Come and check out these and some of the other new DVDs and materials (or at least new to us) added to our library collection…
FICTION:
Flight
War Horse
Midnight In Paris
The Ice Storm
Creature From The Black Lagoon
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Cloud Atlas
Sherlock, season 2
Howl’s Moving Castle
Pain & Gain
The Neverending Story
The Stepford Wives
Oblivion
Certified Copy
Now You See Me
The Squid And The Whale
Django Unchained
Ted
The Flowers Of War
The Shining
Tangled
The Black Hole
It
Take Shelter
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Side Effects
Rango
Downton Abbey, season 3
Godzilla
Hereafter
The Dark Knight Rises
The Rock
My Fair Lady
Tiny Furniture
Identity Thief
NON-FICTION:
Afraid Of The Dark
The Creation Of The Computer
Stories We Tell
Thomas Jefferson
Jesse James
Brain Games
Jesus Camp
Latino Americans
Houdini
Herod’s Lost Tomb
Bob Dylan: No Direction Home
Yoga For Beginners With Desi Bartlett
Yoga For Weight Loss
Dance Off The Inches: Hip Hop Party
10 Minute Solution: Fat Blasting Dance Mix
Secrets Of Body Language
The Science Of Sex Appeal
What Will The Future Be Like?
The Fabric Of The Cosmos
The Medal Of Honor: The Stories Of Our Nation’s Most Celebrated Heroes
Wyatt Earp
Wanted: Billy The Kid, Dead Or Alive
Guns: The Evolution Of Firearms
Art & Copy
Harlan Ellison: Dreams With Sharp Teeth
Bully
A Place At The Table
Mythbusters, Collection 2
American Teacher
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Please note that DVDs 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.
In 2009 the World Day of Social Justice is officially established and recognized each year. The goal of the World Day of Social Justice is to recognize the need to promote efforts to tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion, and unemployment all over the world.
Famous births: Rihanna in 1988, T. J. Slaughter in 1977, Brent Gretzky (Wayne’s little brother) in 1972, Kurt Cobain in 1967, Cindy Crawford in 1966, Anthony Stewart Head in 1954, Patty Hearst in 1954, Gordon Brown in 1951, Ivana Trump in 1949, Sandy Duncan in 1946, Mike Leigh in 1943, Sidney Poitier in 1927, Richard Matheson in 1926, Robert Altman in 1925, Gloria Vanderbilt in 1924, Ansel Adams in 1902.
Famous deaths: William Wallace Lincoln in 1862, Frederick Douglass in 1895, Max Schreck in 1936, Chester Nimitz in 1966, Dick York (the first Darrin Stephens on Bewitched) in 1992, Ferruccio Lamborghini in 1993, Gene Siskel in 1999, Sandra Dee in 2005, Hunter S. Thompson in 2005.
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 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.
Roger Ebert gives Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol 3 1/2 stars. I’ve seen the movie myself and would agree, it’s definitely worth a viewing. It’s a very fun movie, but if you’re going to see it in the theater then do yourself a favor and see it right: in IMAX. Trust me, it’ll be worth it.
When looking at some of the links listed here, please don’t forget that: We have several of the Hercule Poirot movies on DVD, including the ones starring David Suchet, as well as Murder On The Orient Express which stars Albert Finney and Death On The Nile which stars Peter Ustinov. Also, we have books on knitting and selecting baby names and we have books talking about awesome people. We have Mission: Impossible movies on DVD and we have graphic novels and comic books featuring Batman and his nemesis, the Joker. And of course we have The Dark Knight on DVD, featuring Heath Ledger’s iconic reinvention of the role. We can offer you e-books and audiobooks, we have Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban, and we have several of the James Bond movies on DVD, for which John Barry arranged and composed the memorable theme for.
by Mathieu Belanger, one of the pictures of the year, from here.
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