NEW NONFICTION | Chatham Area Public Library District

1) The Amish wife: unraveling the lies, secrets, and conspiracy that let a killer go free

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In 1977, in an Ohio Amish community, pregnant wife and mother Ida Stutzman perished during a barn fire. The coroner's report: natural causes. Ida's husband, Eli, was never considered a suspect. But when he eventually rejected the faith and took his son, Danny, with him, murder followed. What really happened to Ida? The dubious circumstances of the tragic blaze were willfully ignored and Eli's shifting narratives disregarded. Could Eli's subsequent...

2) Calm your mind with food: a revolutionary guide to controlling your anxiety

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Based on cutting-edge research, a nutritional psychiatrist shows how to use food and nutrition to calm the mind, including the best diets for managing anxiety and depression, boosting immunity and enhancing overall mental well-being.

3) Starting a business 101: from creating a business plan and sticking to a budget to marketing and making a profit, your essential primer to starting a business

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Starting a business can be an overwhelming and difficult process. From creating a business plan and budget to hiring employees and paying taxes, there are a myriad of things that need to happen on a relatively quick timeline. In Starting a Business 101, you will learn everything you need to know to start a successful business and handle any obstacle that is thrown your way during the process.

4) Not that fancy: simple lessons on living, loving, eating, and dusting off your boots

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In Not That Fancy, GRAMMY-award winning singer and actress Reba McEntire shares life lessons, behind-the-scenes stories and photos, and her favorite comfort food recipes to inspire you to enjoy the simple things in life.

5) Trail of the lost: the relentless search to bring home the missing hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

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Lankford, Andrea

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As a park ranger with the National Park Service's law enforcement team, Andrea Lankford led search and rescue missions in some of the most beautiful (and dangerous) landscapes across America, from Yosemite to the Grand Canyon. But though she had the support of the agency, Andrea grew frustrated with the service's bureaucratic idiosyncrasies, and left the force after twelve years. Two decades later, however, she stumbles across a mystery that pulls...

6) GED test prep 2024-2025

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An official online-prep guide to the GED Test provides more than 1,000 practice questions, essential reviews of all GED subjects, strategies for writing the RLA extended response and two full-length practice tests.

7) Royal icing cookies: 45+ techniques for stunning and delicious edible art

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"Create perfect, stunning cookies that sweeten any occasion. Included inside are easy-to-follow and tasty recipes for baking cookies and whipping up a batch of icing. Explore more than 45 techniques and themes to practice before sharing a batch that will surely be everyone's favorite dessert"--

8) Forever strong: a new, science-based strategy for aging well

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Lyon, Gabrielle

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Learn how to reboot your metabolism, build strength, and extend your life with this accessible new guidebook that demonstrates the importance of muscle for health and longevity from the founder of the Institute for Muscle-Centric Medicine®. After years of watching patients cycle through her practice, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon noticed a pattern. While her patients struggled with a wide range of conditions, they all suffered from the same core problem: they...

9) Finding baby Holly: lost to a cult, surviving my parents' murders, and saved by prayer

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Miller, Holly Marie

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"At ten months old, Holly Marie was brought to the door of a church by three barefoot women in white robes and head coverings. Adopted by the pastor and raised in a loving Christian home, Holly nevertheless struggled with the ache of not knowing what had happened to her biological parents. She still felt their absence even as she married and started a family of her own. When two detectives showed up at the restaurant where she worked and informed...

10) What really happens in Vegas: true stories of the people who make Vegas, Vegas

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Patterson, James

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"What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas--until now. James Patterson shows the real Vegas in a dazzling journey through true stories of excess, drama, and hope. In What Really Happens in Vegas, full of surprises for both newcomers and Las Vegas regulars, James Patterson and Vanity Fair contributing editor Mark Seal transport readers from the thrill of adrenaline-fueled vice to the glitter of A-list celebrity and entertainment." --Goodreads.

11) How not to age: the scientific approach to getting healthier as you get older

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Greger, Michael

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A founding member of NutritionFacts.org and fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine explains how proper diet and nutrition can help avoid the diseases most commonly encountered in life and during the aging process.

12) The lost tomb: and other real-life stories of bones, burials, and murder

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Preston, Douglas J

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From the haunted country of Italy to the largest tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, the author presents true stories of Egyptian burial chambers, lost treasure, mysterious murders, strange crimes and more.

13) Oath and honor: a memoir and a warning

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The House Republican leader who dared to take a stand against the January 6th insurrection, which she witnessed first-hand, and then helped lead the ensuing investigation, tells the story of this perilous moment in our history, the betrayal of the American people and the Constitution and the risks we still face.

14) Southern Living 2023 annual recipes

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Cook up a warm Southern welcome for family and friends with Southern Living Annual Recipes 2023, the latest big, beautiful, full-color annual compilation of top-rated recipes from the editors and entertaining experts at the lifestyle magazine.

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Get all the prep you need to ace the ACT with 6 full-length practice tests, thorough ACT topic reviews, and extra practice online. Includes up to date information on the new ACT Online Testing option, superscores, section retesting, and more via your included online Student Tools.

16) Air fryer magic: 75 easy recipes for frying, roasting, & baking

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In this ultimate cookbook, the Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen shows just how versatile air fryers can be with dozens of tested-til-perfect recipes for delicious mains, easy appetizers and sides, decadent desserts and super-fast breakfasts. Plus, the experts share their lab-testing notes about which type of air fryer to buy, the best ways to clean and maintain your machine, as well as top-tested tools and techniques for successful air frying (psst...

17) The sisterhood: the secret history of women at the CIA

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A new history of the CIA that reveals how women have always played crucial, often unacknowledged roles in American spycraft, a hidden "sisterhood" of spies, analysts, operatives, and manhunters who, over a half-century, kept the free world safe and, more than once, saved it.

18) Astor: the rise and fall of an American fortune

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Cooper, Anderson

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"The story of the Astors is an extraordinary but true tale of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention -- and of cunning, determination, hard work, hubris, infighting, and greed. One of the wealthiest men to have ever lived, John Jacob Astor first arrived in New York in 1783 and built a fortune through a ruthless expansion of his beaver trapping business, which he grew into an empire through real estate that enriched him at the expense of...

19) Prequel: an American fight against fascism

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Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the Nazis. Inspired by her research for the hit podcast Ultra, Rachel Maddow charts the rise of a wild American strain of authoritarianism that has been alive on the far-right edge of our politics for the better part...

20) Remaining you while raising them: the secret art of confident motherhood

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Worthington, Alli

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"A guilt-free guide that strips away the myths you've believed about motherhood and offers you a new way to think--about your kids, yourself, and being the mom you've always wanted to be. A recent Barna study stated that 80 percent of mothers are stressed out, 70 percent are tired, and 56 percent are overcommitted. This book is for them: every mom who feels overwhelmed, worried, stressed, overstimulated, tired, and strung out by all the demands of...