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April - June 2018 Issue
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… describes the experiences of five members of a mixed-race New Orleans family during Hurricane Katrina and its … fired from the latest in a series of menial landscaping jobs, sets out to find success and his true self. Haig, Matt. … over and over, living, at the age of 2000, as a successful New York businesswoman. Hughes-Hallett, Lucy. Peculiar …
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April - June 2022 Issue
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… out to find both a date for her cousin's wedding and a new job, in a hurry, while her large traditional family … Vladimir . A middle-aged English professor at a small New York college, whose husband, the chair of her department, … students, becomes obsessed with a young and handsome new teacher. Ebook , downloadable audiobook Kirby, Gwen E. …
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The Best of the Best | Also Very Good | Sleeper Picks | Nonfiction
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… SCLS Beyond Bestsellers from Madison Public Library The New York Times Best Seller Lists Bestsellers from IndieBound … her adoring fans. She is overwhelmed by navigating the new language and etiquette of what she terms "the portal," … Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink …
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… SCLS Beyond Bestsellers from Madison Public Library The New York Times Best Seller Lists Bestsellers from IndieBound … must navigate crushing on her best friend, starting a new summer job, and not being squashed during the next … see on television. The Chaperone M. Hendrix 2023 Girls in New America must have a chaperone with them at all times. …
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It’s a grisly scene that police photographer Rita Todacheene is called to late one night outside of Albuquerque. Bits of the woman’s body are strewn over the interstate, the victim of an apparent…
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… salvation, growing up on the reservation in the rugged New Mexico countryside. Raised by strong-willed women, Rita’s … wits. Like her protagonist, Ramona Emerson grew up Diné in New Mexico, and now makes her living as a writer and … as Emerson captures the beauty and challenges of the New Mexico countryside and its people defined—perhaps even …
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April - June 2020 Issue
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… leads him to assume a false identity, and he starts a new life and family in New York. Doshi, Tishani. Small Days and Nights . When an … drama, a pair of neighbors become enemies when the big new house that one of them builds causes damage to an ancient …
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July - September 2018 Issue
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… disowned her when she came out as a lesbian, makes a new family for herself in Portland, Oregon, in the late … . Five childhood friends who grew up together in Buffalo, New York, are reunited fifteen years later after the suicide … as a suspect. McGuane, Thomas. Cloudbursts: Collected and New Stories . This is a collection of previously-published …
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January - March 2013 Issue
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… Previous Issues Alexie, Sherman. Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories . This is a collection of 30 darkly comic stories, some new and some previously published, many of them focusing on … sinking into dementia, and is surprised to find himself in new relationships with family, friends, and the city itself. …
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… SCLS Beyond Bestsellers from Madison Public Library The New York Times Best Seller Lists Bestsellers from IndieBound … More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long 2023 Six … "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom--a moment often revered as the culmination …
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October - December 2018 Issue
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… stories centers on a family from Sri Lanka, who settle in New Jersey during their homeland’s violent civil war. Li, … . In this dark novel, a troubled young woman living in New York decides to take a break from her unhappy life by … himself. Shteyngart, Gary. Lake Success . A wealthy New York hedge fund manager finds his life and marriage …
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July - September 2014 Issue
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… Things . In this novel set in early Twentieth Century New York, a young woman, who is displayed by her father as a … her comfortable, perfect life turned upside down after a new acquaintance is found brutally murdered. Matthiessen, … scientists who developed the atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico, in 1943. Osborne, Lawrence. The Ballad of a …
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October - December 2019 Issue
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… as part of a business transaction and moves with him to New York City. Danticat, Edwidge. Everything Inside . The … in Utah; his hardworking father is constantly trying new careers, his mother is schizophrenic, and he doesn’t feel … Rajia. A Pure Heart . An Egyptian woman who lives in New York with her American husband is wracked by guilt over …
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A book list for children, teens and young adults can be found here.
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… SCLS Beyond Bestsellers from Madison Public Library The New York Times Best Seller Lists Bestsellers from IndieBound … maps, decides to move Nour and her sisters from New York City back to Syria to be closer to their family. But … American trans boy sheds his birth name and searches for a new one. He has been unable to paint since his mother's ghost …
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April - June 2019 Issue
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… historical mystery set in 1921, a white woman escapes from New York City with a gunshot wound and a large pile of cash; … moves into a tiny apartment in a rundown building in New York City and keeps a diary about her increasingly … . A pair of audio archivists, who met and married in New York City, drive to Arizona with their children to record …
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Add this app to your bedtime story routine for an easy way to let kids know that math is part of everyday life. Every day (I mean, night) features a new topic with three related math challenges…
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… of everyday life. Every day (I mean, night ) features a new topic with three related math challenges at different … Parents read the introductory information to learn about a new topic, then kids can choose which level of question …
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"I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites. It had been…
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… guarding a team of scientists on a survey mission to a new planet. So far that job has been super-boring so MB has …
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… to do it yourself... … Read the latest news from The New York Times , The Washington Post , etc. or check out recent issues of your favorite magazines like The New Yorker and Rolling Stone . … Call the reference desk at … Government Health & Medicine History Homework Help Housing Jobs & Careers Language Law & Legal Madison Area & WI Info …
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A co-worker recommended Rachel Bach's trilogy to me since she knows I enjoy military SF. And I thank her right now for the suggestion. Fortune's Pawn introduces mercenary soldier Deviana Morris. Devi…
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… much to my delight. Devi is initially pretty bored in her new job and isn't sure she'll make it a whole year if all she …
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Inspired by the author's critically acclaimed album Dirty Computer, this Afrofuturistic collection of five connected stories center around a woman named Jane 57821 who is looking for refuge from…
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… memory, emotion, and time. Dirty Computers are feared in New Dawn, a totalitarian regime where thoughts are a … reading dystopian novels like The Handmaid's Tale , Brave New World , Fahrenheit 451 , and 1984 where the government …
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This 1986 classic has found a new audience through a popular adaptation on Hulu. This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate "Handmaids" under the new social order who have only one purpose:…
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… This 1986 classic has found a new audience through a popular adaptation on Hulu. This is … of Offred, one of the unfortunate "Handmaids" under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships, Offred's persistent …
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In 24 hours, Lena Aldridge’s life has been turned upside down. She’s lost her job, witnessed a murder, possibly committed a few felonies and been offered the chance to make it big on the Broadway…
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… murder offer little choice but to board the Queen Mary for New York. But first class on the luxury liner is no safe …
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Sera Fleece is recently divorced, out of a job and at extreme loose ends. Her only emotional outlet is a true crime podcast hosted by Rachel Bard. Rachel's stories of unsolved crimes of the missing…
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… and loneliness. When Rachel suddenly stops posting new episodes and there are no new updates on her social media, Sera is thrown for a loop. …
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Sometimes you slip through the cracks: unforeseen circumstances like an abrupt illness, the death of a loved one, a break up, or a job loss can derail a life. These periods of dislocation can be…
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… the hardships that arise before the ushering in of a new season. … Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in …
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Though Ann Leckie's new novel involves larger issues of political intrigue and is set in her Imperial Radch universe, the story is a more intimate one of self-determination and how identity is formed.
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… Though Ann Leckie's new novel involves larger issues of political intrigue and is …
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Before there was Covid-19, the world experienced another epidemic that seemed to come out of nowhere. The first cases of what would become known as AIDS were diagnosed in June of 1981. Forty years…
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… the height of and in the epicenter of the epidemic, 1988 New York City. Kevin Doyle lost his beloved partner, … face his feelings and figure out how to start to build a new life without Francesco. The pain and rage of Kevin and …
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