Arts & Entertainment
Newest Books, Movies, and Music at the Howard Whittemore Memorial
Check out what's new to borrow at the Whittemore Library via curbside pickup or electronically.
This Week's Top Choices at the Whittemore Library
By Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. From Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism--and antiracism--in America
This is NOT a history book.
This is a book about the here and now.
A book to help us better understand why we are where we are.
A book about race.
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The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence.
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of the Authoritarian State (Electronic Format)
By Anne Applebaum. From Doubleday.
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In Electronic Format The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, professor, and historian offers an expert guide to understanding the appeal of the strongman as a leader and an explanation for why authoritarianism is back with a menacing twenty-first-century twist.
Across the world today, from the Americas to Europe and beyond, liberal democracy is under siege while populism and nationalism are on the rise.
The Order: A Novel
By Daniel Silva. From Harper.
From Daniel Silva, author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers The New Girl and The Other Woman, comes a stunning new action-packed thriller of high stakes international intrigue featuring the enigmatic art restorer and master spy Gabriel Allon.
Master of the spy thriller Silva has entertained readers with twenty-two thoughtful and gripping suspense novels featuring a diverse cast of compelling characters and ingenious plots that have taken them around the globe and back―from the United States to Europe, Russia to the Middle East.
1st Case (Electronic Format)
By James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts. From Little, Brown and Company.
In Electronic Format A computer genius pulls off her greatest hack yet -- and her skill might just get her killed.
Angela Hoot's government career begins with an ending. Her unorthodox programming skills get her kicked out of MIT's graduate school and into the Bureau's cyber-forensics unit.
A messaging app with sophisticated tracking capabilities surfaces. Its beta users, all young women, are only identified as they turn up dead in their bedrooms. As Angela races to crack the killer's digital code, their technical rivalry escalates.
Avatar, The Last Airbender: The Shadow of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels Book 2) (Electronic Format)
By F. C. Yee. From Amulet Books.
In Electronic Format The epic, can’t-miss follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Avatar, The Last Airbender:The Rise of Kyoshi
Kyoshi’s place as the true Avatar has finally been cemented—but at a heavy cost. With her mentors gone, Kyoshi voyages across the Four Nations, struggling to keep the peace. But while her reputation grows, a mysterious threat emerges from the Spirit World. To stop it, Kyoshi, Rangi, and their reluctant allies must join forces before the Four Nations are destroyed irreparably.
The Book of Lost Friends: A Novel
By Lisa Wingate. From Ballantine Books.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a new novel inspired by little-known historical events: a dramatic story of three young women on a journey in search of family amidst the destruction of the post-Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who rediscovers their story and its vital connection to her own students' lives.
Deadlock (An FBI Thriller) (Electronic Format)
By Catherine Coulter. From Gallery Books.
In Electronic Format This exhilarating FBI thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter finds Savich and Sherlock confronting two baffling mysteries.
A young wife is forced to confront a decades-old deadly secret when a medium connects her to her dead grandfather.
A vicious psychopath wants ultimate revenge against Savich, but first, she wants to destroy what he loves most—his family.
A series of three red boxes are delivered personally to Savich at the Hoover Building, each one containing puzzle pieces of a town only FBI agent Pippa Cinelli recognizes.
Click 3: Act
By Kayla Miller. From HMH Books for Young Readers.
Act is the funny and honest follow-up to the middle school graphic novel sensations Click and Camp. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier, Shannon Hale, and Victoria Jamieson.
How do you know when the person who can make the difference . . . is you?
Olive is excited to start sixth grade: new teachers, new experiences, and a field trip to the big city with her best buds!
Hideaway: A Novel
By Nora Roberts. From St. Martin's Press.
A family ranch in Big Sur country and a legacy of Hollywood royalty set the stage for Nora Roberts’ emotional new suspense novel.
The 20th Victim (Women's Murder Club)
By James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. From Little, Brown and Company.
Three victims, three bullets, three cities.
Simultaneous murders in LA, Chicago, and San Francisco -- SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer's jurisdiction, and local reporter Cindy Thomas's beat.
The shooters' aim is as fearsomely precise as their target selection. When Lindsay realizes that the fallen men and women excel in a lucrative, criminal activity, she leads the charge in the manhunt for the killers. As the casualty list expands, fear and fascination with this suspicious shooting gallery galvanizes the country.
Utopia Avenue: A Novel
By David Mitchell. From Random House.
The long-awaited new novel from the bestselling, prize-winning author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks.
The Only Good Indians
By Stephen Graham Jones. From Gallery / Saga Press.
Peter Straub’s Ghost Story meets Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies in this American Indian horror story of revenge on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
Four American Indian men from the Blackfeet Nation, who were childhood friends, find themselves in a desperate struggle for their lives, against an entity that wants to exact revenge upon them for what they did during an elk hunt ten years earlier by killing them, their families, and friends.
The City We Became
By N. K. Jemisin. From Orbit.
Five New Yorkers must come together in order to defend their city from an ancient evil in the first book of a stunning new series by Hugo award-winning and NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin.
Every great city has a soul. Some are as ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York City? She's got six.
But every city also has a dark side.
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
By Phuc Tran. From Flatiron Books.
For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong, Sigh, Gone shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works of classic literature.
In 1975, during the fall of Saigon, Phuc Tran immigrates to America along with his family. By sheer chance they land in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a small town where the Trans struggle to assimilate into their new life.
Spy: A Novel
By Danielle Steel. From Delacorte Press.
A young woman is caught up in a dangerous double life on behalf of her country during World War II in Danielle Steel’s thrilling new novel.
At eighteen, Alexandra Wickham is presented to King George V and Queen Mary in an exquisite white lace and satin dress her mother has ordered from Paris. With her delicate blond looks, she is a stunning beauty who seems destined for a privileged life. But fate, a world war, and her own quietly rebellious personality lead her down a different path.
Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
By Sierra Crane Murdoch. From Random House.
The true crime story of a murder on an Indian reservation, and the unforgettable Arikara woman who becomes obsessed with solving it--an urgent, page-turning work of literary journalism and social criticism.
When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence, the landscape had been altered beyond recognition, her tribal government swayed by corporate interests, and her community burdened by a surge in violence and addiction.
The Rakess: Society of Sirens, Volume I
By Scarlett Peckham. From Avon.
Meet the SOCIETY OF SIRENS—three radical, libertine ladies determined to weaponize their scandalous reputations to fight for justice and the love they deserve…
She’s a Rakess on a quest for women’s rights…
Seraphina Arden’s passions include equality, amorous affairs, and wild, wine-soaked nights. To raise funds for her cause, she’s set to publish explosive memoirs exposing the powerful man who ruined her. Her ideals are her purpose, her friends are her family, and her paramours are forbidden to linger in the morning.
Stepping Stones (Peapod Farm)
By Lucy Knisley. From Random House Graphic.
This contemporary middle-grade graphic novel about family and belonging from New York Times bestselling author Lucy Knisley is a perfect read for fans of Awkward and Be Prepared.
Jen is used to not getting what she wants. So suddenly moving the country and getting new stepsisters shouldn't be too much of a surprise.
Jen did not want to leave the city.
After Sundown
By Linda Howard and Linda Jones. From HarperLuxe.
From New York Times bestselling authors Linda Howard and Linda Jones, danger unites two guarded hearts as they struggle for survival...
Sela Gordon, shy owner of a Tennessee general store, prefers solitude. If anyone can chip away at her protective shell it’s the handsome, mysterious, ex-military man who’s been hiding for two years in the wilds of Cove Mountain.
Miss Julia Knows a Thing or Two
By Ann B. Ross. From Thorndike Press Large Print.
The delightful new installment of the beloved and New York Times bestselling Miss Julia series
Miss Julia has decided to turn over a new leaf -- it's time to stop meddling in other peoples' lives. But her hands are full before long! Mildred is sent into a tizzy when a grandchild she's never met shows up on her doorstop. With her husband fighting a mysterious illness, she's all on her own. Meanwhile, Etta Mae is worried about losing her job now that the retirement care center is closing.
