New Materials - June 21, 2022

A biweekly selection from our shelves, as curated by your favorite SPL librarians!


For the week of June 21, 2022:  Fiction | Nonfiction | Graphic Novels | Movies/TV, Music & More


Fiction

Be Here to Love Me at the End of the World Be Here to Love Me at the End of the World by Sasha Fletcher

A millennial couple grapple with the sense of menace and despair that seems to permeate their modern lives as they scramble to pay the bills, cook meals, and navigate their relationship in the apocalyptic cityscape of 2020 Brooklyn, New York.

Bitter Orange Tree Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi

From Man Booker International Prize-winning author Jokha Alharthi, Bitter Orange Tree is a profound exploration of social status, wealth, desire, and female agency. It presents a mosaic portrait of one young woman's attempt to understand the roots she has grown from, and to envisage an adulthood in which her own power and happiness might find the freedom necessary to bear fruit and flourish.

Elektra Elektra by Jennifer Saint

The House of Atreus is cursed. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance. This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods.

Empty Vows Empty Vows by Mary Monroe

Popular, generous, forty-something widow Jessie Tucker decides to make herself indispensable to recently widowed Hubert Wiggins but is disappointed when he is not everything she dreamed he would be and instead turns her attentions to a much younger man.

M: Son of the Century M: Son of the Century by Antonio Scurati

An epic historical novel that chronicles the birth and rise of fascism in Italy, witnessed through the eyes of its founder, the terrifyingly charismatic figure who would become one of the most notorious dictators of the twentieth century, Benito Mussolini.

Renovated to Death Renovated to Death by Frank Anthony Polito

It's Hart to Hart via HGTV in award-winning author and playwright Frank Anthony Polito's fabulous new cozy mystery series featuring a gay couple who solve crimes while renovating houses in suburban Detroit as part of their hit reality show Domestic Partners.

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Nonfiction

Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation by Christopher Kemp

How the brain helps us to understand and navigate space--and why, sometimes, it doesn't work the way it should.

Everyday Cook: Vibrant Recipes, Simple Methods, Delicious Dishes Everyday Cook: Vibrant Recipes, Simple Methods, Delicious Dishes by Donal Skehan

This book gives you the answer to the common kitchen question: "What's for Dinner?" Filled with comfort food classics and everyday favorites, simplified meals for the everyday cook, one pot wonders and fast feasts that take less than 15 minutes from kitchen to plate, Everyday Cook is the go-to cookbook for the busy home cook!

Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness by Laura Coates

This instant New York Times bestseller offers "a firsthand, eye-opening story of a prosecutor that exposes the devastating criminal punishment system" (Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of How to Be an Antiracist) in this "compelling collection of engaging, well-written, keenly observed vignettes from [Laura Coates's] years as a lawyer with the US Department of Justice" (The New York Times Book Review).

Letter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us Letter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us edited by Colleen Kinder

An anthology of short, intimate second-person essays by a diverse range of writers, each honoring a fleeting encounter with a stranger met while traveling that left a profound and lasting impact; with a foreword by bestselling author Leslie Jamison

The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States by Brian Hochman

From wayward lovers to foreign spies, from private detectives to public officials, and from the silver screen to the Supreme Court, The Listeners traces the long and surprising history of wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping in the United States. Along the way, Brian Hochman considers how earlier generations of Americans confronted threats to privacy that now seem more urgent than ever.

Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal and Sovereignty in Native America Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal and Sovereignty in Native America by Gregory D. Smithers

A sweeping history of Indigenous traditions of gender, sexuality, and resistance that reveals how, despite centuries of colonialism, Two-Spirit people are reclaiming their place in Native nations.

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Graphic Novels

Deadpool: Samurai, Vol. 1 Deadpool: Samurai, Vol. 1 by Sanshiro Kasama

Everyone's favorite Merc with a Mouth has finally come to manga! As soon as Deadpool moves to Tokyo, he runs afoul of some familiar faces. Before he knows it, he's teaming up with new heroes, battling gods, attending concerts, and being repeatedly dismembered. That's good, right?

Decorum Decorum by Jonathan Hickman

Decorum blends the high impact, event level storytelling of Hickman's recent re-envisioning of X-Men with the sprawling, addictive worldbuilding of the recently concluded East of West. In the world of Decorum, there are many assassins in the known universe. Decorum is the story of the most well-mannered one.

The Eightfold Path The Eightfold Path by Steven Barnes and Dr. Charles Johnson

From award-winning authors Charles Johnson and Steven Barnes comes a graphic novel anthology of interconnected Afrofuturistic parables inspired by the teachings of Buddha.

Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball Pinball : A Graphic History of the Silver Ball by Jon Chad

"Jon Chad illustrates the little-known story of pinball--how it works and why it all matters in an age of special effects and on-screen gaming.

The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton, Volume 1 The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton, Volume 1 by Kyle Starks and Chris Schweizer

Trigger Keaton, world's most unlikable action star, has been found dead...and his previous TV sidekicks are looking to solve the crime. But how can you catch a murderer when almost everyone HATED the victim? Now these supporting players are going to learn what it means to be the stars of the show...that is, if any of them survive!

Squeak the Mouse Squeak the Mouse by Massimo Mattioli

An outrageously cruel cat versus a wily mouse: a rivalry as old as time, popularized by the beloved Tom and Jerry cartoons of the '40s and '50s. In the hands of renowned Italian cartoonist Massimo Mattioli, however, this classic premise is infused with a whole new perverse and anarchic energy.

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Movies/TV, Music & More

Movies/TV

Mass Mass by Fran Kranz
Format: DVD

Years after an unspeakable tragedy tore their lives apart, two sets of parents agree to talk privately in an attempt to move forward. In Fran Kranz's writing and directing debut, he thoughtfully examines their journey of grief, anger, and acceptance by coming face-to-face with the ones who have been left behind.

Swan Song Swan Song by Todd Stephens
Format: DVD

The film follows retired hairdresser and local bar performer icon Pat Pitsenbarger who has given up on life from the confines of his small-town Sandusky, Ohio nursing home. But when Pat gets word that a former client's dying wish was for him to style her final hairdo, he sets out on an epic journey across Sandusky to confront the ghosts of his past, and collect the beauty supplies necessary for the job. A comical and bittersweet journey about rediscovering oneself, and looking gorgeous while doing so.

You're Watching Video Music Box You're Watching Video Music Box by Nasir "Nas" Jones
Format: DVD

The untold story of the world's longest running video show, Video Music Box. A hip hop mainstay since 1983, VMB gave a platform to artists like Jay-Z, Nas and Mary J. Blige before they hit it big. Host Ralph McDaniels' archives amassed over 40 nearly years reveal the show's importance to numerous big-name musicians, as well as to the kids that grew up watching.

Music

Brothers Brothers by Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster and Tom Eaton
Format: CD

A quiet acoustic album that will remind you of the finest of the Windham Hill releases. It comes by its pedigree rightly, as Will Ackerman is the founder of Windham Hill Records. It combines Will Ackerman’s Grammy Award winning acoustic guitar, Jeff Oster’s signature and soulful flugelhorn, with Tom Eaton’s artistic musical sensibilities on piano, keyboard, and bass guitar. This is a perfect peaceful respite for a world that sorely needs it.

Queens of the Summer Hotel Queens of the Summer Hotel by Aimee Mann
Format: CD

Aimee Mann started working on a musical, based on the memoir Girl, Interrupted. But it takes years for a Broadway show to get produced. So Aimee ended up going into the studio and recording all the songs for the musical herself, and this is the result.

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Olga Dies Dreaming Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
Format: Spoken CD

A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots, all in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

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