Kids Craft: Pringles Can Snowman
Open to ages 6-12. Registration requested. Make a fun snowman out of a Pringles can. Sponsored by the Atlantic County Library Foundation.
Timeless Words
An artist illuminates the opening to Charles Dickens’s “A Tale of Two Cities” — with a modern twist.
New & Noteworthy, From Adventure Journalism to Civil Rights
A selection of recent releases of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Furry Buddies
Suggested for ages 6-14. Read a story to therapy dogs, Freedom, Erin & Cody, who love sharing stories with children.
A Critic Returns To The Books, TV, Music And Movies He Didn't Get To In 2019
Few things haunt a critic more than loving something and not being able to share it. This year, Fresh Air critic John Powers circles back to Unbelievable, Atlantics, Where the Light Falls and more.
(Image credit: Beth Dubber/Netflix)
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.
Rambo [DVD]. Last blood
Author: Grunberg, Adrian, film director. Cirulnick, Matt, screenwriter. Stallone, Sylvester, screenwriter, actor. Gordon, Dan, 1947- screenwriter. Lerner, Avi, 1947- film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: ACTION RAMBO
Format: Video disc
Summary: Former U.S. soldier John Rambo has settled into a peaceful retirement on his father's ranch after years of fighting and facing his PTSD. But the desire for revenge urges him to travel to Mexico, where he confronts a drug cartel. He quickly finds that his past has caught up with him. As the cartel chases him down, Rambo must use all his deadly combat skills to enact vengeance. With his trusty machete and bow, he prepares to draw the last blood for his final great mission.
Published: 2019
Call Number: ACTION RAMBO
Format: Video disc
Summary: Former U.S. soldier John Rambo has settled into a peaceful retirement on his father's ranch after years of fighting and facing his PTSD. But the desire for revenge urges him to travel to Mexico, where he confronts a drug cartel. He quickly finds that his past has caught up with him. As the cartel chases him down, Rambo must use all his deadly combat skills to enact vengeance. With his trusty machete and bow, he prepares to draw the last blood for his final great mission.
Ad astra [DVD]
Author: Gray, James, 1969- film director, screenwriter, film producer. Gross, Ethan, screenwriter. Pitt, Brad, 1963- film producer, actor. Gardner, Dede, film producer. Kleiner, Jeremy, film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: AD
Format: Video disc
Summary: Army Corps engineer and astronaut Roy McBride is searching for answers in the depths of space. Twenty years ago, Roy's father went in search of proof of the existence of extraterrestrial life on Neptune during a one-way mission. The mission was designated officially as a failure. Roy searches the solar system for the truth about both his father's mission and a recent mystery that has unfolded that threatens Earth. What Roy doesn't know is that this journey will do more than test him physically and mentally. The answers he finds will challenge everything he understands about the existence of humans.
Published: 2019
Call Number: AD
Format: Video disc
Summary: Army Corps engineer and astronaut Roy McBride is searching for answers in the depths of space. Twenty years ago, Roy's father went in search of proof of the existence of extraterrestrial life on Neptune during a one-way mission. The mission was designated officially as a failure. Roy searches the solar system for the truth about both his father's mission and a recent mystery that has unfolded that threatens Earth. What Roy doesn't know is that this journey will do more than test him physically and mentally. The answers he finds will challenge everything he understands about the existence of humans.
Adopt a highway [DVD]
Author: Sullivan, Chris, 1980- actor. Marshall-Green, Logan, 1976- film director. Hawke, Ethan, 1970- actor. Hendrix, Elaine, 1970- actor. RLJ Entertainment, film distributor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: ADOPT
Format: Video disc
Summary: Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a third strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn't recognize, including trying to learn how to use the internet, he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast-food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.
Published: 2019
Call Number: ADOPT
Format: Video disc
Summary: Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a third strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn't recognize, including trying to learn how to use the internet, he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast-food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.
Octopus [DVD] : making contact
Author: Fitch, Anna, film director. Allen, David (Documentary filmmaker), film producer, screenwriter. Scheel, David, narrator. Passion Planet (Firm), production company. Thirteen Productions, production company.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 594.56
Format: Video disc
Summary: Visits marine biology professor David Scheel, who has hosted an octopus in his home. Examines Octopus behaviors and traits, focusing on the relationship that evolves between Heidi the octopus and Dr. Scheel and his teenage daughter.
Published: 2019
Call Number: 594.56
Format: Video disc
Summary: Visits marine biology professor David Scheel, who has hosted an octopus in his home. Examines Octopus behaviors and traits, focusing on the relationship that evolves between Heidi the octopus and Dr. Scheel and his teenage daughter.
The loudest voice [DVD] : the inside story of the man who built Fox News
Author: McCarthy, Tom, 1966- screenwriter, creator. Metcalf, Alex, screenwriter, creator. Isaac, Tamara, television producer. Barnes, Agatha, television producer. Crowe, Russell, 1964- actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: LOUDEST
Format: Video disc
Summary: Seven-part limited series about Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News. It focuses on the past decade which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party's de facto leader, and the sexual harassment accusations that brought his career to an end.
Published: 2019
Call Number: LOUDEST
Format: Video disc
Summary: Seven-part limited series about Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News. It focuses on the past decade which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party's de facto leader, and the sexual harassment accusations that brought his career to an end.
Before you know it [DVD]
Author: Utt, Hannah Pearl, actor, film director, screenwriter. Tullock, Jen, screenwriter, actor. Mayeri, Ayden, actor. Qian, Ruibo, actor. Light, Judith, 1949- actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: BEFORE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A pair of sisters find out that the mother they thought was dead is alive and starring on a soap opera. Rachel is a level-headed stage manager who keeps the family balanced and Jackie is an off-kilter actress.
Published: 2019
Call Number: BEFORE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A pair of sisters find out that the mother they thought was dead is alive and starring on a soap opera. Rachel is a level-headed stage manager who keeps the family balanced and Jackie is an off-kilter actress.
Counting Americans : how the US Census classified the nation
Author: Schor, Paul, author.
Published: 2020 2017
Call Number: 317.3 SCHOR
Format: Books
Summary: "How could the same person be classified by the US census as black in 1900, mulatto in 1910, and white in 1920? The history of categories used by the US census reflects a country whose identity and self-understanding--particularly its social construction of race--is closely tied to the continuous polling on the composition of its population. By tracing the evolution of the categories the United States used to count and classify its population from 1790 to 1940, Paul Schor shows that, far from being simply a reflection of society or a mere instrument of power, censuses are actually complex negotiations between the state, experts, and the population itself. The census is not an administrative or scientific act, but a political one. Counting Americans is a social history exploring the political stakes that pitted various interests and groups of people against each other as population categories were constantly redefined. Utilizing new archival material from the Census Bureau, this study pays needed attention to the long arc of contested changes in race and census-making. It traces changes in how race mattered in the United States during the era of legal slavery, through its fraught end, and then during (and past) the period of Jim Crow laws, which set different ethnic groups in conflict. And it shows how those developing policies also provided a template for classifying Asian groups and white ethnic immigrants from southern and eastern Europe--and how they continue to influence the newly complicated racial imaginings informing censuses in the second half of the twentieth century and beyond. Focusing in detail on slaves and their descendants, on racialized groups and on immigrants, and on the troubled imposition of U.S. racial categories upon the populations of newly acquired territories, Counting Americans demonstrates that census-taking in the United States has been at its core a political undertaking shaped by racial ideologies that reflect its violent history of colonization, enslavement, segregation and discrimination.
Published: 2020 2017
Call Number: 317.3 SCHOR
Format: Books
Summary: "How could the same person be classified by the US census as black in 1900, mulatto in 1910, and white in 1920? The history of categories used by the US census reflects a country whose identity and self-understanding--particularly its social construction of race--is closely tied to the continuous polling on the composition of its population. By tracing the evolution of the categories the United States used to count and classify its population from 1790 to 1940, Paul Schor shows that, far from being simply a reflection of society or a mere instrument of power, censuses are actually complex negotiations between the state, experts, and the population itself. The census is not an administrative or scientific act, but a political one. Counting Americans is a social history exploring the political stakes that pitted various interests and groups of people against each other as population categories were constantly redefined. Utilizing new archival material from the Census Bureau, this study pays needed attention to the long arc of contested changes in race and census-making. It traces changes in how race mattered in the United States during the era of legal slavery, through its fraught end, and then during (and past) the period of Jim Crow laws, which set different ethnic groups in conflict. And it shows how those developing policies also provided a template for classifying Asian groups and white ethnic immigrants from southern and eastern Europe--and how they continue to influence the newly complicated racial imaginings informing censuses in the second half of the twentieth century and beyond. Focusing in detail on slaves and their descendants, on racialized groups and on immigrants, and on the troubled imposition of U.S. racial categories upon the populations of newly acquired territories, Counting Americans demonstrates that census-taking in the United States has been at its core a political undertaking shaped by racial ideologies that reflect its violent history of colonization, enslavement, segregation and discrimination.
A small town : a novel
Author: Perry, Thomas, 1947- author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: F PERRY
Format: Books
Summary: "In A Small Town, twelve conspirators meticulously plan to throw open all the gates to the prison that contains them, so that more than a thousand convicts may escape and pour into the nearby small town. The newly freed prisoners rape, murder, and destroy the town-burning down homes and businesses. An immense manhunt ensues, but the twelve who plotted it all get away. After two years, all efforts by the local and federal police agencies have been in vain. The mayor and city attorney meet, and Leah Hawkins, a six-foot, two-inch former star basketball player and resident good cop, is placed on sabbatical so that she can tour the country learning advanced police procedures. The sabbatical is merely a ruse, however, as her real job is to track the infamous twelve. And kill them. Leah's mission takes her across the country, from Florida to New York, from California to an anti-government settlement deep in the Ozarks. Soon, the surviving fugitives realize what she is up to, and a race to kill or be killed ensues. Full of exhilarating twists and surprisingly resonant, A Small Town will sweep readers along on Leah's quest for vengeance"--
Published: 2020
Call Number: F PERRY
Format: Books
Summary: "In A Small Town, twelve conspirators meticulously plan to throw open all the gates to the prison that contains them, so that more than a thousand convicts may escape and pour into the nearby small town. The newly freed prisoners rape, murder, and destroy the town-burning down homes and businesses. An immense manhunt ensues, but the twelve who plotted it all get away. After two years, all efforts by the local and federal police agencies have been in vain. The mayor and city attorney meet, and Leah Hawkins, a six-foot, two-inch former star basketball player and resident good cop, is placed on sabbatical so that she can tour the country learning advanced police procedures. The sabbatical is merely a ruse, however, as her real job is to track the infamous twelve. And kill them. Leah's mission takes her across the country, from Florida to New York, from California to an anti-government settlement deep in the Ozarks. Soon, the surviving fugitives realize what she is up to, and a race to kill or be killed ensues. Full of exhilarating twists and surprisingly resonant, A Small Town will sweep readers along on Leah's quest for vengeance"--
Dealing with teen pregnancy
Author: Thiel, Kristin, 1977- author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y 613.9 THIEL
Format: Books
Summary: Though teen birth rates have fallen in recent years, the issue of teen pregnancy remains a pressing topic. Each year, more than two hundred thousand babies are born to teen parents. This guide presents an objective and respectful look at both how to prevent teen pregnancy and how to thrive as a teen parent. This book emphasizes making informed health decisions and also demonstrates the importance of a high school and college education for teen parents.
Published: 2020
Call Number: Y 613.9 THIEL
Format: Books
Summary: Though teen birth rates have fallen in recent years, the issue of teen pregnancy remains a pressing topic. Each year, more than two hundred thousand babies are born to teen parents. This guide presents an objective and respectful look at both how to prevent teen pregnancy and how to thrive as a teen parent. This book emphasizes making informed health decisions and also demonstrates the importance of a high school and college education for teen parents.
The one for you
Author: Loren, Roni, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: PB LOREN
Format: Books
Summary: "Kincaid Breslin wasn't supposed to survive that fateful night at Long Acre when so many died, including her boyfriend--but survive she did. She doesn't know why she got that chance, but now she takes life by the horns and doesn't let anybody stand in her way. Ashton Isaacs was her best friend when disaster struck all those years ago, but he chose to run as far away as he could. Now fate has brought him back to town, and Ash doesn't know how to cope with his feelings for Kincaid and his grief over their lost friendship. For Ash has been carrying secrets, and he knows that once Kincaid learns the truth, he'll lose any chance he might have had with the only woman he's ever loved." --Back cover.
Published: 2020
Call Number: PB LOREN
Format: Books
Summary: "Kincaid Breslin wasn't supposed to survive that fateful night at Long Acre when so many died, including her boyfriend--but survive she did. She doesn't know why she got that chance, but now she takes life by the horns and doesn't let anybody stand in her way. Ashton Isaacs was her best friend when disaster struck all those years ago, but he chose to run as far away as he could. Now fate has brought him back to town, and Ash doesn't know how to cope with his feelings for Kincaid and his grief over their lost friendship. For Ash has been carrying secrets, and he knows that once Kincaid learns the truth, he'll lose any chance he might have had with the only woman he's ever loved." --Back cover.
The way back to you
Author: Sala, Sharon, author.
Published: 2020
Call Number: PB SALA
Format: Books
Summary: "What do you do when your whole life is turned upside down? Sully Raines sets out to find his birth mother, and ends up in Blessings, Georgia. A new surprise awaits him here, but of the best kind - his childhood sweetheart, whom he hasn't seen since she moved away when they were teens, is living in Blessings now. He's not sure she's as happy to see him as he is to see her, but it's been a lot of years, and a lot of water under the bridge... Sully's heartfelt search for answers about his past might just turn out to be the key to his future... "--Publisher description.
Published: 2020
Call Number: PB SALA
Format: Books
Summary: "What do you do when your whole life is turned upside down? Sully Raines sets out to find his birth mother, and ends up in Blessings, Georgia. A new surprise awaits him here, but of the best kind - his childhood sweetheart, whom he hasn't seen since she moved away when they were teens, is living in Blessings now. He's not sure she's as happy to see him as he is to see her, but it's been a lot of years, and a lot of water under the bridge... Sully's heartfelt search for answers about his past might just turn out to be the key to his future... "--Publisher description.
A house on stilts : mothering in the age of opioid addiction - a memoir
Author: Becker, Paula (Paula J.), author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: B BECKER
Format: Books
Summary: "A House on Stilts tells the story of one woman's struggle to reclaim wholeness while mothering a son addicted to heroin. America's opioid crisis is a national emergency, a war at home. Within this battle, family members form the first line of defense. Their mission is hellishly risky: opioid overdose now kills more than 100 Americans each day, and that number is growing. Many who die are teens or young adults. In spite of this, no parent expects to be forced to confront their child's drug addiction. A House on Stilts' intensely personal account of trauma and survival is a heartbreakingly timely exploration of one family forced to grapple with America's #CrisisNextDoor. Paula Becker's son Hunter was raised in a safe nurturing home by his writer/historian mom and his physician father. He was a bright curious child. And yet, addiction found him. More than 2.5 million Americans are addicted to opioids, some half-million of these to heroin. For many of them--for Hunter--their drug addiction leads to lives of demoralization, homelessness, and constant peril. For parents--for Paula--a child's addiction upends family life, catapulting them onto a path no longer prescribed by Dr. Spock, but by Dante's Inferno. A House on Stilts recounts Hunter's headlong rush into drug addiction, its shattering impact on his family, and Paula's determination to shield Hunter's younger siblings from the maelstrom into which his addiction thrusts them all. Paula and her husband desperately fight to help their son, fearing for his life, grieving the loss of the boy they thought they knew. Within this ten-year crucible, Paula is transformed by an excruciating, inescapable truth: the difference between what she can do (love her son) and what she cannot do (save him)"-- America's opioid crisis is a national emergency: opioid overdose now kills more than 100 Americans each day, and that number is growing. Many who die are teens or young adults. Becker's son Hunter was raised in a nurturing home, yet addiction found him. For Hunter, drug addiction led to a life of demoralization, homelessness, and constant peril. Here Becker recounts Hunter's addiction, its shattering impact on his family, and her determination to shield Hunter's younger siblings from the maelstrom. -- condensed from publisher info
Published: 2019
Call Number: B BECKER
Format: Books
Summary: "A House on Stilts tells the story of one woman's struggle to reclaim wholeness while mothering a son addicted to heroin. America's opioid crisis is a national emergency, a war at home. Within this battle, family members form the first line of defense. Their mission is hellishly risky: opioid overdose now kills more than 100 Americans each day, and that number is growing. Many who die are teens or young adults. In spite of this, no parent expects to be forced to confront their child's drug addiction. A House on Stilts' intensely personal account of trauma and survival is a heartbreakingly timely exploration of one family forced to grapple with America's #CrisisNextDoor. Paula Becker's son Hunter was raised in a safe nurturing home by his writer/historian mom and his physician father. He was a bright curious child. And yet, addiction found him. More than 2.5 million Americans are addicted to opioids, some half-million of these to heroin. For many of them--for Hunter--their drug addiction leads to lives of demoralization, homelessness, and constant peril. For parents--for Paula--a child's addiction upends family life, catapulting them onto a path no longer prescribed by Dr. Spock, but by Dante's Inferno. A House on Stilts recounts Hunter's headlong rush into drug addiction, its shattering impact on his family, and Paula's determination to shield Hunter's younger siblings from the maelstrom into which his addiction thrusts them all. Paula and her husband desperately fight to help their son, fearing for his life, grieving the loss of the boy they thought they knew. Within this ten-year crucible, Paula is transformed by an excruciating, inescapable truth: the difference between what she can do (love her son) and what she cannot do (save him)"-- America's opioid crisis is a national emergency: opioid overdose now kills more than 100 Americans each day, and that number is growing. Many who die are teens or young adults. Becker's son Hunter was raised in a nurturing home, yet addiction found him. For Hunter, drug addiction led to a life of demoralization, homelessness, and constant peril. Here Becker recounts Hunter's addiction, its shattering impact on his family, and her determination to shield Hunter's younger siblings from the maelstrom. -- condensed from publisher info
Fruits basket another
Author: Takaya, Natsuki, 1973- author, artist. Nibley, Alethea, translator. Nibley, Athena, translator. Blakeslee, Lys, 1985- letterer.
Published: 2019 2018
Call Number: Y PB TAKAYA V.1
Format: Books
Summary: "Sawa Mitoma, a nervous, skittish girl who prefers minimal human interaction, has just started high school, and it's already not going well... until she meets the 'it' boys -- the 'prince-like' Mutsuki and the sharp-tongued Hajime. But little does she know, they're Sohmas?! It's Fruits Basket ... again!" -- Back cover of volume 1.
Published: 2019 2018
Call Number: Y PB TAKAYA V.1
Format: Books
Summary: "Sawa Mitoma, a nervous, skittish girl who prefers minimal human interaction, has just started high school, and it's already not going well... until she meets the 'it' boys -- the 'prince-like' Mutsuki and the sharp-tongued Hajime. But little does she know, they're Sohmas?! It's Fruits Basket ... again!" -- Back cover of volume 1.
All the forgivenesses [large print]
Author: Hardinger, Elizabeth, author.
Published: 2019
Call Number: LP F HARDINGE
Format: Large print
Summary: Growing up on a farm in rural Kentucky, fifteen-year-old Albertina "Bertie" Winslow knows how to do a lot, but when her mom dies after a long illness, Bertie finds herself in charge of four younger siblings and struggling to keep the family together.
Published: 2019
Call Number: LP F HARDINGE
Format: Large print
Summary: Growing up on a farm in rural Kentucky, fifteen-year-old Albertina "Bertie" Winslow knows how to do a lot, but when her mom dies after a long illness, Bertie finds herself in charge of four younger siblings and struggling to keep the family together.
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