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The library has purchased many new books so far this year. You can view a handful here along with partial descriptions or go here <\/a><\/strong>to see the full listing. These books are on display in the library’s lobby.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Title: Tool School:\u00a0 the complete guide to using your tools from tape measures to table saws<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author<\/strong>:\u00a0 Burch, Monte<\/p>\n

With any project, having the right tools is only half the battle. It\u2019s knowing how to use them that can make or break a project. Tool School is the all-in-one, easy-to-use reference for every woodworking tool there is, from hammers and nails to lathes, band saws, and portable electric sanders. With over forty years of experience, Burch guides the reader through the entire process of choosing, buying, and using the right tools to get the best results.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"\"Title:\u00a0 The Telescopic Tourists\u2019s Guide to the Moon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author:\u00a0 <\/strong>May, Andrew<\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019re interested in visiting Apollo landing sites or the locations of classic sci-fi movies, this is the tourist guide for you! This tourist guide has a twist \u2013 it is a guide to a whole different world, which you can visit from the comfort of your backyard with the aid of nothing more sophisticated than an inexpensive telescope. It tells you the best times to view the Moon, the most exciting sights to look out for, and the best equipment to use, allowing you to snap stunning photographs as well as view the sights with your own eyes.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"\"Title:\u00a0 A Taste of Cuba<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author:\u00a0 <\/strong>Alonso, Cynthia Carris<\/p>\n

In a country shrouded in secrecy, a mouthwatering, but little-known food scene is emerging. A Taste of Cuba offers unprecedented access into the kitchens of Cuba\u2019s top chefs, where the country\u2019s most delectable dishes are created and where the chefs will share for the very first time, their brilliant techniques, inspiration, and best recipes. You\u2019ll also be given the rare opportunity to walk the streets of Cuba, to experience its vibrant, colorful culture and see its lush landscapes up close.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"\"Title:\u00a0 What The Eyes Don\u2019t See<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author:\u00a0 <\/strong>Mona Hanna-Attisha<\/p>\n

Here is the inspiring story of how Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, alongside a team of researchers, parents, friends, and community leaders, discovered that the children of Flint, Michigan, were being exposed to lead in their tap water\u2014and then battled her own government and a brutal backlash to expose that truth to the world. Paced like a scientific thriller, What the Eyes Don\u2019t See reveals how misguided austerity policies, broken democracy, and callous bureaucratic indifference placed an entire city at risk. And at the center of the story is Dr. Mona herself\u2014an immigrant, doctor, scientist, and mother whose family\u2019s activist roots inspired her pursuit of justice<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"\"Title:\u00a0 Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author:\u00a0 <\/strong>Alice Walker<\/p>\n

Presented in both English and Spanish, Alice Walker shares a timely collection of nearly seventy works of passionate and powerful poetry that bears witness to our troubled times, while also chronicling a life well-lived. From poems of painful self-inquiry, to celebrating the simple beauty of baking frittatas, Walker offers us a window into her magical, at times difficult, and liberating world of activism, love, hope and, above all, gratitude. Whether she\u2019s urging us to preserve an urban paradise or behold the delicate necessity of beauty to the spirit, Walker encourages us to honor the divine that lives inside all of us and brings her legendary free verse to the page once again, demonstrating that she remains a revolutionary poet and an inspiration to generations of fans.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"\"Title:\u00a0 Upper Peninsula of Michigan:\u00a0 a history<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author:\u00a0 <\/strong>Russell M. Magnaghi<\/p>\n

For the first time in over a century, a complete history of the U.P.-from prehistoric origins to the present-is available. Drawing on oral histories, newspapers, census data, archives and libraries, Russell M. Magnaghi has written the seminal history of a very “special place” as seen through the eyes of the men and women who have lived here-the famous and not so famous.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"\"Title:\u00a0 Dopestick:\u00a0 Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author:\u00a0 <\/strong>Beth Macy<\/p>\n

In this masterful work, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America’s twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. From distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs; from disparate cities to once-idyllic farm towns; it’s a heartbreaking trajectory that illustrates how this national crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"\"Title:\u00a0 Girl at War<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author:\u00a0 <\/strong>Sara Novic<\/p>\n

Zagreb, 1991. Ana Juri\u0107 is a carefree ten-year-old, living with her family in a small apartment in Croatia\u2019s capital. But that year, civil war breaks out across Yugoslavia, splintering Ana\u2019s idyllic childhood. Daily life is altered by food rations and air raid drills, and soccer matches are replaced by sniper fire. Neighbors grow suspicious of one another, and Ana\u2019s sense of safety starts to fray. When the war arrives at her doorstep, Ana must find her way in a dangerous world.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"\"Title:\u00a0 Lust on Trial<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author:\u00a0 <\/strong>Amy Werbel<\/p>\n

Anthony Comstock was America\u2019s first professional censor. From 1873 to 1915, as Secretary of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, Comstock led a crusade against lasciviousness, salaciousness, and obscenity that resulted in the confiscation and incineration of more than three million pictures, postcards, and books he judged to be obscene. But as Amy Werbel shows in this rich cultural and social history, Comstock\u2019s campaign to rid America of vice in fact led to greater acceptance of the materials he deemed objectionable, offering a revealing tale about the unintended consequences of censorship.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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