From Nazis and narcos to mistresses and mysterious ship wrecks, Ellroy's This Storm and Mina's Conviction offer plot twists and zig-zags that take readers on a wild ride.
“The Capital,” by the Austrian novelist Robert Menasse, depicts an E.U. bureaucracy rived by conflict and infighting and ripe for satire.
Daniel Brook has written a book that goes a long way to injecting thoughtfulness into popular notions of the history of race and racism in America, but doesn't delve far enough into class conflict.
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner's debut novel seems like a Portnoy-esque tale of a lovable lout, but halfway through, the story shakes itself up and reorients itself in a completely different direction.
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A selection of recent poetry books; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Julie Salamon’s “An Innocent Bystander: The Killing of Leon Klinghoffer” recounts an episode that introduced Americans to terrorism long before 9/11.
The writing in Reines’s new collection is queer and raunchy, raw and occult and vulnerable as she moves between worlds in search of the divine and the self.
In her Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at new works from Mark Alan Stamaty and Jaime Hernandez that each grapple with urban existence.
This month, we've got love stories about teenage girls who pull patriarchy-smashing pranks, a realistic discussion of female biology and a story about learning how to be your own Tom Hanks.
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NPR's Frank Langfitt wanted to get to know the real China, so he started a free taxi service in an effort to have conversations with a variety of people. His new book is the result of this reporting.
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Marcelo D'Salete's powerful graphic novel chronicles the mocambos, communities of runaway slaves that flourished in the jungles of 17th century Brazil, and all the lives they touched, slave and free.
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Aminah Mae Safi's new young adult novel is rooted in a famous plot arc from the television show Gilmore Girls — but you don't have to be a fan to enjoy this dense, fulfilling love story.
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Larry Diamond’s “Ill Winds” warns that American freedom is threatened from both inside and out.
Author: Pickles, Craig, television director. Marquess, Paul, 1964- creator, screenwriter, television producer. Speer, Hugo, actor. Small, Sharon, 1967- actor. Patrick, Bailey, actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: LONDON SERIES 1
Format: Video disc
Summary: Veteran DI David Bradford heads an elite murder squad, but he's been on leave following the unexplained disappearance of his wife. In his absence, ambitious DS Vivienne Cole has been leading the investigations, and when Bradford returns to work, the two clash over their methods. Despite the tension, Bradford and Cole strive to solve complex crimes. The only case David can't crack is the most personal to him until one of their investigations uncovers evidence linked to his missing wife.
Author: Boden, Anna, film director, screenwriter. Fleck, Ryan, 1976- film director, screenwriter. Robertson-Dworet, Geneva, screenwriter. Perlman, Nicole, screenwriter. LeFauve, Meg, screenwriter.
Published: 2019
Call Number: ACTION CAPTAIN
Format: Video disc
Summary: Set in the 1990's, the film revolves around Carol Danvers, a crack air force pilot. Though trials and tribulations she becomes one of the galaxy's mightiest heroes and joins an elite outer space military team known as Starforce. Her membership in the Kree military team puts her in danger when Earth becomes hopelessly stuck in battle between two other alien worlds, forcing Danvers to take on the role of Captain Marvel and use her new powers for the greater good. Despite her mighty power, Captain Marvel will discover things about herself she never hoped to know...
Author: Boden, Anna, film director, screenwriter. Fleck, Ryan, 1976- film director, screenwriter. Robertson-Dworet, Geneva, screenwriter. Perlman, Nicole, screenwriter. LeFauve, Meg, screenwriter.
Published: 2019
Call Number: CAPTAIN BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes as a human imbued with abilities gifted from the Kree, where she has been training as a warrior. Returning to Earth on assignment in a war between two alien races, she finds her memories returning to her, and must decide exactly where her allegiances lie, and how -- or if -- she will embrace her full power.
Author: Baldoni, Justin, 1984- film director, film producer. Daughtry, Mikki, screenwriter. Iaconis, Tobias, 1971- screenwriter. Schulman, Cathy, film producer. Richardson, Haley Lu, actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: FIVE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Life as a teenager is hard. Life gets even harder when you're a teenager suffering from a life-threatening illness. Compound illness, adolescence, and the fact that you're spending most of your time in the hospital; life can get very lonely. The only person who could possibly understand may be a teenager living a similar life. When two critically ill teens met at a hospital, only time will tell if they will become friends or even fall in love?
Author: Johnson, Sandy, 1953- television director. McKeown, Charles, screenwriter. Williams, Moira (Television producer), television producer. Barclay, Humphrey, television producer. Cleese, John, actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: HOLD SEASON 1
Format: Video disc
Summary: Edith and Phil are retired and in love. When she finally agrees to marry him, they're all set to move to a place in the sun. But then Edith's son Roger crashes back into their lives. Fifty going on twelve, Roger has had a mid-life breakdown and left his wife, children and job. As Roger and a host of other unwanted visitors cause havoc around their house, Edith and Phil's lives explode into farce.
Author: Koreeda, Hirokazu, 1962- film director, screenwriter. Matsuzaki, Kaoru, film producer. Yose, Akihiko, film producer. Taguchi, Hijiri, film producer. Furankī, Rirī, 1963- actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: JPN SHOPLIFT
Format: Video disc
Summary: "On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by fierce loyalty, a penchant for petty theft, and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence and test their quietly radical belief that it is love--not blood--that defines a family."--Container.
Author: Wan, James, 1977- film director. Johnson-McGoldrick, David Leslie, screenwriter. Beall, Will, screenwriter. Safran, Peter, 1965- film producer. Cowan, Rob (Producer), film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: AQUAMAN BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: An action-packed adventure that reveals the origin story of half-human, half- Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime, one that will not only force him to face who he really is but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be a king.
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