August 8th is International Cat Day! Let’s enjoy some frankly purrfect cats in books and movies. Books listed: Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Truman Capote; Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, T.S. Eliot; The Master & Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami; The Famished Road, Ben Okri; I Am a Cat, Soseki Natsume. Movies […]
The last book in Colson Whitehead’s crime series the Harlem Trilogy is finally here! If you are craving an atmospheric, historic, smart, funny, NYC-centered crime series with a compelling main character, you can now binge all three novels. Perfect if you like: books set in New York, historical fiction, atmospheric crime novels, literary fiction
This month, read stories from around the world! Enjoy the rest of this booklist and other booklists on our booklists page!
Jen se Mwa Mondyal Oseyan an! Rete "ajou" epi plonje nan yon apresyasyon pi pwofon sou kò dlo etonan sa yo ki kouvri 71% sifas Latè a. Jwenn lis liv sa a ak lòt bon lis liv sou paj Lis Liv nou an sou sitwèb HPL la!
Li lè pou yon doub fim! Pa gen okenn spoiler. Baze sou fim Akira Kurosawa an 1963, High and Low, dènye fim Spike Lee a, Highest 2 Lowest, se istwa yon nonm rich ki pran nan tantativ kidnapin pitit gason l lan. High and Low rakonte istwa yon nonm fondamantalman desan, Kingo Gondo (jwe pa […]
Have you checked out Freegal Music yet? It’s a free music streaming service you can access through the library! You can download the app or find out more at www.freegalmusic.com. Find this and other booklists on our Booklists page! Page 1 albums: Earth Kitt, “Platinum & Gold Collection”; Jeff Tweedy, “Twilight Override”; Bad Bunny, “Debí […]
Celebrate National Arab American Heritage Month this year by enjoying one of our titles featuring or by an Arab American! “We have to be a nation of compassion and some sort of humanity when it comes to the treatment of other human beings.” – Rashida Tlaib Page 1, Row 1 Titles: And She Could Be […]
If you need a little escape, dive into the clear, blue waters of Corfu! In the spirit of All Creatures Great and Small, this is the small-town, feel-good story of a widow and her four children who, down on their luck in England, impulsively move to the Greek island of Corfu. Based on a true […]
Dive into Women’s History Month this year by reading some of our many titles focusing on women and/or written by women! “. . . the critics who shaped our modern idea of the novel in English so frequently dismissed women writers that the systematic excising has a name. It’s called the Great Forgetting. Only Austen […]
Celebrate Valentine’s Day this year with some zany love and hijinks–courtesy of one of the library’s many classic Screwball Comedies to Swoon Over! Explore this and many other booklists on our Booklists page!
