Review: ‘The Mind and the Moon,’ by Daniel Bergner
In “The Mind and the Moon,” Daniel Bergner explores how much we know — and how much we don’t — about mental health.
Thrillers and Suspense: May 2022
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Review: “The Lioness” by Chris Bohjalian
In Chris Bohjalian’s new novel, “The Lioness,” a trip to the Serengeti turns bloody.
If Classic Books Were Written for Babies
A dream reading list for all the budding intellectuals out there — and their parents.
Hernan Diaz on ‘Trust’ and Money in Fiction
Diaz talks about his second novel, and Paul Fischer discusses “The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures.”
Gasoline alley [DVD]
Author: Drake, Edward, film director, screenwriter. Large, Corey, film producer. Sierchio, Tom, film producer, screenwriter. Sawa, Devon, 1978- actor. Willis, Bruce, 1955- actor.
Published: 2022
Call Number: ACTION GASOLINE
Format: Video disc
Summary: After the murder of several women in Los Angeles, a man implicated in the crime begins to investigate to try to clear his name, and with two detectives, begins to uncover a conspiracy. A chilling story of a savage Hollywood murder. Jimmy Jayne, a reformed ex-con, is the prime suspect who will stop at nothing to prove his innocence. Homicide detectives Freeman and Vargas are close on his tail as Jimmy takes on his own investigation risking his life in the dark underbelly of Los Angeles.
Published: 2022
Call Number: ACTION GASOLINE
Format: Video disc
Summary: After the murder of several women in Los Angeles, a man implicated in the crime begins to investigate to try to clear his name, and with two detectives, begins to uncover a conspiracy. A chilling story of a savage Hollywood murder. Jimmy Jayne, a reformed ex-con, is the prime suspect who will stop at nothing to prove his innocence. Homicide detectives Freeman and Vargas are close on his tail as Jimmy takes on his own investigation risking his life in the dark underbelly of Los Angeles.
Parallel mothers [DVD] = Madres paralelas
Author: Almodóvar, Pedro, film director, screenwriter. Almodóvar, Agustin, film producer. Iglesias, Alberto, composer (expression) Alcaine, José Luis, director of photography. Font, Teresa, editor of moving image work.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: PARALLEL SPANISH
Format: Video disc
Summary: The lives of two single women become intertwined when they share a hospital room giving birth to their daughters on the same day. Dos mujeres coinciden en una habitación de hospital donde van a dar a luz. Ambas están solteras y se quedaron embarazadas por accidente. Janis, de mediana edad, no se arrepiente y está exultante. La otra, Ana, una adolescente, está asustada, arrepentida y traumatizada. Janis intenta animarla mientras pasean por los pasillos del hospital. Las pocas palabras que intercambien en esas horas crearán un vínculo muy estrecho entre las dos, que por casualidad se desarrolla y se complica, afectando a sus vidas de forma decisiva. "Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn't regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and taumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and complicates, and changes their lives in a decisive way" --Container.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: PARALLEL SPANISH
Format: Video disc
Summary: The lives of two single women become intertwined when they share a hospital room giving birth to their daughters on the same day. Dos mujeres coinciden en una habitación de hospital donde van a dar a luz. Ambas están solteras y se quedaron embarazadas por accidente. Janis, de mediana edad, no se arrepiente y está exultante. La otra, Ana, una adolescente, está asustada, arrepentida y traumatizada. Janis intenta animarla mientras pasean por los pasillos del hospital. Las pocas palabras que intercambien en esas horas crearán un vínculo muy estrecho entre las dos, que por casualidad se desarrolla y se complica, afectando a sus vidas de forma decisiva. "Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn't regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and taumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and complicates, and changes their lives in a decisive way" --Container.
Family squares [DVD]
Author: Laing, Stephanie, film director, film producer, screenwriter. Tropper, Jonathan, film producer. Odiorne, Peter, film producer. Morris, Brad, 1975- screenwriter. Winkler, Henry, 1945- actor.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: FAMILY
Format: Video disc
Summary: After the death of their family matriarch, Grandma Mabel, a family is reunited after years of being divided and soon find family secrets coming to light. The Worth's are a family portrait of dysfunction, but when their matriarch, Grandma Mabel dies suddenly, they must set aside their differences and come together. Chaos ensues as they soon discover that not only did Grandma Mabel keep secrets, so did everyone else. They begin to find their way back to each other and realize that while you can't choose your family, you can choose to be friends with them.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: FAMILY
Format: Video disc
Summary: After the death of their family matriarch, Grandma Mabel, a family is reunited after years of being divided and soon find family secrets coming to light. The Worth's are a family portrait of dysfunction, but when their matriarch, Grandma Mabel dies suddenly, they must set aside their differences and come together. Chaos ensues as they soon discover that not only did Grandma Mabel keep secrets, so did everyone else. They begin to find their way back to each other and realize that while you can't choose your family, you can choose to be friends with them.
The humans [DVD]
Author: Karam, Stephen, film director, film producer, screenwriter. Lovegrove, Louise, film producer. Jenkins, Richard, 1947- actor. Houdyshell, Jayne, 1953- actor. Schumer, Amy, actor.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: DRAMA HUMANS
Format: Video disc
Summary: Erik Blake has gathered three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter's apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside and eerie things start to go bump in the night, the group's deepest fears are laid bare. The piercingly funny and haunting debut film from writer-director Stephen Karam, adapted from his Tony Award-winning play, The Humans explores the hidden dread of a family and the love that binds them together.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: DRAMA HUMANS
Format: Video disc
Summary: Erik Blake has gathered three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter's apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside and eerie things start to go bump in the night, the group's deepest fears are laid bare. The piercingly funny and haunting debut film from writer-director Stephen Karam, adapted from his Tony Award-winning play, The Humans explores the hidden dread of a family and the love that binds them together.
Jockey [DVD]
Author: Bentley, Clint, film director, screenwriter, film producer. Kwedar, Greg, screenwriter, film producer. Schafer, Nancy, film producer. Collins, Clifton, Jr., actor. Parker, Molly, 1972- actor.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: JOCKEY
Format: Video disc
Summary: An aging jockey aims for a final championship, when a rookie rider arrives claiming to be his son.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: JOCKEY
Format: Video disc
Summary: An aging jockey aims for a final championship, when a rookie rider arrives claiming to be his son.
Benjamin Franklin [DVD]
Author: Duncan, Dayton, screenwriter. Burns, Ken, 1953- film director, film producer. Schmidt, David, 1956- film producer. Coyote, Peter, narrator. Patinkin, Mandy, voice actor.
Published: 2022
Call Number: B FRANKLIN
Format: Video disc
Summary: Profile of scientist, inventor, and political philosopher Benjamin Franklin. Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most complex and consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.
Published: 2022
Call Number: B FRANKLIN
Format: Video disc
Summary: Profile of scientist, inventor, and political philosopher Benjamin Franklin. Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most complex and consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.
Expired [DVD]
Author: Sen, Ivan, film director, film producer, screenwriter. Jowsey, David (Motion picture producer), film producer. Simpkin, Greer, film producer. Littlejohn, Angela, film producer. Kwanten, Ryan, 1976- actor.
Published: 2022
Call Number: SCI-FI EXPIRED
Format: Video disc
Summary: A man and woman develop a relationship in an uncharted future, and confront each other with the things they have done and what they have become. As Jack works as a hitman, his lonely life is altered by two strangers--one a club singer, the other a scientist. Jack and the singer fall in love, but as their relationship grows stronger, Jack grows physically weaker, unable to assassinate the targets he seeks, and it doesn't take long for the scientist to discover the shocking reasons behind Jack's deadly affliction.
Published: 2022
Call Number: SCI-FI EXPIRED
Format: Video disc
Summary: A man and woman develop a relationship in an uncharted future, and confront each other with the things they have done and what they have become. As Jack works as a hitman, his lonely life is altered by two strangers--one a club singer, the other a scientist. Jack and the singer fall in love, but as their relationship grows stronger, Jack grows physically weaker, unable to assassinate the targets he seeks, and it doesn't take long for the scientist to discover the shocking reasons behind Jack's deadly affliction.
V/H/S/94 [DVD]
Author: Barrett, Simon, film director, screenwriter. Reeder, Jennifer, 1971- film director, screenwriter. Okuno, Chloe, film director, screenwriter. Tjahjanto, Timo, 1980- film director, screenwriter. Prows, Ryan, film director, screenwriter.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: VHS94
Format: Video disc
Summary: 1994. After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police swat team launch a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: VHS94
Format: Video disc
Summary: 1994. After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police swat team launch a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.
Mayans M.C. [DVD]. Season 2
Author: Sutter, Kurt, creator. James, Elgin, creator. Pardo, J. D., actor. Cardenas, Clayton, actor. Irby, Michael, actor.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: MAYANS SEASON 2
Format: Video disc
Summary: Follows Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes, a prospect for the Mayans Motorcycle Club who was recently released from prison, set in the fictional California border town of Santo Padre. Includes all ten episodes of season two. The next chapter in Kurt Sutter's award-winning Sons of Anarchy saga. Set in a post-Jax Teller world, Ezekiel 'EZ' Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the California/Mexico border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: MAYANS SEASON 2
Format: Video disc
Summary: Follows Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes, a prospect for the Mayans Motorcycle Club who was recently released from prison, set in the fictional California border town of Santo Padre. Includes all ten episodes of season two. The next chapter in Kurt Sutter's award-winning Sons of Anarchy saga. Set in a post-Jax Teller world, Ezekiel 'EZ' Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the California/Mexico border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp.
Mayans M.C. [DVD]. Season 1
Author: Sutter, Kurt, creator. James, Elgin, creator. Pardo, J. D., actor. Cardenas, Clayton, 1984 or 1985- actor. Bolger, Sarah, 1991- actor.
Published: 2019 2018
Call Number: MAYANS SEASON 1
Format: Video disc
Summary: The next chapter in Kurt Sutter's award-winning Sons of Anarchy saga. Set in a post-Jax Teller world, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the California/Mexico border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp
Published: 2019 2018
Call Number: MAYANS SEASON 1
Format: Video disc
Summary: The next chapter in Kurt Sutter's award-winning Sons of Anarchy saga. Set in a post-Jax Teller world, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the California/Mexico border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp
Baskets [DVD]. Season 4
Author: C. K., Louis, screenwriter, producer. Galifianakis, Zach, screenwriter, producer, actor. Krisel, Jonathan, screenwriter. Kelly, Martha, 1968- actor. Anderson, Louie, actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: BASKETS SEASON 4
Format: Video disc
Summary: Big changes are underway for the Baskets family. After 49 years, Chip (Zach Galifianakis) decides it is finally time to move out of his mom's place. But, even with the help of Martha (Martha Kelly) and a life coach, he learns that leaving the nest is hard, to say the least. Christine (Louie Anderson) and Ken (Alex Morris) move into a new place they can call their own, but carpet emergencies and missing kitchen magnets make the transition rockier than expected. Due to financial difficulties and his inability to learn French, Chip Baskets flunks out of clown school in France, returning home to California to live with his mother and work as a rodeo clown while confronting his past.
Published: 2019
Call Number: BASKETS SEASON 4
Format: Video disc
Summary: Big changes are underway for the Baskets family. After 49 years, Chip (Zach Galifianakis) decides it is finally time to move out of his mom's place. But, even with the help of Martha (Martha Kelly) and a life coach, he learns that leaving the nest is hard, to say the least. Christine (Louie Anderson) and Ken (Alex Morris) move into a new place they can call their own, but carpet emergencies and missing kitchen magnets make the transition rockier than expected. Due to financial difficulties and his inability to learn French, Chip Baskets flunks out of clown school in France, returning home to California to live with his mother and work as a rodeo clown while confronting his past.
Baskets [DVD]. Season 3
Author: Krisel, Jonathan, creator, screenwriter, television director. C. K., Louis, creator. Galifianakis, Zach, creator, actor. Kelly, Martha (Actor), actor. Anderson, Louie, actor.
Published: 2019 2018
Call Number: BASKETS SEASON 3
Format: Video disc
Summary: After failing at a prestigious French clowning college, Chip Baskets looks to keep his dream of becoming a professional clown alive. Due to financial difficulties and his inability to learn French, Chip Baskets flunks out of clown school in France, returning home to California to live with his mother and work as a rodeo clown while confronting his past.
Published: 2019 2018
Call Number: BASKETS SEASON 3
Format: Video disc
Summary: After failing at a prestigious French clowning college, Chip Baskets looks to keep his dream of becoming a professional clown alive. Due to financial difficulties and his inability to learn French, Chip Baskets flunks out of clown school in France, returning home to California to live with his mother and work as a rodeo clown while confronting his past.
Gasoline alley [DVD]
Author: Drake, Edward, film director, screenwriter. Large, Corey, film producer. Sierchio, Tom, film producer, screenwriter. Sawa, Devon, 1978- actor. Willis, Bruce, 1955- actor.
Published: 2022
Call Number: ACTION GASOLINE
Format: Video disc
Summary: After the murder of several women in Los Angeles, a man implicated in the crime begins to investigate to try to clear his name, and with two detectives, begins to uncover a conspiracy. A chilling story of a savage Hollywood murder. Jimmy Jayne, a reformed ex-con, is the prime suspect who will stop at nothing to prove his innocence. Homicide detectives Freeman and Vargas are close on his tail as Jimmy takes on his own investigation risking his life in the dark underbelly of Los Angeles.
Published: 2022
Call Number: ACTION GASOLINE
Format: Video disc
Summary: After the murder of several women in Los Angeles, a man implicated in the crime begins to investigate to try to clear his name, and with two detectives, begins to uncover a conspiracy. A chilling story of a savage Hollywood murder. Jimmy Jayne, a reformed ex-con, is the prime suspect who will stop at nothing to prove his innocence. Homicide detectives Freeman and Vargas are close on his tail as Jimmy takes on his own investigation risking his life in the dark underbelly of Los Angeles.
Parallel mothers [DVD] = Madres paralelas
Author: Almodóvar, Pedro, film director, screenwriter. Almodóvar, Agustin, film producer. Iglesias, Alberto, composer (expression) Alcaine, José Luis, director of photography. Font, Teresa, editor of moving image work.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: PARALLEL SPANISH
Format: Video disc
Summary: The lives of two single women become intertwined when they share a hospital room giving birth to their daughters on the same day. Dos mujeres coinciden en una habitación de hospital donde van a dar a luz. Ambas están solteras y se quedaron embarazadas por accidente. Janis, de mediana edad, no se arrepiente y está exultante. La otra, Ana, una adolescente, está asustada, arrepentida y traumatizada. Janis intenta animarla mientras pasean por los pasillos del hospital. Las pocas palabras que intercambien en esas horas crearán un vínculo muy estrecho entre las dos, que por casualidad se desarrolla y se complica, afectando a sus vidas de forma decisiva. "Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn't regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and taumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and complicates, and changes their lives in a decisive way" --Container.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: PARALLEL SPANISH
Format: Video disc
Summary: The lives of two single women become intertwined when they share a hospital room giving birth to their daughters on the same day. Dos mujeres coinciden en una habitación de hospital donde van a dar a luz. Ambas están solteras y se quedaron embarazadas por accidente. Janis, de mediana edad, no se arrepiente y está exultante. La otra, Ana, una adolescente, está asustada, arrepentida y traumatizada. Janis intenta animarla mientras pasean por los pasillos del hospital. Las pocas palabras que intercambien en esas horas crearán un vínculo muy estrecho entre las dos, que por casualidad se desarrolla y se complica, afectando a sus vidas de forma decisiva. "Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn't regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and taumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and complicates, and changes their lives in a decisive way" --Container.
Family squares [DVD]
Author: Laing, Stephanie, film director, film producer, screenwriter. Tropper, Jonathan, film producer. Odiorne, Peter, film producer. Morris, Brad, 1975- screenwriter. Winkler, Henry, 1945- actor.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: FAMILY
Format: Video disc
Summary: After the death of their family matriarch, Grandma Mabel, a family is reunited after years of being divided and soon find family secrets coming to light. The Worth's are a family portrait of dysfunction, but when their matriarch, Grandma Mabel dies suddenly, they must set aside their differences and come together. Chaos ensues as they soon discover that not only did Grandma Mabel keep secrets, so did everyone else. They begin to find their way back to each other and realize that while you can't choose your family, you can choose to be friends with them.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: FAMILY
Format: Video disc
Summary: After the death of their family matriarch, Grandma Mabel, a family is reunited after years of being divided and soon find family secrets coming to light. The Worth's are a family portrait of dysfunction, but when their matriarch, Grandma Mabel dies suddenly, they must set aside their differences and come together. Chaos ensues as they soon discover that not only did Grandma Mabel keep secrets, so did everyone else. They begin to find their way back to each other and realize that while you can't choose your family, you can choose to be friends with them.
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