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Award-winning adult fiction

The southern book club's guide to slaying vampires

The book of science and antiquities : a novel

Be transported to scenes of trees and flowers

Dreaming spies : a novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

In the garden of Iden : a novel of the Company

Death and daisies : a Magic Garden mystery

The Darling Dahlias and the naked ladies

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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Justice League of America, the nail : the complete collection

Transformers/Ghostbusters. Ghosts of Cyberton

The lost carnival : a Dick Grayson graphic novel

Award-winning nonfiction, 2018-2020

A good provider is one who leaves : one family and migration in the 21st century

The source of self-regard : selected essays, speeches, and meditations

The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the blitz

Midnight in Chernobyl : the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster

Antisocial : online extremists, techno-utopians, and the hijacking of the American conversation

Eat the Buddha : life and death in a Tibetan town

Wagnerism : art and politics in the shadow of music

She said : breaking the sexual harassment story that helped ignite a movement

The contender : the story of Marlon Brando

Here we are : American dreams, American nightmares

Floating coast : an environmental history of the Bering Strait

No visible bruises : what we don't know about domestic violence can kill us

Black wave : Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the forty-year rivalry that unraveled culture, religion, and collective memory in the Middle East

Mama's last hug : animal emotions and what they tell us about ourselves

Go ahead in the rain : notes to A Tribe Called Quest

Reaganland : America's right turn, 1976-1980

Solitary : unbroken by four decades in solitary confinement : my story of transformation and hope

The trial of Lizzie Borden : a true story

Dying of whiteness : how the politics of racial resentment is killing America's heartland

Volume control : hearing in a deafening world

Haben : the Deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law

You don't have to wait until Earth Day to learn about ways to protect our planet. To follow the City of Iowa City's happenings, visit www.icgov.org/sustainability.

Silent spring & other writings on the environment

A better planet : 40 big ideas for a sustainable future

Practical green remodeling : down-to-earth solutions for everyday homes

Surviving the future : culture, carnival and capital in the aftermath of the market economy

Thank you for being late : an optimist's guide to thriving in the age of accelerations

Climate change : what everyone needs to know

Sustainable happiness : live simply, live well, make a difference

Green wizardry : conservation, solar power, organic gardening, and other hands-on skills from the appropriate tech toolkit

Gaining ground : a story of farmers' markets, local food, and saving the family farm

Deep green resistance : strategy to save the planet

The trauma cleaner : one woman's extraordinary life in the business of death, decay, and disaster

Greenpeace captain : my adventures in protecting the future of our planet

This land : how cowboys, capitalism, and corruption are ruining the American West

Saving Tarboo Creek : one family's quest to heal the land

Waking the giant : how a changing climate triggers earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes

Your eco-friendly yard : sustainable ideas to save you time, money and the Earth

Extreme cities : the peril and promise of urban life in the age of climate change

What can I do? : my path from climate despair to action

The great pivot : creating meaningful work to build a sustainable future

Hot hungry planet : the fight to stop a global food crisis in the face of climate change

The third horseman : climate change and the Great Famine of the 14th century

Sun power : how energy from the sun is changing lives around the world, empowering America, and saving the planet

Sara Snow's fresh living : the essential room-by-room guide to a greener, healthier family and home.

Dry spring : the coming water crisis of North America

Looking to hole up with some DVDs? These movies have award-winning chuckles that will warm your soul.

The adventures of Priscilla, queen of the desert

Birdman : or, (The unexpected virtue of ignorance)

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Let's Try Creativebug + an envelope project

iPhone Drop-In Help

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club -- "A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine

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Adults

Featured Collections On the shelf & ready to reserve

NEW

Featured Events

Featured Resources

Event Series

Events

Be Prepared for Car Ownership: A Class for Teens and Young Adults

Intro to Kanopy

ICPL Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting

An Introduction to Digital Minimalism

Let's Talk Books: Contemporary Romance

Print Calendar

Adults News