Attention all trekkies! Do you remember the episode “Mirror, Mirror” with the darkside Kirk and Spock (aggressive, mistrustful and opportunistic) from a parallel universe? Trivia time: that parallel universe is used in 8 episodes of various Star Trek series. It seems that the concept of a multiverse has appeal to many sci-fi fans, including this one. In…
The Cook Memorial Library entered the 1950s stuffed to the gills in a repurposed house in need of repairs. Discussion of a possible addition in the early 1940s led nowhere and the funds available for improvements to the building were low. Despite these challenges, the library continued to move forward to serve patrons of all…
Dorothea Lange's photograph of Manzanmar Detention Camp. Courtesy of University of California Berkeley, Bancroft Library via California Digital Library. Naomi Hirahara’s new historical thriller tells a riveting story about the Japanese community that settled in Chicago from the World War II internment camps. Hirahara is an award-winning mystery author and a former editor for the…
The world is…rather a lot right now, isn’t it? Loud and tense and busy and hot and if you’re anything like me, you need a break. Not a big one. Just a little one. A chance to catch your breath, to escape somewhere quiet, even if only for a bit. A Psalm for the Wild-Built,…
Quentin Tarantino meets The Odd Couple in this searing, heartfelt, suspenseful book. Ike Randolph is a Black ex-con who has been playing it straight for 15 years. He runs his own landscaping business and has made a quiet, stable life for himself with his wife Mya outside of Richmond, Virginia. When his only child Isiah…
New books on the Holocaust, heartbreaking yet inspiring, are filling up our shelves these days. Some titles like The Auschwitz Photographer and The Dressmakers of Auschwitz are still on order, but the titles below are ready to be checked out or reserved now. Click on the titles to find the book in our online catalog…
What would you do if you lost your home - the home where you raised your children, the source of your livelihood, and where you had lain roots for over twenty years? And in the same week you found yourself homeless and simultaneously without income, what if you also learned that the love of your…
If you love a novel that throws you a good curve ball, The Cover Wife by Dan Fesperman is an espionage thriller with a few red herrings and an interesting cast of characters. The CIA and the FBI are keeping secrets from their own agents, and each other. CIA agent Claire Saylor is a strong female protagonist…
We have lots of animal books on our new bookshelves these days. Click on the titles below to find them in our online catalog. Animals, SpecificallyCat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther by Craig PittmanThe Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant by Levison WoodThe Loneliest Polar Bear…
I admit I am a bit of a chicken. I marvel at people who do scary things I never dream of doing. Bungie jumping. Going into space. Flying an airplane. It's amazing I'm the daughter of a man who trained pilots how to fly in World War II. The beauty of books is that you…
