Here it is – our last New Book Friday for 2014! With the upcoming winter break, make sure to check out a pile of books to read and enjoy.
Tag: nonfiction
New York Times 10 Best Books of 2014
The 10 Best Books of 2014, chosen by the New York Times from their annual list of 100 Notable Books.
The 10 Best Books of 2014, chosen by the New York Times from their annual list of 100 Notable Books.
FICTION
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (CD book)
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill (audio download, eBook)
Euphoria by Lily King
Family Life by Akhil Sharma
Redeployment by Phil Klay (eBook)
NONFICTION
Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss
Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life by Hermione Lee
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert (CD book)
Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David by Lawrence Wright
National Book Award Finalists
The National Book Foundation announced finalists for the 2014 National Book Awards, which celebrate the best of American literature. Winners will be announced on November 19.
The National Book Foundation announced finalists for the 2014 National Book Awards, which celebrate the best of American literature. Winners will be announced on November 19.
FICTION
Rabih Alameddine, An Unnecessary Woman
Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See (CD book)
Phil Klay, Redeployment (eBook)
Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven (audio download, eBook)
Marilynne Robinson, Lila
NONFICTION
Roz Chast, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Anand Gopal, No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes
John Lahr, Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
Evan Osnos, Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
Edward O. Wilson, The Meaning of Human Existence
Financial Times Business Book of the Year Longlist
Financial Times has released its 2014 longlist for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, which goes to “the book that is judged to have provided the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues.”
Financial Times has released its 2014 longlist for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, which goes to “the book that is judged to have provided the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues.”
Titles include:
The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World, by Russell Gold
Capital in the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas Piketty
Creativity, Inc: Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, by Ed Catmull
Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance, by Julia Angwin
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt, by Michael Lewis
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers, by Ben Horowitz
House of Debt: How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession, and How We Can Prevent It From Happening Again, by Atif Mian and Amir Sufi
The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies, by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee
Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America’s Most Powerful and Private Dynasty, by Daniel Schulman
New Book Friday: August 2014
August brings us a new copies of classics (The Chocolate War, After the First Death), continuations of graphic novel series (American Vampire), hard-hitting nonfiction, new series, new stories, new characters to take home and enjoy.
Vive la France! Bastille Day is July 14
Celebrate Bastille Day this July 14 with a selection of fiction and nonfiction books about France!
Bastille Day is the French National Day, which commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution on July 14, 1789 with the Storming of the Bastille. Known as “La Fête Nationale” (The National Celebration) and “Le quatorze juillet” (The fourteenth of July) in France, Bastille Day is marked by celebrations all over France, including a military parade and aircraft aerobatics.
France-themed books include:
Celebrate Bastille Day this July 14 with a selection of fiction and nonfiction books about France!
Bastille Day is the French National Day, which commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution on July 14, 1789 with the Storming of the Bastille. Known as “La Fête Nationale” (The National Celebration) and “Le quatorze juillet” (The fourteenth of July) in France, Bastille Day is marked by celebrations all over France, including a military parade and aircraft aerobatics.
France-themed books include:
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Fiction
Memoirs
Nonfiction
2014 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners
On May 1, 2014, the Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction published in 2013.
On May 1, 2014, the Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best works in mystery fiction and nonfiction which were published in 2013.
Winners include:
Best Novel
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Nominees
Sandrine’s Case by Thomas H. Cook
The Humans by Matt Haig
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny (CD book)
Standing in Another Man’s Grave by Ian Rankin
Until She Comes Home by Lori Roy
Best First Novel by an American Author
Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews (large print book)
Nominees
The Resurrectionist by Matthew Guinn
Ghostman by Roger Hobbs
Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreigh (eBook)
Best Paperback Original
The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
Nominees
The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne (eBook)
Almost Criminal by E. R. Brown
Joe Victim by Paul Cleave
Joyland by Stephen King (CD book)
Brilliance by Marcus Sakey
Best Fact Crime
The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War by Daniel Stashower (audio download)
Nominees
Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America’s First Sensational Murder Mystery by Paul Collins
Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal by Michael D’Antonio
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder by Charles Graeber
The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and the Medics Behind Nazi Lines by Cate Lineberry
2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners
On April 14, the Pulitzer Prize committee announced the winners and finalists for the 2014 Pulitzer Prizes.
On April 14, the Pulitzer Prize committee announced the winners and finalists for the 2014 Pulitzer Prizes.
Winners and nominees include:
Fiction
Winner: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (CD book, large print book)
Finalists: The Son by Philipp Meyer (audio download, eBook)
The Woman Who Lost Her Soul by Bob Shacochis
History
Winner: The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 by Alan Taylor
Finalists: A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama’s America by Jacqueline Jones
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser
Biography
Winner: Margaret Fuller: A New American Life by Megan Marshall
Finalists: Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World by Leo Damrosch
Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life by Jonathan Sperber
Nonfiction
Winner: Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin (eBook)
Finalists: The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger and a Forgotten Genocide by Gary J. Bass
The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War by Fred Kaplan
April 22 is Earth Day
To celebrate this year’s Earth Day – an annual event supporting environmental awareness and protection – on April 22, why not stop by library and borrow a book from our Environmental Center collection?
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To celebrate this year’s Earth Day – an annual event supporting environmental awareness and protection – on April 22, why not stop by the library and borrow a book from our Environmental Center collection?
New titles include:
The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters by Gregory Zuckerman
Plant Conservation: Why It Matters and How It Works by Timothy Walker
The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation by Adam Rome
Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade by Adam Minter
The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World by Russell Gold
An Explorer’s Notebook by Tim Flannery
The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability – Designing for Abundance by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats by Kristen Iversen
Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA by E.G. Vallianatos and McKay Jenkins
New Book Friday: April 2014
April showers bring new books in Teen Services.
