MWT Weekly January 25, 2016

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WEEKLY

NEW RELEASES DVDs

Downton Abbey Season 6 DVD 11446076 • $49.99 Blu-ray 11446077 • $50.99

Burnt

Goosebumps

DVD 11428769 • $22.99 Blu-ray 11428770 • $26.99

DVD 11462348 • $23.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11462349 • $29.99

Doctor Who Series 9, Part 2 DVD 11489296 • $21.99 Blu-ray 11489297 • $25.99

AUDIOBOOKS

JANUARY 24, 2016

Coconut Cowboy

The Ex

Tim Dorseyy

A Son’s Vow

Alafair Burkee

Harper Collins Publishers Unabridged • 8 Discs 11473278 • $39.99

Harper Collins Publishers Unabridged • 6 Discs 11473627 • $29.99

Shelley Shepard Gray

The Swans of Fifth Avenue

Melanie Benjamin

Harper Collins Publishers

Random House, Inc.

Tedeschi Trucks Band

Ultra Dance 17

Unabridged • 6 Discs 11474467 • $29.99

Unabridged • 10 Discs 11350869 • $44.99

CDs

Sia

Yanni

This Is Acting

Sensuous Chill

CD 11492103 • $12.99

CD 11512449 • $14.99

Let Me Get By

Various Artists

CD 11512441 • $15.99

CD 11496849 • $15.99

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PICKS OF THE WEEK The Peanuts Movie $129

Million Box Office

Starring: Noah Schnapp, Bill Melendez, Hadley Belle Miller Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, and the rest of the beloved Peanuts gang make their bigscreen debut, like they’ve never been seen before, in state-of-the-art 3D animation. Charlie Brown, the world’s most beloved underdog, embarks upon an epic and heroic quest, while his best pal, the lovable beagle Snoopy, takes to the skies to pursue his arch-nemesis, the Red Baron. G 88 min. (2015) $129M Children’s “Even with his glossy new look, Charlie Brown remains the Charlie Browniest.” - Boston Globe

Available March 8 DVD 11485895 $22.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11485896 $29.99 (2 Discs)

DVD & Blu-ray

The Good Dinosaur

$115 Million Box Office Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Maleah Nipay-Padilla What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? In this epic journey into the world of dinosaurs, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of. PG 94 min. (2015) Children’s “...an original concept, disarming emotional heft...the most impressive visuals in animated cinema to date.” - San Francisco Chronicle “It’s smart in surprising ways…” - Village Voice

Available February 23 DVD 11498400 $22.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11498401 $29.99 (2 Discs)

Jem and the Holograms

The Lion Guard

Starring: Aubrey Peeples, Stefanie Scott, Aurora Perrineau Small-town girl Jerrica lives an unexceptional life, until she takes on a secret identity inspired by her music. She becomes Jem: the bold, stunning, and absolutely fearless global superstar! But when it seems that she may lose touch with the things that really matter, Jerrica and her band of sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey, discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden. PG 119 min. (2015) $2M Children’s “...a stylish and self-aware musical fantasy for the YouTube generation.” - Los Angeles Times “...the movie is surprisingly sweet...”

Starring: Max Charles, James Earl Jones, Rob Lowe Meet Kion, second-born cub of Simba and Nala, as he assumes the role of leader of ‘The Lion Guard,’ an elite team of animals tasked with preserving the Pride Lands. Follow him as he assembles a group of unlikely heroes. Join them on a thrilling adventure as they use their unique abilities to defend the Pride Lands from predators and maintain balance within the Circle of Life. TVY 44 min. Children’s

$2 Million Box Office

- Entertainment Weekly

Return of the Roar

Available February 23 DVD

11513824

$16.99

Available February 16 DVD 11467130 $22.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11467341 $26.99 (2 Discs)

Difret

Bill Nye’s

Starring: Meron Getnet, Tizita Hagere, Abel Abebe From executive producer Angelina Jolie Pitt comes the award-winning drama based on the inspirational true story of a young Ethiopian girl and a tenacious lawyer embroiled in a life-ordeath clash between cultural traditions and their country’s advancement of equal rights. When 14-year-old Hirut is abducted for marriage, she fights back, accidentally killing her captor and intended husband. UNK 99 min. (2014) Drama “The compelling Difret is a small film with a lot on its mind.” - Los Angeles Times “A quite powerful drama...” - Hollywood Reporter

Available February 2 DVD

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11504724

$59.99

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Global Meltdown Starring: Bill Nye, Arnold Schwarzenegger Scientist Bill Nye examines the Earth’s warming temperatures through the prism of the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Ultimately, Arnold Schwarzenegger encourages Bill to find solutions in science, and Bill heads to Silicon Valley to explore the ways technology companies like Google and Tesla are taking the lead in mapping out a clean energy future that can save the planet. UNK 45 min. (2015) Science

Available February 16 DVD

11489266

$19.99

TV releases • DVD 12 Monkeys Season 1

Starring: Aaron Stanford, Amanda Schull, Noah Bean Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, a man from the post-apocalyptic future travels to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will decimate the human race. UNK 560 min.

(2015) Adventure

DVD 11482245 Blu-ray 11482246

$38.99 (3 Discs) $42.99 (3 Discs)

Fargo Season 2

Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Ted Danson The second chapter is set in 1979 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Luverne, Minnesota, where young State Police Officer Lou Solverson, recently back from Vietnam, will tackle an all-new ‘true crime’ case.

UNK 560 min. (2014) Drama

Available February 23 DVD 11416207 Blu-ray 11416208

$33.99 (4 Discs) $42.99 (3 Discs)

Black Work

Girls

Available January 26

Starring: Lena Dunham, Adam Driver, Allison Williams The girls are tentatively edging toward maturity as they take on new personas in new worlds.

Hannah leaves New York, while confronting uncertainty in her relationship with Adam. Meanwhile, back in New York, Marnie pursues a music career while balancing her professional and romantic relationship with Desi. TVMA 300 min. (2012) Comedy

Starring: Sheridan Smith, Matthew McNulty, Oliver Woollford Jo Gillespie is a policewoman whose detective husband is killed in the line of duty while working undercover on a case. When alarming information about her husband comes to light, Jo loses faith in her police family and sets out to find the killer herself.

NR 141 min. (2015) Drama

DVD

11391006

$34.99

The Complete Fourth Season

Available February 16 DVD 11472673 Blu-ray 11472674

$22.99 (2 Discs) $29.99 (2 Discs)

The Leftovers

The Complete Second Season

Doctor Who

Series 9, Part 2

Starring: Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman Series Nine draws to its epic conclusion. Faced with monsters and threats bigger than any he has ever experienced, the Doctor risks losing everything he holds dear.

UNK 285 min. (2015) Sci-Fi

Available January 26 DVD 11489296 Blu-ray 11489297

$21.99 (2 Discs) $25.99 (2 Discs)

Peaky Blinders Season 2

Starring: Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill, Paul Anderson Business is booming for Birmingham’s Peaky Blinders gang, but that’s not enough for Tommy Shelby. As Shelby battles to keep a strong hold on his evil underworld, he risks his life encroaching on the turf of a volatile gang leader.

UNK 345 min. (2014) Drama

Available February 16 DVD 11518599 Blu-ray 11518598

$25.99 (2 Discs) $29.99 (2 Discs)

Seasons 1 & 2

Starring: Douglas Henshall, Steven Robertson, Alison O’Donnell Eight puzzling murder cases keep good-natured Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez busy, and keep one guessing, in the breathtakingly beautiful Shetland Islands.

UNK 454 min. (2014) Drama

DVD

11489295

Starring: Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston Revolves around mysterious disappearances, and specifically follows a group of people who are left behind in the suburban community of Mapleton. They must begin to rebuild their lives after the loss of more than 100 million people. TVMA 600 min. (2015) Drama

Available February 6 DVD 11515450 Blu-ray 11515691

$33.99 (3 Discs) $38.99 (2 Discs)

Starring: Shalita Grant, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, McKinley Belcher III Takes viewers beyond the battlefield and into the lives of Americans on the Civil War home front as they face challenges of one of the most turbulent times in our nation’s history. UNK 360 min.

(2016) Drama

Available February 2 DVD 11431204 Blu-ray 11431205

$39.99 (2 Discs) $38.99 (2 Discs)

From Dusk Till Dawn

$33.99 (3 Discs)

Starring: D. J. Cotrona, Zane Holtz, Eiza Gonzalez A Texas Ranger is in hot pursuit of the infamous Gecko brothers and their hostages. They all end up trapped in a desert bar secretly run by vampires and discover a vampire conspiracy. UNK 448 min. (2015) Action

Available February 2 DVD 11508181 Blu-ray 11508182

The period drama that took the world by storm reaches its long-awaited conclusion!

Season 6 (Final Season)

Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern Creator Julian Fellowes brings the top PBS drama of all time to its climactic sixth and final chapter. The fates of the Crawley family, and the servants who work for them, are discovered as they face new challenges and begin forging different paths in a rapidly changing world. TVPG 540 min. (2015) Drama

Available January 26 DVD 11446076 Blu-ray 11446077

$49.99 (3 Discs) $50.99 (3 Discs)

Da Vinci’s Demons

The Complete Third Season

Mercy Street

Season 2

Shetland

TV Spotlight

$39.99 (3 Discs) $42.99 (3 Discs)

Starring: Tom Riley, Laura Haddock, Lara Pulver After a long and disastrous personal quest, it’s a slow, painful rebirth for Leonardo Da Vinci as he comes to the realization that his greatest enemy is himself. NR 534 min.

(2015) Drama

Available January 26 DVD 11444668 Blu-ray 11444669

$38.99 (3 Discs) $46.99 (3 Discs)

Togetherness Season 1

Starring: Mark Duplass, Melanie Lynskey, Amanda Peet Brett and Michelle are struggling to rekindle the spark in their relationship. When Brett’s friend Alex and Michelle’s sister Tina move in with them, the foursome engage in a tragically comedic struggle to follow their personal dreams while still remaining good friends, siblings, and spouses to each other.

TVMA 240 min. (2015) Comedy

Available February 16 DVD 11472675 Blu-ray 11472676

$22.99 (2 Discs) $29.99 (2 Discs)

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The Academy Awards, the Super Bowl of cinema,

return on February 28 with host Chris Rock.

The Revenant leads with 12 nominations but Mad Max: Fury Road is right behind it with 10 nominations.

Who will win? But more importantly, how many of these movies will your patrons want to see?

Coming Soon to DVD & Blu-ray: Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, The Revenant, Brooklyn, Room, Spotlight, Creed, Trumbo, The Hateful Eight, Joy, Carol, The Danish Girl, and Anomalisa.

The Martian

Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig

7 Nominations including Best Picture and Best Actor PG13 141 min. (2015) $225M Sci-Fi

DVD 11446070 Blu-ray 11446071

$22.99 $29.99

Sicario

Starring: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro 3 Nominations including

Best Cinematography

R 121 min. (2015) $46M Action

DVD 11446074 $22.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11446075 $29.99 (2 Discs)

Inside Out

Starring: Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black 2 Nominations for Best Animated Feature Film and

Best Original Screenplay

PG 95 min. (2015) $356M Children’s

DVD 11369460 BLU-RAY+DVD 11369511 $29.99

$22.99 (3 Discs)

Spectre

Starring: Daniel Craig, Naomie Harris, Christoph Waltz Nominated for

Best Original Song

PG13 148 min. (2015) $198M Action

Available February 9 DVD 11485893 Blu-ray 11485894

$22.99 $29.99

The Big Short

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Steve Carell

Bridge of Spies

5 Nominations including Best Picture and

Starring: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda 6 Nominations including Best Picture and

R 130 min. (2015) $43M Drama

PG13 141 min. (2015)$70M Drama

Best Supporting Actor

Available April 26

DVD 11518630 $ 22.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11518631 $ 29.99 (2 Discs)

Best Supporting Actor

Available February 2

DVD 11462392 $22.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11462393 $ 29.99 (2 Discs)

Steve Jobs

Mad Max

Available March 15

Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult 10 Nominations including Best Picture and Best Director R 120 min. (2015) $153M Action

Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen 2 Nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress R 123 min. (2015) $18M Biographical

DVD 11467344 $22.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11467345 $ 26.99 (2 Discs)

Cinderella

Starring: Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden Nominated for

Best Costume Design

PG 105 min. (2015) $201M Children’s

DVD 11305492 $22.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11305493 $29.99 (2 Discs)

Ex Machina

Starring: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac 2 Nominations for Best Original Screenplay and

Best Visual Effects

R 108 min. (2015) $25M Sci-Fi

DVD 11330899 Blu-ray 11330900

$14.99 $18.99

Fury Road

DVD 11399504 $21.99 (2 Discs) BLU-RAY+DVD 11399505 $26.99 (2 Discs)

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Starring: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid Djalili Nominated for Best Animated Feature Film PG 85 min. $19M Children’s

DVD 11405449 $22.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11405450 $ 26.99 (2 Discs)

Straight Outta Compton Starring: O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell Nominated for

Best Original Screenplay

R 147 min. (2015) $161M Drama

Available February 16

DVD 11416792 $22.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11416793 $ 26.99 (2 Discs)

Fifty Shades of Grey

Amy

When Marnie Was There

Best Original Song

Best Documentary

Best Animated Feature Film

Starring: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle Nominated for

R 126 min. (2015) $166M Drama

DVD 11284827 $16.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11284828 $ 19.99 (2 Discs)

Racing Extinction Starring: Elon Musk, Jane Goodall Nominated for

Best Original Song UNK 103 min. (2015) Documentary

Available February 23 DVD 11517512 Blu-ray 11517513

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$16.99 $16.99

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Starring: Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Yasiin Bey Nominated for R 128 min. (2015)$8M Biographical

DVD 11437810 Blu-ray 11437811

$14.99 $18.99

Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Kiernan Shipka, Grey Griffin Nominated for

PG 103 min. (2014) Children’s

DVD 11387721 $25.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11386070 $ 29.99 (2 Discs)

The Look of Silence

The Hunting Ground

(Indonesian)

Nominated for

Nominated for

Best Original Song PG13 104 min. (2014) Documentary

Best Documentary PG13 103 min. (2014) Documentary

DVD 11463184 Blu-ray 11463185

$21.99 $25.99

DVD

11428753

$19.99

Academy AwardNominated Music

Just Announced CDs Bonnie Raitt Dig In Deep

Redwing Records • Pop/Rock

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt comes out swinging.

The follow-up to 2012’s triumphant Slipstream illustrates the delicate balance of consistency and risk-taking that has defined Raitt’s remarkable career.

Available February 26 CD 11513489

$13.99

Peter Frampton

Acoustic Classics Phenix Phonograph • Pop/Rock For the first time ever, Peter Frampton presents strippeddown, acoustic versions of his classic hits, including Baby, I Love Your Way; Show Me the Way; and Do You Feel Like I Do.

Available February 26 CD 11521686

$13.99

Frank Turner Ten for Ten

Xtra Mile Recordings • Folk With this CD, Frank Turner has hand-picked ten tracks that have been previously unavailable on a physical release. Included are the original demos for The Ballad of Me & My Friends; Atlanta Curse; and Old Flames.

Available February 12 CD 11521694

$13.99

Rough Guide to Americana World Music Network • Folk Explore the world of Americana with some of the sweetest and bleakest songs to emerge from the scene in recent years.

Included are tracks from Robert Earl Keen, Patty Griffin, Giant Sand, and more.

Available February 26 Second Edition CD 11519469

$12.99

George Fest

A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison BMG Recorded Music • Pop/Rock Recorded and filmed at the Fonda Theater in Los Angeles, a host of today’s best musicians cut loose on some of the deeper songs of George Harrison’s career. Performers include Norah Jones, Brian Wilson, and Weird Al Yankovic.

Available February 26 Includes bonus DVD CD 11516802 $29.99 2 Discs Includes bonus Blu-ray CD 11516801 $29.99 2 Discs

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School of Seven Bells SVIIB

Vagrant Records • Pop/Rock School of Seven Bells release their fourth and final studio album. It was written during one of the most inspired summers of the duo’s career, a career that was cut short by Benjamin Curtis’s tragic passing in 2013.

Available February 26 CD 11516816

$12.99

Anthrax

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Star Wars The Force Awakens Score

Walt Disney Records • Soundtracks The music that John Williams has created for the Star Wars franchise has become just as iconic as the films themselves.

The Academy Award winner returns to a galaxy far, far away with another epic score.

CD 11467396 $13.99

Carol Soundtrack

For All Kings

Megaforce • Pop/Rock Thrash metal icons Anthrax release their first new studio album in over three years. They continue to deliver unique style while showing that, despite their many accolades, it’s all just about the music. Includes the single Breathing Lightning.

Varese Sarabande • Soundtracks Carter Burwell’s original score is accented with classic jazz and pop gems from artists including Billie Holiday, Georgia Gibbs, Jo Stafford, and the duo of Les Paul and Mary Ford.

CD 11460364 $15.99

Available February 26 CD 11521685

$15.99

Rokia Traore

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Ne So

Nonesuch • World Rokia Traore’s sixth studio album features a mix of musical cultures and collaborations with a wide range of musicians, including John Paul Jones, Toni Morrison, Devendra Banhart, and more.

Available February 12 CD 11500247

Quentin Tarantino’s

The Hateful Eight

$14.99

BJ the Chicago Kid In My Mind

Motown • R&B BJ the Chicago Kid is one of the most explosive and soulful artists today. The Grammy Award nominee has collaborated with the likes of Usher, Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, and more. Now he releases one of 2016’s most anticipated albums.

Verve • Soundtracks For the first time, the legendary Ennio Morricone provides the soundtrack to a Quentin Tarantino film. Along with his score, this soundtrack includes songs from the White Stripes and Roy Orbison.

CD 11499743 $13.99

Sicario Score

Varese Sarabande • Soundtracks Johann Johannson follows up his Academy Award-winning work on The Theory of Everything with a score for the gripping crime drama starring Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin.

CD 11400062 $17.99

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Available February 19 Parental Advisory CD 11518040 $12.99 Edited Version CD 11518039 $12.99

Daughtry

It’s Not Over

The Hits So Far RCA Records • Pop/Rock

Since emerging on the scene, Daughtry has scored four number one hit singles, four American Music Awards, and over eight millions albums sold. Their first greatest hits collection includes fan favorites as well as two brand new tracks.

Available February 12 CD 11524356

$14.99

Fifty Shades of Grey

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Republic / Universal • Soundtracks In 2015, one of the biggest hits in the book world became one of the most talked-about films. The soundtrack was equally popular with tracks like the Weeknd’s Earned It and Ellie Goulding’s Love Me Like You Do.

Nominated for the song Earned It by the Weeknd CD 11243359 $13.99

Youth

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Milan Records • Soundtracks Classical works by Stravinsky and Mercadante mix expertly with tracks from Paloma Faith and David Byrne on a soundtrack that also includes composer David Lang’s Oscar-nominated Simple Song #3.

Nominated for the song Simple Song #3 by David Lang CD 11478268 $13.99

ALA Youth Media Award Winners Coretta Scott King Award Gone Crazy in Alabama

Rita WilliamsGarcia

Harper Collins Publishers

Ages 8 & Up Unabridged • 6 Discs Replacements Available 11213393 $29.99

Alex Award

All American Boys Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely

Simon & Schuster Audio

Young Adult Unabridged • 6 Discs Replacements Available 11395975 $49.99 ISBN 9781442398689

Ryan Gattis

Harper Collins Publishers

Fiction Unabridged • 10 Discs Replacements Available 11212957 $39.99 ISBN 9780062402127

Ilyasah Shabazz, Kekla Magoon Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Young Adult Unabridged • 8 Discs Replacements Available 11176295 $24.99

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates Random House, Inc.

Non-Fiction Unabridged • 3 Discs 11412489 $19.99 ISBN 9780451482211

Michael L. Printz Award Laura Ruby

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Becky Albertalli Harper Collins Publishers

Young Adult Unabridged • 6 Discs Replacements Available 11280836 $29.99 ISBN 9780062415097

Stonewall Award George

Alex Gino Scholastic

Ages 8 & Up Unabridged • 3 Discs 11308926 $24.99 ISBN 9780545880060

Pam Munoz Ryan Scholastic Ages 10 & Up Unabridged • 9 Discs Replacements Available 11202492 $39.99 ISBN 9780545788366

The War That Saved My Life

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Random House, Inc., Listening Library Ages 9 & Up

Schneider Family Award, Odyssey Award Unabridged • 6 Discs • Replacements Available 11178732 $39.99 ISBN 9780553556513

Harper Collins Publishers

Young Adult Unabridged • 7 Discs Replacments Available 11212952 $34.99 ISBN 9780062402745

Schneider Family Award Fish in a Tree

Lynda Mullaly Hunt Random House, Inc., Listening Library

ISBN 9781491502297

William C. Morris Award

Echo

Odyssey Honor Award

Bone Gap

X

Newbery Honor Award

All Involved

ISBN 9780062402950

Coretta Scott King Honor Award

AUDIOBOOKS

YALSA Excellence in Non-Fiction Most Dangerous Steve Sheinkin Random House, Inc., Listening Library

Young Adult Unabridged • 7 Discs 11249069 $44.99

ISBN 9780553552751

YALSA Excellence in Non-Fiction Honor

Symphony for the City of the Dead M. T. Anderson Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Young Adult Unabridged • 8 Discs Replacements Available 11312352 $27.99 ISBN 9781491588215

Ages 10 & Up Unabridged • 5 Discs Replacements Available 11178710 $34.99 ISBN 9781101890677

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B Teresa Toten

Random House, Inc., Listening Library

Young Adult Unabridged • 6 Discs Replacements Available 11115611 $39.99 ISBN 9780553556322

ALSC Notable Recording Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins Eric A. Kimmel Read by Gildart Jackson Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ages 4 & Up

Caldecott Honor Book Unabridged • 1 Disc 11373292 $14.99

ISBN 9781681416724

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PICK OF THE WEEK

Second Coming

“Starred Review”

— Publishers Weekly

The Shut Eye

Belinda Bauer Fiction Every day Anna Buck guards the little footprints in the cement, the only sign that her missing four-year-old was ever there. Anna is desperate for hope and finding no help from the police or her husband. She turns to a true psychic, a ‘shut eye.’

Unabridged • 8 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11439106 $59.99 ISBN 9781682628270

Starring: Idris Elba, Nadine Marshall Jackie abruptly discovers that she is pregnant. She knows it’s not her husband Mark’s, but claims she hasn’t been with anyone else either.

The unnerving side effects of her pregnancy begin to affect her mental state, creating turmoil within the family that is only made worse by Mark’s fury.

NR 105 min. (2014) Drama

“…full of emotionally and psychologically complex black characters who are not limited to representing race-defined themes.”

- Hollywood Reporter

Available February 9 DVD

11512086

$24.99

COMING SOON CD

DVD

Mavis Staples Livin’ on a High Note Anti/Epitaph • R&B Soul and gospel music legend Mavis Staples has created what may be the most joyful and uplifting record of her career. Twelve original songs were written exclusively for her by such artists as M. Ward, Ben Harper, and Neko Case.

Available February 19 CD 11521644 $13.99

The Big Short Starring: Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Steve Carell The financial meltdown from the perspective of a number of players: Michael Burry, a bizarre autistic-like stock-picking genius; Mark Baum, self-loathing fictional character whose firm picks up insider trading information from a wrong number phone call; Jarred Vennet, a smartaleck broker who confirms the ominous suspicion; and Charles Gellar and James Shipley, small-time players who hit it big. R 130 min. (2015) $43M Drama

“A funny, energetic and self-aware film…”

- Los Angeles Times

Available April 26

DVD 11518630 $22.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11518631 $29.99 (2 Discs)

Audiobook

The Cormorant

Chuck Wendig Brilliance Audio, Inc. Fiction Hired by a wealthy businessman, Miriam Black heads down to Florida to practice the one thing she’s good at, but in her vision she sees him die by another’s hand and on the wall written in blood is a message just for Miriam. She’s expected.

Available February 23 Unabridged • 7 Discs Simultaneous Release • Replacements Available 11518216 $19.99 ISBN 9781511324700