My LINKcat AccountFall has officially arrived and the weather seems to have been paying attention and started to cool off. Overnight lows are finally dipping into the 40s even as those nights continue to get longer and longer. It is only 34 days until Halloween and 89 days until Christmas (this information provided as a public service announcement). The frost is not quite on the pumpkin yet, but we are definitely heading that way.
Speaking of public service announcements, I thought I would mention here an upcoming author talk at the DeForest Public Library. On Thursday, October 4th, Professor Ronald J. Berger's will be talking about his new book. “Children, Save Yourselves!” is the true story of Berger’s uncle and father, Jewish men who survived the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Poland as children. One brother endured several concentration camps, while the other passed as Catholic among anti-Semitic Poles and eventually became an officer in the Soviet Army. Berger traces the defining pre-war, wartime, and post-war events that marked their extraordinary lives in his book. This program starts at 6 p.m. in the Community Room of the library. This event is hosted by the Friends of the Library. Copies of the author’s book will be available for purchase.
Below are some of the new titles that arrived at the library recently. Check them out! Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
“Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen” by Jose Antonio Vargas. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, filmmaker and immigration-rights activist presents a debut memoir about how he unknowingly entered the United States with false documents as a child.
“Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton” by Tilar Mazzeo. From the New York Times best-selling author of Irena’s Children comes a comprehensive and riveting biography of the extraordinary life and times of Eliza Hamilton, the wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton, and a powerful, unsung hero in America’s early days.
“In Pieces” by Sally Field. The Academy Award-winning actress shares insights into her difficult childhood, the artistic pursuits that helped her find her voice and the powerful emotional legacy that shaped her journey as a daughter and mother.
“How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler” by Ryan North. A best-selling author and time-travel enthusiast details the science, engineering, mathematics, art, music, philosophy, facts and figures required for even the most clueless time traveler to build a civilization from the ground up.
“None of My Business” by P.J. O’Rouke. The best-selling author of How the Hell Did This Happen?” shares his signature humorous observations about the illogical world of finance in such essays as "How I Learned Economics by Watching People Try to Kill Each Other."
“How Do We Look: The Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization” by Mary Beard. A companion to PBS' Civilizations chronicles the intertwined histories of art and religion to explain the irreconcilable problems that all faiths have navigated while trying to represent the divine. By the award-winning author of “Women & Power”
New Fiction
“Flight or Fright” by Stephen King & Bev Vincent. Best-selling author Stephen King presents an anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong during air travel, with story contributions from Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Dan Simmons and King himself.
“The Silence of the Girls” by Pat Barker. The Booker Prize-winning author of the Regeneration trilogy reimagines The Iliad from the perspectives of the captured women living in the Greek camp in the final weeks of the Trojan War.
“CoDex 1962: A Trilogy” by Sjon. Combining ancient and modern folklore, a novel by the award-winning Icelandic author tells the story of a Jewish fugitive during World War II who makes a baby out of a piece of clay that eventually comes to life.
“Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen” by Sarah Bird. In 1864 Missouri, newly freed slave Cathy Williams makes the difficult decision to fight in the Army disguised as a man with the Buffalo Soldiers.
“The Glass Ocean” by Beatriz Williams. The New York Times best-selling authors of “The Forgotten Room” trace the stories of three women, including a present-day writer and two from the early 20th century, who become connected by the tragedy of the RMS Lusitania.
“The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock” by Imogen Gowar. When one of his trading vessels returns to 18th-century London with the remarkable body of a mermaid, Jonah gains entry into high society and falls in love with a highly accomplished courtesan, with unexpected consequences.
“Field of Bones, No. 17(Joanna Brady)” by J.A. Jance. Sheriff Joanna Brady is pulled out of maternity leave by a serial homicide case that rocks Cochise County, forcing her into a complex investigation involving multiple jurisdictions. By a New York Times best-selling author.