Detective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur, a cranky, tenacious British detective with a chip on her shoulder and a soft spot for her elderly, overbearing parents, debuted stateside in Elly Griffith's 2019 novel, THE STRANGER DIARIES. The book was a staff and patron favorite, so I was delighted when Harbinder returned this year in THE POSTSCRIPT MURDERS,…
We celebrate Women's History Month and Cook Library's Centennial by looking at the women who were key to the founding of the library and its early days. Local History Librarian Jenny Barry shares the stories of Emily Barrows Cook, Mabel MacGuffin, Norma Lee Peck, Clara Colby, Laura Taylor, August Lovell, and more. Keep checking the…
When 10-year-old Fish shoots the abusive father of his best friend Bread, the two boys go on the run in a vast forest outside the small northern Wisconsin town of Claypot. Four adults have gone after them: Cal, the sheriff, a recent transplant from Texas; Teddy, Fish's grandpa, a tough Korean War vet and farmer;…
These days it seems like every sport is in the news: college basketball and March Madness; professional hockey, basketball, baseball's spring training...even golf and football pop up now and then. Cook Library has plenty of new sports books to inspire and entertain you. Click on the titles below to check availability in our online catalog.…
The past year has been one of the most difficult and memorable years of our lifetime. Even those of us who haven’t suffered direct losses as a result of covid-19 have lost out in so many other ways - whether it is a loss of human connections, experiences, events, or opportunities. So when I heard…
Have you ever felt like a very small cog in a very large machine, trying your best to putter away at your humble tasks while circumstances spiraled wildly out of your extremely limited control, making you feel increasingly lost and confused as the world grew ever more unfriendly to you? It’s 2021, of course you…
With the recent days of warm weather, have you had a hankering to get your hands into some soil? It may be too early to do some planting, but the library is an all-weather institution! Take a look at some of our newer gardening books to hold you over until we can really start working…
When you pick up Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's book The Undocumented Americans, you might wonder if the author is personally affected by this subject in some way. Perhaps she has close family - a grandparent or an uncle - who is undocumented, perhaps her parents, maybe it is even herself. The real story, as is often…
The Liar’s Dictionary capitalizes on two trends — books about books and dual timeline stories, where one plot occurs in the past, one in the present, with key events or people connecting them. Author Eley Williams makes something entirely fresh from those familiar elements, creating a story that is clever and heartfelt, playful and challenging,…
In the wake of Perseverance's recent touchdown on Mars, we offer some recent books about space travel and the red planet to feed your interest and increase what you know. Click on the title of each book to find it in our online catalog. Happy exploring! Colonizing and living on Mars:How We'll Live on Mars…
