Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

Book No: DB126308

Kate Middleton's life story seems like a modern-day fairy tale. An attractive, clever, and ambitious girl from unexceptional beginnings meets and falls in love with a wealthy prince when they are both college undergraduates. Now, with the British monarchy in transition, Catherine is destined to become the first 'commoner Queen' in British history since Anne Hyde, wife of James II. Through the author's connection with sources both on and off the record within the royal household, this dynamic new biography tells the full story of how Catherine became the woman she is today.

Book No: DB126303

Jolene Garcia is a local TV reporter in Phoenix, Arizona, splitting her time between covering general assignments— like a monsoon storm or a newborn giraffe at the zoo—and special projects. Stories that take more time to research and produce. Stories that Jolene wants to tell. When there's a death at a radio station, Jolene and other journalists swarm the scene, intent on reporting the facts first. The body is identified as Larry Lemmon, a controversial talk show host, who died under suspicious circumstances. As the story heats up, so does the competition. Jolene is determined to solve this murder. It's an investigation that could make or break her career.

Book No: DB120998

After Baz Luhrmann's movie, Elvis, hit theaters, audiences and critics alike couldn't help but question the Black origins of Elvis Presley's music and style, reigniting a debate that has been circling for decades. In Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King, author Preston Lauterbach examines the lives, music, legacies, and interactions with Elvis Presley of the four innovative Black artists who created a style that would come to be known as Rock 'n' Roll: Little Junior Parker, Big Mama Thornton, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, and mostly-unknown eccentric Calvin Newborn.