Tech & Book Talk at SSCL

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

New York Times Bestsellers can be requested through StarCat (for print books) & The Digital Catalog/Libby for eBooks and Downloadable Audiobooks. Select titles may also be checked out, on demand, through the Hoopla Catalog.

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 blog post will be posted Sunday, August 20, 2023.

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FICTION

THE COLLECTOR by Daniel Silva

The 23rd book in the Gabriel Allon series. The art restorer teams up with a thief to find a missing painting and works to prevent a conflict between Russia and the West.

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THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese

Three generations of a family living on South India’s Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.

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CROOK MANIFESTO by Colson Whitehead

In 1970s Harlem, a furniture store owner and his partner in crime find themselves up against shady and violent forces.

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DEAD FALL by Brad Thor

The 22nd book in the Scot Harvath series. When American aid workers are killed amid other atrocities in Ukraine, America’s top spy is sent to set things right.

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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver

Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

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EVERYONE HERE IS LYING by Shari Lapena

Things kept hidden bubble to the surface when the 9-year-old daughter of a man whose affair just ended badly goes missing.

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FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros

Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.

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HAPPY PLACE by Emily Henry

A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine.

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HELLO BEAUTIFUL by Ann Napolitano

In a homage to Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” a young man’s dark past resurfaces as he gets to know the family of his college sweetheart.

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THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden

Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.

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ICEBREAKER by Hannah Grace

Anastasia might need the help of the captain of a college hockey team to get on the Olympic figure skating team.

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

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

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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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

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

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OBSESSED by James Patterson and James O. Born

A killer, who targets women in New York City, becomes obsessed with Michael Bennett’s daughter.

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OUT OF NOWHERE by Sandra Brown

A shooting at a Texas county fair leads to an unexpected connection between a children’s book author and a corporate consultant.

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TOM LAKE by Ann Patchett

Three daughters, who return to their family orchard in the spring of 2020, learn about their mother’s relationship with a famous actor.

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TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin

Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.

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TOO LATE by Colleen Hoover

Dangers develop when a drug trafficker becomes obsessed with a woman who has a mutual attraction to a D.E.A. agent.

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VERITY by Colleen Hoover

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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NON-FICTION

ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks

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

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AMERICAN PROMETHEUS by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

A biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 and an inspiration for the film “Oppenheimer.”

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ART THIEF by Michael Finkel

The author of “The Stranger in the Woods” tells the story of Stéphane Breitwieser, who stole art more than 200 times for the sake of admiring it.

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BEYOND THE STORY by BTS and Myeongseok Kang

An oral history of the K-pop group that is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

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BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk

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

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BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah

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

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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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

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CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner

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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DARK FUTURE by Glenn Beck with Justin Haskins

The second book in the Great Reset series. The conservative commentator gives his take on advances in technology and their potential impact.

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EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE by Dolly Alderton

The British journalist shares stories and observations; the basis of the TV series.

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FOURTH TURNING IS HERE by Neil Howe

One of the authors of “The Fourth Turning” gives reflections on the cycles of history and makes predictions of potential outcomes generated by the present era of polarization.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

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

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IN-BETWEEN by Hadley Vlahos

A hospice nurse shares some of her most impactful experiences and questions some of society’s beliefs around end-of-life care.

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JACKIE by J. Randy Taraborrelli

A biography of the former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

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KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann

The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.

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KING OF LATE NIGHT by Greg Gutfeld

A collection of essays by the host of the late-night Fox News show “Gutfeld!”

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OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

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PAGEBOY by Elliot Page

The Oscar-nominated star details discovering himself as a trans person and navigating abuse in Hollywood.

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POVERTY, BY AMERICA by Matthew Desmond

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” examines the ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor.

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UNBROKEN BONDS OF BATTLE by Johnny Joey Jones

The Fox News military analyst shares stories from working with veterans for over a decade.

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UNDERWORLD by Susan Casey

A chronicler of the aquatic world gives an overview of deep-sea exploration and details recent findings there.

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THE WAGER by David Grann

The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.

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WHAT AN OWL KNOWS by Jennifer Ackerman

The author of “The Genius of Birds” explores new scientific discoveries about the brains and behavior of owls.

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Check out & request books online:

eBooks & Audiobooks Through The Digital Catalog/Libby (5 items at a time)

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

The Digital Catalog has a companion app named Libby.

The Libby app is available for Android or Apple devices.

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

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Through Hoopla!

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

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

The Hoopla App is available online, 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 throughout 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 Telephone Number: 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, August 18, 2023

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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Blue Ridge Mountains by Fleet Foxes (Genre: Pop/Rock)

From The Album: Fleet Foxes (2008)

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The Charleston by Arthur Gibbs And His Gang (Genre: Jazz)

From The Album: Great Gatsby Roaring 20’s – Boardwalk Empire, Steampunk Jazz, Gangsters & Prohibition Era Music (2005) by Various Artists

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Good Times by Sam Cooke (Genre: Vocal, R&B)

From The Album: 30 Greatest Hits: Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 (2003)

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Guitar Rag by Sylvester Weaver (Genre: Blues, Guitar)

From The Album: The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel (1990)

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Hound Dog by Elvis Presley (Genre: Rock)

From The Album: Elvis 30 #1 Hits (2002)

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Memphis by Chuck Berry (Genre: Rock)

From The Album: The Great Twenty-Eight (1987)

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Razzle Dazzle by Bill Haley & The Comments (Genre: Rock)

From The Album: Best Of Bill Haley & His Comets: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection (1999)

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Summertime by Norah Jones (Genre: Vocal)

From The  Album: Not currently available on any album

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Tiger Rag by Roy Smeck (Genre: Jazz)

From The Album: Roy Smeck Plays Hawaiian Guitar (2005)

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Walking In Memphis by Marc Cohen (Genre: Pop/Rock)

From The Album: Marc Cohen (1991)

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Hoopla Album

There’s No Business Like Show Business

https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11200887

And from the soundtrack, the song:

There’s No Business Like Show Business sung by Ethel Merman

From The Soundtrack: There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954)

And as a bonus, just for fun here is Justin LaVoie playing the song on a Wurlitzer Orgran:

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

And from the album the song:

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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 is the latest edition of Library Connections, our monthly new book alert videocast.

The next Library Connections video will be posted the first week in September 2023.

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 blog post will be posted Sunday, August 13, 2023.

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FICTION

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THE COLLECTOR by Daniel Silva

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

The 23rd book in the Gabriel Allon series. The art restorer teams up with a thief to find a missing painting and works to prevent a conflict between Russia and the West.

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THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese

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

Three generations of a family living on South India’s Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.

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CROOK MANIFESTO by Colson Whitehead

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

In 1970s Harlem, a furniture store owner and his partner in crime find themselves up against shady and violent forces.

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DEAD FALL by Brad Thor

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

The 22nd book in the Scot Harvath series. When American aid workers are killed amid other atrocities in Ukraine, America’s top spy is sent to set things right.

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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audibook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook, Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)

Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

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EVERYONE HERE IS LYING by Shari Lapena

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

Things kept hidden bubble to the surface when the 9-year-old daughter of a man whose affair just ended badly goes missing.

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THE FIVE-STAR WEEKEND by Elin Hilderbrand

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

After a tragedy, a popular food blogger brings friends from distinct times in her life to spend a weekend in Nantucket.

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FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros

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

Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.

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HAPPY PLACE by Emily Henry

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

A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine.

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HELLO BEAUTIFUL by Ann Napolitano

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

In a homage to Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” a young man’s dark past resurfaces as he gets to the know the family of his college sweetheart.

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THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.

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ICEBREAKER by Hannah Grace

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Anastasia might need the help of the captain of a college hockey team to get on the Olympic figure skating team.

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

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

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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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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LIGHT BRINGER by Pierce Brown

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The sixth book in the Red Rising series. Darrow goes on an interplanetary adventure in the hope of defending Mars from conquest by Lysander.

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OBSESSED by James Patterson and James O. Born

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

A killer, who targets women in New York City, becomes obsessed with Michael Bennett’s daughter.

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THE ONLY ONE LEFT by Riley Sager

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

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REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt

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

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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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

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

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SOUL OF ASH AND BLOOD by Jennifer L. Armentrout

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The fifth book in the Blood and Ash series. The love between Poppy and Casteel faces new challenges.

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SOMEBODY’S FOOL by Richard Russo

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The third book in the North Bath trilogy. Complications arise among residents after the town of North Bath is annexed by neighboring Schuyler Springs and an unidentified body is discovered.

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TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin

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

Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.

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TOO LATE by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Dangers develop when a drug trafficker becomes obsessed with a woman who has a mutual attraction to a D.E.A. agent.

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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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NON-FICTION:

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AMERICAN PROMETHEUS by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Instant Checkout Audiobook)

A biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 and an inspiration for the film “Oppenheimer.”

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AMERICA’S CULTURAL REVOLUTION by Christopher F. Rufo

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The conservative filmmaker shares his views on some of America’s institutions.

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THE ART THIEF by Michael Finkel

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

The author of “The Stranger in the Woods” tells the story of Stéphane Breitwieser, who stole art more than 200 times for the sake of admiring it.

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BEYOND THE STORY by BTS and Myeongseok Kang

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

An oral history of the K-pop group that is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

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BLOWBACK by Miles Taylor

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, who revealed himself to be the author of “A Warning,” gives his take on where Trumpism might be headed.

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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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BROTHERS AND SISTERS by Alan Paul

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

To mark the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the author of “One Way Out” chronicles the making of the Allman Brothers Band’s best-selling album.

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DARK FUTURE by Glenn Beck with Justin Haskins

(Available Formats: Print Book)

In  the second book in the Great Reset series. The conservative commentator gives his take on advances in technology and their potential impact.

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EASY MONEY by Ben McKenzie with Jacob Silverman

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Instant Checkout eBook)

The actor recounts his misadventures in cryptocurrency and analyzes its decline in value.

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FOURTH TURNING IS HERE by Neil Howe

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

One of the authors of “The Fourth Turning” gives reflections on the cycles of history and makes predictions of potential outcomes generated by the present era of polarization.

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HEAT WILL KILL YOU FIRST by Jeff Goodell

(Available Formats: eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)

The impact that rising temperatures have on our seasons, food supply, economy and vulnerable populations.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

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

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

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IN-BETWEEN by Hadley Vlahos

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A hospice nurse shares some of her most impactful experiences and questions some of society’s beliefs around end-of-life care.

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JACKIE by J. Randy Taraborrelli

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A biography of the former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

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KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann

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

The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.

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OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

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PAGEBOY by Elliot Page

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

The Oscar-nominated star details discovering himself as a trans person and navigating abuse in Hollywood.

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SPARE  by Prince Harry

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

The Duke of Sussex details his struggles with the royal family, loss of his mother, service in the British Army and marriage to Meghan Markle.

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UNBROKEN BONDS OF BATTLE by Johnny Joey Jones

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Fox News military analyst shares stories from working with veterans for over a decade.

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THE WAGER by David Grann

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

The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.

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YOU WILL OWN NOTHING by Carol Roth

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

An entrepreneur gives her assessment of the impact that organizations and market forces may have on the assets of individuals

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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, here are our streaming recommendations for the month ahead of us

The next streaming recommendation post will be out the first Saturday, in September.

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August 1, 2023

The Apartment (1960) (Amazon Prime)

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Belle (2013) (HBO/MAX)

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Hot Fuzz (2007) (Amazon Prime)

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Saving Private Ryan (1998) (Amazon Prime)

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Selma (2014) (Amazon Prime)

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Stagecoach (1939) (Amazon Prime)

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Reservation Dogs, Season 3 (2023) (Hulu)

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August 4, 2023

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023) (Amazon Prime Video)

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August 8, 2023

Only Murders in the Building: Season 3 (2023) (Hulu)

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August 9, 2023

Strange Planet (2023) (Apple TV+)

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August 10, 2023

Marry My Dead Body (2023) (Netflix)

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August 20, 2023

The Winter King (2023) (MGM+)

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August 23, 2023

Star Wars: Ahsoka: Season 1 (2023) (Disney+)

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August 25, 2023

You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023) (Netflix)

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Hoopla Streaming Pick of the Month

Wicked City, Season 1 (2022)

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Wicked City, Season 1 Trailer

Have a great weekend,

Linda

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References

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, August 10, 2023.

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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Fun, Fun, Fun by The Beach Boys (Genre: Rock)

From The Album: Endless Summer (2003)

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Manhattan by Ella Fitzgerald (Genre: Jazz/Vocal)

From The Album: The Complete Original Song Books (2017)

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Mama Told Me Not To Come by Three Dog Night (Genre: Pop/Rock)

From The Album: The Complete Hit Singles (2004)

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Maria by The Dave Brubeck Quartet (Genre: Jazz)

From The Album: Music From Leonard Bernstein’S ‘West Side Story’ And ‘Wonderful Town’ (1960)

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Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran (Genre: Rock)

From The Album: The Liberty Years (2020)

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Summer Samba (So Nice) by Walter Wanderley (Genre: Instrumental/Easy Listening)

From The Album: Rain Forest (1966)

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They Way You Look Tonight by Frank Sinatra (Genre: Vocal)

From The Album: Nothing But The Best (2008)

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Ticket To Ride by The Beatles (Genre: Rock)

From The Album: Help! (1965)

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To Darn Hot by Mel Torme (Genre: Jazz)

From The Album: Mel Torme: Swings Shubert Alley (1960)

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Under The Boardwalk by The Drifters (Genre: R&B, Vocal, Pop)

From The Album: Under the Boardwalk (2004)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

Cugi’s Cocktails by Xavier Cugat (Genre: Easy Listening)

https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/10947615

And from the album the song:

Rum And Coca Cola (Mambo)

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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.

–

The Libby App

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

–

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.

–

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  published on Thursdays.

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Thursday, August 17, 2023.

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American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal by Neil King

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

“American Ramble is a dazzling mixture of travelogue, memoir, and history. At times profound, funny, and heartbreaking, this is the story of a traveler intoxicated by life. I couldn’t put it down.” — Nathaniel Philbrick

A stunning, revelatory memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City—an unforgettable pilgrimage to the heart of America across some of our oldest common ground.

Neil King Jr.’s desire to walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City began as a whim and soon became an obsession. By the spring of 2021, events had intervened that gave his desire greater urgency. His neighborhood still reeled from the January 6th insurrection. Covid lockdowns and a rancorous election had deepened America’s divides. Neil himself bore the imprints of a long battle with cancer.

Determined to rediscover what matters in life and to see our national story with new eyes, Neil turned north with a small satchel on his back and one mission in mind: To pay close attention to the land he crossed and the people he met.

What followed is an extraordinary 26-day journey through historic battlefields and cemeteries, over the Mason-Dixon line, past Quaker and Amish farms, along Valley Forge stream beds, atop a New Jersey trash mound, across New York Harbor, and finally, to his ultimate destination: the Ramble, where a tangle of pathways converges in Central Park. The journey travels deep into America’s past and present, uncovering forgotten pockets and overlooked people. At a time of mounting disunity, the trip reveals the profound power of our shared ground.

By turns amusing, inspiring, and sublime, American Ramble offers an exquisite account of personal and national renewal—an indelible study of our country as we’ve never seen it before.

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Broken by Karin Slaughter

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

Slaughter brings her Grant County and Atlanta characters together for a second time (after Undone) in this superb thriller. When Dr. Sara Linton returns home to Grant County, Ga., for Thanksgiving, she hopes to steer clear of the police, especially Det. Lena Adams, whom she blames for the murder of her husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver. Yet when college student Allison Spooner is found dead in a lake and a local boy, Tommy Braham, is arrested for the murder, Sara reluctantly agrees to consult. The investigation soon spirals out of control after Tommy dies in custody. When Sara calls in Georgia Bureau of Investigation special agent Will Trent from Atlanta to take over the case, the local police greet Will’s arrival with suspicion. Will must weigh Sara’s personal vendetta against Detective Adams with the facts of the case, which grow more confusing the deeper he digs into the small county’s secrets. Slaughter keeps the emotional tension high throughout. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

Reader’s Note: Broken is the fourth book in the 11 book Will Trent Mystery series. If you’d like to binge read, from the beginning, check out book one: Triptych.

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Everything She Feared by Rick Mofina

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

“Rick Mofina has penned a creepy, heart-pounding page-turner…. A gripping, chilling thriller from beginning to end.”

—Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest

Every mother worries about their child. But Sara Harmon fears hers…

When a teen falls while taking a selfie at the edge of a cliff, the last thing she sees before plummeting to her death is Katie Harmon, the nine-year-old girl she was babysitting, looking down at her.

Investigators gather at the scene, and Katie’s mother, Sara, rushes to comfort her daughter. Yet there’s a small, secret ping of alarm in Sara’s heart that she cannot share—though rookie detective Kim Pierce senses it.

For years, others have tried to unravel this secret. From true-crime podcasters to a haunted journalist searching for a killer who vanished after being released from prison several years ago. And now, with detectives tightening the focus of their investigation, Sara is consumed by her darkest fear—that the babysitter’s death was not an accident.

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The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris by Daisy Wood

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

From an exciting new voice in WWII historical fiction comes a tale of love, loss and a betrayal that echoes through generations… Paris, 1940: War is closing in on the city of love. With his wife forced into hiding, Jacques must stand by and watch as the Nazis take away everything he holds dear. Everything except his last beacon of hope: his beloved bookshop, La Page Cachée. But when a young woman and her child knock on his door one night and beg for refuge, he knows his only option is to risk it all once more to save a life… Modern day: Juliette and her husband have finally made it to France on the romantic getaway of her dreams – but as the days pass, all she discovers is quite how far they’ve grown apart. She’s craving a new adventure, so when she happens across a tiny, abandoned shop with a for-sale sign in the window, it feels fated. And she’s about to learn that the forgotten bookshop hides a lot more than meets the eye… A heartbreaking tale of love and loss in war, perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Jennifer Chiaverini.

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The Housekeepers by Alex Hay

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

Hay’s debut features an Ocean’s 11-style heist set in London in the early 1900s, carried out by an all-female gang of thieves. The women have all been servants for the  uber-wealthy Wilhelm de Vries in his very large, very vulgar mansion on Park Lane. Now he’s dead, and, though she’s officially still in mourning, his headstrong daughter has decided to hold a lavish ball to impress Lord Ashley, the man she’s determined to marry. The intrepid Mrs. King sees the night of the ball as a perfect opportunity to steal everything from the de Vries mansion–priceless artwork, carpets, curtains, furniture, books–and sell it for a fortune. Enlisting the help of a ragtag band of de Vries’ former servants, Mrs. King plans the robbery down to the tiniest detail. But of course, things don’t go completely according to plan. This wonderfully inventive story paints an authentic portrait of London society in the early 1900s and is full of shocking secrets, suspense, hidden identities, flamboyant characters, and subtle humor; there’s even an unexpectedly satisfying ending. Fans of historical fiction, strong female characters, and twisty, pacy thrillers will love it. – Booklist Review

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The Paris Agent by Kelly Rimmer

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

Twenty-five years after the end of the war, Noah Ainsworth is still preoccupied with those perilous, exhilarating years as a British SOE operative in France. A head injury sustained on his final operation has caused frustrating gaps in his memory—in particular about the agent who saved his life during that mission gone wrong, whose real name he never knew, nor whether she even survived the war.

Moved by her father’s frustration, Noah’s daughter Charlotte begins a search for answers that resurrects the stories of Chloe and Fleur, the code names for two otherwise ordinary women whose lives intersect in 1943 when they’re called up by the SOE for deployment in France. Taking enormous risks to support the allied troops with very little information or resources, the women have no idea they’re at the mercy of a double agent among them who’s causing chaos within the French circuits, whose efforts will affect the outcome of their lives…and the war.

But as Charlotte’s search for answers bears fruit, overlooked clues come to light about the identity of the double agent—with unsettling hints pointing close to home—and more shocking events are unearthed from the dangerous, dramatic last days of the war that lead to Chloe and Fleur’s eventual fates.

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A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross

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

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

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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 blog post will be posted Sunday, August 6, 2023.

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FICTION

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THE COLLECTOR by Daniel Silva

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

The 23rd book in the Gabriel Allon series. The art restorer teams up with a thief to find a missing painting and works to prevent a conflict between Russia and the West.

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THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese

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

Three generations of a family living on South India’s Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.

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CROOK MANIFESTO by Colson Whitehead

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

In 1970s Harlem, a furniture store owner and his partner in crime find themselves up against shady and violent forces.

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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver

(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audibook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook, Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)

Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

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THE FIVE-STAR WEEKEND by Elin Hilderbrand

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

After a tragedy, a popular food blogger brings friends from distinct times in her life to spend a weekend in Nantucket.

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FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros

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

Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.

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HAPPY PLACE by Emily Henry

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

A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine.

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HELLO BEAUTIFUL by Ann Napolitano

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

In a homage to Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” a young man’s dark past resurfaces as he gets to the know the family of his college sweetheart.

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THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.

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ICEBREAKER by Hannah Grace

(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)

Anastasia might need the help of the captain of a college hockey team to get on the Olympic figure skating team.

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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

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

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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IMMORTAL LONGINGS by Chloe Gong

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The first book in the Flesh & False Gods series. Princess Calla Tuoleimi wants to take down the monarchy.

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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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OBSESSED by James Patterson and James O. Born

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

A killer, who targets women in New York City, becomes obsessed with Michael Bennett’s daughter.

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THE ONLY ONE LEFT by Riley Sager

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

In 1983, a mute woman confined to a wheelchair types out her side of the story about a family massacre to her home-health aide.

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REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt

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

A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.

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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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

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

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SOUL OF ASH AND BLOOD by Jennifer L. Armentrout

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The fifth book in the Blood and Ash series. The love between Poppy and Casteel faces new challenges.

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TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin

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

Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.

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TOO LATE by Colleen Hoover

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Dangers develop when a drug trafficker becomes obsessed with a woman who has a mutual attraction to a D.E.A. agent.

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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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NON-FICTION:

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AMERICAN PROMETHEUS by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Instant Checkout Audiobook)

A biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 and an inspiration for the film “Oppenheimer.”

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AMERICA’S CULTURAL REVOLUTION by Christopher F. Rufo

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The conservative filmmaker shares his views on some of America’s institutions.

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BEYOND THE STORY by BTS and Myeongseok Kang

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

An oral history of the K-pop group that is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

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BLOWBACK by Miles Taylor

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, who revealed himself to be the author of “A Warning,” gives his take on where Trumpism might be headed.

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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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DARK FUTURE by Glenn Beck with Justin Haskins

(Available Formats: Print Book)

In  the second book in the Great Reset series. The conservative commentator gives his take on advances in technology and their potential impact.

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EASY MONEY by Ben McKenzie with Jacob Silverman

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Instant Checkout eBook)

The actor recounts his misadventures in cryptocurrency and analyzes its decline in value.

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FOURTH TURNING IS HERE by Neil Howe

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

One of the authors of “The Fourth Turning” gives reflections on the cycles of history and makes predictions of potential outcomes generated by the present era of polarization.

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HEAT WILL KILL YOU FIRST by Jeff Goodell

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

The impact that rising temperatures have on our seasons, food supply, economy and vulnerable populations.

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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

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

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

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IN-BETWEEN by Hadley Vlahos

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A hospice nurse shares some of her most impactful experiences and questions some of society’s beliefs around end-of-life care.

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JACKIE by J. Randy Taraborrelli

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A biography of the former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

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KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann

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

The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.

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OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

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SPARE  by Prince Harry

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

The Duke of Sussex details his struggles with the royal family, loss of his mother, service in the British Army and marriage to Meghan Markle.

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UNBROKEN BONDS OF BATTLE by Johnny Joey Jones

(Available Formats: Print Book)

The Fox News military analyst shares stories from working with veterans for over a decade.

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THE WAGER by David Grann

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

The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.

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YOU WILL OWN NOTHING by Carol Roth

(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)

An entrepreneur gives her assessment of the impact that organizations and market forces may have on the assets of individuals

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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, August 4, 2023.

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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week!

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Baby Please Don’t Go by Lightnin’ Hopkins (Genre: Blues)

From The Album: Blues of the Delta (2016) by Various Artists

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Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell and friends (Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Pop/Rock/Folk/Jazz = just great music!)

From The Album: Joni Mitchell At Newport (2023)

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Debussy Children’s Corner by Isata Kanneh-Mason (Genre: Piano, Classical, Instrumental)

From The Album: Childhood Tales (2023)

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El Dorado by Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway (Genre: Americana)

From The Album: City of Gold (2023)

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Everyday People by Sly And The Family Stone (Genre: R&B, Pop-Rock)

From The Album: Stand! (1969)

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Heart Of The Night by Poco (Genre: Pop/Rock, Seventies Rock)

From The Album: Legend (1978)

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The Power of Love by Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Juke Box featuring Sarah Potenza (Genre: Jazz/Pop/Swing)

From The Album: The Fourth Tuning (2023)

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Round And Round by Perry Como with Mitch Ayers & His Orchestra & the Ray Charles Singers (Genre: Vocal)

From The Album: The Very Best Of Perry Como (2000)

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Take Me out to the Ballgame by Dr. John (Genre: Piano, Pop-Rock)

From The Soundtrack: Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns (1994)

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Yet To Be by Rhiannon Giddens featuring Jason Isbell (Genre: Americana)

From The Album: You’re The One (2023)

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

Beauty And The Beat (1981) by The Go-Gos (Genre: Pop/Rock)

And from the album the original music video for the song:

Our Lips Are Sealed

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And just for fun, here is the song again, performed by the Go-Gos on The Today Show in September 2020:

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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  published on Thursdays.

And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Thursday, August 3, 2023 (Where did July go?!)

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Fatal Legacy by Lindsey Davis

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Davis’s 11th historical mystery featuring first-century Roman private informer Albia (after 2022’s Desperate Undertaking) is more low-key than past entries, but no less gripping. Flavia, the adopted daughter of Marcus Didius Falco (hero of a prior Davis series), is asked by her Aunt Junia, who manages a grubby feeding post, to track down two customers who stiffed her. With only vague descriptions to go on, Flavia flexes her investigative skills to track down the deadbeats, only to land a more challenging assignment from one of their aunts after she confronts them. Tranquilla Euhodia’s niece is about to be married, but her future in-laws have raised questions about whether Euhodia’s brother is a free citizen, as he claims to be, or a slave. Flavia agrees to find proof that the boy is free, digging into an old murder in the process—and before long, she has a new murder to investigate. Unable to trust her employers or old confidants, Albia sets out to prevent more bodies from piling up. As always, Davis skillfully blends humor and historical detail. This classical series still feels fresh. – Publishers Weekly

Reader’s Note: If you’d like to binge read this neat historical series, and start reading from the beginning, check out book one: The Ides of April (2013)

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The Good Ones by Polly Stewart

(Available Formats: Print Book)

When her mother dies, 37-year-old Nicola returns to her small Appalachian hometown to sell the family house. The place is rife with memories, foremost among them that of the mysterious disappearance 16 years earlier of her friend Lauren. Now, Nicola finds herself in a relationship with Warren, Lauren’s bereft husband, and working as a teacher for Warren’s younger brother, Sean, principal of the local high school with whom she had had an ambiguous relationship when they were teens. Emotional and other complications ensue, the only constants being Lauren’s continuing absence and the speculation that she’s dead, perhaps murdered; speaking of which, Nicola is now in danger herself, for she begins receiving threatening notes written in blood-red ink, saying, “No one wants you here.” Told in Nicola’s first-person voice, Stewart’s rather slow-paced story is not without its moments of welcome suspense and it will attract and engage the ever-increasing audience for domestic suspense. – Booklist

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The Last Dance by Mark Billingham

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

Billingham (Sleepyhead) launches a cracking new mystery series featuring the charming, sarcastic British Det. Sgt. Declan Miller. Miller’s wife, Alex—also a detective—was recently murdered on the job. Afternoons spent in the company of his pet rats and punctuated by visits from Alex’s ghost are not enough to keep Declan away from work for long, though, and he returns, grieving, after a six-week hiatus. The first case assigned to Miller and his new partner, Sara Xiu, is a double murder. It initially appears that the two victims—an organized crime heir and an IT consultant—have nothing in common, but after Declan taps into a network of sources spanning his and Alex’s ballroom dancing friends, an old informant, and Alex’s ghost, he starts to fear a complex conspiracy is at hand. Meanwhile, Declan’s friend, prison snitch Gary “Chesshead” Cole, tries to find Alex’s murderer, with tragic results. Billingham imbues Miller with a brilliant sense of humor and populates the margins of this well-paced mystery with lovable, fully fleshed characters whom readers will adore. This is the author at his best. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review

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Moon of the Crusted Snow: A Novel by Waubgeshig Rice

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

Fall is just about to turn into winter when cell service goes out in a Anishinaabe community in Rice’s chilling post-apocalyptic novel (following Legacy). The novel centers on Evan Whitesky, a young father to two children living on a reservation in northern Canada who is attempting to relearn and maintain the traditional ways in a world where society has collapsed and electricity, cell phones, land lines, and satellites have all disappeared. In the absence of all the things that make the long, harsh winters of northern Canada easier, the community has to band together to ensure its survival, doling out canned provisions and trying to ensure running water and heat for everyone for as long as possible. When a man arrives seeking refuge from the chaos in the south, Evan and his community allow him to stay in spite of their misgivings. As the winter progresses and hunger sets in, hostility rises and small-town power struggles become a life-or-death affair. This slow-burning thriller is also a powerful story of survival and will leave readers breathless. – Publishers Weekly Review

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Climate and the Science of Denial by David Lipsky

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Instant Checkout Audiobook)

A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book of 2023 • A USA Today Must-Read Summer Book • A Next Big Idea Must-Read Book • A Library Journal What To Read In 2023 Book

The New York Times best-selling author explores how “anti-science” became so virulent in American life—through a history of climate denial and its consequences.

In 1956, the New York Times prophesied that once global warming really kicked in, we could see parrots in the Antarctic. In 2010, when science deniers had control of the climate story, Senator James Inhofe and his family built an igloo on the Washington Mall and plunked a sign on top: AL GORE’S NEW HOME: HONK IF YOU LOVE CLIMATE CHANGE. In The Parrot and the Igloo, best-selling author David Lipsky tells the astonishing story of how we moved from one extreme (the correct one) to the other.

With narrative sweep and a superb eye for character, Lipsky unfolds the dramatic narrative of the long, strange march of climate science. The story begins with a tale of three inventors—Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and Nikola Tesla—who made our technological world, not knowing what they had set into motion. Then there are the scientists who sounded the alarm once they identified carbon dioxide as the culprit of our warming planet. And we meet the hucksters, zealots, and crackpots who lied about that science and misled the public in ever more outrageous ways. Lipsky masterfully traces the evolution of climate denial, exposing how it grew out of early efforts to build a network of untruth about products like aspirin and cigarettes.

Featuring an indelible cast of heroes and villains, mavericks and swindlers, The Parrot and the Igloo delivers a real-life tragicomedy—one that captures the extraordinary dance of science, money, and the American character.

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Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Defiance by Brian Freeman

(Available Formats: Print Book)

Treadstone agents worldwide are being hunted down and killed as a U.S. government official seeks to erase all evidence of a fraught mission called the Defiance, and Jason Bourne is on the list. That puts him in opposition to an archenemy assassin known as Lennon. Next in Ludlum’s New York Times best-selling series, taken over by ITW/Macavity winner Freeman. – Library Journal Review

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The Rooster House: My Ukrainian Family Story, a Memoir  by Victoria Belim

(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Instant Checkout eBook)

A Ukrainian American journalist recounts the history of her Ukrainian family within the broader context of Russian aggression since the 1930s. “I was born in Kyiv, but the first fifteen summers of my life unfolded in [Bereh] on the Vorksla River.” So writes Brussels-based journalist Belim in this poignant, gently unfolding tale. To her, the small village of Bereh was a “second home,” and her great-grandparents Asya and Sergiy were her “second set of parents.” Although she grew up in Chicago with her mother and stepfather, Belim pined for Bereh, yet she rarely visited–until 2014, when Russia seized Crimea and war broke out. Spurred by the rabid pro-Soviet stance of her uncle Vladimir, her father’s older brother, who goaded her with anti-Western propaganda, the author decided she needed to return to the Ukraine of her youth and reconnect with her aging grandmother Valentina, who lived in Kyiv but spent her summers in Bereh. The author writes movingly about helping Valentina with her cherry orchard and extensive garden and cooking traditional Ukrainian meals while weaving in painful memories of Soviet oppression–her relatives’ surviving the Holodomor of 1932-1933, when 4 million Ukrainian peasants died due to Stalin’s disastrous collectivization policy. Belim also writes about how, during the political purge of 1937, her uncle Nikodim inexplicably disappeared after being interrogated at the secret Soviet police headquarters called the Rooster House. “I thought of this uncle who had fought for a free Ukraine and who had paid the highest price as a kindred spirit,” she writes, “and I wanted to restore him to his rightful place in the family story.” While Valentina refused to revisit this haunting history, Belim was able to access Nikodim’s files and discover the truth. Throughout this powerful text, readers will encounter numerous satisfying layers. An elegant family narrative of myriad characters traumatized by the deep-seated Russia-Ukrainian struggle. – Kirkus Review

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The Shadow Girls: A Natalie Lockhart Novel by Alice Blanchard

(Available Formats: Print Book)

An upstate New York detective investigating a series of girls held captive wonders if a lost friend could have been one of them. Det. Natalie Lockhart isn’t good at waiting, especially when she’s sitting fruitlessly in the hospital room of longtime colleague Lt. Det. Luke Pittman waiting for him to come out of a coma. Luke’s a fighter, so Natalie’s hoping for the best, but the dire straits of the situation have left her shaken and questioning what her relationship with Luke really is. Sorting it all out is put on hold when Natalie is called to a particularly chilling murder scene. Sitting in the middle of Murray’s Halloween Costumes is the corpse of Randolph Holmes, onto which someone has placed a red nose like a cherry on top. When Natalie looks around for motives, she’s disturbed by a discovery in Randy’s home: binders full of detailed descriptions of girls being held captive by whomever wrote them. Are they sick fantasy or sicker fact? The information in the binders seems to dovetail with a series of women who disappeared over a yearslong span, dubbed by one reporter “The Shadow Girls.” As she learns more about the case, Natalie can’t help wondering whether Bella Striver, her childhood best friend, might have been one of these shadow girls. Whether or not she is, Natalie is determined to solve the case of her long-missing friend. Just when this police-driven story seems to wind down, there’s a bonus mystery on top. – Kirkus Review

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Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction by Max Allan Collins & James L. Traylor

(Available Formats: Print Book)

A full-dress biography of the most polarizing practitioner of 20th-century crime fiction. As Collins and Traylor note, nearly everyone deplored the sex and violence of Mickey Spillane’s (1918-2006) midcentury novels about private eye Mike Hammer–though that didn’t stop the millions of readers who catapulted him to the top of bestseller lists and kept him there. Delving into Spillane’s roots, the authors examine the evolution of comic-book hero Mike Lancer into Mike Hammer, cite contemporaneous reviewers who talked up or trash-talked Hammer’s adventures, and explore Spillane’s multimedia activities during the 10 years (1952-1962) of Hammer’s absence from the printed page. (Why the long silence? Collins and Traylor believe Spillane was waiting for his disadvantageous contract with film producer Victor Saville to expire). Warning in their opening chapter of spoilers ahead, the authors proceed to summarize the mysteries and solutions of all Hammer’s early novels. They’re at their best when mapping the Spillane metaverse, which includes novels, stories, articles, comic strips, radio broadcasts, TV programs, and movies, and weakest in their uncritical praise of their subject as a plotter, stylist, Jehovah’s Witness, and human being (a verdict his first two wives might have contested). “Mickey encouraged our best efforts, all the while sharing his humanity, generosity, and down-to-earth nature,” they write. “This book reflects not just our love for his work, but for the man, with thanks for his encouragement and friendship.” Spillane’s appealing directness provides an endless stream of anecdotes. The authors conclude with a formidable array of appendices, ranging from an autobiographical fragment that takes Spillane from birth to age 14 to an essay on “Ayn Rand and Mickey Spillane” to a brace of bibliographies and an account of some of their own extensive dealings with the author when he was alive and the work Collins has continued to complete since his death. Fans who’ve been waiting for a life of Spillane will gobble this up. – Kirkus Review

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The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James

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

In this beguiling midcentury historical fiction novel set in 1960s Italy, an ambitious American actress and single mother snags the starring role in a mysterious horror movie shooting on location in a crumbling medieval castle outside Rome…

Readers who enjoy the moody gothic allure of Kate Morton and Silvia Moreno-Garcia or the immersive settings of Lucinda Riley and Fiona Davis will be enthralled by Kelsey James’ spellbinding web of intriguing mystery, family secrets, forbidden love, and midcentury Italian flair.

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Have a great day!

Linda Reimer

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