Month: July 2021

Hi everyone, here is the latest edition of Library Connections, our weekly readers, viewers and listeners advisory videocast.

The next Library Connections video will be posted on Tuesday, July 20 2021.

Have a great day,
Linda Reimer, SSCL

Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers.

Each title is followed by a listing of which formats it is available in for check out within the three catalogs: StarCat (Print, Large Print & CD Audiobooks), The Digital Catalog (eBook & Downloadable Audiobook) and the Hoopla Catalog (Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Hoopla Audiobook).

For more information on the three catalogs skip to the section below the bestselling titles*

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New York Times Bestseller blog postings are published on Sundays; and the next New York Times Bestselling blog posting will be published on Sunday, July 18, 2021.

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FICTION

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THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

As dust storms roll during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between saving the family and farm or heading West.

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GOLDEN GIRL by Elin Hilderbrand

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A Nantucket novelist gets one final summer to watch what happens from the great beyond

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THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla instant checkout audiobook)

A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.

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THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME by Laura Dave

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.

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THE MAIDENS by Alex Michaelides

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A therapist suspects a Greek tragedy professor at Cambridge University of committing murder.

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MALIBU RISING by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of summer. But over the course of 24 hours, their lives will change forever.

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THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobooks)

Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD by Quentin Tarantino

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A novelization of the film set in 1969, by its director and screenwriter.

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THE OTHER BLACK GIRL by Zakiya Dalila Harris

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Tension unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing.

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PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION by Emily Henry

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Opposites Poppy and Alex meet to vacation together one more time in hopes of saving their relationship.

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PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER by Bill Clinton and James Patterson

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audibook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Matthew Keating, a past president and former Navy SEAL, goes on his own to find his abducted teenage daughter.

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PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.

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SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, Downloadable Audiobook)

A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.

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THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband

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THE SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook; Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Audiobook)

A reimagining of Homer’s “Iliad” that is narrated by Achilles’ companion Patroclus.

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SOOLEY by John Grisham

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Samuel Sooleymon receives a basketball scholarship to North Carolina Central and determines to bring his family over from a civil war-ravaged South Sudan.

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STAR WARS: THE RISING STORM by Cavan Scott

(Available Formats: Print Book)

In this installment of the High Republic series, Marchion Ro sows chaos at the Republic Fair.

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SURVIVE THE NIGHT by Riley Sager

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

On a long ride back to Ohio in 1991, a college student suspects she might be sharing a car with the man known as the Campus Killer.

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A TIME FOR MERCY by John Grisham

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The third book in the Jake Brigance series. A 16-year-old is accused of killing a deputy in Clanton, Miss., in 1990.

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WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

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NON-FICTION:

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ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWED by John Green

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A collection of personal essays that review different facets of the human-centered planet.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla Audiobook)

How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

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BOMBER MAFIA by Malcolm Gladwell

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Hoopla instant checkout audiobook)

A look at the key players and outcomes of precision bombing during World War II.

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

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CASTE by Isabel Wilkerson

(Available Formats: Print Book, Audiobook on CD, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.

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CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

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GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey

(Available Formats: Print Book, Audiobook on CD & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.

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HOW THE WORD IS PASSED by Clint Smith

(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)

A staff writer at The Atlantic explores the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history.

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KILLING THE MOB by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The 10th book in the conservative commentator’s Killing series looks at organized crime in the United States during the 20th century.

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NICE RACISM by Robin DiAngelo

(Available Formats; Print Book)

The ways white progressives may cause daily harm to people of color.

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THE PREMONITION by Michael Lewis

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Stories of skeptics who went against the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of Covid-19.

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THINK AGAIN by Adam Grant

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

An examination of the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world.

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UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle

(Available Formats: Print Book, Audiobook on CD, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.

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WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook & Downloadable Audiobook)

An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it.

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSL

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*Information on the Three Catalogs*

Digital Catalog: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog has two companion apps, Libby & OverDrive. Libby is the app for newer devices and the OverDrive app should be used for older devices and Amazon tablets.

All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.

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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

The Hoopla Catalog features instant check outs of eBooks, downloadable audiobook, comic books, albums and streaming videos. Patron check out limit is 4 items per month.

Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.

The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.

The StarCat app is called Bookmyne and is available for Apple and Android devices.

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Also of Note: If a New York Times Bestseller isn’t yet available in any of the three catalogs; you can contact the library and request to be notified when it becomes available.

Southeast Steuben County Library Tel: 607-936-3713

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, welcome to our Suggested Listening posting for this week!

Suggested Listening postings are published on Fridays; and our next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, July 16, 2021.

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week with an emphasis on classic rock and swing this week!

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105 Degrees by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Genre: Rock)

From The Album: Angel Dream (Songs From The Motion Picture “Shes The One”) (2021)

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Begin the Beguine by Artie Shaw (Genre: Big Band, Swing, Jazz)

From The Album: The Essential Artie Shaw (2005)

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Brand New Morning by Bob Seger (Genre: Rock)

From The Album: Brand New Morning (1971)

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Closer To Fine by The Indigo Girls (Genre: Folk, Folk-Rock)

From The Album: The Indigo Girls (1989)

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Endless Summer Nights by Richard Marx (Genre: Rock)

From The Album: Richard Marx (1987)

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In The Mood by Glenn Miller (Genre: Big Band, Swing, Jazz)

From The Album: The Essential Glenn Miller (2007)

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Love Will Find A Way by Yes (Genre: Rock)

From The Album: Big Generator (1987)

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Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves by The Eurythmics with Aretha Franklin (Genre: Pop, Rock, Vocal)

From The Album: Be Yourself Tonight (1985)

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Wild Summer Nights by John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band (Genre: Classic Rock, Soundtrack)

From The Soundtrack Album: Eddie And The Cruisers (1983)

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You Turn Me On (I’m A Radio) by Joni Mitchell (Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Vocal, Pop)

From The Album: For The Roses (1972)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

Summertime (2021) by Isaa Kanneh-Mason (Genre: Classical, Piano)

And from the album, the song:

I Got Rhythm

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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REFERENCES:

Print References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn

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Online Catalog Links:

StarCat

The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD, etc.

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The Digital Catalog (OverDrive & Libby Apps)

The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos.

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Hoopla

A catalog of instant check out items, including eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, TV shows and movies for for patrons of the Southeast Steuben County Library.

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, here are our recommended reads for the week.

Format Note: Under each book title you’ll find a list of all the different formats that specific title is available in; including: Print Books, Large Print Books, CD Audiobooks, eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks from the Digital Catalog (OverDrive & Libby apps) and Hoopla eBooks & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla App).

*More information on the three catalogs is found at the end of the list of recommended reads*

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are published on Tuesdays.

The next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Tuesday, July 13, 2021.

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Breach of Honor by Janice Cantore

(Available Formats: Hoopla instant checkout eBook & audiobook)

Cantore’s hard-hitting yet outlandish inspirational thriller (after Visible Threat) centers on the unraveling of secrets held in a small town’s police department. In Table Rock, Ore., patrol officer Leah Radcliffe is ready to give up on her physically abusive husband and fellow officer Brad. Then she witnesses him taking a payoff from a shady businessman and confronts him. When Brad attacks and tries to kill her, she shoots him in self-defense and is subsequently charged with murder. Leading up to the trial, Leah descends into emotional turmoil trying to understand what drove Brad to want to silence her and why her colleagues have turned against her. After Leah is convicted, Clint Tanner, a fellow officer and her only friend, embarks on his own investigation and quickly realizes corruption runs through the police department and local judicial system. Clint believes Brad’s powerful father is behind it all, but the more he uncovers, the clearer it becomes that a ring of businessmen control corrupt politicians across the state. With every setback Leah faces, she leans more heavily on the faith she rediscovers while in prison and in Clint’s efforts to free her. As the mystery unravels and implausible twists pile up, readers might be hard-pressed to believe how deep the corruption goes. Those who can roll with the far-fetched plot will have fun. Publishers Weekly Review

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The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History by Margalit Fox

(Available Formats: eBook)

Fox (Conan Doyle for the Defense), a former obituary writer for the New York Times, recounts in this marvelous history how two British army officers in WWI orchestrated “the most singular prison break ever recorded.” Seeking to alleviate the monotony of life at the remote Yozgad prison camp in Turkey, British POWs built a Ouija board from salvaged materials. After numerous failed attempts to raise a spirit, Elias Henry Jones, “the Oxford-educated son of a British lord,” began manipulating the board, convincing his compatriots that they were conversing with the dead. Intended merely as a lark, Jones’s game became a more serious affair when a Turkish officer asked if the board could help him find a buried treasure. Jones partnered with Cedric Waters Hill, an Australian pilot and “master magician,” to devise a complex scheme to trick the camp commandant into sending them to Constantinople, where they spent six months feigning madness in an insane asylum before being repatriated. Fox enriches her account with intriguing deep dives into the psychology of “coercive persuasion,” the mechanics of confidence games, and the history of spiritualism in the U.S. and England. Readers will be mesmerized by this rich and rewarding tale. Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Hugo-winning short story author and translator Liu opens his ambitious first novel, which launches the Dandelion Dynasty epic fantasy series, with hefty helpings of political philosophy and violence. When the unpopular Emperor of Xana dies, leaving his unprepared 12-year-old son to take the throne, rebel factions across the empire seize the opportunity to strike blows for freedom. Encouraged by prophecies, picaresque bandit Kuni Garu quickly becomes an unlikely forerunner in the crowd of would-be rulers. He teams up with the scholar Luan Zya, who adds some wisdom to Kuni’s usual flashy scheming, and the two join forces with warrior Mata Zyndu, last of the once-powerful Zyndu line, who believes it’s his destiny to rule. The route to power is decidedly crooked, and the outcomes are very much in doubt. Liu seasons his fantastical Han Dynasty drama with plenty of intrigue, passion, bloodlust, and even a nod to historical feminism, against a backdrop of magical and technological marvels. Epic fantasy fans will enjoy this large-scale story of political strategy and skullduggery. Publishers Weekly Review

Readers’ Note: This is the first book in a series; book 2 & 3 are:
The Wall of Storms (2016), The Veiled Throne (November, 2021).

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The House Guests by Emilie Richards

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla instant checkout audiobook)

In this serpentine thriller from Richards (the Ministry Is Murder series), Cassie Costas moves from Manhattan to Tarpon Springs, Fla., her hometown, with her 15-year-old stepdaughter, Savannah Westmore, after her husband’s death. Savannah detests the place and manifests her unhappiness by making friends with the wrong crowd. When the girl finds a handmade purse containing $800 in a parking lot, she lets her friends persuade her that the money should be spent on a party to be held at her house while Cassie is out of town. On returning to her now trashed home, Cassie discovers the distinctive purse among the rubble and determines its true owner: Amber Blair, the single mother of a 16-year-old son. As a result of losing the money, the pair have been evicted from their humble apartment. Deciding to right Savannah’s wrong, Cassie invites them to live with her until Amber can get on her feet. Both women are hiding dangerous secrets that will alter their lives. The carefully constructed entwining of Cassie and Amber’s stories offers some genuine surprises. This is pure soap opera of the best sort. Publishers Weekly

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The Keepers by Jeffrey Burton

(Available Formats: Print Book)

In Burton’s enjoyable sequel to 2020’s The Finders, three separate murder investigations preoccupy Mace Reid, a cadaver dog trainer who assists the Chicago police and various sheriffs’ departments, and his pack of five working dogs, notably Vira, an exceptionally sensitive golden retriever, who “takes the art of human remains detection to the next level… the Sherlock Holmes level.” Vira is literally able to sniff out the guilty parties, leaving her wily human companions the job of figuring out how to bring the killers to justice. The murder cases—those of a union organizer, a former one-hit-wonder rock star, and the head of the Special Prosecutions Bureau inside the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office—eventually entwine, and draw Mace and the dogs into a disturbing web of political corruption at the highest level. Who can they trust? The answer seems to be no one as the fast-paced, action-packed plot builds to a thrilling finale. Burton carefully crafts each dog’s personality, ensuring that they, like the humans, are fully realized characters. Dog lovers are in for a treat. Publishers Weekly Review

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Songs in Ursa Major: A Novel by Emma Brodie

(Available Formats: Print & eBook)

Jane Quinn was raised in a matriarchal family on a remote tourist island off the coast of Massachusetts. Bayleen Island is home to a famous folk music festival, which, in the summer of 1969, draws teen idol Jesse Reid to Jane’s hometown. Jane’s band, the Breakers, serendipitously meets and ends up touring with Jesse, thus sparking Jane and Jesse’s incendiary love affair. Jesse believes wholeheartedly in Jane’s talent, and pushes her to write her first solo album, Songs in Ursa Major. Unfortunately, their love is ill-fated: their youth, family secrets, and the demands of record label contracts prove to be too much. Jane wants her talent to be valued apart from her connection to Jesse; Jesse simply wants Jane as his life’s companion. Set in the grooving 1970s music world, this sprawling novel follows Jane and Jesse through the epic highs and lows of their careers. Moving from New York to Los Angeles to Greece to the Grammys, then always back home to the island, Brodie’s debut is a furious page-turner, meditating on the glittering beast of fame. Booklist Review

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The War Nurse by Tracey Enerson Wood

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla instant checkout eBook)

In 1917, Julia Stimson was used to being one of the only powerful women in the “”old boys’ club”” field of medicine. A gifted nurse, talented administrator, and friend and confidante to many, she rose up the ranks at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis to become the superintendent of nurses at Washington University. Julia is shocked when she and most of her fellow staff are summoned to work for the Red Cross in Europe to treat soldiers fighting in the Great War. Julia is given six weeks to find and train 64 more nurses for wartime duty. When she and her fleet of nurses arrive in Liverpool, Julia realizes just how monumental their task will be. They confront unimaginable bloodshed, hardships, and the horrors of war, testing their inner strength beyond belief. Based on a true story, Wood’s (The Engineer’s Wife, 2020) latest highlights Julia’s quick thinking, organizational skills, and endlessly caring heart, bringing life to a brutal era. Fans of Patricia Harman will love Wood’s treatment of medical expertise in a historical setting. Booklist Review

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What’s Done in Darkness: A Novel by Laura McHugh

(Available Formats: Print Book)

One of 2021’s Best Beach Reads—OPRAH DAILY

Sarabeth Shepherd, the narrator of this moving psychological suspense novel from Thriller Award winner McHugh (The Wolf Wants In), is still struggling after being abducted five years earlier at 17 from her family’s farm in Wisteria, Ark., when she gets an out-of-the-blue plea for help from Nick Farrow, of the Missouri Highway Patrol’s missing persons unit. Even before Nick suggests that finding a 16-year-old girl might uncover information that finally cracks her own abduction, Sarabeth, who now goes by Sarah and works at an animal shelter, knows she would do anything to rescue another girl from an ordeal like hers, blindfolded and chained in a basement for a week before managing to escape. But despite Nick’s unexpectedly simpatico support, returning to her own neck of the Ozarks, where her estranged family still lives as part of a patriarchal religious sect, proves even more traumatic for Sarah than anticipated—and dangerous. As incredible as the plot’s harrowing twists may seem, any number of true crime accounts testify otherwise. Fortunately, there’s a light amid all this darkness—courageous, determined Sarah. Readers will hope to encounter her again. Publishers Weekly Review

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Willie Nelson’s Letters to America by Willie Nelson

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla instant checkout eBook)

An epistolary grab bag of memories, lyrics, jokes, and homespun philosophy from the legendary musician. As an indefatigable touring artist, Nelson (b. 1933) has had a lot of time on his hands during the pandemic. Following his collaboration with his sister, Me and Sister Bobbie, the road warrior offers a loose collection of lessons from a full life. If you’ve never read a book by or about Nelson, this one–characteristically conversational, inspirational, wise, funny, and meandering–is a good place to start. The book is filled with lyrics to many of his best-known songs, most of which he wrote but others that he has made his own as well. For those steeped in The Tao of Willie (2006), some of the stories will be as familiar as the songs–e.g., the origin story of his nicknames, including Booger Red and Shotgun Willie; his time as a DJ and a door-to-door Bible and encyclopedia salesman; early struggles in Nashville with “all the record executives who only see music as a bottom-line endeavor”; and return to his home state of Texas. Many of the personal stories about family and friends can be found in Me and Sister Bobbie, but they are good stories from a rich life, one of abundance for which Nelson remains profoundly grateful. So he gives thanks in the form of letters: to Texas, America, God, golf, and marijuana; the audiences who have supported him and the band that has had his back; those who have played any part in Farm Aid or his annual Fourth of July concert bashes; and departed friends and deceased heroes, one of whom, Will Rogers, answers him back. Nelson even addresses one to Covid-19, which looms over this book, making the author itchy and antsy. Even at 87, he can’t wait to be on the road again. Another amiable book that is just what you’d expect from Willie. Publishers Weekly Review

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The Wolf and the Woodsman: A Novel by Ava Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

In the vein of Naomi Novik’s New York Times bestseller Spinning Silver and Katherine Arden’s national bestseller The Bear and the Nightingale, this unforgettable debut— inspired by Hungarian history and Jewish mythology—follows a young pagan woman with hidden powers and a one-eyed captain of the Woodsmen as they form an unlikely alliance to thwart a tyrant.

In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned by the gods. The villagers blame her corrupted bloodline—her father was a Yehuli man, one of the much-loathed servants of the fanatical king. When soldiers arrive from the Holy Order of Woodsmen to claim a pagan girl for the king’s blood sacrifice, Évike is betrayed by her fellow villagers and surrendered.

But when monsters attack the Woodsmen and their captive en route, slaughtering everyone but Évike and the cold, one-eyed captain, they have no choice but to rely on each other. Except he’s no ordinary Woodsman—he’s the disgraced prince, Gáspár Bárány, whose father needs pagan magic to consolidate his power. Gáspár fears that his cruelly zealous brother plans to seize the throne and instigate a violent reign that would damn the pagans and the Yehuli alike. As the son of a reviled foreign queen, Gáspár understands what it’s like to be an outcast, and he and Évike make a tenuous pact to stop his brother.

As their mission takes them from the bitter northern tundra to the smog-choked capital, their mutual loathing slowly turns to affection, bound by a shared history of alienation and oppression. However, trust can easily turn to betrayal, and as Évike reconnects with her estranged father and discovers her own hidden magic, she and Gáspár need to decide whose side they’re on, and what they’re willing to give up for a nation that never cared for them at all.

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Have a great week!

Linda Reimer

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*Information on the Three Catalogs*

Digital Catalog: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog, a catalog containing eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, Digital Magazines and a handful of streaming videos, has two companion apps, Libby & OverDrive. Libby is the app for newer devices and the OverDrive app should be used for older devices and Amazon tablets.

All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.

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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

The Hoopla Catalog features instant checkouts of eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV series. Patron check out limit is 6 items per month.

Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.

The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.

The StarCat app is called Bookmyne and is available for Apple and Android devices.

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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.

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Have questions or want to request a book?

Feel free to call the library! Our telephone number is 607-936-3713.

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, here is the latest edition of Library Connections, our weekly readers, viewers and listeners advisory videocast.

The next Library Connections video will be posted on Monday, July 12, 2021.

Have a great day,
Linda Reimer, SSCL

Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers.

Each title is followed by a listing of which formats it is available in for check out within the three catalogs: StarCat (Print, Large Print & CD Audiobooks), The Digital Catalog (eBook & Downloadable Audiobook) and the Hoopla Catalog (Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Hoopla Audiobook).

For more information on the three catalogs skip to the section below the bestselling titles*

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New York Times Bestseller blog postings are published on Sundays; and the next New York Times Bestselling blog posting will be published on Sunday, July 11, 2021.

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FICTION

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BEACH READ by Emily Henry

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A relationship develops between a literary fiction author and a romance novelist as they both try to overcome writer’s block.

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THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

As dust storms roll during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between saving the family and farm or heading West.

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GOLDEN GIRL by Elin Hilderbrand

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A Nantucket novelist gets one final summer to watch what happens from the great beyond

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THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla instant checkout audiobook)

A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.

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THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME by Laura Dave

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.

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THE MAIDENS by Alex Michaelides

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A therapist suspects a Greek tragedy professor at Cambridge University of committing murder.

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MALIBU RISING by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of summer. But over the course of 24 hours, their lives will change forever.

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THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobooks)

Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.

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THE OTHER BLACK GIRL by Zakiya Dalila Harris

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Tension unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing.

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PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION by Emily Henry

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Opposites Poppy and Alex meet to vacation together one more time in hopes of saving their relationship.

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PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER by Bill Clinton and James Patterson

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audibook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Matthew Keating, a past president and former Navy SEAL, goes on his own to find his abducted teenage daughter.

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PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.

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SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, Downloadable Audiobook)

A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.

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THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband

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THE SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook; Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Audiobook)

A reimagining of Homer’s “Iliad” that is narrated by Achilles’ companion Patroclus.

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SOOLEY by John Grisham

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Samuel Sooleymon receives a basketball scholarship to North Carolina Central and determines to bring his family over from a civil war-ravaged South Sudan.

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SWEETNESS OF WATER by Nathan Harris

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

Two brothers freed by the Emancipation Proclamation hope to reunite with their mother while the forbidden romance between two Confederate soldiers causes chaos.

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VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine.

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WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

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NON-FICTION:

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ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWED by John Green

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A collection of personal essays that review different facets of the human-centered planet.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla Audiobook)

How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

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BOMBER MAFIA by Malcolm Gladwell

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Hoopla instant checkout audiobook)

A look at the key players and outcomes of precision bombing during World War II.

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BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook & eBook)

A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.”

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

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CASTE by Isabel Wilkerson

(Available Formats: Print Book, Audiobook on CD, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.

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CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

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GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey

(Available Formats: Print Book, Audiobook on CD & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.

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HOW THE WORD IS PASSED by Clint Smith

(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)

A staff writer at The Atlantic explores the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history.

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HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism.

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KILLING THE MOB by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The 10th book in the conservative commentator’s Killing series looks at organized crime in the United States during the 20th century.

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ON JUNETEENTH by Annette Gordon-Reed

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

The Pulitzer Prize winner weaves together American history with personal memoir to show the importance of events in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865.

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THE PREMONITION by Michael Lewis

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Stories of skeptics who went against the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of Covid-19.

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SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER by Ashley C. Ford

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A memoir about growing up a poor Black girl in Indiana with a family fragmented by incarceration

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UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle

(Available Formats: Print Book, Audiobook on CD, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.

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WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook & Downloadable Audiobook)

An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it.

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Happy reading!

Linda Reimer, SSL

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*Information on the Three Catalogs*

Digital Catalog: https://stls.overdrive.com/

The Digital Catalog has two companion apps, Libby & OverDrive. Libby is the app for newer devices and the OverDrive app should be used for older devices and Amazon tablets.

All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.

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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

The Hoopla Catalog features instant check outs of eBooks, downloadable audiobook, comic books, albums and streaming videos. Patron check out limit is 4 items per month.

Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.

The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.

The StarCat app is called Bookmyne and is available for Apple and Android devices.

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Also of Note: If a New York Times Bestseller isn’t yet available in any of the three catalogs; you can contact the library and request to be notified when it becomes available.

Southeast Steuben County Library Tel: 607-936-3713

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Hi everyone, welcome to our Suggested Listening posting for this week!

Suggested Listening postings are published on Fridays; and our next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, July 9, 2021.

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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4th of July Asbury Park (Sandy) by Bruce Springsteen (Genre: Rock, Singer-Songwriter)

From The Album: The Wild, The Innocent And The E-Street Shuffle (1973).

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America by Simon & Garfunkel (Genre: Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Folk-Rock)

From the Album: The Concert in Central Park (1982); original version on the album Bookends (1968).

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America The Beautiful by Ray Charles (Genre: Vocal, R&B)

From The Album: A Message From The People (1972).

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Armed Forces Salute (Genre: Brass Band)

Performed by The United States Marine Corps Band live.

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Back in the U.S.A. by Chuck Berry (Genre: Rock, Classic Rock, Guitar)

From The Album: Chuck Berry is on Top (1959).

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Color Me America by Dolly Parton (Genre: Country)

From The Album: For God And Country (2003).

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Erie Canal by The Weavers (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: Weaver’s Classics (1987).

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Fanfare for the Common Man composed by Aaron Copland; performed by The New York Philharmonic with Leonard Bernstein conducting (Genre: Classical, Instrumental – American Classical!)

From The Album: Copland: Appalachian Spring; Rodeo; Billy The Kid; Fanfare for the Common Man (Bernstein Royal Edition No. 26 of 100) (CD Release date: 2006)

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I’ve Been Working on The Railroad by Johnny Cash (Genre: Country, Americana, Folk)

From The Album: The Legend of Johnny Cash (2005).

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Little Boxes by Pete Seeger (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: Broadside Ballads, Volume 2 (1963).

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My Ramblin’ Boy by Tom Paxon (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: Ramblin’ Boy (1963).

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My Shot from the Broadway Alexander Hamilton

From The Album: Hamilton: An American Musical Original Broadway Cast Recording (2015).

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Only In America by Jay & The Americans (Genre: Classic Rock)

From The Album: Come A Little Bit Closer (1965)

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This Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: The Greatest Songs of Woody Guthrie (1972).

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R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. by John Mellencamp (Genre: Rock, Singer-Songwriter)

From The Album: Scarecrow (1985).

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The Stars and Stripes Forever – “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band (Genre: Brass Band, Marching Music)

From The Album: Unknown; I believe this is only available as a video recorded live.

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The Star Spangled Banner (1991) by Whitney Houston (Genre: Vocal, R&B, Pop)

From The Album: Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances (2014).

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Yankee Doodle Dandy by The Brady Bunch (197?)

From the television show: The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (197?)

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You’re A Grand Old Flag by Billy Murray (recorded in 1917!)

Composed by George M. Cowen | From The Album Popular World War 1 Songs (Vocals and Quartets) [Recorded 1916 – 1919] (2015).

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And here are two playlists for those who prefer more traditional music to celebrate the 4th of July:

50 Patriotic Songs: Music for the Fourth of July by Various Artists (Genre: Vocal, Band
(Note: The song list starts with The Star Spangled Banner)

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God Bless America by The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Genre: Vocal, Classical, Pop)

From The Album: God Bless America (1992).

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

Hamilton: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2015).

And from the album, the song:

Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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REFERENCES:

Print References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn

Online References

A Mix For America. (2010, June 29). https://Www.Npr.Org/2010/06/29/105623389/a-Mix-for-America. https://www.npr.org/2010/06/29/105623389/a-mix-for-america

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Dyas, B. (2021, June 29). The Best 4th of July Songs for the Perfect Holiday Soundtrack. Country Living. https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/g32439503/4th-of-july-songs/

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Zinn, J. (2014, June 30). HPM Top 10 List: Music For The Fourth Of July. Houston Public Media. https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2014/06/30/51839/hpm-top-10-list-music-for-the-fourth-of-july/

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Online Catalog Links:

StarCat

The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD, etc.

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The Digital Catalog (OverDrive & Libby Apps)

The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos.

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Hoopla

A catalog of instant check out items, including eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, TV shows and movies for for patrons of the Southeast Steuben County Library.

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.