New and Featured Book Lists

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The alerts feature the latest bestsellers, movies, music CDs, audio books, children's titles, cookbooks, mysteries, travel guides, health books, science fiction and more purchased by the library. Wowbrary alerts are free and do not require a library card.

 

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Digital Library Resources

NoveList K-8 Plus

Provides book recommendations specifically for younger readers. Kids can use it to find books that are just right for their reading level and interests. Parents, teachers, and librarians can find tools to teach with books and engage young readers.
Subjects: Children's Books, Literature and Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction
Type of Content: Database

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NoveList Plus

A database of reading recommendations, NoveList Plus helps readers of all ages find books that match their reading level and interests.
Subjects: Literature and Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction
Type of Content: Database

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Biographies added in the past 30 days

book cover for Paper girl : a memoir of home and family in a fractured America

Paper girl : a memoir of home and family in a fractured America
Beth Macy

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book cover for Joyride : a memoir

Joyride : a memoir
Susan Orlean

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book cover for This happened to me : a reckoning

This happened to me : a reckoning
Kate Price

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book cover for Baldwin : a love story

Baldwin : a love story
Nicholas Boggs

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book cover for The place of tides

The place of tides
James Rebanks

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book cover for We should all be birds : (a memoir)

We should all be birds : (a memoir)
Brian Buckbee

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book cover for Madame Queen : the life and crimes of Harlem’s underground racketeer, Stephanie St. Clair

Madame Queen : the life and crimes of Harlem’s underground racketeer, Stephanie St. Clair
Mary Kay McBrayer

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book cover for Glitz, glam, and a damn good time : how Mamie Fish, queen of the gilded age, partied her way to power

Glitz, glam, and a damn good time : how Mamie Fish, queen of the gilded age, partied her way to power
Jennifer Wright

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book cover for The feather detective : mystery, mayhem, and the magnificent life of Roxie Laybourne

The feather detective : mystery, mayhem, and the magnificent life of Roxie Laybourne
Chris Sweeney

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book cover for The colonel and the king : Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the partnership that rocked the world

The colonel and the king : Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the partnership that rocked the world
Peter Guralnick

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book cover for Charles Sumner : conscience of a nation

Charles Sumner : conscience of a nation
Zaakir Tameez

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book cover for Camp : life, leadership, and why you never stop paddling

Camp : life, leadership, and why you never stop paddling
Michael Eisner

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book cover for Lincoln's lady spymaster : the untold story of the abolitionist Southern belle who helped win the Civil War

Lincoln's lady spymaster : the untold story of the abolitionist Southern belle who helped win the Civil War
Gerri author Willis

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book cover for The Sleep Room : a sadistic psychiatrist and the women who survived him

The Sleep Room : a sadistic psychiatrist and the women who survived him
Jon Stock

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book cover for Fetishized: a reckoning with yellow fever, feminism, and beauty

Fetishized: a reckoning with yellow fever, feminism, and beauty
Kaila Yu

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book cover for The salt stones : seasons of a shepherd's life

The salt stones : seasons of a shepherd's life
Helen Whybrow

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book cover for The colonel and the king : Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the partnership that rocked the world

The colonel and the king : Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the partnership that rocked the world
Peter Guralnick

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book cover for Comedy samurai : forty years of blood, guts, and laughter

Comedy samurai : forty years of blood, guts, and laughter
Larry Charles

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book cover for Fake work : how I began to suspect capitalism is a joke

Fake work : how I began to suspect capitalism is a joke
Leigh Claire La Berge

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book cover for All the colors came out : a father, a daughter, and a lifetime of lessons

All the colors came out : a father, a daughter, and a lifetime of lessons
Kate Fagan

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book cover for Claire McCardell : the designer who set women free

Claire McCardell : the designer who set women free
Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson

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book cover for Semi-well-adjusted despite literally everything : a memoir

Semi-well-adjusted despite literally everything : a memoir
Alyson Stoner

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book cover for Dust tracks on a road : an autobiography

Dust tracks on a road : an autobiography
Zora Neale Hurston

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book cover for The Black Widow : a memoir

The Black Widow : a memoir
Jeanette Lee

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book cover for An exercise in uncertainty : a memoir of illness and hope

An exercise in uncertainty : a memoir of illness and hope
Jonathan Gluck

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book cover for I knew a man who knew Brahms : a memoir

I knew a man who knew Brahms : a memoir
Nancy Shear

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book cover for I'm so glad we had this time together : a memoir

I'm so glad we had this time together : a memoir
Maurice Vellekoop

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book cover for A soldier's life : a Black woman's rise from Army brat to Six Triple Eight champion

A soldier's life : a Black woman's rise from Army brat to Six Triple Eight champion
Edna W Cummings

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book cover for A soldier's life : a Black woman's rise from Army brat to Six Triple Eight champion

A soldier's life : a Black woman's rise from Army brat to Six Triple Eight champion
Edna W Cummings

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book cover for Spellbound : my life as a dyslexic wordsmith

Spellbound : my life as a dyslexic wordsmith
Phil Hanley

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book cover for Doc Watson : a life in music

Doc Watson : a life in music
Eddie Huffman

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book cover for An exercise in uncertainty : a memoir of illness and hope

An exercise in uncertainty : a memoir of illness and hope
Jonathan Gluck

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book cover for Morgan : American financier

Morgan : American financier
Jean Strouse

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book cover for Here after : a memoir

Here after : a memoir
Amy Lin

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book cover for Here after : a memoir

Here after : a memoir
Amy Lin

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book cover for Cold kitchen : a year of culinary journeys

Cold kitchen : a year of culinary journeys
Caroline Eden

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book cover for Too good to be altogether lost : rediscovering Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little house books

Too good to be altogether lost : rediscovering Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little house books
Pamela Smith Hill

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book cover for Courage and compassion : a Jewish boyhood in German-occupied Greece

Courage and compassion : a Jewish boyhood in German-occupied Greece
Anthony Molho

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book cover for Deceptive speed : Eddie Lee Ivery's run through tech, Titletown, and temptation

Deceptive speed : Eddie Lee Ivery's run through tech, Titletown, and temptation
Jerry Gentry

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book cover for Vegas : a memoir of a dark season

Vegas : a memoir of a dark season
John Gregory Dunne

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book cover for The Black Widow : a memoir

The Black Widow : a memoir
Jeanette Lee

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