In This Novel, Art Is the Key to Another’s Consciousness
“White on White,” by Aysegul Savas, is a study of interiority told through exchanges between a scholar and a painter.
In debut poetry collection, Amanda Gorman looks at America today through its past
The youngest presidential inaugural poet writes about how looking at our history tells us what our bodies are made of – and of how collective memory of strength re-energizes us in our darkest moments.
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3:00 AM
UnCovered review by Debbie Brahmi, Librarian, ACLS Pleasantville Branch
Can you imagine being awake for only ONE hour each day?
Henry Binns has Henry Binns - a sleeping disorder named after him. He wakes up every night at exactly 3:00 AM and falls back to sleep promptly at 4:00 AM. His life is relatively simple and predictable until the night he hears a woman screaming. When he looks out his front window, he sees a man leaving the house across the street, but not just any man: this man happens to be the President of the United States!
The story is a little far-fetched, but you will enjoy all the twisty plot turns, and you will laugh out loud at Henry’s conversations with his cat.
3:00 AM by Nick Pirog is a quick, easy read at slightly over 100 pages that will leave you begging for more. The good news is there IS more! 3:00 AM is Book #1 of 5 in the Henry Binns series which goes under the umbrella title THE 3. Find the series in our OverDrive eCollection and read it with the Libby app.
The Best Thrillers of 2021
They may be (relatively) low on body counts, but the year’s most chilling, atmospheric reads will still set your pulse racing and your heart pounding.
Granddaughter of cult leader tells her story of escape in 'Sex Cult Nun'
Faith Jones, a successful lawyer, is the granddaughter of David Berg, founder of The Family. She tells of how she was raised in the cult from infancy until managing to leave it in her early 20s.
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These are some of NPR's favorite romance books of 2021
"Books We Love" is NPR's list of our favorite 2021 reads. Here we present four suggestions from the romance genre.
New & Noteworthy, From Christmas Stories to a Photographer Nanny
A selection of books published this week.
‘You Are Here’: Mapping Climate Change, Make Believe and Murder
New coffee table books offer an array of cartographical research for the most visual of learners.
Talking About the Best Books of 2021
On a special episode of the podcast, taped live, editors from The New York Times Book Review discuss this year’s outstanding fiction and nonfiction.
In Lydia Davis’s Work, Writing and Translating Provocatively Commingle
Celebrated as both a writer of short fiction and a translator, Davis shows in her new collection, “Essays Two,” how the two practices are inextricably linked.
Book Review: 'Garbo,' by Robert Gottlieb
Robert Gottlieb’s scrupulous study, “Garbo,” suggests that the great star was a sphinx without a secret.
New in Paperback: ‘Mantel Pieces’ and ‘Borges and Me’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
The Cotton Gin, Squirrel Hill and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
New Books About Music
Memoirs from John Lurie and Stevie Van Zandt, a biography of Aaliyah and more.
New Books About Sports
The season’s latest releases take up the New England Patriots, the origin story of Giannis Antetokounmpo — and the role of discrimination, protests and money in the world of athletics.
New Photography Books to Read
Lucy Sante analyzes works from Annie Leibovitz, Harry Gruyaert, Gilles Peress, Catherine Opie and other masters of the form.
7 New Travel Books
The travels chronicled here include a journey to track snow leopards in Tibet, a trip along Colombia’s Magdalena River and a retracing of Garibaldi’s famous 400-mile retreat through Italy in 1849.
9 New Pop Culture Books to Read
Lisa Schwarzbaum reviews a selection of books that also includes Wil Haygood’s “Colorization,” which qualifies as “an invaluable national memoir.”
7 New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Read
Seven books comb through history, travel to distant planets and imagine our A.I. future.
7 New Cookbooks to Read
Let yourself by enticed by satiny flan, savory dumplings, Swiss almond cookies and more.
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