Bestsellers
- The Anxious Generation by Johnathan Haidt
- A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci
- Camino Ghosts by John Grisham
- The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
- The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne
- Funny Story by Emily Henry
- Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood
- The Situation Room by George Stephanopoulos & Lisa Dickey
- Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand
- You Like It Darker by Stephen King
Finance/Legal
101 Law Forms for Personal Use by NOLO Firm
Becoming a U.S. Citizen: A Guide to the Law, Exam & Interview by Ilona M. Bray, J.D.
The Executor's Guide: Settling a Loved One's Estate or Trust by Mary Randolph, J.D.
Make Your Own Living Trust by Attorney Denis Clifford
Nolo's Essential Guide to Child Custody & Support by Attorney Emily Doskow
Nolo's IEP Guide: Learning Disabilities by Attorney Lawrence M. Siegel
52 Ways to Walk: The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time by Annabel Streets
Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World by Theresa MacPhail
How Not To Be My Patient: A Physician's Secrets for Staying Healthy and Surviving Any Diagnosis by Edward T. Creagan, MD, with Sandra Wendel
The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments by Hadley Vlahos, R.N.
Well at Work: Creating Wellbeing in Any Workspace by Esther M. Sternberg, MD
Parenting
It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs by Mary Louise Kelly
Stronger Than Infertility: The Essential Guide to Navigating Every Step of Your Journey by Heather R. Huhman
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, & Elaine Bruner.
Watch Your Mouth: Non-Negotiables for Success with Your Toughest Kids by Brian Mendler
Young Adult Road Map: A Step-By-Step Guide to Wellness, Independent Living, and Transition Services for People in Their Teens and Twenties by Wendy Lowe Besmann and Kimberly L. Douglass
Technology
Coding: All-In-One by Nikhil Abraham et al.
Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment by Susannah Breslin
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science by Kate Zernike
Making YouTube Videos by Nick Willoughby, with Tee Morris and Will Eagle
Workplace
- The Deadline Effect: How to Work Like It's the Last Minute--Before the Last Minute by Christopher Cox
- Did That Just Happen?!: Beyond "Diversity"--Creating Sustainable and Inclusive Organizations by Dr. Stephanie Pinder-Amaker and Dr. Lauren Wadsworth
- Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace by Stacey Vanek Smith
- Working with Gen Z: A Handbook to Recruit, Retain, and Reimagine the Future Workforce After COVID-19 by Santor Nishizaki & James DellaNeve
- Writing to Persuade: How to Bring People Over to Your Side by Trish Hall
Kentucky Highlights in Fiction and Non-Fiction
- Anatomy of a Duel: Secession, Civil War, and the Evolution of Kentucky Violence by Stuart W. Sanders
- Butter: Novellas, Stories, and Fragments by Gayl Jones
- The Coal Miner Who Became Governor by former Governor Paul E. Patton, with Jeffrey S. Suchanek
- The First Kentucky Derby: Thirteen Black Jockeys, One Shady Owner, and the Little Red Horse That Wasn't Supposed to Win by Mark Shrager
- Gay Poems for Red States by Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr.
- Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South Saved the Soul of Country Music by Michael Streissguth
- Unnatural Ability: The History of Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Thoroughbred Racing by Milton C. Toby
Mark Your Calendars!
Discover a new wide world of information resources from the State Library. WorldCat Discovery is a search tool that not only provides information about the State Library’s collections but also those of libraries worldwide. It links you to much more than the physical collections of the library, by providing direct access to electronic materials including online articles in full-text and e-books. Learn all that it has to offer and how to use it to serve your information needs. Unearth how a single search will open a world of possibilities! Register here!
7/18 - The Boozy Book Fair, Danville, 5-8 PM. Join Plaid Elephant Books and Centre College Bookstore at Morley's Backyard for an evening of books, music, food, and fun! Special guest Uplift Performing Arts from Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland (Danville’s Sister City!) will perform, and KY author Kaitlyn Hill will be on hand to sign copies of her new YA romance “Wild About You.”
7/18 - Virtual Tour of Jane Austen's House, 2-3 PM EST (7-8 PM GMT). Jane Austen passed away 7/18/1817, a Friday. She was 41. The house where she wrote her classic novels is a tourist destination in the village of Chawton, but if a trip to England isn't in the cards this year, a virtual tour is available. As part of a small group, you will enjoy a guided walk of the house and outbuildings with lots of opportunities to chat and ask questions. Included in Forbes list of the World’s Best Virtual Tours!
8/23-27 - Summer Book Sale, Historic Locust Grove House, Louisville, 10 AM- 4:30 PM. Used, antiquarian, and new books at all prices, all categories, including travel, science, cookbooks, fiction, history, literature, children’s, reference, and more! Prices start at $1 for paperbacks and $2 for hardcovers, with a special section of finer books that are individually priced. Proceeds support the educational and preservation programs of Locust Grove.
My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-Wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me by Caleb Carr
Growing up in a turbulent, sometimes violent household, author Caleb Carr found comfort in the companionship of the family cats. Later in life, Carr met a half-feral shelter cat who he named Masha. For the next seventeen years, they were inseparable. When he suffered long-standing physical ailments, Masha knew what to do. The story of Caleb and Masha is an inspiring and life-affirming relationship for readers of all backgrounds and interests—a love story like no other. A People Magazine Book of the Week.
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Written by Pulitzer Prize winning author Geraldine Brooks, Horse, winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award and a Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize, is a historical fiction novel set in Kentucky that features themes of horse racing, art, science, love, and racism. Taking place in three timelines - the 1850s, 1950s, and 2019, Horse weaves multiple strands, a discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and one of the greatest racehorses in American history (Lexington) into a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice.
Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show by Tommy Tomlinson
Pulitzer Prize finalist Tommy Tomlinson explores the bond between dogs and their people in this irresistibly appealing, often humorous, inside account of the Westminster Dog Show that follows one dog on his quest to become a champion.
Teen Book Cloud
The collection is available via the Internet around the clock. There are no check-out times, downloads or wait lists. Read, watch or listen with no delays and unlimited access! Scroll through a graphic novel on an iPad, read a classic novel on a computer, or listen to an audiobook on a smartphone.
With the My Assignments feature, readers are able to track their reading activity and progress and get feedback which motivates them to continue reading. Other great features include: enhanced novels, which include classic literature, YA novels, middle school chapter books and foundational non-fiction texts, featuring full audio narration paired with line-by-line highlighting; AP English resources; each title has an accompanying Tumble Quiz: a fun, flash-animated, multiple-choice quiz that can be taken online to test reading comprehension; and finally, each title also has recommended reading levels: Grade, Lexile and Accelerated Reader information.
To access this wonderful resource, click on the blue Research Databases button below, then click the KYVL icon. Once on the KYVL page, just click Databases in the orange menu at the top of the page and choose Teen Book Cloud.
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