To celebrate the launch of NPR's 2020 Book Concierge, each All Things Considered host will share a favorite book. Ailsa Chang's is Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri.
Judith Schalansky’s “An Inventory of Losses” is a playful mix of storytelling and research, inspired by the relics and traces of archives.
From Lovers Rock to The Good Lord Bird, the titles on John Powers' year-end list didn't simply distract; they also delved into enduring questions of freedom, dignity and survival.
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In Simon Baron-Cohen’s “The Pattern Seekers,” the psychologist posits that the systematizing part of our brain, so pronounced in people with autism, might be what makes us unique.
Our columnist chooses her 10 favorite novels of the year.
The longtime Georgetown coach, who died in August at 78, writes about his upbringing and his remarkable career in “I Came as a Shadow.”
Sam J. Miller's latest is set in an upstate New York town built on the bones of butchered whales. It's full of broken people, violent ghosts and flying whales, but the real monster is gentrification.
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“Bag Man” reports on who knew what and when about Agnew’s years of corruption.
The first book in David Bowles’s new graphic novel series, “Rise of the Halfling King,” shows kids how a hieroglyphic script might have captivated the Mayans.
If “The Ickabog” — about a land of plenty that due to a monstrous lie becomes a land of fear — sounds familiar, it’s pure coincidence. Really.
Manuel Vilas' quiet, intensely sad new, about a middle-aged man trying to connect with his estranged family while thinking a lot of deep thoughts about death, requires patience, but it's worth it.
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Author: Pontecorvo, Marco, film director, screenwriter, film producer. D'Annunzio, Valerio, screenwriter. Nicolosi, Barbara R., 1964- screenwriter. Volk, James T., film producer. Lyles, Richard I., film producer.
Published: 2020
Call Number: FATIMA
Format: Video disc
Summary: A trial of faith unfolds at the apex of World War I, when secrets are revealed to three courageous Portuguese children through a series of apparitions, while their doubting family and aggressive government officials try to silence them.
Author: Boone, Josh, 1979- screenwriter, film director. Lee, Knate, screenwriter. Rosenfelt, Karen, film producer. Kinberg, Simon, film producer. Shuler-Donner, Lauren, film producer.
Published: 2020
Call Number: NEW
Format: Video disc
Summary: In this terrifying, action-fueled film based on the Marvel comic series, five young people who demonstrate special powers are brought to a secret institution to undergo treatments they are told will cure them of the dangers of their powers. Invited by Dr. Cecilia Reyes to share their stories about when their powers first manifested, the five ?patients? come to understand that they are in a class of people called mutants, who have historically been marginalized and feared.
Author: Nelson, Lee (Producer), film producer. Tish, David, film producer, screenwriter. Dorfman, Charles, film producer. Margolis, Ari, screenwriter. Morley, James, screenwriter.
Published: 2020
Call Number: DEATH
Format: Video disc
Summary: A husband and wife on a remote South Pacific island holiday awaken one morning with a hangover and no recollection of what transpired. When playing back a video of the previous night, they see they participated in a local ritual that somehow ends with him murdering her.
Author: James, Natalie Erika, film director, screenwriter. White, Christian, screenwriter. McLeish, Anna, 1973- film producer. Shaw, Sarah (Film producer), film producer. Gyllenhaal, Jake, 1980- film producer.
Published: 2020
Call Number: RELIC
Format: Video disc
Summary: When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter Kay and granddaughter Sam rush to their family's decaying country home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence. After Edna returns just as mysteriously as she disappeared, Kay's concern that her mother seems unwilling or unable to say where she's been clashes with Sam's unabashed enthusiasm to have her grandma back.
Author: Borte, Derrick, 1967- film director. Ellsworth, Carl, screenwriter. Ellzey, Lisa, film producer. Gill, Mark (Film producer), film producer. Gunn, Andrew, 1969- film producer.
Published: 2020
Call Number: UNHINGED
Format: Video disc
Summary: After a confrontation with an unstable man at an intersection, a woman becomes the target of his rage. He decides it is up to him to teach her a series of deadly lessons which will endanger everyone she loves.
Author: Freudenthal, Thor, film director, film producer. Liddell, Mickey, film producer. Shilaimon, Pete, film producer. Naveda, Nick, 1988- screenwriter. Robb, AnnaSophia, 1993- actor.
Published: 2020
Call Number: WORDS
Format: Video disc
Summary: Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.
Author: Allen, Woody, 1935- film director, screenwriter. Aronson, Letty, 1943- film producer. Aronson, Erika, film producer. Chalamet, Timothée, actor. Fanning, Elle, 1998- actor.
Published: 2020 2018
Call Number: RAINY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Woody Allen's romantic comedy tells the story of college sweethearts, Gatsby and Ashleigh, whose plans for a romantic weekend together in New York City are dashed as quickly as the sunlight turns into showers. When Ashleigh gets an assignment from the school paper to interview celebrated film director Roland Pollard in Manhattan, Gatsby seizes the opportunity to show Arizona-bred Ashleigh his favorite haunts in his home city.
Author: Duffield, Brian, film director, screenwriter. Kaplan, Matt, film producer. Trapanese, Joseph, composer. Edwards, Steve (Film editor), film editor. August, Chris, production desginer.
Published: 2020
Call Number: SPONTANE
Format: Video disc
Summary: When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last. As unexpected romance blossoms between them, Mara and Dylan discover that when tomorrow is no longer promised, they can finally start living for today!
Author: Caro, Niki, 1967- film director. Jaffa, Rick, screenwriter. Silver, Amanda, screenwriter. Hynek, Lauren, screenwriter. Martin, Elizabeth, screenwriter.
Published: 2020
Call Number: MULAN
Format: Video disc
Summary: To save her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man to battle northern invaders in China.
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