“Jennifer Egan’s spellbinding interlocking narratives circle the lives of Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Although Bennie and Sasha never discover each other’s pasts, the reader does, in intimate detail, along with the secret lives of a […]
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On August 19th, the Hugo Awards were held in San Jose, California. As Science Fiction’s most prestigious award, nominees for and winners of the Hugos are followed with great interest by fans and authors of the genre. Categories include standards such as best novel, best novelette, and best short […]
So, Anyway is a 2014 autobiography written by the legendary English comedic actor John Cleese. Monty Python fans will know him as the tall, boisterous performer who co-wrote such classic sketches as “the Dead Parrot Sketch,” “Cheese Shop,” and “the Ministry of Silly Walks.” While Cleese’s long career has shown his […]
“Phoebe Lin and Will Kendall meet in their first month at prestigious Edwards University. Phoebe is a glamorous girl who doesn’t tell anyone she blames herself for her mother’s recent death. Will is a misfit scholarship boy who transfers to Edwards from Bible college, waiting tables to get by. What […]
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” – William Faulkner 1968 is considered to be one of the most turbulent years in American history. The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F Kennedy that year shocked the nation. On the other side of the globe […]
This week’s staff pick is Here by Richard McGuire. This graphic novel doesn’t follow any specific story or characters, but instead has a simple concept. Each page is a wide shot of the same exact location spanning tens of thousands of years. Within that same page, separate and sometimes intersecting panels show […]
At 28 years old, Eli “Berg” Koenigsberg has never encountered a challenge he couldn’t push through, until a head injury leaves him with lingering headaches and a weakness for opiates. Berg moves to a remote Northern California town, seeking space and time to recover, but soon finds himself breaking into […]
Our 2018 Summer Reading program is nearly over! This year’s theme is Libraries Rock! To celebrate, we’ve put together a display featuring music (in CD format) and biographies of some of the best known rock musicians. Here are a few standout titles: Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury by […]
On this day in 1862, renowned American geologist Florence Bascom was born. She was the first woman to earn a PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1893, and she was the second woman in the United States to earn a PhD in geology. She also went on to be the […]
The FIFA World Cup 2018 is underway and nearing it’s finale! Held every 4 years since 1930, the World Cup is one of the most prestigious and widely viewed sporting events on Earth. This year’s Cup matches will be held at multiple locations all across Russia (the host country), lasting […]