<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[catalogue results for all]]></title><description><![CDATA[catalogue results for all]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/librarypoint/rss/search?query=all&amp;searchType=catalogue&amp;f_FORMAT=BK%7CEBOOK%7CPAPERBACK%7CLPRINT%7CGRAPHIC_NOVEL%7CBOOK_CLUB_KIT%7CGRAPHIC_NOVEL_DOWNLOAD%7CBIG_BK&amp;f_AUDIENCE=adult&amp;title=New%20for%20Adults%3A%20Books&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:32:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay]]></title><description><![CDATA["Warm, insightful, and witty, the first book of advice from New York Times-bestselling author Jenny Lawson-aka the Bloggess Jenny Lawson is full of contradictions. She's a celebrated author but battles self-doubt, paralysis, and anxiety. She's an award-winning humorist but struggles with treatment-resistant depression. The question she's most often asked by people is "How do you do it? How do you keep going even when it feels impossible? How do you keep creating?" This book is her answer. In How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay, Jenny shares one hundred humorous, heartfelt, and genuine tools and tricks that she relies on to keep her going even when her brain isn't working properly due to depression, anxiety, and ADHD. She also offers tips to stay passionate and focused on creative endeavors, especially when everything around you is saying to give up. With chapters like "Wash Your Brain More Than You Wash Your Bra" (sleep, you beautiful human), "Work on Easy Mode" (asking for accommodations is okay!), "Celebrate Good Times, Come On!" (make it a habit to celebrate the good things), and many more, How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay is a balm and companion, reminding us all that we are not alone. It's for anyone who struggles with self-doubt, guilt, motivation, and mental blocks and wants to rekindle their passion for creating. Funny, simple, empathetic, and inspirational, it will encourage you not to just survive but to find and curate joy in the face of difficult times"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995315</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995315</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lawson, Jenny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/995315072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Tips and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593833216/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1527151266</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phases]]></title><description><![CDATA["The iconic, multiplatinum, Grammy Awardʼ-winning performer Brandy brings us a raw, intimate portrait of her life, charting her journey from Mississippi churches to Hollywood spotlights. From the moment she first sang at church in McComb, Mississippi, Brandy knew her voice was special. At fourteen she landed her first record deal. At fifteen her first album went platinum. At sixteen she was starring in the hit sitcom Moesha and became the first Black actress to play Cinderella on screen alongside fairy godmother, Whitney Houston. Yet as the accolades piled up, so too did the pressure to maintain a flawless image. To onlookers, she had crafted the blueprint for the teenage 'it' girl. But behind closed doors 'The Vocal Bible' as she was known, was struggling. In this piercing, revelatory memoir, Brandy shares: the inside stories behind her most iconic songs and albums, her star-studded connections with Whitney Houston and Diana Ross, the affirmation of friends and family, including her brother Ray J, that helped her through challenging times; and so much more. Delving into the humble roots of her decades-spanning career, her early struggles with bullies and insecurities as a high schooler, and finally her inspirational journey to reclaim her sense of self and her autonomy as a woman in Hollywood and in music, this memoir is an insightful meditation on Brandy's life and how she rose to become the woman she is today. Told through a series of breathtaking vignettes and never-before-seen family photographs in a full-color insert, Phases is a fearless and remarkable story of hope, resilience and the strength it takes to make peace with the past."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995370</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995370</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/995370072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781335013279/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1581837766</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seasons of Glass and Iron]]></title><description><![CDATA["Full of glimpses into gleaming worlds and fairy tales with teeth, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories is a collection of acclaimed and awarded work from Amal El-Mohtar. With confidence and style, El-Mohtar guides us through exquisitely told and sharply observed tales about life as it is, was, and could be. Like miscellany from other worlds, these stories are told in letters, diary entries, reference materials, folktales, and lyrical prose. Full of Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, and Hugo Award-winning and nominated stories, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories includes 'Seasons of Glass and Iron,' 'The Green Book,' 'Madeleine,' 'The Lonely Sea in the Sky,' 'And Their Lips Rang with the Sun,' 'The Truth About Owls,' 'A Hollow Play,' 'Anabasis,' 'To Follow the Waves,' 'John Hollowback and the Witch,' 'Florilegia, or, Some Lies About Flowers,' 'Pockets,' and more." -- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C997983</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C997983</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[El-Mohtar, Amal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/997983072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Stories</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250341006/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1572066420</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hired Man]]></title><description><![CDATA["The Dust Bowl sweeps a handsome stranger into a small Colorado town to dangerous effect 1937. It's been seven years since the dust storms started in Colorado. Folks can barely remember a time when the clouds were filled with rain instead of dirt, and when the fields were green instead of brown. High school student Martha Helen Kessler and her family are luckier than most; they still eke out a living from the land. Even so, evidence of the Dust Bowl's grim impact on families, especially on the women who bear the brunt of their husbands' frustration and their children's hunger, is everywhere. When Martha Helen's compassionate mother insists they take in Otis Hobbs, a handsome drifter who saves a local boy from a vicious storm, she quickly discovers a darker side to their rural community. Suspicion, jealousy, and prejudice grip their neighbors--and emotions reach a frenzy after Martha Helen's best friend, Frankie, disappears and is then found murdered. Ultimately, Martha Helen is forced to make sense of her conflicting feelings and loyalties in order to help find retribution and to reconcile the difference between the law and justice. Full of period detail and Sandra Dallas's trademark focus on the lives of women, The Hired Man entertains and ultimately surprises"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C997974</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C997974</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dallas, Sandra]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/997974072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250352392/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1513896224</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Man's Land]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Great War was supposed to be the war to end all wars-and maybe it would have been, had an even greater, otherworldly foe not arisen to extinguish the conflict. Overnight, as guns blazed away in France and Flanders, village after village in the quiet British countryside were swallowed by the Forest. And within the Forest lurk the Huldu-an ancient fae race, monstrous in their inhumanity, who have decided that mankind's ascendency over the world can endure no longer. Enter Duncan Silver. Scarred by the war, fueled by a rage deeper than the trenches in which he once fought, Duncan is determined to show the Huldu that the world is not theirs for the taking. Armed with a cut-down trench gun filled with iron shot and a deadly iron knife, Duncan will stop at nothing to return the children the Huldu have stolen from the arms of their families. No matter how many Huldu he may have to slaughter along the way. But when he is hired by a mother to return her four-year-old daughter, Miriam-taken by the Huldu six months past and replaced with a Changeling-all hell breaks loose. Miriam is a pawn in a much bigger game for dominance than Duncan ever expected, and several long-buried secrets from his past are about to be violently resurrected.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995356</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995356</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan, Richard K.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/995356072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780345493156/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1492439463</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Week From Never]]></title><description><![CDATA[InLife is hard in the Old West--but so is Cullen Murphy. Orphaned as a child, he drifted from town to town across a merciless frontier, taking any job he could in order to survive. Ranch hand, cattle driver, Confederate soldier. Whatever it took, he was up for the task. But when the Civil War ended, Murphy was ready to settle down and start his own ranch in Newtown, Texas, a beautiful but untamed stretch of land with no marshal, no jailhouse--and no defense against trigger-happy lowlifes looking for trouble. As rumors spread about a sittin' duck of a town in that godforsaken corner of the West, every stripe of lawless miscreant comes crawling out of the Panhandle with nothing but bad intentions. Like Spade Atkins, a degenerate gambler and gunslinger ready to bet his life away. Or a gang of outlaws just itching for mayhem, with ill-gotten money to burn. Holed up three miles outside of town, it won't be long before they come riding through. But Cullen Murphy is not one to stand down.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C997081</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C997081</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnstone, William W.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/997081072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781496757425/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1543509631</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cinder Vale]]></title><description><![CDATA["The wild is calling. The war is raging. Our leaders are lying. And I'm starting to play treason all too often in my dreams. There is a secret in the heart of our lands. I don't know who's keeping it and I don't know what uncovering it will mean, but I find myself wanting to unveil it for all to see. Not that my heart minds treachery. It races for a man I should hate. I shouldn't want any of the things I yearn for in the dead of the night. But my eyes still find him in every room, my mind lingers on him when we are parted and my soul burns for him in every waking moment. He can't be mine. I won't be his. But perhaps fate has different designs in mind for us." -- Provided by publisher]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995238</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995238</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peckham, Caroline]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/995238072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781916926356/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1582190350</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family Lies]]></title><description><![CDATA["The fourth nerve-shattering installment of the San Diego Case Files from New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose sees Kit McKittrick's sister caught in a maelstrom of deadly family secrets. As an infant, Kit McKittrick's foster sister Akiko was abandoned at a firehouse. Now 32, Akiko has received an unsettling phone call from a woman who says that she knew her birth mother but refuses to divulge any details except in person. Akiko is nervous but also thrilled at the prospect of finally learning about her blood relations. Kit has a bad feeling about this and insists on accompanying Akiko to meet the woman. Sure enough, as they stand on Mary Sherman's doorstep, shots are fired and Kit is hit...and inside the house is a corpse: Mary Sherman herself. Although she's on medical leave and forbidden to work the case, Kit cannot rest. With police psychologist Sam Reeves, she undertakes a covert investigation into the mysterious Mary Sherman. Was she Akiko's birth mother? Why did she reach out after all these years? And who had a motive to kill her? As more bodies pile up, Kit starts to put together the pieces of the frightening puzzle that is Akiko's birth family, and she'll come to wonder whether some secrets should stay buried after all"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995288</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995288</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rose, Karen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/995288072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593817209/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1527151958</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Moonlight Runner]]></title><description><![CDATA["Ireland, 1918. In a world brutalized by the Great War and devastated by the Spanish flu, twenty-two-year-old Rynn Carmichael is suddenly pulled into the war of independence when Donal O'Reilly, the boy she has loved for most of her life, takes up gunrunning in support of the rebellion. Raised in a small Irish village on the shores of Donegal Bay, Rynn is working as a nurse in a convalescent home for soldiers wounded in the Great War when she overhears a British officer gloating over the trap that has been set for Irish gunrunners bringing a boat full of smuggled arms ashore. Knowing that Donal must be involved, she rushes out at midnight to warn the incoming boat, only to find herself caught up in a terrifying and tragic series of events that take her from the glittering ballrooms of London to the narrow back alleys of Dublin as she and those she loves fight for their lives and their country"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C997978</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C997978</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robards, Karen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/997978072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780778305842/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1537890971</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daughter of Crows]]></title><description><![CDATA["The Academy of Kindness exists to create agents of retribution, cast in the image of the Furies -- known as the kindly ones -- against whom even the gods hesitate to stand. Each year a hundred girls are sold to the Academy. Ten years later only three will emerge. The Academy's halls run with blood. The few that survive its decade-long nightmare have been forged on the sands of the Wound Garden. They have learned ancient secrets amid the necrotic fumes of the Bone Garden. They leave its gates as avatars of vengeance, bound to uphold the oldest of laws. Only the most desperate would sell their child to the Kindnesses. But Rue...she sold herself. And now, a lifetime later, a long and bloody lifetime later, just as she has discovered peace, war has been brought to an old woman's doorstep. That was a mistake." -- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C997076</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C997076</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lawrence, Mark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/997076072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593818947/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1528821758</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Good Person]]></title><description><![CDATA["An electric debut from a rising-star screenwriter about a millennial antihero who seeks revenge on her ex-situationship with a drunken hex, only for him to actually die the next day. Lillian and Henry have very much been enjoying each other's company the last few months, and quite frantically in bed. Even though Lillian's plain Jane of a best friend Jamie still frustratingly calls it "a situationship," she doesn't know anything. Lillian will lock Henry down--and she has a plan. Everyone knows you have to be strategic about these things. After all, it's clear Henry's hooked on her sexually deviant ways. So when Henry blindsides her with a breakup instead of the love declaration she told herself was on its way, Lillian exacts revenge by performing a drunken hex. There's a little wrinkle, though: Henry actually ends up dead the next morning, and Lillian becomes a prime suspect in his murder case. As the Boston police begin investigating Henry's death, Lillian quickly learns she wasn't the only woman in his life--and to cope with this reckoning, she plunges into a new obsession: stalking the long-term girlfriend Henry left behind. Desperate to control the narrative around her relationship with Henry, her season of mourning, and where she was the night he died, Lillian's chaotic pursuit for recognition (but only in all the right ways) takes her to ever darker places, and slowly she begins to uncover a reality she dearly wishes had stayed under wraps"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995306</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995306</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[King, Kirsten]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/995306072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217048045/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1525438252</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honeysuckle]]></title><description><![CDATA["Once upon a time, on the edge between meadow and forest, there was a lonely child with only his older sister for company. In exchange for being left in peace, his sister made him a playmate-Daye, a girl woven from flowers and words. And for the first time, this boy, Rory, had a friend. Rory couldn't be happier, until he learns that Daye is a short-lived creature. At the end of each season, she must be woven back together or fall gruesomely apart. And every time Daye falls apart might be her last. As Rory and Daye grow older and the line between friendship and romance begins to blur, Rory becomes desperate to break this cycle of bloom and decay. But the farther Rory pushes his research and experiments to lengthen Daye's existence, the more Daye begins to wonder just how much control she really has over her own life. As a loose reimagining of the story of Blodeuwedd from Welsh mythology, Honeysuckle is an entrancing, inventive, and unsettling debut." -- Jacket flap.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995311</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995311</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fridman-Tell, Bar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/995311072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781639736737/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1514990164</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heir of Twisted Lies]]></title><description><![CDATA["Their love is the only thing that can save them from a cursed fate in the next dramatic installment in the bestselling Broken Souls and Bones series. Lyra Bien never expected to leave the royal house at Stonegate in one piece after her rare melder magic was revealed. Once she discovered the truth behind the need for her magic and the brutality of her kingdom, Lyra vowed to put an end to the corruption of the crown. But is the enemy of her enemy her friend? Lyra must put her trust in the man who stole her heart . . . then deceived her. Roark Ashwood rose through the ranks to become Sentry of Stonegate and personal guard to the prince, despite being born of the enemy clan, the Dravens. But in a single heartbeat he destroyed his ruthless reputation all to save Lyra. With his true identity unveiled, Roark revealed years of plotting and betrayal to everyone he loves. As Roark's two lives collide, he must fight to protect the woman he loves and outsmart those throughout the kingdoms who want his power for themselves. Lyra must wade through long-kept secrets, rising battles, and vicious court intrigue-all while keeping her feelings for Roark at bay"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995310</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995310</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrews, LJ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/995310072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593818701/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1526501607</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Flowers Made Our World]]></title><description><![CDATA["An exquisite exploration of the power of flowers, placing them at the center of the story of how evolution created the world we know today. We live on a floral planet, yet flowers don't get the credit they deserve. We admire them for their aesthetics, not their world-changing power. Inspired by the most up-to-date scientific research, David George Haskell observes, smells, and studies flowers such as magnolias, orchids, and roses, as well as fascinating but less well-known flowers such as seagrasses, to show us what we've been missing. Flowers are beautiful revolutionaries. When they evolved, they remade the natural world: They used beauty to transform former enemies into cooperative partners. They reinvented plant growth, sex, and motherhood. Through radical genetic flexibility, they turned past environmental upheavals into opportunities for renewal. This inventiveness allowed them to build and sustain rain forests, savannahs, prairies, and even ocean shores. Without flowers, human beings would not exist. We are a floral species, dependent on flowers for food and our habitats, as well as using flowers for beauty, scent, and culturally important rituals. Looking to the future, flowers offer us lessons on resilience and creativity in the face of rapid environmental change. How Flowers Made Our World combines lyrical writing, sensual exploration, and scientific expertise to explore some of the most consequential life forms ever to have evolved, showing how our planet came to be and how it thrives today"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C999614</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C999614</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Haskell, David George]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/999614072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Story of Nature&apos;s Revolutionaries</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593834961/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1561100924</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven Sisters]]></title><description><![CDATA["A spirited, poignant history of the seven daughters of the great Empress Maria Theresia--among them, Queen Marie Antoinette of France--tracing their lives as they balanced dynastic duty with personal ambition in a time of revolutionary cataclysm "Others make war; you, happy Austria, marry." For three centuries, the astute positioning of their many princesses and princes had kept the Habsburgs at the peak of European power. By 1764, after a generation of costly war, confronted by shaken alliances, immense debts, and restive subjects, the Empress Maria Theresia was seeking once again to assert the dynasty's power through strategic marriages. Her arsenal was full: her seven daughters were to serve as her pawns in the ruthless game of eighteenth-century dynastic politicking. Delivered to the grandest or dingiest courts in Europe, they made their difficult and even dangerous ways: Marianna the seeker; the grande dame Marie Christine; Elisabeth, the malicious, disfigured beauty; fractious and wayward Amalie of Parma; the tragic bride Josepha; Carolina of Naples, Napoleon's relentless enemy; and Antonia, youngest of the seven, sacrificial offering to the gods of revolution, better known to history as Marie Antoinette. Meticulously researched and animated by the sisters' own diaries and the almost daily letters traversing the continent, Seven Sisters reveals the drama, tragedy and comedy of these exceptional yet all too human lives. It is a vivid portrait of a brilliant world collapsing in a fearful time"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C999612</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C999612</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Buckley, Veronica]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/999612072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Captives and Rebels in Revolutionary Europe&apos;s First Family</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525561903/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1526500838</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aicha]]></title><description><![CDATA[TEMPTRESS. MONSTER. WARRIOR. Aicha is the story of Morocco's warrior goddess, her strange magic, fierce rebellion, and devastating romance. Soraya Bouazzaoui weaves an epic tale of female rage and hidden myths, perfect for fans of The City of Brass and The Stardust Thief. The Portuguese empire has planted its flag across Morocco, ruling with an iron fist. But eventually, all empires must fall. Aicha, the daughter of a Moroccan freedom-fighter, was born for battle. She has witnessed the death of her people, their starvation and torture at the hands of the occupiers, and it has awakened an anger within her. An anger that burns hot and bright and that speaks to Aicha's soul. Only Aicha's secret lover, Rachid, a rebellion leader, knows how to soothe her. But as the fight for Morocco's freedom reaches its violent climax, the creature that simmers beneath Aicha's skin begs to be unleashed. It hungers for the screams of those who have caused her pain, and it will not be ignored.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C999611</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C999611</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bouazzaoui, Soraya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/999611072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316582018/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1574917611</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Meaning of your Life]]></title><description><![CDATA["Meaning in life is getting harder to find--and there's a reason for that. In The Meaning of Your Life, social scientist and happiness expert Arthur Brooks explains how rapid societal and technological changes have rewired our brains, making them ill-equipped to handle questions of existential reckoning. The resulting emptiness is not imaginary, and it is life-destroying for some, especially for young people. Fortunately, there's hope. With compassion, clarity, and practicality, Brooks tells you exactly what you need to do to move toward meaning. You'll take a test to determine where you are on your meaning journey, learn evidence-based tactics for rewiring your brain for complex and abstract concepts, and discover a vocabulary for your desires. Most importantly, Brooks will show you where to search for the transcendence, vocation, and significance that are your birthright as a human being. "What is the meaning of my life?" is not an unanswerable question, but the road to an answer--or answers--is a long one. The Meaning of Your Life is your guide for the journey"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995887</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995887</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brooks, Arthur C.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/995887072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Finding Purpose in An Age of Emptiness</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593545423/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1528533937</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Will Be Interesting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Galwell True was the perfect hero, the legend who sacrificed himself to save the realm…only for his friends to unexpectedly resurrect him ten years later. These days, he’s feeling less “Galwell the Great” and more “Galwell the Lost.” River Pricemark is an excellent assassin. When the Deathrose Guild, an organization known for banishing evil, tasks her with eliminating Galwell, she sees her chance to climb the ranks. So, it’s bad luck when her ambush is interrupted by Celine Hazelton, a scribesheet reporter who questions why the Guild is targeting Galwell at all. It’s worse luck that Celine is also her childhood crush. Queen Thessia of Mythria is tired of being the damsel. She’s just married the kind and handsome King Hugh and is meant to live happily ever after—but her story feels incomplete. Upon learning Galwell, her ex, is in danger, she turns her royal honeymoon into a rescue, bringing everyone overseas to the opulent land of Vestriya. Between underground lairs, magical grottos, horseball matches, and masquerades, Galwell must rely on his newfound questmates—including beautiful Vestriyan criminal Mona Grandhart, who seems determined to corrupt him in more ways than one. Good thing he’s set a single rule for everyone on this quest: no romance. But we all know how this ends, don't we?]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C999610</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C999610</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Asher, E. B.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/999610072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063440319/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1568232575</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thirteen Perfect Fugitives]]></title><description><![CDATA[The true story of the world's largest art heist, as told by the FBI agent who investigated the case. On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art were plucked from the walls of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston by two subjects posing as police officers. They rang the night bell, claiming they were responding to a call of disturbance. After incapacitating the guard and his partner with handcuffs and duct tape, the subjects spent the next eighty-one minutes inside the museum, leisurely removing some of the world's most valuable pieces of artwork from the walls, including a rare Vermeer and Rembrandt's only known seascape. The total loss associated with this robbery has been estimated at over $1 billion. Based on meticulous investigations conducted to the standards required of an FBI special agent, Thirteen Perfect Fugitives offers author Geoffrey Kelly's insights and theories about the infamous heist.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C999619</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C999619</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kelly, Geoffrey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/999619072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The True Story of the Mob, Murder, and the World&apos;s Largest Art Heist</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798895653173/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1524399510</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pests & Other Friends]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pests and so-called nuisance animals get a bad rap... but each and every one of them serves a purpose in their ecosystem. Learn how helpful, intelligent, and fascinating these creatures can be in this lushly illustrated exploration of North American wildlife. Armadillos dig holes in backyards, but did you know that they also consume many troublesome species like fire ants, yellowjackets, and cockroaches? Or that prairie dog burrows provide other animals with much needed shelter? From the deserts of the Southwest to the city streets of the East Coast, Pests & Other Friends celebrates the unique ways in which these underappreciated animals benefit their individual environments. Halsey Berryman's beautifully detailed, whimsical artwork captures the distinctive traits of these regularly slandered critters, ensuring you'll never look at pigeons, skunks, or alligators the same way again. -- penguinrandomhouse.com.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C997168</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C997168</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Berryman, Halsey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/997168072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Discover the True Nature of the Most Maligned Animals</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217128136/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1527332567</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorry for your Loss]]></title><description><![CDATA["Meet Iris: a dark soul with a propensity for obsession, still reeling from a recent loss, who relies on a local grief group to keep her grounded and out of trouble. And now meet Jack: a cagey widower who shows up at a meeting one night and jolts both of them back to life. From the moment Jack first takes a shabby plastic chair in the circle, he is positively dashing. And Iris can't help but feel that fate has brought them together. But their chance encounter sends them racing through a series of hairpin twists where nothing is as it seems and no one plays by the rules. As Iris is drawn deeper into Jack's world, she begins to realize that her own deceptions may be no match--or possibly even the perfect match--for all the dirty secrets Jack has been hiding"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995737</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C995737</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[McVeigh, Georgia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/995737072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217047727/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1527331606</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arsenio]]></title><description><![CDATA["Arsenio Hall holds a uniquely prominent place in American culture--celebrated late-night host and comedic actor, famed for starring roles in the cultural touchstones Coming to America and Harlem Nights. Now, he pulls back the curtain and takes us to a different time in Hollywood. Iconic scenes include: starting out as a young magician in Cleveland; hosting his first talk show in the basement of his apartment building when he was in elementary school; cutting his teeth at the world-famous Comedy Store in Hollywood, learning about comedy and life from legendary comedian Richard Pryor; forming lifelong bonds with legendary icons Muhammad Ali, Luther Vandross, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Eddie Murphy; tasting superstar success with Coming to America, the film that preceded The Arsenio Hall Show; conducting unforgettable, groundbreaking interviews with Magic Johnson, Bill Clinton, Tupac Shakur, Maya Angelou, Madonna, and Minister Louis Farrakhan; rescuing a family from a home-fire with Jay Leno; sharing hot sauces and blackjack with Patti LaBelle; and chilling with Prince. And then, he made the difficult decision to walk away. This bracingly candid memoir offers a new appreciation for this raw talent and gifted storyteller, who nightly, for six years, hosted what felt like a televised "party" that changed the landscape of late-night television and brought Black culture into living rooms across America. With this book, he does it one more time"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C997091</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C997091</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hall, Arsenio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/997091072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781982191368/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1581574603</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darren Aronofsky's Human Nature]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Darren Aronofsky comes the first volume of his satirical sci-fi trilogy, Human Nature From the visionary minds behind Black Swan and The Whale, Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel team up with writer Jeff Welch and acclaimed artist Martin Morazzo (Ice Cream Man) for Human Nature, a razor-sharp social-satire trilogy about ambition, power, and humanity's desperate quest for immortality. Meet Duke: once just an ordinary nobody, now an ego-driven billionaire chicken magnate with nearly limitless wealth and power. But even endless fortune has limits--and Duke is obsessed with breaking the final barrier: death itself. Can he buy the key to defy death, or has his unchecked ambition finally gone too far? Overflowing with twisted humor, surreal adventures, and dazzling visuals, Human Nature hurtles readers into a bizarre yet unsettlingly familiar future, confronting unimaginable obstacles at every turn. It's a gripping, audacious ride that only Aronofsky could conjure--one that races forward at breathtaking speed, promising even greater thrills as the trilogy unfolds.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C997446</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C997446</guid><category><![CDATA[GRAPHIC_NOVEL]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aronofsky, Darren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/997446072</comments><format>GRAPHIC_NOVEL</format><subtitle>Book 1</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781419780370/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1547761679</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm Warning]]></title><description><![CDATA["Wildlife biologist Alex Carter jumps at the chance to work with hawksbill turtles in Hawaii, only to face an unthinkable threat that endangers countless lives in the latest entry of the acclaimed series by Alice Henderson"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C999609</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C999609</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Henderson, Alice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/999609072</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel of Suspense</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063371859/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1526235671</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ending Writes Itself]]></title><description><![CDATA[A PROPULSIVE DEBUT MYSTERY FROM EVELYN CLARKE, THE BRILLIANT AND DIABOLICAL CREATION OF CAT CLARKE AND V. E. SCHWAB. Six authors. One private island. Seventy-two hours to write the ending that will change their lives. Named one of the Most Anticipated Mysteries of 2026 by GoodReads, Marie Claire, and Page Six. "In the running for the best mystery of 2026. With a trove of tropes that mystery lovers will love, it will remind you, in the best way, of Agatha Christie. "--Stephen KingArthur Fletch, one of the world's bestselling novelists, is a reclusive genius known for his iconic protagonists and fiendish twists. When six struggling authors are invited to spend a weekend on his private Scottish island, they arrive to discover a shocking secret: Arthur Fletch is dead . . . and his last book is unfinished. Desperate to publish the novel, Fletch's agent and editor have summoned these writers in the hope that one of them will imagine a worthy ending for this final book. To sweeten the deal, they are offering an irresistible prize: in addition to ghost-writing the last chapter--for a mind-boggling sum--they will also help the lucky writer successfully re-launch their own career, guaranteeing future bestsellers. The catch: the writers have just seventy-two hours to finish Fletch's magnum opus. It's the perfect plot. All it needs is a killer ending.]]></description><link>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C999713</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S72C999713</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clarke, Evelyn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/999713072</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063444645/MC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1583708080</image_url></item></channel></rss>