Karl notes often that Trump continues his campaign to invalidate the 2020 election — even now. The "Trump show" remains very much on stage, finding an audience and threatening to extend its run.
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UnCovered review by Christine
Szymanski, ACLS Somers Point Branch
Louise Penny and Hillary Rodham Clinton have
joined forces to write a compelling international thriller called State of
Terror.
A new administration has been sworn in, and
Ellen Adams has been appointed as the new Secretary of State. After decades of
building and running an international media empire, Ellen now finds herself in
a position to rebuild bridges and mend relationships with allies or serve
warnings to unfriendly nations. The problem – the President and the Secretary of
State do not like or trust each other.
However, soon terror strikes in London, Paris,
and Frankfort force the new Secretary of State to try to figure out what has
happened and what will happen next. This begins a pulse-pounding race against
time to get to the bottom of a terrorist conspiracy, which may be closer to
home than anyone could have imagined.
Louise Penny is one of my favorite authors. If
you have not already read her Three Pines series, I highly recommend you start
with Still Life and go on from there.
I was very excited about the publication of State of Terror and am happy
to say Louise did not disappoint! With Hillary bringing her insider expertise
to the story, State of Terror is a page-turner. I was left with a scary
thought – what if?! I thoroughly enjoyed State of Terror and think you
will too.
Originally published as a series in The New York Times Magazine and now revised and expanded as a book, “The 1619 Project,” edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstein, undertakes an ambitious examination of slavery and its ongoing legacy for Black Americans.
In Claire Oshetsky’s surrealistic debut, “Chouette,” motherhood presents an otherworldly dichotomy.
Author: Sarnoski, Michael, film director, screenwriter. Block, Vanessa, screenwriter, film producer. Cage, Nicolas, 1965- film producer, actor. Tisch, Steve, film producer. Carrico, David (Producer), film producer.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: DRAMA PIG
Format: Video disc
Summary: A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.
Author: Matthews, Lisa (Film director), television director. Thompson, Keith, screenwriter. Corser, Rodger, 1973- actor. Da Silva, Nicole, actor. Johnson, Ryan 1979- actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: HEART SERIES 5
Format: Video disc
Summary: Smart but selfish heart surgeon Hugh Knight and his dysfunctional family face their biggest challenges yet in the final season of the hit Australian dramedy. After a year of fire, floods, and asbestos, Whyhope Hospital has been forced to shut down and temporarily relocate to a veterinary clinic, plunging Hugh's hometown into turmoil. Ambitious administrator Sharna arrives to provide aid but promptly fires Hugh's politician mother and takes over the council. With the hospital's former boss Penny reinventing herself out of town and Hugh's brother and sister-in-law facing consequences on the farm after an extended stay abroad, all eyes turn to Hugh to save the day, but he can't help his attraction to Sharna. Will Hugh finally become the man his family needs him to be, or will he wipe his hands of Whyhope for good?
Author: Shortland, Cate, 1968- film director. Feige, Kevin, film producer. Pearson, Eric, 1980- screenwriter. Schaeffer, Jac, screenwriter. Benson, Ned, 1977- screenwriter.
Published: 2021
Call Number: BLACK
Format: Video disc
Summary: Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.
Author: Shortland, Cate, 1968- film director. Pearson, Eric, 1980- screenwriter. Schaeffer, Jac, screenwriter. Benson, Ned, 1977- screenwriter. Feige, Kevin, film producer.
Published: 2021
Call Number: BLACK BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.
Author: Sarnoski, Michael, film director, screenwriter. Block, Vanessa, screenwriter, film producer. Cage, Nicolas, 1965- film producer, actor. Tisch, Steve, film producer. Carrico, David (Producer), film producer.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: DRAMA PIG
Format: Video disc
Summary: A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.
Author: Matthews, Lisa (Film director), television director. Thompson, Keith, screenwriter. Corser, Rodger, 1973- actor. Da Silva, Nicole, actor. Johnson, Ryan 1979- actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: HEART SERIES 5
Format: Video disc
Summary: Smart but selfish heart surgeon Hugh Knight and his dysfunctional family face their biggest challenges yet in the final season of the hit Australian dramedy. After a year of fire, floods, and asbestos, Whyhope Hospital has been forced to shut down and temporarily relocate to a veterinary clinic, plunging Hugh's hometown into turmoil. Ambitious administrator Sharna arrives to provide aid but promptly fires Hugh's politician mother and takes over the council. With the hospital's former boss Penny reinventing herself out of town and Hugh's brother and sister-in-law facing consequences on the farm after an extended stay abroad, all eyes turn to Hugh to save the day, but he can't help his attraction to Sharna. Will Hugh finally become the man his family needs him to be, or will he wipe his hands of Whyhope for good?
Author: Shortland, Cate, 1968- film director. Feige, Kevin, film producer. Pearson, Eric, 1980- screenwriter. Schaeffer, Jac, screenwriter. Benson, Ned, 1977- screenwriter.
Published: 2021
Call Number: BLACK
Format: Video disc
Summary: Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.
Author: Shortland, Cate, 1968- film director. Pearson, Eric, 1980- screenwriter. Schaeffer, Jac, screenwriter. Benson, Ned, 1977- screenwriter. Feige, Kevin, film producer.
Published: 2021
Call Number: BLACK BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.
Author: Nielsen, Jennifer A., author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: Y NIELSEN
Format: Books
Summary: When King Jaron returned to Carthya he brought with him a device that supposedly shows the way to a great treasure, but now everything is going wrong: Castor, the son of an old enemy, is conspiring against him and wants the throne for himself, his fiancée, Imogen, seems to have turned against him, and the Prozarian Monarch has invaded his kingdom and taken Jaron's castle--but Jaron has a lot of experience at hiding and escaping, and he is not willing to leave Carthya or Imogen in the hands of his enemies.
Author: Huisman, Violaine, 1979- author. Camhi, Leslie, translator.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F HUISMAN
Format: Books
Summary: Beautiful and charismatic, Catherine, a.k.a. "Maman," smokes too much, drives too fast, laughs too hard, and loves too extravagantly. During a joyful and chaotic childhood in Paris, her daughter Violaine wouldn't have it any other way. But when Maman is hospitalized after a third divorce and a breakdown, everything changes. As the story of Catherine's own traumatic childhood and adolescence unfolds, the pieces come together to form an indelible portrait of a mother as irresistible as she is impossible, as triumphant as she is transgressive.
Author: Viets, Elaine, 1950- author.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: F VIETS
Format: Books
Summary: "Angela Richman, Chouteau County death investigator, finds herself deep in the Missouri woods on a perfect spring day. But there is nothing idyllic about her grim walk--a body has been discovered in a muddy creek, and Detective Jace Budewitz wants Angela on the scene.Terri Gibbons, the popular Forest High track star who went missing eight months ago, has been found strangled. Could a message found in Terri's shoe hold the key to catching her killer? Chouteau Forest is a town of privilege and secrets, where everyone has something to hide... Can Angela overcome the many obstacles in her way to see justice served when the Forest's wealthy residents will go to any lengths to prevent the truth being revealed?"--Publisher.
Author: Rivera, Lilliam, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: Y RIVERA
Format: Books
Summary: "Three Latinx teenagers struggle to deal with encounters with an alien, and try to warn the world of the possibility of an alien invasion"--Provided by publisher. "Pedro, Luna, and Rafa may attend high school together in Los Angeles, but they run with separate crowds. Pedro is often told that he's 'too much,' Luna is grieving the unexpected passing of her beloved cousin, and then there's Rafa, the quiet new kid. When an extraterrestrial visitor lands in their city, the three teenagers find themselves thrown together." --Front jacket flap
Author: Sixx, Nikki, 1958- author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: B SIXX
Format: Books
Summary: The rock-and-roll icon shares his inspirational journey from irrepressible Idaho farm boy to the man who formed Mötley Crüe., proving that you can overcome anything and achieve all of your goals, if only you put your mind to it. Born Franklin Carlton Feranna, Sixx was abandoned by his father and partly raised by his mother, a woman who was ahead of her time but deeply troubled. He lived with other family before being on his own. There were dead-end jobs, and hustling to survive. At night Frank honed his craft, joining Sister, a band formed by fellow hard-rock veteran Blackie Lawless, and formed a group of his own: London, the precursor of Mötley Crüe. He changed his name, and held to his dream of being in a group that combined punk, glam, and hard rock into the biggest, most theatrical and irresistible package the world had ever seen. Here he describes how-- with hard work, passion, and some luck-- the vision manifested in reality, and he found his identity as Nikki Sixx. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Fleming, Crystal Marie, 1981- author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: Y 305.8 FLEMING
Format: Books
Summary: "An overview of the roots and legacies of racial bias and white supremacy in the United States."-- Dr. Crystal Fleming breaks down the origins of racial injustice and its continued impact today. She shares the knowledge and values that unite all anti-racists: compassion, solidarity, respect, and courage in the face of adversity. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Ross, Andrew, 1956- author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 363.5
Format: Books
Summary: "Today, a minimum-wage earner can afford a one-bedroom apartment in only 28 out of 3,140 counties in America. The single worst place in the United States to look for affordable housing is Osceola County, Florida. Once the main approach to Disney World, where vacationers found lodging on their way to the Magic Kingdom, the fifteen-mile Route 192 corridor in Osceola has become a site of shocking contrasts. At one end, absentee investors snatch up foreclosed properties to turn into extravagant vacation homes for affluent visitors, destroying affordable housing in the process. At the other, underpaid theme park workers, displaced families, and disabled and elderly people subsisting on government checks are technically homeless, living crammed into dilapidated, roach-infested motels or even in tent camps in the woods. Through visceral, frontline reporting from the motels and encampments dotting central Florida, renowned sociologist Andrew Ross exposes the overlooked housing crisis sweeping America's suburbs and rural areas, where residents suffer ongoing trauma, poverty, and nihilism. As millions of renters face down evictions and foreclosures in the midst of the COVID-19 recession, Andrew Ross reveals how ineffective government planning, property market speculation, and poverty wages have combined to create this catastrophe. Immersive and compassionate, Sunbelt Blues finds in Osceola County a bellwether for the future of homelessness in America"--
Author: Mackrell, Judith, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 070.449
Format: Books
Summary: "A gripping group portrait of six revolutionary women writers during World War II "I am going to Spain with the boys," Martha Gellhorn wrote. "I don't know who the boys are but I am going with them." On the front lines of the Second World War, the lives of six remarkable women intertwined: Lee Miller, the Vogue cover model and photographer who lived in Paris as Man Ray's lover before becoming a war correspondent for the magazine; Martha Gellhorn, the third wife of Ernest Hemingway and a novelist in her own right; Sigrid Schultz, an indisputably brave journalist who withstood surveillance, interrogation, and death threats in order to publish the truth from Berlin; Virginia Cowles, whose career as a 'society girl columnist' turned combat reporter began with an exclusive interview with Mussolini; Clare Hollingworth, who had almost no professional experience when she became the first correspondent to report the outbreak of World War II; and Helen Kirkpatrick, a reporter so admired by the military that at the order of General Eisenhower she was the first woman to report from an Allied war zone with equal privileges to men. The Correspondents paints a vivid, intimate, and nuanced portrait of these pioneering women, from chasing down sources to conducting clandestine love affairs. With her riveting and meticulous history, Judith Mackrell reconsiders the narrative of the war from a new perspective"--
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