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Mark Twain once said "In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours." He must have visited Kentucky in the Spring! If you enjoy as much variety in your reading as is found in a typical Kentucky Spring day, KDLA can help. In this issue, unearth our latest workplace and wellness titles, absorbing Kentucky reads, and bestseller novels. Also in this issue: significant dates for book lovers this Spring; learn how to book a KDLA workshop for your employees; check out our staff picks; and important information on the research database ProQuest Central as well as Ancestry Library Edition.

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. If the title is also available as an eBook/audiobook, you can click on the blue View button to be taken to KY Libraries Unbound for check out. Only like general and genre fiction? We also have all types of fiction in large print and audiobooks, as well as plenty of fiction eBooks/audiobooks through Kentucky Libraries Unbound.

Bestsellers

• All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
• Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• It Starts with Us/It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
• Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
• Spare by Prince Harry
• Storm Watch by C. J. Box
• Walk the Blue Line by James Patterson & Matt Everson
• Worthy Opponents by Danielle Steel

Employee Wellness & Workplace

Finance/Legal

• 101 Law Forms for Personal Use by Nolo
• The Executor's Guide: Settling a Loved One's Estate or Trust by Mary Randolph
• Make Your Own Living Trust by Denis Clifford
• Money Magic: An Economist's Secrets to More Money, Less Risk, and a Better Life by Laurence J. Kotlikoff

Health/Wellness

• The 17 Day Kick-Start Diet: A Doctor's Plan for Dropping Pounds, Toxins, and Bad Habits by Mike Moreno, MD

• Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion by Wendy Suzuki & Billie Fitzpatrick

• High-Octane Brain: 5 Science-Based Steps to Sharpen Your Memory and Reduce Your Risk of Alzheimer's by Michelle Braun MD

• Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine by Robert H. Lustig

• Super Gut: A Four-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight by William Davis, MD

Parenting

• Generation Sleepless: Why Tweens and Teens Aren't Sleeping Enough and How We Can Help Them by Heather Turgeon & Julie Wright
  
• Helping Your Child Overcome Reading Challenges by Diane H. Tracey EdD
• Nolo's Essential Guide to Child Custody and Support by Emily Doskow
  
• Raising an Anxious Child: Practical and Effective Solutions to Help Your Kid Overcome Fears, Social Anxiety, Separation, and Perfectionism by Kyla Foster
• Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different by Lisa Selin Davis
• Unlocking the Teenage Brain: Helping Parents Understand and Support Their Teenager by Kimberly Hinman PhD

Technology

• Building a Second Brain : A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential by Tiago Forte
  

• A Hacker's Mind : How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend Them Back by Bruce Schneier
  

• Survival of the Richest : Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires by Douglas Rushkoff
  

Workplace

• Disability Friendly : How to Move From Clueless to Inclusive by John D. Kemp
  

• Lead From the Outside : How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
  

• The Power of Clarity : Unleash the True Potential of Workplace Productivity, Confidence, and Empowerment by Ann Latham
  

• The Rejection That Changed My Life : 25+ Powerful Women on Being Let Down, Turning It Around, and Burning It Up at Work by Jessica Bacal
  

• The Trouble with Passion : How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality by Erin A. Cech
  

• We Can't Talk About That at Work! : How to Talk About Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics by Mary-Frances Winters
  

Kentucky Highlights in Fiction and Non-Fiction

• Coal Miner's Daughter, New Expanded and Updated Edition by Loretta Lynn & George Vecsey
  
• Decisions at Perryville : The Twenty-Two Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle by Larry Peterson
  
• Ghosts of Blackberry Holler by C. W. Shumate
  
• Lark Ascending: A Novel by Silas House
• My Brother, Muhammad Ali : The Definitive Biography by Rahaman Ali with Fiaz Rafiq
• A Splendid Intelligence : The Life of Elizabeth Hardwick by Cathy Curtis
  

• SOKY Book Fest in Bowling Green - 3/24-25
• Audie Award winners announced - 3/28 - audiobook awards - Audio Publishers Association
  
• National Library Week - 4/23-29
• Kentucky Writer’s Day in Frankfort – 4/24
  
• Edgar Award winners announced - 4/27 - Mystery Writers of America
• Pulitzer Prize winners announced - 5/8

On May 1, KDLA will be presenting a workshop for employees of the Department of Education's Office of Continuous Improvement and Support. We will be discussing free services available to state employees and specific information on using our resources for research. If you would like to schedule a similar virtual or in-person informational session for your employees, please contact Deborah Hibbard, State Library Circulation & Marketing Librarian, deborah.hibbard@ky.gov, 502-564-8378.

Did you know that state employees currently have access to Ancestry Library Edition, the leading consumer online genealogy resource? If you have been keen to explore the family tree, take advantage of this wonderful partnership between KDLA and the Kentucky Virtual Library available through June 30. Just go to your local public library or access onsite in our research room. To learn more, go to this page . For information on visiting KDLA's research room, click here.

Sadly, we will be losing the ProQuest Central research database on June 30, so take advantage of it now! ProQuest Central provides access to Louisville's Courier Journal, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post among thousands of other significant publications. Covering over 160 subject areas, from Business and Economics to the Arts and Sciences, discover full-text articles from trade and professional journals, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, working papers, case studies, and market reports all together on a powerful, user-friendly platform. Even though we are losing ProQuest though, never fear! We still have plenty of other options for your research needs, such as BioOne, NewsBank, and the many Kentucky Virtual Library databases that include such notable research platforms as Academic Search Complete, Business Source Premier, CINAHL, ERIC, and the Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection.

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