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The Fiscal Feminist: A Financial Wake-up Call for Women

Kimberlee Davis - Wonderwell
Format: Paperback

Wealth manager and host of The Fiscal Feminist podcast Kimberlee Davis taps her 25 years' experience to teach women how to take charge of their money and control their financial destiny. Women are more educated and successful than ever, but they still tend to stand on the sidelines...
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CREATING COMPASSIONATE KIDS : 50 essential conversations to have with young children

SHAUNA TOMINEY - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Learning easy ways to talk with children about difficult topics.Young children look to the adults in their lives for everything. Sometimes we're prepared for their questions and sometimes we're not.All child development research is clear about the importance of language and conversation...
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Go Big Now: 8 Essential Mindset Practices to Overcome Any Obstacle and Reach Your Goals

Julia Pimsleur
Format: Paperback

Transform Aspirational Thoughts into Life-Changing Results What's the biggest challenge you face if you want to accomplish great things? It's getting and keeping the right mindset, according to the hundreds of high achievers Julia Pimsleur has interviewed and worked with as a business...
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Handpicked: Simple, Sustainable, and Seasonal Flower Arrangements

INGRID CAROZZI - HARRY N ABRAMS
Format: Print book

Brooklyn-based florist Ingrid Carozzi reveals her secrets for creating flower arrangements that are modern, original, and organic in style. Organized by season, the book presents simple step-by-step instruction (how to measure, cut, and place each bloom) for making more than 35 arrangements....
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Some Enchanted Evenings: The Glittering Life and Times of Mary Martin

David Kaufman - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

Mary Martin was one of the greatest stars of her day. Growing up in Texas, she was married early to Benjamin Hagman and gave birth to her first child, Larry Hagman. She was divorced even more quickly. Martin left little Larry with her parents and took off for Hollywood. She didn't make...
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Period: Twelve Voices Tell the Bloody Truth

Various Authors - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Paperback

Periods enter the spotlight in this essay collection that raises a variety of voices on a topic long shrouded in shame and secrecy.In this collection, writers of various ages and across racial, cultural, and gender identities share stories about the period. Each of our twelve authors brings...
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The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

Benjamin Lorr - Center Point Pub; Large Print edition
Format: Library Binding

In this page-turning expos, author Benjamin Lorr pulls back the curtain on the highly secretive grocery industry. Combining deep sourcing, immersive reporting, and sharp, often laugh-out-loud prose, Lorr leads a wild investigation, asking what does it take to run a supermarket How does...
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Artificial Intelligence For Dummies

John Paul Mueller
Format: 2nd Edition

Every time you use a smart device or some sort of slick technology - be it a smartwatch, smart speaker, security alarm, or even customer service chat box - you're engaging with artificial intelligence (AI) . If you're curious about how AI is developed - or question whether AI is real...
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Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family

Mitch Albom - Harper
Format: Hardcover

"Mitch Albom has done it again with this moving memoir of love and loss. You can't help but fall for Chika. A page-turner that will no doubt become a classic." --Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club and The Art of MemoirFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tuesdays...
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

Brian Greene - Vintage Books
Format: Paperback

"[Greene] develops one fresh new insight after another...In the great tradition of physicists writing for the masses, The Elegant Universe sets a standard that will be hard to beat." --George Johnson, The New York Times Book ReviewIn a rare blend of scientific insight and writing...
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