Come and check out these and some of the other new books and materials (or at least new to us) added to our library collection…
FICTION:
Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt
I don’t know too much about this book other than what the cover tells me, that it’s the new book by the author whose debut novel was The Last Samurai, which eventually went on to be adapted into a film starring Tom Cruise. That, and the book’s gotten quite a bit of buzz this year. Is the buzz warranted? You’ll have to let us know. You can find the new novel reviewed at The New York Observer and at The Millions. You can also check out Helen DeWitt’s blog, as well as read an interview with her here, and purchase her second novel, Your Name Here, as a .pdf file on her website.
Before I Got To Sleep by S. J. Watson
American Sea Writing: A Literary Anthology, edited by Peter Neill
Wonderstruck: A Novel In Words And Pictures by Brian Selznick
The new novel by Selznick, author of The Invention Of Hugo Cabret, which is currently in theaters in a film adaptation directed by Martin Scorsese. This new book, an illustrated novel, is apparently a possible contender for both the Newbery and Caldecott awards, and has been highly requested by a few of our patrons of late. We’re glad to finally have it available, as you can clearly see in the look of excitement of my co-worker Judy’s face up above.
Novels And Stories, 1920 – 1922 by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Best American Comics 2011, edited by Alison Bechdel
Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
NON-FICTION:
Retromania: Pop Culture’s Addiction To Its Own Past by Simon Reynolds
Worst Cases: Terror And Catastrophe In The Popular Imagination by Lee Clarke
Revolution: The Year I Fell In Love And Went To Join The War by Deb Olin Unferth
The first memoir by one of literature’s rising stars. The book is described as “brave and soulful” and well worth a look.
The Engines Of Innovation: The Entrepreneurial University In The Twenty-First Century by Holden Thorp & Buck Goldstein.
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women by Harriet Reisen
Warren Buffett Invests Like A Girl – And Why You Should, Too by Louann Lofton
Shock Of Gray: The Aging Of The World’s Population And How It Pits Young Against Old, Child Against Parent, Worker Against Boss, Company Against Rival, And Nation Against Nation by Ted C. Fishman
The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into In College by Harlan Cohen
Love And Capital: Karl And Jenny Marx And The Birth Of A Revolution by Mary Gabriel
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Please note that books could be checked out between the time they end up on the blog and when you come to check them out. If you don’t see the items you’re looking for then please come up to the front desk and we’ll put your name on the reserve list for when the item returns.
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Previous New/Featured books:
12/23/11.
12/19/11.
12/17/11.
12/16/11.
12/15/11.
Some reading material from around the internet:
from here.
from here.
via Steve McCurry.
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