FICTION
Three Miles Down: A Novel of First Contact in the Tumultuous 1970s by Harry Turtledove
It’s 1974, and Jerry Stieglitz is a grad student in marine biology at UCLA with a side gig selling short stories to science fiction magazines, just weeks away from marrying his longtime fiancée. Then his life is upended by grim-faced men from three-letter agencies who want him to join a top-secret “Project Azorian” in the middle of the north Pacific Ocean―and they really don’t take “no” for an answer. Further, they’re offering enough money to solve all of his immediate problems.
Smells Like Tween Spirit by Laurie Gelman
Jen finds herself fully immersed in sports mom competitiveness. These parents seem perfectly unassuming until their kids start to wrestle, and they become raging pubescent monsters. Learning to navigate this new world while fielding calls from the principal because of Max’s newfound misogynistic behavior, Jen steels herself for the indignities of middle-school life―with her loyal spin class attendees and her bossy 4-year-old granddaughter giving her the strength she needs to press on.
The Gatekeeper by James Byrne
Desmond Aloysius Limerick (“Dez” to all) is a retired mercenary, and enthusiastic amateur musician, currently in Southern California, enjoying the sun and sitting in on the occasional gig, when the hotel he’s at falls under attack. A skilled team attempts to kidnap the Chief legal counsel of Triton Expeditors, a major military contractor – in fact, Petra Alexandris is the daughter of the CEO – but their meticulously-planned, seamlessly executed scheme runs into the figurative ‘spanner-in-the-works,’ Dez himself.
Prison of Sleep: Book II of the Journals of Zaxony Delatree by Tim Pratt
Every time Zaxony Delatree falls asleep, he wakes up on a new world. His life has turned into an endless series of brief encounters. But at least he and Minna, the one companion who has found a way of traveling with him, are no longer pursued by the psychotic and vengeful Lector.
NONFICTION
The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier by April White
For a woman traveling without her husband in the late nineteenth century, there was only one reason to take the train all the way to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, one sure to garner disapproval
from fellow passengers. On the American frontier, the new state offered a tempting freedom often difficult to obtain elsewhere: divorce.
The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours by Chantel Prat
While other scientists focus on how “the” brain works “on average,” Prat argues that our obsession with commonalities has slowed our progress toward understanding the very things that make each of us unique and interesting. Her field-leading research, employing cutting-edge technology, reveals the truth: Complicated as it may be, no two brains are alike. And individual differences in brain functioning are as pervasive as they are fundamental to defining what “normal” looks like.
The Regenerative Garden: 80 Practical Projects for Creating a Self-sustaining Garden Ecosystem by Stephanie Rose
While the word permaculture might sound intimidating, the principals behind it are not. The main goal of permaculture is to turn your space into a functioning ecosystem that’s less reliant on external resources and better able to sustain itself through many seasons of growth and change as it resists pests, diseases, and climate extremes. Whatever the size of your space, from a tiny patio garden to a big backyard, and whether you grow food, flowers, shrubs, trees, or a combination of all, The Regenerative Garden is here to help you become a better, more eco-conscious gardener.
The Storm Is Here: An American Crucible by Luke Mogelson
This is the definitive eyewitness account of how—during a season of sickness, economic uncertainty, and violence — a large segment of Americans became convinced of the need to battle against dark forces plotting to take their country away from them. It builds month by month, through vivid depictions of events on the ground, from the onset of COVID-19 to the attack on the US Capitol — during which Mogelson followed the mob into the Senate chamber—and its aftermath.
CHILDREN’S
Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem by Sojourner Kincaid Rolle
On June 19, 1865, news reached the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas that they were finally free. Some went to church; others threw a big party. Many left Texas immediately in search of a new future; others stayed put in the only home they had ever known. Both choices brought victories and trials. Freedom took different forms for different families down the generations, but one thing was true for everyone: Juneteenth was a day to remember. Now that Juneteenth is a national holiday in the United States, may it never be forgotten.
Ages: 8-12
LIBRARY OPEN
• Lima Public Library is open to the public six days a week. Hours for the Main Library in Lima are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Our Cairo, Elida and Spencerville branch libraries are open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Our Lafayette branch is open from 12 noon to 6 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
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