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Central Piedmont Library - New Titles: January 2025

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

Mechanize My Hands to War by Erin Wagner

September, 2060: Adrian Hall, acting director of the ATF, is holding a press conference. Yes, Eli Whitaker, anti-android demagogue, remains at large, and yes, he is recruiting children into his militia — Adrian is careful not to use the word army. She is careful all the way through the conference, right up until someone asks her about her personal connection to Whitaker; about Trey Caudill, his foster son.

July, 2058: Farmers Shay and Ernst, struggling after they discover their GMO crop seeds have failed, hire android employees: Sarah as hospice, and AG-15 to work the now-toxic fields. Under one roof, four lives intertwine in ways no one expects.  

July, 2060: Special Agent Trey Caudill is leading a raid on Eli Whitaker’s farm when an android, call sign Ora, shoots and kills a child.

March, 2061: Ora sits in a room. He has been there for seven months, resisting diagnostic tests. He is drawing on the walls, scratching his artificial skin, tracing something over and over and over again with a tired metallic finger. There is nothing wrong with his circuitry, so why does Ora feel so broken?

 

Miss Amelia's List by Mercedes Lackey

The year is 1815, and an American, Miss Amelia Stonehold, has arrived in the Devon town of Axminster, accompanied by her "cousin" Serena Meleva. She’s brought with her a list to tick off: find a property, investigate the neighbors, bargain for and purchase the property, staff the property and...possibly...find a husband. But Amelia soon finds herself contending with some decidedly off-list trouble, including the Honorable Captain Harold Roughtower, whose eyes are fixed on her fortune. Little does Amelia know that his plans for her wealth extend far beyond refurbishing his own crumbing estate — they include the hidden Roman temple of Glykon, where something very old, very angry, and very dangerous still lurks. 

But Roughtower isn’t prepared to reckon with the fact that neither Amelia nor Serena are pushovers. And he certainly isn’t ready for the revelation that he has an Earth Master and a Fire Mage on his hands — or that one of them is a shapeshifter.

 

Knife Skills for Beginners by Orlando Murrin

The Chester Square Cookery School in the heart of London offers students a refined setting in which to master the fine art of choux pastry and hone their hollandaise. True, the ornate mansion doesn’t quite sparkle the way it used to—a feeling chef Paul Delamare is familiar with these days. Worn out and newly broke, he’d be tempted to turn down the request to fill in as teacher for a week-long residential course, if anyone other than Christian Wagner were asking.
 
Christian is one of Paul’s oldest friends, as well as the former recipient of two Michelin stars and host of Pass the Gravy! Thanks to a broken arm, he’s unable to teach the upcoming session himself, and recruits Paul as stand-in. The students are a motley crew, most of whom seem more interested in ogling the surroundings (including handsome Christian) than learning the best ways to temper chocolate.
 
Yet despite his misgivings, Paul starts to enjoy imparting his extensive knowledge to the recruits—until someone turns up dead, murdered with a cleaver Paul used earlier that day to prep a pair of squabs. Did one of his students take the lesson on knife techniques too much to heart, or was this the result of a long-simmering grudge? In between clearing his own name and teaching his class how to perfectly poach a chicken, he’ll have to figure out who’s the killer, and avoid being the next one to get butchered . . .

 

The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia

Stephanie and Jasmine have nothing and everything in common. The two women don’t know each other but are on the same plane. Stephanie is on a business trip and Jasmine is fleeing an abusive relationship. After a few days, they text their friends the same exact messages about the same man―the messages becoming stranger and more erratic.

And then the two women vanish. The texts go silent, the red flags go up, and the panic sets in. When Stephanie and Jasmine are each declared missing and in danger, it begs the questions: Who is Trent McCarthy? What did he do to these women― or what did they do to him?

 

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life.

Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared.

A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible – a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.

Wives think their husbands will change but they don’t.
Husbands think their wives won’t change but they do.

 

The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha

Meet the Agarwals, who have gathered on a private, luxury island off the west coast of Scotland for a much-anticipated family reunion.

Raj, the patriarch and a business tycoon, is about to announce to his wife and three children the succession plan for his multimillon-dollar Delhi-based company. Shalini, the fragile matriarch, is ready to have her husband to herself after years of sacrifice to the family business. Myra, the golden child, owner of the island and host of the reunion, is, unbeknownst to her family, on the brink of bankruptcy. Aseem, the son and supposed heir, is torn between his love for his wife and his duty to family. Aisha, the youngest, a party girl whose antics are legendary, can’t pass up an opportunity to wreak havoc. And then there’s Zoe, Aseem’s wife, the outsider whose #InstaPerfect life is built on a foundation of lies.

They’ve all got secrets they would die to protect. Who will survive this high-stakes reunion, and who will become a victim of their own greed? One thing is certain: this family gathering will shatter more than just their illusions of unity.

B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Ethics

BC199.I4 K54 2023   Doppelganger : a trip into the mirror world / Naomi Klein

 

 

 

BF442 .M66 2024   The age of magical overthinking : notes on modern irrationality / Amanda Montell

 

 

 

BF723.P25 K57 2022   Overcoming parental anxiety : rewire your brain to worry less & enjoy parenting more / Debra Kissen, PhD, MHSA, Micah Ioffe, PhD, Hannah Romain, LCSW

 

 

BH301.P45 M34 2023   Your brain on art : how the arts transform us / Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross   print & online

 

 

 

BH39 .L5959 2022   Aesthetic life and why it matters / Dominic McIver Lopes, Bence Nanay, and Nick Riggle

 

 

 

BJ1461 .S325 2023   Determined : a science of life without free will / Robert M. Sapolsky

 

 

 

BL240.3 .D57 2022   Science and religion : a very short introduction / Thomas Dixon and Adam R. Shapiro

 

 

 

BL2525 .S532 2023   The undertow : scenes from a slow civil war / Jeff Sharlet

 

 

 

BL625.2 .B35 2016   Down in the valley : an introduction to African American religious history / Julius H. Bailey

 

 

 

BM610 .H452 2024   Judaism is about love : recovering the heart of Jewish life / Shai Held

 

 

 

BQ895 .B828 2024   How to read a church : a guide to images, symbols and meanings in churches and cathedrals / Richard Taylor

 

 

 

BV4529 .G637 2023   The worry-free parent : living in confidence so your kids can too / Sissy Goff

 

 

 

Embodying Antiracist Christianity: Asian American theological resources for just racial relations / Keun-joo Christine Pae and Boyung Lee, editors   online

D: World History

DK510.763 .S695 2022   Dancing on bones : history and power in China, Russia, and North Korea / Katie Stallard

 

 

 

DS799.82.C35 .Y68 2023   The boy from Clearwater. Book 1 / Yu Pei-Yun ; Zhou Jian-Xin ; translation by Lin King

 

 

 

DS922.35 .K5274 2021   Banned book club / Kim Hyun Sook, Ko Hyung-Ju, Ryan Estrada

E & F: American History & Western Hemisphere

E185.615 .M298 2022   Freedom! : the story of the Black Panther Party / Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, Waldo E. Martin, Jr

 

 

 

E185.625 .P357 2024   You get what you pay for : essays / Morgan Parker

 

 

 

E185.86 .B52365 2022   The Black agenda : bold solutions for a broken system / edited by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman

 

 

 

F1971 .M45 2024   Puerto Rico : a national history / Jorell Meléndez-Badillo

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

H: Social Sciences: Business, Economics, Sociology

HD2963 .G37 2022   Smarter collaboration : a new approach to breaking down barriers and transforming work / Heidi K Gardner, Ivan A Matviak

 

 

HD62.5 .V57 2023   Startup myths and models : what you won't learn in business school / Rizwan Virk

 

 

 

HD9715.A2 J32 2020   Construction management jumpstart : the best first step toward a career in construction management / Barbara J. Jackson

 

 

HE336.P37 G73 2023   Paved paradise : how parking explains the world / Henry Grabar

 

 

 

HE8700.76.U6 B769 2023   24/7 politics : cable television and the fragmenting of America from Watergate to Fox News / Kathryn Cramer Brownell

 

 

HF5381 .B63513 2022   What color is your parachute? for teens discover yourself, design your future, and plan for your dream job / Carol Christen   print & online

 

 

HF5386 .A763 2024   The value of values : how leaders can grow their businesses and enhance their careers by doing the right thing / Daniel Aronson

 

 

HF5718.5 .P84 2005   Powerful proposals : how to give your business the winning edge / David G. Pugh and Terry R. Bacon

 

 

 

HG177.5.U6 B769 2022   Grant writing for dummies / by Dr. Beverly A. Browning, MPA, DBA   print & online

 

 

 

HG4529 .R87 2024   How to be a 20-minute trader : an essential guide for all traders in any market / Jeremy Russell

 

 

 

HM621 .C488 2024   Filterworld : how algorithms flattened culture / Kyle Chayka

 

 

 

HQ766.5.U5 N63 2024   Fighting for reproductive justice : Black women leading a movement / Ngeri Nnachi

 

 

 

HV2476.4 .M33 2020   The hidden treasure of Black ASL : its history and structure / Carolyn McCaskill, Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, Joseph Hil

 

 

HV6250.4.W65 L565 2022   America, goddam : violence, Black women, and the struggle for justice / Treva B. Lindsey

J: Political Science

JC585 .A7613 2023   Liberty and equality / Raymond Aron ; translated by Samuel Garrett Zeitlin 

 

 

 

A Supreme Court unlike any other : the deepening divide between the justices and the people / Kevin J. McMahon   online

N: Fine Arts

NA2340 .M67 2024   Chicagoland dream houses : how a mid-century architecture competition reimagined the American home / Siobhan Moroney

 

 

NB237.N43 B793 2023   Louise Nevelson's sculpture : drag, color, join, face / Julia Bryan-Wilson

 

 

NC655 .P3613 2023   How to draw a graphic novel / Balthazar Pagani

 

 

 

NE539.S72 A4 2018   Frank Stella unbound : literature and printmaking / Mitra Abbaspour, Calvin Brown, Erica Cooke

 

 

Your brain on art: how the arts transform us / by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross   online & print

P: Language, Literature

PA8260 .B765 2023   Bede and the theory of everything / Michelle P. Brown

 

 

 

PE1112 .S773 2021   The blue book of grammar and punctuation : an easy-to-use guide with clear rules, real-world examples, and reproducible quizzes / Lester Kaufman, Jane Straus

 

 

PE1128 .W45 2021   Learn English through stories : 16 stories to improve your English grammar and English vocabulary. [Volume 1] / Donald Wells

 

 

PE1128.A2 .S55 2017   English as a second language : reinforcement activity book / Tommie A. Shider

 

 

 

PE1137 .X56 2018   English pronunciation : pronounce it perfectly in 4 months fun & easy / Ken Xiao

 

 

 

PE1464 .G74 2019   The great book of American idioms : a dictionary of American idioms, sayings, expressions, & phrases

 

 

 

PN6727.A5243 C79 2022   Cryptid club / Sarah Andersen

 

 

PN6728.T35 E156 2022   The last Ronin / story by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Tom Waltz ; script by Kevin Eastman

 

 

 

PN6747.L366 P7313 2024   Masters of the Nefarious : mollusk rampage / by Pierre La Police

 

 

 

PN6790.K63 G46413 2023   The naked tree / Keum Suk Gendry-Kim ; translated by Janet Hong

 

 

 

PQ7298.429.E355 M8713 2019   The murmur of bees / Sofi­a Segovia

 

 

 

PQ8097.N4 L5 2001   The book of questions / Pablo Neruda ; translated by William O'Daly

 

 

 

PR508.T56 H83 2023   Time and timelessness in Victorian poetry / Irmtraud Huber

 

 

 

PR9619.4.M3798 M54 2021   Migrations / Charlotte McConaghy

 

 

 

PS3551.N464 Z695 2010   I know why the caged bird sings, by Maya Angelou / editor, Mildred R. Mickle

 

 

 

PS3563.Y48 Z47 2001   Bad boy : a memoir / by Walter Dean Myers

 

 

 

PS3608.E5736 M94 2024   My favorite terrible thing : a novel / Madeleine Henry

 

 

 

PS3610.A356415 Z46 2019   Good talk : a memoir in conversations / Mira Jacob

 

 

 

PS3611.L86 H68 2020   The house in the cerulean sea / TJ Klune

 

 

 

PS3612.A58536 J69 2024   Joy is the justice we give ourselves / J. Drew Lanham

PS3615.R32 W36 2024   Wandering stars / Tommy Orange

 

 

 

PS3619.E4158 R35 2023   Raiders of the lost heart / Jo Segura

 

 

 

PS3623.H578 L37 2024   The last time she saw him : a novel / Kate White

 

 

 

PT6467.28.I53 I3913 2022   Once a young lady / by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem

 

 

 

PZ7.1.G65218 Fm 2023   Foul heart huntsman / Chloe Gong

 

 

 

PZ7.1.G7115 Mi 2024   The misdirection of fault lines / Anna Gracia

 

 

 

PZ7.1.H432 Re 2021   The reckless kind / Carly Heath

 

 

 

PZ7.1.L43 Dow 2019   The downstairs girl / Stacey Lee

 

 

 

PZ7.1.N687 Mo 2024   Most ardently : a Pride & prejudice remix / Gabe Cole Novoa

 

 

 

PZ7.1.O39 Gi 2022   The girl who fell beneath the sea / by Axie Oh

 

 

 

PZ7.1.P565 An 2021   Angel of Greenwood / Randi Pink

 

 

 

PZ7.1.S336574 Im 2023   Immortality : a love story / Dana Schwartz

 

 

 

PZ7.1.S6763 Pi 2024   Piper Chen sings / written by Phillipa Soo and Maris Pasquale Doran

 

 

PZ7.1.W4418 Sp 2023   The spirit bares its teeth / Andrew Joseph White

 

 

 

PZ7.5.R66 War 2023   A warning about swans / R. M. Romero

 

 

 

PZ7.7.N16 Cat 2022   Cat + gamer. Volume 2 / story and art by Wataru Nadatani 

 

 

 

PZ7.7.N46 Saf 2024   Safe passage / by G. Neri

 

 

 

PZ7.7.S114 Ju 2024   Just another story : a graphic migration account / Ernesto Saade

 

 

 

PZ7.A73517 Bl 2023   The blood years / Elana K. Arnold

 

 

 

PZ7.B461747 Lov 2020   Lovely war / Julie Berry

 

 

 

PZ7.C622812 Fo 2023   For Lamb / Lesa Cline-Ransome

 

 

 

PZ8.3.M33835 So 2008   Sort it out! / by Barbara Mariconda

Q: Mathematics, Computer Science, Sciences

Q335 .S56 2023   Algorithms for the people : democracy in the age of AI / Josh Simons

 

 

 

QA276.12 .M57 2023   How to think about data science / Diego Miranda-Saavedra

 

 

 

QA292 .R43 2017   What comes first? : a book about sequences / by Nick Rebman

 

 

QA76.8.A66 N66 2023   The Apple II age : how the computer became personal / Laine Nooney

 

 

 

QH44 .R63 2024   Every living thing : the great and deadly race to know all life / Jason Roberts

 

 

 

QL568.A6 B793 2023   What a bee knows : exploring the thoughts, memories, and personalities of bees / Stephen Buchmann

R: Medicine, Nursing

R852 .J46 2023   Random acts of medicine : the hidden forces that sway doctors, impact patients, and shape our health / Anupam B. Jena, M.D., Ph.D. & Christopher Worsham, M.D.

 

 

RA564.86 .G75 2020   EmpowHERed health : reforming a dismissive healthcare system / S. Mayumi Umi Grigsby

 

 

 

RA644.C67 O354 2024   Tell me when it's over : an insider's guide to deciphering COVID myths and navigating our post-pandemic world / Paul A. Offit, M.D.

 

 

RC569.5.C55 C36 2024   Adult survivors of emotionally abusive parents : how to heal, cultivate emotional resilience & build the life & love you deserve / Sherrie Campbell, PhD

 

 

RT73 .S97 2023   A systematic approach to evaluation of nursing programs / edited by Marilyn H. Oermann

 

 

 

American madness: fighting for patients in a broken mental health system / Alice Feller   online

 

 

 

Asian American psychology and psychotherapy : intergenerational trauma, betrayal, and liberation / Shin Shin Tang, PhD   online

 

 

 

The mental health of medical students : supporting wellbeing in medical education / edited by Andrew Molodynski, Sarah Marie Farrell, Dinesh Bhugra   online

 

 

The moral psychology of anxiety / edited by David Rondel and Samir Chopra   online

 

 

 

Clinical Nursing Calculations / Susan Sienkiewicz and Sandra Megerdichian   online

 

 

 

Developing person-centered cultures in healthcare education and practice : an essential guide / edited by Brendan McCormack   online

 

 

Mental health crisis in higher education / edited by Peter Aloka   online

 

 

 

Music and mind: harnessing the arts for health and wellness / edited by Renee Fleming   online

T: Technology, Culinary

T14.5 B765 2024   More than a glitch : confronting race, gender, and ability bias in tech / Meredith Broussard

 

 

 

T16 .B64 2023   Body and machine in classical antiquity / edited by Maria Gerolemou, George Kazantzidis

 

 

 

TD791 .H86 2024   Total garbage : how we can fix our waste and heal our world / Edward Humes

 

 

 

TH435 .M37 2024   Construction project estimating 101 : for beginners & new graduates / P.D. Mason

 

 

 

TH4811 .T73 2024   Transforming issues in housing design / edited by Kutay Guler

 

 

 

TH4816 .C66 2024   Contractor's pricing guide : residential repair & remodeling costs with RSMeans data 2024 / Sam Babbitt, senior editor

 

 

TJ789 .E74 2024   Dynamic and fatigue assessment of heavy-duty engine valves / Angelina Eret

 

 

 

TK2945.L58 M87 2022   Long hard road : the lithium-ion battery and the electric car / Charles J. Murray   print & online

 

 

 

TL255 .C6782 2022   Auto collision repair and refinishing. Workbook / Michael Crandell

 

 

 

TR140.D43 G65 2024   Everywhere beauty is Harlem : the vision of photographer Roy DeCarava / Gary Golio ; art by E.B. Lewis

 

 

TS536.6.S46 M39 2023   American gun : the true story of the AR-15 / Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson

 

 

 

TT775 .S77 2022   The embroidered closet : modern hand-stitching for upgrading and upcycling your wardrobe / Alexandra Stratkotter

 

 

TT820 .D674 2024   Fast and fabulous knits : 18 speedy sweater and top patterns for busy knitters / Jaime Dorfman

 

 

 

TT820 .L96 2022   Patty Lyons' knitting bag of tricks : over 70 sanity saving hacks for better knitting / Patty Lyons, illustrations by Franklin Habit

 

 

TT825 .J668 2022   Hip to be square : 20 contemporary crochet designs using 5 simple squares / Katie Jones

 

 

 

TT829 .B73 2019   Kawaii crochet : 40 super cute crochet patterns for adorable amigurumi / Melissa Bradley

 

 

TT829 .E87 2020   Crochet cafe : recipes for amigurumi crochet patterns / Lauren Espy

 

 

 

TT920 .C6259 2022   The beginner's guide to hand building : functional and sculptural projects for the home potter / Sunshine Cobb

 

TX652 .M558 2023   At the table : the chef's guide to advocacy / Katherine Miller

 

 

 

TX714 .A93 2023   Avatar : the official cookbook of Pandora

 

 

TX725.A1 B735 2023   Delicious Disney : Disneyland Resort : recipes & stories from the happiest place on Earth / Pam Brandon & the Disney chefs ; with commemorative contributions by Marcy Carriker Smothers and essays by the staff of the Walt Disney Archives

 

Co-intelligence: living and working with AI / Ethan Mollick   online

 

 

 

Conversion of Water and CO2 to Fuels Using Solar Energy : Science, Technology and Materials / edited by Oomman K. Varghese and Flavio Leandro de Souza   online

 

 

Writing AI Prompts For Dummies / by Stephanie Diamond and Jeffrey Allan   online

 

 

U & V: Military Science

UB433 .L37 2022   Hispanic Medal of Honor recipients : American heroes / Michael Lee Lanning

Z: Publishing, Library Science, Information Resources