"An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down. Sometimes you slip through the cracks: unforeseen circumstances like an abrupt illness, the death of a loved one, a break up, or a job loss canderail a life. These periods of dislocation can be lonely and unexpected. For May, her husband fell ill, her son stopped attending school, and her own medical issues led her to leave a demanding job....

This family history of Charles Allen and Stella Smith Colton Hardy was donated by Alan Rasmussen. The Regional History Center helped him with some local research of the Hardy family.

A science journalist explores the latest research on dreams-how they work, what they're for, and how we can reap the benefits. While on a research trip in Peru, science journalist Alice Robb became hooked on lucid dreaming-the uncanny phenomenon in which a sleeping person can realize that they're dreaming and even control the dreamed experience. Finding these forays both puzzling and exhilarating, Robb dug deeper into the science of dreams at an...

Set against the backdrop of well-known works by the artist, Mary Cassatt, rhyming text captures the feeling of quiet times, such as a father and son reading side by side, or a mother combing her daughter's hair.