The FamilySearch microfilm ordering program is officially coming to an end on September 1, 2017. That's ten days from today. The last day to order microfilm is August 31, 2017. Hopefully you are aware that Cook Library is a FamilySearch Library affiliate, which means that you can request your microfilm to be delivered to Cook…
Fall is coming: the stores are full of harried parents clutching school supply lists, magazines promising easy weeknight dinners, and scented candles with names like "Snuggly Sweater." But even though school's back in session, the forecast is calling for sun -- and Cook Library has plenty of choices to help you squeeze every last bit of fun from the summer, no…
Private investigator Nils Shapiro is not happy. He’s trying (unsuccessfully) to get over his ex-wife; he doesn’t have a steady job; he hates his house. Not to mention that it’s a freezing Minneapolis winter. So when he gets a call from the Edina Police Department to help solve a bizarre murder, he realizes he’s about…
Welcome to another edition of Bonus Features where Nate and Becky highlight two movies currently flying under the radar. Becky shares the cultural coming-of-age tale Growing Up Smith, then Nate shares the Nick Cave making-of music documentary One More Time With Feeling. Both titles are new to the library's collection and shouldn't be missed. Note: In our…
"From thirteen original colonies, as every schoolkid knows, the USA has become a nation of fifty proud states." But as Doug Mack goes on to explain in his latest book, there's more to the story. We don't, strictly speaking, have colonies anymore. Instead, we have territories. And commonwealths. And insular areas. (And the District of…
Joshilyn Jackson Joshilyn Jackson once again delves into family dysfunction, Southern style, with her terrific new book, The Almost Sisters. Leia Birch Briggs is a successful comic book artist who suddenly is facing a lot of family issues. At 38 and single, she learns she is pregnant after a tequila-influenced night at a comicon with…
Welcome to another episode of our Meet the Bookies podcast, where we introduce you to our library's Bookies who can give you great book, movie and music recommendations. This week we are chatting with Ellen, reader's advisor in Popular Services, selector for our Young Adult collection, and a fan of, well, all kinds of books!…
Sometimes, you just want to read a big book. Maybe you're going into a weekend-long sports tournament; maybe it's too hot and humid to step outside. Maybe you're facing a mountain of laundry with nothing to keep you occupied during the spin cycle, or you're flying cross-country. Maybe you just want to be transported. (This,…
Eleanor Oliphant is not your typical literary heroine. She is socially incompetent and never mingles with other people. Her office mates find her odd and make fun of her weirdness and odd appearance. When she is not at her office job, she hangs out in her shabby apartment, eating the same meal and drinking copious…
In this book, Peter Heller has created one of my favorite literary heroines. Celine Watkins is a 69-year-old private investigator, born into East Coast money, fluent in French, educated at prep school and Sarah Lawrence College. Still reeling from the loss of both of her sisters and the destruction of the Twin Towers, she is…
