Galax-Carroll Regional Library

Galax Public Library New Items

OCTOBER 2023

Photo of New Books on shelf at the Galax Public Library

ADULT FICTION

  • “Call Me by Your Name,” by Andre Aciman
  • “The Three of Us,” by Ore, Agbaje-Williams
  • “Let it, Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow!,” by Donna Andrews
  • “Losing Spring,” by V.C. Andrews
  • “The Winter of the Witch,” by Katherine Arden
  • “Wreck the Halls,” by Tessa Bailey
  • “The Windsor Knot,” by S.J. Bennett
  • “Black Fly Season,” by Giles Blunt
  • “Crime Machine,” by Giles Blunt
  • “The Pact,” by Sharon Bolton
  • “The Collected Regrets of Clover,” by Mikki Brammer
  • “Lost & Hound,” by Rita Mae Brown
  • “The Last Neanderthal,” by Claire Cameron
  • “The Great Mrs. Elias,” by Barbara Chase-Riboud
  • “The Secret,” by Lee Child
  • “Craven Manor,” by Darcy Coates
  • “Fire Strike,” by Mike Maden
  • “Dawn: A Proton’s Tale of All That Came To Be,” by Cees Dekker
  • “Blood Lines,” by Nelson DeMille
  • “The Toymakers,” by Robert Dinsdale
  • “By Wizard Oak,” by Peter Crowther
  • “Dark Memory,” by Christine Feehan
  • “The Fleet Street Murders,” by Charles Finch
  • “Lost and Found,’ by Suzanne Woods
  • “Five Years After,” by William R. Forstchen
  • “The Mirror’s Secret,” by Kathy Fronheiser
  • “A Decline in Prophets,” by Sulari Gentill
  • “A Dowry of Blood,” by S.T. Gibson
  • “The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter,” by Theodora Goss
  • “The Murder of Mr. Wickham,” by Claudia Gray
  • “Death at Victoria Dock,” by Kerry Greenwood
  • “The Green Mill Murder,” by Kerry Greenwood
  • “The Exchange,” by John Grisham
  • “Islands in the Stream,” by Ernest Hemingway
  • “The Great Reclamation,” by Rachel Heng
  • “The Gifts,” by Liz Hyder
  • “The Woman in the Castello,” by Kelsey James
  • “A Traitor in Whitehall,” by Julia Kelly
  • “It,” by Stephen King
  • “The Burnout,” by Sophie Kinsella
  • “A Picture of Murder,” by T.E. Kinsey
  • “The Last Confessions of Sylvia P.,” by Lee Daniel Kravetz
  • “The Leftover Woman,” by Jean Kwok
  • “Biography of X,” by Catherine Lacey
  • “Ghost Tamer,” by Meredith R. Lyons
  • “The Borrower,” by Rebecca Makkai
  • “The Great Believers,” by Rebecca Makkai
  • “The Hundred-Year House,” by Rebecca Makkai
  • “The Burning World,” by Isaac Marion
  • “The New Hunger,” by Isaac Marion
  • “Warm Bodies,” by Isaac Marion
  • “Sticks & Stones,” by Susan Meissner
  • “Dust Child,” by Phan Que Mai Nguyen
  • “Christmas in Painted Pony Creek,” by Linda Lael Miller
  • “The Night House,” by Jo Nesbo
  • “The Rachel Incident,” by Caroline O’Donoghue
  • “Wyoming Proud,” by Diana Palmer
  • “Aleahcym: Origins,” by Brian K. Paschall
  • “Musical Chairs,” by Amy Poeppel
  • “Forever, Interrupted,” by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • “The Libyan Diversion,” by Joel C. Rosenberg
  • “Judgement Prey,” by John Sandford
  • “Irreparable Harm,” by Randy Singer
  • “Self Incrimination,” by Randy Singer
  • “The Weeds,” by Katy Simpson Smith
  • “Second Act,” by Danielle Steel
  • “No Lesser Plea,” by Robert Tanenbaum
  • “The Summer I Died,” by Ryan C. Thomas
  • “Delicate Condition,” by Danielle Valentine
  • “Let Us Descend,” by Jesmyn Ward
  • “A Shimmer of Red,” by Valerie Wilson Wesley
  • “The Twelve Dogs of Christmas,” by Susan Wiggs
  • “House of Beating Wings,” by Olivia Wildenstein
  • “House of Pounding Hearts,” by Olivia Wildenstein
  • “In Memoriam,” by Alice Winn
  • “Secrets & Submission,” by Willow Winters
  • “The Amish Matchmakers,” by Beth Wiseman
  • “Obsession,” by Stuart Woods
  • “Fourth Wing,” by Rebecca Yarros

ADULT NON-FICTION

  • “The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage into the World of the Weird,” by Dan Schreiber
  • “Wellness Witchery: A Magickal Approach to Nourishing the Body, Mind & Spirit,” by Laurel Woodward
  • “Haunted Asylums, Prisons, and Sanatoriums: Inside the Abandoned Institutions for the Crazy, Criminal & Quarantined,” by Jamie Davis
  • “The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life,” by Chris Guillebeau
  • “Pointing to the Pasturelands: Reflections on Evangelicalism, Doctrine, & Culture,” by J. I. Packer
  • “After Dispensationalism: Reading the Bible for the End of the World,” by Brian P. Irwin
  • “Glad You’re Here: Two Unlikely Friends Breaking Bread and Fences,” by Walker Hayes
  • “Pierced by Love: Divine Reading with the Christian Tradition,” by Hans Boersma
  • “Dark Future: Uncovering the Great Reset’s Terrifying Next Phase,” by Glenn Beck
  • “America’s Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything,” by Christopher F. Rufo
  • “Enslaved: The Sunken History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade,” by Simcha Jacobovici
  • “A Madman’s Will: John Randolph, 400 Slaves, and the Mirage of Freedom,” by Gregory May
  • “Broke Millennial Takes on Investing: A Beginner’s Guide to Leveling Up Your Money,” by Erin Lowry
  • “Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World’s Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her,” by Robin Gerber
  • “The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America’s Wildlands,” by Jon Billman
  • “Deadly Force: Understanding Your Right to Self Defense,” by Massad F. Ayoob
  • “Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History’s Most Notorious Murderers,” by Richard Estep
  • “The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession,” by David Grann
  • “American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journet into the Business of Punishment,” by Shane Bauer
  • “Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County: A Family, a Virginia Town, a Civil Rights Battle,” by Kristen Green
  • “Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science,” by Erika Engelhaupt
  • “The Forager’s Guide to Wild Foods: Edible Plants, Lichens, Mushrooms and Seaweeds”
  • “Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche,” by Ethan Watters
  • “Escape into Cottagecore: Embrace Cosy Countryside Comfort in Your Every Day,” by Ramona Jones
  • “The Little Book of Cottagecore: Traditional Skills for a Simpler Life,” by Emily Kent
  • “Armed Forces Recipe Service: A Cookbook for Large Groups,” by United States Department of Defense
  • “Cooking for Crowds for Dummies,” by Dawn Simmons
  • “Celtic Folklore Cooking,” by Joanne Asala
  • “The Little Book of Life Hacks: How to Make Your Life Happier, Healthier, and More Beautiful,” by Yumi Sakugawa
  • “Dream Big and Win: Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion-Dollar Business,” by Liz Elting
  • “Dolly Parton Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones,” by Dolly Parton
  • “Clarinet for Dummies,” by David Etheridge
  • “Walk Upon a Time: An Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike,” by Leslie Fletcher
  • “Poetry as Spellcasting: Poems, Essays, and Prompts for Manifesting Liberation and Reclaiming Power,” by Tamiko Beyer
  • “All of Us Together in the End,” by Matthew Vollmer
  • “Hojoki, Visions of a Torn World,” by Chomei Kamo
  • “Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon,” by Paul Rosolie
  • “Island of the Lost: An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World,” by Joan Druett
  • “Edison’s Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History’s Greatest Geniuses,” by Katie Spalding
  • “The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman,” by Nancy Marie Brown
  • “When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt,” by Kara Cooney
  • “Jungle of Stone: The Extraordinary Journey of John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya,” by William Carlsen
  • “The Scandalous Hamiltons,” by Bill Shaffer
  • “Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars,” by Jamie Goodall
  • “The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon’s Last Uncontacted Tribes,” by Scott Wallace
  • “The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania, and Mutiny in the South Pacific,” by Brandon Presser

LARGE PRINT

  • “To Free the Stars,” by J’nell Ciesielski
  • “The Traitor Among Us,” by Anne Perry
  • “Finding Us,” by Tracie Peterson
  • “Judgement Prey,” by John Sandford
  • “The Whiskey Drummer,” by Ethan J. Wolfe
  • “Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth,” by Mark Hertsgaard
  • “The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia and the Kennedys – And One Senator’s Fight to Save Democracy,” by James Risen

BIOGRAPHIES

  • “Token Black Girl: A Memoir,” by Danielle Prescod
  • “Vincent Price: A Daughter’s Biography,” by Victoria Price
  • “Tesla: The Life and Times of an Electric Messiah,” by Nigel Cawthorne
  • “Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain,” by Margaret Willson

BOOKS ON CD

  • “Profiles in Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber,” by Andy Borowitz
  • “Empathy Economics: Janey Yellen’s Remarkable Rise to Power and her Drive to Forge Prosperity for All,” by Owen Ullmann
  • “A Hard Kick in the Nuts: What I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions,” by Steve-O
  • “The Hit,” by David Baldacci
  • “The Whole Enchilada,” by Diane Mott Davidson
  • “From a Far and Lovely Country,” by Alexander McCall Smith
  • “The Crypt: Shakedown,” by Scott Sigler
  • “Hidden in Snow,” by Viveca Sten
  • “Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match,” by Sally Thorne

DVDS

  • “Monster Whitetail Pursuit”
  • “A. I. Artificial Intelligence”
  • “Crocodile Dundee; Crocodile Dundee II; Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles”
  • “Fail-Safe”
  • “The Fifth Element”
  • “Happy Accidents”
  • “Hugh Grant Collection”
  • “Interview with the Vampire Season 1”
  • “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”
  • “Johnny Mnemonic”
  • “Loch Ness”
  • “Love Potion No. 9”
  • “Mayfair Witches Season 1”
  • “Men at Work”
  • “Music from Another Room”
  • “The Omega Man”
  • “4 Movie Marathon. Waterworld; Children of Men; Skyline; Doomsday Post-Apocalyptic Collection”
  • “Powder”
  • “The Rat Patrol. The Complete Second Season”
  • “Someone’s Watching Me”
  • “Soylent Green”
  • “Starship Troopers”
  • “The Tailor of Panama”
  • “Trapped”
  • “Trois”
  • “Troy”
  • “The War of the Worlds”
  • “Yellowjackets Season 1”

TEEN FICTION

  • “House of Roots and Ruin,” by Erin A. Craig
  • “Bleach: Can’t Fear Your Own World Vol. 3,” by Ryogo Narita
  • “Secrets So Deep,” by Ginny Myers Sain

TEEN NON-FICTION

  • “Demon Slayer= Kimetsu no Yaiba Volume 7 Trading Blows at Close Quarters,” by Koyoharu Gotoge
  • “Guardians of the Galaxy. Vol. 3 Guardians Disassembled,” by Brian Michael Bendis
  • “Uncanny X-Men. Vol. 2 Broken,” by Brian Michael Bendis
  • “Demon Slayer = Kimetsu no Yaiba 5 To Hell,” by Koyoharu Gotoge
  • “Demon Slayer = Kimetsu no Yaiba 6 The Demon Slayer Corps Gathers,” by Koyoharu Gotoge
  • “The Mummy: The Rise & Fall of Xango’s Ax,” by Joshua Jabcuga
  • “Batman/Superman. 5 Truth Hurts,” by Greg Pak
  • “Batman/Superman. 2 Game Over,” by Greg Pak
  • “Lore Olympus. Volume 5,” by Rachel Smythe

KIDS DVDS

  • “5 Children & It”
  • “Animal Crackers”
  • “Call of the Wild: A Race for Buck”
  • “Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation”
  • “Elemental”
  • “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends Season One”
  • “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends Season Two”
  • “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends Season Three”
  • “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends Season Four”
  • “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends Season Five”
  • “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends Season Six”
  • “The Little Mermaid”
  • “Monsters, Inc.”
  • “PAW Patrol. Big Truck Pups”
  • “PAW Patrol. All Paws on Deck”
  • “The Rescuers. The Rescuers Down Under”
  • “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken”
  • “Elmo’s Holiday Spectacular: The Nutcracker and Other Tales”
  • “The Smurfs and the Magic Flute”
  • “Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse”
  • “Up”

KIDS FICTION

  • “Lost in the Caverns,” by Kathryn Butler
  • “Spy School Goes North,” by Stuart Gibbs
  • “Spy School Project X,” by Stuart Gibbs
  • “No Brainer,” by Jeff Kinney
  • “The Evertree,” by Marie Lu
  • “Against the Tide,” by Tui Sutherland
  • “Tales of the Great Beasts”
  • “Slime Doesn’t Pay!,” by R.L. Stine
  • “A Guide to the Dragon World,” by Tui Sutherland

KIDS NON-FICTION

  • “Ghost Hunters,” by Emma Carlson Berne
  • “Haunted Dolls,” by Susan B. Katz
  • “Loved Ones with a Physical Disability,” by Lacey Hilliard
  • “A Beetle is Shy,” by Dianna Hutts Aston
  • “Freshwater Fishing,” by Diane Lindsey Reeves
  • “Loved Ones with Chronic Illness,” by AnneMarie McClain
  • “Loved Ones with Autism,” by Lacey Hilliard
  • “Loved Ones with Down Syndrome,” by AnneMarie McClain
  • “Loved Ones with Depression,” by AnneMarie McClain
  • “Loved Ones with Cancer,” by AnneMarie McClain
  • “Deer Hunting,” by Kyle Brach
  • “Cat on the Run in Cat of Death!,” by Aaron Blabey
  • “A First Time for Everything,” by Dan Santat
  • “Ice Fishing,” by Diane Bailey
  • “Deep-Sea Fishing,” by Kyle Brach
  • “Bird Hunting,” by Diane Bailey
  • “Small Game Hunting,” by Diane Bailey
  • “Bowhunting,” by Kyle Brach
  • “Big Game Hunting,” by Kyle Brach
  • “The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac: The Official Magical Companion to J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Books,” by J.K. Rowling

PICTURE BOOKS

  • “Baby Shark’s Fin-Credible Family,” by Grace Baranowksi
  • “Hey! Wake Up!,” by Sandra Boynton
  • “Spooky Pookie,” by Sandra Boynton
  • “Don’t Push the Button!: A Halloween Treat,” by Bill Cotter
  • “Dino Ranch”
  • “I’m a Little Pumpkin,” by Hannah Eliot
  • “ABC’s of Art,” by Sabrina Hahn
  • “Oink! I’m a Pig,” by Merrill Rainey
  • “Little Blue Trucks Halloween,” by Alice Schertle
  • “No David!,” by David Shannon
  • “Fire Chief Fran,” by Linda Ashman
  • “Baby Dragon’s Big Sneeze,” by Sheryl Bass
  • “Helping,” by Mike Berenstain
  • “Babar’s Museum of Art: (Closed Mondays),” by Laurent de Brunhoff
  • “Where’s My Mummy?,” by Carolyn Crimi
  • “Lawrence & Sophia,” by Doreen Cronin
  • “The Smallest Spot of a Dot: The Little Ways We’re Different, the Big Ways We’re the Same,” by Linsey Davis
  • “Room on the Broom,” by Julia Donaldson
  • “Gustavo, the Shy Ghost,” by Flavia Z. Drago
  • “Leila, the Perfect Witch,” by Flavia Z. Drago
  • “Vlad, el Vampiro Fabuloso,” by Flavia Z. Drago
  • “Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire,” by Flavia Z. Drago
  • “The Umbrella,” by Beth Ferry
  • “I Don’t Care,” by Julie Fogliano
  • “Wait and See,” by Helen Frost
  • “Good Things,” by Maryah Greene
  • “Five Little Pumpkins on Sesame Street,” by Erin Guendelsberger
  • “At the Old Haunted House,” by Helen Ketteman
  • “Hidden Gem,” by Linda Liu
  • “The Fantastic Bureau of Imagination,” by Brad Montague
  • “Babette,” by Clare Turlay Newberry
  • “The Stack,” by Vanessa Roeder
  • “How to Catch a Witch,” by Alice Walstead
  • “How to Catch a Monster,” by Adam Wallace
  • “Kiki Kicks,” by Jane Yolen
  • “Smout & the Lighthouse: A Story of Robert Louis Stevenson
  • “Gustavo, el Fantasmita Timido,” by Flavia Z. Drago
  • “Animal Tails,” by Rose Davidson
  • “Pickle Party!,” by Frank Berrios
  • “Blame It on the Rain,” by Jennifer Weinberg
  • “Chicks!,” by Sandra Horning
  • “Big Shark, Little Shark, and the Missing Teeth,” by Anna Membrino
  • “Dancing with Manatees,” by Faith McNulty
  • “Captain Cat Goes to Mars,” by Emma J. Virjan
  • “Interrupting Cow and the Horse of a Different Color,” by Jane Yolen
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