From the Philippines to Harvard, Boyhood to Womanhood, a Coming-of-Age Across Borders
In “Fairest,” Meredith Talusan looks back on her life lived at the intersection of genders, races, sexualities and cultures.
New & Noteworthy Audiobooks, From Harry Potter to Kevin Hart
A selection of recent audiobooks of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
J.M. Coetzee’s Jesus Sees the World as Don Quixote Does
“The Death of Jesus,” the final novel in a trilogy, is a modern fable that challenges our limited understanding of reality.
America Is Obsessed With Cuba. But What Do We Know About Its Citizens?
“The Cubans,” by Anthony DePalma, paints a detailed, novelistic portrait of a handful of ordinary Cubans — their hopes, political beliefs and struggles to get by.
Guns, Gunfights and the Legends of the Wild West
Jim Rasenberger’s “Revolver” explores Sam Colt and the invention of the six-shooter, while Tom Clavin’s “Tombstone” looks at the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Going Places: An Anonymous Gossip Cartoonist With Buzz
In Remy Lai’s “Fly on the Wall,” an overprotected boy who feels invisible at school creates an eavesdropping alter ego.
A Comics-Obsessed Cinderella Down on the Farm
In Lucy Knisley’s “Stepping Stones,” a city girl faces her fears about farming, family life and evil stepsisters.
Star Wars, the rise of Skywalker [DVD]
Author: Abrams, J. J. (Jeffrey Jacob), 1966- film director, film producer, screenwriter. Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954- film producer. Rejwan, Michelle, 1982- film producer. Terrio, Chris, screenwriter. Fisher, Carrie, actor.
Published: 2020
Call Number: STAR 9
Format: Video disc
Summary: No one's ever really gone. Rey's journey continues, and the Skywalker saga concludes.
Published: 2020
Call Number: STAR 9
Format: Video disc
Summary: No one's ever really gone. Rey's journey continues, and the Skywalker saga concludes.
Dog training 101 [DVD].
Author: Donaldson, Jean, author. Teaching Company.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 636.7088
Format: Video disc
Summary: A trainer of trainers demonstrates the most successful ways to teach your dog based on the latest science.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 636.7088
Format: Video disc
Summary: A trainer of trainers demonstrates the most successful ways to teach your dog based on the latest science.
Star Wars, the rise of Skywalker [DVD]
Author: Abrams, J. J. (Jeffrey Jacob), 1966- film director, film producer, screenwriter. Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954- film producer. Rejwan, Michelle, 1982- film producer. Terrio, Chris, screenwriter. Fisher, Carrie, actor.
Published: 2020
Call Number: STAR 9
Format: Video disc
Summary: No one's ever really gone. Rey's journey continues, and the Skywalker saga concludes.
Published: 2020
Call Number: STAR 9
Format: Video disc
Summary: No one's ever really gone. Rey's journey continues, and the Skywalker saga concludes.
Dog training 101 [DVD].
Author: Donaldson, Jean, author. Teaching Company.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 636.7088
Format: Video disc
Summary: A trainer of trainers demonstrates the most successful ways to teach your dog based on the latest science.
Published: 2018
Call Number: 636.7088
Format: Video disc
Summary: A trainer of trainers demonstrates the most successful ways to teach your dog based on the latest science.
All your twisted secrets
Author: Urban, Diana, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y URBAN
Format: Books
Summary: "What do the queen bee, star athlete, valedictorian, stoner, loner, and music geek all have in common? They were all invited to a scholarship dinner, only to discover it's a trap. Someone has locked them into a room with a bomb, a syringe filled with poison, and a note saying they have an hour to pick someone to kill ... or else everyone dies."--Amazon.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y URBAN
Format: Books
Summary: "What do the queen bee, star athlete, valedictorian, stoner, loner, and music geek all have in common? They were all invited to a scholarship dinner, only to discover it's a trap. Someone has locked them into a room with a bomb, a syringe filled with poison, and a note saying they have an hour to pick someone to kill ... or else everyone dies."--Amazon.
Almost, Maine
Author: Cariani, John, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y CARIANI
Format: Books
Summary: "Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that's so far north, it's almost not in the United States--it's almost in Canada. And it almost doesn't exist, because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it's just...Almost. One cold, clear Friday night in the middle of winter, while the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. Love is lost and found. And life for the people of Almost, Maine will never be the same." -- Amazon.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y CARIANI
Format: Books
Summary: "Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that's so far north, it's almost not in the United States--it's almost in Canada. And it almost doesn't exist, because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it's just...Almost. One cold, clear Friday night in the middle of winter, while the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. Love is lost and found. And life for the people of Almost, Maine will never be the same." -- Amazon.
If these wings could fly
Author: McCauley, Kyrie, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y MCCAULEY
Format: Books
Summary: In Auburn, Pennsylvania, a farming community overrun with crows, high school senior Leighton struggles to keep herself and her sisters safe from their abusive father even as she starts a relationship. Tens of thousands of crows invading Auburn, Pennsylvania, is a problem for everyone in town except seventeen-year-old Leighton Barnes. For Leighton, it's no stranger than her house, which inexplicably repairs itself every time her father loses his temper and breaks things. Leighton doesn't have time for the crows--it's her senior year, and acceptance to her dream college is finally within reach. But grabbing that lifeline means abandoning her sisters, a choice she's not ready to face. With her father's rage worsening and the town in chaos over the crows, Leighton allows herself a chance at happiness with Liam, her charming classmate, even though falling in love feels like a revolutionary act. Balancing school, dating, and survival under the shadow of sixty thousand feathered wings starts to feel almost comfortable, but Leighton knows that this fragile equilibrium can only last so long before it shatters.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y MCCAULEY
Format: Books
Summary: In Auburn, Pennsylvania, a farming community overrun with crows, high school senior Leighton struggles to keep herself and her sisters safe from their abusive father even as she starts a relationship. Tens of thousands of crows invading Auburn, Pennsylvania, is a problem for everyone in town except seventeen-year-old Leighton Barnes. For Leighton, it's no stranger than her house, which inexplicably repairs itself every time her father loses his temper and breaks things. Leighton doesn't have time for the crows--it's her senior year, and acceptance to her dream college is finally within reach. But grabbing that lifeline means abandoning her sisters, a choice she's not ready to face. With her father's rage worsening and the town in chaos over the crows, Leighton allows herself a chance at happiness with Liam, her charming classmate, even though falling in love feels like a revolutionary act. Balancing school, dating, and survival under the shadow of sixty thousand feathered wings starts to feel almost comfortable, but Leighton knows that this fragile equilibrium can only last so long before it shatters.
The stolen letter
Author: Shelton, Paige, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: F SHELTON
Format: Books
Summary: "Bookseller Delaney Nichols meets a woman who believes she is Mary, Queen of Scots, reborn. When the Cracked Spine is royally threatened, she must do all she can to save the shop. Heading back to work the day after she returns from her European honeymoon, Delaney Nichols is excited to get back to the Cracked Spine. But as she disembarks the bus and hurries toward the shop she and another woman collide, sending a stack of books the woman is carrying to the ground. Delaney's hapless victim's name is Mary, and she and Delaney can't help but notice that they bear an uncanny resemblance to one another. According to Mary, they both also look like the long-beheaded Mary Queen of Scots. Even stranger, Mary believes she is reincarnation of the Scottish queen. But peculiar as Delaney's doppelganger is, she doesn't have time to dwell on it: on her arrival to the bookshop, she learns the Edinburgh city council wants to close the Cracked Spine, citing code violations, and she's determined to stop them. But when Mary's husband dies in a car explosion-and Delaney learns he was the very member of city council who proposed that the city take a closer look at the bookshop's construction-she starts to wonder if her meeting with Mary wasn't an accident. Edinburgh has become as filled with intrigue and decption as any European court, and Delaney is determined to get to the bottom of this royal mystery"--
Published: 2020
Call Number: F SHELTON
Format: Books
Summary: "Bookseller Delaney Nichols meets a woman who believes she is Mary, Queen of Scots, reborn. When the Cracked Spine is royally threatened, she must do all she can to save the shop. Heading back to work the day after she returns from her European honeymoon, Delaney Nichols is excited to get back to the Cracked Spine. But as she disembarks the bus and hurries toward the shop she and another woman collide, sending a stack of books the woman is carrying to the ground. Delaney's hapless victim's name is Mary, and she and Delaney can't help but notice that they bear an uncanny resemblance to one another. According to Mary, they both also look like the long-beheaded Mary Queen of Scots. Even stranger, Mary believes she is reincarnation of the Scottish queen. But peculiar as Delaney's doppelganger is, she doesn't have time to dwell on it: on her arrival to the bookshop, she learns the Edinburgh city council wants to close the Cracked Spine, citing code violations, and she's determined to stop them. But when Mary's husband dies in a car explosion-and Delaney learns he was the very member of city council who proposed that the city take a closer look at the bookshop's construction-she starts to wonder if her meeting with Mary wasn't an accident. Edinburgh has become as filled with intrigue and decption as any European court, and Delaney is determined to get to the bottom of this royal mystery"--
Jack Kerouac is dead to me
Author: Polisner, Gae, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y POLISNER
Format: Books
Summary: With her mother suffering from dissociative disorder and her best friend preferring to hang out with other girls, fifteen-year-old JL takes solace in the tropical butterflies she raises and in her new, older boyfriend. Fifteen-year-old JL Markham's life used to be filled with carnival nights and hot summer days spent giggling with her forever best friend Aubrey about their families and boys. Together, they were unstoppable. But they aren't the friends they once were. With JL's father gone on long term business, and her mother struggling with her mental illness, JL takes solace in the tropical butterflies she raises, and in her new, older boyfriend, Max Gordon. Max may be rough on the outside, but he has the soul of a poet (something Aubrey will never understand). Only, Max is about to graduate, and he's going to hit the road--with or without JL. JL can't bear being left behind again. But what if devoting herself to Max not only means betraying her parents, but permanently losing the love of her best friend? What becomes of loyalty, when no one is loyal to you? Gae Polisner's Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me is a story about the fragility of female friendship, of falling in love and wondering if you are ready for more, and of the glimmers of hope we find by taking stock in ourselves.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y POLISNER
Format: Books
Summary: With her mother suffering from dissociative disorder and her best friend preferring to hang out with other girls, fifteen-year-old JL takes solace in the tropical butterflies she raises and in her new, older boyfriend. Fifteen-year-old JL Markham's life used to be filled with carnival nights and hot summer days spent giggling with her forever best friend Aubrey about their families and boys. Together, they were unstoppable. But they aren't the friends they once were. With JL's father gone on long term business, and her mother struggling with her mental illness, JL takes solace in the tropical butterflies she raises, and in her new, older boyfriend, Max Gordon. Max may be rough on the outside, but he has the soul of a poet (something Aubrey will never understand). Only, Max is about to graduate, and he's going to hit the road--with or without JL. JL can't bear being left behind again. But what if devoting herself to Max not only means betraying her parents, but permanently losing the love of her best friend? What becomes of loyalty, when no one is loyal to you? Gae Polisner's Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me is a story about the fragility of female friendship, of falling in love and wondering if you are ready for more, and of the glimmers of hope we find by taking stock in ourselves.
Little secrets
Author: Hillier, Jennifer, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: F HILLIER
Format: Books
Summary: "All it takes to unravel a life is one little secret... Marin had the perfect life. Married to her college sweetheart, she owns a chain of upscale hair salons, and Derek runs his own company. They're admired in their community and are a loving family - until their world falls apart the day their son Sebastian is taken. A year later, Marin is a shadow of herself. The FBI search has gone cold. The publicity has faded. She and her husband rarely speak. She hires a P.I. to pick up where the police left off, but instead of finding Sebastian, she learns that Derek is having an affair with a younger woman. This discovery sparks Marin back to life. She's lost her son; she's not about to lose her husband, too. Kenzie is an enemy with a face, which means this is a problem Marin can fix. Permanently."--Provided by publisher.
Published: 2020
Call Number: F HILLIER
Format: Books
Summary: "All it takes to unravel a life is one little secret... Marin had the perfect life. Married to her college sweetheart, she owns a chain of upscale hair salons, and Derek runs his own company. They're admired in their community and are a loving family - until their world falls apart the day their son Sebastian is taken. A year later, Marin is a shadow of herself. The FBI search has gone cold. The publicity has faded. She and her husband rarely speak. She hires a P.I. to pick up where the police left off, but instead of finding Sebastian, she learns that Derek is having an affair with a younger woman. This discovery sparks Marin back to life. She's lost her son; she's not about to lose her husband, too. Kenzie is an enemy with a face, which means this is a problem Marin can fix. Permanently."--Provided by publisher.
Master class
Author: Dalcher, Christina, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: F DALCHER
Format: Books
Summary: "From the critically acclaimed author of Vox comes a suspenseful new novel that explores a disturbing alternate reality where the government has legalized eugenics. Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state's new elite schools, where children undergo routine tests for their quotient (Q). Those who don't measure up are placed in the many state boarding schools that have cropped up under a new government mandate--Elena's daughter, Freddie, is one of them. In order to be with Freddie, Elena immediately requests to transfer to the state school. To her horror, she learns that the children are receiving the bare minimum of instruction. Instead, they spend their days making handcrafted goods--valuable commodities in the age of machine-made products. What began as a shock quickly becomes a nightmare as Elena discovers the terrifying atrocities inflicted upon the students. Not only have their test scores been tampered with, but they're also unwitting subjects of experiments, one of which tests a new method of chemical sterilization. The plan? To render all adolescents with undesirable quotients infertile...and Freddie may be next in line"--
Published: 2020
Call Number: F DALCHER
Format: Books
Summary: "From the critically acclaimed author of Vox comes a suspenseful new novel that explores a disturbing alternate reality where the government has legalized eugenics. Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state's new elite schools, where children undergo routine tests for their quotient (Q). Those who don't measure up are placed in the many state boarding schools that have cropped up under a new government mandate--Elena's daughter, Freddie, is one of them. In order to be with Freddie, Elena immediately requests to transfer to the state school. To her horror, she learns that the children are receiving the bare minimum of instruction. Instead, they spend their days making handcrafted goods--valuable commodities in the age of machine-made products. What began as a shock quickly becomes a nightmare as Elena discovers the terrifying atrocities inflicted upon the students. Not only have their test scores been tampered with, but they're also unwitting subjects of experiments, one of which tests a new method of chemical sterilization. The plan? To render all adolescents with undesirable quotients infertile...and Freddie may be next in line"--
Man of my time
Author: Sofer, Dalia, 1972- author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: F SOFER
Format: Books
Summary: "Set in Iran and New York City, Man of My Time tells the story of Hamid Mozaffarian, who is as alienated from himself as he is from the world around him. After decades of ambivalent work as an interrogator with the Iranian regime, Hamid travels on a diplomatic mission to New York, where he encounters his estranged family and retrieves the ashes of his father, whose dying wish was to be buried in Iran. Tucked in his pocket throughout the trip, the ashes propel him into a first-person excavation--full of mordant wit and bitter memory--of a lifetime of betrayal, and prompt him to trace his own evolution from a perceptive boy in love with marbles to a man who, on seeing his own reflection, is startled to encounter someone he no longer recognizes. As he reconnects with his brother and others living in exile, Hamid is forced to reckon with his past, with the insidious nature of violence, and with his entrenchment in a system that for decades ensnared him."--
Published: 2020
Call Number: F SOFER
Format: Books
Summary: "Set in Iran and New York City, Man of My Time tells the story of Hamid Mozaffarian, who is as alienated from himself as he is from the world around him. After decades of ambivalent work as an interrogator with the Iranian regime, Hamid travels on a diplomatic mission to New York, where he encounters his estranged family and retrieves the ashes of his father, whose dying wish was to be buried in Iran. Tucked in his pocket throughout the trip, the ashes propel him into a first-person excavation--full of mordant wit and bitter memory--of a lifetime of betrayal, and prompt him to trace his own evolution from a perceptive boy in love with marbles to a man who, on seeing his own reflection, is startled to encounter someone he no longer recognizes. As he reconnects with his brother and others living in exile, Hamid is forced to reckon with his past, with the insidious nature of violence, and with his entrenchment in a system that for decades ensnared him."--
The house of deep water
Author: McFarland, Jeni, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: F MCFARLAN
Format: Books
Summary: "River Bend, Michigan, is the kind of small town most can't imagine leaving, but three women couldn't wait to escape. When each must return--Linda Williams, never sure what she wants; her mother, Paula, always too sure; and Beth DeWitt, one of River Bend's only black daughters, now a mother of two who'd planned to raise her own children anywhere else--their paths collide under Beth's father's roof. As one town struggles to contain all of their love affairs and secrets, a local scandal forces Beth to confront her own devastating past. Filled with the voices of mothers and daughters, husbands, lovers, and fathers, The House of Deep Water explores motherhood, trauma, love, loss, and new beginnings found in a most unlikely place: home."--
Published: 2020
Call Number: F MCFARLAN
Format: Books
Summary: "River Bend, Michigan, is the kind of small town most can't imagine leaving, but three women couldn't wait to escape. When each must return--Linda Williams, never sure what she wants; her mother, Paula, always too sure; and Beth DeWitt, one of River Bend's only black daughters, now a mother of two who'd planned to raise her own children anywhere else--their paths collide under Beth's father's roof. As one town struggles to contain all of their love affairs and secrets, a local scandal forces Beth to confront her own devastating past. Filled with the voices of mothers and daughters, husbands, lovers, and fathers, The House of Deep Water explores motherhood, trauma, love, loss, and new beginnings found in a most unlikely place: home."--
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