August New Arrivals (Adult)

Here are some new books that have arrived over the past couple of weeks for the Adult Collection. 

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ADHD Is awesome : a guide to (mostly) thriving with ADHD

ADHD Is awesome : a guide to (mostly) thriving with ADHD

Holderness, Penn author
2024

The must-have resource for anyone who lives with ADHD, either themselves or with an affected family member. Written to appeal to the ADHD brain, ADHD is Awesome is the engaging, uplifting antidote to traditional ADHD books (which, let's be honest if you have ADHD you'd never read anyway).

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The breakup vacation

The breakup vacation

Gracia, Anna, author.
2024


The cool kitchen cookbook : 385+ oven-free dishes ideal when temperatures soar

The cool kitchen cookbook : 385+ oven-free dishes ideal when temperatures soar

2023

At the height of summer, the last thing you want to do is turn up the heat in your kitchen--but the family still has to eat! Luckily, there's no rule that says that you must turn on the oven to create meals your family will love. From the experts at Taste of Home, The Cool Kitchen Cookbook helps you take advantage of modern gadgets, freezer-friendly dishes and more. The Cool Kitchen Cookbook lets you set satisfying, crowd-pleasing meals on the table without breaking a sweat. Summer salads make the most of the fresh bounty of seasonal vegetables. No-bake cookies and cheesecakes, homemade ice cream and frozen desserts satisfy the sweet tooth. When you do turn on the stovetop, ultra-quick recipes and one-pot dishes keep the heat to a minimum. Refreshing smoothies, shakes and summer drinks let you kick back and enjoy when it's time to relax. There's even a chapter on backyard grilling--right where the heat belongs in the summer! At-a-Glance icons, expert tips from our Test Kitchen pros, serving suggestions and more.

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DIY sourdough

DIY sourdough

Moody, John (Homesteader), author
2020

DIY Sourdough is the essential beginner's guide to crafting simple whole grain sourdough starters, breads, snacks, and more that can be incorporated into your weekly routine. Packed with tips and tricks for consistent, nutritious, and delicious results.

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Family family : a novel

Family family : a novel

Frankel, Laurie, author
2024

While promoting her most recent project, a film about adoption, actress India Allwood tells a journalist the truth: it's a bad movie. India's an adoptive mom herself and knows there's so much more to her family than tragedy. Because India's not just an adoptive mom. She also had a baby she gave up for adoption her senior year of high school. That baby is now sixteen, excited to meet her birth mother. It turns out what makes a family isn't blood and it isn't love because no matter how they're formed, the hallmark of true family is this: it's complicated.

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First frost

First frost

Johnson, Craig, 1961-, author
2024

Set in the unspoiled countryside of Wyoming, Sheriff Walt Longmire has to navigate his own increasingly complicated personal life with the ever-changing and often violent underworld that encroaches on what was once referred to as the Old West. This time, he is up against a sinister plot that could hurt the people closest to him and forever change the way he sees his beloved Wyoming.

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Houseplants for beginners : a practical guide to choosing, growing, and helping your plants thrive

Houseplants for beginners : a practical guide to choosing, growing, and helping your plants thrive

De La Paz, Rebecca, author
2021

Become the best houseplant parent you can be with beginner-friendly tips and tools

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Lone wolf

Lone wolf

Hurwitz, Gregg, author
2024

Not his usual mission, but this unlikely, tiny job finds Evan Smoak battered between twisted AI technocrat billionaires, a mysterious female assassin who seems a mirror of himself, and personal stakes so gut-wrenching he can scarcely make sense of them. Evan's mission pushes him to his limit - he must find and take down the assassin known only as the Wolf, before she succeeds in completing her mission and killing the people who can identify her. Matched skill for skill, instinct for instinct, Evan must outwit an opponent who will literally stop at nothing if he is to survive.

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Look on the bright side

Look on the bright side

Higgins, Kristan, author
2024

Lark Smith has always had a plan for her life. Things aren't going so well. A potential solution comes from the foul-tempered and renowned surgeon Lorenzo Santini (aka Dr. Satan). He needs a date this summer for his sister's wedding. His ancient Noni wants to see him settled. In exchange, he could make a few introductions and maybe get Lark back into the field of her choice. As a sucker for old people and fake relationships, Lark agrees. Teeny problem - she instantly falls for his big, warm family. Especially his estranged brother.

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Only one survives : a novel

Only one survives : a novel

McKinnon, Hannah Mary, author
2024

All drummer Vienna Taylor ever wanted was to make music. If that came with fame, she'd take it - as long as her best friend, guitarist Madison Pierce, was sharing the spotlight and singing lead. Soon everyone would hear their songs. Except, on the way to an event, the Bittersweet's van careened off an icy mountain road during a blizzard. In order to survive the frigid night, they take shelter in a nearby abandoned cabin. But Vienna's dreams devolved into a terrifying nightmare as, one by one, her fellow band members met a gruesome end - and Madison simply vanished in the night.

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The Paris affair

The Paris affair

Drysdale, Pip, author.
2024


Points de fuite. 1

Points de fuite. 1

Michaud, Martin, 1970-, auteur
2023


Prairie bend secrets

Prairie bend secrets

White, Linda, author
2024

Four women (who are past even the cougar stage) enjoy a close friendship until one of the dies unexpectedly. Belle, the main character, must now honour a promise she never expected to. She must take her friend's ashes back to Prairie Bend for burial. The four friends had long talked about a road trip together that didn't happen. Now the remaining three agree to "take Diane home." They rent a motorhome and head out. Belle is disturbed by nightmares where her deceased friend, Diane, tries to give her a message and reveal dark secrets. Belle saves her friend's dachshund and he acompanies on them on the trip where they face and overcome dangerous situations.

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Shelterwood : a novel

Shelterwood : a novel

Wingate, Lisa, author
2024

Oklahoma, 1909. Eleven-year-old Olive Augusta Radley knows that her stepfather doesn't have good intentions toward the two Choctaw girls boarded in their home as wards. When the older girl disappears, Ollie flees to the woods, taking six-year-old Nessa with her. Oklahoma, 1990. Law enforcement ranger Valerie Boren-Odell is faced with local controversy over the park's opening, a teenage hiker gone missing, and the long-hidden burial site of three children unearthed in a cave. Val's quest for the truth soon collides with old secrets and the tragic and deadly history of the land itself.

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Summer on Highland Beach : a novel

Summer on Highland Beach : a novel

Hostin, Sunny, author
2024

Founded in the late 1800s by the son of Frederick Douglass, Highland Beach along the Chesapeake Bay is the oldest Black resort community in America. Inside this proud and secluded beach community of about 100 private homes is Olivia Jones' legacy. In the midst of tense family drama, Olivia must decide if she wants to return to the beautiful life she's created in Sag Harbor - with the neighbours and wonderful man who've become central to her happiness - or finally achieve her dream of having a family and home to call her own in Highland Beach.

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A talent for murder : a novel

A talent for murder : a novel

Swanson, Peter, 1968-, author
2024

Martha Ratliff conceded long ago that she'd likely spend her life alone. She was fine with it, happy with her solo existence, stimulated by her job as an archival librarian, constantly surrounded by thought-provoking ideas and the books she loved. But then she met Alan, a charming and sweet-natured divorcee with a job that took him on the road for half the year. When he asked her to marry him, she said yes, even though he still felt a little bit like a stranger. A year in and the marriage was good, except for that strange blood streak on the back of one of his shirts he'd worn to a conference in Denver. Her curiosity turning to suspicion, Martha investigates the cities Alan visited over the past year and uncovers a disturbing pattern-five unsolved cases of murdered women. Is she married to a serial killer? Or could it merely be a coincidence? Unsure what to think, Martha contacts an old friend from graduate school for advice. Lily Kintner once helped Martha out of a jam with an abusive boyfriend and may have some insight. Intrigued, Lily offers to meet Alan to find out what kind of man he really is . . . but what Lily uncovers is more perplexing and wicked than they ever could have expected.

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Upon a frosted star

Upon a frosted star

Kuzniar, M. A., author
2023

The invitations always arrive the same way -- without warning, appearing around the city on the first snowfall of the year, simply inscribed with "Tonight." When struggling artist, Forster, finds an invitation, he's bewitched by the magic of the evening, swept up in the glamour of this notorious annual party and intrigued as to who is behind them. Determined to find out more about the mysterious host, Forster discovers an abandoned manor house silent with secrets and a cursed woman who is desperate to be free.

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Women of good fortune : a novel

Women of good fortune : a novel

Wan, Sophie, author.
2024

"At a high-society Shanghai wedding, the reluctant bride and her two best friends, each with their own personal motives and fed up with the way society treats women, forge a plan to steal all the gift money on the big day"-- Provided by publisher.

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Your child is not broken : parent your neurodivergent child without losing your marbles

Your child is not broken : parent your neurodivergent child without losing your marbles

Mavir, Heidi, author
2023

"Part autobiography, part parenting manual, Your Child Is Not Broken is a no-holds-barred account of Heidi Mavir's discovery of her child's neurodivergence"-- Provided by publisher.

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