Nicola Yoon’s New Book Is a Romance About a Teenager Who Doesn’t Believe in Love
In Nicola Yoon’s book “Instructions for Dancing,” a teenager who doesn’t believe in love rediscovers romance through dance classes.
Drew Pearson, the Muckraking Journalist With the Bully Pulpit
Donald A. Ritchie’s “The Columnist” describes the 37-year career of a journalist who was, in his time, one of the most powerful men in Washington.
Breaking Out of Prison With a Ouija Board and Some Clever Tricks
“The Confidence Men,” by Margalit Fox, recounts the elaborate true-life saga of two British officers who escaped from an Ottoman prison camp during World War I by brainwashing and manipulating their captors.
Kristen Arnett’s Latest Subjects Are the Lesbian Parents of an Autistic-Coded Son
In “With Teeth,” two moms struggle to keep their marriage — and their neuroatypical child — alive.
Ben Rhodes Takes a Gloomy Tour of the World
Rhodes’s “After the Fall” surveys the dangers America’s policies have helped create, and how those dangers are coming back to haunt us.
Michelle Orange Tackles a Writerly Taboo: Her Mother
Few subjects may be as resistant to successful literary examination. But in “Pure Flame” the author, assisted by a literature on feminism and motherhood, brings a cleareyed approach to her relationship with her mother, an ambitious businesswoman.
As Venice Floods, a Lush, Malice-Infused Mystery Unfolds
In “Palace of the Drowned,” Christine Mangan explores the uneasy relationship between two women.
The Young Activist and the Atlanta Bar That Shaped Queer History
In “A Night at the Sweet Gum Head,” Martin Padgett follows the L.G.B.T.Q. activist Bill Smith and the drag queen John Greenwell to chronicle 1970s queer history.
Who Can You Count On? And Other Unanswerable but Alluring Questions.
In “One Two Three,” Laurie Frankel takes readers to a small town ravaged by chemicals and into the lives of triplets whose lives are far from normal.
A Stunning Graphic Novel Uncovers The History Of Enslaved Women Who Fought Back
Wake, by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez, blends passion and fact to set a new standard for illustrated history: Not just action scenes of daring, desperate women, but the struggle to make them known.
(Image credit: Simon and Schuster)
Ashley C. Ford’s Memoir Recalls Life With a Single Mom and a Jailed Dad
In “Somebody’s Daughter,” the author learns the father she’s barely known is finally coming home, after 25 years in prison.
How the Religious Right Made Same-Sex Marriage a Gay Rights Crusade
A detailed history of the fight for same-sex marriage, Sasha Issenberg’s “The Engagement” casts fresh light on the role of conservative churches in compelling gay rights activists to embrace the issue as a cause.
'Sixteen Scandals' Rewinds A Teen Classic To Regency England
Sophie Jordan's romp of a novel follows Primrose Ainsworth, youngest of four sisters, who escapes the family on her 16th birthday for an adventure through Regency London with a charming mystery man.
(Image credit: HMH Books for Young Readers)
Give 'The Great Whipplethorp Bug Collection' A Buzz, You'll Bee Charmed
In Ben Brashares and Elizabeth Bergeland's charming new picture book, a discontented young boy finds a new way to carry on his family's legacy of awesomeness — and without hurting any bugs.
(Image credit: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
Welcome to the Party of the Century. Leave Your Scruples at the Door.
In “Malibu Rising,” Taylor Jenkins Reid surfs a wave of fame, dysfunction and sibling forbearance.
Land [DVD]
Author: Wright, Robin, 1966- film director, actor. Chatham, Jesse, screenwriter. Dignam, Erin, screenwriter. Stewart, Allyn, film producer. Kennedy, Lora, film producer.
Published: 2021
Call Number: LAND
Format: Video disc
Summary: A bereaved woman seeks out a new life, off the grid in Wyoming. Grieving over the loss of her family, Edee retreats to the unforgiving wilderness of the Wyoming Rockies, struggling to survive until a local hunter teaches her the skills she needs.
Published: 2021
Call Number: LAND
Format: Video disc
Summary: A bereaved woman seeks out a new life, off the grid in Wyoming. Grieving over the loss of her family, Edee retreats to the unforgiving wilderness of the Wyoming Rockies, struggling to survive until a local hunter teaches her the skills she needs.
Minari [DVD]
Author: Chung, Lee Isaac, 1978- film director, screenwriter. Gardner, Dede, film producer. Kleiner, Jeremy, film producer. Oh, Christina, film producer. Yeun, Steven, actor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: MINARI
Format: Video disc
Summary: A tender and sweeping story about what roots people that follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, this film shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: MINARI
Format: Video disc
Summary: A tender and sweeping story about what roots people that follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, this film shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
Hero dog [DVD] : the journey home
Author: Ikeman, Jesse, film producer. Boddington, Richard, screenwriter, film producer, film director. Byers, Steve, 1976- actor. Henstridge, Natasha, actor. Fox, Colin, actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: HERO
Format: Video disc
Summary: Chinook the Alaskan Malamute must lead a shipwrecked blind man out of the wilderness, while the man's children launch a rescue mission of their own.
Published: 2021
Call Number: HERO
Format: Video disc
Summary: Chinook the Alaskan Malamute must lead a shipwrecked blind man out of the wilderness, while the man's children launch a rescue mission of their own.
The clearing [DVD]
Author: Matalon, David, editor of moving image work, screenwriter, film director. McIntyre, Liam, 1982- actor. Smith, Aundrea, actor. Swadling, Steven, actor. Noel, Sydelle, actor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: ACTION CLEARING
Format: Video disc
Summary: "A father takes his young daughter camping only to discover a disease has driven people into a feral frenzy. With his little girl now missing and an infected horde surrounding his motor-home, he must use survival skills, ingenuity, and determination to find and save his daughter."--Container.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: ACTION CLEARING
Format: Video disc
Summary: "A father takes his young daughter camping only to discover a disease has driven people into a feral frenzy. With his little girl now missing and an infected horde surrounding his motor-home, he must use survival skills, ingenuity, and determination to find and save his daughter."--Container.
Above suspicion [DVD]
Author: Noyce, Phillip, film director. Gerolmo, Chris, screenwriter. Velez, Angela Amato, film producer. Clarke, Emilia, 1986- actor. Huston, Jack, 1982- actor.
Published: 2021 2019
Call Number: SUSPENSE ABOVE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A newly married FBI agent is drawn into an illicit affair with his star informant, resulting in a scandal that endangers all his investigations.
Published: 2021 2019
Call Number: SUSPENSE ABOVE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A newly married FBI agent is drawn into an illicit affair with his star informant, resulting in a scandal that endangers all his investigations.
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