A biweekly selection from our shelves, as curated by your favorite SPL librarians!
For the week of March 1, 2022: Fiction | Nonfiction | Graphic Novels | Movies/TV, Music & More
Fiction
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The Great Mrs. Elias by Barbara Chase-Riboud
The author of the award-winning Sally Hemings now brings to life Hannah Elias, one of the richest black women in America in the early 1900s, in this mesmerizing novel swirling with atmosphere and steeped in history. |
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London Bridge is Falling Down by Christopher Fowler
The brilliant duo of Arthur Bryant and John May uncovers a nefarious plot behind the seemingly innocuous death of an old lady--and when the case leads them to London Bridge, it all comes down on the Peculiar Crimes Unit. |
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A Net for Small Fishes by Lucy Jago
Wolf Hall meets The Favourite in Lucy Jago's A Net For Small Fishes, a gripping dark novel based on the true scandal of two women determined to create their own fates in the Jacobean court. |
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Orphans of the Storm by Celia Imrie
Orphans of the Storm dives into the waters of the past to unearth a sweeping, epic tale of the sinking of the Titanic that radiates with humanity and hums with life. |
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Seoulmates by Jen Frederick
A Korean-American adoptee fights to be with the one she loves while coming to terms with her new identity in this enthralling romantic drama and sequel to Heart and Seoul by USA Today bestselling author Jen Frederick. |
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Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino
Detective Galileo, Keigo Higashino's best loved character from The Devotion of Suspect X, returns in Silent Parade, a complex and challenging mystery--several murders, decades apart, with no solid evidence. |
Nonfiction
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Afraid of the Doctor: Every Parent's Guide to Preventing and Managing Medical Trauma by Meghan L. Marsac & Melissa J. Hogan
The first book written for parents with the primary goal of equipping them with the knowledge and skills to support their children through medical challenges on a day-to-day basis, and specifically with medical trauma-experiences in healthcare that can profoundly affect a child's response and willingness to even go to the doctor. |
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A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next by Tom Standage
A look at the history of human transportation, from the invention of the wheel through the era of horsepower, trains, and bicycles, revealing how transportation inevitably shapes civilization. |
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Bringing up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World by Uju Asika
Bringing Up Raceis an important book, for all families whatever their race or ethnicity. It's for everyone who wants to instil a sense of open-minded inclusivity in their kids, and those who want to discuss difference instead of shying away from tough questions. Uju Asika draws on often shocking personal stories of prejudice along with opinions of experts, influencers, and fellow parents to give prescriptive advice in this invaluable guide. |
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Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration by Aviva Chomsky
Places Central American migration to the United States in the context of the region's history of conquest, colonialism, revolution, and neoliberalism, looking especially at the revolutionary experiments of the 1980s and their aftermath. |
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Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult by Faith Jones
In a story of liberation and self-empowerment, the author shares her hauntingly intimate coming-of-age narrative of growing up in and escaping from the Children of God, an oppressive, extremist religious cult. |
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Wallet Activism : How to Use Every Dollar You Spend, Earn, and Save As a Force for Change by Tanja Hester
From Tanja Hester, Our Next Life blogger and author of Work Optional, comes the mindset-shifting guide to help you put your money where your mouth is. Wallet Activism is not a list of dos and don'ts that will soon become outdated, nor does it call for anti-consumerist perfection. |
Graphic Novels
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Discipline by Dash Shaw
A teenage Quaker joins the Union Army and experiences firsthand the brutality of the Civil War in this singular graphic novel by a beloved comics artist and animator. |
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Firefly: Return to Earth That Was Vol. 1 by Greg Pak
New Characters, New Enemies and a New Era starts here for Firefly, as the series jumps forward in time after the battle with the Reavers that left Wash & Book dead. |
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Harley Quinn Vol. 1: No Good Deed by Stephanie Phillips
Harley Quinn here to let everyone know that I'm starring in a brand-new graphic novel collection with a brand-new status quo! I'm coming back to Gotham City to make up for the sins of my past, and to help the city recover from the Joker War! |
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Marvels Snapshots
See a world of Marvels through fresh eyes. A quarter of a century ago, writer Kurt Busiek and painter Alex Ross gave you a new perspective on your heroes with the groundbreaking, Marvels. Now Busiek invites some of the industry's most distinctive voices to do it all over again. Featuring stories set throughout the history of the House of Ideas, starring the everyday people living in the age of the extraordinary, these are the Marvels Snapshots! |
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The Secrets of Chocolate: A Gourmand's Trip Through a Top Chef's Atelier by Franckie Alarcon
Following Jacques Genin for a year, Franckie Alarcon hobnobbed with one of the biggest chefs of Chocolate. Former chef and pastry chef for prestigious restaurants, this super-talented autodidact shares all his passion and knowledge of chocolate and his process for creating recipes. In this docu-comic, we travel with the starry-eyed author, satisfying many a craving from the chef's amazing atelier above his store, trying his hand as an apprentice, all the way to the Peruvian cocoa plantations where another chef shows how one carefully chooses the beans. |
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Shadowman Book 1 by Cullen Bunn
The forces of darkness are awakening and they are hungry for life. Jack Boniface, a.k.a. Shadowman, faces the terrors that tear at the fabric of humanity's world. As the forces of darkness pry open doorways across the nation, the Shadowman will make a cross-country descent into horror... as something far more sinister emerges from the shadows. From the bestselling master of horror Cullen Bunn (Venom) and bone-chilling artist Jon Davis-Hunt (Clean Room) comes a shocking supernatural odyssey! |
Movies/TV, Music & More
Movies/TV
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Summer of 85 by Francois Ozon Format: DVD When Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, David comes to the rescue and soon opens the younger boy's eyes to a new horizon of friendship, art, and sexual bliss. David's worldly demeanor and Jewish heritage deliver an ardent jolt to Alexis's traditional, working-class upbringing. After Alexis begins working at the seaside shop owned by David's mother, the two lovers steal every possible moment for a fugitive kiss, a motorcycle ride, or a trip to the cinema. |
Music
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Dawn of Chromatica by Lady Gaga Format: CD Features new remixes of the original album from Ashninkko, Bree Runway, Charli XCX, Chester Lockhart, Clarence Clarity Coucou Chloe, Doss, Jimmy Edgar, Lil Texas, LSDXOXO, Mood Killer, Mura Masa, Planningtorock, and Shygirl. |
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Thank You by Diana Ross Format: CD Recorded in her home studio, Diana Ross's new album offers a powerful, inclusive musical message of love and togetherness. With its songs of happiness, appreciation and joy, it wholeheartedly acknowledges that everyone is in this all together. |
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Music from Thailand and Laos: Southeast Asia by David Fanshawe Format: CD David Fanshawe (1942-2010) was a composer, ethnic sound recordist, and photographer and TV personality. His ambition to record indigenous folk music began in the Middle East in 1966, and intensified on subsequent journeys through North and East Africa (1969-75). This colorful album of exotic and beautiful music from Thailand and Laos, recorded by Mr. Fanshawe, is enchanting, hypnotic and full of charisma. One bonus track at the end of the CD. |
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Nowhere Sounds Lovely by Cristina Vane Format: CD Cristina Vane is a songstress and slide guitarist based in Nashville and specializing in blues, country blues, folk, and rock. Her background in Europe allowed for a unique formation of flavors in her musical inspirations, and this eclectic nature carries through into her work. |
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Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside by Nick Offerman Format: Spoken CD A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors, inspired by three journeys undertaken by actor, humorist, and New York Times bestselling author Nick Offerman. |