Join the Book Discussion

Wednesday, September 16th (between 2PM and 4PM) for a discussion of I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai.

Malala will tell the inspirational story of a remarkable teenage girl who risked her life to stand up to the Taliban for her right to go to school. It will also be the story of her unusual family who refused to be cowed or silenced as Islamic militants turned their homeland into hell: an enlightened father from a poor background who overcame a terrible stammer to win a speaking contest, and follow his dream of opening a school, and a beautiful and illiterate mother from an important political family. (Publisher Summary)

Registration is going on now! Copies of the book are available at the Circulation Desk.

National Book Critics Circle Announces Award Winners for Publishing Year 2014

                   

Recently in the Media

Looking for a book that you saw in the news? Here's a selection of books that were recently in the media and are now on our shelves:
The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Haven for Hitler's Men by Eric Lichtlau
Reveals the secret history of how the United States became home to thousands of Nazi war criminals after World War II, many of whom were brought over by American government agencies to work as spies, intelligence assets, and military scientists. (Publisher Summary)

Watch Me: A Memoir by Anjelica Huston 

The actress discusses her long-time relationship with Jack Nicholson, her most memorable film appearances, and her collaborations with some of the film industry's most respected directors. (Publisher Summary)

I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend by Martin Short with David Kamp

The Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning actor and comic shares stories from his life that recount his early years with Saturday Night Live, the development of his numerous characters, his family life and his celebrity friendships. (Publisher Summary)

41 : A Portrait of My Father by George W. Bush

The forty-third president of the U.S. offers an intimate biography of his father, the forty-first president, tracing his career as an accomplished statesman and discussing his influence on the author's own political career. (Publisher Summary)

Librarian's Picks of the Month

Not sure what to read next? Take a look at our "Librarian's Picks" display where you'll find these and many more titles on display today:

The King's Mistress by Emma Campion: (Historical Fiction)

A tale inspired by the life of Edward III's notorious mistress finds a young Alice dutifully marrying a dangerously secretive man and accepting royal protection while reluctantly participating in a strategically beneficial affair with the king to safeguard her family.

My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira: (Historical Fiction)

Traveling to Civil War-era Washington, D.C. to tend wounded soldiers and pursue her dream of becoming a surgeon, headstrong midwife Mary receives guidance from two smitten doctors and resists her mother's pleas for her to return home.

Her: A Memoir by Christa Parravani:(Autobiography)

After her identical twin sister, who, haunted by childhood experiences with father figures and further damaged by being raped as a young adult, succumbs to drugs and depression, the author, after reading a statistic that 50% of the time the surviving twin dies within two years, decides to beat the odds.

The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks: (Romantic Suspense Fiction)

Coming into the possession of a photograph of a smiling woman he has never met, a man experiences a chain of fortuitous events that causes him to regard the photograph as a lucky charm, a belief that prompts a heartfelt search for the woman.

The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak: (Historical Fiction)

A re-imagining of the early years of Catherine the Great traces the story of a naive German duchess as observed by young Barbara, a servant who watches her mistress's elevation and rises to become one of Russia's most clever royal spies.

The Woman I Wanted to Be

Diane von Furstenberg talks with NBC's Today Show's Matt Lauer and Hoda Kotb about her new book The Woman I Wanted to Be,  in which von Furstenberg reflects on her extraordinary life--from childhood in Brussels to her days as a young, jet-set princess, to creating the dress that came to symbolize independence and power for an entire generation of women. 

With honesty and wisdom, von Furstenberg mines the rich territory of what it means to be a woman. She opens up about her family and career, overcoming cancer, building a global brand, and devoting herself to empowering other women, writing, "I want every woman to know that she can be the woman she wants to be"

Place your hold for The Woman I Wanted to Be today.

The A-List

The editors over at Amazon compiled a list of 10 must-read books by and about celebrities...who doesn't want to get into the mind of a Hollywood A-lister? Shown below are Amazon's picks (click here to read the full article). Visit the Community Library to see if your favorite celebrity has a book!

From left to right

John Wayne: the Life and Legend by Scott Eyman

Life by Keith Richards

Me: Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn

Still Foolin' Em by Billy Crystal

Autobiography by Morrissey

Open by Andre Agassi

Bossypants by Tina Fey

The Kid Stays in the Picture by Robert Evans

Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
The Art of Neil Gaiman: a Visual Biography

Love, Nina : A Nanny Writes Home by Nina Stibbe

When she was twenty years old, Nina Stibbe moved to London to become a live-in nanny to two spirited young boys, Sam and Will Frear, whose no-nonsense mother, Mary-Kay Wilmers, was the deputy editor of the London Review of Books. Stibbe's memoir, Love, Nina: a Nanny Writes Home is a funny and heartwarming work that is comprised of the humorous and detailed letters of everyday life in the Frear-Wilmer's household that Nina wrote to her sister, Vic, during her time as the boys nanny.  

Love, Nina received a starred review from Booklist: "Nina herself, then just 20 and new to the task of being a nanny, was a lover of London and quite the observer, documenting for her sister back home the who, the when, and her full-blown, clever, open-eyed take on the what of life at the Wilmers-Frears. Stibbe notes that nannying is "not like a job really, just like living in someone else's life," but what a funny, artist-filled life she lived, and how well she watched and participated. This is an offbeat paean to families, real and cobbled-together, to sisters and siblings, and to communicating with love. It's also a rare and wholly delectable epistolary slice of life."

Read It Before It Hits the Silver Screen!

In The Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort, an arrogant bad boy of finance, shares his story as a master of his own universe.  By day he made more money than he could count, and by night he spent it as fast as he could, on drugs, sex, and international globe-trotting.

This is a story of greed, power, and excess no one could invent - the extraordinary story of an ordinary guy who went from hustling Italian ices at sixteen to making hundreds of millions. Until it all fell apart.

Movie Release Date: December 25, 2013

Who’s starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, and Matthew McConaughey

Click here to visit the official movie site and view the trailer.