Nonfiction: Oklahoma City, the Ultimate ‘Boom Town,’ Rendered Vivid and Surreal
In Sam Anderson’s new history of “the great minor city of America,” he tells a story that extends from the famous 1889 land rush to the saga of the Thunder.
'Sight' Is A Penetrating Vision Of Motherhood, Science And More
Jessie Greengrass' novel is packed with shimmering sentences and poetic paragraphs from a narrator who's never content to drift along, but must probe "the convoluted crenellations of the mind."
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'Coyote Doggirl' Is A Childlike Western With Hidden Depths
Artist Lisa Hanawalt creates kids' stories for grownups, both on TV — she's the production designer for BoJack Horseman — and in her new book Coyote Doggirl, a candy-colored Western saga.
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What I Love: Gary Shteyngart’s Year-Round Dacha
The upstate house offers an escape from a New York City that no longer exists — and a place where he can write three times as fast.
Nonfiction: Mad, Bad and Difficult to Know: The Life of a Rebel Aristocrat
In “Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret,” Craig Brown dishes out gossipy tales of Queen Elizabeth’s younger sister.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: Titles and Troubles: American Heiresses Abroad
“The Husband Hunters” is Anne de Courcy’s glittering account of the Gilded Age wave of young women whose fortunes saved the British aristocracy.
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Witty, Imaginative, Risky And Relentless — 'Flights' Soars
Olga Tokarczuk's book won the 2018 Man Booker International Prize. Critic John Powers says the hard-to-classify work is positively exploding with maps, remembrances, riffs, history and more.
Books News: A James Baldwin Book, Forgotten and Overlooked for Four Decades, Gets Another Life
The novelist’s only children’s book is coming back into print, and it couldn’t be more timely.
Nonfiction: Meet the ‘Change Agents’ Who Are Enabling Inequality
In “Winners Take All,” Anand Giridharadas explores a global elite that bemoans the state of the world while refusing to seek real, structural change.
Shock and awe [DVD]
Author: Reiner, Rob, film director. Hartstone, Joey, screenwriter. Bell, Elizabeth A., 1971- film producer. Marsden, James, 1973- actor. Harrelson, Woody, actor.
Published: 2018
Call Number: SHOCK
Format: Video disc
Summary: The untold true story of an intrepid team of four reporters of Knight Rider who dared to ask the questions their colleagues did not in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Published: 2018
Call Number: SHOCK
Format: Video disc
Summary: The untold true story of an intrepid team of four reporters of Knight Rider who dared to ask the questions their colleagues did not in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
The yellow birds [DVD]
Author: Moors, Alexandre, film director. Lowery, David, 1980- screenwriter. Porto, R.F.I. (Screenwriter), screenwriter. Canton, Mark, film producer. Sharp, Jeffrey, film producer.
Published: 2018
Call Number: YELLOW
Format: Video disc
Summary: Against the explosive backdrop of the Iraq War, young soldiers Brandon Bartle and Daniel Murphy forge a deep bond of friendship. When tragedy strikes the platoon, one soldier must return home to face the hard truth behind the incident, and help a grieving mother find peace.
Published: 2018
Call Number: YELLOW
Format: Video disc
Summary: Against the explosive backdrop of the Iraq War, young soldiers Brandon Bartle and Daniel Murphy forge a deep bond of friendship. When tragedy strikes the platoon, one soldier must return home to face the hard truth behind the incident, and help a grieving mother find peace.
Deadpool 2 [DVD]
Author: Leitch, David (Director), film director. Reese, Rhett, screenwriter. Wernick, Paul, screenwriter. Brolin, Josh, actor. Reynolds, Ryan, actor.
Published: 2018
Call Number: DEADPOOL 2
Format: Video disc
Summary: Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade Wilson must battle ninjas, the Yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor.
Published: 2018
Call Number: DEADPOOL 2
Format: Video disc
Summary: Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade Wilson must battle ninjas, the Yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor.
God's not dead [Blu-ray] : a light in darkness
Author: Mason, Michael (Film director), film director, screenwriter. Yost, Brittany, film producer. White, David A. R., producer, actor. Corbett, John, 1961- actor. Harper, Shane, 1993- actor.
Published: 2018
Call Number: GODS BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: A church destroyed. A congregation silenced. A relationship shattered. Yet even in life's darkest valleys, a small flame can light the way toward healing and hope. After a deadly fire rips through St. James Church, Hadleigh University leaders use the tragedy to push the congregation off campus, forcing the church to defend its rights and bringing together estranged brothers for a reunion that opens old wounds and forces them to address the issues that pulled them apart.
Published: 2018
Call Number: GODS BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: A church destroyed. A congregation silenced. A relationship shattered. Yet even in life's darkest valleys, a small flame can light the way toward healing and hope. After a deadly fire rips through St. James Church, Hadleigh University leaders use the tragedy to push the congregation off campus, forcing the church to defend its rights and bringing together estranged brothers for a reunion that opens old wounds and forces them to address the issues that pulled them apart.
First reformed [DVD]
Author: Schrader, Paul, 1946- film director, screenwriter. Binder, Jack, film producer. Hawke, Ethan, 1970- actor. Seyfried, Amanda, actor. Cedric, the Entertainer, 1965- actor.
Published: 2018
Call Number: FIRST
Format: Video disc
Summary: A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
Published: 2018
Call Number: FIRST
Format: Video disc
Summary: A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
Revenge [DVD]
Author: Fargeat, Coralie, film director, screenwriter. Schwartz, Marc-Etienne, film producer. Stanimirovic, Marc, film producer. Robin, Jean-Yves, film producer. Lutz, Matilda, actor.
Published: 2018
Call Number: REVENGE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Debut director Coralie Fargeat announces her stunning arrival, painting a crimson canvas of hypnotic beauty and bloody retribution in this razor-sharp feminist subversion of the revenge-thriller. Jen is enjoying a romantic getaway with her wealthy boyfriend which is suddenly disrupted when his sleazy friends arrive for an unannounced hunting trip. Tension mounts in the house until the situation abruptly--and viciously-- intensifies, culminating in a shocking act that leaves Jen left for dead. Unfortunately for her assailants, Jen survives and reemerges with a relentless, wrathful intent: revenge. A white-knuckle tale of transgression and transformation, Revenge gloriously blurs the lines of vengeance and survival while simultaneously delivering a ferocious dissection of gender and genre.
Published: 2018
Call Number: REVENGE
Format: Video disc
Summary: Debut director Coralie Fargeat announces her stunning arrival, painting a crimson canvas of hypnotic beauty and bloody retribution in this razor-sharp feminist subversion of the revenge-thriller. Jen is enjoying a romantic getaway with her wealthy boyfriend which is suddenly disrupted when his sleazy friends arrive for an unannounced hunting trip. Tension mounts in the house until the situation abruptly--and viciously-- intensifies, culminating in a shocking act that leaves Jen left for dead. Unfortunately for her assailants, Jen survives and reemerges with a relentless, wrathful intent: revenge. A white-knuckle tale of transgression and transformation, Revenge gloriously blurs the lines of vengeance and survival while simultaneously delivering a ferocious dissection of gender and genre.
God's not dead [DVD] : a light in darkness
Author: Mason, Michael (Film director), film director, screenwriter. Yost, Brittany, film producer. White, David A. R., producer, actor. Corbett, John, 1961- actor. Harper, Shane, 1993- actor.
Published: 2018
Call Number: GODS
Format: Video disc
Summary: A church destroyed. A congregation silenced. A relationship shattered. Yet even in life's darkest valleys, a small flame can light the way toward healing and hope. After a deadly fire rips through St. James Church, Hadleigh University leaders use the tragedy to push the congregation off campus, forcing the church to defend its rights and bringing together estranged brothers for a reunion that opens old wounds and forces them to address the issues that pulled them apart.
Published: 2018
Call Number: GODS
Format: Video disc
Summary: A church destroyed. A congregation silenced. A relationship shattered. Yet even in life's darkest valleys, a small flame can light the way toward healing and hope. After a deadly fire rips through St. James Church, Hadleigh University leaders use the tragedy to push the congregation off campus, forcing the church to defend its rights and bringing together estranged brothers for a reunion that opens old wounds and forces them to address the issues that pulled them apart.
Show dogs [DVD]
Author: Gosnell, Raja, film director. Botkin, Max, 1979- screenwriter. Hyman, Marc (Screenwriter), screenwriter. Nayar, Deepak, film producer. Alvensleben, Philip von, film producer.
Published: 2018
Call Number: SHOW
Format: Video disc
Summary: After a failed attempt to recover a stolen baby panda, police dog Max reluctantly teams up with a human FBI agent named Frank. A hot tip leads Max and Frank to Las Vegas for the world's most exclusive dog show.
Published: 2018
Call Number: SHOW
Format: Video disc
Summary: After a failed attempt to recover a stolen baby panda, police dog Max reluctantly teams up with a human FBI agent named Frank. A hot tip leads Max and Frank to Las Vegas for the world's most exclusive dog show.
Once upon a time [DVD]. Season 7.
Author: Parrilla, Lana, 1977- actor. O'Donoghue, Colin, 1981- actor. Carlyle, Robert, 1961- actor. West, Andrew J., actor. ABC Studios, film distributor.
Published: 2018
Call Number: ONCE SEASON 7 DISC 1-2
Format: Video disc
Summary: A few years after the Final Battle in Storybrooke, a grown-up Henry Mills leaves home in search of his own destiny. What he finds is true love with a new incarnation of Cinderella and unexpected danger from her hateful stepmother and stepsister, plus the added menace of Mother Gothel, a villainous sorceress.
Published: 2018
Call Number: ONCE SEASON 7 DISC 1-2
Format: Video disc
Summary: A few years after the Final Battle in Storybrooke, a grown-up Henry Mills leaves home in search of his own destiny. What he finds is true love with a new incarnation of Cinderella and unexpected danger from her hateful stepmother and stepsister, plus the added menace of Mother Gothel, a villainous sorceress.
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