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 five 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 Wednesday.
And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, October 11, 2023.
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The Caretaker: A Novel by Ron Rash
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Set in Rash’s beloved midcentury Appalachia, a nimbly plotted, suspenseful romance with a twist–its titular hero is the third wheel. Blackburn Gant is by habit, inclination, and necessity a loner. Disfigured (as he sees it) by polio and abandoned by his family members, who’ve moved to Florida, Blackburn has taken work, permanently it seems, as live-in caretaker of a mountain cemetery near Blowing Rock, North Carolina. When his closest friend, Jacob Hampton, gets drafted into the Korean War, Gant assumes responsibility, too, for protecting and tending to Jacob’s pregnant wife. Naomi Clarke, only 16, is an outlander from distant Tennessee who came east to work as a hotel maid; she’s ill-educated (but working diligently on that so that she can write better letters), without means, friends, or support. When she and Jacob–scion of the town’s most prominent family, shopkeepers revered for their generosity with credit during the Depression–met and fell in love, Jacob’s family disowned him, and now they refuse to have anything to do with Naomi. After a scary confrontation with Jacob’s father early in her third trimester, when Naomi and Blackburn venture out to the movies, Blackburn helps Naomi move back home, seven hours west, to await the baby and her husband’s return. But when–as recounted in the novel’s bravura opening, a hand-to-hand combat scene that evokes James Dickey’s To the White Sea–Jacob is grievously wounded, his parents see the prospect of his long convalescence as a chance to put things right–or to put them horribly wrong–and they seize that chance. Rash writes with finesse and affection, as usual, of western North Carolina and its people. But the mood isn’t mere nostalgia–there’s a flint and an unflinching realism underneath, especially in his portrayal of the stalwart, utterly solid Blackburn Gant, that elevates the novel. Rash’s 20th book is among his best. – Kirkus Review
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The Ghost Illusion by Kit Martin
(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Instant Checkout eBook)
In a twisty page-turner for fans of Lisa Jewell and Melinda Leigh, New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin melds psychological thriller and ghost story as one woman’s daring search for the truth tests the dividing line between life and death.
If you need help, we are here for you.
Eve St. Clair desperately needs help sorting reality from her fearful imaginings when ghostly voices seem to haunt the Victorian house in Sunderland, England, that she inherited from her uncle. Online research leads to a group that claims to offer just the aid she’s seeking. But can Ransom King’s handpicked team of investigators truly banish Eve’s night terrors?
Since the deaths of his wife and daughter, Seattle billionaire Ransom King has devoted himself to researching parapsychology and debunking the frauds who prey upon the bereaved. But Eve is a psychologist herself, clearly sane, and her sincerity is palpable. King senses a very real danger stalking the beautiful divorcée. As his interest in her case turns deeply personal, he will move heaven and earth to uncover the truth—no matter how shocking—and save the woman he loves.
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Judgment Prey by John Sandford
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to crack an unsolvable case in this thrilling new novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford.
Alex Sand was spending the evening at home playing basketball with his two young sons when all three were shot in cold blood. A wealthy federal judge, there’s no short list of people who could have a vendetta against Sands, but the gruesome murders, especially that of his children, turn their St. Paul community on its head. Sand was on the verge of a major donation to a local housing charity, Heart/Twin Cities, and with the money in limbo, eyes suddenly turn to his grieving widow, Margaret Cooper, to see what she might do with the money. Margaret, distraught over the death of her family, struggles to move forward, and can’t imagine how or why anyone would target her husband.
With public pressure mounting and both the local police force and FBI hitting dead end after dead end, Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers are called in to do what others could not: find answers. With each potential lead flawed, Davenport and Flowers are determined to chase every theory until they figure out who killed the Sands. But when they find themselves being stonewalled by the most unlikely of forces, the two wonder if perhaps each misdirection could lead them closer to the truth.
Reader’s Note: Judgement Prey is the thirty-third book in the Prey Series. If you like to binge read from the beginning, check out book one: Rules of Prey (1989).
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No Reserve by Felix Francis
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Theo Jennings, an auctioneer in Newmarket, England, has been climbing the ladder at the bloodstock sales company for the past three years. He’s planning on making his first ever multi-million sale with a yearling colt. When he finds the colt dead a few days after the auction, Theo is suspicious that there was foul play involved.
As Theo begins to investigate the death, he finds that answers aren’t coming readily from those who he questions. When a person’s body is discovered in the same stable a few days later, all fingers point to him. As his world turns upside down with the accusations, Theo decides to further his investigation.
The only way to clear Theo’s name is to find the real murderer, but it isn’t just the police who have their eye on him–the killer has a target on his back.
Reader’s Note: This is the twelfth book in the Dick Francis Novels series, written by the late author’s son Felix Francis. If you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning, check out book one: Gamble (2011).
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Talking To My Angels by Melissa Etheridge
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & CD Audiobook)
Twenty years after the success of her first memoir, the New York Times bestseller The Truth Is . . ., the Grammy and Oscar award-winning rocker and trailblazing LGBTQAI icon takes stock of the intervening years, recounting the euphoric triumphs and the life-altering tragedies of her life.
Live with spirit.
Find peace in the chaos.
Lean into the joy.
Over the past twenty years, Melissa Etheridge has been blessed with success, love, joy, contentment, freedom, and release. She became a mother again, recorded eleven albums, toured the world, performed at the Grammy Awards, won an Oscar, discovered her one true love, and underwent a profound spiritual awakening. She also experienced illness, incomparable loss, heartache, guilt, shame, and devastating grief. She was diagnosed with breast cancer, endured two contentious and public break ups, and witnessed the devastating disintegration and death of her son, Beckett, to opioid addiction. Yet through it all, Melissa found the strength and courage to carry on.
Talking to My Angels is a profoundly honest look into her inner life as a woman, an artist, a mother, and a survivor. With characteristic wit and courage, Melissa delves into how numerous tragedies served as a catalyst for growth, and what the past two decades have taught her about the value of music, love, family, and life in the face of death. It is her story: as raw, vulnerable, and electrifying as her acclaimed songs. Melissa shares hard truths about surviving and thriving—a journey through darkness and uncertainty that leads to forgiveness and love. A remarkable storyteller, she digs deep into the well of her life, sharing memories that, woven together, create a rich portrait of success and survival—an intimate, emotional and ultimately inspiring story of healing.
A memoir a lifetime in the making, Talking to My Angels is Melissa’s engrossing—and at times harrowing—story as she lived it. It is a testament to the power of art, a touchstone for anyone seeking a path out of darkness, and a powerful love letter to the family and fans who’ve been integral to her journey.
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Have a great day!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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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.
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.
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, smart TVs & media streaming players.
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).
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 in two weeks on Sunday, October 8, 2023.
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FICTION
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23 1/2 LIES by James Patterson
Three thrillers: “23 ½ Lies” (written with Maxine Paetro), “Fallen Ranger” (written with Andrew Bourelle) and “Watch Your Back” (written with Loren D. Estleman).
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BLESSING OF THE LOST GIRLS by J.A. Jance
Sheriff Joanna Brady assists a federal investigator who finds resonance between a cold case he is assigned and his family’s past.
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BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN by Jessica Knoll
In 1978, two women on opposite sides of the country join together to track a man known as the All-American Sex Killer.
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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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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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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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THE FRAUD by Zadie Smith
In 1873, a Scottish housekeeper to a once-famous novelist is captivated by a trial in which a lower-class butcher from Australia claims to be the rightful heir of a sizable estate and title.
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THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride
Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well.
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HOLLY by Stephen King
The private detective Holly Gibney investigates whether a married pair of octogenarian academics had anything to do with Bonnie Dahl’s disappearance.
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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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LAST DEVIL TO DIE by Richard Osman
The fourth book in the Thursday Murder Club series. When an old friend is killed, the gang comes up against drug dealers, art forgers and online fraudsters.
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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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MURDER IN THE FAMILY by Cara Hunter
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NONE OF THIS IS TRUE by Lisa Jewell
After meeting a woman who shares the same birthday, Alix Summer becomes the subject of her own true crime podcast.
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THE RIVER WE REMEMBER by William Kent Krueger
Suspicions and accusations complicate a sheriff’s investigation of a wealthy landowner’s murder in a small Minnesota town in 1958.
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STARTER VILLAIN by John Scalzi
A down on his luck substitute teacher is helped by unionized dolphins and a terrifying henchperson to tackle the heap of troubles he inherits along with his uncle’s supervillain business.
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THINGS WE LEFT BEHIND by Lucy Score
The third book in the Knockemout series. A mogul and a small-town librarian share a dark secret from their past.
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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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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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UNFORTUNATE SIDE EFFECTS OF HEARTBREAK AND MAGIC by Breanne Randall
A former lover, an estranged twin brother and a dying grandmother force Sadie Revelare to choose between love or magic.
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VINCE FLYNN: CODE RED by Kyle Mills
The 22nd book in the Mitch Rapp series. Rapp and his team try to foil a plot by Russia without being discovered.
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WELLNESS by Nathan Hill
Twenty years after they met and became part of an underground art scene, a couple takes on the challenges of parenting and oddities in suburbia.
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NON-FICTION
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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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ASTOR by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe
The authors of “Vanderbilt” chronicle the Astor family’s place in American society from 1793 through 2009.
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BLACK AF HISTORY by Michael Harriot
A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.
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THE 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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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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COUNTING THE COST by Jill Duggar with Derick Dillard and Craig Borlase
A behind-the-scenes account of the reality TV series “19 Kids and Counting” and a portrayal of life inside the Duggar family.
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DEMOCRAT PARTY HATES AMERICA by Mark R. Levin
The Fox News host and author of “American Marxism” argues for the defeat of the Democratic Party.
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DOPPELGANGER by Naomi Klein
The author of “On Fire” and “No Is Not Enough” explores the mirror-worlds of online paranoia and conspiracy theories in a divided culture.
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ELON MUSK by Walter Isaacson
The author of “The Code Breaker” traces Musk’s life and summarizes his work on electric vehicles, private space exploration and artificial intelligence.
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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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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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MYSTERIOUS CASE OF RUDOLF DIESEL by Douglas Brunt
An account of the disappearance in September 1913 of the man who invented the internal combustion engine.
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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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SOCIAL JUSTICE FALLACIES by Thomas Sowell
A senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, gives his take on social justice and its advocates.
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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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Have a great week!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Search for and request books online!
eBooks & Audiobooks Through The Digital Catalog/Libby
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.
This blog post includes all the new titles that have been ordered by the library; and are either already published, or will be published in the month ahead of us.
Some of these titles have arrived and can be requested through StarCat; other titles are not yet ready to circulate (and thus are not yet found in StarCat).
So, if you see a book you’d love to read, but don’t find it listed in StarCat, send me an email and let me know which title you’d like to read; and I will place it on hold for you, when it is ready to circulate.
New Books is a monthly post; coming on the last Saturday of the month.
The next New Books Coming Your Was post will be out on Saturday, October 28, 2023.
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Happy reading!
Linda Reimer, SSC Library
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Accessing The Catalogs:
And the direct link to our catalog of physical materials, AKA StarCat, is: https://starcat.stls.org/
The direct link to the online version of the Digital Catalog (companion app Libby, found in your app store) is: https://stls.overdrive.com/
And the Hoopla catalog (which is like Netflix in that all content* is available on-demand & which also has a complementary app, simply called Hoopla) can be accessed online at: https://www.hoopladigital.com/
*Hoopla content includes Audiobooks, eBooks, comic books, TV shows & Movies (A Smart TV app is available),
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 five 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 Wednesday.
And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, October 4, 2023.
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Evil Eye by Etaf Rum
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Raised in a conservative and emotionally volatile Palestinian family in Brooklyn, Yara thought she would finally feel free when she married a charming entrepreneur who took her to the suburbs. She’s gotten to follow her dreams, completing an undergraduate degree in art and landing a good job at the local college. As a traditional wife, she also raises their two school-aged daughters, takes care of the house, and has dinner ready when her husband gets home. With her family balanced with her professional ambitions, Yara knows that her life is infinitely more rewarding than her own mother’s. So why doesn’t it feel like enough?
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The Last Ranger by Peter Heller
(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)
The rugged nature of Yellowstone permeates every page of the latest outdoors adventure from Heller (The Guide, 2021), a tale populated with lyrically defined characters. Some seem to have stepped out of Louis L’Amour’s books. Then there are the rangers, the poachers, the resolute wildlife watchers, the tourists, the many who live in the region hoping to just hold on or trying to put their lives back together. The Pathfinders is a radical group that wants to undo the government’s park policies for millions of acres they feel they could better manage, that is, exploit. Meanwhile, readers experience enforcement ranger Ren Hopper’s entire harrowing life through his torturous memories. At this point, he is just hoping to be able to function. When his closest friend is mangled in a bear trap, Ren’s investigation takes him in some surprising directions, creating a path by which he puts his life back together. This is wilderness noir at its best, a novel that will please fans of C. J. Box, Craig Johnson, and the legions of admirers of the television series, Yellowstone. – Booklist Review
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The Museum of Failures by Thirty Umrigar
(Available Formats: Print Book)
An immersive story about family secrets and the power of forgiveness from the bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club pick Honor
When Remy Wadia left India for the United States, he carried his resentment of his cold and inscrutable mother with him and has kept his distance from her. Years later, he returns to Bombay, planning to adopt a baby from a young pregnant girl–and to see his elderly mother again before it is too late. She is in the hospital, has stopped talking, and seems to have given up on life.
Struck with guilt for not realizing just how ill she had become, Remy devotes himself to helping her recover and return home. But one day in her apartment he comes upon an old photograph that demands explanation. As shocking family secrets surface, Remy finds himself reevaluating his entire childhood and his relationship to his parents, just as he is on the cusp of becoming a parent himself. Can Remy learn to forgive others for their human frailties, or is he too wedded to his sorrow and anger over his parents’ long-ago decisions?
Surprising, devastating, and ultimately a story of redemption and healing still possible between a mother and son, The Museum of Failures is a tour de force from one of our most elegant storytellers about the mixed bag of love and regret. It is also, above all, a much-needed reminder that forgiveness comes from empathy for others. – Booklist Review
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The Pole: A Novel by J. M. Coetzee
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Coetzee, a Nobel laureate and two-time winner of the Booker Prize, is one of the most critically acclaimed writers in the English language. His latest novel focuses on Beatriz, who is Spanish, approaching 50, and married, but no longer passionate with her husband; and Witold, a Polish concert pianist in his early seventies who performs at a recital in Barcelona. Over time, Beatriz and Witold have an affair. He confesses his love for her, but she is restrained and circumspect and their physical relationship quickly ends. Much later, Beatriz comes into possession of Witold’s poetry, written for her in Polish. She hires a translator, interprets the poems, and searches for meaning by attempting to decode hidden messages. Captivated, she begins to write letters to Witold. Concepts of linguistics and the phenomenon of language are central as Beatriz interprets Witold’s poems translated from Polish into Spanish that are then relayed to readers in English. Like Beatriz, readers might ask what is lost in translation, and what these gaps in understanding might reveal. Beatriz, once on the periphery of creative processes, is now immersed and perhaps even able to love more fully. Exquisitely elevating the fundamental influences of music and language, The Pole unequivocally affirms the often-enigmatic relationships among art, love, and human experience. – Booklist Review
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Saving Emma by Allen Eskens
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Eskens (Forsaken Country) brilliantly combines legal and personal drama in this stellar standalone mystery. Minnesota law professor and Innocence Project volunteer Boady Sanden has been caring for Emma Pruitt, the daughter of his college friend, Ben, since the public defender was gunned down by police four years ago while facing charges for killing his wife. One afternoon, Ruth Matthews brings her brother Elijah’s file to Boady at the Innocence Project: Elijah has been convicted of brutally murdering pastor Jalen Bale, but Ruth’s certain he’s innocent. She buttresses her claim with a photo, never presented in Elijah’s trial, that clearly shows him at a magic show at the exact moment of Bale’s murder. Then a bomb drops: Elijah was Ben’s last case before he died, and—having recommended that Ben become a public defender—Boady feels responsible for clearing Elijah’s name. Meanwhile, Emma’s aunt convinces the teen that Boady and his wife are covering up information about the deaths of her parents and leverages that claim for custody. Eskens peppers the thorny, propulsive plot with superior turns of phrase (unreliable memories are compared to “the boards of an aging footbridge, the planks heavy with decay”) and fully realized characters. Scott Turow fans will be enthralled. – Publishers Weekly Review
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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.
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.
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, smart TVs & media streaming players.
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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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, welcome to our Suggested Listening posting for last week.
I caught the nasty cold that is going around, and so was out of commission for most of last week – thus this late posting. So we’ll start our week with ten cool songs and end it, with our usual Friday, Suggested Listening post featuring another ten cool songs!
Suggested Listening postings are usual published on Fridays; and our next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, September 29, 2023.
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And here are the 10 recommended songs of the week for last weekend and early this week!
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Manic Monday by The Bangles (Genre: Pop/Rock)
From The Album: Different Light (1985)
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Monday, Monday by The Mamas & The Papas (Genre: Pop/Rock)
From The Album: If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears (1966)
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Autumn In New York by Frank Sinatra (Genre: Vocal)
From The Album: Come Fly With Me (1958)
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Autumn Leaves by Al Hirt (Genre: Easy Listening)
From The Album: They’re Playing Our Song (1966)
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Autumn Leaves/Indian Summer by Tony Bennett (Genre: Vocal, Jazz)
From The Album: MTV Unplugged (1994)
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Early Autumn by Ella Fitzgerald & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra (Genre: Jazz)
From The Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Johnny Mercer Song Book (1997)
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Shine On Harvest Moon by Ruth Etting (Genre: Vocal)
From The Album: Presenting Ruth Etting (1926)
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Take The A Train by Duke Ellington (Genre: Jazz)
From The Album: The Best of Duke Ellington (2008)
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When Fall Comes To New England by Cheryl Wheeler (Genre: Singer-Songwriter)
From The Album: Driving Home (1993)
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You’re The Top by Cole Porter (Genre: Jazz)
From The Album: The Talismanic Cole Porter (19??)
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Have a great week
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.
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.
Good morning everyone, I caught the nasty cold that has been being passed around locally, and was out sick for the last three days of last week – thus the delay in putting up any new blog posts.
As you may be aware, although accessing all of the content on the New York Times website does require a paid subscription, accessing the bestseller lists does not.
So to tide us over until the next regular NYTB post coming up this Sunday October 1, here are links to the four main, updated bestseller lists for your perusal.
Hi everyone, here are our five 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 Wednesdays.
And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, September 27, 2023.
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Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Bestseller Wendig wows with this wildly unsettling horror tale set in Bucks County, Pa. When Calla Paxson was 12, her father, Dan, came home with a shriveled apple core that resembled a human finger, declaring that he would use the core to create an orchard that would make their family’s future and fortune. Five years later, the orchard has produced enough fruit for Dan to set up a stall at the town market, where his Ruby Slipper Apples (so named by Calla), are an unexpected hit, bringing in far more money than anticipated. Some consumers even come to consider themselves addicted to the unique fruit, which offers “a near-perfect balance of tartness and sweetness—that sour, tongue-scrubbing feel of a pineapple, but one that has first been run through a trench of warm honey.” Gradually, however, Wendig reveals that something darker lurks beneath the orchard, its weirdness affecting the family, as when one of the orchard’s trees impales two baby birds in their nest, and Dan, struck by a brief violent madness, snaps the mother dove’s neck. Wendig is brilliant at slowly raising the plot’s emotional temperature and making his characters, caught in a creeping nightmare, feel both real and empathetic. This masterful outing should continue to earn Wendig comparisons to Stephen King. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review
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Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is theastonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter.
When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist.
His father’s impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child, prone to abrupt Jekyll-and-Hyde mood swings, with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive.
At the beginning of 2022—after a year marked by SpaceX launching thirty-one rockets into orbit, Tesla selling a million cars, and him becoming the richest man on earth—Musk spoke ruefully about his compulsion to stir up dramas. “I need to shift my mindset away from being in crisis mode, which it has been for about fourteen years now, or arguably most of my life,” he said.
It was a wistful comment, not a New Year’s resolution. Even as he said it, he was secretly buying up shares of Twitter, the world’s ultimate playground. Over the years, whenever he was in a dark place, his mind went back to being bullied on the playground. Now he had the chance to own the playground.
For two years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?
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Kick Out the Jams: Jibes, Barbs, Tributes, and Rallying Cries from 35 Years of Music Writing by Dave Marsh & Dennis Boutsikaris
(Available Formats: Downloadable Audiobook)
Selected writings on three decades of popular music from one of the most influential critics of his generation.
Spanning three decades worth of astute, acerbic, and overall astounding music writing, Kick Out the Jams is the first large-scale anthology of the work of renowned critic Dave Marsh. Ranging from Elvis Presley to Kurt Cobain, from Nina Simone to Ani DiFranco, from the Beatles to Green Day, the book gives an opinionated, eye-opening overview of 20th century popular music—offering a portrait not just of an era but of a writer wrestling with the American empire.
Every essay bears the distinct Dave Marsh attitude and voice. That passion is evident in a heart-wrenching piece on Cobain’s suicide and legacy; a humorous attack on “Bono’s bullshit;” an indignant look at James Brown and the FBI; deep, revelatory probes into the work of underappreciated artists like Patty Griffin and Alejandro Escovedo; and inspiring insight into what drives Marsh as a writer, namely “a raging passion to explain things in the hope that others would not be trapped and to keep the way clear so that others from the trashy outskirts of barbarous America still had a place to stand—if not in the culture at large, at least in rock and roll.”
If you want to explore the recent history of pop music—its politics as well as its performers—Kick Out the Jams is the perfect guidebook.
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The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush
(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)
In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America’s first women astronauts—six extraordinary women, each making history going to orbit aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle.
When NASA sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s the agency excluded women from the corps, arguing that only military test pilots—a group then made up exclusively of men—had the right stuff. It was an era in which women were steered away from jobs in science and deemed unqualified for space flight. Eventually, though, NASA recognized its blunder and opened the application process to a wider array of hopefuls, regardless of race or gender. From a candidate pool of 8,000 six elite women were selected in 1978—Sally Ride, Judy Resnik, Anna Fisher, Kathy Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, and Rhea Seddon.
In The Six, acclaimed journalist Loren Grush shows these brilliant and courageous women enduring claustrophobic—and sometimes deeply sexist—media attention, undergoing rigorous survival training, and preparing for years to take multi-million-dollar payloads into orbit. Together, the Six helped build the tools that made the space program run. One of the group, Judy Resnik, sacrificed her life when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded at 46,000 feet. Everyone knows of Sally Ride’s history-making first space ride, but each of the Six would make their mark.
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Wellness: A Novel by Nathan Hill
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Hill (The Nix) blends a family chronicle with cultural critique in his expansive and surprisingly tender latest. Jack Baker, a photographer, and Elizabeth Augustine, a self-styled polymath, live across the street from each other as college students in 1990s Chicago, where each spies on the other through their windows. After they meet face-to-face at one of the alt rock shows Jack photographs, they connect over their interest in the local music scene and fall in love. Twenty years later, the couple and their eight-year-old son are planning a move to the suburbs. Jack, who’s now an adjunct professor of art history, and Elizabeth, a researcher for a lab contracted by the FDA to study the placebo effect in wellness products, both wonder what’s left of their bohemian youth and their long-ago voyeuristic romance. One night, they’re invited to a sex club by another couple they meet at a bar, with whom they reminisce about the “abandoned” neighborhood where they first met, prompting a waiter to call out Jack for erasing the community’s Puerto Rican population. As the Dickensian chronicle shifts between past and present and probes such issues as gentrification, toxic internet culture, and modern parenting, the realities of the couple’s meet cute come into focus, and they learn the truth behind their first impressions. In the end, Jack and Elizabeth’s story speaks to the way people craft narratives to give their lives meaning, and it asks whether believing in those narratives ultimately helps or harms. This stunning novel of ideas never loses sight of its humanity. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review
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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.
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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.
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, smart TVs & media streaming players.
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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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.
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Hi everyone, as I am on vacation, here is the link to the New York Times bestsellers page. The Bestseller lists are not behind a paywall, but are instead, free for anyone to peruse.
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 in two weeks on Sunday, September 24, 2023.
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Have a great week!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Search for and request books online!
eBooks & Audiobooks Through The Digital Catalog/Libby
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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