Fiction: This Debut Is a Jail Novel, but Funny
The narrator of Ryan Chapman’s “Riots I Have Known” is both a convicted murderer and a literary editor.
'Unfreedom Of The Press' Is Full Of Bombast And Bile
Right-wing Fox host Mark Levin conducts no interviews and offers no original research in his book; it is little more than a free gift with purchase: People are instead buying his message to the media.
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Kamchatka Is A Rich Backdrop For Mystery In 'Disappearing Earth'
Julia Phillips' debut novel takes readers through a year following the disappearance of two little girls in the remote Russian province of Kamchatka — and the way that disappearance reverberates.
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Nonfiction: Spend Some Time With the Winklevii
Ben Mezrich’s “Bitcoin Billionaires” focuses on Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who used their Facebook windfall to buy up a lot of the cryptocurrency.
Nonfiction: A Chinese Millennial Looks Back on Her Life
In her memoir, “Under Red Skies: Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China,” Karoline Kan personalizes the great changes occurring in her country.
Nonfiction: The Last Time a Wall Went Up to Keep Out Immigrants
In “The Guarded Gate” Daniel Okrent explores the 1920s nativist and eugenicist movements that led to the 1924 law practically shutting down immigration to America.
Nonfiction: The Life and Crimes of America’s Original ‘Welfare Queen’
In his new book, “The Queen,” Josh Levin reveals that Linda Taylor was a scammer of epic proportions, a kidnapper and possibly even a murderer.
An Author Goes 'Spying On The South' 160 Years After Frederick Law Olmsted
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Tony Horwitz retraces the path of the famed Central Park architect — and discovers a deep cultural divide along the way.
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Love Goes Global In These 3 May Romances
This month, we're bringing you stories from around the world, featuring royals and regular boys and girls who risk it all for their happy ever after — from Vietnam to California to Scotland.
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Nonfiction: Exploring the Soul of the South
In “Spying on the South,” Tony Horwitz recreates a trip taken by Frederick Law Olmsted in the early 1850s.
'There's Something About Sweetie' — Something Irrepressibly Joyous
Sandhya Menon's followup to her hit young adult novel When Dimple Met Rishi follows a young woman with a big voice, a big personality — and to her family's dismay (though not her own), a big body.
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Buckle Up For This 'Million Mile Road Trip'
We're trying not to make the "long, strange trip" joke about Rudy Rucker's new novel, but it's about three teens in a beat-up purple wagon with a dark energy motor, traveling across dimensions, so ...
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Language Has Magic In 'The Candle And The Flame'
Nafiza Azad creates a fantastical yet believable Silk Road city in her new young adult novel, building a world of humans and djinns, spices and sounds, woven through with Urdu, Arabic and Hindi.
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'Red, White & Royal Blue' Reigns As Must-Read Romance
Casey McQuiston's tale of a British prince who falls for the son of the U.S. president (who's a woman, by the way) is a snappy, banter-packed rom-com that's also empowering and uplifting.
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Fiction: An American Pilot, a Muslim Teenager and a Talking Dog All Caught in an Absurd War
“Red Birds,” a new novel by the Pakistani author Mohammed Hanif, satirizes America’s never-ending military conflicts in the Middle East.
Nonfiction: The First Presidential Impeachment
Brenda Wineapple’s “The Impeachers” is a revealing history of the trial of Andrew Johnson in 1868.
What men want [Blu-ray]
Author: Shankman, Adam, film director. Waters, Jas, screenwriter. Chism, Tina Gordon, screenwriter. Huyck, Peter, screenwriter. Gregory, Alex (Screenwriter), screenwriter.
Published: 2019
Call Number: WHAT BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Ali Davis is left on the outside by her fellow sports agents because she is a woman in a male-dominated profession, but she acquires an unexpected edge when she develops the ability to hear men's thoughts.
Published: 2019
Call Number: WHAT BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Ali Davis is left on the outside by her fellow sports agents because she is a woman in a male-dominated profession, but she acquires an unexpected edge when she develops the ability to hear men's thoughts.
Second act [Blu-ray]
Author: Segal, Peter, 1962- film director. Zackham, Justin, 1970- film producer, screenwriter. Goldsmith-Thomas, Elaine, film producer, screenwriter. Lopez, Jennifer, 1970- film producer, actor. Medina, Benny, film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: SECOND BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: A big box store worker, Maya, reinvents her life story to land a job in the corporate side of the company she works for. After the aid of a fabricated resume and social network profile, she is offered the position. She accepts the position to try to prove what street smarts can do.
Published: 2019
Call Number: SECOND BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: A big box store worker, Maya, reinvents her life story to land a job in the corporate side of the company she works for. After the aid of a fabricated resume and social network profile, she is offered the position. She accepts the position to try to prove what street smarts can do.
Can you ever forgive me? [Blu-ray]
Author: Heller, Marielle, film director. Holofcener, Nicole, screenwriter. Whitty, Jeff, screenwriter. Carey, Anne (Film producer), film producer. Nauiokas, Amy, 1972- film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: CAN BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Lee Israel made her living in the 1970s and 1980s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. Though Lee Israel has undeniable profiling skills, her work has grown stale and hackneyed, rendering her profession unnecessary and insignificant. Now in times of financial hardship, Israel must find other ways to make a living. With assistance from her steadfast friend, Jack, the two endeavor to keep Israel afloat. With a dose of trickery and deceptive eye, they do just that.
Published: 2019
Call Number: CAN BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Lee Israel made her living in the 1970s and 1980s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. Though Lee Israel has undeniable profiling skills, her work has grown stale and hackneyed, rendering her profession unnecessary and insignificant. Now in times of financial hardship, Israel must find other ways to make a living. With assistance from her steadfast friend, Jack, the two endeavor to keep Israel afloat. With a dose of trickery and deceptive eye, they do just that.
If Beale street could talk [Blu-ray]
Author: Jenkins, Barry, 1979- film director, screenwriter, film producer. Romanski, Adele, film producer. Murphy, Sara (Film producer), film producer. Gardner, Dede, film producer. Kleiner, Jeremy, film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: IF BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: A timeless love story set in early 1970s Harlem involving newly engaged nineteen-year- old Tish and her fiance Fonny who have a beautiful future ahead. But their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Now the pair and their families must fight for justice in the name of love and the promise of the American dream.
Published: 2019
Call Number: IF BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: A timeless love story set in early 1970s Harlem involving newly engaged nineteen-year- old Tish and her fiance Fonny who have a beautiful future ahead. But their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Now the pair and their families must fight for justice in the name of love and the promise of the American dream.
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