New Materials For November 30 By Cromaine District Library

Press release from the Cromaine District Library:

November 30, 2021

• Fiction Novel
• Has a killer lain dormant for years only to strike again on New Year's Eve? LAPD Detective Renaee Ballard and Harry Bosch team up to find justice for an innocent victim in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.

Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight
Janet Evanovich

• Fiction Novel
• When Stephanie Plum is woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of footsteps in her apartment, she wishes she didn't keep her gun in the cookie jar in her kitchen. And when she finds out the intruder is fellow apprehension agent Diesel, she still thinks the gun might come in handy. Turns out Diesel and Stephanie are on the trail of the same fugitive. Unsure if Diesel is her partner or her competition in this case, she'll need to watch her back every step of the way as she sets the stage to draw Wednesday out from behind his computer and into the real world.

Genealogy Basics in 30 Minutes: The Quick Guide to Creating a Family Tree, Building Connections With Relatives, and Discovering the Stories of Your Ancestors
Shannon Combs-Bennett

• Non-Fiction Book
• The second edition of Genealogy Basics In 30 Minutes is written in a friendly, easy-to-understand style that avoids complex jargon. While not a comprehensive guide, there are lots of examples, case studies, and advice that can help would-be family historians quickly get up to speed. In addition to listing best practices for conducting genealogical research, Genealogy Basics In 30 Minutes also warns readers about the many pitfalls of family research, from "brick wall" mysteries to time-wasting online searches.

Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump
Spencer Ackerman

• Non-Fiction Book
• A combination of diligence and verve, deploying Ackerman's deep stores of knowledge as a national security journalist to full effect. The result is a narrative of the last 20 years that is upsetting, discerning and brilliantly argued.

RV Hacks: 400+ Ways to Make Life on the Road Easier, Safer, and More Fun!
Marc Bennett

• Non-Fiction Book
• Welcome to RV life! Whether you're a first-timer or an experienced RVer, these RV hacks are sure to make life on the road easier so you can worry less and have more fun. From ingenious organizational hacks (like broom holders to keep flashlights at the ready or suction cup shower organizers to corral kids' activity supplies) to ideas for repurposing plastic bottles to make a funnel or pancake batter mixer, RV Hacks has everything you need to make your next cross-country caravanning adventure carefree.

What is a Dog?: A Memoir
Chloe Shaw

• Non-Fiction Book
• On the heels of her family's beloved dog's death, one woman returns to the canines of her past in order to imagine the human she hopes to become in the future in her memoir, What Is a Dog?

Secrets of the Force: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Wars
Edward Gross

• Non-Fiction Book
• Featuring the commentaries of hundreds of actors and filmmakers involved with and impacted by Star Wars, as well as writers, commentators, critics, executives, authors, film historians, toy experts and many more, Secrets of the Force, will reveal all in Altman and Gross's critically acclaimed oral history format from the birth of the original film through the latest sequels and the new televisions series.

Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon
Mia Bloom

• Non-Fiction
• With Pastels and Pedophiles, Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko explain why the rise of QAnon should not surprise us: believers have been manipulated to follow the baseless conspiracy. The authors track QAnon's unexpected leap from the darkest corners of the Internet to the filtered glow of yogi-mama Instagram, a frenzy fed by the COVID-19 pandemic that supercharged conspiracy theories and spurred a fresh wave of Q-inspired violence. Pastels and Pedophiles connects the dots for readers, showing how a conspiracy theory with its roots in centuries-old anti-Semitic hate has adapted to encompass local grievances and has metastasized around the globe-- appealing to a wide range of alienated people who feel that something is not quite right in the world around them. While QAnon claims to hate Hollywood, the book demonstrates how much of Q's mythology is ripped from movie and television plot lines.

London's Number One Dog-Walking Agency: A Memoir
Kate MacDougall

• Autobiography
• In 2006, Kate MacDougall was working a safe but dull job at the venerable auction house Sotheby's in London. After a clumsy accident nearly destroyed a precious piece of art, she quit Sotheby's and set up her own dog-walking company. Kate knew little about dogs and nothing about business, and no one thought being a professional dog walker was a good use of her university degree. Nevertheless, Kate embarked upon an entirely new and very much improvised career walking some of the city's many pampered pooches, branding her company "London's Number One Dog Walking Agency."

The Noise
James Patterson

• Audiobook
• In the shadow of Mount Hood, Tennant is with her sister Sophie when the girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building until it sounds like a deafening chorus of screams.

The Haunting of Bly Manor

• DVD
• The next highly-anticipated chapter of The Haunting anthology series, set in 1980s England. After an au pair's tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate's chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling gothic romance. At Bly Manor, dead doesn't mean gone.

America After 9/11

• Non-Fiction DVD
• Presents a reinterpretation of the legacy of 9/11, chronicling the polarized political culture that evolved over the two decades since the terrorist attacks, leading up to the insurrection of January 6, 2021.

Muhammad Ali a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon

• Non-Fiction DVD
• Examines the life of Muhammad Ali in and out of the boxing ring, covering his ties with the Nation of Islam, his political postions, including his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, his role as a symbol of Black masculinity, and life after boxing.

The Hidden Life of Trees: On the Road with Peter Wohlleben
Jörg Adolph

• Non-Fiction DVD
• Based on the international bestselling book by German forester Peter Wohlleben, documentary filmmaker Jörg Adolph features the author in classroom lectures, direct interviews, and explorations in forests where he expounds on the tenets he put forward in his book: that trees function as humans do, as they communicate with each other, have social lives, and live in colonies that they protect and guard against enemies they could detect.

Much Ado About Baseball
Rajani LaRocca

• Juvenile Fiction Novel
• In a story l]oosely based on Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," twelve-year-olds Trish and Ben should be automatic friends because they both play baseball on a Little League team in Comity, Massachusetts, and they both love solving math puzzles, but obstacles stand in their way.

Rez Dogs
Joseph Bruchac

• Juvenile Fiction Novel
• Twelve-year-old Malian lives with her grandparents on a Wabanaki reservation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Raya's World
Julia March

• Juvenile Fiction Novel
• Exploring themes of community and hope, and inspired by the beautiful and diverse cultures of Southeast Asia, the movie introduces Raya, a lone warrior from the fantasy kingdom of Kumandra who teams up with a crew of misfits in her quest to find the last dragon and bring light and unity back to their world.

Home Run
Tim Green

• Juvenile Fiction Novel
• When he learns that his mother may lose her house, Josh is determined to enter a home-run derby in which the winner receives a new house.

Iron Tide Rising
Carrie Ryan

• Juvenile Fiction Novel
• Intrepid travelers Fin and Marrill's final adventure takes them to the Mirrorweb, the heart of the Pirate Stream, where they are forced to team up with their oldest enemy: the evil wizard Serth!

Diary of a Minecraft Zombie: Book 2, Bullies and buddies
Zack Zombie

• Juvenile Fiction Novel
• This time Zombie is up against some of the meanest and scariest mob bullies at school. Will he be able to stop the mob bullies from terrorizing him and his friends, and make it back in one piece? Jump into this Minecraft adventure and find out!

Battlefield Ghosts: True Hauntings
Dinah Williams

• Juvenile Non-Fiction Book
• A bloody soldier who disappears into thin air. Flickering orbs floating over a military cemetery. History is filled with brave fighters cut down in the heat of battle. But what if they aren't resting in peace? True Hauntings: Battlefield Ghosts revisits deadly clashes from the past and the ghosts they left behind, from a headless horseman galloping through the night to restless spirits rising from sunken ships, searching for revenge. In this second volume of haunted history, find out how true stories can be some of the most terrifying of all

Displaced: A Story About Climate Change and How Displaced Animals Ring the Alarm
Ronnie S. Siegel

• Juvenile Non-Fiction Book
• What would happen to animals around the earth when climate change threatens the habitat that they know and depend on? Displaced is a story about chaos that might ensue if climate change is not addressed. Fourteen animals around the world are on a journey for survival when they are displaced to bizarre new habitats in this captivating and interpretive photo illustration picture book by author Ronnie Swire Siegel. Based in science, the book provides young readers a fantastical interpretation of climate change and the risks that global animals would face in an imagined future.

Caring with Bert and Ernie: A Book About Empathy
Marie-Therese Miller

• Juvenile Non-Fiction Book
• Elmo and friends help young readers explore empathy. Kids will learn how to think about others, show that they care, and help those around them.

This press release was produced by the Cromaine District Library. The views expressed are the author's own.