Staff Picks

House Rules

Why is it a pick?

Great book about how a mom and family are effected by Autism. A lot of the moms of autistic kids, or kids with learning disabilities like me, are so consumed with being their child's advocate that there's no room for anything else--least of all ourselves. Follow this amazing journey of heartbreak and joy.

Collection

Adult Fiction

Picked by

Mary

eBooks & Audiobooks

Staff Picks by Terri

Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It

Why is it a pick?

And who wouldn’t want it both ways? Some of the people in these eleven thought-provoking and compelling stories might agree with that as they drift along in the opposing forces of longing, families, relationships, fidelity and innocence. Scenes of Montana wilderness and other unnamed locales provide additional flavor to her second book of short stories.

Collection

Adult Fiction

Picked by

Terri

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch

Why is it a pick?

Alison’s funny and revealing biography of her life as a child actor on the Little House on Prairie TV show will have you laughing one moment and crying or angry at the next. Her anecdotes about the other actors on that set, her friendship with Melissa Gilbert, her stand-up comedy work, and political activism as she got older, reveal a true survivor.

Collection

Adult Non-fiction

Picked by

Terri

Learning Express

Why is it a pick?

You can take practice tests online for GED, college placement, and civil service tests.

Collection

Online Database

Picked by

Terri

The Great Eight

Why is it a pick?

Hamilton, best known as an Olympic figure skater, is also a great writer. He outlines his eight secrets to having a happy outlook in life while he has every reason to be miserable too: childhood illnesses, cancer, brain tumor, and of course, short and balding.

Collection

Adult Non-fiction

Picked by

Terri

The Guinea Pig Diaries

Why is it a pick?

Funny essays about the author’s experiments in living, including outsourcing his personal assistant duties to India, being nice to his wife for a month, and living by the 100 rules George Washington tried to follow. Jacobs, who has also lived the Bible for one year and read an encyclopedia, will inspire you to live life differently… radical honesty or no more multi-tasking, anyone?

Collection

Adult Non-fiction

Picked by

Terri

The Hearts of Horses

Why is it a pick?

Eastern Oregon in 1917 is full of newly planted wheat fields and young horsewoman Martha Lessen rides a wide circle around them as she works with local horses to be broken, while war, illness and difficulties in farming try to break the local families.