Month: October 2022

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 usually published on Sundays. And the next post will be out on Sunday, November 6, 2022.

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FICTION

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THE BOYS FROM BILOXI by John Grisham

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

Two childhood friends follow in their fathers’ footsteps, which puts them on opposite sides of the law.

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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT by Debbie Macomber

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A pastor and a bartender discover love when they switch jobs during the holidays.

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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver

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

A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

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DREAMLAND by Nicholas Sparks

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

Musicians from different backgrounds are attracted to each other and a mother flees with her son from an abusive husband.

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FAIRY TALE by Stephen King

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

A high school kid inherits a shed that is a portal to another world where good and evil are at war.

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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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IT STARTS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book)

In the sequel to “It Ends With Us,” Lily deals with her jealous ex-husband as she reconnects with her first boyfriend.

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LAST CHAIRLIFT by John Irving

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD audiobook)

The son of a competitive slalom skier returns to the hotel in Aspen where he was conceived and encounters some ghosts.

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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

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

A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

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LIBERATION DAY by George Saunders

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A collection of nine short stories by the author of “Lincoln in the Bardo,” which won the Man Booker Prize.

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LONG SHADOWS by David Baldacci

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

The seventh book in the Memory Man series. Decker works with a new partner to investigate a double homicide.

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MAD HONEY by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

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

After returning to her hometown, Olivia McAfee’s son gets accused of killing his crush.

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THE MAZE by Nelson DeMille

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

The eighth book in the John Corey series. When a former lover offers him a job, Corey comes out of forced retirement to track a serial killer.

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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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OUR MISSING HEARTS by Celeste Ng

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

Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner goes on a quest to find his mother, a Chinese American poet whose work he was taught to disavow.

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RIGHTEOUS PREY by John Sandford

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

The 32nd book in the Prey series. Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport go after a group of vigilante killers.

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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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

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

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UGLY LOVE by Colleen Hoover

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

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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THE WINNERS by Fredrik Backman

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

The third book in the Beartown series. Rivalries between two hockey-obsessed towns escalate into violence off the ice.

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NON-FICTION:

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AND THERE WAS LIGHT by Jon Meacham

(Available Formats: Print Book

The Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer portrays the life of Abraham Lincoln.

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BEYOND THE WAND by Tom Felton

(Available Formats: Not yet in any catalog)

The actor known for playing the villain Draco Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” movies recounts his life on and off the set of the film series.

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BIBI by Benjamin Netanyahu

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

An autobiography by the former prime minister of Israel.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

(Available Formats: Print Book, 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, CD audiobook, 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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CONFIDENCE MAN by Maggie Haberman

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The New York Times White House correspondent traces events from Donald Trump’s rise in New York City through to his post-presidency.

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EJACULATE RESPONSIBLY by Gabrielle Blair

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Arguments on the subject of abortion that focus on men’s lack of accountability in preventing unwanted pregnancies.

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THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AN ORDINARY MAN by Paul Newman

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

The late movie star’s memoir reveals intimate details about his personal relationships and professional rivalries; compiled and edited by David Rosenthal.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

(Available Formats: Print Book & downloadable audiobook)

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

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KILLING THE LEGENDS by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The conservative commentator’s Killing series profiles Elvis Presley, John Lennon and Muhammad Ali.

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LIVE WIRE by Kelly Ripa

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Daytime Emmy Award-winning TV host shares stories from her life on and off screen.

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MADLY, DEEPLY by Alan Rickman

(Available Formats: Print Book & downloadable audiobook)

The late stage and screen actor’s diaries from 1993 to 2016; edited by Alan Taylor.

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MOSQUITO BOWL by Buzz Bissinger

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

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist depicts the service of college football players who served in the Marines during World War II.

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THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The author of “Winners Take All” profiles people working to use persuasion during a time of polarization.

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STARRY MESSENGER by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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

 The astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium delves into subjects including politics, religion, gender and race.

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WAXING ON by Ralph Macchio

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The star of “Cobra Kai” discusses the personal and pop culture impact of “The Karate Kid.”

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WHAT IF? 2 by Randall Munroe

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The creator of the web comic “xkcd” and former NASA roboticist looks into hypothetical and oddball scenarios.

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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.

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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,

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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Barbara’s Waltz by Tonk Trischka, Bill Keith & Bela Fleck (Genre: Banjo, Americana)

From The Album: fiddle tunes for banjo (1982)

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Build A House by Rhiannon Giddens with Yo-You Ma & Francesco Turrisi (Genre: Americana)

A song that compliments the new Rhiannon Gidden picture book of the same name – Build A House (2022).

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Found Love by Jimmy Reed (Genre: Blues)

From The Album: Found Love (1959)

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I’ve Got A Mind To Ramble by Alberta Hunter (Genre: Blues)

From The Album: Amtrak Blues (1978)

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The Lighthouse’s Tale by Nickel Creek (Genre: Folk, Americana)

From The Album: Nickel Creek (2000)

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A Lovely View by The Claudettes (Genre: Cabaret, Blues)

From The Album: The Claudettes Go Out! (2022)

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Soft Winds by Ron Carter (Genre: Jazz)

From The Album: Finding The Right Notes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Sweet Lovin’ Man by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band featuring Johnny Dodds on clarinet (Genre: Jazz)

From The Album: The Johnny Dodds Collection 1923-1929

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‘Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do by Bessie Smith (Genre: Blues)

From The Album: The Essential Bessie Smith (2013)

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You’re And Me by Sara Miller (Genre: Bluegrass, Folk)

From The Album: Sun Midnight Sun (2012)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Soundtrack

And from the rather gothic soundtrack the song:

Skylark by K. D. Land (Genre: Vocal)

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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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!

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

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are now published on Wednesdays.

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, November 2, 2022.

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Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President by Jonathan Darman

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Franklin Roosevelt’s struggle with paralysis made him a great president, according to this searching biographical study. Journalist Darman (Landslide) opens his narrative with Roosevelt a charming, callow, selfish politician who started a fight and showily leaped over chairs at the 1920 Democratic National Convention to get attention from the press. His agonizing bout with polio in 1921, which crippled his legs, changed him drastically, Darman argues, imbuing him with patience, discipline, thoughtfulness, strategic vision, and a genuine empathy for the disadvantaged. (It also liberated his wife, Eleanor, who emerged from his shadow during his convalescence to become a political leader in her own right.) Illness honed Roosevelt’s penchant for evasion and deceit as well, Darman suggests, as he concealed his disability behind displays of cheerful vigor. (During one carefully staged appearance, he chatted with reporters while jauntily smoking a cigarette that aides had to light and place in his mouth beforehand to hide the fact that he couldn’t yet use his hands.) Written in elegant, evocative prose—“The accent was the same, a honking aristocratic lockjaw charmingly discordant with the plain words it pronounced. But his voice was deeper, more grounded, more sure”—this insightful portrait convincingly grounds Roosevelt’s public achievements in painful private experience. Readers will be riveted. Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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Be My Ghost by Carol J. Perry

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

Maureen Doherty—the smart, forthright protagonist of this exceptional paranormal cozy launch from Perry (the Witch City mysteries)—has worked at a Boston department store for 10 years. Shortly after it goes out of business, Maureen receives a letter from a law firm in Haven, Fla., informing her she has inherited Penelope Josephine Gray’s estate, consisting of the century-old, and reportedly haunted, Haven House Inn. Maureen has no idea who Miss Gray is. However, with no other options, she packs up and heads for Haven. Within hours, she discovers a prominent ghost hunter’s lifeless body on the inn’s front porch. The police, led by unimaginative Officer Frank Hubbard, target Maureen and several members of the staff as potential murderers. Maureen is a breath of fresh air in the cozy world: no ruminating on her looks or past tragic loves, no drowning her sorrows in cookies and cake. The ghosts, in a refreshing departure from most paranormal cozies, don’t take center stage, and entertaining subplots, such as her efforts to discover why Miss Gray left her the inn, keep the pages turning. Readers will look forward to Maureen’s further adventures. – Publishers Weekly Review

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Bindle Punk Bruja: A Novel by Desideria Mesa

(Available Formats: Coming soon as a print book)

DEBUT Rose Lane and her ragtag band of social outcasts take on City Hall, the Mob, and the Ku Klux Klan in Mesa’s debut Prohibition-era historical fantasy. Rose has a secret: she is a Latina, passing as white to provide for her family. But it’s her power as a bruja, an earth witch, that makes the local mob covet her illegal jazz club and her power. They’ll do anything to own her, and she’ll do anything to keep her family safe–even finally using the magic that she’s always seen as more curse than gift. Rose knows the price for being both female and non-white in a time and place that steps on both at every turn. That she wins by embracing her roots, gives the novel a kind of magic that urban fantasy readers will love.

VERDICT Mesa’s debut mixes a bit of Mexican folktale, a chunk of magical realism, and tons of period detail into a page-turning urban fantasy that takes the glitter of Boardwalk Empire and combines it with a story of found family, mob violence, and romance.- Starred Library Journal Review

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The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart

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

From the co-host of chart-topping true crime podcast Morbid, a thrilling debut novel told from the dueling perspectives of a notorious serial killer and the medical examiner following where his trail of victims leads

Something dark is lurking in the Louisiana bayou: a methodical killer with a penchant for medical experimentation is hard at work completing his most harrowing crime yet, taunting the authorities who desperately try to catch up.

But forensic pathologist Dr. Wren Muller is the best there is. Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of historical crimes, and years of experience working in the Medical Examiner’s office, she’s never encountered a case she couldn’t solve. Until now. Case after case is piling up on Wren’s examination table, and soon she is sucked into an all-consuming cat-and-mouse chase with a brutal murderer getting more brazen by the day.

An addictive read with straight-from-the-morgue details only an autopsy technician could provide, The Butcher and the Wren promises to ensnare all who enter.

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Dying of Politeness: A Memoir by Geena Davis

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Known for her fierce roles in everything from the swashbuckling film Cutthroat Island to TV’s first female U.S. president in Commander in Chief, Davis didn’t consider herself a feminist until playing one of the iconic duo in Thelma & Louise. In fact, it would take the influence of her gutsy costar, Susan Sarandon, to help Davis find her voice and her spine. Raised in a stoic, conventional New England family, in which good manners were prized above all else, Davis struggled to keep her exuberance for life and desire to be an actress under control. Her ambition too often tempered by that ingrained need to please, Davis found herself reluctantly acquiescing to the norms of a male-dominated industry during her early career. With saucy self-deprecation, robust glee, and touch of goofiness, Davis recounts behind-the-scenes anecdotes from her award-winning film and TV career with a dishiness that only thinly veils the underlying message of empowerment and commitment that enabled her own journey to women’s advocacy for gender equality and opportunity off- and on screen and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to her Academy and Golden Globe Awards.

HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Davis’ memoir will be hot, given its dual draw of Hollywood tales and urgently needed gender-rights advocacy.

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The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir by Paul Newman

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Actor, race car driver, and philanthropist Newman (1925–2008) was a deeply private man living an intensely public life; this posthumous memoir features the Hollywood legend’s own voice as he “sets things straight” and “pokes holes in the mythology” that accompanied his celebrity. Adapted from interviews taped with his friend Stewart Stern before his death, Newman’s story unfolds in a humble, sometimes humorous narrative voice—“I’m aware that in some ways it’s my nature to deprecate everything I do”—punctuated with earnest awe of the turns his life has taken, astonishment at the intensity of his passion for wife Joanne Woodward, affection for his children and anguish that he could not shelter them from the vagaries of fame. Newman’s voice is interwoven with transcripts from friends, relatives, and colleagues (including Eva Marie Saint, Tom Cruise, Elia Kazan, and more) whose memories shed light on what transformed the summer stock actor into an international sex symbol and what curbed his struggles with alcoholism and grief from veering into tragedy. As compiled by editor David Rosenthal, these collective perspectives do more than offer a prismatic view of film industry glamour and dirty laundry: they elevate the book from a humble autobiography to a more nuanced, human portrait—with the “semblance of truth” that Newman craved when he went on the record. With equal parts grounded authenticity and inviting charm, this candid memoir captures the life of a legend. – Publishers Weekly Review

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Fen, Bog and Swamp: a Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD audiobook)

National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Proulx’s attunement to the intricacies and vulnerabilities of nature and humankind’s reckless exploitation of the living world shapes her celebrated fiction. Here she defines wetlands and explains how they store carbon and support biodiversity, what role they’ve played in prehistoric and historical cultures, why they’ve been destroyed, and how their decimation makes the climate crisis worse. Referencing a heady array of sources scientific and literary, sharing her own peatland experiences, and writing with her signature vitality, precision, and creativity, she crafts a galvanizing narrative out of a cavalcade of facts, mixing earth science with the long history of Europe and North America’s fenlanders, bog people, and swamp dwellers. Proulx’s concern for the future of life on earth as the planet warms is acute, while her inquiry into the watery places where peat is found balances alarm and despair with wonder and affirmation of nature’s ability to rebound. “A cascade of tipping points is at hand,” Proulx warns, and one of the many efforts we must urgently undertake is the preservation and restoration of carbon-storing peatlands. – Booklist Review

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These Ghosts Are Family: A Novel by Maisy Card

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Across generations, a family reckons with the ghosts of enslavement’s legacy in this stunning, kaleidoscopic debut. In an opening revelation, readers learn that Stanford Solomon intends to reveal his life’s secret: he used a tragic accident as an opportunity to reinvent himself. Taking his dead friend’s name, he severed ties with the wife and children relying on him in Jamaica and started over in New York, creating a new family. Card invites readers to imagine themselves as a series of characters, one by one, in the moments before this revelation upends their identities, and such inventive narrative techniques continue throughout the novel. Present-day family members are deeply affected by the enslavement and rape of some of their ancestors, perpetrated by other ancestors, in colonial Jamaica. Card relates the messy, complicated, and difficult process of coming into this awareness. A white descendant who benefits from family money is bequeathed an ancestral enslaver’s journal, the stuff of nightmares. What to do with it? Allow scholars to study it? Allow descendants of the enslaved to glean information long denied to them? Card’s clean, readable prose provides an important counterbalance to the dense, heavy problems her broad scope of characters endure. A fantastic debut. – Starred Booklist Review

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The Wicked Hour by Alice Blanchard

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

When readers last met Detective Natalie Lockhart (Trace of Evil, 2019), it was her sister’s “deathaversary,” and Natalie was still very much caught up with her sibling’s demise and her mother’s needs. In this second in the series, Natalie has moved on and matured but is still in her hometown of Burning Lake, where Halloween festivities are the event of the year. This year’s post-Halloween cleanup reveals the body of a young woman in a dumpster, and finding out who she was, what happened, and who could be responsible brings to the fore issues surrounding parental wrongdoing, both of the overbearing stage-parent type and of the much more violent kind. References to events in the previous book will likely be confusing for readers who haven’t read it, but, otherwise, this is an absorbing look at small-town politics and relationships set against the intrigue of a mysterious death. Jodi Picoult’s fans will be an apt audience for Blanchard’s chilling latest. – Booklist Review

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The Widow of Rose House: A Novel by Diana Biller

(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)

Biller’s complex and intriguing debut, set in 1875 New York City, follows Alva Webster, a widow with a dark secret that has nothing to do with the salacious rumors about her that have been splashed all over the newspapers for the past two years regarding her departure from her abusive husband and his subsequent death. After purchasing Liefdehuis, an old mansion she intends to renovate and use as inspiration for a home decorating manual, Alva is annoyed and skeptical when she learns that it’s supposedly haunted. Prof. Samuel Moore, an extremely handsome inventor, wants to study the house in order to learn more about its apparent ghost, but she scorns him and his fanciful notions—at first. The book is part romance, part ghost story, and part period piece with just enough modern sentiment on the topics of feminism, mental illness, and abuse. The plot isn’t particularly original or complicated, but the work is well worth reading for the tender—and sometimes downright erotic—connection that develops between Alva and Samuel. Readers who care about well-drawn characters and don’t mind a predictable story will appreciate this window into late-19th-century New York. 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.

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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).

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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’ and listeners’ advisory videocast.

The next Library Connections video will be posted on Wednesday, November 2, 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 usually published on Sundays. And the next post will be out on Sunday, October 30, 2022

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FICTION

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ALL GOOD PEOPLE HERE by Ashley Flowers with Alex Kiester

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A journalist who returns to her hometown vows to find a missing girl and solve a 20-year-old cold case.

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BLOWBACK by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois

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

President Keegan Barrett’s power grab tests the loyalties of two C.I.A. agents.

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DARK WHISPER by Christine Feehan

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The 36th book in the Dark/Carpathian series.

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DISTANT THUNDER by Stuart Woods

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

The 63rd book in the Stone Barrington series. Further adventures begin when a dead man turns up on Stone’s doorstep.

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DREAMLAND by Nicholas Sparks

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

Musicians from different backgrounds are attracted to each other and a mother flees with her son from an abusive husband.

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FAIRY TALE by Stephen King

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

A high school kid inherits a shed that is a portal to another world where good and evil are at war.

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HIGH NOTES by Danielle Steel

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

Beginning at age 12, Iris Cooper endures a number of hardships in hopes of finding success as a singer.

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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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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

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

A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

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LONG SHADOWS by David Baldacci

The seventh book in the Memory Man series. Decker works with a new partner to investigate a double homicide.

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MAD HONEY by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

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

After returning to her hometown, Olivia McAfee’s son gets accused of killing his crush.

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THE MAZE by Nelson DeMille

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

The eighth book in the John Corey series. When a former lover offers him a job, Corey comes out of forced retirement to track a serial killer.

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OUR MISSING HEARTS by Celeste Ng

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

Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner goes on a quest to find his mother, a Chinese American poet whose work he was taught to disavow.

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RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston

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

A staged friendship between the son of the president and his rival, the Prince of Wales, evolves into a secret and potentially dangerous romance.

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RIGHTEOUS PREY by John Sandford

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

The 32nd book in the Prey series. Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport go after a group of vigilante killers.

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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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

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

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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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THE WINNERS by Fredrik Backman

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

The third book in the Beartown series. Rivalries between two hockey-obsessed towns escalate into violence off the ice.

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NON-FICTION:

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ADRIFT by Scott Galloway

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

An overview of events from 1945 to the present and how they might inform potential crises in the near future.

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ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

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

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

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BIG BANG THEORY by Jessica Radloff

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A behind-the-scenes look at the popular TV sitcom.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

(Available Formats: Print Book, 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, CD audiobook, 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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CONFIDENCE MAN by Maggie Haberman

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The New York Times White House correspondent traces events from Donald Trump’s rise in New York City through to his post-presidency.

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DINNERS WITH RUTH by Nina Totenberg

(Available Formats: Print Book & downloadable audiobook)

The NPR legal affairs correspondent details her professional accomplishments and friendship with the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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DOWN AND OUT IN PARADISE by Charles Leerhsen

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

A portrait of the celebrity chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain.

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HOLD THE LINE by Michael Fanone and John Shiffman

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The veteran police officer and former Trump supporter describes his experiences during the Jan. 6 insurrection and their impact on him.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

(Available Formats: Print Book & downloadable audiobook)

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

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KILLING THE LEGENDS by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The conservative commentator’s Killing series profiles Elvis Presley, John Lennon and Muhammad Ali.

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LIVE WIRE by Kelly Ripa

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Daytime Emmy Award-winning TV host shares stories from her life on and off screen.

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MOSQUITO BOWL by Buzz Bissinger

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist depicts the service of college football players who served in the Marines during World War II.

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MYTH OF NORMAL by Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The potential ways in which trauma and stress from modern-day living can affect our physical health.

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REVENGE by Michael Cohen

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The author of “Disloyal” and former personal attorney to Donald Trump describes how Trump went after his critics.

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STARRY MESSENGER by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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

 The astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium delves into subjects including politics, religion, gender and race.

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VISUAL THINKING by Temple Grandin with Betsy Lerner

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The author of “Thinking in Pictures” gives insights into visual thinking.

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WHAT IF? 2 by Randall Munroe

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The creator of the web comic “xkcd” and former NASA roboticist looks into hypothetical and oddball scenarios.

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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.

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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,

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And here are the recommended songs of the week!

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Come On Eileen 2022 Remix by Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners (Genre: Pop-Rock)

From The Album: Too-Rye-Ay: As It Should Have Sounded (2022)

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Feel Like Going Home by Miko Marks & The Resurrectors (Genre: Americana, Country, Blues, Vocal)

From The album: Feel Like Going Home (2022)

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Foxey Lady by Jimi Hendrix (Genre: Rock, Guitar)

From The Album: Are You Experienced (1967)

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Gone By Fall by Bonny Light Horseman (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: Rolling Golden Holy (2022)

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Good Morning Coffee by Seth Avett (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown (2022)

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I Just Got Wise by Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard (Genre: Bluegrass)

From The Album: Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard: Pioneering Women of Bluegrass (1996)

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John Henry by Big Bill Broonzy (Genre: Blues, Folk-Blues)

(Available Formats: Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs (1956)

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Soul Searching by Ruthie Foster (Genre: Blues, R&B, Vocal)

From The Album: Healing Time (2022)

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Three To Get Ready by The Dave Brubeck Quartet (Genre: Jazz)

From The Album: Time Out (1959)

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Turn Up The Heat by Shemekia Copeland (Genre: Vocal, Blues)

From The Album: Turn Up The Heat (1998)

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What’s The Story by Patrice Rushen (Genre: Vocal, R&B, Jazz)

From The Album: Before The Dawn (1975)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

And from the album the song:

That Will Never Do

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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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!

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

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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are now published on Wednesdays.

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, October 26, 2022.

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Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions by Sabine Hossenfelder

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Physicist and self-described “general explainer” Hossenfelder (Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray) offers another excellent book on physics for general readers. She asks what people can learn about themselves through the current understanding of the fundamental laws of nature? What can physics tell one about consciousness, creation, and time? Hossenfelder uses current and historical research to show the deep connections between philosophy and the scientific method. She relates how physicists struggle with language and metaphor in sharing how quantum mechanics addresses big questions with wider audiences. She intersperses short chapters organized by topic with interviews of Nobel Prize winners, Royal Society members, popular science authors and science journalists who answer questions about both spiritual beliefs and scientific pursuits. She concludes with the applications of quantum mechanics to real-life problems such as weather forecasting, development of nuclear power, and regulation of economic systems. VERDICT Recommended for readers interested in philosophy of science and the sorts of questions that current science can and can’t answer.- Library Journal

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The Furies: Two Charlie Parker Novels by John Connolly

(Available Formats: Print Book & CD audiobook)

The new Charlie Parker novel is a twofer: two full-length novels under one set of covers. In The Sisters Strange (which began life as an e-book in 2020 and has been extensively rewritten and expanded), a nasty piece of worked called Raum Buker has inexplicably returned to Portland, Maine, and Charlie is concerned his reappearance might have dire consequences for the man’s former lovers. In the title novel, Parker discovers that his clients, who hired him to protect them, are dangerously capable of looking after themselves; the question is, Who or what do they need to be protected from? And, further, why did they hire Charlie in the first place? Although these two novels are each shorter than the average Parker book, they are just as satisfying, with the same attention to character detail and the same elegant writing style. A must-read for the author’s fans and a good introduction to the series for newbies.

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The High Notes by Danielle Steel

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

In this heartfelt novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, a young woman with an unforgettable voice fights for the freedom to pursue her dreams.

Iris Cooper has been singing ever since she can remember, hitting the high notes like no one else. When she is twelve, her father convinces the owner of a bar in Lake City, Texas, to let her perform, and she stuns the audience. In the ensuing years, never staying anywhere for long, father and daughter move from one dusty town to the next, her passion for music growing every time she takes the mike in another roadhouse.

But it is not an easy life for Iris with her father in charge and using her income to pay for gambling, women, and booze. When she starts to tour at age eighteen, she takes on a real manager. Yet he exploits her too, and the singers and musicians she tours with are really the only family she has. It is they who give Iris the courage to finally fly free, leave the tour, and follow her dreams.

After years of enduring the hardships of the road, exploitation, and abuse to do what she loves, Iris’s big chance comes as her talent soars. But at the top at last, Iris still has to fight every step of the way. In The High Notes, Danielle Steel delivers an inspiring story about finding the strength to stand up for yourself and your dreams, no matter what it takes.

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Illustrated Black History: Honoring The Iconic And The Unseen by George McCalman

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Graphic designer McCalman expands on his project to paint one “Black history pioneer” every day for a month in this vibrant and stylish portrait collection. The book’s 145 subjects include basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, poet Maya Angelou, and essayist James Baldwin, as well as lesser-known figures like abolitionist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, who refused to give up her seat in the “colored” section of a Philadelphia trolley car in 1858; James Hemings, who was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson and became the “first American to be trained as a chef in France”; and Baby Esther Jones, the Harlem jazz singer whose “boop-boop-a-doop” was appropriated for the cartoon character Betty Boop. Each pioneer gets a full-page illustration and an accompanying biographical sketch highlighting their achievements; civil rights attorney Eva Jefferson Paterson, for example, “deftly summarized the violent history of American politics” in a televised debate with Vice President Spiro Agnew when she was student government president of Northwestern University. There are also essays from James Beard Award winner Bryant Terry, journalist Patrice Peck, and others about their influences. The portraits, which range from brisk line drawings to saturated watercolors, complement the diversity and unruliness of the people profiled. This vivid survey of Black history leaps off the page.

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Lessons by Ian McEwan

(Available Formats: Large Print)

McEwan returns with his best work since the Booker- and NBCC-winning Atonement, a sprawling narrative that stretches from the commencement of the Cold War to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Protagonist Roland Baines, “another inky boy in a boarding school,” is 11 when his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, begins to groom him for abuse. A sexual relationship ensues, and Roland never recovers from the experience. He grows into a distant underachiever, eventually finding work as a lounge pianist in London and, occasionally, as a journalist. He marries Alissa and has a son, Lawrence, but Alissa disappears when Lawrence is an infant. With help from the police, he tracks her movement to Paris, prompting bittersweet memories of their courtship. In 1986, three-year-old Lawrence obsesses over such events as the Chernobyl disaster while Roland confronts the lingering impact of Miriam’s abuse and Alissa’s sudden reappearance. Alissa then publishes a bestselling (and specious) memoir, which isn’t so nice on Roland. Throughout, McEwan poignantly shows how the characters contend with major historical moments while dealing with the ravages of daily life, which is what makes this so affecting. He also employs lyrical but pared-down prose to great effect, such as the scene of Roland’s father’s funeral: “A thin teenage girl in a tight black trouser suit opened the door of the undertakers and made a formal nod as he entered.” Once more, the masterly McEwan delights. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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Salem’s Lot: A Novel by Stephen King

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem’s Lot in hopes that exploring the history of the Marsten House, an old mansion long the subject of rumor and speculation, will help him cast out his personal devils and provide inspiration for his new book.

But when two young boys venture into the woods, and only one returns alive, Mears begins to realize that something sinister is at work.

In fact, his hometown is under siege from forces of darkness far beyond his imagination. And only he, with a small group of allies, can hope to contain the evil that is growing within the borders of this small New England town.

With this, his second novel, Stephen King established himself as an indisputable master of American horror, able to transform the old conceits of the genre into something fresh and all the more frightening for taking place in a familiar, idyllic locale.

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Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel by Ray Bradbury

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

One of Ray Bradbury’s best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes, now featuring a new introduction and material about its longstanding influence on culture and genre.

For those who still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic power of its dark poetry, step inside. The show is about to begin. Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. A calliope’s shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. Two boys will discover the secret of its smoke, mazes, and mirrors; two friends who will soon know all too well the heavy cost of wishes…and the stuff of nightmares.

Few novels have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury’s unparalleled literary masterpiece Something Wicked This Way Comes. Scary and suspenseful, it is a timeless classic in the American canon.

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When The Night Bells Ring: A Novel by Jo Kaplan

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

Waynoka and Mads, “Dust Devils,” are traversing a near-future climate-disaster landscape in Nevada, searching for shelter and water in a barren desert when they stumble upon a Silver Rush–era ghost town. They explore an abandoned mine for a possible source of freshwater, but when Mads is badly injured on the descent, the two women are forced to shelter in a natural cave, where they discover the diary of Lavinia, a resident of the town back in 1869. What follows is a harrowing story of survival, told in two time frames–Waynoka as she searches the tunnels in an attempt to find both water and escape, and Lavinia’s diary entries, which unveil the monstrous truth hidden deep within the land itself. The constant unease of each story line is broken only for the brief second it takes to turn the page from one narration to the next, as the tension builds relentlessly until the novel’s shockingly horrific conclusion.

VERDICT Seamlessly blending Western, ancient evil, and climate horror tropes, Kaplan (It Will Just Be Us) has created an immersive, chilling, and compelling tale that fans of Christina Henry and Camilla Sten will devour. – Library Journal Review

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Wahala: A Novel by Nikki May

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

If a reader longs for a novel that resembles a Nollywood movie, May’s debut will satisfy that desire. Anglo Nigerians Ronke, Simi, and Boo are three best friends navigating London, relationships, and ethnic identity. When Simi’s vivacious childhood best friend, Isobel, joins the group, she initially appears to bring out the best of each woman, but slowly her shine begins to fade, and in the ensuing shadows lie the broken lives of this formerly inseparable trio. Equal parts comedy and tragedy, Wahala is a celebration of female friendships and a commentary on the fine lines that shift between friendly competition and jealousy and resentment. May boldly creates flawed characters who share the kind of vaguely offensive opinions you can only express to a best friend, drawing the reader into the intimacy of the dynamics among her alluring characters. May’s exciting and powerful first novel offers twists and turns that will leave the reader questioning how we’re going to get from A to B and loving every part of the ride. – Booklist Review

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The Witch’s Cookbook: 50 Wickedly Delicious Witchcraft-Inspired Recipes by Fortuna Noir

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Make every meal magical with The Witch’s Cookbook, your very own recipe grimoire!

Chefs and bakers may seem to wield magic in the way they can whip up the most amazing dishes and desserts. But they are nothing compared to the original brewmasters—witches! Featuring over 50 wickedly delicious recipes, The Witch’s Cookbook is your short-and-sweet go-to for quick-and-easy meals with a mystical flair. Each recipe is witchcraft themed and can be made with traditional ingredients, plus a little bit of spellwork and magic, of course.

Get your cauldron bubbling with recipes like:

Toadstool Toppers

Midnight Berry Pavlovas

The Evening Elixir

Thrice Boiled Eggs

And more!

Along with amazing meals to make any time of the year, The Witch’s Cookbook features “Witch Tips” that offer additional spells and blessings for your home and hearth. From breakfast to dessert and everything in between, The Witch’s Cookbook is sure to be your cooking companion for every solstice, full moon, and magical day of the year!

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Have a great day!

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.

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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).

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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 are the latest two editions of Library Connections, our weekly readers’ and listeners’ advisory videocasts:

For September 30, 2022

And for October 14, 2022

The next Library Connections video will be posted on Tuesday, October 25, 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 usually published on Sundays. And the next post will be out on Sunday, October 23, 2022

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FICTION

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ALL GOOD PEOPLE HERE by Ashley Flowers with Alex Kiester

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A journalist who returns to her hometown vows to find a missing girl and solve a 20-year-old cold case.

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BLOWBACK by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois

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

President Keegan Barrett’s power grab tests the loyalties of two C.I.A. agents.

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THE BUTCHER AND THE WREN by Alaina Urquhart

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

A forensic pathologist is on the trail of a serial killer in the Louisiana bayou.

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DREAMLAND by Nicholas Sparks

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

Musicians from different backgrounds are attracted to each other and a mother flees with her son from an abusive husband.

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ENDLESS SUMMER by Elin Hilderbrand

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A collection of nine stories set during summers in Nantucket.

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FAIRY TALE by Stephen King

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

A high school kid inherits a shed that is a portal to another world where good and evil are at war.

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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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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

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

A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

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MAD HONEY by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

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

After returning to her hometown, Olivia McAfee’s son gets accused of killing his crush.

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MAYBE NOW by Colleen Hoover

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

The third book in the Maybe Someday series. Maggie, Ridge and Sydney are forced to deal with the dynamics of their relationships.

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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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OUR MISSING HEARTS by Celeste Ng

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

Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner goes on a quest to find his mother, a Chinese American poet whose work he was taught to disavow.

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RIGHTEOUS PREY by John Sandford

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

The 32nd book in the Prey series. Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport go after a group of vigilante killers.

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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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

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

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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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TREASURE STATE by C.J. Box

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

The sixth book in the Cassie Dewell series. Cassie works two cases involving buried treasure and a con man.

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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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VINCE FLYNN: OATH OF LOYALTY by Kyle Mills

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

The 21st book in the Mitch Rapp series. President Cook, a team of assassins and a killer known as Legion confront Rapp on different fronts.

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THE WHALEBONE THEATRE by Joanna Quinn

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

In 1928, an orphan and her family create a theater from the rib cage of a whale, which should be the property of the king.

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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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THE WINNERS by Fredrik Backman

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

The third book in the Beartown series. Rivalries between two hockey-obsessed towns escalate into violence off the ice.

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NON-FICTION:

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ADRIFT by Scott Galloway

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

An overview of events from 1945 to the present and how they might inform potential crises in the near future.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

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

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

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CONFIDENCE MAN by Maggie Haberman

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The New York Times White House correspondent traces events from Donald Trump’s rise in New York City through to his post-presidency.

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DINNERS WITH RUTH by Nina Totenberg

(Available Formats: Print Book & downloadable audiobook)

The NPR legal affairs correspondent details her professional accomplishments and friendship with the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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THE DIVIDER by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

The married journalists who write for The New York Times and The New Yorker posit that Donald Trump began to emulate the foreign autocrats he admired.

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FINDING ME by Viola Davis

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

The multiple award-winning actress describes the difficulties she encountered before claiming her sense of self and achieving professional success.

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GRACE by Cody Keenan

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The former speechwriter for President Obama recounts events that took place during 10 days in June 2015.

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IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE by Nikki R. Haley

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The former governor of South Carolina and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations shares her journey and profiles female leaders.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

(Available Formats: Print Book & downloadable audiobook)

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

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KILLING THE LEGENDS by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The conservative commentator’s Killing series profiles Elvis Presley, John Lennon and Muhammad Ali.

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LIVE WIRE by Kelly Ripa

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Daytime Emmy Award-winning TV host shares stories from her life on and off screen.

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MOSQUITO BOWL by Buzz Bissinger

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist depicts the service of college football players who served in the Marines during World War II.

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MYTH OF NORMAL by Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The potential ways in which trauma and stress from modern-day living can affect our physical health.

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STARRY MESSENGER by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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

 The astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium delves into subjects including politics, religion, gender and race.

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WHAT IF? 2 by Randall Munroe

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The creator of the web comic “xkcd” and former NASA roboticist looks into hypothetical and oddball scenarios.

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WHEN MCKINSEY COMES TO TOWN by Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

Investigative reporters for The New York Times examine the international consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

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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.

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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,

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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Blues In The Night by Johnny Mercer with Jo Stafford & The Pied Pipers (Genre; Vocal, Swing)

From The Album: Johnny Mercer The Capitol Collector’s Series (1989)

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Coal Miner’s Daughter by Loretta Lynn (Genre: Country)

From The Album: Coal Miner’s Daughter (1971)

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Disco Ears by Brian Blade, Christian McBride, Brad Mehldau & Joshua Redman (Genre: Jazz)

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Don’t Call Us – We’ll Call You by Sugarloaf (Genre: Classic Rock)

From The Album: Don’t Call Us – We’ll Call You (1975)

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Freight Train by Rory Block (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: Ain’t Nobody Worried Celebrating Great Women of Song (2022)

And as a bonus, because it is a great song – here is Elizabeth Cotton with the inspirational version:

Freight Train by Elizabeth Cotton (Genre: Folk)

From The Album: Folksongs & Instrumentals with Guitar (1958)

And Peter, Paul & Mary’s offering a fun version!

Freight Train by Peter, Paul & Mary

From The Album: In The Wind (1963)

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Monster Mash by Bobby “Boris” Pickett (Genre: Novelty)

It is that time of year!

From The Album: The Original Monster Mash (1962)

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My Rag by John Hartman (Genre: Folk, Americana)

From The Album: Morning Bugle (1972)

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Ronnie’s Groove by Kool & The Gang (Genre: R&B)

From The Album: Live At P.J.’s Hollywood (1971)

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Suzanne by Gregory Porter (Genre: Vocal, Jazz, Singer-Songwriter)

From The Tribute Album: Here It Is: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen by Various Artists

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We Didn’t Start The Fire by Billy Joel (Genre: Rock, Singer-Songwriter)

From The Album: Storm Front (1989)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

The Rolling Stones (1964) by The Rolling Stones

And from the album the song:

Tell Me by The Rolling Stones (Genre: Classic Rock, Blues- Rock)

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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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.