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Bestsellers/Newly Published
- Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict
- Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden
- Dudgeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
- Judge Stone by Viola Davis & James Patterson
- Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! by Liza Minnelli
- The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez
- Strangers by Belle Burden
- Stripped Down by Bunnie Xo
- You with the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate
Employee Wellness & Workplace
Finance/Legal
Die With Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life by Bill Perkins
IRAs, 401(k)s & Other Retirement Plans: Strategies for Taking Your Money Out by Twila Slesnick, PhD, Enrolled Agent & Attorney John C. Suttle, CPA
My Mother's Money: A Guide to Financial Caregiving by Beth Pinsker, CFP®
Neighbor Law: Fences, Trees, Boundaries and Noise by Nolo Editors
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Tax-Free Wealth: How to Build Massive Wealth by Permanently Lowering Your Taxes by Tom Wheelwright
The Biology of Trauma: How the Body Holds Fear, Pain, and Overwhelm, and How to Heal It by Aimie Apigian, MD
The Complete Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Beginners: A No-Stress Meal Plan with Easy Recipes to Heal the Immune System by Dorothy Calimeris and Lulu Cook, RDN
Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD
Why We Drink Too Much: The Impact of Alcohol on Our Bodies and Culture by Dr. Charles Knowles
Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD by Tamara Rosier, PhD
The Family Dynamic: A Journey into the Mystery of Sibling Success by Susan Dominus
How to Raise a Healthy Gamer: End Power Struggles, Break Bad Screen Habits, and Transform Your Relationship with Your Kids by Alok Kanojia, MD, MPH
Parenting at the Intersections: Raising Neurodivergent Children of Color by Jaya Ramesh
Priya Saaral
Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for New Paradigm Parenting by Jo delAmor
Talk To Your Boys: 16 Conversations to Help Tweens and Teens Grow into Confident, Caring Young Men by Joanna Schroeder and Christopher Pepper
Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity by Paul Kingsnorth
Canva For Dummies by Jesse Stay
Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI by Karen Hao
The Unplugged Hours: Cultivating a Life of Presence in a Digitally Connected World by Hannah Brencher
50 Ideas That Changed the World of Work: The Essential Guide to the Best Business Thinking by Jeremy Kourdi & Jonathan Besser
Attract, Retain, and Develop: Shaping a Skilled Workforce for the Future by Nicholas Wyman
Crank It Up!: Harnessing the Synergies of Team Belief by Dwane Fritz Gerald
- Designing Neuroinclusive Workplaces: Advancing Sensory Processing and Cognitive Well-Being in the Built Environment by Kay Sargent
- Team Intelligence: How Brilliant Leaders Unlock Collective Genius by Jon Levy
All These Ghosts by Silas House
American Bloodlines: Reckoning with Lynch Culture by Sonya Lea
Blood Harmony: The Everly Brothers Story by Barry Mazor
Cassius Marcellus Clay: The Life of an Antislavery Slaveholder and the Paradox of American Reform by Anne E. Marshall
Kentucky Frontier to Commonwealth: Historical Archaeology at Daniel Boone's and Hugh McGary's Stations by Nancy O’Malley
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
By Douglas W. Tallamy. From the bestselling author of Bringing Nature Home comes a timely appeal for rethinking conservation starting right outside your door. In his earlier work, Douglas Tallamy opened readers’ eyes to a growing crisis: wildlife populations are shrinking as the native plants they rely on disappear. His message was simple - plant native species. In this follow-up, Tallamy expands that idea into a broader, community-driven vision for conservation. He explains how everyday homeowners can transform their yards into thriving habitats that support local wildlife. It’s accessible, effective, and actionable, offering clear steps anyone can take at home. For those looking to make a meaningful environmental impact, Nature’s Best Hope provides a practical roadmap.
The Culinary Herbal: Growing & Preserving 97 Flavorful Herbs
Sown in the Stars: Planting by the Signs
Celebrate Libraries!
Award-winning librarian and author, and the new host of the children’s program Reading Rainbow, Mychal Threets has been named Honorary Chair of National Library Week. This year’s theme, Find Your Joy, invites people from all walks of life to explore what brings them happiness at the library. It reflects the uplifting message Threets shares in his widely viral videos, where he highlights the many ways libraries spark joy, as well as in his debut picture book, I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy. Learn more about what libraries do for their communities and National Library Week in the links below. If you're a Kentucky state employee, be sure to sign up for a State Library account and spread the word to your co-workers.
MasterFILE Premier
Save money by ending your magazine subscriptions! All you need is MasterFILE Premier, the premier database for general interest magazines and so much more. Popular magazines included in the database are The Atlantic, Better Homes and Gardens, Consumer Reports, House Beautiful, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine, People, Reader’s Digest, and Southern Living. MasterFILE Premier provides full-text access to a broad collection of general reference magazines and publications, covering topics such as business, health, education, science, and multicultural issues. In addition, it features 55,000 full-text primary source documents and a rich collection of more than 2.4 million photos, maps, and flags.
MasterFILE also includes a Reference eBook Collection offered as a companion to the MasterFILE databases. This collection offers a curated selection of reference titles from leading educational publishers and university presses. It spans a wide range of general interest subjects, including biography, history, architecture, literature, cooking, health and wellness, science, self-help, religion, current events, sports, and travel.
With an easy-to-use interface and search features, library patrons can quickly search for and access content using a simple search by entering keywords into a single search box or by using advanced options and limiters to refine results. From hobbies to headlines, MasterFILE Premier is the go-to database for every reader! To access with your State Library account, click the button below, click the KYVL icon on our Research Databases page, then A -Z List of Resources under Quick Clicks on the KYVL page.
The 5 Resets: Rewire Your Brain and Body for Less Stress and More Resilience
By Aditi Nerurkar, MD. Recommended by Mitzi Gray, Technical Processing Specialist. Endorsed by Hoda and Jenna from the Today Show, The 5 Resets will help you bring stress back to healthy levels. Harvard stress expert Dr. Aditi Nerurkar explains why many common ideas about “resilience,” such as multitasking, cutting back on sleep, or making sweeping lifestyle changes, can actually work against our already stressed brains. Instead, she offers practical, realistic strategies designed for everyday life. These include the Resilience Rule of 2 (limiting yourself to no more than two changes at a time to keep them sustainable), recognizing that multitasking is ineffective because the brain is built to focus on one task at a time, and using her Bookend Method to create boundaries that support mental clarity and balance. Through five key mindset shifts and fifteen research-backed techniques, she provides a clear path to reshaping your relationship with stress, restoring balance to your body, and finding a sense of calm in the present moment.
Persuasion
By Jane Austen. Recommended by Alexis Payne, Circulation Administrative Specialist. Jane Austen’s last novel, first published in 1818, is a tale of love and marriage. Protagonists Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth were engaged but separated years before. Their reunion, after the passage of irrecoverable years and Anne’s deep regret, forces a recognition of the false values that drove them apart. In Persuasion, readers will find that Jane’s talent for subtle, ironic insight into social customs, love, and marriage remains as strong as ever in this final novel, as does her keen ability to closely examine English manners and morals .
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
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