The Dusty Bookshelf
A gruesome discovery and the arrest of a child ignite a crisis of confidence in post-Revolutionary New London, Connecticut. As the summer of 1786 unfolds, an investigation exposes the contradictions in the young nation’s hard-won liberty, forcing the town to consider the fate of people of color.
From the author of Jemima J and Falling comes the New York Times bestseller about finding your place in the place you call home.
Ever since her life took an unexpected turn, Nan Powell has enjoyed living alone on the sun-drenched shores of Nantucket. At sixty-five, she’s just as likely to be found at Windermere, her beach front home, as she is skinny dipping in her neighbor’s pool. But when the money she thought would last forever starts to dwindle, Nan decides to do something drastic to keep hold of her free-spirited life: open up Windermere to strangers.
Did you know that we keep up to a year previous of all of our periodicals? So, if you want to binge on Nat Geo Traveler, Harper’s Bazaar, or Bicycling magazine, for example, you’re welcome to get your eyeful!
If you’ve heard of Elena Ferrante you probably know that her highly addicting novelization of the friendship between Lila Cerullo and Elena Greco recently concluded with the publication of the fourth installment. This was a very exciting development for fans, but also in a way, disappointing- it meant the series was finite! Here at the Public Library of New London we have another of Ferrante’s gripping stories, The Days of Abandonment. If you need more of Ferrante’s singular voice OR, if the length of the series is too intimidating, Days of Abandonment is the perfect introduction.
Dostoyevsky’s classic The Brothers Karamazov is always on my “To Read” list… Maybe 2016 will be the year I can check it off!
Have you ever perused our small, but nicely curated, Thames Valley Sustainable Connections bookshelf? We’ve got some great titles on the subject of sustainability. One favorite is The Omnivore’s Dilemma, first published in 2006.
Man has always been confronted with the conundrum of “what should we eat?” Journalist Micheal Pollen investigates the food choices we make today, in world of seemingly abundant and infinite alimentary options. He goes on to deftly implicate us in the moral ramifications of our choices.
It’s not too late to participate in the Adopt-A-Book program! This is our annual fundraiser which offers patrons the opportunity to purchase a book for our collection. There is a wide range of material to choose from, including some classics we need to re-introduce to the collection. One such favorite, from 1977, is Stephen King’s The Shining. Come in and make a selection or, click here to see what’s available, and here to adopt your books online! You’ve got until December 1st…
I can’t seem to get my hands on the The Day the Crayons Came Home. It’s too new and in very high demand- apparently as irresistible as it’s predecessor, The Day the Crayons Quit. But, artist/illustrator Oliver Jeffers has been making great children’s books for a couple of years now, so I’ve found The Incredible Book Eating Boy from 2006 to tide me over. It’s filled with book-y collages and comes with an audio CD featuring both a read along version as well as a version read with sound effects. You’ll find it in our books with “Bonus Material” section, take a look!
“On Monday, in math class, Mrs. Fibonacci says, ‘ You know, you can think of almost everything as a math problem.’ On Tuesday I start having problems. ” So Starts, Math Curse, where everything is broken down into hysterical numerical terms. Have fun figuring it all out! Plus, you’ll find this in our current Staff Picks shelf, where there are many hand picked book suggestions. There’s something for everyone; new, classic, fiction, non-fiction, short, long, etc!
Looking to be romanced by a coming of age story set in New England? Mermaids follows the Flax family as they move, yet again, to a new town- this time a small one in Massachusetts. Cher, Winona Ryder, and Christina Ricci star in this fun and stylish classic from 1990.