Louder Than Hunger

September 6th, 2024 by Goshen Public Library No comments »

By John Schu

Year of Publication: 2024

A summary from Goodreads: 

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as an act of survival—in a wrenching and transformative novel-in-verse.

But another voice inside me says,
We need help.
We’re going to die.

Jake volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people. He likes skating and singing, playing Bingo and Name That Tune, and reading mysteries and comics aloud to his teachers. He also likes avoiding people his own age . . . and the cruelty of mirrors . . . and food. Jake has read about kids like him in books—the weird one, the outsider—and would do anything not to be that kid, including shrink himself down to nothing. But the less he eats, the bigger he feels. How long can Jake punish himself before he truly disappears? A fictionalized account of the author’s experiences and emotions living in residential treatment facilities as a young teen with an eating disorder, Louder than Hunger is a triumph of raw honesty. With a deeply personal afterword for context, this much-anticipated verse novel is a powerful model for muffling the destructive voices inside, managing and articulating pain, and embracing self-acceptance, support, and love.

Goshen Public Library call number: YF SCHU (BOOK-YA)

The Exquisite Butterfly Companion

September 5th, 2024 by Goshen Public Library No comments »

By Hazel Davies

Year of Publication: 2011

A summary from Goodreads: 

An informative and gorgeously illustrated field guide for butterfly enthusiasts everywhere!Butterflies and moths have fascinated people for centuries. Their bright colors, varied wing shapes, and endless patterns capture the imagination, making them the stuff of myth and folklore. Today, butterfly watching—or “butterflying”—has become a popular hobby with numerous clubs and festivals devoted to it.In The Exquisite Butterfly Companion, Hazel Davis of the American Museum of Natural History presents an engaging introduction to these fascinating insects. An opening chapter discusses butterfly and moth basics, such as their taxonomy, life cycle, migration, and more. Then follows a lushly illustrated catalogue of butterfly and moth species, offering detailed information on their unique colorings and habitats.

Goshen Public Library call number: J5953.789 DAVIES (PBK) (BOOK-J)

Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves

September 4th, 2024 by Goshen Public Library No comments »

By Nicola Twilley

Year of Publication: 2024

A summary from Goodreads: 

An engaging and far-reaching exploration of refrigeration, tracing its evolution from scientific mystery to globe-spanning infrastructure, and an essential investigation into how it has remade our entire relationship with food—for better and for worse.

How often do we open the fridge or peer into the freezer with the expectation that we’ll find something fresh and ready to eat? It’s an everyday act, easily taken for granted, but just a century ago, eating food that had been refrigerated was cause for both fear and excitement. Banquets were held just so guests could enjoy the novelty of eggs, butter, and apples that had been preserved for months in cold storage—and demonstrate that such zombie foods were not deadly. The introduction of artificial refrigeration overturned millennia of dietary history, launching an entirely new chapter in human nutrition. We could now overcome not just rot, but also seasonality and geography. Tomatoes in January? Avocados in Shanghai? All possible.

In FROSTBITE, New Yorker contributor and co-host of the award-winning podcast Gastropod Nicola Twilley takes readers with her on a tour of the cold chain from farm to fridge, visiting such off-the-beaten-track landmarks as Missouri’s subterranean cheese caves, the banana-ripening rooms of New York City, and the vast refrigerated tanks that store the nation’s OJ reserves. Today, more than three-quarters of everything on the average American plate is processed, shipped, stored, and sold under refrigeration. It’s impossible to make sense of our food system without understanding the all-but-invisible network of thermal control that underpins it. Twilley’s eye-opening book is the first to reveal the transformative impact refrigeration has had on our health and our guts; our farms, tables, kitchens, and cities; global economics and politics; and even our environment.

In the developed world, we’ve reaped the benefits of refrigeration for more than a century, but as Twilley soon discovers, the costs are catching up with us. We’ve eroded our connection to our food, extending the distance between producers and consumers and redefining what “fresh” really means. More importantly, refrigeration is one of the leading contributors to climate change. As the developing world races to build a U.S.-style cold chain, Twilley asks, can we reduce our dependence on refrigeration? Should we? A deeply-researched and reported, original, and entertaining dive into the most important invention in the history of food and drink, FROSTBITE makes the case for a recalibration of our relationship with the fridge—and how our future might depend on it.

Goshen Public Library call number: 621.56 TWILLEY (BOOK)

Payback in Death

September 3rd, 2024 by Goshen Public Library No comments »

By J.D. Robb

Year of Publication: 2023

A summary from Goodreads: 

Lt. Eve Dallas is back and this time she’s investigating the death of one of her own.

When a retired police officer is found shot dead in his home, Eve and the team are called to the scene to investigate. The victim is Martin Greenleaf, former Captain of Internal Affairs. At first glance it looks like suicide but Eve thinks there could be more to this carefully laid scene than meets the eye.

Captain Greenleaf put a lot of cops away during his forty-seven years in Internal Affairs. Did the weight of the job finally prove too much for him? Or could this be a case of payback in death…

Goshen Public Library call number: LP ROBB (BOOK)

Patch Adams

September 2nd, 2024 by Goshen Public Library No comments »

Year of Release: 1999

A summary from Amazon: 

Meet Patch Adams (Academy Award winner Robin Williams), a doctor who doesn’t look, act or think like any doctor you’ve met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he’s willing to do just about anything to make his patients laugh—even if it means risking his own career. Based on a true story, Patch Adams combines side-splitting humor with an inspiring story that transcends the traditional comedy.

Goshen Public Library call number: DVD-A (VISUAL MATERIAL)