All Kinds of Lives August Newsletter
All Kinds of Lives (August 2023) by Shilpa Jacobie and Max McConnell
Native Americans of the Great Plains Reading List
Because I can not help but fall down a rabbit hole when I stumble on one, as I have been reading Lakota America, I’ve also been putting together a Plains Indian reading list. This is by no means and exhaustive list but more of a combination of new books and classics on a very complex…
The 2018 NOBLE Book Awards!
Late last year the librarians of NOBLE came together to vote on their favorite books of 2018. Here are the winners by category. You can view the runners-up and the sort-list at NOBLE Book Awards 2018. Adult Fiction Finn, A. J. The woman in the window : a novel It isn’t paranoia if it’s really…
Jim Reviews: Havana Nocturne – T. J. English
Like most Americans, I got my knowledge about the mob in Cuba from watching The Godfather Part 2. Havana Nocturne was actually a book I picked up out of my interest in the Cold War but I learned quite a bit more from it than that. As the name suggests this is the parallel stories…
Today In History Reading List
In our Today In History Reading List feature, we take the events of a particular day in history and try to give you a work of fiction and a work of non-fiction relating to those events. 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field Bosworth was the last major battle of the Wars of the Roses and the…
The Month Ahead: New History Books Coming In June
A small sample of the many new history book titles arriving at the library in June The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke by Andrew Lawler A sweeping account of a four-hundred-year-old mystery, the archeologists racing to unearth the answer, and what the Lost Colony reveals about America–from…
1980s Reading List
Ready Player One is generating a lot of 80s nostalgia. And we’ve got the solution. Fiction King, Stephen Cujo Summary: Outside a peaceful town in central Maine, a monster is waiting. Cujo is a two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard, the best friend Brett Camber has ever had. One day Cujo chases a rabbit into a bolt-hole –…
Women’s History Month Reading List
In honor of Women’s History Month we offer a selection of books of Historical Fiction and History featuring women. These books are located on our Read This Book Display in the library and many others in our Fiction and Non-fiction collections. Historical Fiction Jump to Non-Fiction History Thomas, Sherry A conspiracy in Belgravia Summary:Being shunned…
A Valentine’s Day Power Couple Reading List
Conant, Jennet. A covert affair : Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS Summary:A stunning account of Julia Child’s early life as an OSS agent in the Far East. Prud’homme, Alex France is a feast : the photographic journey of Paul and Julia Child Summary:Through intimate and compelling photographs taken by her husband Paul…
Jim Reviews: The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan
Silk Roads is the History Book Group title for January. I tend to devour books on the silk road. There’s something about towns with names like Samarkand and Merv and Bukhara that just ignites my inner adventurer. That said, this is not that book. At least not entirely. This book largely explores the roll that…
Jim Recommends: At Home: A Short History of Private Life – Bill Bryson
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson is the book for this month’s History Book Group (December 20 at 7pm if you are interested in coming). As with a lot of the books for the History Book Group, I find myself rushing at the last minute to get them read. This…
Wonder Woman Reading List
Seen the movie? Now read about it! Graphic Novels, Non-fiction and more… Also check out the Read This Display next time you are in the library. The Graphic Novels Bennett, Marguerite Bombshells. Allies Volume 2, Summary:“Based on the hit DC Collectibles product line! As World War II rages across Europe, the Allied forces issue a…
Wouldn’t You Rather Be On The Riviera?
Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle by Mark Braude. A rollicking narrative history of Monte Carlo, capturing its nineteenth-century rise as the world’s first modern casino-resort and its Jazz Age heyday as infamous playground of the rich. [GoodReads] The Other Side of Silence by Philip Kerr. The war is over. Bernie Gunther,…
Book Display Preview – April
Here is a small sample of the books you will find on display here at the library. All of these are done by members of our staff who put a lot of time and thought into them. The Pyramid Charlotte has given the Pyramid display inside the main entrance a Red Sox theme to go…
Book Display Preview
Like all libraries we do a ton of book displays so we thought we would give all of you a taste of what you’ll find on our displays this month. All of these are done by members of our staff who put a lot of time and thought into them. The Pyramid If you’ve walked…