYC blizzard, an FBI agent is Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. killed by a nearly impossible sniper shot. The A Keeper agent-in-charge turns to the one man who DB96403 7 hours 48 minutes can help them: Lucas Page—a highly skilled by Graham Norton agent who left the FBI after losing a leg, an read by Graham Norton arm, an eye, and the willingness to continue. Elizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. her mother’s death, focused only on saying Leverage in Death goodbye to that dark and dismal part of her DB92630 12 hours 33 minutes life. Her childhood home is packed solid by J.D. Robb with useless junk. But within this mess, read by Jeff Allin she discovers a small stash of letters—and Quantum Air VP Paul Rogan walks into a ultimately, the truth. Unrated. Commercial Monday-morning meeting, apologizes, and audiobook. 2019. detonates a suicide vest. Eve Dallas and The Man Who Came Uptown her colleagues discover that captors held DB93227 7 hours 4 minutes Rogan and his wife and daughter hostage by George Pelecanos all weekend. The bombing was Rogan’s read by James Shippy only option to save his family. Violence, Michael Hudson spends the long days in strong language, and some explicit prison devouring books given to him by the descriptions of sex. 2018.

14 Adult Fiction—Mystery and Detective, Occult and Horror Vendetta in Death read by James Konicek DB96482 12 hours 45 minutes A collection of thirty-five horror sto- by J.D. Robb ries. Includes the previously unpublished read by Susan Ericksen novella A Long December, in which Wealthy businessman Nigel McEnroy’s a police detective shows up at Robert company has already paid out settlements Howard’s front door with the news that to a couple of his young victims—but his his next-door neighbor is a murderer. crimes go far beyond workplace harass- Violence, strong language, and some ment. In one shocking night of brutality, descriptions of sex. 2016. vigilante Lady Justice makes him pay a We Sold Our Souls much steeper price. And he’s just her first DB92436 9 hours 4 minutes target. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. by Grady Hendrix 2019. read by Carol Monda Pete Fernandez, Books 1-4 Kris has been scraping by in lousy jobs DB95454 37 hours 52 minutes since the heavy metal band she played by Alex Segura with in the 1990s broke up. When she read by Barry Bernson realizes the group’s former lead singer Four mysteries, written between 2013 and sold all his band members’ souls to 2018, featuring Pete Fernandez, an alco- the devil, she sets out on a journey to holic newspaperman-turned-PI in Miami. reclaim her soul. Unrated. Commercial Includes Silent City, Down the Darkest audiobook. 2018. Street, Dangerous Ends, and Blackout, The Institute in which new evidence in an old murder DB96528 19 hours 1 minutes has Pete dealing with a dangerous cult. by Stephen King Violence and strong language. 2018. read by Santino Fontana Desert Redemption: In the middle of the night, intruders A Lena Jones Mystery silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and DB96554 9 hours 50 minutes take him to the Institute. He wakes to by Betty Webb find he is among other kids like him, with read by Erin Jones psychic gifts that the Institute wants to Cop-turned-PI Lena Jones grew up in exploit. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. foster homes after being shot in the head Bestseller. 2019. and left to die on a Phoenix street as a The Bone Houses small child. Her latest investigation— DB96895 9 hours 11 minutes involving two different communes in the by Emily Lloyd-Jones nearby desert—leads to information about read by Moira Quirk her past. Violence and strong language. When risen corpses called “bone houses” 2019. threaten Ryn’s village because of a decades-old curse, she teams up with a Occult and Horror mapmaker named Ellis to solve the mys- A Long December tery of the curse and destroy the undead DB95830 16 hours 20 minutes forever. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. by Richard Chizmar For senior high and older readers. 2019.

15 Adult Fiction Occult and Horror, Political, Psychological, Religious Themes Dracul After her daughter Keiko’s death by sui- DB92507 16 hours 28 minutes cide, Etsuko reflects on her life before she by Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker moved to England with her husband and read by various narrators on Japan’s rebuilding after the destruc- 1868. Twenty-one-year-old Bram Stoker tion of World War II. The past and the waits in a desolate tower to confront present converge in her mind. Unrated. an evil monster. As a child, the sickly Commercial audiobook. 1982. Bram was cared for by his nursemaid, Ellen Crone, but she disappeared after a Religious Themes string of nearby deaths. Prequel to Bram The Loyal One Stoker’s Dracula (DB 31689). Unrated. DB96733 7 hours 26 minutes Commercial audiobook. 2018. by Shelley Shepard Gray H.P. Lovecraft: Tales read by Tavia Gilbert DB91586 41 hours 20 minutes Katie Steury hires her old friend Harley edited by Peter Straub Lambright to remodel her rundown old read by Doug Ramsdell house into a charming bed and breakfast Collection of twenty-two stories rep- in the Amish community of Walnut Creek. resenting the best of Howard Phillips Though they are longtime friends, they Lovecraft’s fiction, much of it originally have a rocky relationship, thanks to her published in pulp magazines such as Weird being partly responsible for his most Tales and Astounding Stories. Includes a recent breakup. Unrated. Commercial popular work, “The Outsider” (1926), and audiobook. 2019. the nightmarish science fiction tale “The When We Were Young Colour out of Space” (1927). Some strong DB92883 11 hours 0 minutes language. 2005. by Karen Kingsbury read by various narrators Political Themes From the outside, it looked like Noah and Night of Camp David Emily Carter had a fairy-tale life, but their DB93235 10 hours 25 minutes marriage is in ruins. On the eve of his by Fletcher Knebel divorce, Noah wakes up to a world where read by Edoardo Ballerini everything has changed and years have When a fresh young senator is called to passed, leaving him desperate for a second Camp David by the president, little does chance. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. he know that he will be asked to run for 2018. vice president. Only then does he under- Listening to Love: stand the intricacies of politics and the true An Amish Journey Novel meaning of power. Unrated. Commercial DB96849 7 hours 52 minutes audiobook. 1965. by Beth Wiseman read by Lauren Berst Psychological Themes Lucas Shetler lives in a strict Old Order A Pale View of Hills Amish community that avoids modern DB96994 6 hours 2 minutes technology. Veterinary student Natalie by Kazuo Ishiguro Collins didn’t grow up Amish at all, but read by Roe Kendall 16 Adult Fiction—Religious Themes, Romance she still falls for Lucas. They encounter Widow Elizabeth has decided it’s time she family opposition from all sides. Unrated. found another husband. She meets Colin Commercial audiobook. 2019. at the Westcott Christmas house party, To Win Her Heart but Elizabeth believes he is too young for DB93334 11 hours 4 minutes her. When they return to London, they are by Karen Witemeyer both committed to finding other suitable read by Therese Plummer matches, despite their mutual attraction. Texas, 1887. Repentant ex-con Levi Grant Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. wants a new start as a blacksmith. Eden Darn Good Cowboy Christmas Spencer runs a lending library and bonds DB95669 12 hours 8 minutes with Levi over their shared love of lit- by Carolyn Brown erature. But just as romance blooms, read by Carol Jacobanis she learns of Levi’s past. Commercial After growing up in a traveling carnival, audiobook. 2011. Liz Hanson jumps at the chance for a real The Mayflower Bride home when she inherits a ranch. Handsome DB97180 7 hours 18 minutes cowboy Raylen O’Donnell could get any by Kimberley Woodhouse woman he wants, but he can’t get Liz out read by Sarah Zimmerman of his mind. Some strong language and In 1620, Mary Elizabeth Chapman is a some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011. Separatist seeking a better life in the New The Magnolia Inn World. William Lytton embarks on the DB95818 8 hours 51 minutes Mayflower as a carpenter and is offered a by Carolyn Brown job as a spy in Virginia. The two face hard- read by Cecelia Riddett ships together in the colonies. Unrated. When Jolene takes over her aunt and Commercial audiobook. 2018. uncle’s bed and breakfast in East Texas, she is excited to get started renovating. Romance Unfortunately, she must work with Tucker, a Heroes of St. Helena, Books 1-3 moody and stubborn carpenter still mourning DB91482 27 hours 1 minutes his dead wife. Some strong language. 2019. by Marina Adair One Hot Cowboy Wedding read by various narrators DB96932 11 hours 19 minutes Three contemporary romances set in by Carolyn Brown St. Helena, California, written in 2015-16. read by Ann Marie Lee In Need You for Keeps, pet groomer The will says Ace will keep the ranch if Shay Michaels clashes with Deputy he has a wife and stays married for a year. Jonah Baudouin. Also includes Need Jasmine is just helping her friend out until You for Always and Need You for Mine. Ace’s kisses leave her longing for a true Some strong language and some explicit cowboy husband. Unrated. Commercial descriptions of sex. 2016. audiobook. 2012. Someone to Trust: A Westcott Novel The Perfect Dress DB93332 11 hours 20 minutes DB96308 9 hours 22 minutes by Mary Balogh by Carolyn Brown read by Rosalyn Landor read by Faith Potts

17 Adult Fiction Romance Mitzi has never fit into her small Texas Bone Secrets, Books 3-5 hometown, but found her purpose running DB95081 31 hours 33 minutes a bridal boutique catering to plus-sized by Kendra Elliot brides with her best friends. When her read by Alec Volz high school crush Graham walks into her Three novels of romantic suspense written shop looking for bridesmaid dresses for between 2013 and 2016. In Buried, the his daughters, sparks fly. Some strong remains of children whose school bus language. 2019. disappeared are finally found—all except No Judgments for those of reporter Michael Brody’s DB96859 8 hours 46 minutes brother. Also includes Alone and Known. by Meg Cabot Strong language, some violence, and some read by Piper Goodeve explicit descriptions of sex. 2016. A massive hurricane cuts off Little Bridge A Perfect Storm Island, Florida, from the mainland, sev- DB93051 14 hours 29 minutes ering all power and cell service. Bree by Lori Foster Beckham is worried about how many read by Jim Frangione islanders are separated from their pets and Bounty hunter Spencer Lark finally has sets out to rescue them—with the help of the bait he needs to expose a dangerous her boss’s sexy nephew, Drew. Unrated. smuggling ring—the beautiful Arizona Commercial audiobook. 2019. Storm. Haunted by her past, Arizona wel- Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy comes the opportunity to settle the score. DB96693 10 hours 17 minutes Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2012. by Caitlin Crews The Summer House read by Emily Ellet DB96562 9 hours 29 minutes Ty Everett has been riding bulls in rodeos by Jenny Hale since he was eighteen, but his last fall read by Deborah Desmone causes partial amnesia. He returns to Cold Callie Weaver and her best friend have River Ranch to decide what to do next and put their life savings into the house meets Hannah Monroe—who tells him that they bought on North Carolina’s Outer they were married and she wants a divorce. Banks, intending to fix it up and open Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2019. a bed-and-breakfast. Callie catches the Met Her Match attention of local playboy Luke Sullivan, DB96734 10 hours 11 minutes but a diary she finds contains secrets about by Jude Deveraux Luke’s family. 2017. read by Susan Bennett A Reluctant Bride Terri Rayburn is a girl with a reputa- DB96635 10 hours 28 minutes tion she doesn’t deserve. She ignores the by Jody Hedlund gossip and keeps to herself as she runs read by Esther Wane the summer resort on Lake Kissel. When In 1862, Mercy escapes a bleak future she returns home from a short trip, she in London and joins a bride ship, finds handsome Nate Taggert living in her agreeing to marry when she arrives in house. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Vancouver. Wealthy and titled, Joseph 2019. becomes the ship’s surgeon to avoid the

18 Adult Fiction—Romance pain of losing his family. When Mercy Before starting work at a hot Seattle becomes his assistant, they fight their restaurant, chef Josie Avery takes a growing affection. Unrated. Commercial summer job at a lodge in Alaska. She audiobook. 2019. bonds with the locals, including sword- The Taming of Jessi Rose smith Palmer Saxon. Their relationship has DB97318 11 hours 1 minutes an end date, as Josie can’t imagine leaving by Beverly Jenkins her life in Seattle—even for love. Unrated. read by Thomas Penny Commercial audiobook. 2018. In trying to save her family ranch from Meant to Be Yours falling into the wrong hands, Jessi Rose DB97248 8 hours 11 minutes Clayton finds a unique solution: hiring by Susan Mallery outlaw railroad robber Griffin Blake as read by Tanya Eby her protector. Now, with this strong man Renee Grothen has no plans to marry but on her side, Jessi just might be tempted loves planning other people’s weddings. to mix business with pleasure. Unrated. She never could have planned on gorgeous Commercial audiobook. 1999. thriller writer Jasper Dembenski proposing Rock Star Romance, Books 1-4 a fling. After years in the military, Jasper DB91760 44 hours 33 minutes is convinced he’s too damaged for rela- by Erika Kelly tionships until his fling becomes his muse. read by various narrators Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Four contemporary romances written Not Quite over You between 2015 and 2017 about the mem- DB93050 8 hours 15 minutes bers of a rock band on the rise. Includes by Susan Mallery You Really Got Me, I Want You to Want read by Tanya Eby Me, Take Me Home Tonight, and More Ever since banker Drew Lovato broke high than a Feeling. Strong language and school sweetheart Silver Tesdal’s heart, explicit descriptions of sex. 2017. she’s kept him at a distance. Now she has Twice in a Blue Moon been turned down for a loan, and Drew DB97257 8 hours 31 minutes sees a chance to win back her trust when by Christina Lauren he offers to finance her business. Unrated. read by Erin Mallon Commercial audiobook. 2018. During a whirlwind two-week vacation Everything Girl abroad, Sam and Tate fall for each other DB96804 10 hours 25 minutes and Tate reveals a secret about her par- by Emily Mayer entage she’s never told anyone—a secret read by MacKenzie Beyer she believes Sam betrays. Years later, When her boss, Ben, needs to lie low due Sam reappears in her life, but Tate isn’t to a scandal, executive assistant Evelyn sure she can forgive and forget. Unrated. Mercer agrees to accompany him to his Commercial audiobook. 2019. family ranch in Montana. There she meets Alaskan Holiday Ben’s brother, Jack, a former rodeo star DB92504 4 hours 52 minutes who seems determined to hate Evelyn. by Debbie Macomber Some strong language and some explicit read by various narrators descriptions of sex. 2019.

19 Adult Fiction Romance Lone Rider farmhouse she inherited in the Jamison DB97308 9 hours 34 minutes Valley, where she clashes with the local by Lindsay McKenna sheriff. Also includes The Clover Chapel read by Johanna Parker and The Lucky Heart. Strong language, After returning from a tour as a combat some violence, and some explicit descrip- photographer in Afghanistan, Tara Dalton tions of sex. 2017. is fighting PTSD. She decides to visit Winston Brothers, Books 4-5 the Bar C Ranch, a place where vets can DB92049 28 hours 41 minutes rebuild their lives. There she meets Harper by Penny Reid Sutton, a former medic, who fought read by Pilar Witherspoon his own way out of trauma. Unrated. Two contemporary romances written Commercial audiobook. 2018. in 2017 and 2018. In Beard in Mind, Wrangler’s Challenge Tennessee mechanic Beau Winston can DB97129 8 hours 56 minutes charm anyone except his new employee, by Lindsay McKenna Shelly Sullivan. In Dr. Strange Beard, read by Johanna Parker Roscoe Winston reconnects with Simone Since Noah Mabry’s marriage was torn Payton, the girl he always loved. Strong apart by the PTSD he brought back with language and some explicit descriptions him from Afghanistan, he’s been alone. of sex. 2018. At the Bar C Ranch, where he works with Rock Bottom Girl fellow military vets, he finds himself DB95821 17 hours 10 minutes attracted to Dair Wilson, a woman whose by Lucy Score war wounds are not just physical. Unrated. read by Carol Jacobanis Commercial audiobook. 2017. Desperate for a new start when she returns Wyoming Heart to her hometown, thirty-eight-year-old DB97244 10 hours 1 minutes Marley accepts a temporary job teaching by Diana Palmer and coaching the losing high school read by Todd McLaren soccer team. Fellow teacher Jake agrees Cort Grier is no ordinary rancher. to help her if she coaches him in relation- Despite his vast wealth, he still works ships. Strong language and some explicit the land with his own bare hands, unlike descriptions of sex. 2019. his troublesome new neighbor, Mina Holiday Wishes: A Heartbreaker Bay Michaels. Fiery, beautiful Mina infuriates Christmas Novella and entrances Cort, but he knows falling DB97250 2 hours 30 minutes for a city girl can lead only to heartbreak. by Jill Shalvis Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. read by Karen White Jamison Valley, Books 1-3 When Sean O’Riley shows up for his older DB95979 34 hours 14 minutes brother’s bachelor party, he’s just hoping by Devney Perry to make it through the weekend. What he’s read by Madelyn Buzzard not expecting is to come face to face with Three contemporary romances set in the woman he lost his virginity to a decade Montana. In The Coppersmith Farmhouse, ago—a woman he’s never really forgotten. Gigi and her daughter move to the Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2017.

20 Adult Fiction—Romance, Science Fiction Wrapped Up in You with a past who rescues Maggie from a DB96744 7 hours 14 minutes near hit-and-run. Unrated. Commercial by Jill Shalvis audiobook. 2018. read by Erin Mallon Ivy Snow, owner of a San Francisco-based Science Fiction taco truck, hides her past and guards The Darkest Star against anything that would upset her rein- DB93121 12 hours 14 minutes vented life. That includes Kel O’Donnell, by Jennifer L. Armentrout an Idaho sheriff in town on vacation, read by Saskia Maarleveld who has trust issues of his own. Unrated. When seventeen-year-old Evie is caught Commercial audiobook. 2019. up in a raid at a notorious club where Mistletoe Miracles humans and aliens can mingle freely, she DB96735 9 hours 53 minutes meets Luc. She assumes he is a Luxen by Jodi Thomas since he is unnaturally beautiful—but he read by Julia Gibson is in fact something much more powerful. Three couples find romance in Texas at Unrated. Commercial audiobook. For Christmas. Griffin needs a wealthy bride senior high and older readers. 2018. to save his family ranch. A car accident The Testaments reminds Jaxson how much one person DB96649 13 hours 20 minutes can need another. Jamie finds a mystery by Margaret Atwood man asleep on her couch, but why do read by various narrators people think he’s her husband? Unrated. Fifteen years after the van door slammed Commercial audiobook. 2018. on Offred’s future, three women provide A Place Called Harmony testaments on life in Gilead. Sequel to The DB96439 10 hours 28 minutes Handmaid’s Tale (DB 24695). Unrated. by Jodi Thomas Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2019. read by Julia Gibson Rule of Capture In a prequel to the Harmony series, three DB96494 9 hours 17 minutes men settle in northern Texas, finding by Christopher Brown romance along the way. Amid storms, read by MacLeod Andrews outlaws, and unwelcome relatives, the In a near-future America on the brink of three couples band together to build the civil war and sliding toward dictatorship, town of Harmony. Unrated. Commercial lawyer Donny Kimoe defends enemies audiobook. 2014. of the state. His new client witnessed a Solace Island murder and is now being accused of ter- DB93038 8 hours 32 minutes rorism. Soon Donny is fighting for both by Meg Tilly his client’s life and his own. Unrated. read by various narrators Commercial audiobook. 2019. Dumped on the eve of her wedding, Hollow Kingdom Maggie Harris retreats to her sister Eve’s DB96119 10 hours 13 minutes place on Solace Island. Eve wants Maggie by Kira Jane Buxton to relocate permanently and tries to set her read by Robert Petkoff up with handsome Luke Benson, a man Domesticated crow S.T. must abandon his comfortable life when his owner dies. 21 Adult Fiction Science Fiction He soon discovers the neighbors devouring The Year’s Best Science Fiction: each other and the local wildlife discussing Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection dangerous new predators roaming Seattle. DB91736 41 hours 12 minutes Foul-mouthed and TV-educated S.T. is edited by Gardner Dozois determined to save humanity from extinc- read by Emily Ellet tion. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Award-winning author and editor Gardner 2019. Dozois gathers nearly forty short pieces Someone Like Me of science fiction, published during 2017, DB93085 17 hours 13 minutes in this year-end retrospective. Authors by M.R. Carey include, among others, Nancy Kress, read by Robin Miles Alastair Reynolds, James S.A. Corey, Gentle Liz Kendall is devoted only to Lavie Tidhar, Michael Swanwick, Greg her kids. Then a dark and malicious side Egan, and Kelly Jennings. Some violence, of Liz begins to take control—a version some strong language, and some descrip- of her that will do whatever it takes to tions of sex. 2017. get what she wants. To save herself and Road to Nowhere, Books 1-3 her family, Liz must stop this alter ego. DB95778 32 hours 38 minutes Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. by Meg Elison Star Carrier, Books 4-6 read by various narrators DB96320 35 hours 35 minutes The first three books in the series about by Ian Douglas a post-plague society, published between read by Eva Wilhelm 2014 and 2019. In The Book of the Books four through six in the series, Unnamed Midwife, a woman navigates published between 2013 and 2015. In the aftermath of a deadly fever that kills Deep Space, a Confederation research women and children and makes childbirth vessel has been ambushed and truces deadly. Also includes The Book of Etta and threaten to unravel after twenty years of The Book of Flora. Strong language and peace. Also includes Dark Matter and some violence. 2019. Deep Time. Sequel to Star Carrier, Books Dangerous Visions 1-3 (DB 95269). 2015. DB96180 33 hours 1 minutes Star Carrier, Books 7-8 edited by Harlan Ellison DB96573 24 hours 25 minutes read by Richard Davidson by Ian Douglas A collection of science fiction short stories read by Eva Wilhelm that is credited with defining the New Books seven and eight in the series, Wave movement. Includes stories by Poul written in 2017-18. In Dark Mind, the Anderson, J.G. Ballard, Philip K. Dick, civil war between the USA and the Harlan Ellison, R.A. Lafferty, Larry Niven, Pan-European Confederation ends, but Frederik Pohl, Robert Silverberg, and humankind must marshal its forces against more. Some violence, some strong lan- an alien entity. Also includes Bright guage, and some descriptions of sex. 1967. Light. Sequel to Star Carrier, Books 4-6 Kingdom of Needle and Bone (DB 96320). Strong language and some DB96445 3 hours 5 minutes violence. 2018. by Mira Grant

22 Adult Fiction—Science Fiction read by Cris Dukehart A Voice in the Night A pandemic known as Morris’s dis- DB92392 13 hours 49 minutes ease spreads around the world with by Jack McDevitt deadly results. For Dr. Isabelle Gauley, read by Doug Tisdale Jr. the route forward is neither clear nor Two dozen science fiction short stories strictly ethical, but it may be the only from the author. In "Cathedral," an astro- way to atone for her part in everything naut sacrifices herself to stop a nonthreat- that’s happened. Unrated. Commercial ening asteroid. In "The Play’s the Thing," audiobook. 2018. a scientist hides the fact that he invented a Stark’s War, Books 1-3 working AI. And in "Listen Up, Nitwits," a DB96600 25 hours 41 minutes voice speaks from Jupiter—in Greek. Some by John G. Hemry violence and some strong language. 2018. read by Michael Scherer The Buntline Special: A Weird West Tale The first three books of the series, written DB92468 9 hours 40 minutes between 2000 and 2002. In Stark’s War, by Mike Resnick Sergeant Ethan Stark must train his read by Doug Ramsdell squadron to fight in an airless atmosphere In an alternate American frontier that con- in a brutal battle for Earth’s satellite. Also tains magic, Wyatt Earp and his brothers are includes Stark’s Command and Stark’s hired to protect a government agent named Crusade. Violence and strong language. Thomas Alva Edison seeking a scientific 2002. counter to magic. Before long, however, The Wolves of Winter battle lines are drawn, and the undead have DB91865 8 hours 56 minutes come to fight. Strong language, some vio- by Tyrell Johnson lence, and some descriptions of sex. 2010. read by Jayme Mattler The Trial and Execution of the Traitor Lynn’s existence in the Canadian Yukon George Washington has long been tenuous after the collapse DB92322 10 hours 11 minutes of society and relentless spread of dis- by Charles Rosenberg ease. However, a new arrival to Lynn’s read by Alex Wyndham tiny community sets in motion a chain of A British special agent kidnaps George events that completely disrupts her life. Washington in 1780 and takes him to Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. London to await trial. Washington chooses Alex Fletcher, Books 3-5 Abraham Hobhouse, an American, to DB95331 32 hours 59 minutes represent him. Hobhouse hopes a set- by Steven Konkoly tlement of the revolution will secure read by Joe Wilson Washington’s release, but he soon realizes Books three through five of the post- he is all that prevents Washington from apocalyptic saga, published in 2014-15. In hanging. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Event Horizon, Alex Fletcher is pursued Bestseller. 2018. by a militia group while undertaking a per- The Consuming Fire: sonal rescue mission. Also includes Point The Interdependency, Book 2 of Crisis and Dispatches. Strong language DB92893 8 hours 22 minutes and some violence. 2015. by John Scalzi

23 Adult Fiction Science Fiction, Short Stories read by Wil Wheaton given to a cryonics company and his brain Emperox Grayland II, leader of the is scanned. Years later, Dodge’s brain is Interdependency, works to save billions turned back on and he begins a new exis- from disaster as the Flow collapses, while tence in the digital Bitworld. Some strong also facing many who see the collapse as language. 2019. a myth or merely a chance to seize power. Meanwhile, others prepare for civil war. Short Stories Sequel to The Collapsing Empire (DB Grand Union: Stories 88949). Unrated. Commercial audiobook. DB96909 6 hours 7 minutes 2018. by Zadie Smith Extinction Age: The Extinction Cycle, read by various narrators Book 3 A collection of short stories that includes DB93068 8 hours 22 minutes a mix of new and previously published by Nicholas Sansbury Smith works. The stories selected discuss first read by Bronson Pinchot love, cultural despair, race, class, gender Humans are losing the war. While roles, and more. Unrated. Commercial Lovato works on a bioweapon to destroy audiobook. 2019. the Variants, the survivors of the First Toil and Trouble: Fifteen Tales of Platoon make a grisly discovery. Then Women and Witchcraft a ship crashes to shore carrying an DB92465 11 hours 18 minutes additional threat. Sequel to The Extinction edited by Jessica Spotswood and Cycle, Books 1-2 (DB 88939). Unrated. Tess Sharpe Commercial audiobook. 2015. read by Abigail Maupin Star Wars: X-Wing, Books 4-6 Compilation of fifteen feminist tales of DB95095 39 hours 43 minutes women embracing their magical powers by Michael A. Stackpole and and witchcraft. In Tehlor Kay Mejia’s Aaron Allston “Starsong,” sixteen-year-old Esperanza, a read by Doug Ramsdell bruja, surprises herself when she connects Books four through six in the series, written on social media with a skeptic, a NASA- in 1997-98. In The Bacta War, a tyrant loving girl. Strong language. For senior intends to use medicinal bacta to destabilize high and older readers. 2018. the New Republic, and Rogue Squadron Collected Stories, 1911-1937 must stop her. Also includes Wraith DB91994 33 hours 18 minutes Squadron and Iron Fist. Sequel to Star Wars: by Edith Wharton X-Wing, Books 1-3 (DB 94395). Some vio- read by Eva Wilhelm lence and some strong language. 1998. This second volume of Wharton’s col- Fall, or Dodge in Hell lected short fiction contains twenty-nine DB95990 31 hours 3 minutes stories from the latter part of her career, by Neal Stephenson including “All Souls,” which was written read by Stephen Van Doren shortly before her 1937 death. During Multibillionaire Richard “Dodge” the collection’s time frame, Wharton was Forthrast is pronounced brain dead after awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel a botched medical procedure. His body is The Age of Innocence (DB 65343). 2001.

24 Adult Fiction—Spies and Espionage Spies and Espionage of adventure. A man of disguises, Tarden Red War: A Mitch Rapp Novel enters the lives of others, acting alternatively DB93054 9 hours 36 minutes as avenger and savior, judge and trickster. by Vince Flynn Some violence, some strong language, and read by George Guidall some explicit descriptions of sex. 1975. Upon learning he has terminal brain Agent Running in the Field cancer, Russian president Maxim Krupin DB97240 9 hours 35 minutes scrambles to cling to power, behaving by John le Carré erratically and violently. The CIA decides read by John Le Carré the only way to avoid war is to send Mitch Nat, former agent runner for Britain’s Rapp to stop him. Sequel to Enemy of the Secret Intelligence Service, undertakes State (DB 89921). Unrated. Commercial one final job, thanks to a growing threat audiobook. Bestseller. 2018. from Moscow Centre: he must take over The Fox a defunct substation of London General DB92984 8 hours 14 minutes with a ragtag band of spies. Meanwhile, an by Frederick Forsyth acquaintance leads the team down a path read by David Rintoul of political anger. Unrated. Commercial The Pentagon, the NSA, and the CIA are audiobook. Bestseller. 2019. hacked simultaneously by a British teen- The Book of Spies: Judd Ryder & ager named Luke Jennings, also known Eva Blake, Book 1 as the Fox. Former British intelligence DB92777 14 hours 45 minutes officer Adrian Weston is determined to by Gayle Lynds use the boy and his talents to America and read by Kate Reading Britain’s advantage. Unrated. Commercial When the CIA discovers that a secret cabal audiobook. Bestseller. 2018. with terrorist ties owns Ivan the Terrible’s The Gray Man, Books 1-4 long-lost Library of Gold, they turn to rare- DB91397 47 hours 24 minutes books curator Eva Blake for help. With by Mark Greaney assistance from former intelligence agent read by Doug Tisdale Jr. Judd Ryder, she must find the mythic library. The first four books, written between Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2007. 2009 and 2013, in the series featuring Black Sun Court Gentry, a CIA operative turned DB96526 12 hours 56 minutes international hired assassin known as the by Owen Matthews Gray Man. Includes The Gray Man, On read by Mark Bramhall Target, Ballistic, and Dead Eye, in which In 1960s Russia, KGB officer Major Gentry faces a killer with similar training. Alexander Vasin must leave Moscow to Violence and strong language. 2013. investigate the murder of a young nuclear Cockpit physicist. He travels to top-secret research DB95889 9 hours 11 minutes city Arzamas-16. The residents’ work is by Jerzy Kosinski given such priority that, unlike the rest of read by Bill Delaney the Soviet Union, they may think, act, and A former agent of “the Service” known love as they wish. Unrated. Commercial only as Tarden moves as a fugitive in search audiobook. 2019.

25 Adult Fiction Suspense Suspense Sure that something is very wrong, she House Witness escapes. When a would-be killer shows up DB93204 9 hours 20 minutes in her house, Rose knows that someone by Mike Lawson is determined to get rid of her. Unrated. read by Joe Barrett Commercial audiobook. 2019. House Minority Leader John Mahoney Outfox has kept his son a secret for years, but DB96376 14 hours 1 minutes now that son has been shot dead in a bar by Sandra Brown in Manhattan. Mahoney immediately dis- read by Victor Slezak patches his long-time fixer Joe DeMarco FBI agent Drex Easton is determined to to help prosecutor Justine Porter. Unrated. capture con man Weston Graham. Over the Commercial audiobook. 2018. years Weston has assumed many names and The Three Beths countless disguises to lure eight wealthy DB92895 11 hours 18 minutes women out of their fortunes before they by Jeff Abbott disappeared without a trace. Drex believes read by Ellen Archer he finally has the suspect in sight. Unrated. My mom would never leave me: this has been Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2019. Mariah Dunning’s motto. Her compass. Her The Substitution Order belief. Then she glimpses her mother—who’s DB96619 13 hours 25 minutes been missing for the past year—on the other by Martin Clark side of a crowded food court. Meanwhile, read by David Aaron Baker Mariah learns that two other women—also High-flying Virginia attorney Kevin named Beth—have disappeared. Unrated. Moore hits rock bottom after an inex- Commercial audiobook. 2018. plicably tumultuous summer leaves him Elevator Pitch disbarred, separated from his wife, and DB96405 12 hours 55 minutes working at SUBstitution, the world’s sad- by Linwood Barclay dest sandwich shop. Then a bizarre, mys- read by Johnathan McClain terious stranger wanders into SUBstitution Four people board an elevator in a with a threatening “invitation” to join Manhattan office tower, each pressing a a multimillion-dollar scam. Unrated. button for their floor, but the elevator pro- Commercial audiobook. 2019. ceeds, non-stop, to the top—then plum- The Woman in the Woods mets to the bottom of the shaft. When it DB91862 14 hours 37 minutes happens again the following two days in by John Connolly other skyscrapers, chaos erupts. Unrated. read by Jeff Harding Commercial audiobook. 2019. When the body of a woman—who appar- What Rose Forgot ently died in childbirth—is discovered DB96483 8 hours 26 minutes in the Maine woods, PI Parker is hired by Nevada Barr to shadow the police investigation and read by Kate Burton track down both the victim’s identity and Rose Dennis wakes up only to dis- her missing child. But someone sinister cover that she’s been committed to an is also searching. Unrated. Commercial Alzheimer’s unit in a nursing home. audiobook. 2018.

26 Adult Fiction—Suspense Labyrinth initial meeting with a young client takes a DB96130 12 hours 56 minutes detour when—after too much wine—the by Catherine Coulter women fantasize about life without their read by Madelyn Buzzard collecting spouses. The next day Emily In downtown Washington, Agent finds herself in a mess that threatens Sherlock’s Volvo is suddenly T-boned. As her marriage and her freedom. Unrated. her car spins out of control, a man’s body Commercial audiobook. 2019. slams against her windshield and then . . . Jericho Point: An Evan Delaney Novel blackness. Meanwhile, in Gaffer’s Ridge, DB92391 11 hours 35 minutes Virginia, Special Agent Hammersmith res- by Meg Gardiner cues a kidnapped woman, who claims her read by Elizabeth Rose captor—the sheriff’s nephew—has prob- After a frustrating evening of trying to help ably murdered three missing teenage girls. her boyfriend Jesse’s wasted brother—who Some violence. 2019. thinks he may have witnessed a woman A Dangerous Man falling into the ocean—Evan Delaney is DB96546 8 hours 15 minutes accused of stealing and cashing checks. by Robert Crais Then the dead woman is finally found—with read by Ray Foushee Evan’s identification. Violence, strong lan- Joe Pike has just left the bank when he guage, and some descriptions of sex. 2004. sees his teller forced into a vehicle. He res- The Stalking cues her, but she is soon abducted again. DB96738 9 hours 3 minutes As Pike and Elvis Cole race to find her, by Heather Graham they must figure out who wants the young read by Roger Wayne woman—and why. Violence and strong With the execution of the Artiste, the serial language. Bestseller. 2019. killer who murdered her cousin, Cheyenne The Birthday Girl Donegal thought her past was finally put DB96453 7 hours 6 minutes to rest. Now she’s an FBI agent, back in by Melissa de la Cruz Louisiana because someone is murdering read by Brittany Pressley young women in the same manner as the Before she became a glamorous fashion Artiste. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. designer, Ellie was a trailer-park teen 2019. turning sixteen. But her birthday celebra- The Guardians tion descended into a night she’ll never be DB96912 11 hours 53 minutes able to forget. Hiding those skeletons has by John Grisham a cost, and the bill comes due the night read by Michael Beck of her fortieth birthday party. Unrated. Twenty-two years ago, young lawyer Keith Commercial audiobook. 2019. Russo was killed. The police arrested Careful What You Wish For Quincy Miller, a young black former client DB96610 7 hours 48 minutes of Russo’s, despite the lack of evidence or by Hallie Ephron motive. Now decades into a life sentence, a read by Amy McFadden desperate Miller contacts a nonprofit run by Although Emily is a professional orga- a lawyer who is also an Episcopal minister. nizer, she’s married to a hoarder. Emily’s Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.

27 Adult Fiction Suspense Before She Was Found falls victim to a threat even a genius can’t DB96617 10 hours 21 minutes see coming. Unrated. Commercial audio- by Heather Gudenkauf book. 2018. read by Brittany Pressley Then She Was Gone During a sleepover, sixth grader Cora DB93135 10 hours 14 minutes Landry and her friends sneak out to the by Lisa Jewell abandoned rail yard on the outskirts of read by Helen Duff town. Later that night, Cora is discovered Ten years after her teenage daughter Ellie on the tracks, bloody and clinging to life, disappears, Laurel Mack—now divorced— but her friends are nowhere to be found. is trying to put her life back together. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. But when she becomes involved with a Stolen Things charming single father, his young child DB96486 10 hours 40 minutes reminds her so much of Ellie it causes by R.H. Herron her to look into the disappearance again. read by Xe Sands Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. Laurie Ahmadi, a 911 dispatcher, receives The Line That Held Us the worst call of her long career: her teenage DB97042 7 hours 10 minutes daughter is on the line, drugged, disori- by David Joy ented, and in pain. Even though the whole read by MacLeod Andrews police department springs into action, there While Darl is hunting a monster buck, is nothing Laurie can do to help. Unrated. he accidentally shoots a member of the Commercial audiobook. 2019. Brewer family, who are notorious for Cry Wolf vengeance and violence. Darl’s friend DB95810 17 hours 35 minutes Calvin comes to help, but the victim’s by Tami Hoag brother stumbles upon a blood trail leading read by Kristin Allison straight back to Darl and Calvin. Unrated. After a big case torpedoes her job and her Commercial audiobook. 2018. marriage, attorney Laurel Chandler returns The Night Window: A Jane Hawk Novel to Bayou Breaux to be with family and DB95213 18 hours 5 minutes give up on seeking justice. But she soon by Dean Koontz pairs up with author Jack Boudreaux to read by Carol Jacobanis identify a dangerous predator. Violence, In the series finale, fugitive Jane Hawk strong language, and some explicit gets much-needed help from an unex- descriptions of sex. 1993. pected source in her fight to stop the Wrecked: An IQ Novel Arcadians’ domination by mind control. DB92891 10 hours 54 minutes Meanwhile, the next target on the Hamlet by Joe Ide list tries to outrun the powerful Arcadian read by Sullivan Jones trying to kill him. Violence, strong In this sequel to Righteous (DB 89557), language, and some descriptions of sex. Isaiah Quintabe—IQ for short—has never 2019. been more successful, or felt more alone. 29 Seconds A young painter approaches IQ for help DB96460 8 hours 56 minutes tracking down her missing mother, and IQ by T.M. Logan

28 Adult Fiction—Suspense read by Katherine Littrell Delirious Sarah is a young professor dealing with DB96179 15 hours 32 minutes inappropriate behavior from a powerful col- by Daniel Palmer league. Now a man whose child she saved read by Joe Wilson from an abduction attempt offers to make Selling his start-up electronics company one person in her life disappear. All Sarah brought Charlie wealth and prestige, and needs to do is make the 29-second phone the automotive device he is developing call. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. promises even more. But suddenly his The Swallows well-ordered life is under attack—either by DB96606 11 hours 2 minutes himself or by some diabolical person who by Lisa Lutz is framing him. And now people are dying. read by various narrators Violence and strong language. 2011. When Alexandra Witt joins the faculty at Helpless Stonebridge Academy, she’s hoping to put DB96214 14 hours 37 minutes a painful past behind her. Then one of her by Daniel Palmer creative-writing assignments generates read by Jeff Allin some disturbing responses from students. Tom’s attempts to stay close to his Alex is soon immersed in an investigation daughter Jill since his divorce have been of popular students—and their connec- thwarted by his ex-wife Kelly’s lies about tion to something called the Darkroom. him. Now Kelly has been murdered, Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. the police suspect Tom, and someone is Hot Shot framing Tom for sexting with Jill’s class- DB97120 8 hours 32 minutes mates. Violence, strong language, and by Fern Michaels some descriptions of sex. 2012. read by Laural Merlington Ambush When lawyer Lizzie Fox’s husband, DB92887 6 hours 7 minutes Cosmo, is shot by an unknown assailant, by James Patterson and James O. Born the men of BOLO Consultants head to read by Danny Mastrogiorgio Las Vegas to help. As head of the Nevada An NYPD officer is taken down, and— Gaming Commission, Cosmo has enemies, despite the attackers’ efforts—it’s not but the attack appears to be related to the Michael Bennett. But one of Bennett’s Happy Village retirement community. children sustains a mysterious injury and a Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. series of murders follows, each with a dis- No Safe Secret tinct signature. Bennett taps his best investi- DB96570 8 hours 26 minutes gators, who fan out across the five boroughs. by Fern Michaels Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. read by Julie-Ann Elliott Bloody Genius Maddy was raped on the night of her high DB96763 10 hours 23 minutes school prom, fleeing afterward to find a by John Sandford new life and a new name. But her new life read by Eric Conger includes an abusive husband, and soon she is At the local state university, two feuding on the run again. Some violence, some strong departments face off on the battleground language, and some descriptions of sex. 2016. of science and medicine. When a confron- tational scholar winds up dead, it will be 29 Adult Fiction Suspense, War Stories up to Virgil Flowers to sort the murderer read by various narrators from the mere maniacs within this group Twelve-year-old Rain Winter narrowly of wildly impassioned, diametrically escaped an abduction, but her two best friends opposed zealots. Unrated. Commercial did not. Years later, their abductor was killed audiobook. 2019. in cold blood. Now Rain—on hiatus from her The Silent Ones investigative journalism career to care for her DB96665 8 hours 41 minutes infant—is drawn to a similar case. Violence, by K.L. Slater strong language, and some explicit descrip- read by MacKenzie Beyer tions of sex. Commercial audiobook. 2019. After ten-year-old cousins Maddy and Desperate Measures Brianna are accused by the police of DB92419 7 hours 45 minutes assaulting an elderly woman with dementia, by Stuart Woods they refuse to say a word. For their horri- read by Tony Roberts fied mothers, this brings back memories of Stone Barrington meets a stunning woman their own childhood, when one of them was who is an ideal candidate to handle some held responsible for their brother’s death. of his professional—and personal—needs. Some strong language. 2019. But Stone is soon protecting his new The Eye of the Tiger hire when New York City is rocked by a DB96655 12 hours 29 minutes series of disturbing crimes, and it looks as by Wilbur Smith if she might be the next target. Unrated. read by David Hartley-Margolin Commercial audiobook. 2018. Reformed thief Harry is now skipper Stealth of a charter boat in the Indian Ocean. DB97005 8 hours 9 minutes When his latest clients go after a treasure by Stuart Woods under the sea, Harry is soon dealing with read by Tony Roberts bloodthirsty villains, scuba diving, coral Stone Barrington is enjoying some downtime poisoning, fights with sharks, and hand- at his English retreat when he’s unceremo- to-hand encounters with human monsters. niously sent off to the remote reaches of the Some strong language. 1974. UK and into a deadly snare. This is only the Hidden Cove first volley by a rival power—one that has its DB96913 9 hours 25 minutes eyes set on disrupting the peace of the nation. by Meg Tilly Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. read by various narrators When her friend Alexus dies of an apparent War Stories drug overdose, Solace Island gallery owner The Skin Zelia Thompson is suspicious. Zelia starts DB95660 13 hours 53 minutes looking into Alexus’s death with the help of by Curzio Malaparte reclusive crime novelist Gabe Conaghan, read by David Hartley-Margolin only to find her own life is in danger. In the days of World War II American Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. occupation, Curzio leads Colonel Jack The Stranger Inside Hamilton through Naples. They witness DB97037 12 hours 59 minutes the horrors people will do to themselves by Lisa Unger and loved ones to survive. Translated from the original 1949 Italian edition. Violence, 30 Adult Fiction—War Stories, Westerns some strong language, and some explicit J.A. Johnstone descriptions of sex. 2013. read by J. Rodney Turner Onslaught: The War with China—the The mountain man known as Preacher and Opening Battle the Scottish clan rancher Jamie MacCallister DB95440 16 hours 57 minutes join forces during a conflict between newly by David Poyer arrived settlers and the Crow Nation. read by Joe Wilson Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Captain Dan Lenson and the crew of the The Range Detectives, Books 1–2 USS Savo Island must investigate a sexual DB95984 15 hours 34 minutes assailant in their midst while they continue by William W. Johnstone and the military campaign begun in Tipping Point J.A. Johnstone (DB 83864). Strong language, some violence, read by Jack Fox and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2016. The first two books in the series, both published in 2016. In The Range Westerns Detectives, Stovepipe Stewart and Wilbur Colt Family, Books 1–4 Coleman may look like drifters, but their DB95276 34 hours 42 minutes razor-sharp detective skills are the last by Don Bendell hope for a young cowboy charged with read by various narrators murder. Also includes Hang Them Slowly. The first four books in this series about Violence and strong language. 2016. Chief of Scouts Chris Colt, published The Clincher: A Horseshoer Mystery between 1994 and 1996. In Coyote Run, DB95813 7 hours 48 minutes a mining company will do anything to by Lisa Preston take over the Colts’ ranch. Also includes read by Lindsey Pierce Warrior, Justis Colt, and Eagle. Some vio- Rainy Dale is a farrier—also known as a lence and some strong language. 1996. horseshoer—haunted by a secret. She has Blood Bond, Books 8–10 an uphill battle to prove herself as the new DB96171 20 hours 1 minutes kid in town. When one of her clients turns by William W. Johnstone and up dead, she is suspected of the crime and J.A. Johnstone must clear her name. Strong language and read by various narrators some violence. 2018. Books eight through ten of the series, pub- Brandiron, Books 1–6 lished between 1994 and 2007. In Death DB91396 36 hours 25 minutes in Snake Creek, Matt and Sam fight to by Dusty Richards save a Texas town from a mean-tempered read by Joe Wilson outlaw. Also includes Slaughter Trail and Six westerns, written between 2015 The Hanging Road. Sequel to Blood Bond, and 2017. Includes A Bride for Gil, The Books 5–7 (DB 94577). Some violence, Mustanger and the Lady, The Texas Badge, some strong language, and some descrip- The Cherokee Strip, Gold in the Sun, and tions of sex. 2007. The Pride of Texas, in which twin boys— Frontier America: Preacher & orphaned by a murder-suicide—are raised MacCallister, Book 1 by a widowed female cousin in the Wild DB96745 9 hours 49 minutes West. Violence and strong language. 2017. by William W. Johnstone and 31 Adult Nonfiction Animals and Wildlife, Arts, Biography Adult Nonfiction Writings on Landscape, Culture, and Society Animals and Wildlife DB91589 32 hours 45 minutes Our Dogs, Ourselves: by Frederick Law Olmsted The Story of a Singular Bond read by Ken Kliban DB96646 8 hours 3 minutes Writings by the landscape architect by Alexandra Horowitz (1822–1903) known for designing read by Alexandra Horowitz New York’s Central Park, Brooklyn’s A specialist in canine cognition and author Prospect Park, the US Capitol grounds, of Inside of a Dog (DB 70356) examines the Biltmore Estate, and Boston’s Emerald the relationship between humans and dogs. Necklace. Includes letters, newspaper arti- She explores the contradictions, including cles, essays, editorials, and autobiographical how we celebrate individuality but breed reminiscences by the man who was also— for sameness and how we have deep among other things—a gentleman farmer, emotional relationships with dogs but treat abolitionist, and conservationist. 2015. them as property. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Biography Running with Sherman: The Donkey with Homes: A Refugee Story the Heart of a Hero DB96060 4 hours 49 minutes DB97259 12 hours 15 minutes by Abu Bakr Al Rabeeah and by Christopher McDougall Winnie Yeung read by Christopher McDougall read by Brian Hemmingsen The author rescued Sherman, a donkey An account of Abu Bakr’s experience before who had been abused by his former and after leaving war-torn Syria for the owner. As a way of rehabilitating the safety of . His family had originally animal, he trained Sherman for the fled Iraq for what they had hoped would be World Championship of burro racing, a safer life, but arrived in Homs just before with the help of friends, neighbors, and the Syrian civil war broke out. 2018. family. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Thank You for My Service 2019. DB97009 7 hours 14 minutes by Mat Best and others Arts read by Mat Best Alive Still: Nell Blaine, American Painter A memoir from a former Army Ranger, DB96581 12 hours 18 minutes private military contractor, and social by Cathy Curtis media phenomenon, discussing his time read by Colleen Delany both abroad and at home. Gives insight Biography of painter Nell Blaine into life on the front lines and civilian (1922–1996), who was paralyzed due to life for veterans. Unrated. Commercial polio at the age of thirty-seven. Discusses audiobook. 2019. the impact of her visual impairments on Making America Great: Immigrant her perception of the world, her work in Success Stories, Books 1–6 the and Europe, and the art DB91436 12 hours 36 minutes she created after contracting polio. 2019. by Donna M. Bozzone and others

32 Adult Nonfiction—Biography read by Emily Ellet The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Six books featuring the talent, determina- Stories of Courage and Resilience tion, and contributions of newcomers to DB97237 14 hours 37 minutes our country. Includes Famous Immigrant by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Artists, Famous Immigrant Athletes, Famous Immigrant Computer Scientists, read by various narrators Famous Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Former secretary of state and First Famous Immigrant Politicians, and Lady teams up with her daughter to Famous Immigrant Scientists. For junior profile women throughout history who and senior high and older readers. 2018. have acted courageously in a variety The Fall of Richard Nixon: of fields. Individuals discussed include A Reporter Remembers Watergate , Edie Windsor, Diana DB97133 4 hours 7 minutes Nyad, , , by Tom Brokaw , and others. Unrated. read by Tom Brokaw Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2019. TV journalist who was a White House Boy Erased: A Memoir correspondent during the final year of DB93106 8 hours 15 minutes Watergate provides his personal account by Garrard Conley of the players, strategies, and events of the read by Michael Crouch political scandal. Unrated. Commercial The author recounts his experiences as audiobook. 2019. the son of a Baptist pastor in small-town Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life Arkansas and grappling with his sexuality. DB92752 6 hours 34 minutes After being outed, the nineteen-year-old by Gisele Bündchen was forced to choose between conver- read by various narrators sion therapy to “cure” him of his homo- A famous model discusses her life, begin- sexuality or potentially losing the family ning with her childhood in southern Brazil. and community he held dear. Unrated. She reveals the lessons she has learned Commercial audiobook. 2016. over the years. Also discusses her suc- Full Disclosure cessful modeling career, motherhood, and DB92751 7 hours 1 minutes marriage. Unrated. Commercial audio- by Stormy Daniels book. Bestseller. 2018. read by various narrators Enemies in Love: A German POW, a An adult-film actress and director recounts Black Nurse, and an Unlikely Romance her early life and career. She also discusses DB97265 5 hours 22 minutes the events leading to the non-disclosure by Alexis Clark agreement (NDA) over which she later read by Allyson Johnson filed a lawsuit against President Donald An account of the forbidden romance Trump and its consequences. Unrated. between African American nurse Elinor Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2018. Powell in the US military and Nazi soldier Life Undercover: Coming of Frederick Albert, a prisoner of war at an Age in the CIA Allied camp. Draws on years of interviews DB96923 7 hours 12 minutes and historical research. 2018. by Amaryllis Fox

33 Adult Nonfiction Biography, Blindness and Physical Disabilities read by Amaryllis Fox Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of The author recounts her experience Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls entering the field of counterterrorism after of Boko Haram her undergraduate mentor was captured and DB96609 12 hours 19 minutes beheaded. Describes the decade she spent by Isha Sesay in an elite clandestine ops unit of the CIA, read by Isha Sesay hunting terrorists across sixteen countries. Journalist provides an account of the Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. 2014 abduction of 276 Nigerian school- Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a girls by Boko Haram terrorists. Follows German Soldier on the Eastern Front the journeys of three of the girls who DB97266 9 hours 43 minutes eventually made it home and discusses the by Günter K. Koschorrek government’s response to the kidnapping. read by Nigel Patterson Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. The secret diary of a German soldier On Call in the Arctic: A Doctor’s fighting in Hitler’s army. Provides a day- Pursuit of Life, Love, and Miracles to-day account of the common German in the Alaskan Frontier soldier’s experience. Translated from DB92553 9 hours 54 minutes the 1998 German edition. Unrated. by Thomas J. Sims Commercial audiobook. 2002. read by Jon Pinnow Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead The author recounts his experiences DB97071 12 hours 3 minutes serving as the sole physician in the remote by Jim Mattis and Bing West Alaskan frontier town of Nome. Discusses read by Danny Campbell his work helping Nome along with thirteen Former secretary of defense Jim Mattis surrounding villages in archaic and often recounts his military career and his foun- hostile conditions. Strong language. 2018. dational experiences as a leader, applying Permanent Record the lessons he learned to the issues faced DB97138 11 hours 33 minutes by America in the early twenty-first by Edward Snowden century. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. read by Holter Graham Bestseller. 2019. The man known for revealing the US gov- Edison ernment’s system of mass surveillance DB96904 25 hours 7 minutes recounts his role in building the system by Edmund Morris that he ultimately reported. Discusses his read by Arthur Morey life from his childhood in bucolic suburbs A Pulitzer Prize-winning author provides to the clandestine CIA and NSA postings an account of the life and work of the near- of his adulthood. Unrated. Commercial deaf Thomas Alva Edison, best known audiobook. Bestseller. 2019. for his invention of the first practical incandescent lamp and advances in sound Blindness and Physical recording technology. Draws on original Disabilities documents from Edison’s lab, family About Us: Essays from the Disability papers, and more. Unrated. Commercial Series of audiobook. 2019. DB96492 9 hours 41 minutes

34 Adult Nonfiction—Blindness and Disabilities, Business, Career, Computers, Cooking edited by Peter Catapano and Psychologist examines techniques for Rosemarie Garland-Thomson eliciting helpful behavior from others, read by various narrators particularly in workplace environments. Sixty-one essays originally published Sections include the psychology behind as part of the New York Times Disability why asking for assistance is hard, moving column. The essays are organized into beyond that to ask for help, and creating a the topics of justice, belonging, working, culture of helpfulness. 2018. navigating, coping, love, family, and joy. Essayists have physical, motor, sensory, Career and Job Training and cognitive differences. Commercial Reading behind Bars: A True Story audiobook. 2019. of Literature, Law, and Life as a Training Your Own Service Dog: Step by Prison Librarian Step Guide to an Obedient Service Dog DB96548 10 hours 7 minutes DB92382 4 hours 19 minutes by Jill Grunenwald by Max Matthews read by Theresa Conkin read by Jeff Allin A newly minted librarian looks back on Covers the basics of selecting and training her first career stop: working in a prison. a service dog. Includes sections on the Discusses what drew her to the profession, laws governing service animals, how to why she chose to take the job, personal- select a dog, how to get your service dog ities she encountered, examples of both used to your house rules, and different typical days and extraordinary ones, and aspects of obedience and service training. challenges she faced. 2019. 2017. Computers Business and Economics Human Compatible: Artificial Everything Is Figureoutable Intelligence and the Problem of Control DB96508 7 hours 57 minutes DB97029 11 hours 40 minutes by Marie Forleo by Stuart Russell read by Marie Forleo read by Raphael Corkhill Guide to creatively solving business and Computer scientist proposes a new way to life problems. Presents stories from the consider artificial intelligence (AI). Topics author’s life and others about achieving covered include examining the concept business goals, dealing with toxic rela- of intelligence in humans and machines, tionships, confronting illness and loss, potential benefits of AI, and analyzing the and overcoming everyday barriers to suc- ways humans are already misusing the cess. Focuses on adjusting your mindset power of AI to commit crimes. Unrated. to believing in finding solutions. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Cooking Reinforcements: How to Get Cook Once Eat All Week: 26 Weeks of People to Help You Gluten-Free, Affordable Meal Prep to DB92487 4 hours 5 minutes Preserve Your Time & Sanity by Heidi Grant DB95966 12 hours 33 minutes read by Julie-Ann Elliott by Cassy Joy Garcia

35 Adult Nonfiction Cooking, Crime read by Margaret Strom read by various narrators Collection of twenty-six meal plans and Describes the relentless investigative work the corresponding recipes, with the goal of special agent Hogan’s team during one of preparing an entire week’s meals in one of the most sophisticated and dangerous night. Each week is centered around three counter-narcotics operations in the his- ingredients: a meat protein, a vegetable, tory of the United States and Mexico: the and a starch. Includes best practices for eight-year hunt that captured El Chapo, the preparation, storage, and customization. world’s most wanted drug kingpin, who 2019. evaded the law for more than a decade. Vegetarian Indian Cooking with Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. Your Instant Pot She Said: Breaking the Sexual DB96726 4 hours 51 minutes Harassment Story That Helped by Manali Singh Ignite a Movement read by Jill Fox DB96937 9 hours 55 minutes Collection of vegetarian and vegan Indian by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey cuisine recipes designed specifically for read by various narrators use in an Instant Pot or similar multi- Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative cooker. Recipes are divided into favorite reporters, who broke the news of film pro- takeouts, lentils and beans, hearty meals, ducer Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual thirty minutes or less, Indian street food, harassment and abuse in an October 2017 snacks and sides, delectable desserts, and report for the New York Times, detail Indian cooking basics. 2018. their research for that story and its con- sequences for the #MeToo movement. Crime Includes supplemental material. Unrated. Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2019. Conspiracy to Protect Predators Death Row: The Final Minutes DB97040 10 hours 46 minutes DB96555 7 hours 16 minutes by Ronan Farrow by Michelle Lyons read by Ronan Farrow read by Erin Jones In 2017, a routine network television Journalist and former spokeswoman for investigation by the Pulitzer Prize-winning the Texas Department of Criminal Justice author revealed that one of Hollywood’s relates her experiences witnessing at least most powerful producers was a predator. 280 executions in eleven years. Discusses Describes the surveillance and intimidation her career in journalism, working for the tactics deployed by wealthy and connected Department of Criminal Justice, and sto- men to threaten journalists, evade account- ries of the people she met on death row. ability, and silence victims of abuse. Some violence. 2018. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Know My Name: A Memoir Hunting El Chapo: The Inside Story of DB96919 15 hours 27 minutes the American Lawman Who Captured by Chanel Miller the World’s Most Wanted Drug Lord read by Chanel Miller DB96780 8 hours 28 minutes Woman who was sexually assaulted at by Andrew Hogan and Douglas Century Stanford University, and whose assailant

36 Adult Nonfiction—Crime, Family, Gardening received a light sentence, tells her story of and presents strategies for informed trauma, transcendence, and the power of decision-making and risk-assessment. words. Her victim impact statement went Discusses topics as varied as caffeine and viral, was translated globally, and was gardening. Includes supplemental material. read on the floor of Congress. Unrated. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2013. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Tranquility Parenting: A Guide to Stalking Justice Staying Calm, Mindful, and Engaged DB92093 13 hours 23 minutes DB96657 5 hours 11 minutes by Paul Mones by Brittany Polat read by Bill Wallace read by Mare Trevathan Attorney details the first case in which Parenting advice and psychological tech- DNA testing was used to catch a serial niques inspired by Stoicism. Aims to help killer. When Arlington County detective moms and dads remain calm, content, and Joe Horgas suspected a murder he was confident as both parents and people. 2019. investigating was linked to one four years earlier, the testing of semen stains proved Gardening it. Strong language, some violence, and Grow Your Own Herbs: The 40 Best some explicit descriptions of sex. 1995. Culinary Varieties for Home Gardens Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the DB95988 4 hours 52 minutes Secret History of the Sixties by Susan Belsinger and Arthur O. Tucker DB96449 16 hours 18 minutes read by Kristin Allison by Tom O’Neill and Dan Piepenbring A food writer and a botanist collaborate read by Kevin Stillwell on this guide to growing and cooking with Journalist’s reassessment of the infa- forty common herbs. There are sections on mous case against Charles Manson general gardening issues and cooking tech- and his young followers—who mur- niques, and for each herb there is advice dered seven people, including eight- on cultivation, propagation, harvesting, months-pregnant actress Sharon Tate—is and preserving, plus tasting notes and the product of two decades of reporting, cooking tips. 2019. hundreds of new interviews, and dozens The Bee-Friendly Garden: Design an of never-before-seen documents from the Abundant, Flower-Filled Yard That LAPD, the FBI, and the CIA. Unrated. Nurtures Bees and Supports Biodiversity Commercial audiobook. 2019. DB96127 6 hours 35 minutes by Kate Frey and Gretchen LeBuhn Family read by Kerry Dukin Expecting Better: Why the Conventional A garden designer and a biology professor Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong—and What collaborated on this guide to creating You Really Need to Know gardens that nurture bees. They discuss the DB95247 9 hours 40 minutes different species of bees, the problem of by Emily Oster colony collapse disorder, and what attracts read by various narrators bees, and offer tips on planning and caring An economist examines pregnancy myths for bee-friendly flower and edible plant using her experience in data analysis gardens. 2016.

37 Adult Nonfiction Gardening, General, Government and Politics Climate-Wise Landscaping: Practical The author of Miracles and Massacres Actions for a Sustainable Future (DB 77942) discusses America’s growing DB91615 10 hours 45 minutes social and political division and penchant by Sue Reed and Ginny Stibolt for cultural anger. Frames this trend as an read by Eva Wilhelm addiction and proposes a solution similar A guide for home gardeners, focusing on to traditional twelve-step programs. adapting to changing climates. Advice Unrated. Commercial audiobook. for planning a garden that is sustainable Bestseller. 2018. and environmentally responsible. Covers How to Have Impossible Conversations: a wide range of plantings, as well as A Very Practical Guide guidance on using chemicals, watering, DB96916 6 hours 38 minutes and soil preparation. 2018. by Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay read by Peter Boghossian General A guide to practical conversational Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big techniques for successful and civil Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death conversations, particularly regarding DB96854 4 hours 32 minutes sensitive issues like religion, race, by Caitlin Doughty gender, immigration, and more. Unrated. read by Caitlin Doughty Commercial audiobook. 2019. Mortician and author of Smoke Gets in Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Your Eyes (DB 80041) and From Here to Is Bringing America to the Brink of Eternity (DB 89746) answers questions Revolution she has frequently received from children. DB93055 6 hours 34 minutes Topics include the title question, the dis- by Tucker Carlson position of an astronaut’s body, keeping read by Tucker Carlson parents’ skulls, and the decomposition Political pundit discusses class dynamics process. Commercial audiobook. 2019. in early twenty-first-century America. Government and Politics Focuses on an elite class of the wealthy and powerful, positing that they hide A Warning their agendas behind identity politics, DB97060 9 hours 0 minutes strip political parties of meaning, and by Anonymous will drive America towards ruin. Unrated. read by Robert Fass Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2018. A behind-the-scenes portrayal of the The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the Trump administration from the anonymous American Urban Tragedy senior official who authored a controver- DB92444 7 hours 8 minutes sial 2018 New York Times op-ed. Unrated. by Anna Clark Commercial audiobook. 2019. read by Xe Sands Addicted to Outrage: How Thinking Account of poisoned-water disaster in Like a Recovering Addict Can Heal the Flint, , in the 2010s. Recounts Country government decisions that led to corroded DB92907 15 hours 33 minutes lead pipes, the repeated dismissal of by Glenn Beck complaints and resulting harm, and the read by Glenn Beck 38 Adult Nonfiction—Government and Politics subsequent activism seeking solutions Every Day Is Extra and accountability. Unrated. Commercial DB93006 28 hours 27 minutes audiobook. 2018. by John Kerry The Gutfeld Monologues: read by John Kerry Classic Rants from the Five Politician discusses his time in the US DB92432 7 hours 55 minutes Navy, career as a lawyer, work in the by Greg Gutfeld Senate, bid for the presidency, and time read by various narrators as secretary of state. Kerry details his A collection of monologues from the life in public service, his faith, and his author’s two shows, The Five disgust with hyper-partisanship in early and The Greg Gutfeld Show. Discusses twenty-first-century politics. Unrated. wide-ranging subjects, including crazed Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2018. academics, unhinged celebrities, and wild A History of Fascism, 1914–1945 elections. Unrated. Commercial audio- DB97264 21 hours 37 minutes book. Bestseller. 2018. by Stanley G. Payne With All Due Respect: Defending read by Michael Kramer America with Grit and Grace A history of major fascist and authoritarian DB97236 8 hours 36 minutes movements around the world in the years by Nikki R. Haley spanning the two world wars. Interprets read by Nikki R. Haley fascism as a form of revolutionary ultra- Politician and former United Nations nationalism. Profiles protofascist move- ambassador offers firsthand perspectives ments in Japan, Italy, Nazi Germany, the on major national and international affairs Romanian Iron Guard, and Franco’s Spain. as well as her behind-the-scenes experi- Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 1995. ences during her tenure with the Trump The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: administration. Unrated. Commercial An Investigation audiobook. 2019. DB97137 8 hours 41 minutes The Impeachment Report: The by Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly House Intelligence Committee’s read by various narrators Report on Its Investigation into Two New York Times reporters delve into and Ukraine the formative years of Supreme Court DB97365 11 hours 37 minutes Justice Brett Kavanaugh. In addition to by House Intelligence Committee stories they broke during Kavanaugh’s read by various narrators confirmation hearings, they investigate The official report detailing the findings other tips received to paint a portrait of of the House Intelligence Committee’s the prep school and Ivy League worlds impeachment inquiry, an investigation that formed the Supreme Court justice. of whether President Donald J. Trump Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. committed impeachable offenses when he Audience of One: Television, Donald sought to have Ukraine announce inves- Trump, and the Politics of Illusion tigations of former Vice President Joe DB96853 11 hours 35 minutes Biden and his son Hunter Biden. Unrated. by James Poniewozik Commercial audiobook. 2019. read by Matthew Josdal

39 Adult Nonfiction Government and Politics An examination of the role of TV and mass Lady in Red: An Intimate Portrait of media in society and politics from the Nancy Reagan Reagan era through the election of Donald DB96470 7 hours 17 minutes Trump. Traces the evolution of television by Sheila Tate and also provides a cultural critique of read by Kimberly Farr Trump and his relationship with the media. A collection of behind-the-scenes stories Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. of First Lady Nancy Reagan as compiled Tough Love: My Story of the by her longtime close confidante and aide. Things Worth Fighting For Provides a look into Reagan’s personal DB97142 22 hours 22 minutes life, daily routines, travels, friendships, by Susan Rice and influence in the White House. Includes read by Susan Rice interviews with friends and politicians US ambassador to the United Nations who knew Reagan best. Unrated. and former national security advisor Commercial audiobook. 2018. to President Obama recounts pivotal Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate moments from her career in American and Wants to Silence Us diplomacy and foreign policy as well as DB97181 9 hours 43 minutes her early life in Washington, DC. Unrated. by Donald Trump, Jr. Commercial audiobook. 2019. read by various narrators Trump: The Blue-Collar President The son of President Trump discusses his DB92983 8 hours 4 minutes negative views on left-leaning politics and by Anthony Scaramucci the chosen tactics of liberals in political read by Anthony Scaramucci discussions. Emphasizes the importance Financier and political consultant who of fighting back and provides advice on briefly served as the White House com- how to do so. Also discusses the author’s munications director provides insights and upbringing. Unrated. Commercial stories from his long-term relationship audiobook. 2019. with Donald Trump. Unrated. Commercial Report of Evidence in the Democrats’ audiobook. Bestseller. 2018. Impeachment Inquiry in the House How Fascism Works: The Politics of of Representatives Us and Them DB97433 7 hours 55 minutes DB92449 5 hours 46 minutes by US House of Representatives HPSCI by Jason Stanley read by various narrators read by MacLeod Andrews The official report from the House Discussion of ten basic tenets of fascist Permanent Select Committee on politics and the manifestation of these Intelligence Republican staff detailing beliefs throughout the world. Examines their findings from the impeachment fascism in the context of history, philos- inquiry investigating whether President ophy, sociology, and critical race theory Donald J. Trump committed impeachable and emphasizes the danger of underes- offenses when he sought to have Ukraine timating the cumulative power of many announce investigations of former Vice tactics to promote these ways of thinking. President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. Biden. 2019.

40 Adult Nonfiction—Home Management, Journalism, Language, Medicine and Health Home Management by Zackary Berger Decluttering at the Speed of Life: read by Gary Tipton Winning Your Never-Ending Battle Primary care doctor presents a guide with Stuff to preparing for and navigating doctor DB92376 6 hours 11 minutes visits to ensure successful outcomes and by Dana K. White confidence in your care. Topics include read by Eva Wilhelm understanding office timing protocols, An organizational and decluttering expert developing skills to communicate your discusses common barriers to decluttering concerns, addressing difficult subjects, and, with a humorous tone, provides and collaborating with your doctor for simple solutions to work past these effective care. 2013. difficulties. 2018. The Body: A Guide for Occupants DB96770 14 hours 6 minutes Journalism and the Media by Bill Bryson Fake News and the Factories That Make read by Bill Bryson It: Critical Thinking about Digital Media Guides readers through the human body— DB96566 2 hours 27 minutes how it functions, its remarkable ability by Kristina Lyn Heitkamp to heal itself, and the ways it can fail. read by Joe Peck Using facts—your body made a million Guide on how to identify “fake news” red blood cells since you started reading encourages readers to critically evaluate this—and anecdotes, creates a deeper and verify sources before sharing stories understanding of the miracle that is you. on social media. Includes examples of Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. misinformation and confirmation biases. My Life with Death: Memoirs of a For junior and senior high and older Journeyman Medical Examiner readers. 2019. DB96595 12 hours 9 minutes by Gary D. Cumberland Language read by James Konicek The Joy of Syntax: A Simple Guide Medical examiner chronicles his career to All the Grammar You Know You and cases he encountered. Explains what Should Know forensic pathologists do and don’t do, DB92458 8 hours 39 minutes different types of homicide, the role of by June Casagrande the forensic pathologist in public health read by Jennifer Hubbard efforts, pediatric deaths, the decompo- A guide to the structure of American sition process, and politically motivated English. Covers everything from basic murders. 2015. parts of speech and sentence structure to China Syndrome: The True Story of the usage and grammar pitfalls. 2018. 21st Century’s First Great Epidemic Medicine and Health DB96559 16 hours 16 minutes by Karl Taro Greenfeld Talking to Your Doctor: A Patient’s Guide read by Barry Bernson to Communication in the Exam Room Chronicle of the development and spread and Beyond of the SARS virus from November 2002 DB96557 9 hours 41 minutes 41 Adult Nonfiction Medicine and Health, Music to January 2004. Discusses the origin of modern commercial successes of the the virus, human immune systems, epide- genre, which encompasses a wide range of miological efforts to identify the source, sounds and styles. Profiles and interviews international attempts to contain the some of country’s biggest stars. Unrated. spread, and the work of local journalists to Commercial audiobook. 2019. cover the story. 2006. Janis: Her Life and Music The Rabbit Effect: Live Longer, Happier, DB97256 12 hours 22 minutes and Healthier with the Groundbreaking by Holly George-Warren Science of Kindness read by Nina Arianda DB97041 9 hours 23 minutes Biography of the musician who died in by Kelli Harding 1970 at the age of twenty-seven of a drug read by Kelli Harding overdose. Examines her youth in Texas, A 1978 experiment designed to establish rise to fame, and the excesses which led to the relationship between high blood cho- her death. Includes unprecedented access lesterol and heart health in rabbits revealed to Joplin’s family, friends, bandmates, that kindness made the difference between archives, and long-lost interviews. a heart attack and a healthy heart. Further Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. research showed that love, friendship, Face It community, purpose, and environment DB97125 8 hours 59 minutes may have a greater impact on health by Debbie Harry than medical care. Unrated. Commercial read by various narrators audiobook. 2019. Memoir from the frontwoman of the iconic New Wave band Blondie. She shares Music stories of her rise to fame and the toll that I’m a Believer: My Life of Monkees, fame sometimes took, including harrowing Music, and Madness examples of sexual abuse and exploitation. DB92085 7 hours 43 minutes Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. by Micky Dolenz and Mark Bego Me: Elton John Official Autobiography read by Joe Wilson DB97053 11 hours 49 minutes The actor and singer chronicles his days as by Elton John a child actor, the heights of his fame with read by various narrators the 1960s television show The Monkees, Memoir of the musical legend. and the years beyond. Includes behind-the- Born Reginald Dwight in a London scenes stories of the group, including their suburb, the performer soon found his struggles over control of their music and sound and his style. He discusses his career careers. Some strong language. 2004. and struggles with drug addiction. Also : A History discusses his work with AIDS charities DB96527 18 hours 10 minutes and his relationship with husband, David. by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. read by various narrators Time Is Tight: My Life, Note by Note Companion to the PBS documentary DB97317 11 hours 15 minutes series chronicles country music from by Booker T. Jones its roots in the American South to the read by Booker T. Jones

42 Adult Nonfiction—Music, Nature and the Environment Legendary soul musician shares stories of Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back) his youth in segregated Memphis, forma- DB93127 8 hours 14 minutes tion of Booker T. & the MGs, and expe- by Jeff Tweedy riences as the house band for famed Stax read by Jeff Tweedy Records. He played with and influenced Memoir from the lead singer and song- such artists as , Otis Redding, writer of the Chicago rock band Wilco. He Wilson Pickett, and more. Unrated. discusses his childhood, his early inspira- Commercial audiobook. 2019. tional experiences hearing live music, and Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyoncé, his own musical process. Also talks about Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl his collaborators, bandmates, and family. DB93836 20 hours 14 minutes Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. edited by Evelyn McDonnell read by Celeste Lawson Nature and the Environment A journalism professor compiled over one The Blind Watchmaker: Why the hundred short profiles of women who were Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe influential in popular music, written by a without Design variety of female writers and music critics. DB92362 18 hours 21 minutes Artists range from Janis Joplin to Rihanna, by Richard Dawkins and each profile includes an essay and read by Alec Volz playlist. 2018. Troubled by creationists’ resistance The Beautiful Ones to Darwinism, an Oxford University DB97241 3 hours 7 minutes zoologist defends Darwin. He attempts by Prince to show how Darwin provided “the only read by various narrators known theory that could, in principle, This memoir from the iconic musician, solve the mystery of our existence.” 1996. begun before he died in 2016, was com- Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of pleted by his editor, Dan Piepenbring. Beavers and Why They Matter Sections cover his memories of childhood, DB91831 12 hours 2 minutes early years as a musician, and the heights by Ben Goldfarb of his fame, including creation of his auto- read by Bob Moore biographical , Purple Rain. Unrated. Journalist examines the role of the beaver Commercial audiobook. 2019. in ecology and conservation efforts. Topics Year of the Monkey include their construction abilities, what DB96767 3 hours 51 minutes happens when they are removed from an by Patti Smith environment, hunting traditions, personali- read by Patti Smith ties involved in beaver conservation, ways Musician and author of Just Kids (DB 70750) beavers can rehabilitate ecological systems returns with another memoir. She looks back when reintroduced, and more. 2018. on 2016, a year of wandering and reflection. Dancing with Bees: After playing concerts in San Francisco, she A Journey Back to Nature travels from the coast of California to the DB96942 11 hours 35 minutes Arizona desert and points beyond. Unrated. by Brigit Strawbridge Howard Commercial audiobook. 2019. read by Kristin Allison

43 Adult Nonfiction Nature, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology and Self-Help Naturalist recounts her exploration into alone cannot address. Believing that the world of bees—including the day she learning to relate to these problems in a realized she knew more about the French new way is both possible and meaningful, Revolution than she did about the species. he examines anxiety, depression, grief, Discusses the behavior of bees, environ- loss, loneliness, helplessness, and physical mental needs for their success, and impact pain. 2018. on humans. 2019. The Misinformation Age: Where Bigfoot Walks: How False Beliefs Spread Crossing the Dark Divide DB95395 12 hours 4 minutes DB92370 16 hours 14 minutes by Cailin O’Connor and James Owen by Robert Michael Pyle Weatherall read by Bill Burton read by Chuck Young A nature writer searches for evidence of Two logic and philosophy professors look Bigfoot, the humanoid creature said to at misinformation, fake news, and alterna- roam the remote forests. He spends time tive facts. They argue that social factors, in the Dark Divide region near Mount rather than individual psychology, are St. Helens, interviewing other Bigfoot essential to understanding the spread and hunters. Includes a chapter written in 2017 persistence of false beliefs and that under- about new developments in the search. standing the forces at work behind misin- Some strong language. 1995. formation is crucial to fighting it. 2019. Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don’t Poetry Know You Have Unexpectedly Eighty and Other DB96515 7 hours 51 minutes Adaptations; Nearing Ninety and Other by Tatiana Schlossberg Comedies of Late Life read by Tatiana Schlossberg DB96277 1 hours 47 minutes New York Times science writer discusses by Judith Viorst four areas of environmental impact: the read by Barbara Rappaport Internet and technology, food, fashion, and Two books of humorous poetry on aging fuel. Examines complexities and frustra- written in 2010 and 2019 by the author of tion of living in a carbon-intensive society Suddenly Sixty (DB 62118) and I’m Too and provides advice for reducing impact Young to Be Seventy (DB 62480). “The and making informed choices. Unrated. Graduation Brunch” muses on the family Commercial audiobook. 2019. members you reconnect with at special events. 2019. Philosophy Aging for Beginners Psychology and Self-Help DB96126 7 hours 22 minutes Talking to Strangers: What We Should by Ezra Bayda and Elizabeth Hamilton Know about the People We Don’t Know read by Jon Huffman DB96647 8 hours 45 minutes Longtime meditation instructor addresses by Malcolm Gladwell the difficulties in aging that exercise, read by Malcolm Gladwell social contact, and meaningful activities The author of The Tipping Point (DB 50027)examines what can go wrong when 44 Adult Nonfiction—Psychology and Self-Help, Religion we interact with strangers. Using examples fun, and the Syrian concept of “tarab,” or from history and recent headlines, he looks musically induced ecstasy. 2018. at how we often misjudge the motivations And How Are You, Dr. Sacks? A and trustworthiness of others. Unrated. Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2019. DB97121 14 hours 51 minutes A Primer for Forgetting: by Lawrence Weschler Getting Past the Past read by Jonathan Davis DB96888 7 hours 32 minutes Biography of neurologist and author by Lewis Hyde of books including Awakenings (DB read by Barry Bernson 33438), by a journalist who met him A writer and literary critic examines the while working on a profile for theNew benefits of forgetting. Using personal Yorker. The two became friends for thirty examples as well as those from history, years, and the author shares a glimpse of mythology, and literature, he looks at how the often neurotic but always empathetic forgetting can help with personal traumas, scientist. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. while cultural amnesia can help societies 2019. overcome collective traumas such as civil war. Some strong language. 2019. Religion Our Better Angels: Seven Simple Faith: A Journey for All Virtues That Will Change Your Life DB93256 4 hours 20 minutes and the World by Jimmy Carter DB97100 5 hours 46 minutes read by Jimmy Carter by Jonathan Reckford Thirty-ninth president reflects on the way read by various narrators his Christian faith has shaped his life CEO of Habitat for Humanity presents and sustained him through both happy seven timeless virtues for people to live and disappointing times. Discusses the by and illustrates them by sharing true meanings of faith, acquiring it, marrying stories of people involved in the organiza- it to religious expression, demonstrating tion as volunteers and future homeowners. it, and facing challenges to it. Unrated. Includes foreword by former president Commercial audiobook. 2018. Jimmy Carter. Unrated. Commercial The Gift of Years: audiobook. 2019. Growing Older Gracefully The Atlas of Happiness: The Global DB96656 8 hours 10 minutes Secrets of How to Be Happy by Joan Chittister DB96571 5 hours 50 minutes read by Jill Ferris by Helen Russell Author of Uncommon Gratitude (DB read by Peter Holdway 84571) and The Time Is Now (DB 95401) A British journalist gathers advice for presents a guide to aging through the being happy from around the world. lens of spirituality. Topics include regret, Ranges from “kalsarikännit” from Finland, finding meaning, confronting fear, ageism, a word translated as drinking at home in discovering joy, asserting authority, your underwear, to the Irish term “craic,” exploring possibilities, finding fulfillment, which is good conversation and general and letting go. 2008.

45 Adult Nonfiction Religion Tasting Grace: Discovering the Power of The Air I Breathe: Food to Connect Us to God, One Another, Worship as a Way of Life and Ourselves DB96802 2 hours 47 minutes DB96491 7 hours 3 minutes by Louie Giglio by Melissa d’Arabian read by Bill Wallace read by Melissa d’Arabian Founder of the Passion Movement Season five winner of The Next Food calls on people to live a wonder-filled Network Star shares the ways she life of communion with God no matter believes God used food to invite her into the time or place. Topics include why a relationship with Him. Topics covered worship matters, what God wants include compassion, comfort, creation, most for you, and worship as a way of authenticity, grace, patience, connec- life. 2003. tion, nurturing, stewardship, humility, The Election of Pope Francis: work, delight, acceptance, dependence, An Inside Account of the Conclave That hospitality, and the sacred. Unrated. Changed History Commercial audiobook. 2019. DB95519 12 hours 47 minutes Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide by Gerard O’Connell DB97031 6 hours 41 minutes read by Michael Scherer by Richard Dawkins Journalist recounts the daily read by Richard Dawkins behind-the-scenes happenings from the Author of Science in the Soul (DB 89047) time Pope Benedict XVI announced his and The Blind Watchmaker (DB 92362) resignation on February 11, 2013, through draws on personal experiences to present the conclave that elected Argentinian an argument for and guidebook to Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio the understanding atheism. Twelve essays first pope from the Americas, to Pope explore topics including polytheism, Francis’s inauguration on March 19, myths, ethics, evolution, probability, 2013. 2019. and morality. Unrated. Commercial Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and audiobook. 2019. Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church Who Do You Say I Am? Daily Reflections DB97303 10 hours 19 minutes on the Bible, the Saints, and the Answer by Megan Phelps-Roper That Is Christ read by Megan Phelps-Roper DB97304 11 hours 49 minutes Granddaughter of the founder of the by Timothy M. Dolan Westboro Baptist Church—best known read by various narrators for protesting against LGBT rights at Archbishop of New York presents daily military funerals and other occasions— reflections and meditations to focus on recounts her experiences in the church the nature of Jesus and his love for his and as its spokeswoman on Twitter. followers. Drawing on scripture, he Discusses leaving the church after provides insights into saints’ lives, the meeting her husband through a Twitter Bible, prayer, the concept of beauty, and conversation. Unrated. Commercial the pursuit of God. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. audiobook. 2019.

46 Adult Nonfiction—Science and Technology, Social Sciences Science and Technology Social Sciences Are We There Yet? The American The Invention of Yesterday: Automobile Past, Present, and Driverless A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, DB96973 13 hours 41 minutes Conflict, and Connection by Dan Albert DB96918 17 hours 7 minutes read by Robert Sams by Tamim Ansary Historian examines car culture in America read by Tamim Ansary from the introduction of cars to the An examination of the power of narrative United States in the 1890s to the future of in history over the heroic, geographic, or driverless cars. Topics discussed include anthropogenic. Discusses the power of cultivating a consumer base, technolog- storytelling to organize, find meaning, and ical advancements through international explain, as well as its role in the founding competition, economic pressures, novelty of empires, civilizations, and cultures. cars, and the possibilities of automated Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. cars. 2019. Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Brief Answers to the Big Questions Transforming Medicine, DB92758 4 hours 54 minutes Reimagining Life by Stephen Hawking DB96128 19 hours 56 minutes read by various narrators by Louise Aronson Author of A Brief History of Time (DB read by Madelyn Buzzard 26996) presents his views on a number Geriatrician provides what she describes of questions, including whether there is as a fact- and story-based old-age book a God, how the universe began, whether that is also about what it means to be a we can predict the future, what’s inside human being, and is part battle cry and a black hole, and whether life on Earth part lament over how society and the med- can survive. Commercial audiobook. ical community often fail older people. Bestseller. 2018. 2018. How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for The Seven Necessary Sins for Common Real-World Problems Women and Girls DB96509 6 hours 18 minutes DB96653 8 hours 16 minutes by Randall Munroe by Mona Eltahawy read by Wil Wheaton read by Mona Eltahawy Author of What If? (DB 83778) presents Activist advocates empowering women monumentally complex, excessive, and and girls to fight and dismantle the patri- inadvisable ways to answer twenty-eight archy by being what they are taught not questions about how to do something. to be: angry, ambitious, profane, violent, Tasks include jumping high, throwing attention-seeking, lustful, and powerful. a pool party, making an emergency Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. landing, predicting the weather, win- American Like Me: Reflections on ning an election, and disposing of Life between Cultures the book. Unrated. Commercial DB93012 9 hours 35 minutes audiobook. 2019. edited by read by various narrators

47 Adult Nonfiction Social Sciences, Sports and Recreation Collection of essays from prominent actual violence. Provides suggestions Americans discussing the experience of on how to defeat this hatred. Unrated. growing up between cultures. They discuss Commercial audiobook. 2019. their lives as immigrants, the children or grandchildren of immigrants, indigenous Sports and Recreation people, or people who otherwise grew up 108 Stitches: Loose Threads, Ripping with deep connections to multiple cul- Yarns, and the Darndest Characters from tures, struggling to establish their iden- My Time in the Game tities. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. DB95179 8 hours 12 minutes Bestseller. 2018. by Ron Darling and Daniel Paisner Rising out of Hatred: The Awakening of a read by Bill Delaney Former White Nationalist A former pitcher with teams including DB92497 9 hours 4 minutes the New York Mets who went on to a by Eli Saslow long career in broadcasting and writing read by various narrators about baseball shares stories from the A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter recounts game. Includes vignettes about some the trajectory of white nationalist Derek of the hundreds of players he encoun- Black’s enlightenment and change of tered on and off the field. Some strong heart after he left home to attend college. language. 2019. When Black’s beliefs were exposed on What Is a Girl Worth? My Story of campus, an Orthodox Jew began meeting Breaking the Silence and Exposing the with him, prompting Black to question Truth about and USA his worldview. Unrated. Commercial Gymnastics audiobook. 2018. DB97126 11 hours 14 minutes Trick Mirror: Reflections on by Rachael Denhollander Self-Delusion read by Rachael Denhollander DB96489 9 hours 48 minutes Memoir of the attorney, activist, and by Jia Tolentino former gymnast who was the first to read by Jia Tolentino expose the scandal of physician Larry A collection of essays about self-delusion, Nassar’s systematic sexual abuse of the the incentives that shape individuals, gymnasts under his care. She describes and the difficulty of seeing oneself how she reported the abuse but wasn’t clearly. Discusses the social Internet, believed until more victims came for- the scammer as hero, and more. ward years later. Unrated. Commercial Unrated. Commercial audiobook. audiobook. 2019. Bestseller. 2019. Racing to the Finish: My Story How to Fight Anti-Semitism DB93053 5 hours 5 minutes DB97140 5 hours 52 minutes by Dale Earnhardt by Bari Weiss read by various narrators read by Bari Weiss Memoir of NASCAR champion Earnhardt A New York Times journalist provides a Jr., who retired from racing in 2017. wake-up call for Americans about rising He shares his worries about racing’s anti-Semitism in terms of sentiment and impact on his health, including the

48 Adult Nonfiction—Sports and Recreation, Stage and Screen concussion he suffered in 2016 that con- Stage and Screen vinced him it was time to retire on his own Home Work: A Memoir of My terms. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Hollywood Years 2018. DB97117 13 hours 26 minutes Quarterback: Inside the Most Important by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Position in the National Football League Hamilton DB93041 12 hours 35 minutes read by Julie Andrews by John Feinstein The actress follows up her first memoir, read by John Feinstein Home (DB 66539), picking up her life The author of sports books like A Good story as she arrives in Hollywood. She Walk Spoiled (DB 40694) and A Season recounts her work on musical films such Inside (DB 29466) looks at the most vis- as The Sound of Music, as well as her ible and pressure-filled position in football. experiences as a wife and mother. Unrated. He profiles five NFL starting quarterbacks, Commercial audiobook. 2019. showing how the fortunes of their teams All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of rest squarely on their shoulders. Unrated. Rock Hudson Commercial audiobook. 2018. DB93239 13 hours 49 minutes The Best American Sports Writing 2018 by Mark Griffin DB95665 19 hours 2 minutes read by Jeremy Arthur edited by Jeff Pearlman Biography of star famous for films such read by Richard Davidson as Pillow Talk and Giant as well as for Twenty-five examples of the best sports- his closeted homosexuality. Explores writing published during 2017, in news- Hudson’s difficult childhood, his career, papers, magazines, and online. Includes and the private life he had to constantly “The Concussion Diaries,” about one high hide. Draws on more than a hundred inter- school football player’s experience with views with co-stars, family, and former CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), companions. Unrated. Commercial audio- and “The Greatest, at Rest,” about the book. 2018. funeral of . Some strong Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: language. 2018. A Sortabiography The Last Stand of Payne Stewart: DB92505 8 hours 15 minutes The Year Golf Changed Forever by Eric Idle DB97316 10 hours 27 minutes read by Eric Idle by Kevin Robbins Memoir of one of the founders of comedy read by Henry Leyva troupe Monty Python. From his child- A sportswriter examines the golfer’s life, hood at an English boarding school to his career, and tragic death. Stewart was career with and after Python, he shares considered past his prime in professional stories about his friends and collaborators. golf when he staged a comeback in Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. 1999. His death in a plane crash caught Inside Out: A Memoir on live TV marked the end of what the DB96990 6 hours 34 minutes author calls the era of the shotmakers. by Demi Moore Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. read by Demi Moore

49 Adult Nonfiction Stage and Screen Memoir of actress famous for roles in Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code hit films such as Ghost and About Last Era (1930-1934); When Sin Ruled Night. She describes her family, childhood the Movies trauma, rise to fame, battles with addic- DB96587 8 hours 6 minutes tion, high-profile relationships, and strug- by Mark A. Vieira gles to balance raising a family with her read by Mark Ashby career. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. A film historian looks at the movies of 2019. the early 1930s when Hollywood mostly The Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy relied on self-censoring to appease local DB94997 9 hours 7 minutes communities, prior to full enforcement by Paul Myers of the official Production Code, often read by Bill Delaney known as the “Hays Code.” Some strong Biography of the Canadian comedy language.­ 2019. troupe, made with the cooperation of Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up members Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, in the South Taught Me about Life, Love, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and and Baking Biscuits Scott Thompson. Includes their formation DB92884 2 hours 52 minutes in the 1980s, their TV series (1989-94), by Reese Witherspoon and their later careers. Some strong read by Reese Witherspoon language. 2018. Academy Award-winning actress, pro- The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini ducer, and entrepreneur shares her per- DB97311 9 hours 26 minutes sonal style and tips for entertaining. Her by Joe Posnanski southern heritage influences everything read by Jacques Roy in her life, including how she entertains, An award-winning sports journalist looks decorates, and cooks. Includes recipes at the life of Harry Houdini and his impact and some of her favorite southern tradi- on American culture. Visiting museums, tions. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. attractions, and private archives, he meets Bestseller. 2018. an unusual array of people inspired by the Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets famous illusionist. Unrated. Commercial & Advice for Living Your Best Life audiobook. 2019. DB97243 6 hours 23 minutes Fred MacMurray: A Biography by Ali Wong DB92364 18 hours 14 minutes read by various narrators by Charles Tranberg A stand-up comedian presents a memoir read by Jon Huffman by way of letters to her daughters. She Biography of the film and TV actor. conveys lessons they need to learn Alongside details of MacMurray’s about life, such as the unpleasant details personal life, chronicles his long of dating, how to be a working mom career, from early successes including in a male-dominated profession, and 1944’s Double Indemnity to his later more. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. roles in Disney films likeThe Shaggy Dog Bestseller. 2019. and on the TV show My Three Sons. 2007.

50 Adult Nonfiction—Travel, U.S. History Travel The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral Outpost: A Journey to the Wild Ends of History of 9/11 the Earth DB96933 15 hours 58 minutes DB96213 8 hours 55 minutes by Garrett M. Graff by Dan Richards read by various narrators read by Peter Holdway An account of the 9/11 al-Qaeda Profiles of pockets of the world that are terrorist attack on America through considered wild places and the people the voices of the people who who travel there. Locations include experienced it. Draws on transcripts, France, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Scotland, declassified documents, interviews, Switzerland, Utah, and Washington State. and oral histories from government Discusses the appeal of these locations, officials, first responders, witnesses, challenges of visiting, and his trips to survivors, friends, and family members. them. 2019. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Figures in a Landscape: People and Bestseller. 2019. Places; Essays, 2001-2016 The Hidden History of Guns and the DB96836 16 hours 47 minutes Second Amendment by Paul Theroux DB96330 5 hours 21 minutes read by Edoardo Ballerini by Thom Hartmann Fifteen years of articles and essays read by Jon Huffman exploring the connections between travel Radio host relates the role of guns and writing by the author of Fresh Air throughout American history and dis- Fiend (DB 95029). Examines the import cusses his view that the NRA and of connecting with typically overlooked American justices have interpreted the people as much as with well-known Constitution to provide unlimited access people. One essay recounts exploring to guns. Identifies solutions to break New York with Robin Williams. Unrated. the power of the gun lobby and restore Commercial audiobook. 2018. the Second Amendment to its intended role. 2019. U.S. History Mayflower Lives: Pilgrims in a New Life at the Dakota: New York’s Most World and the Early American Unusual Address Experience DB91676 10 hours 24 minutes DB96844 12 hours 1 minutes by Stephen Birmingham by Martyn Whittock read by Jake Williams read by James Cameron Stewart Author of California Rich (DB 18450) Portraits of the original Pilgrims who and America’s Secret Aristocracy (DB came to America on the Mayflower. 27656) profiles residents and goings-on at Includes examinations of Mary Chilton, the legendary New York City apartment William Bradford, John Howland, building, the Dakota. Details its con- Mary More, Stephen Hopkins, struction in the 1880s and what life was and others. Unrated. Commercial like working and living there through the audiobook. 2019. twentieth century. 1979.

51 Adult Nonfiction War, World History War : The Last Great Spy Captured: An American Prisoner of Story of the Cold War War in North Vietnam DB93230 11 hours 23 minutes DB95812 6 hours 15 minutes by Gus Russo and by Alvin Townley read by Robert Petkoff read by Doug Tisdale Jr. An account of the relationship between Recounts naval aviator Jeremiah Denton’s CIA agent Jack Platt and KGB agent seven and a half years as a prisoner of war Gennady Vasilenko. Originally assigned to in North Vietnam. Covers the gruesome trick each other into betraying their respec- conditions, the captors’ brutal treatment, tive countries during the Cold War, they the prisoners’ secret methods of commu- instead became good friends. Unrated. nication, and the resilience necessary to Commercial audiobook. 2018. survive. For senior high and older readers. It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst 2019. Breakups in History DB97075 8 hours 10 minutes World History by Jennifer Wright Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, read by Hillary Huber Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Historically bad breakups spanning eras Most Destructive Industry on Earth and cultures from ancient Rome to medi- DB97136 15 hours 35 minutes eval England to 1950s Hollywood. Figures by Rachel Maddow profiled include Emperor Nero, Oscar read by Rachel Maddow Wilde, Lord Byron, and King Henry VIII, Emmy Award-winning TV host exam- among others. Unrated. Commercial ines the lucrative and corrupt oil industry audiobook. 2015. with black humor while traveling around the globe. Calls for transparency, limits on the influence of oil executives, and a stop to industry subsidization. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2019. Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History DB92889 7 hours 27 minutes by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard read by Bill O’Reilly Account of the hunt for Nazi leaders not swiftly caught after World War II, including Josef Mengele, Martin Bormann, Klaus Barbie, and Adolf Eichmann. Describes the tactics used by these “Nazi hunters,” including a French husband-and- wife team, an American lawyer, a German prosecutor, and Israeli Mossad agents. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018.

52 Books for Children Books and magazines are also available for Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation immediate download from the NLS Braille DB96793 7 hours 43 minutes and Audio Reading Download (BARD) site by Stuart Gibbs at https://nlsbard.loc.gov. To order books or read by Emily Woo Zeller sign up for BARD, contact your local coop- The CIA forces twelve-year-old erating library. Regional library telephone Charlotte “Charlie” Thorne, a rebel- numbers and email addresses are listed on lious genius, to use her code-breaking the last pages of this magazine. skills on an epic global chase to locate Books are listed alphabetically within the Einstein’s last equation—before dan- headings Children’s Fiction and Children’s gerous agents discover it and unlock Nonfiction by subject category, author the solution to harnessing energy. last name, and title. For example, the title Commercial audiobook. For grades 5–8. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown 2019. would be listed in Children’s Fiction under Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls, the Classics subject category and by the last Books 1–3 name Brown. DB96663 18 hours 59 minutes by Beth McMullen read by MacKenzie Beyer Children’s Fiction Books one through three, written between Adventure 2017 and 2019, featuring a twelve- year-old girl who discovers her elite The Cryptid Catcher boarding school is really a cover for an DB92559 6 hours 22 minutes elite spy ring. Includes Mrs. Smith’s Spy by Lija Fisher School for Girls, Power Play, and Double read by Doug Tisdale Jr. Cross. For grades 4–7. 2019. Thirteen-year-old Clivo Wren learns that The Mysterious Benedict Society and the his recently deceased father was not an Riddle of Ages archaeologist, but rather a cryptid catcher, DB97083 12 hours 0 minutes known for finding elusive mythological by Trenton Lee Stewart creatures. Now, Clivo must pick up where read by Eric Pollins his father left off and track down a special With the Ten Men on the loose and a tele- cryptid. For grades 5–8. 2018. pathic enemy tracking them, Kate, Reynie, The Red Fox Clan: The Royal Ranger; Sticky, and Constance must join with a Ranger’s Apprentice new Society member to keep their world DB96049 11 hours 18 minutes safe. Sequel to The Mysterious Benedict by John Flanagan Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma (DB read by John Keating 69639). Commercial audiobook. For Feeling trapped in her roles, Princess Maddie grades 4–7. 2019. must keep her ranger training a secret. But then the mysterious Red Fox Clan, a group Animals and Wildlife of anarchists who don fox masks, threatens Noah Builds an Ark Castle Araluen. Sequel to Royal Ranger (DB DB97223 0 hours 9 minutes 78076). Commercial audiobook. For grades by Kate Banks 5–8 and older readers. 2018. 53 Children’s Fiction Animals and Wildlife, Family, Fantasy read by Jeff Allin read by Samantha Desz As a storm approaches, young Noah Red’s inexplicable power over the wind builds a little ark and tries to prepare comes from her mother. Whenever Red the creatures around his home. For is scared or angry, the wind picks up. preschool-grade 2. 2019. After being placed in a new foster family, Ospreys in Danger; Salamander Rescue she finally feels like she is starting to fit DB95970 1 hours 25 minutes into her new life—but then her mother by Pamela McDowell reappears. Commercial audiobook. For read by Faith Potts grades 4–7. 2019. Two books, written in 2014 and 2016, For Black Girls like Me featuring young Cricket and her friends as DB96071 6 hours 37 minutes they try to help wild animals. In Ospreys by Mariama J. Lockington in Danger, baby ospreys need to be read by Imani Parks reunited with their parents after a fire. In Eleven-year-old Makeda dreams of Salamander Rescue, kids want to help meeting her black mother, while coping migrating salamanders. For grades 2–4. with serious problems in her white adopted 2016. family, a cross-country move, and being homeschooled. Commercial audiobook. Family For grades 3–6. 2019. Stand on the Sky Hey Grandude! DB95807 8 hours 37 minutes DB96512 0 hours 12 minutes by Erin Bow by Paul McCartney read by Gabriella Cavallero read by Paul McCartney Twelve-year-old Aisulu defies the expecta- Grandude brightens a dreary weekend tions of her Kazakh family and tradition to for his visiting grandchildren by using train an eagle, so that she might save her his magic compass and postcards to take brother, Serik, and prevent her family from them on adventures around the world. giving up their nomadic life forever. For Commercial audiobook. For preschool– grades 5–8. 2019. grade 2. 2019. More to the Story DB97327 4 hours 57 minutes Fantasy by Hena Khan A Crystal of Time: The School for read by Priya Ayyar Good and Evil As features editor of her school news- DB96053 19 hours 39 minutes paper, thirteen-year-old Jameela wants to by Soman Chainani impress her father by writing a spectacular read by Polly Lee story about the new student, but a mis- A false king has seized Camelot’s throne understanding and family illness compli- and sentenced Tedros, the true king, to cate matters. Commercial audiobook. For death. Now Agatha and Sophie must find grades 4–7. 2019. a way to restore Tedros to power before All the Impossible Things it’s too late. Sequel to Quests for Glory DB96524 7 hours 18 minutes (DB 94712). Commercial audiobook. For by Lindsay Lackey grades 5–8 and older readers. 2019.

54 Children’s Fiction—Fantasy, Friendship Guest: A Changeling Tale Friendship DB97326 4 hours 37 minutes Just Add Magic, Books 1–2 by Mary Downing Hahn DB96321 10 hours 15 minutes read by Shelley Atkinson by Cindy Callaghan Young Mollie traverses eerie, per- read by Deborah Desmone ilous lands to retrieve her baby brother, Two books, written in 2010 and 2018, Thomas, from the Kinde Folke, featuring best friends in a cooking club. In malicious sprites who snatched him and Just Add Magic, friends discover a dusty left a hideous changeling in his place. cookbook with magical recipes. In Potion Commercial audiobook. For grades 4–7. Problems, the girls search for a way to 2019. save their beloved local store. For grades Dragon Overnight: Upside-Down Magic 4–7. 2018. DB97077 3 hours 18 minutes Megabat, Books 1–2 by Sarah Mlynowski and others DB95969 3 hours 19 minutes read by Rebecca Soler by Anna Humphrey It’s time for the Upside-Down Magic read by Jeff Allin class to go on a sleepover field trip! Two books, written in 2018-19, featuring But things go wonky from the start, a friendship between a sweet bat and a and soon there’s a dragon to deal with. boy. In Megabat, Daniel moves into a Sequel to Showing Off (DB 87729). new house and befriends the resident bat. Commercial audiobook. For grades 3-6. In Megabat and the Fancy Cat, trouble 2018. ensues after Daniel receives a feline for Anya and the Dragon Christmas. For grades 2–4. 2019. DB96858 7 hours 59 minutes Strange Birds: A Field Guide to by Sofiya Pasternack Ruffling Feathers read by Laura Knight Keating DB97010 7 hours 34 minutes Young Anya and a new friend face a by Celia C. Pérez Viking and a tsar to protect the water read by Rebecca Soler dragon that saved her life, putting her fam- After Ofelia, Aster, Cat, and Lane fail to ily’s home at risk. Commercial audiobook. persuade a local girls club to change an For grades 5–8. 2019. outdated tradition, they form an alternative The Tyrant’s Tomb: The Trials of Apollo, group that shakes up their sleepy Florida Book 4 town. Commercial audiobook. For grades DB97013 13 hours 24 minutes 5–8. 2019. by Rick Riordan Stay read by Robbie Daymond DB97011 6 hours 7 minutes A devastated but determined Apollo by Bobbie Pyron travels to Camp Jupiter, where the Roman read by various narrators demigods are preparing for a desperate After her family moves into a shelter in a last stand against the evil Triumvirate of new city, Piper’s life is turned upside down. Roman emperors. Commercial audiobook. But she soon finds hope in new friendships For grades 5–8. 2019. and with a special dog, Baby. Commercial audiobook. For grades 4–7. 2019.

55 Children’s Fiction Historical Fiction, Humor, Mystery and Detective Historical Fiction Humor Strange Star Bad Kitty’s Purrfect Boxed Set DB92079 6 hours 25 minutes DB95844 5 hours 4 minutes by Emma Carroll by Nick Bruel read by Gabriella Cavallero read by Colleen Delany Lord Byron and friends gather to tell Seven humorous feline tales, written ghost stories on a stormy night in 1816 between 2008 and 2014, featuring the Switzerland, but a scarred girl arrives mad adventures of Bad Kitty. Includes with her own dark and dangerous tale. Bad Kitty Gets a Bath, Happy Birthday, For grades 5–8. 2016. Bad Kitty, Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray, Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: Bad Kitty Meets the Baby, Bad Kitty for The Sanitation Strike of 1968 President, and more. For grades 2–4. 2014. DB92491 0 hours 43 minutes by Alice Faye Duncan Mystery and Detective read by Jordan McCraw The Light in the Lake 1968. Lorraine, a young black girl, finds DB97022 7 hours 22 minutes herself witnessing a civil rights struggle as by Sarah R. Baughman her sanitation-worker father goes on strike read by Caitlin Kelly in Memphis, Tennessee. When Martin As a Young Scientist, Addie studies pol- Luther King Jr. comes to help the strikers, lution in the lake where her twin brother events take an unexpected and tragic turn. recently drowned, while secretly con- For grades 2–4. 2018. tinuing his investigation of the creature The Bravest Man in the World he believed lives in the lake’s depths. DB97221 0 hours 44 minutes Commercial audiobook. For grades 4–7. by Patricia Polacco 2019. read by Patrick Downer The Usual Suspects A grandfather, once an orphaned stow- DB97232 4 hours 49 minutes away aboard the Titanic, tells his grandson by Maurice Broaddus about his friendship with Wallace Hartley, read by James Konicek a brave musician who played music Accused of being disruptive in school during the sinking of the luxury vessel. and separated from the kids who don’t For grades K–3. 2019. have “issues,” Thelonius is sick of being White Rose labeled. When a weapon is found at a DB96564 3 hours 41 minutes hangout, Thelonius and his pals must by Kip Wilson prove that they are not suspects and read by Eva Wilhelm search for the real culprit. For grades 6–9. A novel in verse. Sophie Scholl, a young 2019. German college student, challenges the Lion Down Nazi regime during World War II as part DB96089 7 hours 26 minutes of the White Rose, a nonviolent resistance by Stuart Gibbs group. For grades 6–9 and older readers. read by Gibson Frazier 2019. When a mountain lion is accused of killing a famous dog, the dog’s owner wants

56 Children’s Fiction—Mystery and Detective, Scary Stories the culprit hunted down. But the big cat Searching for Lottie might have been framed, and Teddy and DB96310 4 hours 11 minutes a renegade animal activist try to prove it. by Susan L. Ross Sequel to Panda-monium (DB 96088). read by Faith Potts Commercial audiobook. For grades 5–8. More than six decades after the end of 2019. World War II, twelve-year-old Charlie, a Mystery Stories, budding musician, searches for clues about Books 45-47 her violin-prodigy namesake’s fate. For DB95218 12 hours 28 minutes grades 4–7. 2019. by read by Pilar Witherspoon Scary Stories Three mysteries, written between 1968 The Darkdeep and 1970, featuring amateur sleuth Nancy DB92809 6 hours 56 minutes Drew. In The Spider Sapphire Mystery, by Ally Condie and Brendan Reichs Nancy investigates a missing gem while read by Andy Pyle on a safari. Includes Nico, Tyler, Ella, and Opal discover a hidden and . For island in a forbidden cove that appears unin- grades 3–6. 1970. habited. But something ancient has awak- Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, ened and it knows their wishes, dreams, and Books 48–50 darkest secrets. For grades 4–7. 2018. DB95806 10 hours 16 minutes Trace by Carolyn Keene DB96340 7 hours 8 minutes read by Kristin Allison by Pat Cummings Three mysteries, written between 1971 read by Alec Volz and 1973, featuring amateur sleuth Nancy After his parents’ tragic deaths, Trace Drew. In , Nancy moves in with his artistic aunt and yearns and her friends investigate a weird house to be noticed at his new school. Then with a crooked banister and a rogue robot. strange circumstances lead him to a ghost Includes The Secret of Mirror Bay and in the basement of the New York Public . For grades 3–6. Library—and to something in his own 1973. past. For grades 5–8. 2019. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, The Haunted Mask: Goosebumps Books 51–53 DB96987 2 hours 31 minutes DB95220 11 hours 28 minutes by R.L. Stine by Carolyn Keene read by various narrators read by Pilar Witherspoon A young girl purchases the most frighten- Three mysteries, written between 1974 ingly lifelike Halloween mask and then, and 1977, featuring amateur sleuth Nancy to her horror, discovers that she is unable Drew. In Mystery of the Glowing Eye, to remove it from her face. Commercial Nancy and her pals search for their kid- audiobook. For grades 3–6. 1993. napped friend, Ned. Includes The Secret of Archimancy: Shadow School the Forgotten City and . DB96894 7 hours 24 minutes For grades 3–6. 1977. by J.A. White

57 Children’s Fiction Scary Stories, School, Science Fiction, Sports Stories read by Kim Mai Guest A Problematic Paradox Cordelia Liu and her friend Benji see DB95773 9 hours 33 minutes ghosts around Shadow School. Together by Eliot Sappingfield with super-smart Agnes, the trio are deter- read by Abigail Maupin mined to find out why the ghosts are there Thirteen-year-old Nikola’s world is turned and if they can set them free. Commercial upside down when her father is abducted audiobook. For grades 4–7. 2019. by aliens and she is transported to a boarding school for geniuses. But things School get even stranger when she realizes she It Wasn’t Me has certain abilities that put her school in DB93126 7 hours 32 minutes danger. For grades 5–8. 2018. by Dana Alison Levy read by various narrators Sports Stories When Theo’s photography project is van- Deep Zone dalized, the five students nearby all claim DB96625 6 hours 14 minutes it wasn’t them. So Theo’s favorite teacher by Tim Green suggests they all spend vacation week read by Charlie Thurston together and get to the truth. Commercial Football stars Ty and Troy are eager to audiobook. For grades 5–8. 2018. face each other in a seven-on-seven tour- Spin the Golden Light Bulb nament being held at the Super Bowl. DB95845 8 hours 42 minutes Meanwhile, their family members put both by Jackie Yeager boys in danger. Sequel to The Big Time read by Deborah Desmone (DB 71948). Commercial audiobook. For Kia and four of her classmates are grades 5–8. 2011. selected to compete in the Fiftieth Annual Bouncing Back Piedmont Challenge to win a coveted DB97078 5 hours 56 minutes spot at PIPS, the Piedmont Inventors Prep by Scott Ostler School. But first they must solve a series read by Sean Patrick Hopkins of tasks against the other teams at Camp Orphaned after a tragic accident, Carlos Piedmont. For grades 4–7. 2017. learns what it truly means to be a team- mate when he must help save his new Science Fiction wheelchair basketball team’s gym from The Flooded Earth, Books 1–2 destruction. Commercial audiobook. For DB96547 16 hours 12 minutes grades 4–7. 2019. by Mardi McConnochie read by Alec Volz Two books, written in 2016-17, featuring a world where devastating floods have changed the face of the planet. In The Flooded Earth, twins search for their missing father. In The Castle in the Sea, the twins and their friends must evade cap- ture and pirates. For grades 4–7. 2017.

58 Children’s Nonfiction—Animals and Wildlife, Arts, Astronomy, Biography Children’s Nonfiction Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum DB96903 0 hours 46 minutes Animals and Wildlife by Dr. Seuss Saving the Tasmanian Devil: How Science read by Samira Wiley Is Helping the World’s Largest Marsupial Explores different artists and their cre- Carnivore Survive ative processes with a horse as your guide. DB96962 2 hours 0 minutes Based on an unfinished manuscript and by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent sketches by Dr. Seuss that were discov- read by Kurt Elftmann ered years after his death. Commercial Follows the scientists who are working to audiobook. For grades K–3. 2019. stop a contagious tumor that is killing the Tasmanian devil. The research being done Astronomy on the Australian marsupial has potential Planetarium: Welcome to the Museum to affect all animals, and even humans, as DB95957 2 hours 32 minutes they learn more about how to prevent and by Raman Prinja hopefully eradicate certain genetic dis- read by Eva Wilhelm eases. For grades 5–8. 2019. Introduction to all of the aspects of space, Shark Quest: Protecting the Ocean’s from the sun and our solar system to the Top Predators lives of stars, the Milky Way, and the uni- DB92640 3 hours 42 minutes verse beyond. For grades 4–7. 2018. by Karen Romano Young Biography read by Michael Scherer Overview of sharks, from their intelligence DK Life Stories, Books 1-8 and feeding habits to how researchers DB95964 12 hours 20 minutes study sharks at sea. Discusses the human by Diane Bailey and others impact on their populations, and what we read by Steven Carpenter can do to save these incredible predators. Eight biographies featuring influential For grades 6–9 and older readers. 2018. people who changed the world. Includes Albert Einstein, Anne Frank, Gandhi, Arts Katherine Johnson, , Martin Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Luther King Jr., , and Who Inspired the World Florence Nightingale. For grades 3–6 and DB96968 3 hours 53 minutes older readers. 2019. by Rachel Ignotofsky Thrilling Thieves: Liars, Cheats, and read by Michael Scherer Cons Who Changed History Profiles fifty pioneering female artists, DB92641 4 hours 42 minutes from Guan Daosheng, a thirteenth-century by Brianna DuMont Chinese poet and painter, to , an read by Michael Scherer American artist who designed the Vietnam Profiles of twelve troublemakers from his- Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. tory, including Robert Fortune, a Scottish Discusses the elements and principles of gardener who worked for the tea-loving art and design, statistics, and the tools British government. His mission: to steal used. For grades 5–8. 2019. tea seeds from China. For grades 5–8. 2018. 59 Children’s Nonfiction Biography, Blindness and Disabilities, Career Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader (1874-1942), best known for her series Ginsburg’s Life & Work of novels that begins with Anne of Green DB96056 4 hours 56 minutes Gables (DB 56114). Includes details by Victoria Ortiz of Montgomery’s later years, from her read by Lisa Larsen unhappy marriage to her battle with Recounts the life and career of the fiercely depression. For grades 6–9. 2018. principled Supreme Court justice, now a Spring after Spring: How Rachel Carson popular icon, with accounts of her land- Inspired the Environmental Movement mark cases that advanced legal protection DB96318 0 hours 28 minutes of human rights. Commercial audiobook. by Stephanie Roth Sisson For grades 6–9 and older readers. 2019. read by Joe Peck Amelia Earhart Traces Rachel Carson’s journey from DB96618 2 hours 42 minutes curious young girl to scientist and author. by Andrew Prentice Discusses the alarming impact of pesti- read by Elizabeth Cottle cides that she uncovered and wrote about, Biography of one of the world’s and how her work ultimately paved the most famous pilots, Amelia Earhart way for the modern environmental move- (1897-1937). Reveals how Earhart went ment. For grades K–3. 2018. from being a little Kansas tomboy to becoming a high-flying feminist icon. Blindness and Physical Commercial audiobook. For grades 3–6. Disabilities 2019. Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You Fantastic Failures: True Stories of People DB97234 0 hours 17 minutes Who Changed the World by Falling by Sonia Sotomayor Down First read by Colleen Delany DB92643 8 hours 59 minutes Sonia and her friends plant a garden, and by Luke Reynolds each one explains how they contribute in read by David DeBoy his or her own special way. For grades Author of Surviving Middle School (DB K–3. 2019. 85927) presents a collection of short biog- raphies featuring successful individuals Career and Job Training who overcame significant challenges in From an Idea to . . . , Books 1–4 their lives. Profiles include J.K. Rowling, DB95975 5 hours 16 minutes Ellen DeGeneres, Christopher Reeve, and by Lowey Bundy Sichol Sonia Sotomayor. For grades 6–9 and read by Colleen Delany older readers. 2018. Four books explore the history of four House of Dreams: The Life of innovative and successful companies: L.M. Montgomery Disney, Google, Lego, and Nike. Includes DB92628 8 hours 46 minutes From an Idea to Disney: How Branding by Liz Rosenberg Made Disney a Household Name, From read by Margaret Strom an Idea to Google: How Innovation at Recounts the life of best-selling Canadian Google Changed the World, and more. For author Lucy Maud Montgomery grades 4–7. 2019.

60 Children’s Nonfiction—Computers, Cooking, Folktales, General, Government, Jokes, Language Computers by British Library Google It: A History of Google read by Steven Carpenter DB92485 5 hours 30 minutes Explores the British Library’s Harry by Anna Crowley Redding Potter: A History of Magic exhibit. read by Steven Carpenter Provides an overview of the Hogwarts Award-winning investigative reporter curriculum, magical artifacts, unique crea- shares the inspiring story of how two tures, and details of Diagon Alley. For Stanford college students, Larry Page grades 4–7 and older readers. 2017. and Sergey Brin, took a simple concept Government and Politics and created one of the most influential The US Congress for Kids: and innovative companies—Google. For Over 200 Years of Lawmaking, grades 6–9 and older readers. 2018. Deal-Breaking, and Compromising; Cooking with 21 Activities The Teen Kitchen: Recipes We Love to DB96574 6 hours 14 minutes Cook by Ronald A. Reis DB96311 5 hours 12 minutes read by Joe Peck by Emily Allen and Lyla Allen Examines the role of the US Congress read by Margaret Strom and helps children understand how the Step-by-step directions and an introduc- government functions and why it matters. tion to the basic tools a young chef needs. Combines stories with details about the Outlines techniques ranging from knife personalities of notable politicians and the skills to ingredient swaps. Recipes include turning points in our legislative history. carrot cake pancakes, Mediterranean stuffed For grades 5–8 and older readers. 2014. peppers, maple milkshakes, and more. For Jokes, Riddles, and Rhymes grades 6–9 and older readers. 2019. The Unofficial Harry Potter Joke Book: Folktales Stupefying Shenanigans for Slytherin The Big Book of Monsters: The Creepiest DB95842 1 hours 49 minutes Creatures from Classic Literature by Brian Boone DB96689 3 hours 57 minutes read by Kurt Elftmann by Hal Johnson Hundreds of jokes and riddles a Slytherin read by Mark Ashby would love. Includes categories such as Profiles twenty-five monsters from Draco’s Burn Ward, Knock-Knockturn mythology, folklore, and litera- Alley, and jokes that will make you want ture, including Medusa, the cyclops to self-obliviate. For grades 2–4 and older Polyphemus, Dracula, Frankenstein’s readers. 2018. monster, and the headless horseman of Language Sleepy Hollow. For grades 5–8. 2019. Brave the Page: A Young Writer’s Guide General to Telling Epic Stories Harry Potter: A Journey through A DB96759 4 hours 49 minutes History of Magic by Rebecca Stern and Grant Faulkner DB96218 4 hours 12 minutes read by various narrators 61 Children’s Nonfiction Language ,Nature, Poetry, Science, Sports, U.S. History National Novel Writing Month Sports and Recreation (NaNoWriMo) guide for budding writers. The Young Adventurer’s Guide to Offers practical advice on how to organize (Almost) Everything: Build a Fort, Camp and commit to writing stories and novels, like a Champ, Poop in the Woods— and includes motivating essays from 45 Action-Packed Outdoor Activities such popular authors as John Green and DB95832 3 hours 28 minutes Marissa Meyer. Commercial audiobook. by Ben Hewitt and Penny Hewitt For grades 5–8. 2019. read by Steven Carpenter Nature and the Environment Step-by-step instructions for activities from foraging for a wild snack to building What a Waste a debris-hut fort. Encourages kids to DB95958 1 hours 40 minutes explore the natural world (starting in the by Jess French comfort of their own backyard) through read by Eva Wilhelm a whole new set of skills and knowledge. Explains what we’re doing to our envi- For grades 5–8. 2019. ronment, both the good and the bad. Discusses the different types of pollution U.S. History and waste streams and the progress we’ve Bringing Down a President: The made in renewable energy and recycling. Watergate Scandal For grades 2–4. 2019. DB96591 4 hours 38 minutes Poetry by Andrea Balis and Elizabeth Levy read by Patrick Downer A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Recounts the administration of President The Poetry of Mister Rogers Richard Nixon, the 1972 Watergate DB96626 1 hours 25 minutes break-in, and the cover-up that led to by Fred Rogers Nixon’s resignation. Highlights the events, read by various narrators personalities, and issues involved in the Lyrics to seventy-five songs from the chil- scandal, featuring quotes from primary dren’s television program Mister Rogers’ source materials. Some strong language. Neighborhood, collected and presented as For grades 6–9 and older readers. 2019. a treasury of poems. Lyrics explore topics such as feelings, new siblings, everyday life, and imagination. Commercial audio- book. For preschool–grade 2 and older readers. 2019. Science and Technology Ask a Scientist DB95682 2 hours 58 minutes by Robert Winston read by Robert Sams Collection of 100 real-life questions from kids to Professor Winston on every aspect of science. For grades 3–6. 2019.

62 Foreign Language Español Largo Pétalo de Mar (A Long Petal of the Sea) Los libros presentes en esta edición de DB96541 14 hours 50 minutes Talking Book Topics (Temas de Libros por Isabel Allende Parlantes) se enviaron recientemente a las leído por Martin Untrojb bibliotecas de cooperación. La colección La vida de Roser Bruguera esta completa, que contiene una amplia gama de entrelazada repentinamente con la de libros de ficción y no ficción, incluyendo Víctor Dalmau mientras ambos huyen a biografías, clásicos, de vaqueros, misterios, Francia durante la guerra civil española. y romancias, se puede encontrar en Junto con dos mil personas abordan el SS www.loc.gov/nls. Winnipeg, un barco fletado por el poeta Los usuarios registrados también pueden Pablo Neruda para llevar refugiados a descargar de inmediato todos los títulos y Chile. Violencia. (Roser Bruguera finds revistas del servicio de Descarga de Lectura her life intertwined with that of Víctor en Braille y Audio del NLS (BARD) en Dalmau as they both flee to France https://nlsbard.loc.gov. La aplicación móvil during the Spanish Civil War. Along with de BARD está disponible en la App Store, two thousand others, they board the SS Google Play, y en la Appstore de Amazon Winnipeg, a ship chartered by the poet para leer audiolibros en su teléfono inteli- Pablo Neruda to take refugees to Chile. gente o su tableta personal. Para conocer Violence.) 2019. más sobre la colección o para registrarse El Día Que Se Perdió el Amor para utilizar BARD, comuníquese con (The Day Love Was Lost) su biblioteca de cooperación local. Los DB92478 10 hours 29 minutes números de teléfono y las direcciones de por Javier Castillo correo electrónico de las bibliotecas regio- leído por Walter Krochmal nales se encuentran en las últimas páginas Nueva York, 2014. Cuando una joven de esta revista. se encuentra caminando desnuda por las Nota: Puede aparecer un aviso inmedia- calles con pedazos de papel amarillentos tamente a continuación de la descripción en su mano, el inspector Bowring del del libro para indicar escenas de violencia, FBI comienza a ver conexiones con otros lenguaje violento o descripciones de sexo. casos irresoluto en la ciudad. Violencia, La palabra “algunas” antes de cualquiera lenguaje injurioso, y descripciones de de estos términos indica un hecho oca- índole sexual. (New York, 2014. When sional o poco frecuente, como por ejemplo a young woman is found walking the “lenguaje violento poco frecuente”. Los streets naked with pieces of yellowed audiolibros comerciales de los cuales el paper in hand, FBI Inspector Bowring NLS no tiene acceso al libro impreso, begins to see connections with other pueden presentar el aviso “sin calificación”, unsolved cases in the city. Violence, lo que significa que el libro puede contener strong language, and descriptions of sex.) o no violencia, lenguaje violento o descrip- 2018. ciones de sexo.

63 Foreign Language Laberinto de Sangre (Labyrinth of Blood) El Asesinato de García Lorca (The DB95824 7 hours 31 minutes Assassination of Federico García Lorca) por Raúl Garbantes DB94198 18 hours 13 minutes leído por Martin Untrojb por Ian Gibson Después de obtener una promoción en leído por Aurelio Dominguez su trabajo, Sean Cartwright traslada a Describe las circunstancias y el impacto su familia a una casa grande fuera de del asesinato del célebre poeta y drama- Olympia, Washington, que incluye un turgo español Federico García Lorca por laberinto de jardín que rápidamente asume las fuerzas nacionalistas en 1936. Edición un aspecto siniestro. Violencia, lenguaje original publicada en 1971; revisado con injurioso, y descripciones de índole nuevo prólogo por el autor. Traducido sexual. (After attaining a promotion, Sean del inglés. Violencia y lenguaje injurioso. Cartwright moves his family to a large (Describes the circumstances and impact house outside Olympia, Washington, of the killing of celebrated Spanish poet that includes a garden labyrinth—which and playwright Federico García Lorca by quickly assumes a sinister aspect. Nationalist forces in 1936. Original edi- Violence, strong language, and descrip- tion published in 1971; revised with new tions of sex.) 2019. prologue by the author. Translated from No Hay Vuelta Atrás: El Poder de las English. Violence and strong language.) Mujeres para Cambiar el Mundo (The 2018. Moment of Lift: How Empowering Secreto Biblia (Secret Bible) Women Changes the World) DB93931 17 hours 28 minutes DB96680 10 hours 10 minutes por Leopoldo Mendívil López por Melinda Gates leído por María Pino leído por Rocio Ramirez Max León, un investigador de la policía La filántropa y copresidenta de la mexicana—junto con John Apóstole, Fundación de Bill y Melinda Gates dis- Serpentia Lotan, y Clara Vanthi—se ve cute su descubrimiento del vínculo entre obligado a buscar en las islas griegas para el empoderamiento femenino y la salud encontrar la Biblia original. Violencia. social. Proporciona formas simples de (Max León, a Mexican police inves- efectuar cambios y hacer una diferencia, tigator—along with John Apóstole, incluyendo los problemas relacionados Serpentia Lotan, and Clara Vanthi—is con la planificación familiar, el trabajo forced to search the Greek islands to find doméstico, y los prejuicios de género. the original Bible. Violence.) 2018. (Philanthropist and cochair of the Bill Che: La Vida por un Mundo Mejor (Che: & Melinda Gates Foundation discusses A Life for a Better World) her discovery of the link between female DB93247 14 hours 10 minutes empowerment and societal health. por Pacho O’Donnell Provides simple ways to effect change leído por Walter Krochmal and make a difference, including issues Biografía del médico y revolucio- surrounding family planning, household nario argentino Ernesto “Che” Guevara labor, and gender bias.) 2019. (1928–1967). Explora su juventud, su

64 Español papel central en la Revolución Cubana, avanzados. Discute las dificultades enfren- su breve permanencia como funcionario tadas por su familia, el abuso a manos de y diplomático, su muerte en Bolivia un hermano y más. (Memoir exploring intentando fomentar un levantamiento the author’s path from being raised in a campesino, y el poder duradero de su mito. fundamentalist, paranoiac Mormon family Sin clasificación.Audiolibro comercial where she was homeschooled to eventu- (Biography of Argentinian doctor and ally working her way to graduate degrees revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara at Cambridge and Harvard. Discusses (1928–1967). Explores his childhood, his hardships faced by the family, abuse at the seminal role in the Cuban Revolution, hands of a sibling, and more.) 2019. his brief tenure as functionary and dip- lomat, his death in Bolivia attempting to foment a peasant uprising, and the lasting power of his myth. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.) 2006. Pasando Páginas: La Historia de Mi Vida (Turning Pages: My Life Story) DB92918 0 hours 34 minutes por Sonia Sotomayor leído por Irma Bello La primera juez latina en la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos, Sonia Sotomayor recuerda la influencia formativa de los libros en su vida. Ella explora cómo su amor por la literatura le proporcionó la inspiración para realizar sus sueños. Para grados 2–4. (The first Latina Supreme Court justice, Sonia Sotomayor recalls the formative influence of books in her life. She explores how her love of literature provided her with the inspiration to realize her dreams. For grades 2–4.) 2018. Una Educación (Educated: A Memoir) DB95267 14 hours 26 minutes por Tara Westover leído por Catherine Nunez Una memoria que explora el camino de la autora desde ser criada en una familia mormona fundamentalista y paranoica en la que fue educada en el hogar hasta que eventualmente se graduó eventual- mente de Cambridge y Harvard con títulos

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Talking Book Topics For Postage-Free Mailing March–April 2020 1. Complete the order form and enclose in an envelope. Name 2. Do not seal envelope. Tuck the flap in. Address 3. Address envelope to your local cooperating library. City 4. In the place of a stamp, write “Free Matter for the Blind or Handicapped.” State ZIP

Adult Fiction □ DB93009 □ DB96525 □ DB93336 Adventure □ DB96852 □ DB96729 □ DB97048 □ DB92372 □ DB97056 □ DB96743 □ DB95891 □ DB97143 □ DB96436 □ DB96499 □ DB96495 □ DB92963 □ DB91585 □ DB91054 □ DB96668 □ DB95772 □ DB97269 □ DB92948 □ DB92901 □ DB92506 □ DB96864 □ DB95985 Classics □ DB96993 □ DB92510 □ DB96732 General □ DB96394 □ DB93397 □ DB97242 Family □ DB97340 □ DB97130 □ DB96929 □ DB96339 □ DB97024 □ DB95998 □ DB96640 □ DB96463 □ DB96907 □ DB96652 □ DB97118 □ DB96893 □ DB97099 □ DB96316 Humor □ DB96739 □ DB96426 □ DB97054 □ DB96925 □ DB97070 □ DB93086 □ DB97097 □ DB92316 □ DB94611 Literature □ DB96831 □ DB93034 □ DB91302 Fantasy □ DB96643 □ DB96641 □ DB97052 Human Mystery and □ DB97047 Relationships Detective Historical Fiction □ DB92024 □ DB91685 □ DB96828 □ DB92978 □ DB96170 □ DB93095 □ DB96334 □ DB96568 cont. next page Please return your book and magazine cartridges. 69 Adult Fiction cont. □ DB92977 □ DB96528 □ DB91760 □ DB95331 □ DB92986 □ DB96895 □ DB97257 □ DB92392 □ DB96771 □ DB92507 □ DB92504 □ DB92468 □ DB97017 □ DB91586 □ DB97248 □ DB92322 DB97019 DB93050 DB92893 □ Political Themes □ □ □ DB93338 □ DB96804 □ DB93068 □ DB93235 □ DB96754 □ DB97308 □ DB95095 □ DB97282 Psychological □ DB97129 □ DB95990 Themes □ DB92708 □ DB97244 □ DB96994 Short Stories □ DB93200 □ DB95979 □ DB96909 □ DB93214 Religious Themes □ DB92049 □ DB92465 □ DB93199 □ DB96733 □ DB95821 □ DB91994 □ DB92420 □ DB92883 □ DB97250 □ DB92428 □ DB96849 □ DB96744 Spies and Espionage □ DB97044 □ DB93334 □ DB96735 □ DB93054 □ DB95326 □ DB97180 □ DB96439 □ DB92984 □ DB96855 □ DB93038 Romance □ DB91397 □ DB92094 □ DB91482 Science Fiction □ DB95889 □ DB93250 □ DB93332 □ DB93121 □ DB97240 □ DB97170 □ DB95669 □ DB96649 □ DB92777 □ DB96403 □ DB95818 □ DB96494 □ DB96526 □ DB93227 □ DB96932 □ DB96119 □ DB92965 Suspense □ DB96308 □ DB93085 □ DB96454 □ DB93204 □ DB96859 □ DB96320 □ DB92630 □ DB92895 □ DB96693 □ DB96573 □ DB96482 □ DB96405 □ DB96734 □ DB91736 □ DB95454 □ DB96483 □ DB95081 □ DB95778 □ DB96554 □ DB96376 □ DB93051 □ DB96180 □ DB96619 Occult and Horror □ DB96562 □ DB96445 □ DB91862 □ DB95830 □ DB96635 □ DB96600 □ DB96130 □ DB92436 □ DB97318 □ DB91865 70 Please return your book and magazine cartridges. Adults—Order Form

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Adult Fiction cont. □ DB96763 Adult Nonfiction □ DB96904 □ DB96665 □ DB96609 □ DB96546 Animals and □ DB96655 Wildlife □ DB92553 □ DB96453 □ DB96913 □ DB96646 □ DB97138 □ DB96610 □ DB97037 □ DB97259 □ DB92391 Blindness and □ DB92419 □ DB96738 Arts Physical Disabilities □ DB97005 □ DB96912 □ DB96581 □ DB96492 □ DB96617 War Stories □ DB91589 □ DB92382 DB96486 DB95660 □ □ Biography Business and DB95810 DB95440 □ □ □ DB96060 Economics DB92891 DB96508 □ Westerns □ DB97009 □ □ DB93135 DB92487 □ DB95276 □ DB91436 □ □ DB97042 □ DB96171 □ DB97133 Career and Job □ DB95213 □ DB96745 □ DB92752 Training □ DB96460 □ DB95984 □ DB97265 □ DB96548 □ DB96606 □ DB95813 □ DB97237 Computers □ DB97120 □ DB91396 □ DB93106 □ DB97029 □ DB96570 □ DB92751 Cooking □ DB96179 □ DB96923 DB95966 □ DB96214 □ □ DB97266 DB96726 DB92887 □ □ DB97071 □ cont. next page Please return your book and magazine cartridges. 71 Adult Nonfiction cont.

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Adult Nonfiction War cont. □ DB95812 Stage and Screen World History □ DB97117 □ DB97136 □ DB93239 □ DB92889 □ DB92505 □ DB93230 □ DB96990 □ DB97075 □ DB94997 □ DB97311 □ DB92364 □ DB96587 □ DB92884 □ DB97243 Travel □ DB96213 □ DB96836 U.S. History □ DB91676 □ DB96933 □ DB96330 □ DB96844

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74 Please return your book and magazine cartridges. Children—Order Form

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Children’s Fiction □ DB97077 □ DB95218 Children’s Nonfiction Adventure □ DB96858 □ DB95806 □ DB92559 □ DB97013 □ DB95220 Animals and DB96310 Wildlife □ DB96049 Friendship □ □ DB96962 □ DB96793 □ DB96321 Scary Stories □ DB92640 □ DB96663 □ DB95969 □ DB92809 □ DB97083 □ DB97010 □ DB96340 Arts DB96968 Animals and □ DB97011 □ DB96987 □ Wildlife DB96894 □ DB96903 Historical Fiction □ □ DB97223 □ DB92079 School Astronomy □ DB95970 □ DB92491 □ DB93126 □ DB95957 Family □ DB97221 □ DB95845 Biography DB95807 DB96564 □ □ Science Fiction □ DB95964 □ DB97327 Humor □ DB96547 □ DB92641 □ DB96524 □ DB95844 □ DB95773 □ DB96056 □ DB96071 □ DB96618 Mystery and Sports Stories □ DB96512 □ DB92643 Detective □ DB96625 Fantasy □ DB92628 □ DB97022 □ DB97078 □ DB96318 □ DB96053 □ DB97232 □ DB97326 □ DB96089

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76 Please return your book and magazine cartridges. Foreign Language—Order Form

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