New & Notable - Adults
Billion dollar burger : inside big tech's race for the future of food
Purdy, Chase, author.
2020
"The riveting story of the entrepreneurs and renegades fighting to bring lab-grown meat to the world. The trillion-dollar meat industry is one of our greatest environmental hazards; it pollutes more than all the world's fossil-fuel-powered cars. Global animal agriculture is responsible for deforestation, soil erosion, and more emissions than air travel, paper mills, and coal mining combined. It also, of course, depends on the slaughter of more than 60 billion animals per year, a number that is only increasing as the global appetite for meat swells. But a band of doctors, scientists, activists, and entrepreneurs have been racing to end animal agriculture as we know it, hoping to fulfill a dream of creating meat without ever having to kill an animal. In the laboratories of Silicon Valley companies, Dutch universities, and Israeli startups, visionaries are growing burgers and steaks from microscopic animal cells and inventing systems to do so at scale--allowing us to feed the world without slaughter and environmental devastation. Drawing from exclusive and unprecedented access to the main players, from polarizing activist-turned-tech CEO Josh Tetrick to lobbyists and regulators on both sides of the issue, Billion Dollar Burger follows the people fighting to upend our food system as they butt up against the entrenched interests fighting viciously to stop them. The stakes are monumentally high: cell-cultured meat is the best hope for sustainable food production, a key to fighting climate change, a gold mine for the companies that make it happen, and an existential threat for the farmers and meatpackers that make our meat today. Are we ready?"-- Provided by publisher.
Charred : the complete guide to vegetarian grilling and barbecue
Taylor, Genevieve, author
2019
If you're bored of beefburgers, or if you're vegetarian and want more, then this cookbook offers up over 70 original, exciting recipes to cater for all your veggie BBQ needs. The vegetarian dishes will be the highlight of every meal. Live-fire and BBQ expert Genevieve Taylor has developed these inventive, sensational dishes so that they can just as easily be cooked in a grill pan or conventional oven, year-round.
The choice
McAllister, Gillian, author
2020
It's the end of a night out and Joanna is walking home alone. Then she hears the sound every woman dreads: footsteps behind her, getting faster. She's sure it's him -the man from the bar who wouldn't leave her alone. So Joanna makes a snap decision. She turns, she pushes. Her pursuer tumbles down the steps and lies motionless, facedown on the ground. Now what? This novel follows the two paths Joanna's future might take, depending on the choice she makes. Author of "The Good Sister."
A hill of beans
Johnstone, William W., author
2020
"Mac is back. Framed for a murder he didn't commit, Dewey 'Mac' McKenzie is a wanted man on a cattle drive heading west--as a chuckwagon cook. Though he's never even boiled an egg, McKenzie has a natural gift for cobbling together good trail drive grub. Now, with two trail drives under his belt, McKenzie has proven to be more than a good chuckwagon cook. He's good at serving up justice, too--with a side of hot lead"--Provided by publisher.
The imperfects
Meyerson, Amy, author
2020
A family's discovery of a priceless inheritance leads them on a pursuit for the truth that transforms their lives in unexpected ways.
Joy at work : organizing your professional life
KondoĢ, Marie, author
2020
The workplace is a magnet for clutter and mess. Who hasn't felt drained by wasteful meetings, disorganized papers, endless emails, and unnecessary tasks? These are the modern-day hazards of working, and they can slowly drain the joy from work, limit our chances of career progress, and undermine our well-being. There is another way. In Joy at Work , bestselling author and Netflix star Marie Kondo and Rice University business professor Scott Sonenshein offer stories, studies, and strategies to help you eliminate clutter and make space for work that really matters.
The Lion's Den : A Novel.
John, Katherine St.
2019
When her best friend, Summer, invites Belle on a glamorous girls' getaway to the Mediterranean aboard her billionaire boyfriend's yacht, the only sensible answer is yes. But once aboard the luxurious Lion's Den, it becomes clear that all is not as it seems. The dream vacation quickly devolves into a nightmare as Belle and the handful of other girlfriends Summer has invited are treated more like prisoners than guests. Belle soon realizes she's going to have to keep her wits about her - and her own big secret close to her chest - if she wants to make it off the yacht alive. Print run 200,000.
Old Lovegood girls : a novel
Godwin, Gail, author
2020
When the dean of Lovegood Junior College for Girls decides to pair Feron Hood with Merry Jellicoe as roommates in 1958, she has no way of knowing the far-reaching consequences of the match. Feron, who has narrowly escaped from a dark past, instantly takes to Merry and her composed personality. Surrounded by the traditions and four-story Doric columns of Lovegood, the girls - and their friendship - begin to thrive. But underneath their fierce friendship is a stronger, stranger bond, one comprised of secrets, rivalry, and influence - with neither of them able to predict that Merry is about to lose everything she grew up taking for granted, and that their time together will be cut short. Ten years later, Feron and Merry haven't spoken since college. Life has led them into vastly different worlds. But, as Feron says, once someone is inside your "reference aura," she stays there forever. And when each woman finds herself in need of the other's essence, that spark - that remarkable affinity, unbroken by time - between them is reignited, and their lives begin to shift as a result.
The runner
Leather, Stephen, author
2020
Sally Page is an MI5 'footie', a junior Secret Service Agent who maintains fake identities or footprints used by real spies. One day she goes out for coffee leaving the safe house from which she and her fellow footies operate. When she comes back, they have all been murdered and she barely escapes with her own life. She is on the run: but from whom she has no idea. Worse, her bosses at MI5 seem powerless to help her. To live, she will have to use all the lies and false identities she has so carefully created while discovering the truth.
That summer in Maine
Wolfson, Brianna, author
2020
Years ago, during a certain summer in Maine, two young women, unaware of each other, met a charismatic man and each had a brief affair with him. Now, sixteen years later, the family lives these women have made are suddenly upended when their teenage girls meet as strangers on social media. They concoct a plan to spend the summer in Maine with the man who is their biological father. Their determination puts them on a collision course with their mothers, who must finally meet and acknowledge their shared past and join forces as they risk losing their only daughters to a man they barely know.
Unconquerable Sun
Elliott, Kate.
2019
The cutthroat ambassador corps and conniving noble houses have never ceased to scheme - and they have plans that need Sun to be removed as heir, or better yet, dead. To survive, Eirene must rely on her wits and companions: her biggest rival, her secret lover, and a dangerous prisoner of war. Author of YA series Court of Fives. Print run 75,000.
You're doing great! : and other reasons to stay alive
Papa, Tom, author
2020
Everyone is fighting an overwhelming feeling that things are getting worse, that we should be doing more, that we're not good enough. It's time to refocus, enjoy it all, and stop waiting for something better. Relax with comedian and performer Tom Papa as he explores his favourite subjects, including: You Don't Have to Live Your Best Life, Don't Open the Mail; I'm So Baked, and Shut Up and Eat. Recalibrate, turn off your device, and open your eyes to a better reality - you're doing great!