Month: April 2022

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, April 12, 2022.

Library Connections videos may also be accessed via the Southeast Steuben County Library’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SESTEUBENCOLIBRARY

Have a great week!
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 Audiobook), 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 posts are published on Sundays and the next New York Times Bestseller list will be published to this blog on Sunday, April 17, 2022.

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FICTION

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AN OFFER FROM A GENTLEMAN by Julia Quinn

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & downloadable audiobook, Hoopla eBook & audiobook)

The third book in the Bridgerton series. Sophie Beckett spends time in the arms of Benedict Bridgerton during a masquerade ball.

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THE CLUB by Ellery Lloyd

(Available Formats: Downloadable audiobook, Print Book coming soon!)

Off the English coast, the body count rises at a celebrity members’ club..

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THE DIAMOND EYE by Kate Quinn

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

In 1937 Ukraine, a history student transforms into a hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death and is sent to America on a goodwill tour.

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THE DUKE AND I by Julia Quinn

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

The first book in the Bridgerton series. Daphne Bridgerton’s reputation soars when she colludes with the Duke of Hastings. The basis of the Netflix series “Bridgerton.”

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FRENCH BRAID by Anne Tyler

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

The ups and downs of a Baltimore family from the 1950s to the pandemic present.

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HOUSE OF SKY AND BREATH by Sarah J. Maas

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The second book in the Crescent City series. Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar must choose to fight or stay silent.

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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, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

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

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THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY by Amor Towles

(Available Formats: Print Book, Libby eBook & audiobook)

Two friends who escaped from a juvenile work farm take Emmett Watson on an unexpected journey to New York City in 1954.

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THE MAID by Nita Prose

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook, downloadable audiobook)

When a wealthy man is found dead in his room, a maid at the Regency Grand Hotel becomes a lead suspect.

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THE MATCH by Harlan Coben

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

The second book in the Wilde series. Questions surface when Wilde connects with family members who have been out of his life.

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THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig

(Available Formats: Print Book, Libby eBook & audiobook)

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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NOVEMBER 9 by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

Is Ben using his relationship with Fallon as fodder for his novel?

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ONE ITALIAN SUMMER by Rebecca Serle

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD audiobook)

During a summer trip in Italy, Katy’s late mother reappears as a 30-year-old woman.

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THE PARIS APARTMENT by Lucy Foley

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

Jess has suspicions about her half-brother’s neighbors when he goes missing.

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RECOVERY AGENT by Janet Evanovich

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

When her family’s home is threatened, Gabriela Rose goes with her ex-husband to seek lost treasure in the jungles of Peru.

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ROMANCING MISTER BRIDGERTON by Julia Quinn

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook, downloadable audiobook, Hoopla eBook & audiobook)

The fourth book in the Bridgerton series. Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton discover each other’s secrets.

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RUN, ROSE, RUN by Dolly Parton and James Patterson

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook, downloadable audiobook & through Hoopla – Dolly Parton companion album also titled Run Rose Run.)

A singer-songwriter goes to Nashville seeking stardom but is followed by her dark past.

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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & Libby eBook & audiobook)

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

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SHADOWS REEL by C.J. Box

(Available Format: Print Book, CD audiobook & eBook)

The 22nd book in the Joe Pickett series. A fishing guide’s murder, stolen falcons and a Nazi official’s photo album heighten the danger.

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UGLY LOVE by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Tate Collins and Miles Archer, an airline pilot, think they can handle a no strings attached arrangement. But they can’t.

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VERITY by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.

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VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME by Julia Quinn

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

The second book in the Bridgerton series. Kate Sheffield gets in the way of Anthony Bridgerton’s intent to marry.

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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BENNETTS by Lisa Scottoline

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

A brush with members of a drug-trafficking organization ushers a suburban family to go into the witness protection program.

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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:

1619 PROJECT edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstein

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Viewing America’s entanglement with slavery and its legacy, in essays adapted and expanded from The New York Times Magazine.

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AGAINST ALL ODDS by Alex Kershaw

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The story of four soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their service during World War II.

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ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

(Available Formats: Hoopla instant checkout eBook)

The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

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

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

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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

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

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CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

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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EDUCATED by Tara Westover

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

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EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE by Jeremy Denk

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The classical pianist describes his struggles during training and his professional accomplishments.

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FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH by Arthur C. Brooks

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

A columnist for The Atlantic espouses ways to shift priorities and habits to overcome waning abilities in later life.

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THE GREAT RESET by Glenn Beck with Justin Haskins

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The syndicated radio host portrays what he sees as a conspiracy to shift economic and social power.

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GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

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

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IN LOVE by Amy Bloom

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

After her husband’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, the author travels with him to Dignitas, a prominent Swiss right-to-die organization.

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LESSONS FROM THE EDGE by Marie Yovanovitch

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine chronicles her career in the post-Soviet world and her testimony during the first impeachment of President Trump.

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ONE DAMN THING AFTER ANOTHER by William P. Barr

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The former attorney general for George H.W. Bush and Donald Trump gives his account of those two tenures.

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RED-HANDED by Peter Schweizer

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The author of “Profiles in Corruption” portrays a conspiracy of how the Chinese government might infiltrate American institutions.

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THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE by Erik Larson

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

An examination of the leadership of the prime minister Winston Churchill.

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THE STORYTELLER by David Grohl

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

A memoir by the musician known for his work with Foo Fighters and Nirvana.

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UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

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

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WILL by Will Smith with Mark Manson

(Available Format: Print Book, CD audiobook & eBook)

The actor, producer and musician tells his life story and lessons he learned along the way.

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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, April 15, 2022.

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And here are the “baker’s” 10 recommended songs of the week!

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Avalon by Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi (Genre: Folk, Pop-Rock)

From The Album: They’re Calling Me Home (2021)

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Bring It On Home To Me by BJ The Chicago Kid, PJ Morton & Kenyon Dixon featuring Charlie Bereal (Genre: R&B)

From The Album: Single seems to be the only release

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Cry by Jon Batiste (Genre: Pop/Rock)

From The Album: We Are (2021)

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Don’t Be Late For Your Life by Mary Chapin Carpenter (Genre: Folk, Pop-Rock, Country)

From The album: One Night Lonely (Live) (2021)

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Hold On by Madison Cunningham (Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Folk)

From The Album: Wednesday (Extended Edition) (2021)

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Hometown by Sarah Jarosz (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: Blue Heron Suite (2021)

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Kalani Pe’a by Kalani Pe’a (Genre: International Folk)

From The Album: Kau Ka Pe’a (2021)

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Love For Sale Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga (Genre: Vocal)

From The Album: Love For Sale (2021)

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Love Special Delivery by Los Lobos (Genre: Pop/Rock)

From The Album: Native Sons (2021)

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My Bluegrass Heart by Béla Fleck (Genre: Bluegrass)

From The Album: My Bluegrass Heart (2021)

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Night Train by Christian McBride Big Band (Genre: Big Band, Jazz)

From The Album: For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver (2021)

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Send In The Clowns by Tyler Childers (Genre: Country, Folk)

Long Violent History (2021)

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Step In by Cedric Burnside (Genre: Blues)

From The Album: I Be Trying (2021)

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Wild Birds by Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster & Tom Eaton (Genre: New Age)

From The Album: Brothers (2021)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

Winter Into Spring by George Winston (Genre: Piano, New Age, Folk)

And from the album the song

Blossom/Meadow

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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REFERENCES:

Online References

Freiman, J. (2022, April 5). Grammys 2022: Complete list of nominees and winners. CBS News. Retrieved April 8, 2022, from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/grammy-award-winners-nominees-2022/
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Vicente Fernández Posthumously Wins GRAMMY For Best Regional Mexican Music Album | 2022 GRAMMYs. (n.d.). The Grammys. Retrieved April 8, 2022, from https://www.grammy.com/news/vicente-fernandez-a-mis-80s-wins-best-regional-mexican-music-album-including-tejano-2022-grammys

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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, web version of Libby

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

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The Libby App

Libby is the companion app to the Digital Catalog and may be found in the Apple & Google app.

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Hoopla

A catalog of instant check out items, including eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, TV shows and movies 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 (Libby app) 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.

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Tuesday, April 12, 2022.

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100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting by E. J. Dionne Jr.

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Washington Post columnist Dionne (Code Red) and Harvard Kennedy School fellow Rapoport present a persuasive argument for mandatory voting in the U.S. Universal civic duty voting would “engage all American citizens in our democratic experiment,” the authors contend, while deterring efforts—which often target communities of color—to restrict voting rights and eligibility. Dionne and Rapoport explain how expanded mail-in voting, the loosening of restrictions on absentee ballots, and other reforms made in response to the Covid-19 pandemic contributed to record levels of participation in the 2020 presidential election. Citing the example of Australia, where the country’s universal voting system is complemented by the festive atmosphere of community events such as an election day sausage sizzle, the authors argue that making it easier to vote means that more people will do so, and that compulsory voting will lead to election results that genuinely represent the will of the people. Detailing how such a system would work in the U.S., Dionne and Rapoport propose small fines for failure to comply, incentives to encourage participation, and measures to prevent the accidental enrolling of ineligible voters. Backed by copious data and a firm grasp of the legislative process, this is a cogent call for rethinking the electoral process.                    – Publishers Weekly Review

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And After Many Days: A Novel by Jowhor Ile

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD audiobook)

A family reckons with the sudden, inexplicable disappearance of a child in this debut novel from a young Nigerian writer. On the eve of Ajie and Bibi’s return to high school, their 17-year-old older brother, Paul, steps out to see a friend and doesn’t return. The night passes, then another day. Paul, the well-behaved, exemplary student, has never disappeared before, and the household is thrown into turmoil. “Paul knows how dangerous the roads can be at night,” murmurs his worried mother. Paul’s father turns to the police, then radio and newspaper announcements. As the last person to see Paul before his disappearance, Ajie, the youngest child, is wracked with guilt that shadows his relationships with his sister, Bibi, and their parents. The story gracefully weaves back and forth in time from the siblings’ early childhood to the present day in their Port Harcourt, Nigeria, neighborhood, and suddenly, every little thing is imbued with deeper meaning, made fateful through retrospect. “Things happen in clusters,” Ajie thinks. And this was a year “of rumors, radio announcements, student riots, and sudden disappearances,” a year where “five young men had been shot dead by the square in broad daylight.” This is the world of Ajie and his family, a world Ile builds in rich, vivid details. But the disappearance of Paul remains the central driving question of the narrative. Where did he go? And was his disappearance fair play or foul? This engrossing novel, couched in poetic, evocative language, creates a suspenseful yet sophisticated narrative from the first page. Here are beautifully drawn characters grounded in the universal story of young Ajie discovering the world around him–a world recovering from the not-so-distant wars of the previous generations and their legacy, which still bleeds into present politics. A deeply rewarding novel that heralds the birth of a major new literary talent. – Starred Kirkus Review

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A Ballad of Love and Glory by Reyna Grande

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Inspired by the life of an Irish immigrant who served in the Mexican Army in 1846 and a Mexican nurse immortalized in a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier, Grande (A Dream Called Home) delivers a worthy old-fashioned epic of romance and war. After Ximena’s husband, Joaquin, is killed by Texas Rangers, she becomes a nurse during the Mexican-American War. John Riley, an Irish immigrant who initially serves in the U.S. Army, resents the harsh way his kinsmen are treated by officers. He deserts to Mexico, where General Santa Anna places him in charge of a unit made up of other Irish deserters called the Saint Patrick’s Battalion. Riley and Ximena meet during the defense of Matamoros. Despite having a wife and son back in Galway, Riley begins an affair with Ximena that continues through the Mexican army’s many defeats. An American victory almost certainly ensures that a captured Riley and his fellow San Patricios will be hanged, so Ximena embarks on an extraordinary effort to save his life. With a backdrop of American arrogance and Mexican corruption along with the nicely imagined relationship between Riley and Ximena, the author sharply illuminates the heroism of her characters. It’s a great story and a revealing look at a lesser-sung chapter of American history. – Publishers Weekly Review

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As Good As The First Time by K. M. Jackson

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

Olivia “Liv” Gale loses her job and her boyfriend (and her TV) in one weekend, and there’s a family emergency in Georgia, so Liv gladly leaves New York City behind for Sugar Lake, reluctantly allowing her directionless younger sister to join her. Aunt Joyce thinks she is managing a broken hip and Goode ‘N Sweet, the family bakery, just fine, but she is glad to see her nieces, as are the myriad extended-family members who live nearby. Also glad to see Liv is Clayton Morris, who broke her heart during her last summer in Sugar Lake. But Clayton had reasons, and now he is back in town as the fire chief with his tween daughter in tow. Liv’s stubbornness is no match for Clayton’s sweetness, though she puts up a good fight. Jackson really shines in the dialogue as one exchange can reveal a lifetime of sibling rivalry, while making the reader laugh. Liv’s journey to loosen up and bake with love is a must-read for fans of second-chance love stories and sweet small-town romances. – Booklist Review

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Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson

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

On the surface, she’s Ro Grandee, dutiful wife of a handsome Texan with ready fists. But underneath her flowery skirts and painful bruises lurks Rose Mae, a fierce Southern spitfire who’s already escaped an abusive father. These days Rose seems resigned to taking punches, working in the Grandee family gun shop, and waltzing with the vacuum cleaner until an oddly familiar airport gypsy foretells a fortune that is murderliterally. Rose’s husband is going to kill her, unless she manages to kill him first. Rose takes her dog, Gretel, and her Pawpy’s old gun and runs for her life, blazing a harrowing trail from Texas to Alabama and on to California and exhuming a heap of family skeletons along the way. VERDICT Jackson has resurrected a character from her best-selling “gods in Alabama” and crafted a riveting read that simply flies off the page with prose as luscious as sweet tea and spicy as Texas chili. Fans of Southern fare as varied as Sue Monk Kidd, Dorothy Allison, and Michael Lee West are sure to love it. – Library Journal Review

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Chorus: A Novel by Rebecca Kauffman

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Kauffman’s luminous latest (after House on Fripp Island) showcases her knack for delving into the hearts of her characters. The Shaw family is altered forever after the mother, who took to her bed sometime after the birth of her seventh child, dies in 1933, the result of “mistaking sleeping pills for nervousness pills. So they said. Or the other way around,” according to her two oldest children. In a seamless and sprawling narrative covering the early 20th century through the 1950s, Kauffman poignantly portrays all the Shaw family members, among them Wendy, the oldest, who falls into a caretaker role for her father after the rest of her siblings grow up and leave home; Jack, an alcoholic; Lane, pregnant at 15; and Bette, the youngest, whose husband dies in a freak accident when she is newly pregnant with their second child. Throughout, the author probes the ways the siblings are shaped by their mother’s death, a possible suicide. The siblings’ alliances, particularly that of Jack and Lane, are revealed via vibrant prose, as are family secrets such as the truth about Lane’s pregnancy. It adds up to a superbly executed saga. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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Ruthless by Lisa Jackson

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

Romance unfolds under the mountain landscapes of Oregon in these three novels available in one volume by the #1 New York Times bestselling author.

Attorney Jake McGowan couldn’t feel much sympathy for the woman who’d married his wealthy, despicable, sworn enemy. But now that she was embroiled in a child custody battle, he would help her. And getting revenge against her ex is even sweeter when it leads to love.

Superstardom hasn’t helped world-class skier Gavin Doel get over his first love, or the way she inexplicably left him. When he returns to Taylor’s Crossing, and finds himself facing her, his bitterness is impossible to hide. But as he tries to uncover the buried truth of their past, he’s surprised to discover a second chance at the love he never forgot.

Beyond his professional success, nothing has changed for developer Brandon Scarlotti since he left Rimrock—especially not his feelings for Dani Stewart. Now that he’s back, maybe he’ll discover what went so wrong between them. But what he doesn’t know will change both their lives forever.

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Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories by Rebecca Kauffman

(Available Format: Print Book)

Journalist Bhanoo’s stunning debut collection spotlights women who navigate comfortable but often stifling cultural traditions while pursuing new-world promises. In the O. Henry Prize–winning “Malliga Homes,” a recent widow’s daughter insists her mother move into a retirement facility in Tamil Nadu. The narrator’s daughter, Kamala, left India years earlier for college in Atlanta, and Kamala’s increasingly infrequent visits sadden and anger the narrator. In a perfectly apt metaphor for families caught between staying and going, the narrator pauses at dusk to admire a set of oleander shrubs: “Some of the flowers are stuck on one side while others, by sheer luck, fall to the other.” In “No. 16 Model House Road,” wife Latha and husband Muthu live in a house in Bangalore that Muthu’s deceased aunt had left to him. A developer wants to demolish the house for a high rise, and Muthu wants to sell it in order to travel, but Latha sees the house as “a memory box of her life.” Defying tradition, she stands firm in her opposition to Muthu with a “winning feeling” when, in signing a contract to remodel the house, her hand is “steady and sure.” In these and other stories, Bhanoo finds novel ways for her protagonists to cope with adversity. Growing apart from the past, rather than crushing their spirit and individuality, brings them freedom and hope for the future. This introduces a great new talent. Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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Tell Me An Ending by Jo Harkin

(Available Formats: Print Book)

This high-concept debut asks an interesting question: What if we could edit our memories? What if we could, say, snip out the memory of a traumatic event that shaped our lives? Would we remain the same people after the procedure? Nepenthe is a company that specializes in memory-removal, but lately the firm has been under a lot of scrutiny. People are claiming they are experiencing “traces,” fragments of supposedly deleted memories that haven’t been wiped clean. The novel follows five characters: Mei, a woman who has vivid mental images of a place she doesn’t remember visiting; Oscar, whose past is a mystery to him; William, an ex-cop with a past he doesn’t recognize; Finn, an architect who isn’t sure what to believe about his marriage; and Noor, a Nepenthe psychologist who has come to believe that her boss may be committing serious crimes. As the focus shifts from one character to another, Harkin builds a picture of a world radically altered by a controversial technology and of people who are learning that you can’t change the past without impacting the present. An intellectually and emotionally satisfying thriller. – Booklist Review

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The Wonders: A Novel by Elena Medel

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Spanish poet Medel’s remarkable English-language debut moves from Francoist Spain into the present day, tracing a family’s fractured ties over three generations. In 1969, María is forced to leave her hardscrabble Córdoba home when she gets pregnant by a married man at 16. After handing over infant Carmen to her family to care for, she moves to Madrid and makes do with backbreaking menial jobs. Her efforts to send money home while saving enough to bring the child to live with her fail, as do her attempts to forge a long-distance maternal bond. By the time she can afford to have Carmen join her in the 1980s, the teenager refuses. As a young woman, Carmen marries a restaurateur and raises her daughter, Alicia, in comfort until the crippling debts her husband’s incurred drive him to suicide and the family into poverty when Alicia is 13. Like María, Alicia moves to Madrid, where she drops out of school, enters a dull marriage, works dead-end jobs, and carries on a generally self-destructive lifestyle. She’s also haunted by dreams about her father’s death, which become stranger and more violent as time passes. She doesn’t want to know María, the grandmother she was told abandoned their family, while María has too little information to find Alicia on her own. By 2018, a women’s support group that María has helped build organizes a women’s march that crosses through Alicia’s neighborhood, increasing the chance their paths will cross. Arresting characterizations and vivid prose fuel Medel’s searing look at the impact gender, class, and financial hardships have on working-class Spanish women’s lives as the country is buffeted by wider cultural shifts. It adds up to a powerful story. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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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, is an online catalog containing eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, digital magazines and a handful of streaming videos. The catalog, which allows one to download content to a PC, also has a companion app, Libby, which you can download to your mobile device; so you can enjoy eBooks and downloadable audiobooks on the go!

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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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 Audiobook), 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 posts are published on Sundays and the next New York Times Bestseller list will be published to this blog on Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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FICTION

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THE CLUB by Ellery Lloyd

(Available Formats: Downloadable audiobook, Print Book coming soon!)

Off the English coast, the body count rises at a celebrity members’ club..

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FRENCH BRAID by Anne Tyler

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

The ups and downs of a Baltimore family from the 1950s to the pandemic present.

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HOUSE OF SKY AND BREATH by Sarah J. Maas

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The second book in the Crescent City series. Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar must choose to fight or stay silent.

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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, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

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

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THE LIGHTNING ROD by Brad Meltzer

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

The second book in the Escape Artist series. Zig stumbles upon a hidden group that threatens America’s safety and security.

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THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY by Amor Towles

(Available Formats: Print Book, Libby eBook & audiobook)

Two friends who escaped from a juvenile work farm take Emmett Watson on an unexpected journey to New York City in 1954.

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LOVE HYPOTHESIS by Ali Hazelwood

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

A young professor agrees to pretend to be a third-year Ph.D. candidate’s boyfriend.

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THE MATCH by Harlan Coben

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

The second book in the Wilde series. Questions surface when Wilde connects with family members who have been out of his life.

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THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig

(Available Formats: Print Book, Libby eBook & audiobook)

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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NOVEMBER 9 by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

Is Ben using his relationship with Fallon as fodder for his novel?

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ONE ITALIAN SUMMER by Rebecca Serle

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD audiobook)

During a summer trip in Italy, Katy’s late mother reappears as a 30-year-old woman.

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THE PARIS APARTMENT by Lucy Foley

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

Jess has suspicions about her half-brother’s neighbors when he goes missing.

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RECOVERY AGENT by Janet Evanovich

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

When her family’s home is threatened, Gabriela Rose goes with her ex-husband to seek lost treasure in the jungles of Peru.

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RUN, ROSE, RUN by Dolly Parton and James Patterson

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook, downloadable audiobook & through Hoopla – Dolly Parton companion album also titled Run Rose Run.)

A singer-songwriter goes to Nashville seeking stardom but is followed by her dark past.

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SAFE HOUSE by Stuart Woods

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD audiobook)

The 61st book in the Stone Barrington series. Transporting secret cargo sends Stone on an adventure on both sides of the Atlantic.

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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & Libby eBook & audiobook)

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

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SHADOWS REEL by C.J. Box

(Available Format: Print Book, CD audiobook & eBook)

The 22nd book in the Joe Pickett series. A fishing guide’s murder, stolen falcons and a Nazi official’s photo album heighten the danger.

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A SUNLIT WEAPON by Jacqueline Winspear

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

The 17th book in the Maisie Dobbs series. Dobbs works to uncover a plot that jeopardizes the safety of Eleanor Roosevelt.

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UGLY LOVE by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Tate Collins and Miles Archer, an airline pilot, think they can handle a no strings attached arrangement. But they can’t.

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VERITY by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.

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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:

1619 PROJECT edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstein

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Viewing America’s entanglement with slavery and its legacy, in essays adapted and expanded from The New York Times Magazine.

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AGAINST ALL ODDS by Alex Kershaw

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The story of four soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their service during World War II.

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ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

(Available Formats: Hoopla instant checkout eBook)

The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

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

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

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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

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

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CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

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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EDUCATED by Tara Westover

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

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EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE by Jeremy Denk

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The classical pianist describes his struggles during training and his professional accomplishments.

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FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH by Arthur C. Brooks

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

A columnist for The Atlantic espouses ways to shift priorities and habits to overcome waning abilities in later life.

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THE GREAT RESET by Glenn Beck with Justin Haskins

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The syndicated radio host portrays what he sees as a conspiracy to shift economic and social power.

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GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

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

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IN LOVE by Amy Bloom

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

After her husband’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, the author travels with him to Dignitas, a prominent Swiss right-to-die organization.

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LESSONS FROM THE EDGE by Marie Yovanovitch

(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine chronicles her career in the post-Soviet world and her testimony during the first impeachment of President Trump.

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ONE DAMN THING AFTER ANOTHER by William P. Barr

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The former attorney general for George H.W. Bush and Donald Trump gives his account of those two tenures.

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RED-HANDED by Peter Schweizer

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The author of “Profiles in Corruption” portrays a conspiracy of how the Chinese government might infiltrate American institutions.

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THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE by Erik Larson

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

An examination of the leadership of the prime minister Winston Churchill.

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THE STORYTELLER by David Grohl

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

A memoir by the musician known for his work with Foo Fighters and Nirvana.

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UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle

(Available Formats: Print Book, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)

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

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WILL by Will Smith with Mark Manson

(Available Format: Print Book, CD audiobook & eBook)

The actor, producer and musician tells his life story and lessons he learned along the way.

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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, April 8, 2022.

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And here are the “baker’s” 10 recommended songs of the week!

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Buddy Better Get On Down The Line by The Kingston Trio

From The Album: String Along (1960)

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Diamonds & Rust by Joan Baez with Judy Collins (Genre: Folk, Vocal)

From The Album: 75th Birthday Celebration (2016)

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Double Dare by U.S. Highball (Genre: Pop/Rock)

From The Album: A Parkhead Cross of the Mind (2022)

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Eight Miles High by The Byrds (Genre: Folk-Rock)

From The Album: Fifth Dimension (1966)

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Hallelujah I’m a Bum by Pete Seeger (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4 (1961)

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I Go To Pieces by Peter & Gordon (Genre: Pop-Rock, British Invasion)

From The Album: The Ultimate Peter & Gordon (2001)

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I’ll Never Find Another You by The Seekers (Genre: Folk-Rock)

From The Album: The Very Best of the Seekers (1997)

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She’s Not There by The Zombies (Genre: Classic Rock)

From The Album: The Zombies (1964)

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Talkin’ Dust Bowl Blues’ by Woody Guthrie (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: Dust Bowl Ballads (1940)

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There She Goes by The La’s (Genre: Pop/Rock)

From The Album: The La’s (1990)

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The Times They Are A-Changin’ by Bob Dylan (Genre: Folk, Singer-Songwriter)

From The Album: The Times They Are A-Changin’ (1964)

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You Were On My Mind by We Five (Genre: Pop/Rock)

From The Album: You Were On My Mind (1966)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

Finch In The Pantry by The Arcadian Wild (Genre:Folk)

And from the album the song

Finch In The Pantry

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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, web version of Libby

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

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The Libby App

Libby is the companion app to the Digital Catalog and may be found in the Apple & Google app.

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Hoopla

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

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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.