New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
#4: Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever
Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever
Rick Wilson (Author)
Release Date: August 7, 2018
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Rick Wilson (Author)
Release Date: August 7, 2018
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#10: Vogue September 2018 Issue
Vogue September 2018 Issue
Conde Nast (Author, Contributor)
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Conde Nast (Author, Contributor)
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Nonfiction: Science or Quackery? The Study of Hormones Has Been Both, a New Book Suggests
Randi Hutter Epstein’s “Aroused” looks at the history of hormone research and the many missteps along the way.
Nonfiction: William T. Vollmann Would Like a Word or Two About Climate Change. Or 1,200 Pages.
In his two-volume “Carbon Ideologies,” the writer examines from many angles what we are doing to the earth.
Nonfiction: How Citigroup Escaped Financial Disaster in 2008
James Freeman and Vern McKinley’s “Borrowed Time” takes a close look at the government bailout of Citigroup.
The men who built America [DVD]. Frontiersmen.
Author: History (Television network) Arts and Entertainment Network, publisher.
Published: 2018
Call Number: DOC 978
Format: Video disc
Summary: From the Revolution through the California Gold Rush, it tells the visceral, immersive narrative of the American frontier through the eyes of the most iconic figures who explored and fought to claim the country₂s vast wilderness. A prequel to the first award-winning miniseries, this four-part docuseries features dramatized portrayals of Daniel Boone, Tecumseh, Lewis & Clark, Davy Crocket and others.
Published: 2018
Call Number: DOC 978
Format: Video disc
Summary: From the Revolution through the California Gold Rush, it tells the visceral, immersive narrative of the American frontier through the eyes of the most iconic figures who explored and fought to claim the country₂s vast wilderness. A prequel to the first award-winning miniseries, this four-part docuseries features dramatized portrayals of Daniel Boone, Tecumseh, Lewis & Clark, Davy Crocket and others.
The fencer [DVD]
Author: Härö, Klaus, film director. Heinämaa, Anna, screenwriter. Nordberg, Kai, 1968- film producer. Aho, Kaarle, film producer. Avandi, Märt, 1981- actor.
Published: 2018
Call Number: FENCER
Format: Video disc
Summary: "Fleeing from the Soviet secret police, Estonian fencer Endel Nelis returns to his homeland and finds work as a children's sports instructor. Quickly becoming a role model to his students, Nelis begins teaching them competitive fencing techniques despite the objections of school administrators. When the children are invited to a fencing tournament in Leningrad, Nelis must make a choice: put his safety first or risk everything to take the children to the competition"--Container.
Published: 2018
Call Number: FENCER
Format: Video disc
Summary: "Fleeing from the Soviet secret police, Estonian fencer Endel Nelis returns to his homeland and finds work as a children's sports instructor. Quickly becoming a role model to his students, Nelis begins teaching them competitive fencing techniques despite the objections of school administrators. When the children are invited to a fencing tournament in Leningrad, Nelis must make a choice: put his safety first or risk everything to take the children to the competition"--Container.
So B. It [DVD]
Author: Gyllenhaal, Stephen, film director. Williams, Garry, 1954- screenwriter. Harris, J. Todd, film producer. Richman, Orien, film producer. Woodard, Alfre, 1953- actor.
Published: 2018
Call Number: SO
Format: Video disc
Summary: Based on the New York Times Best-selling novel, a young prodigy named Heidi has a lucky streak that has a way of pointing her in the right direction. When a mysterious word in her mother's vocabulary begins to haunt her, Heidi's thirst for the truth leads her on a cross-country journey in search of the secrets of her past.
Published: 2018
Call Number: SO
Format: Video disc
Summary: Based on the New York Times Best-selling novel, a young prodigy named Heidi has a lucky streak that has a way of pointing her in the right direction. When a mysterious word in her mother's vocabulary begins to haunt her, Heidi's thirst for the truth leads her on a cross-country journey in search of the secrets of her past.
Avengers: infinity war [DVD]
Author: Russo, Anthony, 1970- film director. Russo, Joe, 1971- film director. Feige, Kevin, film producer. D'Esposito, Louis, film producer. Markus, Christopher, screenwriter.
Published: 2018
Call Number: AVENGERS
Format: Video disc
Summary: As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality.
Published: 2018
Call Number: AVENGERS
Format: Video disc
Summary: As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality.
Padmaavat [DVD]
Author: Bhansali, Sanjay Leela, film director, film producer, screenwriter, composer. Kapadia, Prakash, screenwriter. Vats, Sudhanshu, film producer. Andhare, Ajit, film producer. Singh, Ranveer, 1985- actor.
Published: 2018
Call Number: PADMAAVA
Format: Video disc
Summary: Set in 1303 AD medieval India, this is the story of honor, valor and obsession. Queen Padmavati is known for her exceptional beauty along with a strong sense of justice and is the wife of Maharawal Ratan Singh and pride of the Kingdom of Chittor, a prosperous kingdom in the north west of India. The legend of her beauty reaches the reigning sultan of Hindustan, Allaudin Khilji.
Published: 2018
Call Number: PADMAAVA
Format: Video disc
Summary: Set in 1303 AD medieval India, this is the story of honor, valor and obsession. Queen Padmavati is known for her exceptional beauty along with a strong sense of justice and is the wife of Maharawal Ratan Singh and pride of the Kingdom of Chittor, a prosperous kingdom in the north west of India. The legend of her beauty reaches the reigning sultan of Hindustan, Allaudin Khilji.
#6: Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
Clarissa Pinkola Estés (Author)
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Clarissa Pinkola Estés (Author)
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#10: Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
Nancy MacLean (Author)
(570)
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Nancy MacLean (Author)
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#10: Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
Tara Brach (Author)
(648)
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Tara Brach (Author)
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The Book Review Podcast: Beth Macy Talks About ‘Dopesick’
“We're all connected, we’re all at risk of this,” Macy says about what she has learned reporting on the opioid crisis. “It’s everywhere.”
Inside the List: That Huge Surprise in His Own Family Genealogy? It’s Playing out in His Novels
Alan Gratz’s middle-grade novels — like the best-selling ‘Refugee’ — often deal with war, asylum seekers and Jewish history.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Our Back Pages: Notes From the Book Review Archives
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: Anne Tyler’s “The Accidental Tourist.”
New in Paperback: ‘An Odyssey,’ ‘Dunbar’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
The Literati: Henry James’s Final Curtain Call
Edward Sorel illustrates the great turn-of-the-century author’s fumbling foray into the theater.
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