It’s Time to Unfriend the Internet
In “Lurking,” Joanne McNeil examines what it means to be a person online.
This Novel Is Set in a ’90s M.F.A. Program. The Author Is Aware of Your Concerns.
In Teddy Wayne’s new novel, “Apartment,” tensions rise between two Manhattan roommates who aspire to the literati.
Reviving Emily Dickinson in 10 Episodes
In “These Fevered Days,” Martha Ackmann plumbs pivotal moments in the poet’s life for fresh insight into her mind.
'Facebook: The Inside Story' Reveals A Company Made In Its Founder's Image
Journalist Steven Levy's rich history of the social network traces Facebook's cascading crises to the worldview and early decisions of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg.
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Colum McCann Gives Voice to Grieving Fathers, One Israeli and One Palestinian
In his new novel, “Apeirogon,” McCann tells the real-life story of two men whose daughters died in the Middle East conflict.
'Supreme Inequality' Makes A Case That The Top U.S. Court Has Widened The Wealth Gap
Lawyer and journalist Adam Cohen explores five decades of Supreme Court opinions and comes to a rueful conclusion: These decisions have greatly exacerbated the space between rich and poor.
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Preschool Storytime
Recommended for ages 3 1/2-5. Registration requested. The latest books & some old favorites will help introduce vocabulary & reinforce learning.
Children and their caregivers will enjoy stories, songs, crafts, games & movement while building language & literacy skills.
Children and their caregivers will enjoy stories, songs, crafts, games & movement while building language & literacy skills.
In 'Foul Is Fair,' Lady Macbeth Goes To Prep School
Hannah Capin's new young adult novel is a modern-day retelling of Macbeth — centered on Lady Macbeth, now a high-schooler taking bloody revenge on the prep school boys who assaulted her at a party.
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'Little Constructions' Burns With Unstoppable Rage
Anna Burns gained fame in 2018 when her third novel, Milkman, won the Man Booker Prize. Little Constructions is her second novel, about a woman's vendetta against her violent, abusive brother-in-law.
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Frozen II [DVD]
Author: Buck, Chris, film director. Lee, Jennifer, 1971 October 22- film director, screenwriter. Del Vecho, Peter, film producer. Bell, Kristen, 1980- voice actor. Menzel, Idina, voice actor.
Published: 2020
Call Number: FROZEN 2
Format: Video disc
Summary: Why was Elsa born with magical powers? The answer is calling her and threatening her kingdom. Together with Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven, she'll set out on a dangerous but remarkable journey. In the first film, Elsa feared her powers were too much for the world. Now she must hope they are enough.
Published: 2020
Call Number: FROZEN 2
Format: Video disc
Summary: Why was Elsa born with magical powers? The answer is calling her and threatening her kingdom. Together with Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven, she'll set out on a dangerous but remarkable journey. In the first film, Elsa feared her powers were too much for the world. Now she must hope they are enough.
Give me liberty [DVD]
Author: Mikhanovski?, Kirill, film director, screenwriter. Austen, Alice, screenwriter, film producer. Spencer, Lauren, actor. Galust, Chris, actor. Stoyanov, Maxim, actor.
Published: 2020
Call Number: GIVE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Medical transport driver Vic is late, but it's not his fault. Roads are closed for a protest, and no one else can shuttle his Russian grandfather and emigre friends to a funeral. The new route uproots his scheduled clients, particularly Tracy, a vibrant young woman with ALS. As the day goes from hectic to off-the-rails, their collective ride becomes a hilarious, compassionate, and intersectional portrait of American dreams.
Published: 2020
Call Number: GIVE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Medical transport driver Vic is late, but it's not his fault. Roads are closed for a protest, and no one else can shuttle his Russian grandfather and emigre friends to a funeral. The new route uproots his scheduled clients, particularly Tracy, a vibrant young woman with ALS. As the day goes from hectic to off-the-rails, their collective ride becomes a hilarious, compassionate, and intersectional portrait of American dreams.
21 bridges [DVD]
Author: Boseman, Chadwick, actor. Miller, Sienna, 1981- actor. Kitsch, Taylor, 1981- actor. Carr, Gary, 1986- actor. Kirk, Brian, 1968- film director.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 21
Format: Video disc
Summary: An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on whom he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him. When the search intensifies, extreme measures are taken to prevent the killers from escaping Manhattan as the authorities close all of the city's bridges to prevent any entry or exit from the iconic island.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 21
Format: Video disc
Summary: An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on whom he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him. When the search intensifies, extreme measures are taken to prevent the killers from escaping Manhattan as the authorities close all of the city's bridges to prevent any entry or exit from the iconic island.
Ford v Ferrari [DVD]
Author: Mangold, James, film director, film producer. Butterworth, Jez, screenwriter. Butterworth, John-Henry, 1976- screenwriter. Keller, Jason, 1968- screenwriter. Chernin, Peter, 1951- film producer.
Published: 2020
Call Number: FORD
Format: Video disc
Summary: The remarkable true story of the visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles, who together battled corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
Published: 2020
Call Number: FORD
Format: Video disc
Summary: The remarkable true story of the visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles, who together battled corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
21 bridges [Blu-ray]
Author: Boseman, Chadwick, actor. Miller, Sienna, 1981- actor. Kitsch, Taylor, 1981- actor. Carr, Gary, 1986- actor. Kirk, Brian, 1968- film director.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 21 BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on whom he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him. When the search intensifies, extreme measures are taken to prevent the killers from escaping Manhattan as the authorities close all of the city's bridges to prevent any entry or exit from the iconic island.
Published: 2020
Call Number: 21 BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on whom he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him. When the search intensifies, extreme measures are taken to prevent the killers from escaping Manhattan as the authorities close all of the city's bridges to prevent any entry or exit from the iconic island.
Jojo Rabbit [DVD]
Author: Waititi, Taika, film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor. Neal, Carthew, 1979- film producer. Winstanley, Chelsea, film producer. Griffin Davis, Roman, 2007- actor. McKenzie, Thomasin, 2000- actor.
Published: 2020
Call Number: JOJO
Format: Video disc
Summary: A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
Published: 2020
Call Number: JOJO
Format: Video disc
Summary: A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
Arctic dogs [DVD]
Author: Woodley, Aaron, 1971- film director, screenwriter. Barlen, Bob, 1980- screenwriter. Huston, Anjelica, voice actor. Renner, Jeremy, voice actor. Franco, James, 1978- voice actor.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: ARTIC
Format: Video disc
Summary: Swifty, the Arctic Fox, works in the mailroom of the Arctic Blast Delivery Service but dreams of one day becoming a Top Dog. To prove himself worthy of the Top Dog role, Swifty secretly commandeers one of the sleds and delivers a mysterious package to a secret location. He stumbles upon a hidden fortress, where he comes face to face with Otto Von Walrus, a blubbery evil genius. He discovers Otto Von Walrus' plan to drill beneath Arctic surface to unleash enough ancient gas to melt the Arctic.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: ARTIC
Format: Video disc
Summary: Swifty, the Arctic Fox, works in the mailroom of the Arctic Blast Delivery Service but dreams of one day becoming a Top Dog. To prove himself worthy of the Top Dog role, Swifty secretly commandeers one of the sleds and delivers a mysterious package to a secret location. He stumbles upon a hidden fortress, where he comes face to face with Otto Von Walrus, a blubbery evil genius. He discovers Otto Von Walrus' plan to drill beneath Arctic surface to unleash enough ancient gas to melt the Arctic.
Black and blue [DVD]
Author: Taylor, Deon, film director. Dowling, Peter A., screenwriter. Sorensen, Sean, film producer. Harris, Naomie, 1976- actor. Tyrese, actor.
Published: 2020
Call Number: BLACK
Format: Video disc
Summary: A rookie cop inadvertently captures the murder of a young drug dealer on her body cam. After realizing that the murder was committed by corrupt cops, she teams up with the one person from her community who is willing to help her as she tries to escape both the criminals out for revenge and the police who are desperate to destroy the incriminating footage.
Published: 2020
Call Number: BLACK
Format: Video disc
Summary: A rookie cop inadvertently captures the murder of a young drug dealer on her body cam. After realizing that the murder was committed by corrupt cops, she teams up with the one person from her community who is willing to help her as she tries to escape both the criminals out for revenge and the police who are desperate to destroy the incriminating footage.
Dolor y gloria = Pain and glory [DVD]
Author: Almodóvar, Pedro, film director, screenwriter. Almodóvar, Agustín, film producer. Banderas, Antonio, actor. Etxeandia, Asier, 1975- actor. Sbaraglia, Leonardo, actor.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: PAIN SPA
Format: Video disc
Summary: It tells of a series of reencounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. Some of them in the flesh, others remembered: his childhood in the '60s, when he emigrated with his parents to a village in Valencia in search of prosperity, the first desire, his first adult love in the Madrid of the '80s, the pain of the breakup of that love while it was still alive and intense.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: PAIN SPA
Format: Video disc
Summary: It tells of a series of reencounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. Some of them in the flesh, others remembered: his childhood in the '60s, when he emigrated with his parents to a village in Valencia in search of prosperity, the first desire, his first adult love in the Madrid of the '80s, the pain of the breakup of that love while it was still alive and intense.
The good liar [DVD]
Author: Condon, Bill, 1955- film director, film producer. Hatcher, Jeffrey, 1957- screenwriter. Yolen, Greg, film producer. Mirren, Helen, actor. McKellen, Ian, actor.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: GOOD
Format: Video disc
Summary: Consummate con man Roy Courtnay has set his sights on his latest mark: the recently widowed Betty McLeish, worth millions. But this time, what should have been a simple swindle escalates into a cat-and-mouse game with the ultimate stakes.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: GOOD
Format: Video disc
Summary: Consummate con man Roy Courtnay has set his sights on his latest mark: the recently widowed Betty McLeish, worth millions. But this time, what should have been a simple swindle escalates into a cat-and-mouse game with the ultimate stakes.
The nightingale [DVD]
Author: Kent, Jennifer (Film director), film director, screenwriter, film producer. Ceyton, Kristina, film producer. Papandrea, Bruna, 1971- film producer. Hutensky, Steve, film producer. Franciosi, Aisling, 1993- actor.
Published: 2020
Call Number: NIGHTING
Format: Video disc
Summary: Set during the colonization of Australia in 1825, the film follows Clare, a 21-year-old native Irish wife and mother held captive beyond her 7-year sentence, desperate to be free of her obsessed master, British lieutenant Hawkins. Clare's husband Aidan intervenes with devastating consequences for all. When British authorities fail to deliver justice, Clare pursues Hawkins, who leaves his post suddenly to secure a captaincy up north. Unfamiliar with the Tasmanian wilderness she enlists the help of an orphaned Aboriginal tracker Billy. Marked by their traumas, the two must learn to find empathy for one another while weighing the true cost of revenge against the backdrop of Australia's infamous 'Black War.'
Published: 2020
Call Number: NIGHTING
Format: Video disc
Summary: Set during the colonization of Australia in 1825, the film follows Clare, a 21-year-old native Irish wife and mother held captive beyond her 7-year sentence, desperate to be free of her obsessed master, British lieutenant Hawkins. Clare's husband Aidan intervenes with devastating consequences for all. When British authorities fail to deliver justice, Clare pursues Hawkins, who leaves his post suddenly to secure a captaincy up north. Unfamiliar with the Tasmanian wilderness she enlists the help of an orphaned Aboriginal tracker Billy. Marked by their traumas, the two must learn to find empathy for one another while weighing the true cost of revenge against the backdrop of Australia's infamous 'Black War.'
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