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News From Your State Library
Bestsellers/Newly Published
- Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
- Clown Town by Mick Herron
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Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey
- Katabasis by R. F. Kuang
- The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown
- Sister Wife by
Christine Brown Woolley
Employee Wellness & Workplace
Finance/Legal
The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life by Sahil Bloom
Make Money Easy: Create Financial Freedom and Live a Richer Life by Lewis Howes
- Money for Adulting: Fun Tips and Financial Tricks for Teens by Michelle Hung CFA
Calm Your Mind with Food: A Revolutionary Guide to Controlling Your Anxiety by Uma Naidoo, MD
Gut Check: Unleash The Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Mental, Physical, and Emotional Health by Steven R. Gundry, MD
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Shift: Managing Your Emotions--So They Don't Manage You by Ethan Kross
Validation: How the Skill Set That Revolutionized Psychology Will Transform Your Relationships, Increase Your Influence, and Change Your Life by Caroline Fleck, PhD
Breathwork for Pregnancy: How to Find Calm Throughout the Four Trimesters by Carolyn Cowan
Parenting Outside the Lines: Forget the Rules, Tap into Your Wisdom, and Connect with Your Child by Meghan Leahy
Scattered to Focused: Smart Strategies to Improve Your Child's Executive Functioning Skills by Zac Grisham, MS, LPC-S, ADHD-CCSP
Social Skills for Kids: From Making Friends and Problem-Solving to Self-Control and Communication, 150+ Activities to Help Your Child Develop Essential Social Skills by Keri K Powers, MA EdHD, MEd, NCC
- The Way of Play: Using Little Moments of Big Connection to Raise Calm and Confident Kids by Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D. and Georgie Wisen-Vincent, LMFT
The Early-Career Professional's Guide to Generative AI: Opportunities and Challenges for an AI-Enabled Workforce by Jonas Bjerg
Information for Sustainable Development: Technology, People and Society by G. G. Chowdhury and Sudatta Chowdhury
The Skill Code: How to Save Human Ability in an Age of Intelligent Machines by Matt Beane and Joe Knezevich
Difficult Conversations Don't Have to Be Difficult: A Simple, Smart Way to Make Your Relationships and Team Better by Jon Gordon and Amy P. Kelly
Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business—and How to Fix It by Malissa Clark
Reset: How to Change What's Not Working by Dan Heath
The Rules of Public Relations: Legal and Ethical Issues in Contemporary Practice by Cayce Myers
The Unspoken Truths for Career Success: Navigating Pay, Promotions and Power at Work by Tessa White
Clear Creek: Toward a Natural Philosophy by Erik Reece
Driftwood: The Life of Harlan Hubbard by Jessica K. Whitehead
Landings: A Crooked Creek Farm Year by Arwen Donahue
The Modern Mountain Cookbook: A Plant-Based Celebration of Appalachia by Jan A. Brandenburg
The Reluctant Sheriff by Chris Offutt
Sky Watch: Chasing an American Saddlebred Story by Emma Hudelson
Simplicity and Excellence: Elizabeth Kremer From Beaten Biscuits to Shaker Lemon Pie by Deirdre A Scaggs and Evalina Kremer Settle
Thursday, 10/23 @ 10:00-11:00 am EST
Your 24/7 Library for Digital Titles – Kentucky Libraries Unbound
Learn the ins and outs of KY Libraries Unbound, the 24/7 library that allows you to download eBooks, eAudiobooks, and popular magazines! We'll discuss how to search for materials, borrow materials and place holds, use the Libby app, and cover the steps needed to download titles.
Mark Your Calendars!
KY Talking Book Library Open House - Friday, October 10, 1:00 pm - 4 pm -
The Kentucky Talking Book Library (KTBL) provides free library service to people who cannot read traditional print because they have a visual, physical, or reading disability. Learn more about eligibility, services available, and volunteer opportunities. Tour the library and studio where locally recorded Talking Books are made! KTBL is located in the Clark-Cooper building, 300 Coffee Tree Rd, Frankfort.
Health Source - Consumer Edition
October is Health Literacy Month. Health literacy is the ability to locate, understand, and apply health information to make informed decisions. Individuals with strong health literacy are more likely to effectively manage chronic conditions, prioritize preventive care over emergency treatment, and may even experience longer life expectancy.
A great resource for reliable, accurate, and trustworthy health information is the Health Source: Consumer Edition research database. Health Source: Consumer Edition offers full-text access to reference books, pamphlets, magazines, and other resources that provide dependable information on various diseases and health topics, specifically designed for the general public. This abundant collection of consumer health information includes coverage on a wide variety of subjects, such as
- Fitness
- Nutrition
- Diabetes
- Aging
- Women's health
- Children's health
Well known titles include American Fitness, Arthritis Today, Better Nutrition, Harvard Health Letter, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Psychology Today, Vegetarian Times and many others. Advanced yet user-friendly features, along with extensive customization options, are designed to meet the search needs of a broad and diverse range of users.
To access Health Source: Consumer Edition, click on the research databases button below, click the KYVL icon, then under Quick Clicks on the left-hand side of KYVL's home page, click A to Z List of Resources.
How to Sell a Haunted House
by Grady Hendrix
A Bram Stoker and Goodreads award nominee, How To Sell a Haunted House is a gripping novel that delves into how your past—and your family—can haunt you more deeply than anything else. Set mostly in Charleston, SC, the tale follows single mom Louise from her current California home to her childhood home in Charleston upon the tragic death of her parents in a car accident. Awaiting her there is her estranged brother, with whom she has always had an intense sibling rivalry, and her parents' house, filled to the ceiling with remnants of her dad's academic career and her mom's collection of homemade folk art and (creepy!) dolls and puppets. She and her brother are forced to work together to get the house ready to sell, except there is something very wrong with the house that a fresh coat of paint won't fix. This tense, profound story manages to be both dark and campy at the same time. Hendrix masterfully shifts the mood from tense and frustrating to unsettling and somber, then to lighthearted and fun—keeping readers engaged and on their toes from start to finish.
Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Described as "Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America," Mexican Gothic, both a Bram Stoker award nominee and a Locus award winner, centers on a young woman investigating her cousin's claims that her husband is trying to murder her. The story explores themes of racial, class, and labor inequality - showing how these injustices take root, seep into the environment, and corrupt generations. Building from a slow burn to deep, unsettling dread, Mexican Gothic will leave readers wary even after the last page.
The Only One Left
by Riley Sager
At seventeen, Lenora Hope, Hung her sister with a rope, Stabbed her father with a knife, Took her mother’s happy life, “It wasn’t me,” Lenora said, But she’s the only one not dead.
Once a shocking crime that rocked the Maine coast in 1929, the Hope family murders have since faded into a mere schoolyard chant. Though many believe 17-year-old Lenora was the culprit, the police never found enough evidence to charge her. Aside from denying involvement shortly after the killings, she has remained silent ever since—and has never left Hope’s End, the cliffside mansion where the tragedy unfolded. Fast forward to 1983, when Kit McDeere, a disgraced home caregiver, is given one final chance to redeem herself—by taking on the job of caring for the elderly and ailing Lenora. As Kit assists Lenora in recounting the events leading up to the Hope family massacre, it soon becomes clear that the story is far more complex than anyone realizes. When unsettling details emerge about the sudden departure of Kit’s predecessor, she begins to suspect that Lenora isn’t being entirely honest—and that the frail, quiet woman she’s caring for may be far more dangerous than she appears.
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