The Collection Connection

Fall is in the air! It's a great time to harvest new skills and discover some new favorite reads. In this issue, pick through our latest workplace and wellness titles, bewitching Kentucky stories, and bestselling novels. Also in this issue: significant dates for book lovers this Autumn; discover supernatural Kentucky books for the spooky season; and learn more about the Business Source Premier database.

See something of interest? Click on the hyperlinked title to be taken to the item record in our catalog, sign in, and click Send to My Office. Only like general and genre fiction? We also have all types of fiction in large print and audiobooks in our collections, as well as plenty of fiction eBooks/audiobooks through Kentucky Libraries Unbound.

Bestsellers

• 23 1/2 Lies by James Patterson
• Counting the Cost: A Memoir by Jill Duggar with Derik Dillard & Craig Borlase
• Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
• Holly by Stephen King
• Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
• Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
• Vince Flynn: Code Red by Vince Flynn

Employee Wellness & Workplace

Finance/Legal

• Clever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money by Bola Sokunbi

• How to Adult: Personal Finance for the Real World by Jake Cousineau

• Money Skills for Teens: A Beginner's Guide to Budgeting, Saving, and Investing: Everything a Teenager Should Know About Personal Finance by Ferne Bowe
  

• The New Retirement Savings Time Bomb: How to Take Financial Control, Avoid Unnecessary Taxes, and Combat the Latest Threats to Your Retirement Savings by Ed Slott

• Retirement Planning Guidebook: Navigating the Important Decisions for Retirement Success by Wade Pfau
  

Health/Wellness

• Breathing Lessons: A Doctor's Guide to Lung Health by MeiLan K Han, MD

• Claim Your Confidence: Unlock Your Superpower and Create the Life You Want by Lydia Fenet

• The Galveston Diet: The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms by Mary Claire Haver

• Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia, MD with Bill Gifford

• Radical: The Science, Culture, and History of Breast Cancer in America by Kate Pickert

• Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross

Parenting

• Bringing Up Bookmonsters: The Joyful Way to Turn Your Child Into a Fearless, Ravenous Reader by Amber Ankowski, PhD & Andy Ankowski

• Life Skills for Tweens: How to Cook, Make Friends, Be Self-Confident and Healthy: Everything a Pre-Teen Should Know To Be a Brilliant Teenager by Ferne Bowe
  

• Life Skills for Young Adults: How to Manage Money, Find a Job, Stay Fit, Eat Healthy and Live Independently: Everything a Teen Should Know Before Leaving Home by Ferne Bowe

• When Your Child Has a Chronic Medical Illness: A Guide for the Parenting Journey by Frank J. Sileo, PhD & Carol S Potter, MFT

• You Look Tired: An Excruciatingly Honest Guide to New Parenthood by Jenny True

Technology

• Coding Creativity: How to Build a Chatbot or Art Generator From Scratch with Bonus - The Ai Prompting Bible by Michael Ferguson
  

• Digital Customer Service: Transforming Customer Experience for an On-Screen World by Rick DeLisi
  

• Getting Great Sounds: The Microphone Book by Tom Lubin

• Technology Touchpoints: Parenting in the Digital Dystopia by Loretta C. Brady PhD

Workplace

• The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Why Talented People Quit and How to Get Them to Stay by Friedericke Fabritius & Scott Barry Kaufman
  
• Come Up for Air: How Teams Can Leverage Systems and Tools to Stop Drowning in Work by Nick Sonnenberg
  
• Deal With Stress: Improving Your Health Through Changing How You Work by Bloomsbury Publishing
  
• Getting Along: How to Work With Anyone (Even Difficult People) by Amy Gallo
  
• HBR Guide to Getting the Mentoring You Need by Harvard Business Review
• The 6 Types of Working Genius: A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team by Patrick M. Lencioni

Kentucky Highlights in Fiction and Non-Fiction

• Bluegrass Paradise: Royal Spring and the Birth of Georgetown, Kentucky by Gary A. O'Dell
  
• Katherine Jackson French: Kentucky's Forgotten Ballad Collector by Elizabeth DiSavino
  
• Slavery and Freedom in the Bluegrass State: Revisiting My Old Kentucky Home by Gerald L. Smith
  
• Sown in the Stars: Planting by the Signs by Sarah L. Hall & Meg Wilson
  
• Three Rivers: A Kentucky Folk History by Dan Lee

• The National Storytelling Festival will be held Oct. 6-8 in Jonesborough, TN. If you can’t visit in person, virtual options are available
• The Kentucky Book Festival will be held Oct. 21 beginning at 9:30 AM EST at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington. Additional festival programs will be held Oct. 19-20. Check out their fantastic Kentucky author lineup: J. R. Ward, Crystal Wilkinson, Frank X Walker, Silas House, and Stephen Bright.
• The Louisville Book Festival will be held Nov. 10-11 at the Kentucky International Convention Center. Meet over 100 authors, presenters, exhibitors & Pete the Cat!

We are now sending out library cards to all new account applicants. If you already have an account, but would like to receive a card, please contact Deborah Hibbard, State Library Circulation & Marketing Librarian, deborah.hibbard@ky.gov, 502-564-8378.

We will be holding a webinar in November (date to be determined) on the ins and outs of Kentucky Libraries Unbound, the 24/7 library that allows you to download eBooks, eAudiobooks, and popular magazines. So check our Training Events Calendar later this fall for registration information.

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