Do you enjoy chilling, post-apocalyptic stories set in winter? Check out Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice! When a power outage occurs, phone service goes out, and food shipments stop, fear and panic start to build in a small Anishinaabe community in northern Canada. With news of similar issues happening elsewhere and people […]
Blix Windway has made a career out of her wanderlust and is entirely independent – an unusual and difficult choice for a woman brought up as a Lady in 1920s England. Her newest expedition takes her to Egypt, where she is eager to experience the culture and learn all she can. She makes a new […]
Nonfiction: Books About Black Musicians Learn all about Black musicians past and present through our display of memoirs, biographies, DVDs, and nonfiction books! Plus, catch a Friday morning movie at HPL! This month, we’re featuring biopics about Black musicians. Visit our Events page for the schedule. Fiction: For the Love of Food Whether you’re an […]
Are you ever drawn to a book by the title or the cover art? That’s how I ended up with a copy of Jean Kyoung Frazier’s Pizza Girl. Just like the exciting cover art, the text inside grabbed my attention and didn’t disappoint. In this concise novel, an 18-year-old Los Angeles woman navigates pregnancy, work, […]
Hirayasumi by Keigo Shinzō is a feel-good slice of life manga series that follows 29 year old Hiroto and his laid back approach to life. He recently inherited a house from a curmudgeonly elderly woman he befriended and is now dealing with home ownership. His 18 year old cousin, Natsumi, has also come to live […]
Kit ou se yon fanatik triloji Holly Jackson nan, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, oswa si ou tou senpleman renmen yon bon woman mistè asasina, gade premye woman granmoun li a, Not Quite Dead Yet! Jet Mason, 27 an, santi tankou tout lavi l devan l, li pa prese pou l pran okenn gwo desizyon nan lavi l. Men […]
Apre yon dezas nan relasyon piblik, Coal Claus, prens Nwèl la epi pwochen moun ki pral pran plas Santa Claus la, yo rele l tounen lakay li nan Pòl Nò a pou l fè devwa fèt li yo epi retabli imaj li. Papa l fè l konnen tou ke li pral marye ak Iris, Prensès Pak la epi pi bon zanmi anfans li. Nouvèl sa a […]
Ti imajinasyon sa a ki enspire pa mitoloji pa sanble ak anyen mwen te janm li anvan. Nan mond Nesi a, gen katreven dis nèf dye totem bèt, yo rele Pilye Syèl la. Li dwe touche plas li kòm yon akolit ak youn nan dye yo oubyen yo pral fèmen l nan tanp lan pou tout lavi. Lè nou rankontre l, li echwe katreven sis sou […]
Si w enterese nan listwa ameriken anvan revolisyon an, listwa relijye, listwa abolisyon ak esklavaj, oubyen nan pèsonaj kolore ki pasyone, alò "The Fearless Benjamin Lay" pa Marcus Rediker ka liv ki bon pou ou! Li te fèt an Angletè an 1682 nan yon fanmi ki pa gen anpil mwayen, Benjamin Lay te yon nonm otodidak nan mond lan. Pa [...]
Dorothy Gentleman reveye epi li reyalize plizyè bagay pa bon ditou. Premyèman, gwo veso entèstelè kote l ye a ap travèse yon tanpèt mayetik, sa vle di kominikasyon ak lespri veso a pa bon. Dezyèmman, lespri tout pasaje yo estoke jiskaske yo mande pou yo telechaje yo nan yon nouvo kò, epi Dorothy pa t sipoze […]
