There’s never any waiting for titles on hoopla! We’ve rounded up this month’s in-demand titles that are available for instant checkout as ebooks and/or audiobooks.
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Fiction
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The Goddess of Warsaw / Lisa Barr
This is an enthralling story of a legendary Hollywood screen goddess with a dark secret. When the famous actress Lena Browning is threatened by someone from her war-time past, she must put her skills into play to protect herself, her illustrious career, and those she loves.
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The Women / Kristin Hannah
When 20-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath’s brother ships off to serve in the Vietnam War, she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing.
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The One / John Marrs
A word-of-mouth hit in the United Kingdom, this fascinating novel explores how discoveries can have complicated consequences. A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth swab and soon you’ll be matched with your perfect partner—the one you’re genetically made for. Now five very different people have received the notification that they’ve been matched: They’re each about to meet their one true love. But “happily ever after” isn’t guaranteed for everyone. Because even soul mates have secrets.
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The Orphanage by the Lake / Daniel G. Miller
Hazel wants a new life. She’s thirty years old, single, and her private investigation business is months away from folding. Her luck takes a turn when Madeline Hemsley, a mysterious socialite, brings her a new case: An orphan girl has disappeared from a children’s home. It appears to be a standard runaway case, but as Hazel plunges into the investigation, she finds signs of something more sinister.
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Wives Like Us / Plum Sykes
If you think the English countryside is all green wellies, muddy Land Rovers, and grey-haired ladies in tweed, then you’ve never visited The Bottoms. Take a grand English country house, one (heartbroken) American divorcee, three rich wives, two tycoons, a pair of miniature sausage dogs and one (bereaved) butler; put them all into the blender and out comes this impossibly funny novel from the best-selling author of Bergdorf Blondes.
Ebook & audiobook
Nonfiction
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Raising Mentally Strong Kids / Daniel G. Amen, M.D., and Charles Fay, Ph. D.
Neuroscience meets love and logic, giving parents practical tools to help children of all ages go from behavioral problems like defiance, meltdowns, and power struggles to being responsible, confident, kind, and resilient; better prepared to make good decisions; more focused and motivated; better able to have healthy relationships, and more.
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Good Inside / Dr. Becky Kennedy
From reward charts to time outs, many popular parenting approaches are based on shaping behavior, not raising humans. These techniques don’t build the skills kids need for life, or account for their complex emotional needs. “Dr. Becky” offers a model that prioritizes connecting with our kids over correcting them. Complete with actionable strategies, here is a philosophy that will help parents move from uncertainty and self-blame to confidence and sturdy leaderships.
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Don’t Believe Everything You Think / Joseph Nguyen
This book offers a completely new paradigm and understanding of where our human experience comes from, allowing us to end our own suffering and create how we want to feel at any moment.
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Woven Together / Courtney E. Rose
Educator Dr. Courtney E. Rose delivers a student-driven approach to teaching that demonstrates how to bring your full self to the classroom. You’ll learn to create space for your students to do the same thing, de-standardizing the current norms of the classroom while embracing their unique experiences, perspectives and understandings to create more meaningful learning experiences.
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The Tennis Partner / Abraham Verghese
An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from the acclaimed author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water, an Oprah’s Book Club Pick.
Ebook & audiobook
