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New and Featured Titles for Libraries | August 2024
SOCIAL SCIENCES

A War of Sections, How Deep South Political Suppression Shaped Voting Rights in America
Steve Suitts

In a sweeping reinterpretation of the history of disfranchisement, Steve Suitts illuminates how a century of political conflicts in Alabama came to shape some of America’s best achievements in voting rights and its continuing struggles over voter suppression. A War of Sections recasts the context and much of the content of disfranchisement in Alabama as an unremitting, decades-long sectional battle in white-only politics between the state’s rural Black Belt and north Alabama counties. Suitts uncovers important Black and white heroes and villains who collectively shaped the arc of voting rights in Alabama and ultimately across the nation.


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FICTION

Something Borrowed
Rachel Scott McDaniel, Allison Pittman, and Susie Finkbeiner

In this novella collection, three Christian historical fiction authors trace generations of wartime romances through a wedding dress. In New York during the Great War, Clara Westlake works as a seamstress in the US “Camouflage Corps” until she teams up with a childhood friend, back home to recover from a war injury, to uncover a threat to their city. World War II rages and best friends, Bette and Alice, do what they can to live a good life in their New York City apartment. When a secret letter reunites Bette with her ex-boyfriend, can they rekindle their love? Kate works in Ike Finch’s family bookstore after losing her husband in the Vietnam War—she focuses on loving her daughter, Eloise, and working to pay the bills. When Ike brings Eloise flowers, Kate wonders if he could be more than an employer.


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FICTION

Where Trees Touch the Sky
Karen Barnett

A split-time novel where two women fight for the redwoods. Marion Baker in the early 1920s is part of the Save the Redwoods League. In 1972, polio-survivor June Turner, Marion’s great niece, is determined to prove herself capable as a park ranger in Redwood National Park despite her disability. But when June teams up with aspiring film student Adam Garner to make a documentary about Marion, they unearth a secret that might shatter the family legacy.

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Passive Aggressive Behavior: Sources and Solutions for Your Library
Thursday, September 5, 2024
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CHILDREN/YOUNG ADULT

Harriet-Hurry Up and the Oh-So-Slow Day
Allia Zobel Nolan

Harriet’s mom calls her Harriet Hurry-Up—and it’s easy to see why. There’s nothing this little girl can’t stand more than waiting. Why, oh, why can’t this day just go faster? But with her gran’s help, this impatient little girl is learning to trust God’s timing and find the blessings he puts in every single day—if she can just slow down long enough to see them. With rhymed text and colorful, whimsical illustrations, Harriet Hurry-Up and the Oh-So-Slow Day! Will quickly become a family favorite.


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CHILDREN/YOUNG ADULT
 

Fifty New Testament Stories for Storytellers
Rob James, Illustrated by Amanda Ruston

From the Annunciation to the Resurrection to Paul’s travels, this new illustrated storyteller’s bible offers a fun and engaging way to introduce children to the key events of the New Testament. Each story is beautifully and diversely illustrated offering visual inspiration to readers and listeners alike.

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DON'T MISS--CHILDREN/YOUNG ADULT
 
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT

Access Super Consciousness: Raise Your Frequency to Overcome Your Biggest Obstacles
RJ Spina

24 Practices to Tap into Your Higher Self

Transcend the limitations of your lower consciousness and discover a perpetual state of peace, flow, and success. RJ Spina, author of the bestselling Supercharged Self-Healing, presents twelve timeless truths and twelve tenets of self-mastery. With their corresponding exercises and meditations, you will tap into your higher self and overcome what's always held you back—your conditioned mind.
Sharing many client stories, RJ helps you release everything that has been in your way, including physical and energetic attachments, mental projections, and emotional complications. He shows you how to turn resentment into forgiveness, move from disorder to order, and realize the infinite potential of your immortal self. With this book, discover how to reconnect to the oneness of life, create a better world, and find true divinity.


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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT

Unquiet Voices: The Magical Art of Laying Ghosts
Rob and Nonie Douglas

Your Field Guide to the Realms of the Unseen

Whispers from beyond the veil haunt and beguile us. Are they from ancestors trying to help or monsters hoping to deceive? This practical guide offers compassionate and effective ways to understand, and be understood by, the unquiet voices all around us.

"Unquiet Voices is a guidebook steeped in tradition and culture…Using both science and ancestral lore, Rob and Nonie Douglas impart their years of experience and research in ways that are easy to incorporate into any spiritual practice.”—Courtney Buckley, professional paranormal investigator, educator, and "ghost bait" on Scared and Alone YouTube series

"This book is a concrete step-by-step overview of the laying of spirits…More importantly, this book stresses relationship with spirits so that you do not inadvertently disrupt a spirit minding its own business.”—Ben Stimpson, author of Ancestral Whispers


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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT

Glamstrology: Discover Your Signature Style with Astrology
Michael Herkes

"A magickal spell book that will help you to express the beauty and glamour that's inside all of us."
—Chris Allaun, author of Whispers from the Coven

Apply Cosmic Insight for a Look That's Uniquely Yours

Your ultimate guide to glamour magic and personal expression, Glamstrology reveals how astrology influences your style and helps you attract what you most desire. Michael Herkes, aka The Glam Witch, deepens your understanding of celestial forces through (size and gender inclusive) spells, rituals, and advice.

Featuring fashion sketches by Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons faculty member Steven Broadway, and a foreword by Theresa Reed, aka The Tarot Lady, author of Astrology for Real Life.

"Rather than finding our sense of self, identity, and expression through gender-norms or social constructs, Herkes invites us to take our cue from the stars and to shine in all our unique glory."
—Shaheen Miro, author of The Lunar Nomad Oracle


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RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY

Solidarity and Mercy: The Power of Christian Humanitarian Efforts in Ukraine
Chris Herlinger

There are countless sadnesses and tragedies stemming from Russia’s brutal invasion and occupation of Ukraine. Solidary and Mercy shines a light on something incredible happening amid the darkness: the often-selfless efforts by Catholic religious sisters and other faith-driven exemplars to hold together Ukrainian communities torn apart by the senseless violence. With uncommon journalistic sensitivity, Chris Herlinger provides a truly valuable account of their efforts.” —Joshua J. McElwee, Vatican Correspondent for Reuters


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RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY

Rage Prayers
Elizabeth Ashman Riley

From heartbreak and job loss to politics and car alarms, Rage Prayers is a provocative invitation to smash the confines of “polite” prayer and find peace through a candid dialogue with the divine. Priest and TikTok sensation, Elizabeth Riley, invites readers to wrestle with their rawest emotions and uncover a more genuine form of spirituality in this trailblazing collection of prayers.


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DON’T MISS—RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY
 
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