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Author: Logan Manchester

Library Latest- November 7, 2023

Posted on by Logan Manchester

November is National Nonfiction month! Explore this wide genre and learn more about a variety of interesting topics with some of these books. 

 

Prefer eBooks and audiobooks… 

Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World  eBook | audiobook

Why We Swim eBook | audiobook

What an Owl Knows: The new science of the world’s most enigmatic birds eBook | audiobook

Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America eBook | audiobook 

Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings eBook | audiobook

Africa is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent eBook

Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future audiobook 

Thinking with your Hands: The Surprising Science Behind How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts audiobook

The Key to Creativity: The Science behind ideas and how daydreaming can change the word eBook

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around us eBook | audiobook 

 

Library Latest -October 10, 2023

Posted on by Logan Manchester

October is National Cookbook Month! Check out some of these books and the many other cookbooks in the library for some inspiration on recipes and good food as the days get colder. 

Fiction Books with Food 

Cookbooks

 

Prefer eBooks and audiobooks… 

Chef’s Kiss eBook | audiobook

A Pho Love Story eBook | audiobook

Number One Chinese Restaurant eBook | audiobook

Butter Honey Pig Bread eBook | audiobook

Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe eBook | audiobook 

An African American Cookbook: Traditional and other Favorite Recipes eBook

Myers + Chang at Home: Recipes from the Beloved Boston Eatery eBook

The Complete Autumn and Winter: 550+ Recipes for Warming Dinners, Holiday Roasts, Seasonal Desserts, Breads, Food gifts, and more eBook

The Harvest Eating Cookbook: More than 200 Recipes for Cooking with Seasonal Local Ingredients eBook

The Soup Sisters: Over 100 recipes to Warm Hearts…One Bowl at a Time eBook

The Basics: A Really Useful Cookbook eBook

The No Recipe Cookbook eBook 

Library Latest- September 12, 2023

Posted on by Logan Manchester

September 12th is the National Day of Encouragement and it is followed the next day by Positive Thinking Day. Be encouraged and inspired by both days to start your Fall on an optimistic note. Check out these books featuring positive thinking philosophies from around the world. 

 

Prefer eBooks and audiobooks… 

The Little Book of Lykke: Secrets of the World’s Happiest People eBook | audiobook

The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments eBook | audibook

The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living eBook | audiobook

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life eBook | audiobook 

The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life eBook | audiobook

Kintsugi wellness: The Japanese Art of Nourishing Mind, Body, and Spirit audiobook 

Cozy: The Art of Arranging Yourself in the World eBook | audiobook

American Cozy: Hygge-Inspired ways to Create Comfort and Happiness eBook 

Library Latest- August 8, 2023

Posted on by Logan Manchester

Today is International Cat Day! Around the world cats are beloved occupants of our homes. This month read some books with cats featured as sassy magical creatures, mystery solving detectives, and emotional supportive side characters. Also discover more about the history of these animals and what we can learn from them. 

Fiction 

Nonfiction 

 

Prefer eBooks and audiobooks… 

2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas eBook | audiobook 

Death by Beach Read eBook |audiobook

Like Cats and Dogs eBook | audiobook 

On Cats audiobook 

Mala’s Cat: A Memoir of Survival in World War II eBook | audiobook

Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat  audiobook 

101 Amazing Facts About Cats eBook

A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life eBook 

Library Latest -July 18, 2023

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 July is Disability Pride Month! Did you know that the first ever Disability Pride Day was held in Boston in 1990 the same year the Americans with Disabilities Act became a law? Explore more books about trailblazing activists and stories that center the lives of people with a variety of disabilities. 

Memoir

Nonfiction

Fiction 

 

Prefer eBooks and audiobooks… 

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century eBook | audiobook

Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space eBook | audiobook

We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation eBook | audiobook

Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body eBook | audiobook

What Doesn’t Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness – Lessons from a Body in Revolt eBook | audiobook

Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally eBook | audiobook

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice eBook | audiobook

Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life eBook | audiobook

The Kiss Quotient eBook | audiobook

Good Kings Bad Kings eBook | audiobook

Bet on It eBook | audiobook

Starling Days eBook | audiobook

So Lucky eBook | audiobook

A Room Called Earth eBook | audiobook

Library Latest- August 15, 2023

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Next week is World Water Week! Water is a vital resource here on Earth. Explore some of these books to discover more about the impact it’s had on history, the benefits it brings, to perils it causes, and our fragile relationship with this precious liquid that makes up 71% of the planet. 

Nonfiction

Fiction

 

Prefer eBooks and audiobooks… 

The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to his White Mother eBook | audiobook

Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World eBook | audiobook 

The Covenant of Water eBook | audiobook

Flesh and Bone and Water eBook | audiobook

Choppy Water eBook | audiobook

The North Water eBook | audiobook

Something in the Water eBook | audiobook

A Song Below Water eBook | audiobook

The Water Dancer eBook | audiobook

We Are Water eBook | audiobook 

 

Library Latest- July 11, 2023

Posted on by Logan Manchester

July is National Outdoor Month! Find time to do some exploring this summer whether it’s a just walk in the neighborhood, a camping trip, or an outdoors adventure, there is nature to discover everywhere.

Nonfiction

Fiction

 

Prefer eBook and eAudibook options… 

Why We Swim eBook | audiobook

The Invention of Nature : Alexander Von Humboldt’s New World eBook | audiobook

On Trails: An Exploration eBook | audiobook

Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace eBook | audiobook

Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship eBook | audiobook

Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey through every National Park eBook | audiobook

Grandma Gatewood’s Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman who Saved the Appalachian Trail eBook | audiobook

Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America  eBook

The River at Night eBook | audiobook

Bear With Me Now audiobook 

Library Latest- June 20, 2023

Posted on by Logan Manchester

June is Pride Month! Celebrate LGBTQ+ lives and histories by checking out some of these fiction and nonfiction books. 

Fiction

Nonfiction

 

Prefer eBook and eAudibook options. June is also National Audiobook Appreciation Month!

Sorry, Bro eBook | audiobook 

After Sappho eBook | audiobook

Your Driver is Waiting eBook | audiobook

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen eBook | audiobook 

The Verifiers eBook | audiobook

Yerba Buena eBook | audiobook 

Siren Queen eBook | audiobook 

The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes who Changed the World eBook | audiobook

Tomorrow will be Different : Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality eBook | audiobook

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments : Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals eBook | audiobook 

We have Always been Here : A Queer Muslim Memoir eBook | audiobook 

Dear Senthuran : a Black Spirit Memoir eBook | audiobook

 

Library Latest- June 6, 2023

Posted on by Logan Manchester

June is African American Music Appreciation Month! Check out these books to learn more about some celebrated musicians as well as the long history of African American musical creativity.  

Biography 

Nonfiction

Fiction

 

Prefer eBook and eAudibook options. June is also National Audiobook Appreciation Month!

Can’t Stop Won’t Stop eBook | audiobook

A Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance eBook | audiobook

The Beautiful Ones eBook | audiobook

On the Come Up eBook | audiobook

Wild Women and the Blues eBook | audiobook

Let me Hear a Rhyme eBook | audiobook

Love Radio eBook | audiobook 

Library Latest-May 9, 2023

Posted on by Logan Manchester

April showers have brought May flowers to the library! Come check out these flower related books and enjoy the Spring plants in bloom. 

Nonfiction

Fiction

 

Prefer eBook and eAudibook options… 

Fresh Water for Flowers eBook | audiobook

The Scent of Burnt Flowers eBook 

Peach Blossom Spring eBook | audiobook

All the Flowers in Paris eBook | audiobook

A Memory of Violets eBook | audiobook

Flowers on Main eBook | audiobook

Daughter’s of the Flower Fragrant Garden eBook | audiobook

Dog Flowers eBook | audiobook 

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