As superpowers go, time travel seems like the best one for a bookish person -- it would let you loop back around as needed, until every last page was read. Then again, time loops, as anyone who has ever watched Groundhog Day can tell you, are tricky things. Holly Smale's adult debut, Cassandra in Reverse…
New York Times bestselling author and master of nonfiction spy thrillers Larry Loftis writes the first major biography of Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch watchmaker who saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during WWII—at the cost of losing her family and being sent to a concentration camp, only to survive, forgive her captors, and…
Brave the Wild River: the untold story of two women who mapped the botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa L. Sevigny is a narrative nonfiction "genre bender". Part history, part adventure story, and part popular science work, this fun-loving book might be perfect to read during a camping trip. Botanists Elzeda Clover and Lois…
Creating special language to influence people’s behavior and beliefs is so effective in part simply because speech is the first thing we’re willing to change about ourselves . . . and also the last thing we let go.” Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism What makes cults so captivating? What makes them powerful? And could cult influence…
The phrase “beach read” is a deeply subjective one. For some, it means a breezy romance set on a literal oceanside beach. For others, it’s an action-packed twisty thriller – the literary equivalent of a summer popcorn flick. For other people it’s a behemoth of a book – a biography, or a classic work –…
June 1–July 31 • All Ages The summer reading program isn't just about books — we invite your whole family to EXPLORE the Library's offerings, DO fun stuff, and READ books. The more you explore, do, and read, the more points you earn toward a finishing prize! How To Sign Up Online through READsquared In…
It can be argued that rugged individualism and American are synonymous. You can't have the American dream without the idea that if you work hard and rely on your own resources, you will ultimately succeed. Instead, as income inequality rises around us, we are left with shame and self-blame for our condition. Why is there so much poverty adjacent…
When it’s film awards season, you often hear critics saying something like, “Hollywood loves movies about the film industry.” I picked up The Librarianist using that same logic – I’m a librarian, so I’ll like a book about libraries. I was wrong about the subject of the book – this isn’t really a book about…
This week I decided to travel back millennia to rediscover the myths I thought I knew. We begin with the tale of Pandora's box jar. Author Natalie Haynes discovers that it wasn't until somewhere after the Middle Ages and before the 20th century that the jar became a box. Haynes then compares Pandora with the…
Zelda is having a moment. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was released less than two weeks ago and is already making its mark. A direct sequel to the largely successful Breath of the Wild (2017), Tears of the Kingdom is breaking records, selling over 10 million copies in the first three days.…
