
The Collection Connection
News From Your State Library
Volume 1 Issue 3
New and Notable Titles
Employee Wellness & Workplace
Finance
- Get Good with Money: Ten Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole by Tiffany Aliche
Health/Wellness
- Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace: A Practical Guide for Employers and Employees by Gill Hasson
- Overcome the Challenges of Cancer Care: How to Avoid Pitfalls on the Path to Healing by Stephen Rosenberg
- Recovery after Rehab: A Guide for the Newly Sober and Their Loved Ones by Joseph Nowinski
Parenting
- Co-Parenting through Separation and Divorce: Putting Your Children First by Jann Blackstone
- Free-Range Kids: How Parents and Teachers Can Let Go and Let Grow by Lenore Skenazy
- Parenting Adult Children: A Practical Guide to Navigating Your Evolving Relationship by Kate McNulty
- The Ultimate Baby Book for New Dads: 100 Ways to Care for Your Baby in Their First Year by Roy Benaroch
Technology
- How to Thrive in the Virtual Workplace: Simple and Effective Tips for Successful, Productive, and Empowered Remote Work by Robert Glazer & Mick Sloan
- Photoshop Elements 2021 for Dummies by Barbara Obermeier
- Social Media: How to Engage, Share, and Connect by Regina Luttrell
Workplace
- Beating Burnout at Work: Why Teams Hold the Secret to Well-Being and Resilience by Paula Davis
- Designing Your Work Life: How to Thrive and Change and Find Happiness at Work by William Burnett & David Evans
- Gentelligence: The Revolutionary Approach to Leading an Intergenerational Workplace by Megan Gerhardt
- Perception Is Key: How Leaders Today Can Navigate Workplace Politics by Richard Tomko
Kentucky Highlights in Fiction and Non-Fiction
- The Art of Loading Brush: New Agrarian Writings by Wendell Berry
- The Ashland Tragedy: Murder, a Mob, & a Militia in Kentucky by Herbert Castle & James Huff
- The Book of Otto and Liam by Paul Griner
- The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America’s Judicial Hero by Peter Canellos
- Kin: A Memoir by Shawna Rodenberg
- Night Came with Many Stars: A Novel by Simon Van Booy
- A Simple Justice: Kentucky Women Fight for the Vote by Melanie Beals Goan
Database Spotlight
Staff Picks
Anxious People: A Novel by Fredrik Backman - It is a perfect mix of tragic and hilarious, believable and absurd, rich in characterization and human connection. - Susan McGinnis, Kentucky Talking Books Librarian
The Eye of the World: Wheel of Time, Book 1 by Robert Jordan - One of the greatest series ever written in the fantasy genre, soon to be adapted as a television show on Amazon Prime. - Tracey Mania, Kentucky Talking Books Librarian
Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers - as someone born and raised in eastern Kentucky, it was gratifying for me to read a memoir that celebrates and honors the strength, close family and community ties, and resourcefulness of Appalachian women. - Deborah Hibbard, State Library Circulation & Marketing Librarian
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky - a beautiful coming of age story that acknowledges the complexities in other people and is ultimately uplifting and life-affirming. - Mitzi Gray, State Library Administrative Specialist
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore - an absurd, hilarious, laugh-out-loud novel perfect for those who want something different than the usual holiday fare - Barbara Penegor, Kentucky Talking Books-State Library Branch Manager
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