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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 Overthrow: The War with China and by NLS. The complete collection, con- North Korea–Fall of an Empire taining a wide range of fiction and nonfic- DB98257 15 hours 21 minutes tion books, including biographies, classics, by David Poyer westerns, mysteries, and romances, can be read by Robert Sams found by visiting www.loc.gov/nls. After the events of Hunter Killer Registered users may also download all (DB96295), Admiral Dan Lenson leads titles and magazines from the NLS Braille Operation Rupture–the naval and air and Audio Reading Download (BARD) invasion of South China in an effort to service at https://nlsbard.loc.gov. The free end this war. Elsewhere, Captain Cheryl BARD Mobile app is available from the Staurulakis advocates for the use of a App Store, Google Play, and Amazon’s new “super ship” while Dan’s wife Blair Appstore for reading talking books on your negotiates secretly. Violence and strong personal smart phone or tablet. To learn language. 2019. more about the collection or to sign up Family for BARD, contact your local cooperating Salt Houses library. Regional library telephone numbers DB98401 12 hours 17 minutes and email addresses are listed on the last by Hala Alyan pages of this magazine. read by Leila Buck Books within the headings Adult Fiction Salma reads her daughter Alia’s future and Adult Nonfiction are listed alphabeti- in the dregs of Alia’s coffee cup. It’s cally by subject category, author last name, a future filled with unsettling events, and title. For example the title War and travel, and luck. The family is uprooted Peace by Leo Tolstoy would be listed in from Palestine and scattered in the wake Adult Fiction under the Classics subject of the Six-Day War in 1967. Connections category and by the last name Tolstoy. across generations are tenuous. Unrated. Note: A notice may appear immediately Commercial audiobook. 2017. following the book description to indicate The How & the Why occurrences of violence, strong language, DB98166 12 hours 18 minutes or descriptions of sex. The word “some” by Cynthia Hand before any of these terms indicates an occa- read by various narrators sional or infrequent occurrence, as in “some Even though she has the best parents a strong language.” Commercial audiobooks girl could ask for, Cassandra has ques- for which NLS does not have access to the tions that her adoptive parents can’t print book may display the notice “unrated,” answer. But a series of old letters may which means that the book may or may just hold the answers that Cass has been not contain violence, strong language, or searching for. Commercial audiobook. descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2019. 1 Adult Fiction Fantasy Fantasy Lizbeth Rose is hired for an easy protec- The Night Country: A Hazel Wood Novel tion job, transporting a crate into Dixie. DB98351 10 hours 25 minutes But the straight-forward task turns into by Melissa Albert a massacre when the crate is stolen. read by various narrators Lizbeth goes undercover with an old After escaping Hinterland, Alice tries friend to retrieve the crate, as what’s to make a new, unmagical life in New inside can spark a rebellion. Unrated. York City. But something stalks the Commercial audiobook. 2020. Hinterland’s survivors, and Alice suspects Empire Ascendant: The Worldbreaker their deaths may have a darker purpose. Saga, Book 2 Sequel to The Hazel Wood (DB90179). DB91022 14 hours 32 minutes Strong language and some violence. For by Kameron Hurley senior high and older readers. 2019. read by Peter Holdway Highfire A dark star has returned to the sky, DB98469 9 hours 22 minutes bringing invaders from a mirror world by Eoin Colfer where an enemy might wear your face. read by Johnny Heller The only hope for the nation of Dhai is Vern was once a fire-breathing dragon an illegitimate ruler and a young former feared across the land. Now he hides servant with wild magic. Sequel to out in the Louisiana swamps, drinking The Mirror Empire (DB80884). Some vodka and avoiding humans. When violence and some explicit descriptions local teenager Squib witnesses dirty cop of sex. 2015. Regence Hooke murder a drug smuggler, A Scandal in Battersea: The Elemental his life is in danger. Vern saves Squib, Masters, Book 12 and they team up against Hooke. Unrated. DB98418 11 hours 43 minutes Commercial audiobook. 2020. by Mercedes Lackey The Rebel Mages read by Gemma Dawson DB98164 18 hours 11 minutes In an alternate twentieth-century by Laurie Forest England, psychics Nan and Sarah plan read by various narrators to celebrate Christmas with Dr. John Two previously published novellas. In Watson and his wife Mary, who are “Wandfasted,” war forces a young girl friends of Sherlock Holmes and to embark on her own unlikely adventure. Elemental Masters. But Christmas Eve is In “Light Mage” the White Wand of also hallowed to dark forces, and women myth belonged to another. Companion have begun disappearing. Unrated. to The Black Witch (DB89058). Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2017. Commercial audiobook. For senior high The Name of All Things and older readers. 2019. DB97877 25 hours 48 minutes A Longer Fall by Jenn Lyons DB98413 8 hours 10 minutes read by various narrators by Charlaine Harris Since he set demons free across Quur, read by Eva Kaminsky Kihrin D’Mon has been on the run 2 Adult Fiction—Fantasy from the wrath of an entire empire. His and the common people with nothing. attempt to escape brings him into the Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. path of Janel Theranon, a mysterious Shadowshaper Legacy: Shadowshaper woman who claims to know Kihrin. Cypher, Book 3 Sequel to The Ruin of Kings (DB94725). DB98349 11 hours 40 minutes Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. by Daniel José Older The Harp of Kings read by Anika Noni Rose DB98415 15 hours 31 minutes If Sierra has any hope of saving the by Juliet Marillier world’s future, she will need to control read by various narrators the power given to her by Death and Eighteen-year-old Liobhan and her confront her family’s past. Violence, brother Brocc are both talented musicians strong language, and descriptions of sex. who arrive on Swan Island to compete Commercial audiobook. For junior and for places among the island’s team of senior high and older readers. 2020. elite warriors. Their unusual blend of The Lady of the Lake skills makes them ideal for a particular DB98184 20 hours 20 minutes job, going undercover as traveling min- by Andrzej Sapkowski strels to find a missing harp. Unrated. read by Peter Kenny Commercial audiobook. 2019. After entering the portal in the Tower Come Tumbling Down of Swallows, Ciri is trapped in an Elven DB98175 3 hours 54 minutes world. She must find her way back to by Seanan McGuire the Witcher and her companions, but read by Seanan McGuire Leo Bonhart is still on her trail. Sequel When Jack left Eleanor West’s School to The Tower of Swallows (DB98183). for Wayward Children she was carrying Translated from the 1999 Polish edition. the body of her deranged sister—whom Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2017. she had recently murdered in a fit of The Deep righteous justice—back to their home DB98191 4 hours 3 minutes on the Moors. But death in their adopted by Rivers Solomon world isn’t always permanent. Violence read by Daveed Diggs and some strong language. Commercial Yetu and her people are the water-dwelling audiobook. 2020. descendants of pregnant African slave Endgames women thrown overboard. To keep their DB98471 20 hours 29 minutes lives peaceful, only the historian—now by L.E. Modesitt Yetu—must face remembering their past. read by William Dufris When the memories become too much Charyn, the young ruler of Solidar, has for Yetu, she flees to the surface. Unrated. survived assassination, but struggles to Commercial audiobook. 2019. gain control of a realm in the grip of social The Beast Player upheaval, war, and rioting. Solidar cannot DB98441 14 hours 53 minutes be allowed to slide into turmoil that will by Nahoko Uehashi leave the High Holders with their power, read by Caitlin Kelly 3 Adult Fiction Fantasy, General When some magical creatures mysteri- Heart of America Antique Mall due to ously die while under her family’s care, the crime, the owner and vendors of the Elin’s mother is blamed and sentenced mall join the search for the girl. Unrated. to death. Now alone, Elin uses a special Commercial audiobook. 2020. power to save her beloved beasts and Wife after Wife a warring kingdom. Translated from DB98443 15 hours 0 minutes the 2009 Japanese edition. Violence. by Olivia Hayfield Commercial audiobook. For senior high read by Steve West and older readers. 2018. Business mogul Harry Rose is head of the Rose Corporation and recently mar- General ried to wife number six. But his perfect Saltwater world is about to come crashing to the DB98204 7 hours 5 minutes ground as his business and his love life by Jessica Andrews comes under scrutiny. A modern novel read by Natalie Ann Jamieson reimagining the life and marriages Lucy meditates on her relationship with of Henry VIII. Unrated. Commercial her mother and the rest of her family. She audiobook. 2020. wends her way through their histories and When We Were Vikings the way the choices they made shaped DB98476 10 hours 17 minutes who she became. After her grandfather by Andrew David MacDonald dies, she moves into his house in Donegal. read by Phoebe Strole Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Twenty-one-year-old Zelda was born Kingdomtide with cognitive difficulties due to fetal DB98412 9 hours 20 minutes alcohol syndrome. She is an avid Viking by Rye Curtis enthusiast, and when she finds out that read by various narrators her brother Gert has resorted to dan- Seventy-two-year-old Cloris Waldrip is gerous methods to make money to keep the sole survivor of a plane crash. Lost them afloat, Zelda decides to launch her and alone in the wilderness of Montana, own heroic quest. Unrated. Commercial she must rely on her wits and ingenuity. audiobook. 2020. Park ranger Debra Lewis has been strug- The Story of a Goat gling with addiction and a divorce, but she DB98251 4 hours 28 minutes makes finding Cloris her personal mission. by Perumal Murugan Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020. read by Colleen Delany Heart of Junk One evening, a giant gives an old man DB98475 7 hours 46 minutes a runt of a goat kid to raise. The goat is by Luke Geddes soon named Poonachi. She observes the read by various narrators world around her, finds joys, even as she Wichita, Kansas, is panicked over the is wary of dangers. Translated from the abduction of toddler pageant princess 2016 Tamil edition. Some violence and Lindy Bobo. When the hosts of a popular some explicit descriptions of sex. 2018. antiques show postpone their visit to the 4 Adult Fiction—General, Historical Fiction The Factory Roser Bruguera finds her life intertwined DB98224 4 hours 7 minutes with that of Victor Dalmau as they both by Hiroko Oyamada flee into France during the Spanish Civil read by Abigail Maupin War. Along with two thousand others, In a Japanese factory, jobs are highly they board the SS Winnipeg, a ship specialized and mind-numbingly boring. chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda to Yoshiko shreds paper all day. Her brother take refugees to Chile. Translated from proofreads the factory’s incomprehen- the 2019 Spanish edition. Violence. sible paperwork. Yoshio studies moss. Commercial audiobook. 2020. The three don’t know what the factory The Secret Guests does, much less why they are there. DB98205 8 hours 48 minutes Translated from the 2013 Japanese by Benjamin Black edition. 2019. read by Barrie Kreinik Reasons to Be Cheerful As parents across England prepare to pro- DB98250 10 hours 22 minutes tect their children amidst the German Blitz, by Nina Stibbe two girls—Margaret and Elizabeth—are read by Julie-Ann Elliott shipped off to Ireland. They arrive under England, 1979. Eighteen-year-old Lizzie the names of Mary and Ellen at the estate Vogel has a new job as a dental assistant. of the Duke of Edenmore. But suspicions The job comes with an eccentric boss as about their identities take hold. Unrated. well as an apartment that allows her to Commercial audiobook. 2020. get away from her alcoholic, nymphoma- The Wedding Gift niacal, novel-writing mother. She meets DB98159 10 hours 38 minutes Andy Nicolello and decides he’s the man by Marlen Suyapa Bodden of her dreams. Strong language. 2019. read by various narrators Interior Chinatown Sarah Campbell is an enslaved woman DB98416 4 hours 23 minutes who has been given as a wedding present by Charles Yu to her half-sister Clarissa Allen and read by Joel de la Fuente Clarissa’s new husband. But Clarissa’s Every day, actor Willis Wu heads to the husband sends them back home to avoid Chinatown restaurant where they are scandal, upending the family’s standing. perpetually filming a police procedural Violence, strong language, and some TV show. He feels like he plays a bit role explicit descriptions of sex. Commercial even in his own life, but dreams of one audiobook. 2013. day having a chance at something more. Recipe for a Perfect Wife Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020. DB98399 9 hours 54 minutes by Karma Brown Historical Fiction read by various narrators A Long Petal of the Sea Alice Hale has left a career in publicity DB98363 9 hours 48 minutes to follow her husband to the suburbs of by Isabel Allende New York. There, she finds a cookbook read by Edoardo Ballerini 5 Adult Fiction Historical Fiction belonging to the previous owner, Nellie The Daughter’s Tale Murdoch. As Alice cooks, Nellie’s life DB98199 9 hours 11 minutes as a young wife in the 1950s unfolds— by Armando Lucas Correa including a sinister side of marriage. read by Cassandra Campbell Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020. In 2015 New York City, eighty-year-old The Third Daughter Elise Duval is visited by a woman DB98207 10 hours 39 minutes bearing messages from her very distant by Talia Carner past. In 1939 Berlin, Amanda Sternberg read by Saskia Maarleveld is forced to flee after her husband Julius Russia, 1889. While fleeing the pogroms, is sent to a concentration camp. In Batya’s father receives an offer for France, she makes a haunting choice. her hand from a wealthy stranger who Translated from Spanish. Unrated. promises to bring her to America. But the Commercial audiobook. 2019. man takes Batya to Buenos Aires, where The Dead Republic she becomes a prostitute. She remains DB98394 12 hours 19 minutes hopeful of reuniting with her family. by Roddy Doyle Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. read by Gerard Doyle In the Full Light of the Sun 1951. Henry Smart, from Oh, Play That DB97406 13 hours 19 minutes Thing (DB61130), is returning home to by Clare Clark Ireland to work with Hollywood director read by Mark Ashby John Ford on his latest movie. Henry’s In 1920s Berlin, the lives of four people plans to retire to village life are upended converge. Artist Emmeline searched for by tumult with Ford and IRA uprisings. meaning. Art connoisseur Julius prefers Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2010. paintings over people. Jewish lawyer The Lacemaker Frank recognizes the dangers of the DB98155 12 hours 14 minutes rising Nazi party. And art dealer Matthias by Laura Frantz provokes scandal with a new van Gogh. read by Aimee Lilly Strong language and descriptions of sex. Williamsburg, Virginia; 1775. As 2019. rebellion stirs, lacemaker Elisabeth Sword of Kings “Liberty” Lawson finds herself aban- DB98188 13 hours 20 minutes doned by her fiancé and accused of being by Bernard Cornwell a spy for the British. The only one who read by various narrators comes to her aid is patriot Noble Rynallt, Ships from Uhtred of Bebbanburg’s who has enemies of his own. Unrated. holdings are disappearing. He begins to Commercial audiobook. Christy Award. investigate, but turmoil from Edward’s 2018. kingdom threatens to disrupt what peace Stay he has. Eventually an oath, along with DB98370 8 hours 28 minutes the cause of the attacks on the ships, spur by Catherine Ryan Hyde him to head south. Unrated. Commercial read by Jonathan Taylor audiobook. 2019. After receiving a letter from his brother 6 Adult Fiction—Historical Fiction Roy stationed in Vietnam, and needing determined to forget the horrors he has an escape from his parents’ constant witnessed. But his past haunts him in fighting, fourteen-year-old Lucas goes more than memory. Violence, strong on a long walk. He discovers an isolated language, and descriptions of sex. 2018. cabin occupied by a woman and her The Queen’s Fortune: A Novel of dogs. The connection they form may also Desiree, Napoleon, and the Dynasty That save Lucas’s best friend, who struggles Outlasted the Empire with his own family issues. 2019. DB98461 15 hours 52 minutes The Whispers of War by Allison Pataki DB98468 10 hours 15 minutes read by Justine Eyre by Julia Kelly Desiree Clary’s world has turned upside read by Mary Woodvine down, and it’s on her to save her family England, 1939. Three friends worry over from the guillotine. She begins a rela- the future. Socialite Nora tries to find tionship with Napoleon Bonaparte work with the government. Matchmaker and they secretly agree to marry. But Hazel tries to hide secrets. And German Napoleon’s head is turned by Josephine expatriate Marie fears imprisonment de Beauharnais. Desiree becomes entan- if war comes. When Germany invades gled in the new French court. Unrated. Poland, Marie is labeled an enemy alien Commercial audiobook. 2020. and the three work together to keep her The King at the Edge of the World free. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. DB98458 9 hours 35 minutes 2020. by Arthur Phillips Where the World Ends read by Euan Morton DB98442 7 hours 20 minutes 1591. Mahmoud Ezzedine joins the by Geraldine McCaughrean diplomatic mission from the Ottoman read by Angus King Empire to England as its doctor. In the summer of 1727, Quill and his Ten years later, he has been left behind friends are put ashore on a remote sea in England and is recruited to spy on stac to harvest birds for food, and only James VI of Scotland. Queen Elizabeth the end of the world can explain why is dying, and a Catholic cannot ascend. no boat returns to collect them. Some Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020. violence and some strong language. Goodnight from London Commercial audiobook. For senior high DB98456 9 hours 46 minutes and older readers. 2017. by Jennifer Robson Now We Shall Be Entirely Free read by Saskia Maarleveld DB97379 15 hours 1 minutes 1940. Journalist Ruby Sutton moves by Andrew Miller to London to report on the European read by Andy Pyle war—and get a fresh start. Just as she’s 1809. John Lacroix returns home to starting to get settled in her new life, the England from the war in Spain, his con- Blitz begins. She works to stay an objec- dition ragged. As he physically recovers, tive observer, but her resolve is tested. he decides to travel north to Scotland, Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2017. 7 Adult Fiction Historical Fiction, Human Relationships All the Days Past, All the Days to Come Through the generations, the word DB98430 14 hours 40 minutes remembrance is shared. In present day by Mildred D. Taylor Ohio, an elderly woman warns her read by Allyson Johnson nurse’s aide of rising racism. In 1791 Following a romance and law school, Haiti, an enslaved woman is forced Cassie Logan returns home to to abandon her children. And in 1857 Mississippi and becomes involved in New Orleans, an enslaved teen chases voter registration drives and the Civil her freedom. Unrated. Commercial Rights Movement. Sequel to The Road audiobook. 2019. to Memphis (DB32965). Violence, some Run Me to Earth strong language, and some descriptions DB98462 6 hours 2 minutes of sex. Commercial audiobook. For by Paul Yoon senior high and older readers. 2020. read by Ramon De Ocampo Light Changes Everything Laos, 1969. Three orphans—Alisak, Prany, DB98156 10 hours 39 minutes and Noi—have bonded and become by Nancy E. Turner friends as they try to survive the war that read by Emily Shaffer has overtaken their country. When the Arizona Territory, 1907. Mary Pearl doctor they work for, Vang, secures their knows it was the reading of Jane Austen’s evacuation, it sets them on separate paths novels that changed her fortunes. She is across the world. Unrated. Commercial looking forward to attending Wheaton audiobook. 2020. College when she meets Aubrey Hanna, who steals a kiss and proposes marriage. Human Relationships Her future teeters on a knife point. Unrated. Crow Flight Commercial audiobook. 2019. DB98345 9 hours 58 minutes The Girl They Left Behind by Susan Cunningham DB98397 10 hours 59 minutes read by Emily Lawrence by Roxanne Veletzos Computer programmer Gin and new read by Cassandra Campbell transfer student, Felix, work on a school Bucharest, 1941. A little Jewish girl project that uses computer simulations is left on the steps of an apartment to study the behavior of crows. As she building. She is eventually adopted by a enters Felix’s world and digs further into wealthy couple who rename her Natalia. the data, Gin uncovers a terrible secret. As a young woman in Soviet Romania, Some descriptions of sex. Commercial Natalia is offered a chance at freedom, audiobook. For senior high and older but must leave behind all she loves. readers. 2018. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. The Girl with the Louding Voice Remembrance DB98455 12 hours 9 minutes DB98202 15 hours 5 minutes by Abi Daré by Rita Woods read by Adjoa Andoh read by Ella Turenne Fourteen-year-old Adunni dreams of an education, but after her mother’s death, 8 Adult Fiction—Human Relationships her father sells her to be the third some violence. Commercial audiobook. wife of a local man. She runs away to For senior high and older readers. 2019. the city, but can only find work as a Limelight wealthy family’s servant. She learns to DB97867 12 hours 53 minutes fight for herself. Unrated. Commercial by Amy Poeppel audiobook. 2020. read by Carly Robins Blonde Roots Allison Brinkley was optimistic when DB98393 8 hours 8 minutes her husband’s new job moved her by Bernardine Evaristo family to Manhattan, but that optimism read by Sandra James-Young dims when she’s unexpectedly unem- The history of the transatlantic slave ployed. An accident outside her child’s trade has been reversed, and Africans school leads her to a job with pop star have enslaved Europeans. Englishwoman Carter Reid, who has been cast in a new Doris is reading her owner’s latest Broadway musical. Unrated. Commercial anti- abolitionist screed when she is anon- audiobook. 2018. ymously offered the chance at escape. My Oxford Year Dreaming of those she left behind, she DB97870 10 hours 0 minutes takes the offer. Unrated. Commercial by Julia Whelan audiobook. 2009. read by Julia Whelan Older Brother American Ella Durran is thrilled when DB98377 6 hours 57 minutes a scholarship allows her to study by Mahir Guven abroad at Oxford University. She has read by Peter Holdway a messy run-in with a jerk only to dis- A Franco-Syrian family made up of a cover he is her literature professor. French father—who is an atheist commu- The two strike up a friendship with the nist and taxi driver—and his two adult possibility of more, leaving Ella with a sons find themselves at odds. The oldest difficult decision. Unrated. Commercial son works for an app-based car service, audiobook. 2018. and the younger son gets involved in a True to the Game III jihad. Translated from the 2017 French DB98405 6 hours 10 minutes edition. Strong language and some by Teri Woods violence. 2019. read by various narrators Light It Up Gena, from True to the Game II DB98161 9 hours 28 minutes (DB97543), discovers who her myste- by Kekla Magoon rious stalker and savior is, but there’s read by various narrators another, more dangerous, person out Shae Tatum, an unarmed thirteen- there trying to kill her and her family. year- old Black girl, is shot by a white With crooked cops searching for police officer, throwing their commu- money, Gena must lay low if she’s nity into upheaval and making it a target going to survive. Unrated. Commercial of demonstrators. Strong language and audiobook. 2008.

9 Adult Fiction Humor, Mystery and Detective, Occult and Horror Humor Ettie Smith Amish Mysteries, Books 7–14 The Mutations DB98222 27 hours 15 minutes DB98253 4 hours 57 minutes by Samantha Price by Jorge Comensal read by Theresa Conkin read by Eva Wilhelm Eight mysteries, written in 2016 and Militant atheist, successful attorney, and 2017, feature Amish amateur sleuth traditional family man Ramón discovers Ettie Smith. Includes Betrayed, Amish the pain he is experiencing is cancer False Witness, Amish Barn Murders, of the tongue. As his family deals with Amish Christmas Mystery, Who Killed the diagnosis and treatment, their maid Uncle Alfie?, Lost, Amish Cover-Up, Elodia gives Ramón a foul-mouthed and Amish Crossword Murder, in parrot. Translated from the 2016 Spanish which Ettie must solve an Amish cross- edition. Strong language and some worder’s murder with clues left in the explicit descriptions of sex. 2019. puzzles. 2017. Mystery and Detective Occult and Horror In the Shadow of Vesuvius Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost DB98153 9 hours 37 minutes Stories by Tasha Alexander DB98221 29 hours 12 minutes read by Bianca Amato edited by Ellen Datlow 1902. While studying the ruins of read by Madelyn Buzzard Pompeii, Lady Emily Hargreaves, A collection of contemporary short her husband Colin, and her friend Ivy stories about ghosts that range from Brandon discover a decidedly not ancient eerie to terrifying, most original to this Roman dead body. The discovery sets off anthology. Authors include Seanan a deadly series of events, which unveils a McGuire, Richard Kadrey, Gemma Files, story hidden for two millennia. Unrated. Garth Nix, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Commercial audiobook. 2019. Hoffman, and Paul Tremblay. Violence, Murder on the Left Bank strong language, and some descriptions DB97625 8 hours 36 minutes of sex. 2019. by Cara Black Deathless Divide read by Carine Montbertrand DB98437 14 hours 37 minutes A dying man comes to lawyer Eric by Justina Ireland Besson with a notebook of investment read by various narrators records from decades of laundering After surviving the events in Dread stolen money for dirty cops. But while Nation (DB91635), Jane McKeene hoped turning the notebook in, Besson’s her life would get simpler. But soon nephew is murdered, and the notebook Jane must travel west while questioning disappears. PI Aimee Leduc—hired everything she thought she knew about to find the notebook—worries it may battling the undead. Violence and some implicate her cop father. Unrated. strong language. Commercial audiobook. Commercial audiobook. 2018. For senior high and older readers. 2020. 10 Adult Fiction—Psychological Themes, Religious Themes, Romance Psychological Themes Romance Weather Whiteout DB98466 3 hours 49 minutes DB98477 10 hours 14 minutes by Jenny Offill by Adriana Anders read by Cassandra Campbell read by Coleen Marlo Lizzie Benson has worked to help her When the research station in Antarctica God-haunted mother and recovering where Angel Smith works is attacked, addict brother stabilize. A new job she and glaciologist Ford Cooper barely allows her to spend time working as a make it out alive. With no way to contact fake shrink. But as those she loves begin the outside and a madman on their heels, to spiral out of control, she must con- they must fight to survive in the most front the limits of her abilities. Unrated. inhospitable place on earth. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020. Commercial audiobook. 2020. The Truants Huckleberry Lake DB98417 9 hours 39 minutes DB98186 15 hours 13 minutes by Kate Weinberg by Catherine Anderson read by Olivia Dowd read by Susan Bennett Jess Walker enrolled at her East Erin De Laney, disillusioned with her Anglian university because of the work in law enforcement, takes a job at mesmerizing Agatha Christie scholar, her uncle’s ranch in Mystic Creek. She Dr. Lorna Clay, whose seminars soon meets Wyatt Fitzgerald, the deaf foreman transform Jess’s thinking. Swept up on the ranch, and works with him to help in Lorna’s thrall, Jess falls in with a an abused horse. Unrated. Commercial tightly knit group of rule-breakers, audiobook. 2019. but the dynamic between the friends Fast Lane quickly darkens. Unrated. Commercial DB98114 9 hours 45 minutes audiobook. 2020. by Kristen Ashley read by various narrators Religious Themes On their journey to becoming one The Bake Shop of the biggest bands in history, the DB98185 7 hours 35 minutes Roadmasters had one touchstone. Lyla by Amy Clipston was lead singer Preacher McCade’s read by Lauren Berst muse, the love of his life, and the The Lancaster County bake shop that band’s moral compass. But when the Christiana Kurtz opens is so popular that band hit the fast lane of fame and the line blocks the leather and woodcraft fortune, a crash was coming. Unrated. shop next door run by Jeffrey Stoltzfus. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Although they start off on the wrong Mists of the Serengeti foot, the two form a friendship—until DB97408 9 hours 35 minutes Christiana’s father intervenes. Unrated. by Leylah Attar Commercial audiobook. 2019. read by Peter Holdway

11 Adult Fiction Romance When a bomb explodes in Tanzania, on the wrong side of the law. But there’s Jack, a divorced coffee farmer, loses his only one woman he wants. For years daughter and Englishwoman Rodel loses he’s watched over her, protected her—but her only sibling. They meet when Rodel beautiful Ellie Hammond is off-limits. comes to Africa to finish her sister’s Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2017. work with local orphans. Some violence, Love Lettering some strong language, and some explicit DB98177 11 hours 33 minutes descriptions of sex. 2017. by Kate Clayborn Moti on the Water read by Nicol Zanzarella DB98255 9 hours 8 minutes Meg’s hand-lettering skills have made by Leylah Attar her designed planners a hot item in New read by Eva Wilhelm York. She’s suffering from a creative Moti is headed on a two-week cruise block, however, and an unlikely encounter of the Greek islands with her Indian with disgruntled former client, Reid, American family. Both her family might give her the inspiration she needs. fortuneteller and her eccentric mother Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020. say Moti’s soul mate is the handsome Class 5, Books 1–4 best man, Nikos, but she finds herself DB97574 41 hours 57 minutes drawn to shipboard chef Alexandros. by Michelle Diener Strong language and some explicit read by Catherine Byers descriptions of sex. 2019. Four books of science fiction romance The Country Guesthouse: A Sullivan’s written between 2015 and 2019. In Crossing Novel Dark Horse, Rose has been kidnapped DB98176 8 hours 39 minutes from Earth and must work with a rogue by Robyn Carr AI to gain her freedom. Also includes read by Thérèse Plummer Dark Deeds, Dark Minds, and Dark When her best friend died suddenly, Matters. Some violence, some strong Hannah Russell became the guardian to language, and some explicit descriptions five-year-old Noah. To give them both of sex. 2019. time to adjust and grieve, Hannah rents My Fake Rake: The Union of the Rakes a country house in Colorado. They meet DB98414 10 hours 8 minutes the house owner, a man also dealing with by Eva Leigh grief. Some strong language and some read by Zara Hampton-Brown explicit descriptions of sex. Commercial Lady Grace Wyatt is content to be a wall- audiobook. 2020. flower, focusing on scientific pursuits. Royally Endowed But when a handsome, celebrated natu- DB98406 7 hours 34 minutes ralist returns from abroad, Grace wishes, by Emma Chase for once, to be noticed. She convinces read by various narrators her friend, anthropologist Sebastian Bodyguard Logan St. James grew up on Holloway, to publicly court her. Unrated. the wrong side of the tracks, in a family Commercial audiobook. 2019.

12 Adult Fiction—Romance, Science Fiction Devil in Tartan Three romances set in a small West DB97874 10 hours 13 minutes Virginia town. In Whiskey Chaser, by Julia London politician Devlin McCallister has read by Derek Perkins retreated to Bootleg Springs to escape Under threat of losing their home, Lottie the scandal that ended his marriage. Livingstone and her clan take to the seas He meets local spitfire, Scarlett Bodine. to sell a shipload of illegal whiskey. When Also includes Sidecar Crush and an attack leaves them vulnerable, she Moonshine Kiss. Strong language and orchestrates the siege of a rival’s ship and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2018. now holds the devilish Scottish captain After Ever Happy Aulay Mackenzie under her command. DB97875 15 hours 24 minutes Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. by Anna Todd Tempting the Laird read by various narrators DB98173 9 hours 34 minutes It’s never been all rainbows and sunshine by Julia London for Tessa and Hardin, but each new read by Derek Perkins challenge they’ve faced has only made Her beloved late aunt Zelda taught their bond stronger. When a revelation Catriona Mackenzie to live out loud and about the past shakes Hardin and speak her mind, and that’s exactly what Tessa suffers a tragedy, will they stick she does when Zelda’s legacy—a refuge together again, or be torn apart? Unrated. for women in need—comes under fire. Commercial audiobook. 2015. Her quest puts her in the path of the dis- turbingly mysterious Hamlin Graham, Science Fiction Duke of Montrose. Unrated. Commercial The Heap audiobook. 2018. DB98446 9 hours 29 minutes The Stars and the Blackness by Sean Adams between Them read by various narrators DB98440 9 hours 23 minutes After a five hundred story building by Junauda Petrus collapses, a community of workers is read by various narrators hired to remove the debris, trash, and Sixteen-year-old Audre and Mabel, both bodies. Orville comes to find his brother from different backgrounds, fall in love Bernard, a radio DJ and the only known and figure out how to care for each other survivor of the collapse. Bernard con- as one of them faces a fatal illness. Strong tinues to broadcast, and the brothers language and some explicit descriptions communicate through the show. Unrated. of sex. Commercial audiobook. For Commercial audiobook. 2020. senior high and older readers. 2019. Wings of Creation Bootleg Springs, Books 1–3 DB98353 15 hours 53 minutes DB97782 29 hours 32 minutes by Brenda Cooper by Lucy Score and Claire Kingsley read by various narrators read by Cecelia Riddett Joseph, Chelo, and Alicia are on their way home when a probe intercepts 13 Adult Fiction Science Fiction them with a troubling message from No Way Marcus. They change course to the DB97863 13 hours 47 minutes seemingly idyllic planet of Lopali, where by S.J. Morden new challenges await them. Sequel to read by William Hope Reading the Wind (DB70216). Unrated. After being abandoned on Mars in Commercial audiobook. 2009. One Way (DB97862), Frank Kittridge Hero must fight to find his way home. When DB98163 11 hours 48 minutes the survivors of another failed base by Michael Grant find Frank, they attempt to take what read by Amanda Dolan little he has left. Unrated. Commercial While the Rockborn Gang tries to out- audiobook. 2019. maneuver a new supervillain created by One Way meteorite shrapnel, Malik investigates DB97862 12 hours 6 minutes the possibility that their reality is an by S.J. Morden elaborate simulation. Sequel to Villain read by William Hope (DB93079). Violence and strong The company contracted to construct language. Commercial audiobook. For a new Mars base begins to cut corners senior high and older readers. 2019. in order to fulfill its obligations, Master & Apprentice: Star Wars including sending astronauts instead of DB98355 11 hours 45 minutes relying on automation. As the recruited by Claudia Gray inmates encounter a growing number of read by Jonathan Davis accidents, team member Frank uncovers When a former student of the Jedi Dooku a terrible secret. Unrated. Commercial requests assistance with a political dispute, audiobook. 2018. Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi travel Howling Dark: The Sun Eater, Book 2 to the court of Pijal. As their simple assign- DB98447 28 hours 6 minutes ment grows increasingly complicated, by Christopher Ruocchio Obi-Wan’s faith in his mentor is tested. read by Samuel Roukin Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Hadrian has spent half a century unsuc- Into the Fire: Vatta’s Peace, Book 2 cessfully searching for the lost planet DB98190 14 hours 56 minutes of Vorgossos in hopes of contacting the by Elizabeth Moon alien Cielcin. Now, he must venture read by Brittany Pressley beyond the Sollan Empire. Sequel to Admiral Kylara Vatta exposes many Empire of Silence (DB93203). Unrated. secrets in the mysterious arctic base she Commercial audiobook. 2019. and her crew discovered in Cold Welcome Dooku: Jedi Lost (DB88950). However, the organization DB98356 6 hours 23 minutes behind the base remains secretive. To her by Cavan Scott surprise, Kylara also uncovers ties to her read by various narrators own family’s past. Unrated. Commercial When his Jedi abilities are discovered, audiobook. 2018. Dooku is trained by the legendary

14 Adult Fiction—Science Fiction Master Yoda. As he rises through the keep hidden. Sequel to Hell Divers ranks of the Jedi, however, Dooku finds (DB97725). Unrated. Commercial himself growing increasingly fasci- audiobook. 2017. nated by another Jedi Master’s mission Hell Divers V: Captives to study ancient Sith relics. Unrated. DB98352 9 hours 53 minutes Commercial audiobook. 2019. by Nicholas Sansbury Smith OtherEarth read by R.C. Bray DB98165 8 hours 52 minutes Xavier and Magnolia finally find the by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller Metal Islands only to discover its read by Jason Segel society to be a violent warrior culture After discovering terrifying information ruled by a cannibal king. Meanwhile, about Otherworld, the Company’s the Hell Divers prepare for battle after high-tech VR gaming experience, Simon learning the truth about World War III. and Kat are on the run. They join forces Sequel to Hell Divers IV: Wolves with a hacker, a gangster, and a digital (DB97967). Unrated. Commercial entity. Sequel to Otherworld (DB89669). audiobook. 2019. Strong language. Commercial Me, Myself, & Him audiobook. For senior high and older DB97424 6 hours 15 minutes readers. 2018. by Chris Tebbetts The Toll: Arc of a Scythe, Book 3 read by Doug Tisdale Jr. DB97589 16 hours 8 minutes In two parallel universes, eighteen- by Neal Shusterman year- old Chris navigates the summer read by Mark Ashby before college–in one universe he is Citra and Rowan have disappeared, forced to spend three months with his and new radical laws have risen in their emotionally distant father in California, absence. Meanwhile, corrupt High Blade and in the other he remains home and Goddard demands absolute dominion, deals with a swiftly changing friendship. and the few remaining scythes frantically Strong language. For senior high and try to stop him. Some violence and some older readers. 2019. strong language. For senior high and Dead Astronauts older readers. 2019. DB98220 8 hours 8 minutes Hell Divers II: Ghosts by Jeff VanderMeer DB97866 8 hours 15 minutes read by Jill Fox by Nicholas Sansbury Smith Three shape-shifting creatures slip read by R.C. Bray through time and space, waging a war Ten years after Hell Diver Xavier “X” for the fate of the world against an Rodriguez was left behind on Earth, all-powerful corporation. Meanwhile, a a mysterious distress signal calls crazed man wanders the desert, haunted the Hell Divers to the surface. Once by an invisible monster he created. there, the team begins to uncover Some strong language. 2019. secrets Captain Jordan would rather

15 Adult Fiction Short Stories, Spies and Espionage, Suspense Short Stories Ruthless Cross. Some violence, some It’s a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and strong language, and some explicit Other Jewish Stories descriptions of sex. 2019. DB98254 9 hours 15 minutes Catfishing on CatNet edited by Katherine Locke and DB98340 8 hours 53 minutes Laura Silverman by Naomi Kritzer read by Eva Wilhelm read by various narrators Fourteen short stories featuring Jewish Sixteen-year-old Steph’s constant com- teens. In Hannah Moskowitz’s short panion is an online community called story “Neilah,” a college girl contem- CatNet, a feline-centered social media plates her identity on Yom Kippur and site where the admin is CheshireCat, a struggles with an eating disorder. Strong sentient AI who loves cat pictures. When language. For senior high and older a threat emerges, Steph races to save readers. 2019. the AI and the site. Strong language. Commercial audiobook. For senior high Spies and Espionage and older readers. 2019. Liars’ Legacy: Jack and Jill Mysteries, One of Us Is Next Book 2 DB98433 10 hours 27 minutes DB98444 12 hours 25 minutes by Karen M. McManus by Taylor Stevens read by various narrators read by Jennifer O’Donnell A year after the teens were cleared The often-estranged spy twins are trav- of a fellow classmate’s death, a new eling to meet the father they’ve never dangerous game emerges and targets known when a trap is sprung. A Russian students at Bayview High, again. Sequel operation will go to great lengths to to One of Us Is Lying (DB88357). capture them, while US operatives seek Violence, descriptions of sex, and some to assassinate them, leading to a chase strong language. Commercial audiobook. across Europe. Sequel to Liars’ Paradox For senior high and older readers. 2020. (DB98116). Unrated. Commercial The Executioner, Books 4–6 audiobook. 2019. DB98223 17 hours 3 minutes Suspense by Don Pendleton read by Ray Foushee Off the Grid: FBI Series, Books 5–6 Books four through six in the series, DB97593 18 hours 1 minutes published in 1970 and 1971. In by Barbara Freethy Miami Massacre, Bolan discovers an read by Eva Wilhelm opportunity to take on the Mafia in one In Dangerous Choice, FBI agent Diego fell swoop in Miami. Also includes Rivera’s and Tara Powell’s hunts for Continental Contract and Assault missing loved ones become entangled on Soho. Sequel to The Executioner, in a Colombian village, and at least one Books 1–3 (DB97371). Violence and of them becomes a target. Also includes strong language. 1971.

16 Adult Fiction—Suspense Jane Anonymous DB98350 8 hours 13 minutes by Laurie Faria Stolarz read by Emily Bauer Seventeen-year-old Jane Anonymous chronicles the events leading up to her abduction and seven-month captivity, and then her painful return to family and friends. Strong language and some violence. Commercial audiobook. For senior high and older readers. 2020.

17 Adult Nonfiction Animals and Wildlife, Arts, Biography Adult Nonfiction global truths about trauma within families and its effects on later generations. Unrated. Animals and Wildlife Commercial audiobook. 2019. Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Trouble Maker for Justice: The Story Loves You of Bayard Rustin, the Man behind the DB98374 7 hours 12 minutes March on Washington by Clive D. L. Wynne DB98261 4 hours 19 minutes read by Peter Holdway by Jacqueline Houtman and others A canine behaviorist draws on studies read by Bob Moore from his own lab and others around the Chronicles the life and accomplishments world to look at the question of whether of Bayard Rustin (1912–1987), who was dogs do, in fact, love their humans. Using an influential leader in America’s civil research such as MRIs of dogs inter- rights movement. A strong believer in the acting with their owners, he concludes power of nonviolence, Rustin, an openly that affection is intrinsic to dogs. 2019. gay man, called on all races to find a way Arts to work together. For junior and senior high readers. 2019. A Marvelous Life: The Amazing How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir Story of Stan Lee DB98361 5 hours 36 minutes DB98187 14 hours 44 minutes by Saeed Jones by Danny Fingeroth read by Saeed Jones read by Danny Fingeroth Poet describes his experiences growing Biography of Stan Lee (1922–2018), up as Black and gay in the American who co-created iconic comics including South through a series of vignettes. Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the Avengers Describes familial relationships, romantic at Marvel Comics. Uses interviews with flings, and friendships. Examines what Lee, his colleagues and friends, and people do for and to each other in the Lee’s personal archives to examine his search for identity. Unrated. Commercial life, career, and controversies. Unrated. audiobook. 2019. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Hey, Kiddo Biography DB98439 2 hours 52 minutes The Survivors: A Story of War, by Jarrett J. Krosoczka Inheritance, and Healing read by various narrators DB98195 8 hours 37 minutes Award-winning author’s graphic by Adam Frankel novel memoir about growing up with read by various narrators a drug-addicted mother, a missing Author describes his investigation of his father, and two unforgettably opinion- family’s past, which included surviving ated grandparents. Strong language and the Holocaust. While searching, the author some descriptions of sex. Commercial also discovers new information about audiobook. For senior high and older his own identity and heritage. Examines readers. 2018.

18 Adult Nonfiction—Business and Economics Business and Economics and customer service. Examines the Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black business environments and cultures that America have created space for their successes. DB98396 10 hours 40 minutes Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020. by Marcia Chatelain Think Outside the Building: How read by Machelle Williams Advanced Leaders Can Change the Examines the role of franchises, partic- World One Smart Innovation at a Time ularly of McDonald’s, in the develop- DB98404 11 hours 56 minutes ment of Black wealth in America. Topics by Rosabeth Moss Kanter include the ways McDonald’s policies read by Rosabeth Moss Kanter impacted the civil rights movement, the Professor at Harvard Business School tension between Black capitalism and argues that skillful advanced leadership rising obesity and diabetes rates in Black requires the ability to search for talent Americans, and voting rights. Unrated. outside of organizations in order to over- Commercial audiobook. 2020. come stasis within the establishment and The New Silk Roads: The Present and produce significant innovation. Uses case Future of the World studies to illustrate her points. Unrated. DB97669 6 hours 46 minutes Commercial audiobook. 2020. by Peter Frankopan Sabotage: The Hidden Nature of Finance read by Leighton Pugh DB98400 6 hours 20 minutes British historian examines the early by Anastasia Nesvetailova and twenty-first century, particularly the late Ronen Palan 2010s, in the context of the Silk Roads read by Jared Zak of history. Topics discussed include Economists argue that the primary the infrastructure of China, trade deals impetus for financial innovation is not among republics of Central Asia, to create better systems, but to avoid and apparent harmony between Russia regulation and oversight, which results and Turkey. Unrated. Commercial in deliberate sabotage. Examines audiobook. 2018. multiple time periods and crashes to Billion Dollar Brand Club: How Dollar illustrate the systemic issues with the Shave Club, Warby Parker, and Other financial system. Unrated. Commercial Disruptors Are Remaking What We Buy audiobook. 2020. DB98198 8 hours 37 minutes The Founding Fortunes: How the by Lawrence Ingrassia Wealthy Paid for and Profited from read by Sean Patrick Hopkins America’s Revolution Journalist profiles digital brands such DB98395 10 hours 52 minutes as Dollar Shave Club, Casper, Third by Tom Shachtman Love, and Warby Parker to illustrate read by Sean Patrick Hopkins the ways they are disrupting their indi- Co-author of Gilded Leaf (DB30206) vidual industries through innovations examines the use and development in manufacturing, marketing, logistics, of personal fortunes during colonial

19 Adult Nonfiction Business and Economics, Career and Job Training, Computers America through the Revolution and Author shares his experiences growing first thirty years of the American up on the South Side of Chicago and republic. Personalities profiled include being in the foster care system due Robert Morris, John Hancock, Alexander to his parents’ addictions to drugs. Hamilton, Henry Laurens, William Discusses societal issues that affected Bingham, and Oliver Wolcott, Jr. his neighborhood and family, his school Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. situations, and mentors he had along Rewriting the Rules of the the way. 2016. European Economy DB98203 11 hours 1 minutes Computers by Joseph E. Stiglitz Make Noise: A Creator’s read by Robertson Dean Guide to Podcasting and Great Author of Rewriting the Rules of the Audio Storytelling American Economy (DB83070) presents DB98200 8 hours 16 minutes an assessment of the European economy by Eric Nuzum in the wake of cutbacks of social protec- read by George Newbern tions and austerity programs. Suggests Media consultant and podcast creator policies for supporting innovation and presents a guide to creating your creating a more dynamic economy. own podcast. Emphasizes the importance Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020. of knowing your target audience and crafting compelling storytelling. Topics Career and Job Training covered include determining format, Sizing People Up: A Veteran FBI Agent’s interviewing skills, crafting scripts, User Manual for Behavior Prediction building and leading creative teams, DB98403 7 hours 33 minutes and building your audience. Unrated. by Robin Dreeke and Cameron Stauth Commercial audiobook. 2019. read by Robin Dreeke The Reality Game: How the Behavior analyst formerly with the Next Wave of Technology Will FBI presents a guide to identifying if Break the Truth someone is a friend or foe and under- DB98157 7 hours 46 minutes standing the six signs of behavior by Samuel Woolley prediction. The signs are: vesting, lon- read by Angelo Di Loreto gevity, reliability, actions, language, and Examines research conducted on stability. Uses examples from his work the use of technology to spread to illustrate his arguments. Unrated. disinformation. Topics covered include Commercial audiobook. 2020. the ways we define truth, the history A New Day One: Trauma, Grace, of methods to spread disinformation, and a Young Man’s Journey from using critical thinking skills and Foster Care to Yale what leads to conspiracy theories, DB98369 3 hours 36 minutes artificial intelligence, and the rise of by Rodney J. Walker social media. Unrated. Commercial read by Steven Carpenter audiobook. 2020. 20 Adult Nonfiction—Crime, Diet and Nutrition, Government and Politics Crime bodies, incorporating the latest discoveries The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life in cutting-edge areas like chronobiology of a Double Murder in Appalachia to reveal the factors that maximize our DB98420 10 hours 35 minutes natural fat-burning capabilities. Unrated. by Emma Copley Eisenberg Commercial audiobook. 2019. read by Emma Copley Eisenberg Government and Politics In 1980 in Pocahontas County, West The Soul of the First Amendment Virginia, twenty-six-year-old Vicki DB98365 3 hours 14 minutes Durian and nineteen-year-old Nancy by Floyd Abrams Santomero were murdered in an isolated read by Steven Carpenter clearing while hitchhiking to a festival Lawyer and legal scholar specializing known as the Rainbow Gathering. in First Amendment issues discusses Follows the threads of this crime through the scope of the constitutional protec- the complex history of Appalachia. tions of free speech. Compares the First Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020. Amendment’s wide reach to similar If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, protections in other democratic nations. Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Examines conflicts that have arisen Bond of Sisterhood through the publication of classified mate- DB98239 13 hours 9 minutes rials under claims of free speech. 2017. by Gregg Olsen Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African read by Joe Wilson American Voting Rights True crime story of the Knotek family in DB98339 5 hours 12 minutes rural Raymond, Washington. After being by Lawrence Goldstone abused for years by their sadistic mother read by James Shippy Shelly, the two eldest sisters left. But Traces the injustices of the post- when they learned their young half-sister Reconstruction era through the eyes of was suffering, they finally reported their incredible individuals, both heroic and mother and stepfather for multiple mur- barbaric, and examines the legal cases ders. Violence and strong language. 2019. that made the Supreme Court a partner Diet and Nutrition of white supremacists in the rise of How Not to Diet: The Groundbreaking Jim Crow. Violence and some strong Science of Healthy, Permanent language. Commercial audiobook. For Weight Loss junior and senior high readers. 2020. DB98337 23 hours 45 minutes Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar by Michael Greger and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most read by Michael Greger Dangerous Hackers Nutrition expert, physician, and author of DB97515 12 hours 4 minutes How Not to Die (DB84053) examines the by Andy Greenberg latest research on the leading causes–and read by Mark Bramhall remedies–of obesity. Identifies twenty-one Recounts the desperate hunt to identify and weight-loss accelerators available to our track a group of Russian hackers behind 21 Adult Nonfiction Government and Politics, LGBT Issues, Medicine and Health the infamous NotPetya malware that LGBT Issues caused widespread disruption. Discusses What’s Your Pronoun? Beyond He & She the future of global digital warfare. DB98467 6 hours 58 minutes Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. by Dennis Baron I Think You’re Wrong (But I’m read by Paul Boehmer Listening): A Guide to Grace-Filled Linguist examines the use of pronouns– Political Conversations including he, she, they, zie, and hir– DB98194 5 hours 37 minutes through history. Topics include the role by Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers of pronouns in establishing rights and read by various narrators identities; words that were introduced, The two authors, who have opposing polit- but did not survive; and use of the sin- ical views, discuss tactics for productive gular they. Includes a chronology of and respectful conversations about difficult gender-neutral and nonbinary pronouns. issues. Advice includes recognizing nuance, Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020. listening to understand, patience, putting relationships before policy, and more. Medicine and Health Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Impeach: The Case against Exercise and the Brain Donald Trump DB97650 9 hours 31 minutes DB98366 6 hours 28 minutes by John J. Ratey and Eric Hagerman by Neal Katyal and Sam Koppelman read by Walter Dixon read by Jonathan Taylor Psychiatrist explains how elevating heart Supreme Court lawyer and former rate and breaking a sweat beats stress, Acting Solicitor General argues in favor lifts mood, fights memory loss, and of the impeachment of President Trump. sharpens intellect by physically remod- Discusses potential consequences for eling the brain for peak performance. American democracy and explains his Presents research and case studies to own perspective on why the president’s illustrate the mind-body connection. actions demand such consequences. 2019. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2008. Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power Quit Like a Woman: The Radical by America’s Progressive Elite Choice to Not Drink in a Culture DB98362 7 hours 25 minutes Obsessed with Alcohol by Peter Schweizer DB98338 10 hours 10 minutes read by Charles Constant by Holly Whitaker The investigative journalist who wrote read by Holly Whitaker Throw Them All Out (DB79585) examines Feminine-centric path to sobriety focuses top American politicians and the paths they on getting at the root causes that lead people have taken to accrue wealth and power. to overindulge, provides the tools necessary Discusses the private finances and secret to break the cycle of addiction, and shows deals of these individuals, drawing from what is possible when we remove alcohol corporate documents and legal filings. and destroy our belief system around it. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. 22 Adult Nonfiction—Music, Nature and the Environment, Philosophy Music Nature and the Environment Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Trooper: The Bobcat Who Came in Called Quest from the Wild DB98408 6 hours 20 minutes DB97704 8 hours 9 minutes by Hanif Abdurraqib by Forrest Bryant Johnson read by Ron Butler read by Barry Abrams Essayist and author of They Can’t Kill Us Mojave Desert tour guide recounts his Until They Kill Us (DB92565) draws on nineteen years with the bobcat–Trooper– his own personal experiences to reflect he rescued as a kitten from entrapment on the influence of seminal rap group in a cholla cactus in 1987 while scouting A Tribe Called Quest. He traces their out potential tour locations. Discusses career, musical influences, and place the relationships family and friends in music and cultural history. Unrated. formed with Trooper, and the ways Commercial audiobook. 2019. Trooper interacted with other animals. No Encore! Musicians Reveal Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018. Their Weirdest, Wildest, Most Still Waters: The Secret World of Lakes DB97702 8 hours 1 minutes Embarassing Gigs by Curt Stager DB98409 7 hours 34 minutes read by Matthew Josdal by Drew Fortune Zoologist and geologist examines the read by Peter Berkrot ecological systems of lakes and their role A collection of stories spanning four in evolutionary development as well as decades that chronicle what can the spiritual and philosophical impact of go wrong–onstage or offstage–when them on humans. Topics include the con- musicians play live. Contributors tinuing influence of Walden Pond, effects include members of The Police, of climate change, and the intersection Garbage, Ministry, Linkin Park, Insane of faith traditions with science. Unrated. Clown Posse, Ween, Van Halen, and Commercial audiobook. 2018. many more. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Philosophy 1973: Rock at the Crossroads How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to DB98375 16 hours 22 minutes Choosing Your Personal Philosophy by Andrew Grant Jackson DB98110 10 hours 15 minutes read by Mark Ashby edited by Massimo Pigliucci and others Examines a pivotal year in rock music, read by various narrators with huge albums and splintering Fifteen philosophers each present their subgenres. The author highlights some thoughts on leading an examined and of the groundbreaking releases of 1973, meaningful life. Their perspectives range including Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side over both Eastern and Western schools of the Moon, and debuts from Bruce of philosophy, four major religions, Springsteen and Aerosmith. Strong and contemporary philosophies such as existentialism and effective altruism. language. 2019. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020. 23 Adult Nonfiction Poetry, Religion, Science and Technology Poetry crisis the faith tradition faces in the Lord of the Butterflies: Poems early-twenty-first century. 2019. DB97792 1 hours 50 minutes Saving God from Religion: A Minister’s by Andrea Gibson Search for Faith in a Skeptical Age read by Faith Potts DB98402 6 hours 55 minutes Collection of thirty-eight poems exploring by Robin R. Meyers the themes of gender, romance, loss, and read by Robin R. Meyers family. “Ode to the Public Panic Attack” Christian minister presents a manifesto examines the feelings of managing a for reclaiming faith from a transactional mental health condition while working viewpoint to find the presence of God as a performance artist and living life. in the everyday world. Uses examples Strong language and some violence. 2018. from personal experiences and those he has counseled to illustrate his arguments. Religion Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020. A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From We Gather Together: The Religious Right Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith and the Problem of Interfaith Politics DB98201 12 hours 45 minutes DB98371 15 hours 25 minutes by Timothy Egan by Neil J. Young read by Timothy Egan read by Mark Ashby Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Historian presents an analysis of the author of The Immortal Irishman Religious Right that argues the cohesive (DB84598) recounts his examination of his factor between factions was of theology, Catholic faith through a journey by foot and not politics, that was in opposition from Canterbury Cathedral in England to to the ecumenical collaboration between Rome after his mother’s death. Discusses liberal Protestants, Catholics, and the history of medieval pilgrimages, loca- Jews. Discusses interfaith meetings, tions, and the impact on him. Unrated. prominent personalities, and political Commercial audiobook. 2019. messaging. 2016. Who Is an Evangelical: The History of a Movement in Crisis Science and Technology DB97790 5 hours 31 minutes The Stars in Our Pockets: Getting Lost by Thomas S. Kidd and Sometimes Found in the Digital Age read by Bob Moore DB98206 5 hours 38 minutes Historian examines the development by Howard Axelrod of American Evangelical Christianity read by Tom Taylorson from the early 1800s to the rise of Man who was blinded in one eye while Donald Trump, while excluding those in college reflects on his relationship in the prosperity gospel movement. with technology. Examines living a Provides historical context to introduce technology-less life in Vermont for evangelicals’ experiences, practices, two years and readjusting to life in a and beliefs. Analyzes reasons for the technology-driven society. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020. 24 Adult Nonfiction—Science and Technology, Social Sciences Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in and discusses the cultural and political the Real World contexts for these stresses. Unrated. DB98152 9 hours 35 minutes Commercial audiobook. 2019. by Matt Parker Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: Why the Protests read by Matt Parker in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and Mathematician explores what happens How They Changed America when the foundational math of proj- DB97415 10 hours 57 minutes ects goes wrong. Examples include a by Jennifer E. Cobbina man trying to buy a Harrier Jet using read by Jeff Allin Pepsi Points in the 1990s, an air traffic Examines effects and experiences of control system automatically shutting local residents and protestors around down in 2004, and a building starting high-profile police killings of young fires in 2013. Unrated. Commercial Black men. Discusses the Black Lives audiobook. 2019. Matter movement, policing tactics during The Math of Life and Death: the protests surrounding these deaths, 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape and the larger effects on American Our Lives society. Draws on interviews with locals. DB98459 8 hours 24 minutes Violence and strong language. 2019. by Kit Yates The Cure for Hate: A Former White read by Kit Yates Supremacist’s Journey from Violent Mathematician presents a guide to Extremism to Radical Compassion understanding the mathematical princi- DB98218 8 hours 33 minutes ples that shape our everyday life. Topics by Tony McAleer include exponential growth and decay, read by Andy Pyle optimization, statistics and probability, Author recounts his years spent as a and number systems. Uses case studies white nationalist, rising through the to illustrate his points including DNA ranks to a leadership role in the White analysis, medical screening results, Aryan Resistance (WAR). Describes how and the Chernobyl disaster. Unrated. fatherhood spurred him to question his Commercial audiobook. 2019. hateful beliefs and details his journey to disengage from white supremacist Social Sciences ideology. Some strong language. 2019. Why We Can’t Sleep: The Generation X How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Woman’s New Midlife Crisis Attention Economy DB98358 5 hours 46 minutes DB98398 8 hours 13 minutes by Ada Calhoun by Jenny Odell read by Ada Calhoun read by Rebecca Gibel A journalist examines the stresses and Artist’s manifesto to resist the cap- misery faced by many Generation X italistic demand to always be doing women entering middle age in the something. Examines the forces of a early twenty-first century. Analyzes capitalism-based society, ways to refuse new worries faced by this generation 25 Adult Nonfiction Social Sciences, Sports and Recreation engagement with it, mindfulness, and friendships, and the ways the greater restructuring your life to create a more online community operates. Unrated. meaningful personal understanding Commercial audiobook. 2019. of happiness and progress. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. Sports and Recreation Yale Needs Women: How the First Group Bliss(ters): How I Walked from Mexico to of Girls Rewrote the Rules of an Ivy Canada One Summer League Giant DB98474 8 hours 34 minutes DB98445 10 hours 2 minutes by Gail M. Francis by Anne Gardiner Perkins read by Wendy Tremont King read by Erin Bennett Memoir of a woman who, just before Describes the experiences and challenges her 40th birthday, quit her job and set faced by the first female undergraduates out to spend five months walking from enrolled at Yale University. Discusses Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest how they fought backwards traditions to Trail, meeting an eclectic group of create opportunities for themselves and fellow hikers along the way. Unrated. future women. Unrated. Commercial Commercial audiobook. 2019. audiobook. 2019. Homegrown: How the Red Sox Built a Say What You Mean: A Mindful Champion from the Ground Up Approach to Nonviolent Communication DB98472 10 hours 37 minutes DB98368 11 hours 17 minutes by Alex Speier by Oren Jay Sofer read by George Newbern read by Jonathan Taylor A Boston Globe baseball reporter Mindfulness trainer details his method looks at the 2018 Red Sox season. He for effective communication by com- believes their success was the result of bining mindfulness with nonviolent com- careful, patient planning and shrewd munication. Discusses the importance decision-making that allowed Boston of presence, intention and attention, and to develop a golden generation of provides practical exercises for applying prospects–and then build upon that these techniques in relationships with talented core to assemble a juggernaut. romantic partners, friends, colleagues, Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019. and family members. 2018. Uppity: My Untold Story about the Kill Reply All Games People Play DB98154 5 hours 20 minutes DB90730 9 hours 38 minutes by Victoria Turk by Bill White read by Victoria Turk read by Bruce Huntey Journalist for Wired presents a guide to Memoir of a former first baseman for navigating communication in the early teams including the St. Louis Cardinals twenty-first century. Discusses com- and the Philadelphia Phillies, who went municating in the workplace, building on to a successful career as a sports- romantic relationships, managing caster and served as the president of the National League from 1989 to 1994. 26 Adult Nonfiction—Sports and Recreation, Stage and Screen, US History, World History Discusses his early career, experiences the Sierra Nevada Mountains as heavy with segregation, and later successes. snows fell. Unrated. Commercial Some strong language. 2011. audiobook. 2019. Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black World History College Football The Age of Reason Begins: A History DB98379 12 hours 56 minutes of European Civilization in the Period by Derrick E. White of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, read by David DeBoy Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes; Professor presents the history of African 1558–1648 American college football in America DB98193 34 hours 53 minutes through the lens of Hall of Fame coach by Will Durant and Ariel Durant Jake Gaither. Looks at his football pro- read by Grover Gardner gram at Florida A&M, as well as the pro- Surveys the turbulent period of religious grams at historically Black colleges, and strife and scientific progress from the how they were affected by the civil rights accession of Elizabeth I of England in movement. 2019. 1558 to the death of Descartes in 1650. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 1961. Stage and Screen Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed Broadway to Main Street: How Show the World, 1847–1947 Tunes Enchanted America DB98449 18 hours 4 minutes DB97400 12 hours 45 minutes by Norman Lebrecht by Laurence Maslon read by Jonathan Davis read by David DeBoy Examines the wide variety of contributions Theatre professor and author of made to global society over the course of a Broadway: The American Musical century by individuals with Jewish origins. (DB63278) examines how the songs Begins with the Communist Manifesto and from Broadway musicals made their way ends with the founding of Israel. Unrated. into popular music over the years, from Commercial audiobook. 2019. early cast albums of classic shows to the No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War modern phenomenon of Hamilton. 2018. DB98189 6 hours 44 minutes by Hiroo Onoda US History read by Lane Nishikawa The Indifferent Stars Above: The Author recounts his harrowing experi- Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party ences surviving in the Philippine jungle. DB98450 10 hours 58 minutes Describes how, after evading capture by Daniel James Brown during World War II, the author continued read by Michael Prichard his isolated existence in the jungle for Recounts the tragic journey of a party of decades, unaware that the war had ended. settlers traveling west to California in the Translated from the Japanese edition. nineteenth century. Particularly describes Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 1974. the harrowing weeks spent traversing

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TBT Jan-Feb 2021.indd 27 1/13/21 5:24 AM Books for Children Books and magazines are also available for Hoax for Hire immediate download from the NLS Braille DB97422 6 hours 18 minutes and Audio Reading Download (BARD) site by Laura Martin at https://nlsbard.loc.gov. To order books or read by Doug Tisdale Jr. sign up for BARD, contact your local coop- Grayson McNeil comes from a long line erating library. Regional library telephone of cryptid hunters, until his dad decided numbers and email addresses are listed on that they should become professional the last pages of this magazine. hoaxers instead. But then his father and Books are listed alphabetically within the grandfather go missing in the wake of a headings Children’s Fiction and Children’s job gone wrong. For grades 3–6. 2019. Nonfiction by subject category, author last name, and title. For example, the title Family Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Fry Bread: A Native American Family would be listed in Children’s Fiction under Story the Classics subject category and by the last DB98387 0 hours 30 minutes name Brown. by Kevin Noble Maillard read by Eva Wilhelm A family comes together to enjoy fry Children’s Fiction bread, a post-colonial food that is a Adventure shared tradition for Native American families all across the continent. Includes Night of Dangers: The Adventurers Guild a recipe and an extensive author’s note. DB98342 8 hours 22 minutes Sibert Medal. For preschool-grade 2. by Zack Loran Clark and Nick Eliopulos 2019. read by Johnny Heller Saturday A new evil has taken over the city DB98170 0 hours 9 minutes of Freestone, and the threat seems to by Oge Mora be coming from someone within the read by Tracey Leigh Adventurers Guild. Sequel to Twilight When all of their special Saturday plans of the Elves (DB98167). Commercial go awry, Ava and her mother still find a audiobook. For grades 4–7. 2019. way to appreciate one another and their Pendragon: Journal of an Adventure time together. Commercial audiobook. through Time and Space, Books 6–8 For preschool-grade 2. 2019. DB98364 41 hours 14 minutes My Papi Has a Motorcycle by D.J. MacHale DB98388 0 hours 12 minutes read by Mark Ashby by Isabel Quintero Books six through eight, written between read by Eva Wilhelm 2005 and 2007, featuring adventurer Bobby Daisy takes a trip around the neighbor- Pendragon and his pursuit of Saint Dane, hood with her father on his motorcycle a nefarious Traveler. Includes The Rivers and sees familiar people and places, but of Zadaa, The Quillan Games, and The also notices a changing community. For Pilgrims of Rayne. For grades 5–8. 2007. grades K–3. 2019. 28 Children’s Fiction—Fantasy, Folktales, Friendship Fantasy home to train the newest generation Forest of Shadows: Frozen II of Dragon Riders. Commercial DB97852 8 hours 14 minutes audiobook. For grades 6–9 and older by Kamilla Benko readers. 2018. read by Rachel Matthews Moon Rising: Wings of Fire After a strange illness strikes Arendelle, DB97830 7 hours 32 minutes Anna discovers a secret room in the by Tui T. Sutherland castle and incants a magic spell hoping read by Shannon McManus to cure the sickness. Instead, a sinister When Moonwatcher, a young NightWing wolf arrives, threatening to destroy the with secret powers, begins school at the peaceful kingdom. Commercial audio- academy started by the dragonets of des- book. For grades 3–6. 2019. tiny after the end of the war, she soon A Giant Problem: Beyond the Spiderwick realizes that someone is attacking the Chronicles, Book 2 students. Sequel to The Brightest Night DB98343 1 hours 45 minutes (DB97829). Commercial audiobook. For by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black grades 4–7. 2015. read by Andrew McCarthy Folktales As giants start waking up and destroying Classics of Childhood: Classic everything around their Florida neigh- Stories and Tales Read by Celebrities, borhood, Nick, Laurie, Jules, and Cindy Volume 2 work frantically to find a solution. DB97856 3 hours 30 minutes Commercial audiobook. For grades 3–6. published by Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2008. read by various narrators The Wyrm King: Beyond the Spiderwick Six classic fairytales read by celebrities Chronicles, Book 3 such as Jaclyn Smith, Michael York, Lou DB98344 2 hours 9 minutes Diamond Phillips, and Sharon Stone. by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black Includes “The Princess and the Pea” and read by Andrew McCarthy “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” After defeating the giants, Nick, Julie, Commercial audiobook. For grades K–3. Laurie, and their friends try to prevent 2009. a hydra from creating sinkholes all over Florida. Commercial audiobook. For Friendship grades 3–6. 2009. Meet the Dinotrux The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: DB98347 0 hours 6 minutes Tales from Alagaësia, Volume 1 by Chris Gall DB98341 4 hours 57 minutes read by Michael Mola by Christopher Paolini and Part-dinosaur, part-truck creatures Angela Paolini called Dinotrux become friends and read by Gerard Doyle work together to find a way to cross a Three new stories featuring Eragon set river. Commercial audiobook. For pre- a year after he left Alagaësia to find a school-grade 2. 2015.

29 Children’s Fiction Friendship, Growing Up, Historical Fiction Redwood and Ponytail When eight-year-old Judy learns that DB98438 4 hours 55 minutes some of her ancestors lived in England by K.A. Holt and possibly were related to the Queen, read by various narrators her enthusiasm for having royal blood Told in verse in two voices, two girls causes problems with her friends. For who are opposite in many ways find grades 2–4. 2018. they are drawn to each other. The friendship of Kate, a cheerleader, and Historical Fiction Tam, an athletic tomboy, deepens and One True Way changes in ways they did not anticipate. DB97426 3 hours 37 minutes Commercial audiobook. For grades 5–8. by Shannon Hitchcock 2019. read by Gabriella Cavallero The Backstagers and the Final Blackout, 1970s. From the moment she met Book 3 Samantha, star of the school basketball DB98384 5 hours 14 minutes team, on her first day at Daniel Boone by Andy Mientus Middle School, Allie felt like she found read by Deborah Desmone the perfect friend. But as their friendship A mysterious masked man has stolen grows it begins to evolve into a deeper all of the magical theater artifacts, and emotion. For grades 3–6. 2018. it is up to the Backstagers, each with A Place to Belong his or her own unique skills, to retrieve DB98171 8 hours 55 minutes them. Based on the comics created by by Cynthia Kadohata James Tynion IV and Rian Sygh. For read by Jennifer Ikeda grades 5–8. 2019. Twelve-year-old Hanako and her Pearl the Magical Unicorn family, reeling from their confine- DB98346 0 hours 37 minutes ment in an internment camp, renounce by Sally Odgers their American citizenship to move to read by Samantha Turret Hiroshima, a city devastated by the Pearl, a magical unicorn, is still learning atomic bomb dropped by Americans. how to use her powers. With the help Commercial audiobook. For grades 5–8. of her friends, Tweet and Olive, Pearl 2019. begins to believe in herself–especially The Christmas Doll after they stumble upon three naughty, DB97861 3 hours 10 minutes stinky gobble-uns. Commercial audio- by Elvira Woodruff book. For grades K–3. 2018. read by Bernadette Dunne As Christmas approaches, Lucy, a Growing Up ten-year-old orphan living on the streets Judy Moody and the Right Royal of London, is overjoyed to be given Tea Party the job of sewing hearts for the dolls DB98383 1 hours 53 minutes in a doll shop. Commercial audiobook. by Megan McDonald For grades 4–7. 2000. read by Deborah Desmone 30 Children’s Fiction—Holidays, Humor, Mystery and Detective, Religious Themes Holidays Alien Buddy C. Burger escapes his home Classics of Childhood: A Christmas planet, lands in North Hollywood, and is Collection, Volume 3 cast in a new television series. But now DB97857 4 hours 52 minutes Buddy must pretend his six eyes and published by Blackstone Audio, Inc. suction-cup feet are the costume and his read by various narrators human skin is real. Commercial audio- Collection of holiday stories for children book. For grades 3–6. 2019. that are read by celebrities such as Robby Mystery and Detective Benson, Ralph Waite, Jonathan Winters, King & Kayla and the Case of Found Fred Jack Lemmon, Dudley Moore, and Carl DB98382 0 hours 14 minutes Reiner. Includes “The Little Match Girl” by Dori Hillestad Butler and “Miracle on 34th Street.” Commercial read by Colleen Delany audiobook. For grades K–3. 2010. While on vacation at Grandma’s house, Humor canine King becomes the lead detec- Ready for Action: Toy Academy tive after he finds Fred, a lost dog who DB98432 1 hours 54 minutes smells like smoke and hamburgers. The by Brian Lynch three of them search for Fred’s humans. read by P.J. Ochlan For grades K–3. 2019. After the events in Some Assembly Religious Themes Required (DB98431), misfit toy Cul-de-Sac Kids, Collections 1–4 Grumbolt trains as an action toy and DB98367 18 hours 14 minutes sidekick to Rex Everything, the academy by Beverly Lewis bully. When toy Tempest Boomcloud read by Eva Wilhelm breaks out of a display case, the unlikely Twenty-four previously published chapter duo race to stop her. Commercial audio- books, written between 1993 and 2001, fea- book. For grades 2–4. 2019. turing a group of kids that learn the value of Some Assembly Required: Toy Academy friendship and faith on Blossom Hill Lane. DB98431 1 hours 44 minutes Includes The Double Dabble Surprise, The by Brian Lynch Chicken Pox Panic, The Crazy Christmas read by P.J. Ochlan Angel Mystery, No Grown-Ups Allowed, Attending Toy Academy to train in the and more. For grades 2–4. 2001. art of play, misfit little toy Grumbolt Song of the Stars: A Christmas Story resolves to find his proper place. But DB97855 0 hours 7 minutes when a plot by rival Evil Toy Academy by Sally Lloyd-Jones threatens his school, Grumbolt takes a read by David Suchet risk and proves his worth. Commercial Nature and the animal kingdom celebrate audiobook. For grades 2–4. 2018. the birth of Jesus, while most people do not Alien Superstar even notice that a miracle has occurred. DB97851 4 hours 57 minutes Commercial audiobook. For preschool- by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver grade 2 and older readers. 2011. read by Henry Winkler 31 Children’s Fiction School, Science Fiction, Short Stories School The Spacedog Cometh: Klawde; Dinotrux Go to School Evil Alien Warlord Cat DB98348 0 hours 8 minutes DB98436 3 hours 29 minutes by Chris Gall by Johnny Marciano and read by Michael Mola Emily Chenoweth Prehistoric part-dinosaur part-truck crea- read by various narrators tures help each other get ready for their Warlord cat Klawde faces the arrival first day of school. Commercial audio- of Space Ranger Barx, a dog hoping to book. For preschool-grade 2. 2014. settle an intergalactic score. Meanwhile, Raj contends with his formidable grand- Science Fiction mother as she eagerly plans an embar- Enemies: Klawde; Evil Alien Warlord Cat rassing birthday party celebration. Sequel DB98435 3 hours 33 minutes to Enemies (DB98435). Commercial by Johnny Marciano and audiobook. For grades 2–4. 2019. Emily Chenoweth read by various narrators Short Stories Warlord cat Klawde continues to suffer Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in in exile as Raj starts a new school, but Ten Blocks a further complication arises when both DB97796 4 hours 8 minutes are unexpectedly confronted by figures by Jason Reynolds from their pasts. Sequel to Klawde read by Jeff Allin (DB98434). Commercial audiobook. A collection of ten short stories that For grades 2–4. 2019. all take place in the same day about Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat kids walking home from school. For DB98434 3 hours 9 minutes grades 5–8. 2019. by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth read by various narrators Klawde, the exiled ruler of the planet Lyttyrboks, and Raj, who just moved from Brooklyn to tiny Elba, Oregon, forge an unlikely friendship as they find their footing in a strange new world. Commercial audiobook. For grades 2–4. 2019.

32 Children’s Nonfiction—Animals and Wildlife, Arts, Biography Children’s Nonfiction that can grow to 40 feet long. Facing threats from commercial fishing as well Animals and Wildlife as climate change, whale sharks were Beetle Battles: One Scientist’s Journey of categorized as endangered in 2016. Adventure and Discovery Meanwhile, scientists continue to study DB98373 3 hours 36 minutes these gentle giants. For grades 4–7. 2020. by Doug Emlen read by Jonathan Taylor Arts Scientist discusses beetle weapons and Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star how their horns and armor change to Ballerina better suit them in different environ- DB97853 5 hours 46 minutes ments. He also compares their weapon by Michaela DePrince and Elaine De- evolution to the development of weapons Prince by humans. For grades 6–9. 2019. read by Allyson Johnson Nature’s Ninja: Animals with Spectacular Memoir of Michaela DePrince, who Skills lived the first few years of her life DB98381 1 hours 5 minutes in war-torn Sierra Leone until being by Rebecca L. Johnson adopted by an American family. As a read by Eva Wilhelm teenager, she became one of the pre- Award-winning author compares dif- miere ballerinas in the United States. ferent species of animals to ninjas, the Commercial audiobook. For grades 6–9 legendary warriors from Japan. From the and older readers. 2014. stealthy gecko to the sneaky rove beetle, Biography each creature is examined for its own Let ‘er Buck! George Fletcher, the unique ability. For grades 4–7. 2020. People’s Champion Bugs in Danger: Our Vanishing Bees, DB98386 0 hours 45 minutes Butterflies, and Beetles by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson DB98372 4 hours 1 minutes read by Jonathan Taylor by Mark Kurlansky Explores the legacy of Black cowboy read by Steven Carpenter George Fletcher, who bonded with Award-winning author explains the horses at an early age. When he unfairly growth, spread, and recent declines of the lost the 1911 Pendleton Round-Up to planet’s beloved insects and shows just a white man, the outraged audience how much creepy-crawly bugs matter to declared Fletcher as People’s Champion our world. For grades 5–8. 2019. and honor him to this day. For The Great Shark Rescue: Saving the grades 3–6. 2019. Whale Sharks Peace, Love, Action! Everyday Acts of DB98376 0 hours 54 minutes Goodness from A to Z by Sandra Markle DB98260 2 hours 54 minutes read by Eva Wilhelm by Tanya Zabinski Award-winning author introduces the read by Julie-Ann Elliott whale shark, the largest fish in the ocean 33 Children’s Nonfiction Biography, General, Holidays, Music, Poetry Profiles twenty-six renowned social Describes the birth of Jesus Christ reformers and activists. Each profile and explains the Christian meaning of includes a section to inspire young Christmas. Commercial audiobook. For readers to take tangible actions to build preschool-grade 2. 2018. a sustainable, just, and loving world. For grades 3–6 and older readers. 2019. Music By and By: Charles Albert Tindley, General the Father of Gospel Music Strange but True DB98385 0 hours 21 minutes DB98378 2 hours 51 minutes by Carole Boston Weatherford by Kathryn Hulick read by Ken Jackson read by Eva Wilhelm Short, lyrical biography of Charles Presents ten unsolved mysteries, from Tindley, a preacher and gospel music alien encounters to sea monsters, and composer. Born free, young Tindley encourages using critical thinking toiled in the fields and educated him- skills to evaluate whether the reported self by reading newspapers. Years later, phenomena is possible or not. For a composer of dozens of hymnals, his grades 4–7. 2019. music legacy inspired the civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome.” For Holidays grades 2–4. 2020. The Night before Christmas Elvis Is King! DB97854 0 hours 7 minutes DB98263 0 hours 27 minutes by Clement C. Moore by Jonah Winter read by Peter Linz read by Eric Messner Classic Christmas poem about a visit Presents the life and legacy of Elvis from St. Nicholas, originally published Presley. Raised by his parents in impov- in 1823. Commercial audiobook. For erished conditions in Tupelo Mississippi, preschool-grade 2 and older readers. shy Elvis inspired others with his music 2013. and later became a cultural icon known Seven Candles for Kwanzaa as the “King of Rock and Roll.” For DB97859 0 hours 12 minutes grades K–3. 2019. by Andrea Davis Pinkney read by Alfre Woodard Poetry Describes the origins and practices of Eek, You Reek! Poems about Animals Kwanzaa, the seven-day festival during That Stink, Stank, Stunk which people of African descent rejoice DB98262 0 hours 27 minutes in their ancestral values. Commercial by Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple audiobook. For grades K–3. 1993. read by Eric Messner Jesus Calling: The Story of Christmas Collection of poems about the different DB97858 0 hours 19 minutes critters in nature that make a funky by Sarah Young impact in their environment. For read by Nan Gurley grades 2–4. 2019.

34 Children’s Nonfiction—Science and Technology Science and Technology Nikola Tesla for Kids: His Life, Ideas, and Inventions; with 21 Activities DB97590 5 hours 35 minutes by Amy M. O’Quinn read by Robert Sams Recounts the life of inventor and engineer, Nikola Tesla (1856–1943). Best known for designing the alternating-current (AC) electrical system, Tesla also developed several other technological advances. Includes activities such as making static elec- tricity and a soda bottle submarine. For grades 5–8 and older readers. 2019.

35 Foreign Language Español La Casa de Riverton (The House at Riverton) Los libros presentes en esta edición de DB98389 20 hours 37 minutes Talking Book Topics (Temas de Libros por Kate Morton Parlantes) se enviaron recientemente a las leído por Catherine Nunez bibliotecas de cooperación. La colección Grace Bradley ha mantenido durante completa, que contiene una amplia gama de mucho tiempo secretos sobre el presunto libros de ficción y no ficción, incluyendo suicidio de un joven poeta cerca de una biografías, clásicos, de vaqueros, misterios, mansión inglesa en 1924. Cuando un y romancias, se puede encontrar en director de cine se comunica con Grace, www.loc.gov/nls. ahora de noventa y ocho años, sobre Los usuarios registrados también pueden el trágico incidente, ella recuerda los descargar de inmediato todos los títulos y años en que trabajó como la criada de la revistas del servicio de Descarga de Lectura familia Hartford y era la confidente de en Braille y Audio del NLS (BARD) en sus hijas. (Grace Bradley has long-held https://nlsbard.loc.gov. La aplicación móvil secrets about a young poet’s alleged de BARD está disponible en la App Store, suicide near an English manor in 1924. Google Play, y en la Appstore de Amazon When a film director contacts ninety- para leer audiolibros en su teléfono inteli- eight-year-old Grace about the tragic gente o su tableta personal. Para conocer incident, she thinks back to the years she más sobre la colección o para registrarse worked as the Hartford family maid and para utilizar BARD, comuníquese con was their daughters’ confidant. 2015.) su biblioteca de cooperación local. Los La Casa de los Veinte Mil Libros números de teléfono y las direcciones de (The House of Twenty Thousand Books) correo electrónico de las bibliotecas regio- DB90987 12 hours 51 minutes nales se encuentran en las últimas páginas por Sasha Abramsky de esta revista. leído por María Pino Nota: Puede aparecer un aviso inmedia- Un periodista recrea el mundo único tamente a continuación de la descripción de la casa de sus abuelos en Londres. del libro para indicar escenas de violencia, Chimen y Miriam Abramsky acumu- lenguaje violento o descripciones de sexo. laron una extensa colección de literatura La palabra “algunas” antes de cualquiera de socialista e historia judía, y frecuente- estos términos indica un hecho ocasional o mente celebraban grandes reuniones poco frecuente, como por ejemplo “lenguaje para reunir a pensadores influyentes, violento poco frecuente”. Los audiolibros incluyendo a Eric Hobsbawm e Isaiah comerciales de los cuales el NLS no tiene Berlin. 2016. (A journalist recreates acceso al libro impreso, pueden presentar the singular world of his grandparents’ el aviso “sin calificación”, lo que significa house in London. Chimen and Miriam que el libro puede contener o no violencia, Abramsky amassed an extensive col- lenguaje violento o descripciones de sexo. lection of socialist literature and Jewish history, and they frequently held large

36 Español gatherings to bring together influential Now, after a frantic call to Quincy, that thinkers, including Eric Hobsbawm and woman has been killed. Violence, strong Isaiah Berlin. 2016.) language, and descriptions of sex. 2018.) El Niño con el Pijama de Rayas Todas las Familias Felices (Happy Families) (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas) DB91616 14 hours 51 minutes DB91739 5 hours 30 minutes por Mercedes de Vega por John Boyne leído por María Pino leído por Irma Bello Madrid, 2003. La vida de Teresa Anglada Segunda Guerra Mundial. Un niño de se ve desbaratada por el misterio de la nueve años, Bruno, está consternado desaparición de su hija Jimena en un cuando su familia se traslada de Berlín a museo popular–en la fecha exacta en que una casa de campo remota. Se esfuerza desapareció su padre en 1970. Violencia por entender por qué él no puede ser y lenguaje injurioso. 2018. (Madrid, amigo de un niño al otro lado de una 2003. Teresa Anglada’s life is derailed by cerca de alambre. Traducido del inglés. the mystery of the disappearance of her Para grados 6 a 9 y lectores mayores. daughter Jimena in a popular museum– 2007. (World War II. Nine-year-old on the exact date that her own father Bruno is dismayed when his family disappeared in 1970. Violence and strong moves from Berlin to a remote country language. 2018.) house. He struggles to understand La Vida Interior de los Animales: why he can’t be friends with the boy Amor, Duelo, Compasión—Asombrosas behind the wire fence. Translated from Miradas a un Mundo Oculto (The Inner the English. For grades 6–9 and older Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and readers. 2007.) Compassion—Surprising Observations Las Supervivientes (Final Girls) of a Hidden World) DB91509 11 hours 49 minutes DB91519 7 hours 54 minutes por Riley Sager por Peter Wohlleben leído por María Pino leído por Aurelio Dominguez Hace una década, mientras que estaba El autor de La vida secreta de los árboles de vacaciones en una cabaña, Quincy (DB84982) proporciona sus observa- Carpenter fue la única que escapó un ciones sobre el comportamiento animal. ataque salvaje de un asesino. Mientras Examina las emociones percibidas en se recuperaba, ella conoce a otra “última mamíferos, pájaros, insectos, y otras cria- chica.” Ahora, después de una frenética turas. Traducido de la edición original en llamada a Quincy, esa mujer ha sido alemán de 2016. 2017. (Author of La vida asesinada. Violencia, lenguaje injurioso, secreta de los árboles (DB84982) pro- y descripciones de índole sexual. 2018. vides his observations of animal behavior. (A decade ago, while vacationing at a Examines the emotions perceived in cabin, Quincy Carpenter was the only mammals, birds, insects, and other crea- one to escape a killer’s savage attack. tures. Translated from the original 2016 In recovery, she met another “final girl.” German-language edition. 2017.)

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