The Pulitzer Prize winner’s latest novel, “Bewilderment,” features a widowed father whose troubled son is transformed by a novel neurofeedback therapy with profound implications for the human race.
Three new historical novels remind us how what happened in days, and centuries, gone by connects to the world today.
“The Wrong End of the Telescope,” by the Lebanese American writer Rabih Alameddine, examines the relationship between Middle Eastern refugees and their Western rescuers with clear eyes and trenchant humor.
“The Body Scout,” “Light From Uncommon Stars” and “No Gods, No Monsters” tell stories of genetic dystopias, musical gifts and mythic creatures.
In “You Bet Your Life,” Paul A. Offit looks at advances that have prolonged life, from chemotherapy to the Covid vaccine, and the difficult, even deadly, paths to arrive at them.
Whether fueled by magic or advanced technology, imagination is the engine of speculative fiction. This newsletter brings you the best of fantasy, science fiction, and everything in between. Monthly.
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R.C. Sherriff's recently reissued 1931 novel, which follows a British family on their two-week holiday, is a reflection on how time changes shape in periods like a vacation — or even a pandemic.
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UnCovered
review by Shannon Carmen, ACLS Egg Harbor City Branch
If you love twisted fairy tales you
should definitely read Curses by Lish McBride. It is twisted retelling
of Beauty and the Beast and, in my opinion, much better than the
original. Merit Craven became the beast because she wouldn’t fulfill her
obligation of marrying a man more her mother’s age. She can only break the
spell by finding true love or getting married by a man of her mom’s choosing by
her 18th birthday. Merit ends up meeting Tevin (Beauty) and they form a plan to
find a suitable husband to break her curse. It’s a quirky, quick read that is
lighthearted and fun.
If you like twisted fairy tales like
me, there will be a “Twisted Fairy Tales” display in October 2021 at
the ACLS Egg Harbor City Branch.
The atmosphere throughout this account is foreboding, darkened by the shadow COVID-19 cast over the country but also by the dangers to democracy the authors perceive and depict.
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Michelle Quach's immensely lovable YA debut Not Here to Be Liked centers on Eliza, who's just been done out of her dream job as editor of the high school paper by an unqualified but very charming boy.
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In “The Book of Form and Emptiness,” the characters are so preoccupied with material possessions that objects come to life all around them.
In “Generation Occupy,” Michael Levitin argues that the 2011 protest against income inequality shaped both the substance and style of American politics.
Author: Kaufman, Amy, film producer. Lundberg, Daniela Taplin, film producer. Marker, Riva, 1978- film producer. Crown, Daniel, film producer. Elba, Idris, actor, film producer.
Published: 2021 2015
Call Number: BEASTS
Format: Video disc
Summary: "The nightmare of war is seen through the eyes of one of its most tragic casualties--a child soldier--in this harrowing vision of innocence lost from Cary Joji Fukunaga. Based on the acclaimed novel by Uzodinma Iweala, Beasts of No Nation unfolds in an unnamed, civil-war-torn West African country, where the young Agu (Abraham Attah), in a haunting debut performance) witnesses carnage in his village before falling captive to a band of rebel soldiers led by a ruthless commander (an explosive Idris Elba), who molds the boy into a hardened killer. Fukunaga's relentlessly roving camera work and stunning visuals--realism so intensely visceral it borders on the surreal--immerse the viewer in a world of unimaginable horror without ever losing sight of the powerful human story at its center"--Container.
Author: Range, Gabriel, film director, screenwriter. Bell, Christopher, 1983- screenwriter. Van Carter, Paul, 1976- film producer. Taussig, Nick, 1973- film producer. Code, Matt, film producer.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: STARDUST
Format: Video disc
Summary: It chronicles the young David Bowie's first visit to the US in 1971, a trip that inspired the invention of his iconic alter ego Ziggy Stardust.
Author: Motion picture adaptation of (work): Frazee, Marla. Boss baby. McCullers, Michael, screenwriter. Hermann, Jeff, film producer. McGrath, Tom, 1964- film director, screenwriter. Baldwin, Alec, 1958- voice actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: J BOSS
Format: Video disc
Summary: Now adults, Theodore Templeton and his estranged brother take a magical formula that transforms them into babies for 48 hours. Together, they must now go under cover to prevent an evil genius from turning fellow toddlers intro monstrous brats.
Author: Snyder, Zack, 1966- film director, screenwriter. Terrio, Chris, screenwriter. Beall, Will, screenwriter. Roven, Charles, film producer. Snyder, Deborah, film producer.
Published: 2021
Call Number: ZACK
Format: Video disc
Summary: Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists newfound ally Diana Prince to face an even greater threat. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to recruit a team to stand against this newly awakened enemy. Despite the formation of an unprecedented league of heroes, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and the Flash, it may be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.
Author: Stone, Emma
Published: 2021
Call Number: CRUELLA
Format: Video disc
Author: Roche, Isabelle, film producer. Descraques, Francois, screenwriter. Lubrano, Guillaume, creator, screenwriter. Loken, Kristanna, 1979- actor. Ryan, Michelle, 1984- actor.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: HORROR DARK
Format: Video disc
Summary: When Christine is attacked by a bloodthirsty creepy doll, she has to use all her imagination to distract it with horror stories. Zombies, Ghosts, Djinns, Aliens and Ghouls legends help her get through the night.
Author: Kaufman, Amy, film producer. Lundberg, Daniela Taplin, film producer. Marker, Riva, 1978- film producer. Crown, Daniel, film producer. Elba, Idris, actor, film producer.
Published: 2021 2015
Call Number: BEASTS
Format: Video disc
Summary: "The nightmare of war is seen through the eyes of one of its most tragic casualties--a child soldier--in this harrowing vision of innocence lost from Cary Joji Fukunaga. Based on the acclaimed novel by Uzodinma Iweala, Beasts of No Nation unfolds in an unnamed, civil-war-torn West African country, where the young Agu (Abraham Attah), in a haunting debut performance) witnesses carnage in his village before falling captive to a band of rebel soldiers led by a ruthless commander (an explosive Idris Elba), who molds the boy into a hardened killer. Fukunaga's relentlessly roving camera work and stunning visuals--realism so intensely visceral it borders on the surreal--immerse the viewer in a world of unimaginable horror without ever losing sight of the powerful human story at its center"--Container.
Author: Range, Gabriel, film director, screenwriter. Bell, Christopher, 1983- screenwriter. Van Carter, Paul, 1976- film producer. Taussig, Nick, 1973- film producer. Code, Matt, film producer.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: STARDUST
Format: Video disc
Summary: It chronicles the young David Bowie's first visit to the US in 1971, a trip that inspired the invention of his iconic alter ego Ziggy Stardust.
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