New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers: December 12, 2021
An up-to-date list of the New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers. Weekly.
Delivered: 12/7/2021 9:00:00 PM
Delivered: 12/7/2021 9:00:00 PM
New York Times Fiction Bestsellers: December 12, 2021
An up-to-date list of the New York Times Fiction Bestsellers. Weekly.
Delivered: 12/7/2021 8:00:00 PM
Delivered: 12/7/2021 8:00:00 PM
Books We Love: Ailsa Chang picks 'Empire Of Pain' by Patrick Radden Keefe
NPR is celebrating Books We Love from 2021. Ailsa Chang shares one of her favorite reads from the year: Patrick Radden Keefe's deep dive into the Sackler dynasty, Empire of Pain.
A Family Shatters Along With Yugoslavia
“Where You Come From,” by Sasa Stanisic, is an autobiographical novel about a life uprooted by war.
3 YA graphic novels that highlight the timelessness of teenage themes this autumn
Among the flood of titles aimed at the high-school set this fall, a few stand apart for their unorthodox stories, deft artwork and potent themes.
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The Best Mystery Novels of 2021
Our crime fiction columnist picks the books that wowed her this year.
A Novel Asks: How Should a Man Write About Women?
“The Women I Love,” by Francesco Pacifico, finds a writer of bawdy satires in a more contemplative mood.
You Know About King Lear. A New Novel Tells His Banished Queen’s Tale.
In “Learwife,” J.R. Thorp explores the untold story of Lear’s queen, a tale rife with cruelty, betrayal and passion.
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.
Romance: December 2021
Flirt with romance--whether you like your lovin' with ghosts, spies, or knights in shining armor, this newsletter will deliver, sealed with a kiss. Monthly.
Delivered: 12/6/2021 12:00:00 AM
Delivered: 12/6/2021 12:00:00 AM
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.
The crown [DVD]. Season 4
Author: Morgan, Peter, 1963- creator. Colman, Olivia, actor. Menzies, Tobias, 1974- actor. Bonham Carter, Helena, 1966- actor. Anderson, Gillian, 1968- actor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: CROWN SEASON 4
Format: Video disc
Summary: At the end of the 70s, Charles is still unmarried and England's first female Prime Minister locks horns with the Queen, causing some unrest among the entire country. As Margaret Thatcher leads England into the Falklands war and a prince courts a "commoner", the Lady Diana Spencer, the country may unite under a fairytale ending but the royal family's division grows wider.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: CROWN SEASON 4
Format: Video disc
Summary: At the end of the 70s, Charles is still unmarried and England's first female Prime Minister locks horns with the Queen, causing some unrest among the entire country. As Margaret Thatcher leads England into the Falklands war and a prince courts a "commoner", the Lady Diana Spencer, the country may unite under a fairytale ending but the royal family's division grows wider.
Jungle cruise [DVD]
Author: Collet-Serra, Jaume, 1974- film director. Davis, John, 1954- film producer. Fox, John (Producer), film producer. Flynn, Beau, film producer. Johnson, Dwayne, 1972- film producer, actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: JUNGLE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A riverboat captain takes a scientist and her brother through a jungle in search of the Tree of Life. Come along on a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank's questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila, his ramshackle-but-charming boat. Lily is determined to uncover an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities, possessing the power to change the future of medicine. Thrust on this epic quest together, the unlikely duo encounters innumerable dangers and supernatural forces, all lurking in the deceptive beauty of the lush rainforest. But as the secrets of the lost tree unfold, the stakes reach even higher for Lily and Frank, and their fate and mankind's hangs in the balance.
Published: 2021
Call Number: JUNGLE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A riverboat captain takes a scientist and her brother through a jungle in search of the Tree of Life. Come along on a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank's questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila, his ramshackle-but-charming boat. Lily is determined to uncover an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities, possessing the power to change the future of medicine. Thrust on this epic quest together, the unlikely duo encounters innumerable dangers and supernatural forces, all lurking in the deceptive beauty of the lush rainforest. But as the secrets of the lost tree unfold, the stakes reach even higher for Lily and Frank, and their fate and mankind's hangs in the balance.
The crown [DVD]. Season 4
Author: Morgan, Peter, 1963- creator. Colman, Olivia, actor. Menzies, Tobias, 1974- actor. Bonham Carter, Helena, 1966- actor. Anderson, Gillian, 1968- actor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: CROWN SEASON 4
Format: Video disc
Summary: At the end of the 70s, Charles is still unmarried and England's first female Prime Minister locks horns with the Queen, causing some unrest among the entire country. As Margaret Thatcher leads England into the Falklands war and a prince courts a "commoner", the Lady Diana Spencer, the country may unite under a fairytale ending but the royal family's division grows wider.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: CROWN SEASON 4
Format: Video disc
Summary: At the end of the 70s, Charles is still unmarried and England's first female Prime Minister locks horns with the Queen, causing some unrest among the entire country. As Margaret Thatcher leads England into the Falklands war and a prince courts a "commoner", the Lady Diana Spencer, the country may unite under a fairytale ending but the royal family's division grows wider.
Jungle cruise [DVD]
Author: Collet-Serra, Jaume, 1974- film director. Davis, John, 1954- film producer. Fox, John (Producer), film producer. Flynn, Beau, film producer. Johnson, Dwayne, 1972- film producer, actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: JUNGLE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A riverboat captain takes a scientist and her brother through a jungle in search of the Tree of Life. Come along on a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank's questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila, his ramshackle-but-charming boat. Lily is determined to uncover an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities, possessing the power to change the future of medicine. Thrust on this epic quest together, the unlikely duo encounters innumerable dangers and supernatural forces, all lurking in the deceptive beauty of the lush rainforest. But as the secrets of the lost tree unfold, the stakes reach even higher for Lily and Frank, and their fate and mankind's hangs in the balance.
Published: 2021
Call Number: JUNGLE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A riverboat captain takes a scientist and her brother through a jungle in search of the Tree of Life. Come along on a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank's questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila, his ramshackle-but-charming boat. Lily is determined to uncover an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities, possessing the power to change the future of medicine. Thrust on this epic quest together, the unlikely duo encounters innumerable dangers and supernatural forces, all lurking in the deceptive beauty of the lush rainforest. But as the secrets of the lost tree unfold, the stakes reach even higher for Lily and Frank, and their fate and mankind's hangs in the balance.
Super volcanoes : what they reveal about Earth and the worlds beyond
Author: Andrews, Robin George, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 551.21
Format: Books
Summary: "An exhilarating, time-traveling journey to the solar system's strangest and most awe-inspiring volcanoes. Volcanoes are capable of acts of pyrotechnical prowess verging on magic: they spout black magma more fluid than water, create shimmering cities of glass at the bottom of the ocean and frozen lakes of lava on the moon, and can even tip entire planets over. Despite their reputation for destruction, volcanoes are inseparable from the creation of our planet. Super Volcanoes revels in the incomparable power of volcanic eruptions past and present, Earth-bound and otherwise, and explores how these eruptions reveal secrets about the worlds to which they belong. Science journalist and volcanologist Robin George Andrews describes the stunning ways in which volcanoes can sculpt the sea, land, and sky, and even influence the machinery that makes or breaks the existence of life. Traveling from Hawaii, Tanzania, Yellowstone, and the ocean floor to the moon, Venus, and Mars, Andrews explores cutting-edge discoveries and lingering scientific mysteries surrounding these phenomenal forces of nature"--
Published: 2022
Call Number: 551.21
Format: Books
Summary: "An exhilarating, time-traveling journey to the solar system's strangest and most awe-inspiring volcanoes. Volcanoes are capable of acts of pyrotechnical prowess verging on magic: they spout black magma more fluid than water, create shimmering cities of glass at the bottom of the ocean and frozen lakes of lava on the moon, and can even tip entire planets over. Despite their reputation for destruction, volcanoes are inseparable from the creation of our planet. Super Volcanoes revels in the incomparable power of volcanic eruptions past and present, Earth-bound and otherwise, and explores how these eruptions reveal secrets about the worlds to which they belong. Science journalist and volcanologist Robin George Andrews describes the stunning ways in which volcanoes can sculpt the sea, land, and sky, and even influence the machinery that makes or breaks the existence of life. Traveling from Hawaii, Tanzania, Yellowstone, and the ocean floor to the moon, Venus, and Mars, Andrews explores cutting-edge discoveries and lingering scientific mysteries surrounding these phenomenal forces of nature"--
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