WHITMAN COUNTY RURAL LIBRARY DISTRICT
“How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen” by David Brooks
A heartfelt guide offering practical wisdom on the transformative art of deeply understanding others to forge meaningful connections in various aspects of life.
“Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close” by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
The authors share the candid and humorous tale of their messy yet life-affirming friendship, chronicling the highs and lows of their first decade together. Through personal anecdotes, interviews, and reflections on universal challenges they celebrate the enduring strength of significant bonds.
“Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Third Edition” by Joseph Grenny
Learn essential skills for navigating challenging conversations in today’s workplace. With a focus on persuasion over abrasiveness and techniques for mastering high-stakes dialogues, the book addresses contemporary issues, providing practical guidance on responding to crucial conversations, handling delays in problem resolution, and enhancing communication in digital mediums for improved relationships and results.
NEILL PUBLIC LIBRARY
“Writing for Busy Readers” by Todd Rogers & Jessica Lasky-Fink
“Writing well is for school. Writing effectively is for life” is the key take away from this pivotal book that will transform the impact your writing has. Available in print.
“In Spite of the Consequences” by Lacino Hamilton
Hamilton was falsely convicted of murder and it took 26 years of imprisonment, including 11 years in solitary confinement before he was exonerated and released. He spent his years in prison writing thousands of letters to maintain connection and amplify the lived experience of the incarcerated. Available in print.
“Missed Conceptions” by Karen Stollznow
Infertility can be a lonely and isolating experience and yet one in six couples experience it. Written following the author’s own decade-long struggle to conceive, historian Stollznow brings the reader through the timeline of documented and mentioned infertility from folklore, religious texts, ancient civilizations to popular culture to understand the many attitudes, beliefs, legends and science. Available in print.
LATAH COUNTYLIBRARY DISTRICT
“Love and Resistance” by Kara H.L. Chen
When 17-year-old Sylvia Chang arrives at her fourth school in seven years, she is used to keeping to herself. But when Mitzy, one of the pushy popular girls, makes a racist comment Sylvia cannot stay quiet any longer.
“The Family Fortuna” by Lindsay Eagar
Bird Girl. That’s what they call her. She’s the biggest attraction in the family business, a circus called the “Family Fortuna.” When a handsome young artist comes to draw the family, Avita is taken aback by his rendering of her. She no longer wants to be the fierce monster she has portrayed all these years.
“The Drowned Woods” by Emily Lloyd-Jones
Eighteen year old Mererid is the last of her kind, a water diviner, and she can manipulate water with magic. Enter the prince who binds her to his service and uses her magic for evil for years. Now all Mererid desires is a quiet and peaceful life. So, when she receives an offer to use her magic to take down the prince, she bands together with an unlikely bunch to fight for true freedom. Infused with Welsh folklore and full of exciting twists and turns, and treacherous magic.
