LFA Library: New Materials (Apr - May 2017)
Overdrive eBooks (Red= Fiction; Black= Non-Fiction) Title Author
Africa (Fourth Edition) Maria Grosz-Ngate
Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age Dan Zak
All These Worlds Are Yours: The Scientific Search for Alien Life Jon Willis
Behold the Dreamers Imbolo Mbue (Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction)
Blood and Earth: Modern Slavery, Ecocide, and the Secret to Saving the World Kevin Bales
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Trevor Noah
Bringing Innovation to School: Empowering Students to Thrive in a Changing World Suzie Boss
Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It Larrie D. Ferreiro (Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Winner of the Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year Prize)
Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran Laura Secor
Dodgers: A Novel Bill Beverly (Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller)
The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It…Every Time Maria Konnikova
The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse Tom Verducci
Fever Dream: A Novel Samantha Schweblin (Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize)
Free to Make: How the Maker Movement is Changing Our Schools, Our Jobs, and Our Minds Dale Dougherty
Girls on Fire Robin Wasserman
The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood
Herding Hemingway’s Cats: Understanding How Our Genes Work Kat Arney
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, A Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill Candice Millard
History is All You Left Me Adam Silvera
Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction Derek Thompson
How I Became a North Korean: A Novel Krys Lee (Finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize; Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal)
A Loaded Gun: Emily Dickinson for the 21st Century Jerome Charyn (Longlisted for the PEN/Weld Award for Biography)
Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet Lyndal Roper
The Nix Nathan Hill (Entertainment Weekly’s #1 Book of the Year) The Oyster War: The True Story of a Small Farm, Big Politics, and the Future of Wilderness in America Summer Brennan
Pachinko Min Jin Lee
The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters Emily Esfahani Smith
Reader, I Married him: Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre Edited by Tracy Chevalier
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between Hisham Matar (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Jean Stein Book Award; Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize)
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered Austin Kleon
A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression Jane Ziegelman
To the Bright Edge of the World Eowyn Ivey (Library Journal Top Ten Book of the Year)
Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother’s Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South Beth Macy (Finalist for the Kirkus Prize; Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal of Excellence)
The Vegetarian: A Novel Han Kang (Winner of the Man Booker International Prize)
The Wangs vs. the World: A Novel Jade Chang
Words are My Matter: Writing About Life and Books, 2000-2016, With a Journal of a Writer’s Week Ursula K. Le Guin
Print Collection
(Red= Fiction; Black= Non-Fiction) Title Author
All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders (Shortlisted for the Hugo and Nebula Awards)
Apex Hides the Hurt: A Novel Colson Whitehead
The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For David McCullough
Anti-Imperial Metropolis: Interwar Paris and the Seeds of Third World Nationalism Michael Goebel
Anything is Possible Elizabeth Strout
Barkskins Annie Proulx (Finalist for the Kirkus Prize for Best Novel)
Beyond Greek: The Beginnings of Latin Literature Denis Feeney
Cousin Joseph: A Graphic Novel Jules Feiffer
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan
The Dew Breaker Edwidge Danticat (Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction)
Earth in Human Hands: Shaping Our Planet’s Future David Grinspoon
The European Union and the Member States (Third Edition) Eleanor E. Zeff
Fastpitch: The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made the Game Erica Westly
Finding Bix: The Life and Afterlife of a Jazz Legend Brendan Wolfe Follow the River James Alexander Thom
The Gap of Time: William Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare Series) Jeanette Winterson
The Genius of Birds Jennifer Ackerman
The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far: Why Are We Here? Lawrence M. Krauss
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance Angela Duckworth
Hamilton: The Revolution Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe’s History Peter H. Wilson (The Economist’s Book of the Year; The Sunday Times’ Book of the Year)
How to Be Drawn: Poems Terence Hayes (Finalist for the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award)
I’d Die For You: And Other Lost Stories F. Scott Fitzgerald
Imagine Me Gone Adam Haslett (Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction; Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and Kirkus Prize; Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction)
Imagine Wanting Only This: A Graphic Memoir Kristen Radtke Irena’s Children: A True Story of Courage Tilar J. Mazzeo
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked Adam Alter
It’s a Good Life if You Don’t Weaken: A Picture Novella Seth
The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later Moises Kaufman, et al.
Last Look: A Graphic Novel Charles Burns
The Last Painting of Sara De Vos Dominic Smith
Look: Poems Solmaz Sharif (Finalist for the PEN Open Book Award and the National Book Award)
Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age Amani Al-Khatahtbeh
New Boy: William Shakespeare’s “Othello” Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare Series) Tracy Chevalier
The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity (New Edition) Timothy Ware
Patience: A Graphic Novel Daniel Clowes
A People’s History of Chicago: Poems Kevin Coval
Rhinoceros and Other Plays Eugene Ionesco
The Sellout: A Novel Paul Beatty (Winner of the Man Booker Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction, and the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature)
Shylock is my Name: William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare Howard Jacobson Series)
The Sport of Kings: A Novel C.E. Morgan (Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Fiction)
Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life Helen Czerski
Sudden Fiction International: Sixty Short-Short Stories Edited by Robert Shapard & James Thomas A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
Uprooted Naomi Novik (Finalist for Hugo Award for Best Novel)
Why the Wheel is Round: Muscles, Technology, and How We Make Things Move Steven Vogel
DVDs
(Red= Feature Films; Black = Documentary Films) Title
The Battle of Chosin (PBS American Experience)
Being Shakespeare
Fences (Academy Award Nominee for Best Picture) Hidden Figures (Academy Award Nominee for Best Picture)
La La Land (Academy Award Nominee for Best Picture; Golden Globe Winner for Best Picture)
Lion (Academy Award Nominee for Best Picture; Golden Globe Nominee for Best Picture)
Monsieur Lazhar (Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film)
Oklahoma City: A Cautionary Tale of Hate in America (PBS American Experience)
Page One: Inside the New York Times (Sundance Film Festival Nominee for Grand Jury Prize; Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Winner for Best Documentary)
Planet Earth II: A New World Revealed (BBC Earth)
A Raisin in the Sun (2008) (Golden Globe Nominee for Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television)
Silence (A Martin Scorsese Film) (American Film Institute Award Winner for Movie of the Year)
Videogames
Title
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey (PS4)
Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series (PS4)
Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (WiiU)
LEGO Worlds (PS4)