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Central Piedmont Library - New Titles: October 2024

A list of new materials - books, DVDs, audiobooks, ebooks - added to the library collection each month. Click the title to see more information about it, to place a request, or begin using it.

Leisure Books

This Girl's a Killer by Emma C. Wells

Ask Cordelia Black why she did it. The answer will always be: He had it coming.

Cordelia Black loves exactly three things: Her chosen family, her hairdresser (worth every penny plus tip), and killing bad men.

By day she's an ambitious pharma rep with a flawless reputation and designer wardrobe. By night, she culls South Louisiana of unscrupulous men―monsters who think they've evaded justice, until they meet her. Sure, the evening news may have started throwing around phrases like "serial killer," but Cordelia knows that's absurd. She's not a killer, she is simply karma. And being karma requires complete and utter control.

But when Cordelia discovers a flaw in her perfectly designed system for eliminating monsters, pressure heightens. And it only intensifies when her best friend starts dating a man Cordelia isn't sure is a good person. Someone who might just unravel everything she has worked for.

Soon enough Cordelia has to come face to face with the choices she's made. The good, the bad, and the murderous. Both her family, and her freedom, depend on it.

 

The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August

When the Home worlds finally achieved the technology to venture out into the stars, they found a graveyard of dead civilisations. What befell them is unknown. All Home knows is that they are the last ones left – and whatever came for the others will one day come for them.

Scout is an Archivist who scours the dead worlds of the cosmos for their last gifts: interesting technology, cultural rituals – anything left behind that might be useful to Home and their survival. During an excavation on a lifeless planet, Scout unearths something unbelievable: a surviving message from an alien who witnessed the world-ending entity thousands of years ago.

Now Scout, their brother and their sometimes-fearless, space-faring cat, Pumpkin, must race to save what matters most.

 

This Cursed House by Del Sandeen

In the fall of 1962, twenty-seven-year-old Jemma Barker is desperate to escape her life in Chicago—and the spirits she has always been able to see. When she receives an unexpected job offer from the Duchon family in New Orleans, she accepts, thinking it is her chance to start over.

But Jemma discovers that the Duchon family isn’t what it seems. Light enough to pass as white, the Black family members look down on brown-skinned Jemma. Their tenuous hold on reality extends to all the members of their eccentric clan, from haughty grandmother Honorine to beautiful yet inscrutable cousin Fosette. And soon the shocking truth comes out: The Duchons are under a curse. And they think Jemma has the power to break it.

As Jemma wrestles with the gift she’s run from all her life, she unravels deeper and more disturbing secrets about the mysterious Duchons. Secrets that stretch back over a century. Secrets that bind her to their fate if she fails.

 

Murder on the Page by Daryl Wood Gerber

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a genuinely top-notch party must be in want of a theme. Allie Catt, caterer and personal chef in the beautiful mountain community of Asheville, North Carolina, has devised a winning formula by using her clients’ favorite books as inspiration. Her first themed event is based on Pride and Prejudice (Allie’s cat, Darcy, approves), and it’s so popular that soon she has grand ideas for future parties based on Rebecca, The Great Gatsby, Babette’s Feast and more.

Business is booming, and a rival catering company is fuming. But there’s a sting in the tale when the aunt of one of Allie’s clients and best friends, Tegan, is murdered. Tegan is the victim’s sole heir, and quickly becomes the main suspect. Allie has no doubts about her friend’s innocence, but how to prove it?

Once again, her love of literature comes to the rescue, and with some guidance from her favorite fictional detectives, including Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes, Allie sifts through the clues.
With a little luck—and the kind of pluck that would make Elizabeth Bennett proud—she may be able to stop a killer from serving up a second course of murder . . .

 

The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden

Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She's seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot.

Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet.

Then the brutal murder of a young woman―the latest in a string of deaths across the coast―confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them. 

Sydney should feel safe. After all, she is dating the guy of her dreams. But she can't shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be as perfect as he seems. Because someone is watching her every move, and if she doesn't get to the truth, she'll be the killer's next victim...

 

A Merry Little Murder Plot by Jenn McKinlay

During the most wonderful time of the year, famous author Helen Monroe arrives in Briar Creek to be the writer in residence, but her “bah humbug” attitude excludes her from the many holiday celebrations the town residents enjoy. To try to spread some Christmas cheer, library director Lindsey Norris invites the new writer in town to join her crafternoon club. Helen politely refuses and when an altercation happens between Helen and another patron, Lindsey begins to suspect the author has been keeping to herself for a reason.

Another newcomer, Jackie Lewis, reveals she’s visiting Briar Creek to be near Helen because she believes they are destined to meet. Having dealt with a stalker in the past, Lindsey feels compelled to tell Helen about Jackie, as she suspects that Helen is unaware her “number one” fan is in town.

When Jackie’s body is later discovered in the town park beneath the holiday-light display with a copy of Helen’s latest manuscript in her hand, the reclusive novelist becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her self-proclaimed mega-fan. Helen’s frosty demeanor melts when Lindsey offers her help, and now the librarian and her crafternoon pals must prove the author innocent before "The End" becomes Helen's final sentence.

 

Killing Time: An Agatha Raisin Mystery by M.C. Beaton

Agatha Raisin’s private detective agency has their work cut out for them when a series of shop burglaries disturbs their quiet Cotswolds village. When the break-ins take a violent turn and a murder occurs, it's all hands on deck to find the killer. As if that weren't keeping Agatha busy enough, Sir Charles Fraith has called on her to help stage a glamorous promotional extravaganza on the grounds of his ancestral home, Barfield House.

When Agatha begins to receive death threats and narrowly avoids being kidnapped, she takes advantage of a previously arranged trip to Mallorca with her recent paramour, former police officer John Glass, to lie low for a while.

Can Agatha track down whoever it is that wants her dead, nail the murderer, and keep her romance alive too? It's a race against the clock as the Cotswolds' favorite PI rushes to put the pieces together before the seconds run out.

B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Ethics

BF482 .B35 2024  The cure for burnout : how to find balance and reclaim your life / Emily Ballesteros

 

 

 

BF515 .L46 2021  Dopamine nation : finding balance in the age of indulgence  / Anna Lembke, M.D.

 

 

 

BF575.A86 M46 2024  Secure love : create a relationship that lasts a lifetime / Julie Menanno

 

 

 

BF575.F14 D85 2022  Quit : the power of knowing when to walk away / Annie Duke

 

 

 

BF575.G7 D479 2017  It's ok that you're not ok : meeting grief and loss in a culture that doesn't understand / Megan Devine

 

 

 

BF575.G7 O2584 2023  The grieving brain : the surprising science of how we learn from love and loss / Mary-Frances O'Connor

 

 

 

BF575.L8 S558 2023  8 rules of love : how to find it, keep it, and let it go / Jay Shetty

 

 

 

BF575.S37 T39 2021  The body is not an apology : the power of radical self-love / Sonya Renee Taylor

 

 

 

BF637.P3 T38 2021  Set boundaries, find peace : a guide to reclaiming yourself / Nedra Glover Tawwab

 

 

 

BF637.S4 B8117 2021  Atlas of the heart : mapping meaningful connection and the language of human experience / Brené Brown

 

 

BJ1360 .B36 2023  Humanly possible : seven hundred years of humanist freethinking, inquiry, and hope / Sarah Bakewell

 

 

 

BQ7185 .S34 2023  Living Theravada : demystifying the people, places, and practices of a Buddhist tradition / Brooke Schedneck

 

 

BR1642.U6 A53 2023  The kingdom, the power, and the glory : American evangelicals in an age of extremism / Tim Alberta

C: History of Civilization, Biography

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

GT2345 .B43 2017  Tattoo culture : theory and contemporary contexts / Lee Barron

 

 

 

GT3150 .V5413 2023  Living with the dead : how we care for the deceased / Vibeke Maria Viestad and Andreas Viestad

 

 

 

GV1033.5.I55 I54 2024  Speed capital : Indianapolis auto racing and the making of modern America / Brian M. Ingrassia

 

 

 

GV546 .C87 2021  Science of strength training : understand the anatomy and physiology to transform your body / Austin Current

 

 

GV706.32 .D43 2023  Decolonizing sport / edited by Janice Forsyth, Christine O'Bonsawin, Russell Field and Murray G. Phillips

H: Social Sciences: Business, Economics, Sociology

HB3722 .J36 2023   Seven crashes : the economic crises that shaped globalization / Harold James

 

 

 

HD57.7.B764 D37 2018   Dare to lead : brave work, tough conversations, whole hearts / Brene Brown

 

 

 

HF5382.7 .L86 2023   The unwritten rules of job searching : learn how the process really works, and what you need to do / Tim Luchtefeld, MBA

 

 

 

HF5383 .T664 2024   Why you, why me, why now : the mindset and moves to land that first job, from networking to cover letters, resumes, and interviews / Rachel Toor

 

 

 

HF5549.12 .C75 2023   Managing Millennials : shaping a new work paradigm / Jacqueline Cripps

 

 

 

HF5823 .B27 2016   The advertising concept book : think now, design later : a complete guide to creative ideas, strategies and campaigns / Pete Barry

 

 

HG179 .M49 2024   The personal finance cookbook : easy-to-follow recipes to remedy your financial problems / Nick Meyer, CFP

 

 

HQ77.8.S353 A3 2024   I heard her call my name : a memoir of transition / Lucy Sante

 

 

 

HQ777.93 .B76 2020   Parenting for liberation : a guide for raising Black children / Trina Greene Brown

 

 

 

HQ801.8 .M546 2023   Interracial romance and health : bridging generations, race relations, and well-being / Byron Miller

 

 

 

HQ834 .L44 2024   This American ex-wife : how I ended my marriage and started my life / Lyz Lenz

 

 

 

HQ980.5.U5 O57 2022   Fifty years of polyamory in America : a guided tour of a growing movement / Glen W. Olson and Terry Lee Brussel-Rogers

 

 

 

HV5045 .M53 2023   Bamboozled : how alcohol makes fools of us all / Ken Makimsy Middleton

 

 

 

HV5060 .A44 2022   Sober on a drunk planet : giving up alcohol, the unexpected shortcut to finding happiness, health & financial freedom / Sean Alexander

 

 

 

HV5825 .S4499 2024   How we hurt : the politics of pain in the opioid epidemic / Melina Sherman

 

 

 

HV6250.4.W65 S29 2023   #Sayhername : Black women's stories of police violence and public silence / The African American Policy Forum ; coauthored by Kimberle Crenshaw and the African American Policy Forum

 

 

 

What makes us social? / Chris Frith and Uta Frith   online

 

 

 

Behind the search box: Google and the global internet industry / ShinJoung Yeo   online and print

J: Political Science

L: Education

LB1575.5.U5 L45 2023   Teaching children's literature : it's critical! / Christine H. Leland, Mitzi Lewison, and Jerome C. Harste

 

 

 

LB2395 .F73 2023   Foundation study skills for high school students : unlocking the 8 superhabits of study / Scott Francis

 

 

 

LB45 .D57 2024   City of intellect : the uses and abuses of the university / Nicholas B. Dirks, New York Academy of Sciences

 

 

 

LC1037 .C376 2024   Shift teaching forward : advancing career skills to prepare tomorrow's workforce / Kelly Cassaro, Dana Lee

 

 

 

LC2781.7 .C53 2022   Young, gifted and diverse : origins of the new Black elite / Camille Z. Charles, Rory Kramer, Douglas S. Massey, Kimberly C. Torres

 

 

Interdisciplinary team teaching: a collaborative study of high-impact practices / Reneta D. Lansiquot, editor  online

M: Music

ML82 .T39 2023   She's a badass : women in rock shaping feminism / by Katherine Yeske Taylor

N: Fine Arts

N8217.B535 W37 2023   Blk art : the audacious legacy of Black artists and models in Western art / Zaria Ware

 

 

NA2541 .R327 2023   Climatic architecture / Philippe Rahm

 

 

 

NA2543.T43 B47 2022   Machine learning : architecture in the age of artificial intelligence / Phil Bernstein  print and online

 

 

 

NA2700 .C46 2024   Architectural graphics / Francis D. K. Ching

 

 

 

NA2728 .D73 2023   Drawing attention : architecture in the age of social media / [edited by] Hamza Shaikh

 

 

NA2793 .B65 2023   Old building, new ideas : a selective architectural history of additions, adaptations, reuse and design invention / Francoise Astorg Bollack

 

 

NA380 .B76 2023   Islamic architecture : a world history / Eric Broug

 

 

 

NA9053.E58 B38 2022   Merging city and nature : 30 commitments to combat climate change / Batlleiroig, edited by Marta Poch 

 

 

P: Language, Literature

P211 .S683 2023   How writing made us human, 3000 BCE to now / Walter Stephens

 

 

 

PN1969.D73 H35 2020   The art of drag / written by Jake Hall ; artwork by Sofie Birkin, Helen Li, Jasjyot Singh Hans & more

 

 

 

PN1995.9.B585 M37 2023   Black rodeo : a history of the African American western / Mia Mask

 

 

 

PN4867 .L38 2023   Journalists and their shadows / Patrick Lawrence

 

 

 

PN6071.A845 T46 2024   Literary theory for robots : how computers learned to write / Dennis Yi Tenen

 

 

 

PN6710 .D863 2023   The power of comics and graphic novels : culture, form, and context / Randy Duncan, Matthew J. Smith, and Paul Levitz

 

 

PN6727.L587 N542 2023   The night eaters. Book 2, Her little reapers / Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda ; letterer, Chris Dickey

 

 

 

PN6727.S56 U7 2023   Us / Sara Soler ; English translation by Silvia Perea Labayen

 

 

 

PN6728.I57 K57 2021   Invincible : ultimate collection, Volume 1 / created by Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker

 

 

PN6728.I57 K576 2021   Invincible : ultimate collection,  Volume 2 / Created by Robert Kirkman & Cory Walker

 

 

 

PN6732 .T48 2019   This place : 150 years retold / foreword by Alicia Elliott ; stories by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, et al

 

 

 

PN6747.M47 A4413 2020  Algeriennes : the forgotten women of the Algerian Revolution / Swann Meralli and Deloupy

 

 

 

PN6767.B38 Q3613 2022   When everything turned blue / Alessandro Baronciani 

 

 

 

PN6790.J33 A668 2020   The apothecary diaries. Volume 1 / story by Natsu Hyuuga 

 

 

 

PN6790.J33 A6684 2021   The apothecary diaries. Volume 2 / story by Natsu Hyuuga

 

 

 

PN6790.J33 A66845 2021   The apothecary diaries. Volume 3 / story by Natsu Hyuuga 

 

 

 

PN6790.J33 H6613 2023   Homunculus. Volume 1-2 / Hideo Yamamoto

 

 

 

PN81 .K6958 2023   Criticism and truth : on method in literary studies / Jonathan Kramnick

PR6119.P84 C35 2024   Cahokia jazz : a novel / Francis Spufford

 

 

 

PR9619.3.W67 P73 2024   Praiseworthy / Alexis Wright

 

 

 

PS228.W65 T48 2023   The sisterhood : how a network of Black women writers changed American culture / Courtney Thorsson

 

 

 

PS3568.O2893 M56 2020   The ministry for the future / Kim Stanley Robinson

 

 

 

PS3601.C475 F36 2023   Family lore : a novel / Elizabeth Acevedo

 

 

 

PS3603.A4466 H95 2023   Hyperspace war : gates of Hell / Joshua T. Calvert

 

 

 

PS3603.H357535 D44 2023   Deep as the sky, red as the sea : a novel / Rita Chang-Eppig

 

 

 

PS3607.A9857 A6 2015   Catalog of unabashed gratitude / Ross Gay

 

 

 

PS3608.A71522 M35 2023   The making of another major motion picture masterpiece / Tom Hanks

 

 

 

PS3608.U58 I49 2019   In the house in the dark of the woods / Laird Hunt

 

 

 

PS3613.A77555 F56 2020   Finna : poems / by Nate Marshall

 

 

 

PS3619.M5955 L54 2011   Life on Mars : poems / Tracy K. Smith

 

 

 

PS591.B53 T55 2024   This is the honey : an anthology of contemporary Black poets / edited with an introduction by Kwame Alexander

 

 

 

PZ7.1.A245 Th 2023   There goes the neighborhood / Jade Adia

 

 

 

PZ7.1.L523 Ru 2023   Ruby lost and found / Christina Li

 

 

 

PZ7.1.Z64 Ni 2023   Nigeria Jones / Ibi Zoboi

Q: Mathematics, Computer Science, Sciences

Q225 .V377 2023   Science communication and public engagement : evolving toward science-society participation / Denisse Vasquez-Guevara

 

 

 

Q335 .S8858 2023   The coming wave : technology, power, and the twenty-first century's greatest dilemma  / Mustafa Suleyman with Michael Bhaskar

 

 

QA76.9.A25 M86 2023   Anatomy of cyber attacks : exploitation of the weakest link / Dr. Jamaine Mungo, CISSP, CEH

 

 

 

QH510.5 .H37 2023   Sounds wild and broken : sonic marvels, evolution's creativity, and the crisis of sensory extinction / David George Haskell

 

 

QP401 .P87 2022   The brain behind pain : exploring the mind-body connection / Akhtar Purvez, MD

 

 

 

 

QP562.G5 R45 2023   Fat, stressed, and sick : MSG, processed food, and America's health crisis / Katherine Reid, with Barbara Price

R: Medicine, Nursing

R726.8 .A37 2023   Advanced practice palliative nursing / edited by Constance Dahlin

 

 

 

R726.8 .N38 2023   The nature of suffering and the goals of nursing / edited by William E. Rosa and Betty R. Ferrell

 

 

 

R728.8 .K49 2023   Kinn's the medical assistant : an applied learning approach / Brigitte Niedzwiecki, Julie Pepper

 

 

 

R855.3 .C43 2023   Biomedical device technology : principles and design / by Anthony Y.K. Chan   print and online

 

 

 

R858 .S94 2022   Population health analytics / Martha Sylvia, PhD, MBA, RN Ines Vigil, MD, MBA, MPH

 

 

R858.A1 H425 2024   Health informatics : an interprofessional approach / [edited by] Lynda R. Hardy

 

 

 

RA564.85 .F47 2024   Women's health in primary care : an integrated approach / Lisa L. Ferguson, Susan M. Kendig, Sarah B. Freeman, Kelly Ellington

 

 

RA564.85 .H677 2024   Looking through the speculum : examining the women's health movement / Judith A. Houck

 

 

 

RA776.95 .W46 2022   Self-care for caregivers : a practical guide to caring for you while you care for your loved one / Susanne White

 

 

RA778 .S8295 2019   The American duchess guide to 18th century beauty : 40 projects for period-accurate hairstyles, makeup and accessories / Lauren Stowell and Abby Cox with Cheyney McKnight

 

 

RA781.67 .B34 2020   Restorative yoga : Relax. Restore. Re-energize / Caren Baginski

 

 

RA781.7 .S945 2019   Science of yoga : understand the anatomy and physiology to perfect your practice / Ann Swanson

 

 

RC262 .A855 2024   An ungovernable foe : science and policy innovation in the U.S. National Cancer Institute / Natalie B. Aviles

 

 

 

RC394.A85 H33 2022   ADHD 2.0 : new science and essential strategies for thriving with distraction--from childhood through adulthood / Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., and John J. Ratey, M.D.

 

 

RC480 .S334 2021   No bad parts : healing trauma and restoring wholeness with the internal family systems model / Richard C. Schwartz

 

 

RC552.P67 V358 2015   The body keeps the score : brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma / Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D.

 

 

RC564 .H86 2023   Addiction : a very short introduction / Keith Humphreys   print and online

 

 

 

RC568.C2 B73 2022   Mindful marijuana smoking : health tips for cannabis smokers / Mark Mathew Braunstein

 

 

 

RC569.5.C63 B43 2022   Codependent no more : how to stop controlling others and start caring for yourself / Melody Beattie

 

 

 

RC86.8 .S54 2024   Sheehy's manual of emergency care / Emergency Nurses Association ; edited by Andi Foley, DNP.RN. APRN-CNS, FAEN

 

 

RC931.O73 A425 2022   Understanding osteoporosis : an introduction for patients and caregivers / Naheed Ali

 

 

 

RD156 .W68 2022   Wound ballistics : basics and applications / Beat Kneubuehl, editor

 

 

 

RD734.5.P58 C59 2022   Netter's orthopaedic clinical examination : an evidence-based approach / Joshua A. Cleland, PT, PhD, FAPTA, et al

 

 

RD771.B217 H39 2021   Talking back : how to overcome chronic back pain and rebuild your life / Rowland G. Hazard, MD.

 

 

 

RJ245 .P434 2023   Pediatric primary care : practice guidelines for nurses / edited by Beth Richardson

 

 

 

RJ506.D4 W76 2024   Living with depression / by Susan Wroble

 

 

 

RM301.12 .S55 2024   Mosby's 2024 nursing drug reference / Linda Skidmore-Roth, RN, MSN, NP

 

 

 

 

RT42 .D55 2023   Dilemmas and decision making in nursing : a practice-based approach / edited by Julia Hubbard   print and online

 

 

 

RT97 .P837 2022   Public health nursing : scope and standards of practice / American Nurses Association

Palliative and Hospice Nursing Care Guidelines / Patricia Moyle Wright  online

 

 

 

CPT 2024 : professional edition  online

 

 

Wong's clinical manual of pediatric nursing / Marilyn J. Hockenberry, Rosalind Bryant, Melody Brown Hellsten  online

 

 

 

Public health 101 : improving community health / Richard Riegelman, Brenda Kirkwood  online

 

 

 

Mastering precepting / Beth Tamplet Ulrich  online

 

 

 

Nurse practitioners and nurse anesthetists : the evolution of the global roles / edited by Sophia L. Thomas, Jackie S. Rowles  online

 

 

 

Veteran and military mental health : a clinical manual / Christopher H. Warner, Carl A. Castro, editors  online

 

 

 

100 questions & answers about HIV and AIDS / Paul E. Sax  online

 

 

 

A guide to managing atypical communication in healthcare : meaningful conversations in challenging consultations / edited by Riya George & Michelle O'Reilly  online

 

 

Society 5. 0 and Next Generation Healthcare : Patient-Focused and Technology-Assisted Precision Therapies  online

 

 

 

Health informatics : multidisciplinary approaches for current and future professionals / Salvatore Volpe  online

 

 

 

Diagnosis and treatment planning in dentistry / Stephen J. Stefanac, Samuel P. Nesbit  online

S: Agriculture

SB387.7 .F73 2019   Volcanoes & wine : from Pompeii to Napa / Charles Frankel

T: Technology, Culinary

T14.5 .W44 2023  Techlash : who makes the rules in the digital gilded age? / Tom Wheeler

 

 

 

TL220 .D4443 2024  Electric and hybrid vehicles / Tom Denton and Hayley Pells

 

 

 

TR501 .U48 2011   The ultimate practical guide to scrapbooking : creating fabulous lasting memory journals to cherish / contributing editor, Alison Lindsay

 

 

TR659 .K59 2024   Photography for architects : effective use of images in your architectural practice / Martine Hamilton Knight

 

 

 

TT497 .K49 2024   The path to net zero for the fashion industry : five strategies for decarbonisation / Simon J. Kew

 

 

 

TT958.3 .N48 2017   The complete nail technician / Marian Newman

 

 

 

TX724.5.J3 A37 2023   Eating the Shokuiku way : the Japanese guide to raising kids with healthy food habits / Marie Akisawa and Motoko Kimura