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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN SUMMER READING WESTOVER, T.
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TEEN SUMMER READING WESTOVER, T.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
LARGE TYPE BIOGRAPHY WESTOVER, T.
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Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Her father distrusted the medical establishment, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse....
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
364.1523 GRA
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364.1523 GRA
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN 364.1523 GRA
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TEEN 364.1523 GRA
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
LARGE TYPE 364.1523 GRA
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LARGE TYPE 364.1523 GRA
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
CD 364.1523 GRA
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CD 364.1523 GRA
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In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
BIOGRAPHY FRANKE, S.
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BIOGRAPHY FRANKE, S.
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"From eldest daughter Shari Franke, the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog and the hidden abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, and how, in the face of unimaginable pain, she found freedom and healing."-- Provided by publisher.
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"In his first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, #1 bestselling author John Grisham and Centurion Ministries Founder Jim McCloskey share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions. Impeccably researched and grippingly told, Framed offers an inside look at the victims of the United States criminal justice system. A fundamental principle of our legal system is a presumption of innocence, but once someone has been found guilty there is...
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Downers Grove Public Library - Lobby - Adult
158.1 ROB
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158.1 ROB
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"If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other people. Two simple words--Let Them--will set you free. Free from the opinions, drama, and judgments of others. Free from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage everything and everyone around you. The Let Them Theory puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands--and this book will show you exactly...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
BIOGRAPHY BISHOP, K.
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BIOGRAPHY BISHOP, K.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
CD BIOGRAPHY BISHOP, K.
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CD BIOGRAPHY BISHOP, K.
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A candid and captivating memoir from award-winning and beloved actress Kelly Bishop, spanning her six decades in show business from Broadway to Hollywood with A Chorus Line, Dirty Dancing, Gilmore Girls, and much more.-- Provided by publisher.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
CLUB READS 616.995 GRE
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CLUB READS 616.995 GRE
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
GREAT READS 616.995 GRE
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GREAT READS 616.995 GRE
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"Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it. In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first...
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The Kennedy name has long been synonymous with wealth, power, glamor, and--above all else--integrity. But this carefully constructed veneer hides a dark truth: the pattern of Kennedy men physically and psychologically abusing women and girls, leaving a trail of ruin and death in each generation's wake. Through decades of scandal after scandal--from sexual assaults to reputational slander, suicides to manslaughter--the family and their defenders have...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
CD 155.24 CLE
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CD 155.24 CLE
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"No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving-every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
HUMOR HANDLER, C.
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HUMOR HANDLER, C.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
LARGE TYPE HUMOR HANDLER, C.
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"At ten years old, Chelsea opened a lemonade stand and realized she'd make more money if the drinks were spiked. So she added vodka to her recipe and used her earnings to upgrade herself to first-class on a family vacation-leaving her parents and siblings in coach. At nineteen, she moved to Los Angeles and got fired from her temp job when she admitted she didn't know how to transfer calls. She played pickleball with the scions of an American dynasty....
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
FICTION BERRY, S.
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FICTION BERRY, S.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
LARGE TYPE FICTION BERRY, S.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION BERRY, S.
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"Cotton Malone is on the hunt for a forgotten 16th century Pledge of Christ - a sworn promise made by Pope Julius II that evidences a monetary debt owed by the Vatican, still valid after five centuries, now worth in the trillions of dollars. But collecting that debt centers around what happened to the famed Medici of Florence - a family that history says died out, without heirs, centuries ago. Two more things also hang in the balance. Who will become...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
973.922 MEL
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973.922 MEL
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
LARGE TYPE 973.922 MEL
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LARGE TYPE 973.922 MEL
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
CD 973.922 MEL
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CD 973.922 MEL
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"Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president of the United States, is often ranked among Americans' most well-liked presidents. Yet what most Americans don't know is that JFK's historic presidency almost ended before it began-at the hands of a disgruntled sociopathic loner armed with dynamite. On December 11, 1960, shortly after Kennedy's election and before his inauguration, a retired postal worker named Richard Pavlick waited in his car-a parked Buick-on...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
305.23 HAI
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305.23 HAI
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"From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health-and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
LARGE TYPE BIOGRAPHY CHER
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LARGE TYPE BIOGRAPHY CHER
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"There is only one Cher... And for seven decades she has been showing us why. With a life too big for one volume, Cher holds the attention of the world with her voice, her acting, her style, her wit, and her unstoppable spirit. Now, for the first time, she tells her story in her own voice -- a voice that is as honest as it is hilarious, as powerful as it is perceptive. Cher: The Memoir, Part One recounts Cher's origin, backtracking through her mother's...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
321.9 ORE
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321.9 ORE
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
LARGE TYPE 321.9 ORE
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LARGE TYPE 321.9 ORE
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
PLAYAWAY 321.9 ORE
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PLAYAWAY 321.9 ORE
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The concept of evil is universal, ancient, and ever present today. The biblical book of Genesis clearly defines it when Cain kills his brother Abel out of jealousy. As long as human beings have walked, evil has been close by. This book will recount the deeds of the worst people in history: Genghis Khan. Caligula. Henry VIII. The collective evil of the slave traders. Stalin. Hitler. Mao. The Ayatollah Khomeini. Putin. The Mexican drug cartels. Their...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
CD 616.85212 VAN
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CD 616.85212 VAN
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An expert on traumatic stress outlines an approach to healing, explaining how traumatic stress affects brain processes and how to use innovative treatments to reactivate the mind's abilities to trust, engage others, and experience pleasure. --Publisher's description.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
648.5 MOO
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648.5 MOO
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"A father of three with a stressful job, Tyler Moore felt his life resembled an overstuffed closet: disorganized and overly busy behind the tidy, closed doors. When it all became too much-for their 750-square-foot apartment and his nerves-he set out to unpack the physical and emotional mess around him. Chronicling his progress as "Tidy Dad" on Instagram, he learned that tidying is about so much more than the aesthetics and decluttering of a physical...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
351 LEW
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351 LEW
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
LARGE TYPE 351 WHO
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LARGE TYPE 351 WHO
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"The government is a vast, complex system that Americans pay for, rebel against, rely upon, dismiss, and celebrate. It's also our shared resource for addressing the biggest problems of society. And it's made up of people, mostly unrecognized and uncelebrated, doing work that can be deeply consequential and beneficial to everyone. Michael Lewis invited his favorite writers to find someone doing an interesting job for the government and write about...
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A New York Times bestseller—with more than one million copies sold!
If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met, when your feelings were dismissed, or when you took on adult levels of responsibility in an effort
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
248.32 OST
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248.32 OST
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
LARGE TYPE 248.32 OST
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LARGE TYPE 248.32 OST
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"At any given moment, God is ready to jump into our lives and act on our circumstances. But we spend so much time overwhelmed by the demands of daily life that we forget the amazing power we have access to as children of God. Our lives are dull and our situations don't change because we are not asking God for the bold desires that are in our hearts. Instead of praying that God will help you survive the day of work at a dead-end job, pray that God...








