New Books!

Book Trailer for The Invention of Wings / Sue Monk Kidd

The story of two women each struggling against the restrictions placed on them by law and society. Ten-year-old Hetty “Handful” Grimke is a slave who longs for freedom. Eleven-year-old Sarah Grimke, precocious and extremely intelligent, longs for a society in which women are full participants, respected and valued for their accomplishments. (www.Amazon.com)

The Lord / Romano Guardini

"Monsignor Guardini...has written more than just a life of Jesus. He places that life in the context of history and shows how the teachings of Jesus are related to the whole body of church doctrine and practice." --The New York Times

Keep Believing in Yourself and Your Dreams: Words to Motivate

and Inspire Your Dreams / Patricia Wayant, ed.

Quotes and poems from classic and contemporary writers.

The Political Writings of St. Augustine

The Politics / Aristotle

Monuments Men : Read the Book ...

 ... so you can criticize the movie!

The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History / Robert Edsel

Movie Trailer

"At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: "degenerate" works he despised.
In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Monuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture.
Focusing on the eleven-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six Monuments Men and their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis." (www.Amazon.com)

New Books - Fiction and Nonfiction

The Ranger's Apprentice / John Flanagan

Books 1, 3, and 5. Will, an orphan apprenticed as a Ranger, works to protect and defend the Kingdom of Araluen.

Prom and Prejudice / Elizabeth Eulberg

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single girl of high standing at Longbourn Academy must be in want of a prom date." (www.Amazon.com)The drama and angst surrounding prom at a private high school. A re-telling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

Darius & Twig / Walter Dean Myers

An aspiring writer and a middle-distance runner look toward college scholarships to escape their tough, gritty life in Harlem.

Confessions : the private school murders / James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

"Wealthy young women are being murdered on Manhattan's exclusive Upper West Side, and the police aren't looking for answers in the right places. Enter Tandy Angel." (www.Amazon.com) Unfortunately, Tandy fits the profile of the killer. She is determined to solve the case and prove her innocence before she becomes a victim.

The 5th Wave / Rick Yancey

"After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them." (www.Amazon.com)

Prodigy / Marie Lu

Book 2 of the "Legend" series includes political adventure and intrigue as June is ordered to kill the new dictator. She finds herself hesitating as the new Elector proves to be different than his father.
If you enjoyed Hunger Games and Divergent, try this new series. (www.Amazon.com).

The Dream Thieves / Maggie Stiefvater

Book 2 in the "Raven Cycle." The ley lines around Cabeswater have been awakened. Ronan's dreams are taking over his daily life, and dangerous people are searching for the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle as Gansey. (www.amazon.com)

Lone Survivor: the Eye Witness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 / Luttrell Marcus with Patrick Robinson

Four Navy Seals were sent to document the activity of an al Qeada leader along the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Five days later, only one Seal remained. (from the cover)

New Research Titles

Cryptography : cracking codes / Rob Curley

Cybercitizenship : online rights and responsibilities / Jennifer Landau

Understanding digital piracy / Susan Meyer

Understanding your rights in the information age / Suzanne Weinick

Rape and sexual assault: healing and recovery / Rebecca Klein

Self-injury and cutting / John Shea

Adventure on the High Seas

The Aubrey-Maturin series, a series of nautical historical novels, are set on a 24-gun frigate in the fleet of the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The stories center on the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, ship’s surgeon and secret agent.

Acclaimed author Patrick O’Brian has been compared to Jane Austen and C.S. Forester. 

The 2003 film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, starring Russell Crow as Jack Aubrey, was based on these novels.

"When empires were won and lost at sea, the strength of a nation depended on the courage of a few."  (movie trailer)

Twelve Years a Slave

Stolen into Slavery : the True story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man / Judith and Dennis Fradin (available in the library now)

The true story of Solomon Northup told  in the new film Twelve Years a Slave.

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Read the book so you can criticize the movie! 

New Books

The moon and more / Sarah Dessen

In the summer before college, Emaline is torn between all that is familiar – her loving family, high school sweetheart, and small hometown -- and her dreams for a bright future, including an Ivy League education. “Emaline wants the moon and more, but how can she balance where she comes from with where she's going?”  (from amazon.com)

The 100 / Kass Morgan

"Ever since a devastating nuclear war, humanity has lived on spaceships far above Earth's radioactive surface. Now, one hundred juvenile delinquents  to re-colonize the planet. It could be their second chance at life...or it could be a suicide mission.

Confronted with a savage land and haunted by secrets from their pasts, the hundred must fight to survive. They were never meant to be heroes, but they may be mankind's last hope." (from amazon.com)    If you enjoyed the Hunger Games series, try this!

Readings on Frankenstein / ed. by Don Nardo

Understanding Frankenstein / Don Nardo

Ahead of her time : a sampler of the life and thought of Mary Wollstonecraft