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Michael Lang, Director

DB 51047 The wonderful wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum 
When a cyclone blows Dorothy and her dog Toto from their Kansas home to the magical Land of Oz, Dorothy meets the Munchkins and witches. With her new companions the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion, Dorothy travels to the Emerald City to petition the Wizard. For grades 4-7. 1899.

Dylan Calhoon, Patron Services Manager

DB 66657 Armageddon in retrospect: and other new and unpublished writings on war and peace  by Kurt Vonnegut 
Twelve fiction and nonfiction pieces representing Vonnegut's views on violence and war and his desire for world peace. Contains both a 1945 letter to his family summarizing his prisoner-of-war experience in Germany and his last speech, written in 2007. Introduction by his son Mark Vonnegut. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2008.

DB 64695 The gates to the witch world: comprising Witch world; Web of the witch world; and Year of the unicorn by Andre Norton 
Presents the first three volumes in the Witch World series. In Witch World secret agent Simon Tregarth flees his customary reality through a portal and ends up in a medieval land of magic where the forces of evil threaten three benevolent witches. 2001. Includes Book 1: Witch World, Book 2: Web of the Witch World, and Book 1: Year of the Unicorn (from the High Halleck Cycle)

Jason Brinkman, Production Manager

DB 129931 The Project: how Project 2025 is reshaping America by David A. Graham 
"When President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, news spread about his implementation of Project 2025, a nearly 1,000-page document published by the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation. The debates--and anxiety--surrounding this initiative have only increased as authors of the Project assume positions of power in the second Trump administration. So, what is Project 2025, exactly? Who wrote it, and what does it mean for everyday Americans, across the political spectrum, now and in the years to come? In The Project, award-winning journalist David A. Graham offers much-needed context and distills the essential elements of this sprawling document. Breaking down the Project's strategy for transforming--and radically empowering--the executive branch, Graham then explains what the architects behind Project 2025 are doing with that power: enforcing traditional gender norms, decimating the civil service, performing mass deportations, reducing corporate regulation and worker protections, and more. Project 2025 is the intellectual blueprint for the new administration, Graham argues, and its tenets should not be legible only to policy wonks. Authoritative yet highly accessible, The Project demystifies it for those whose lives it will affect most."-- From publisher. -- Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller.

Nataly Renfro, Machine Clerk 

DB 37043 Good omens: the nice and accurate propehcies of Agnes Nutter, witch by Neil Gaiman (Also available in braille as BR 21217) 
Armageddon is scheduled for next Saturday! But demon Crowley and angel Aziraphale are not looking forward to it. In order to prevent this, they must kill the Antichrist, who lives on earth as a young child. However, there is a problem--three children were switched at birth, and no one knows which one is the Antichrist. Violence and some strong language.

DB 118356 Activate your vagus nerve: unleash your body's natural ability to heal gut sensitivities, inflammation, brain fog, autoimmunity, anxiety, depression by Navas Habib 
"Repair your vagus nerve and experience amazing health and wellness benefits. Your vagus nerve is the largest and most important nerve in your body. It carries messages to and from your brain, gut, heart, and other major muscles and organs. However, common issues like inflammation, stress, or physical trauma can interfere with the nerve's ability to function. Luckily, there are tons of quick-and-easy ways to activate and exercise the nerve, strengthening its function and restoring your body to good health. Packed with easy-to-follow exercises and activities, this book will show you how to unlock the power of the vagus nerve to heal your body and get back to a state of balance." -- Provided by publisher. -- Commercial audiobook.

Sarah Bruemmer

DB 120977 Sociopath by Patric Gagne 
"Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. Something about her caused people to react in a way she didn't understand. She suspected it was because she didn't feel things the way other kids did. Emotions like fear, guilt, and empathy eluded her. For the most part, she felt nothing. And she didn't like the way that "nothing" felt. She did her best to pretend she was like everyone else, but the constant pressure to conform to a society she knew rejected anyone like her was unbearable. So Patric stole. She lied. She was occasionally violent. She became an expert lock-picker and home-invader. All with the goal of replacing the nothingness with...something. In college, Patric finally confirmed what she'd long suspected. She was a sociopath. But even though it was the very first personality disorder identified--well over 200 years ago--sociopathy had been neglected by mental health professionals for decades. She was told there was no treatment, no hope for a normal life. She found herself haunted by sociopaths in pop culture, madmen and evil villains who are considered monsters. Her future looked grim. But when Patric reconnects with an old flame, she gets a glimpse of a future beyond her diagnosis. If she's capable of love, it must mean that she isn't a monster. With the help of her sweetheart (and some curious characters she meets along the way) she embarks on a mission to prove that the millions of Americans who share her diagnosis aren't all monsters either"--Dust jacket. -- Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

Troy Arndt, Circulation Clerk

DB 32537 The fall by Albert Camus 
A philosophical monologue told by a man who realizes he is kind to others only to satisfy his vanity. The consequent feeling of guilt convinces him to reveal his true self to others, an action that soon brings about his disgrace.

DB 15217 Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre 
The author's first novel, originally published in 1938, is a statement about the alienation of personality and the mystery of being. Sartre presents the first full-length essay on existentialism, the philosophy for which he has since become famous. Offered Nobel Prize for literature in 1964 which he declined.

DB 34599 Being and nothingness: a phenomenological essay on ontology by Jean-Paul Sartre 
Translator Hazel Barnes describes Sartre as "one of the very few twentieth-century philosophers to present us with a total system." The chapters in this principal text on existentialism are entitled: the pursuit of being; the problem of nothingness; being-for-itself; being-for-others; and having, doing, and being. Some discussion of sex.

DB 37598 Notes from underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 
First published in 1864, this psychological portrait of the nameless fictional narrator is in the form of a meditation on the injuries people inflict on one another. The narrator is obsessed with the absurdity of life and the meaninglessness of his own existence.