Astronaut Training Camp
Recommended for ages 4-12. Registration requested. Create your own astronaut gear then set out on a galactic adventure at our fun activity stations! Sponsored by the Atlantic County Library Foundation.
Adult Craft: Beach Candle Holder
Open to adult. Registration requested. Create a seashell and sand wine glass candle holder. Sponsored by the Atlantic County Library Foundation.
George Takei Recalls Time In An American Internment Camp In 'They Called Us Enemy'
Through his graphic memoir, the Star Trek actor-turned-author shows that while it may be too late to undo the WWII incarceration of Japanese-Americans, it's not too late to learn from it.
(Image credit: Top Shelf Productions)
The Kids Are Not All Right
Three summer thrillers — by Ruth Ware, Adrian McKinty and Alex North — feature children in peril.
Readers Add to the List of Best Memoirs Since 1969
Responses to a recent issue of the Sunday Book Review.
'Jazz From Detroit' Offers A Mosaic Portrait Of A Larger Scene
Mark Stryker covered jazz and its people for the Detroit Free Press for decades. He uses his reporter's eye and critic's ear to chronicle the musicians from the city who made their mark on the world.
Rooted In History, 'The Nickel Boys' Is A Great American Novel
Colson Whitehead's deeply affecting new novel is based on the true story of a segregated reform school in Florida where African American boys were brutalized and possibly murdered.
(Image credit: Penguin Random House)
In This Novel, a Black South African Becomes a Domestic Worker — in Her Son’s Home
Bianca Marais’s “If You Want to Make God Laugh” shines a light on the racial inequalities of the post-apartheid era.
They’re Not as Famous as Lewis and Clark, but They Should Be
David Roberts’s “Escalante’s Dream” retraces the 1,700-mile journey of an expedition led by two Spanish friars in the 18th-century Southwest.
A Novel Based on the Life of Peggy Guggenheim
Courtney Maum’s “Costalegre” is narrated by the 15-year-old daughter of an American art collector, and set in the Mexican jungle.
In Search of Inspiration (and Accuracy), a Student of Murder Pays a Visit to the Body Farm
When the thriller writer Lisa Gardner needed to research a new book, she toured the facility that has made death into a science.
Why Do Women Love True Crime?
Men are more likely to be involved in violent crime — as perpetrators and victims — but women love to read about it. Kate Tuttle considers the gendered attractions of the genre.
'Spin The Dawn' Stitches Up A Fabulous Fantasy
Elizabeth Lim's new young adult novel follows a girl who disguises herself as a boy and sets off for the emperor's court in place of her ailing father, who's been summoned as an imperial tailor.
(Image credit: Knopf Books for Young Readers)
In ‘The Nickel Boys,’ Colson Whitehead Depicts a Real-Life House of Horrors
The reform school at the center of Whitehead’s new novel (his first since “The Underground Railroad”) is more like a prison where the inmates are brutalized and even killed.
'The Golden Hour' Is A Refreshingly Bittersweet Read
Beatriz Williams' new novel follows a woman searching for her missing husband in London during World War II, jumping back and forth in time to show all the people and events that led her there.
(Image credit: William Morrow)
Shazam! [DVD]
Author: Sandberg, David F., 1981- film director. Gayden, Henry, screenwriter. Safran, Peter, 1965- film producer. Levi, Zachary, 1980- actor. Hounsou, Djimon, 1964- actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: SHAAM
Format: Video disc
Summary: For one 14-year-old boy, life can be a challenge sometimes. With all of the usual crises that accompany being an adolescent, foster kid Billy has some additional obstacles in life. A chance encounter with a mystical wizard completely changes everything. And it's not long before this boy discovers that one phrase grants him the ability to make a transformation into a superhero. In fact, it couldn't be easier. All Billy needs to do is shout "Shazam!" and then suddenly he morphs into an all-powerful superhero. But it turns out that possessing power doesn't necessarily make everything in life easier.
Published: 2019
Call Number: SHAAM
Format: Video disc
Summary: For one 14-year-old boy, life can be a challenge sometimes. With all of the usual crises that accompany being an adolescent, foster kid Billy has some additional obstacles in life. A chance encounter with a mystical wizard completely changes everything. And it's not long before this boy discovers that one phrase grants him the ability to make a transformation into a superhero. In fact, it couldn't be easier. All Billy needs to do is shout "Shazam!" and then suddenly he morphs into an all-powerful superhero. But it turns out that possessing power doesn't necessarily make everything in life easier.
High life [DVD]
Author: Denis, Claire, 1948- film director, screenwriter. Fargeau, Jean-Pol, screenwriter. Lauren, Andrew, film producer. Gugenheim, D. J., film producer. Steffen, Claudia, film producer.
Published: 2019
Call Number: HIGH
Format: Video disc
Summary: Monte and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to deep space. The crew, death row inmates led by a doctor with sinister motives, has vanished. As the mystery of what happened onboard the ship is unraveled, father and daughter must rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole.
Published: 2019
Call Number: HIGH
Format: Video disc
Summary: Monte and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to deep space. The crew, death row inmates led by a doctor with sinister motives, has vanished. As the mystery of what happened onboard the ship is unraveled, father and daughter must rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole.
Little [DVD]
Author: Chism, Tina Gordon, film director, screenwriter. Oliver, Tracy, screenwriter. Packer, Will, film producer. Barris, Kenya, 1974- film producer. Lopez, James (Producer), film producer
Published: 2019
Call Number: LITTLE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Jordan is a take-no-prisoners mogul who torments her long-suffering assistant and employees daily. She soon faces an unexpected threat to her personal life and career when she magically transforms into a thirteen-year-old version of herself after the pressures of adulthood become too much to bear.
Published: 2019
Call Number: LITTLE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Jordan is a take-no-prisoners mogul who torments her long-suffering assistant and employees daily. She soon faces an unexpected threat to her personal life and career when she magically transforms into a thirteen-year-old version of herself after the pressures of adulthood become too much to bear.
Little Woods [DVD]
Author: Dacosta, Nia, film director, screenwriter. James, Lily, 1989- actor. Thompson, Tessa, 1983- actor. Kirby, Luke, 1978- actor. Reddick, Lance, actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: LITTLE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Ollie is barely getting by in an economically depressed fracking boomtown in North Dakota. She has left her days of illegally running prescription pills over the Canadian border behind, eyeing a potential new job that would finally break her out of the small town. But when her mother dies, she is reunited with her estranged sister Deb, who faces a mounting crisis: the combined effect of an unplanned pregnancy and a deadbeat ex.
Published: 2019
Call Number: LITTLE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Ollie is barely getting by in an economically depressed fracking boomtown in North Dakota. She has left her days of illegally running prescription pills over the Canadian border behind, eyeing a potential new job that would finally break her out of the small town. But when her mother dies, she is reunited with her estranged sister Deb, who faces a mounting crisis: the combined effect of an unplanned pregnancy and a deadbeat ex.
Shazam! [Blu-ray]
Author: Sandberg, David F., 1981- film director. Gayden, Henry, screenwriter. Safran, Peter, 1965- film producer. Levi, Zachary, 1980- actor. Hounsou, Djimon, 1964- actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: SHAZAM BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Everybody has a superhero inside of them; it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson's case, by shouting out one word, this streetwise fourteen-year-old foster kid can turn into an adult superhero, courtesy of an ancient wizard. Still a kid at heart, inside a ripped, godlike body, he revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! But he'll need to master these powers quickly to fight the deadly forces of evil.
Published: 2019
Call Number: SHAZAM BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Everybody has a superhero inside of them; it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson's case, by shouting out one word, this streetwise fourteen-year-old foster kid can turn into an adult superhero, courtesy of an ancient wizard. Still a kid at heart, inside a ripped, godlike body, he revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! But he'll need to master these powers quickly to fight the deadly forces of evil.
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