Luis Fonsi Vida
Angelique Kidjo Celia
Universal Music Latin Entertainment • Latin Guest Artists: Demi Lovato, Daddy Yankee CD 12288743 $11.99
Verve • World
Available April 19 CD 12328193
$13.99
The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo
NY Times Bestseller; Parents’ Choice Gold Harper Collins Publishers AUDIOBOOK 3 Discs
Crazy Rich Asians
2 Golden Globe Nominations; SAG Nomination Starring: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh DVD 12232016 $21.74 BLU-RAY+DVD 12232017 $29.24 2 Discs
Blackstone Audio, Inc.
AUDIOBOOK 8 Discs
11953113 $22.99
PG13 120 min. (2018) $174M Comedy
When We Left Cuba Chanel Cleeton 12278312 $34.99
The Upside
Starring: Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman PG13 127 min. (2019) $107M Comedy
Available May 21
WEEKLYhighlights DVD 12281389 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12281390 $26.24 2 Discs
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in Video PHYSICAL DISABILITY Margarita with a Straw Starring: Kalki Koechlin, Revathy, Sayani Gupta
Laila is a young romantic, a secret rebel in a wheelchair. Undeterred by cerebral palsy, she embarks on a journey of seeking love and acceptance. Ultimately, it is in the intensity of these bonds that she finds the strength to be truly herself. NR 101 min. (2014) Drama DVD
Wonder
Starring: Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson, Izabela Vidovic Based on the New York Times bestseller, this tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time. PG 113 min. (2017) $131M Drama DVD 11998394 $16.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11998393 $16.99 2 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 12026966 $32.24 2 Discs
11667567 $24.99
Me Before You
Starring: Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer Louisa ‘Lou’ Clark is a quirky and creative 26-year-old who takes a job at the local ‘castle,’ becoming caregiver and companion to Will Traynor, a wealthy young banker who became wheelchair bound in an accident. PG13 110 min. (2016) $56M Drama DVD BLU-RAY
11682572 $5.99 11682573 $16.99
The Theory of Everything
Wonderstruck
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior
Starring: Oakes Fegley, Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams
Once a healthy young man, Hawking received an earthshattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. He embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of: time. PG13 124 min. (2014) $34M Drama
The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection. PG 115 min. (2017) $1M Drama DVD
DVD BLU-RAY
11983704 $11.24
11221832 $12.99 12332328 $14.99
NEURO-DISABILITY Forrest Gump
I Am Sam
Forrest, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him. PG13 141 min. (1994) $330M Drama
A mentally challenged man struggles with the burden of fatherhood while raising his 7-year-old daughter. PG13 132 min. (2001) $40M Drama
Starring: Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Sally Field
DVD 11774040 $11.99 Special Collector’s Edition, 2 Discs BLU-RAY 11774039 $13.99 2 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 12089609 $25.99 3 Discs
Season 1
Starring: Freddie Highmore, Nicholas Gonzalez, Antonia Thomas Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, is recruited into the surgical unit of a prestigious hospital. NR 772 min. (2017) Drama DVD
12141910
$23.24 5 Discs
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DVD
10053629 $12.99
Still Alice
The Road Within
Alice, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a diagnosis of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease, Alice and her family find their bonds thoroughly tested. PG13 101 min. (2014) $18M Drama
Vincent is a young man with Tourette’s Syndrome, coming to terms with the death of his mother and life in a behavioral facility. R 102 min. (2014) Drama
Starring: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart
The Good Doctor
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Sean Penn, Dakota Fanning
DVD BLU-RAY
11269816 $14.99 11269817 $19.49
Starring: Zoe Kravitz, Robert Patrick, Dev Patel
DVD BLU-RAY
11328250 $24.99 11328251 $25.99
Ethnicity Videos Advantageous
The Big Sick
Despite the instability that is occuring in society, a mother and her daughter go through great lengths to hold on to joy together. UNK 90 min. (2015) Drama
Pakistan-born aspiring comedian Kumail connects with grad student Emily after a standup set. However, what they thought would be just a one-night stand blossoms into the real thing. R 120 min. (2017) $42M Comedy
Starring: Jennifer Ehle, Ken Jeong, Rex Lee
DVD 11656827 $31.99 BLU-RAY 11656813 $32.99
Black Panther
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o King T’Challa returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as new leader. However, T’Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from divisions within his own country. PG13 134 min. (2018) $700M Action DVD BLU-RAY 4K+BLU-RAY
12052445 $22.49 12052446 $29.99 12083062 $32.24 2 Discs
The Hate U Give
Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr tries to find her voice in order to stand up for what’s right. PG13 133 min. (2018) $30M Drama DVD 12225697 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12225698 $26.24 2 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 12271309 $29.99 2 Discs
Starring: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter
DVD 11909639 $16.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 11909640 $25.99 2 Discs
Cesar Chavez
Starring: Michael Pena, America Ferrera, Rosario Dawson The story of the famed civil rights leader and labor organizer torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. PG13 102 min. (2014) $6M Drama DVD BLU-RAY
11068914 $14.99 11068917 $14.99
If Beale Street Could Talk
Starring: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King A timeless love story set in early 1970s Harlem involving newly engaged nineteen-yearold Tish and her fiance Fonny, who have a beautiful future ahead. But their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. R 119 min. (2018) $14M Drama DVD 12248187 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12248188 $26.24 2 Discs
TELEVISION Insecure Season 1
Starring: Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, Natasha Rothwell A painfully funny new comedy series which follows best friends Issa and Molly as they navigate the tricky professional and personal terrain of Los Angeles while facing the challenges of being two black women who defy all stereotypes. TVMA 226 min. (2016) Drama DVD BLU-RAY
Into the Badlands Season 2
Starring: Daniel Wu, Aramis Knight, Marton Csokas Sunny and M.K. separated and scattered to the wind, each imprisoned in unlikely places. While M.K. struggles to control his powers, Sunny is determined to fight his way back into the Badlands to find his family or die trying. NR 428 min. (2017) Drama DVD BLU-RAY
Starring: Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel At five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Unable to read or write or recall the name of his hometown or even his own last name, he survived alone for weeks on the rough streets before being adopted by a couple in Australia. PG13 119 min. (2016) $51M Drama DVD BLU-RAY
11780814 $16.99 11780815 $16.99
Real Women Have Curves
Starring: George Lopez, America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros Ana, who has just graduated from high school, had planned on going to college, but her mother expects her to stay home and work in her sister’s factory. Ana will discover that real women take chances, have flaws, and embrace life. PG13 90 min. (2002) $6M Drama DVD
10115436 $5.99
12036597 12036596
$29.99 3 Discs $34.49 3 Discs
Jane the Virgin
Season 4
Starring: Gina Rodriguez, Andrea Navedo, Justin Baldoni It’s been quite a year (or three) for Jane Villanueva. Although she got married, her husband Michael was shot on their wedding night and died from complications from his injury. NR 718 min. (2017) Comedy DVD
Lion
11804140 $16.99 11804141 $21.99
12283583
$41.99 4 Discs
Master of None Season 1
Starring: Aziz Ansari, Noel Wells, Lena Waithe Dev is a New York-based actor who is struggling to identify what he really wants, both personally and professionally. His trials range from the immigrant experience to what pasta he should eat for dinner. NR 287 min. (2015) Comedy DVD
11798059
$19.99 2 Discs
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in Audiobooks CHILDREN’S
American Street Ibi Zoboi Harper Collins Publishers
Betty Before X Ilyasah Shabazz, Renee Watson
Young Adult In this stunning debut novel, Pushcartnominated author Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing this lyrical exploration of America with magical realism and vodou culture.
Macmillan Audio
AUDIOBOOK 7 Discs Replacements Available
inspiring portrait of a girl overcoming the challenges of self-acceptance and belonging that will resonate with young listeners today.
City of Girls Elizabeth Gilbert
Parents’ Choice Silver
Painting a beautiful and
AUDIOBOOK 4 Discs 11875582
$29.99
Dreamers Yuyi Morales
Harper Collins Publishers
$34.99
The incredible true story of a Caldecott Honor and Pura Belpré Award-winning author and illustrator’s immigration to America is a lasting testament to the immigrant’s journey. AUDIOBOOK 1 Disc 12066959 $11.99
Esperanza Rising Pam Munoz Ryan Parents’ Choice Award Winner Random House, Inc., Listening Library
When her family’s grand estate is burned to the ground, Esperanza and her mother must flee Mexico for California, where they become migrant workers in the midst of the US depression. $24.99
Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship
Stories from India
Chitra Soundar Dreamscape Media, LLC
Inspired by traditional Indian folktales and perfect for children, these eight tales task Veera and Suku with outwitting the kingdom’s greediest, wiliest subjects. AUDIOBOOK 2 Discs 12217903 $31.99 Replacements Available
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AUDIOBOOK 9 Discs 12235271 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
A Few Red Drops The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
$22.99
AUDIOBOOK 7 Discs Replacements Available
11353930
$34.99
How We Disappeared Jing-Jing Lee
Harper Collins Publishers
Claire Hartfield
Historical A stunningly ambitious novel set in World War II Singapore about a woman who survived the Japanese occupation and a man who thought he had lost everything
Coretta Scott King Award
Dreamscape Media, LLC
History This gripping account of the 1919 summer day that precipitated a full-blown race riot in Chicago. 11972736
Available May 7
$23.99
AUDIOBOOK 9 Discs 12293222 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Limits of the World Jennifer Acker
The Librarian of Auschwitz Antonio Iturbe
Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Macmillan Audio
Young Adult Fourteen-yearold Dita is one of the many imprisoned at Auschwitz. Jewish leader Freddy asks her to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards; she agrees. 11750037
$39.99
Loving vs. Virginia
General Sunil is a struggling philosophy doctoral candidate. Sunil’s sudden marriage to his Jewish-American girlfriend Amy compels a tumultuous family reunion in Nairobi.
Available April 16 AUDIOBOOK 8 Discs Simultaneous Release
12278284
$34.99
March Forward, Girl From Young
A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case
Warrior to Little Rock Nine
Patricia Hruby Powell
Melba Pattillo Beals, PhD
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Young Adult From acclaimed author Patricia Hruby Powell comes the story of a landmark civil rights case, told in spare and gorgeous verse. AUDIOBOOK 3 Discs Replacements Available
11982504
Young Adult Willowdean has always been at home in her own skin. With her all-Americanbeauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked, until Will takes a job at the local fast-food joint.
Women’s Fiction After being kicked out of Vassar, Vivian is sent to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, where she is introduced to a variety of unconventional characters.
AUDIOBOOK 12 Discs Replacements Available
AUDIOBOOK 3 Discs
Harper Collins Publishers
Penguin Audio
AUDIOBOOK 4 Discs Replacements Available
History In 1927, Hurston went to Alabama to interview eightysix-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story.
Dumplin’ Julie Murphy
Available June 4
Dreamscape Media, LLC
AUDIOBOOK 4 Discs 10198448
11760914
Barracoon Zora Neale Hurston
11694357
$23.99
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Young Adult A profound and timely childhood memoir of growing up while facing adversity in the Jim Crow South. AUDIOBOOK 4 Discs Replacements Available
11972742
$23.99
Notorious RBG Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik
The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo Parents’ Choice Gold
Harper Collins Publishers
Harper Collins Publishers
Biography A visually rich, intimate, unprecedented look at the justice and how she changed the world.
Young Adult Xiomara feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she learned to let her fists do the talking. But there is plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion into a notebook.
AUDIOBOOK 5 Discs 11435212 $29.99 Replacements Available
AUDIOBOOK 3 Discs 11953113
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters Balli Kaur Jaswal Harper Collins Publishers
Women’s Fiction The Britishborn Punjabi Shergill sisters were never close and barely got along growing up. On her deathbed, their mother voices one last wish: that her daughters will make a pilgrimage together to the Golden Temple.
Available April 30
Audiobooks & Music
AUDIOBOOK 11 Discs 12260599 $44.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Trust Exercise Susan Choi Macmillan Audio
General David and Sarah, two freshmen at a performing arts high school, thrive alongside their peers, ambitiously devoting themselves to their studies. AUDIOBOOK 7 Discs 12190863 $44.99 Replacements Available
$22.99
When They Call You a Terrorist Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Asha Bandele
When We Left Cuba Chanel Cleeton Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Biography From one of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement comes a poetic audiobook memoir and reflection on humanity.
Historical The Cuban Revolution took everything from Beatriz Perez. Recruited by the CIA to infiltrate Fidel Castro’s inner circle and pulled into the dangerous world of espionage, Beatriz is consumed by her quest for revenge.
AUDIOBOOK 5 Discs 11888414 $29.99 Replacements Available
AUDIOBOOK 8 Discs 12278312 $34.99 Replacements Available
Macmillan Audio
MUSIC
Ziggy Marley Buena Vista Social Club Rebellion Rises Lost and Found
Tanya Tagaq Retribution
Tuff Gong • Reggae CD 12126158 $11.99
World Circuit • World CD 11284244 $14.99
Six Shooter Records • World CD 11699947 $12.99
BTS Map of the Soul
Lizzo Cuz I Love You
Kendrick Lamar Damn
Persona
Bighit Entertainment Pop/Rock CD 12333655 $17.99
Atlantic • Pop/Rock
Available May 17 Parental Advisory CD 12315869 $11.99
Aftermath • Rap/Hip-Hop Parental Advisory CD 11872066 $13.99 Edited Version CD 11885678 $13.99
Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour
Putumayo
Acoustic Women
UMG Nashville • Country CD 12047364 $13.99
Putumayo World Music • World CD 12316280 $15.99
The Carters Everything Is Love
Original Broadway Cast Recording
Roc Nation • Rap/Hip-Hop Parental Advisory CD 12166069 $13.99 Edited Version CD 12166070 $13.99
Hamilton
Winner of 11 Tony Awards including Best Musical Atlantic • Soundtracks Parental Advisory, 2 Discs CD 11415110 $23.99 Edited Version, 2 Discs CD 11659213 $23.99
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Celebrate Pride Month this June with these great titles! ELTON JOHN
Patrons will want to discover more about Elton John after seeing Rocketman in theaters May 31! Me Elton John
Call Me by Your Name
R 132 min. (2017) $17M Drama DVD 12003539 $14.99 BLU-RAY 12003538 $22.99
AUDIOBOOK Andre Aciman 7 Discs
Carol
R 118 min. (2015) $13M Drama DVD 11512477 $23.99 BLU-RAY 11512478 $25.99
AUDIOBOOK Patricia Highsmith 9 Discs
11412559 $34.99
11819128 $39.99
SOUNDTRACK
Macmillan Audio
Guest Artists: John Adams, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Loredana Berte CD 12008191 $12.99
Biography A multiple Grammy-winning legend and flamboyant superstar, Elton is the most enduringly successful singersongwriter of all time. Fans have been eagerly waiting for him to tell his story. Now the wait is over.
Love, Simon
Available October 15
AUDIOBOOK 9 Discs 12335113 $39.99 Simultaneous Release
PG13 110 min. (2018) $41M Drama
The Danish Girl
DVD 12070472 $13.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12070473 $20.24 2 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 12127861 $22.49 2 Discs
DVD 11518005 $12.99 BLU-RAY 11518004 $12.99
SOUNDTRACK
CD 12039049
Elton John Diamonds
Island • Pop/Rock International Version CD 11984073 $13.99
AUDIOBOOK Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Becky Albertalli 6 Discs
Disobedience
R 115 min. (2017) $3M Drama
$10.99
AUDIOBOOK Naomi Alderman
10 Discs 10658402 $34.99
SOUNDTRACK
CD 11526753
$16.99
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Orange Is the New Black
DVD 12187333 $18.74 BLU-RAY 12187334 $23.99
NR 725 min. (2017) Drama
AUDIOBOOK Emily M. Danforth
7 Discs 12230321 $19.99
AUDIOBOOK David Ebershoff
11280836 $29.99
UNK 91 min. (2018) Drama
DVD 12122348 $17.24 BLU-RAY 12122349 $22.49
R 120 min. (2015) $11M Drama
12 Discs 12230412 $19.99
Season 5
DVD 12097363 $25.99 4 Discs BLU-RAY 12097364 $25.99 3 Discs
AUDIOBOOK Piper Kerman
10 Discs 10720972 $39.99
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PG13 135 min. (2018) $214M Drama
Queen Unseen Peter Hince
DVD 12248173 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12248174 $26.24 2 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 12288688 $29.99 2 Discs
7 Discs
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SOUNDTRACK • Queen
Guest Artists: Smile, David Bowie, National Philharmonic Orchestra CD 12206225 $13.99
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Mercury and Me Jim Hutton, Tim Wapshott 6 Discs
12245349
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12217909
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Videos & Music 1985
Starring: Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen, Michael Chiklis
12251487 $26.99 12251488 $25.99
Moonlight
3 Academy Awards including Best Picture; Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Drama; SAG Award
Jared, the son of a Baptist preacher, is forcibly outed by his parents and forced to participate in a churchsupported gay conversion program. R 115 min. (2018) $7M Drama
When a New Jersey police lieutenant is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she and her registered domestic partner must work to secure her pension benefits. PG13 103 min. (2015) Drama
DVD 12248177 $22.49 BLU-RAY 12248178 $26.24
DVD 11446072 $25.99 BLU-RAY 11446073 $33.99
Saturday Church
Stonewall
Starring: Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Steve Carell
Starring: Margot Bingham, Regina Taylor, Peter Kim
Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Johnathan Rhys Meyers, Jonny Beauchamp
A fourteen-year-old boy, struggling with gender identity and religion, begins to use fantasy to escape his life in the inner city and find his passion in the process. NR 82 min. (2017) Drama
Starring: Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. R 111 min. (2016) $28M Drama DVD BLU-RAY 4K+BLU-RAY
Freeheld
Starring: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe
A closested young man stuggles to reveal his dire circumstances to his family when he returns to his Texas hometown for the holdiays during the first wave of the AIDS crisis. NR 85 min. (2018) Drama DVD BLU-RAY
Boy Erased
DVD
Based on the true events that led to the birth of the modern gay rights movement. Passions and politics make a volatile mix in this drama set in 1969 at New York City’s Stonewall Inn. R 129 min. (2015) Drama
12030858 $19.99
DVD
11494113 $16.99
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MUSIC
Sylvester Mighty Real
Greatest Dance Hits The song You Make Me Feel was recently added to the National Recording Registry
Cher Dancing Queen Warner Bros. • Pop/Rock CD 12193238 $18.99
Troye Sivan Bloom
Capitol • Pop/Rock Parental Advisory CD 12151115 $12.99
Atlantic • Pop/Rock CD 12113829 $11.99
Sam Smith TheThrill of It All
Capitol • Pop/Rock CD 11976087 $13.99
Bloodshot Records Pop/Rock Parental Advisory CD 12217682 $14.99
Fantasy • Pop/Rock CD 10956481 $12.99
Hayley Kiyoko Expectations
Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers Bought to Rot
Dolly Parton Dumplin’
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack RCA • Soundtracks CD 12250050 $9.99
Frank Ocean Channel Orange Def Jam • R&B Parental Advisory CD 10730854 $13.99 Edited Version CD 10001732 $9.99
Cyndi Lauper Detour
Rhino Records • Country CD 11579767 $16.99
Lady Gaga Joanne
Interscope • Pop/Rock CD 11721939 $13.99
Chely Wright Revival MRI • Country
Available May 10 CD 12318305
$9.99
Tegan & Sara Love You to Death
Warner Bros. • Pop/Rock CD 11627075 $11.99
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Audiobooks
A romantic, exquisite history of gay culture. -Kirkus Reviews
Birthday Meredith Russo
When Brooklyn Was Queer Hugh Ryan
Macmillan Audio
Young Adult Six years of birthdays reveal Eric and Morgan’s destiny as they come together, drift apart, fall in love, and discover who they’re meant to be.
Blackstone Audio, Inc.
History The never-before-told story of Brooklyn’s vibrant and forgotten queer history, from the mid-1850s up to the present day. A groundbreaking exploration of the LGBT history of Brooklyn. AUDIOBOOK 9 Discs
The Book of Pride Mason Funk Harper Collins Publishers
History The true story of the gay rights movement from the 1960s to the present.
Available May 21
AUDIOBOOK 7 Discs 12287865 $39.99 Simultaneous Release
To Night Owl from Dogfish Holly Goldberg Sloan, Meg Wolitzer Random House, Inc., Listening Library
Children’s Avery is bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water. Bett is fearless, outgoing, and loves all animals as well as the ocean. What they have in common is that they are both twelve years old, and are both being raised by single, gay dads. AUDIOBOOK 5 Discs 12159791
Tantor Audio
Biography Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, but he had not even served a full year in office when a homophobic fellow supervisor shot him.
AUDIOBOOK 8 Discs 12133507 $44.99 Simultaneous Release
The Music of What Happens Bill Konigsberg
This Is How It Always Is Laurie Frankel
Young Adult Over the course of one summer, two boys will have to face their biggest fears and decide what they’re willing to risk, to get the thing they want the most.
Family Life When Rosie and Penn welcome a fifth child of their family, no one is surprised it’s another boy. But Claude isn’t like his brothers. When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl.
Scholastic
AUDIOBOOK 8 Discs 12282447
$39.99
Women’s Fiction Told in her audacious voice are the memories of Eileen Myles’s 1960s Catholic upbringing and her riotous pursuit of survival as a poet in 1970s New York. $37.99
Lily and Dunkin Donna Gephart Random House, Inc., Listening Library
Children’s Lily Jo McGrother, born Timothy McGrother, is a girl. But being a girl is not so easy when you look like a boy. AUDIOBOOK 7 Discs 11452960
HighBridge Company
History Fieseler chronicles the tragic event that claimed the lives of 31 men and 1 woman, the largest mass murder of gays until 2016. $34.99
$44.99
When Dimple Met Rishi Sandhya Menon Dreamscape Media, LLC
Young Adult Told in alternating perspectives, this heartfelt YA romantic comedy is about two Indian-American teens whose parents have arranged for them to be married. AUDIOBOOK 9 Discs 11851206
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AUDIOBOOK 9 Discs 11715897
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Stonewall Award
Tantor Audio
AUDIOBOOK 5 Discs 11627865
Macmillan Audio
George Alex Gino
Chelsea Girls Eileen Myles
$37.99
Tinderbox Robert W. Fieseler
AUDIOBOOK 9 Discs 12126063
Available May 21
$34.99
$34.99
Harvey Milk Lillian Faderman
AUDIOBOOK 7 Discs 12133956
12282045
$23.99
Scholastic
Children’s When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she’s not a boy. She knows she’s a girl. George thinks she’ll have to keep this a secret forever. AUDIOBOOK 3 Discs 11308926
$24.99
Southernmost Silas House HighBridge Company
Family Life Asher, a preacher, has lost a brother due to his inability to embrace his coming out of the closet. Now, he offers shelter to two gay men, but is met with resistance. AUDIOBOOK 7 Discs 12038857
$39.99
When Harry Became Sally
Responding to the Transgender Moment
Ryan T. Anderson Black Hills Audiobooks, LLC
Political Science This provocative book exposes the intolerance of the transgender movement, exploring what troubles arise when scientific realities become open to political interpretation. AUDIOBOOK 8 Discs 12131680
$34.99
video picks of the week
First-rate videos sure to be in high demand. Based on the bestselling trilogy memoirs by Jennifer Worth. Call the Midwife
Season 8
Starring: Jenny Agutter, Linda Bassett, Helen George
Starring Game of Thrones actor Iain Glen. Delicious Season 3
Starring: Dawn French, Iain Glen, Emilia Fox The late Leo Vincent watches from beyond the grave as his ex-wife, Gina, and widow, Sam, run the hotel he left behind. The piquant pair have managed to overcome their differences until a handsome restaurateur with a reputation for gobbling up smaller businesses arrives to stir the pot. TV14 185 min. (2018) Drama
A drama about the lives of a group of midwives who care for expectant mothers in the East End of London during the 1950s. UNK (2018) Drama
Available May 21 DVD 12336735 $29.99 3 Discs
Available June 4 DVD
$28 million box office
12348680 $26.24
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Greta
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Chloe Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe A young woman doesn’t think twice about returning the handbag she finds to its rightful owner. That owner is an eccentric French piano teacher. The two become fast friends, but the older woman’s maternal charms begin to dissolve and grow increasingly disturbing as Frances discovers that nothing is what it seems. UNK 99 min. (2018) Suspense
Available May 28 DVD BLU-RAY
$48 million box office
12318684 $17.24 12318685 $26.24
$54 million box office
Happy Death Day 2U
Isn’t It Romantic
What Men Want
It’s déjà vu all over again for Tree Gelbman, the snarky sorority sister who solved her own murder by repeatedly reliving her death. When the masked campus killer returns to terrorize new targets, Tree cycles through another time loop of clever chills and suspense in the inventive follow-up to Blumhouse’s hit thriller. PG13 100 min. (2019) Horror
Natalie is a lifelong cynic when it comes to love. She encounter a mugger that renders her unconscious, waking to discover that her life has suddenly become her worst nightmare, a romantic comedy, and she is the leading lady. PG13 88 min. (2019) Comedy
Ali Davis is left on the outside by her fellow sports agents because she is a woman in a male-dominated profession, but she acquires an unexpected edge when she develops the ability to hear men’s thoughts. R 116 min. (2019) Comedy
Starring: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine
Starring: Rebel Wilson, Liam Hemsworth, Tom Ellis
Available May 14 DVD 12303595 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12303596 $26.24 2 Discs
Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Max Greenfield
Available May 21
Available May 7
DVD 12303599 $21.74 BLU-RAY+DVD 12303600 $26.99 2 Discs
DVD 12302461 $17.24 BLU-RAY+DVD 12302462 $29.99 2 Discs
RELEASING THIS WEEK
Replicas
PG13 107 min. (2018) $4M Sci-Fi
Available April 16 DVD 12281397 $14.99 BLU-RAY+DVD 12281398 $18.74 2 Discs
Victoria
Season 3
TVPG 418 min. (2019) Drama
Available April 16 DVD 12274414 $37.49 3 Discs BLU-RAY 12274415 $44.99 3 Discs
The Kid Who Would Be King PG 120 min. (2019) $17M Children’s
Available April 16
DVD 12285720 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12285951 $26.24 2 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 12329242 $29.99 2 Discs
Glass
Dragon Ball Super
Available April 16
PG 100 min. (2018) $31M Children’s
PG13 129 min. (2019) $111M Drama DVD 12285952 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12285953 $26.24 2 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 12334907 $33.74 2 Discs
Broly (Japanese)
Available April 16 DVD 12299198 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12299199 $26.24 2 Discs
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audiobook picks of the week The story of an Alabama serial killer and the true-crime book that Harper Lee worked on obsessively.
Furious Hours Casey N. Cep Random House, Inc. Biography
Available May 7
AUDIOBOOK 10 Discs 12214834 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
...complex plots that keep the reader guessing… - Publishers Weekly
Tightrope Amanda Quick
NY Times Bestselling Author
Recorded Books, LLC Romance
Available May 7
AUDIOBOOK 9 Discs 12277634 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Mercy Thompson must face a deadly enemy to defend all she loves. Storm Cursed Patricia Briggs
Legendary FBI profiler delves deep into the lives of four of the most disturbing killers.
The Killer Across the Table John E. Douglas
Harper Collins Publishers True Crieme
Available May 7
AUDIOBOOK 7 Discs 12287129 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
A richly layered saga set against the backdrop of the Civil War. The Yankee Widow Linda Lael Miller NY Times Bestselling Author
Recorded Books, LLC Historical
Available May 7
AUDIOBOOK 9 Discs 12125455 $34.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
A compelling ride, full of Mary Kay Andrews’s signature wit, heart, and charm. Sunset Beach Mary Kay Andrews
NY Times Bestselling Author
NY Times Bestselling Author
Fantasy
Romance
Penguin Audio
Available May 7
AUDIOBOOK 8 Discs 12168701 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
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Macmillan Audio
Available May 7
AUDIOBOOK 14 Discs 12219133 $39.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers a dramatic chapter in the American story. The Pioneers David McCullough
Simon & Schuster Audio History
Available May 7
AUDIOBOOK 14 Discs 12235462 $29.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker. Resistance Women Jennifer Chiaverini
NY Times Bestselling Author Harper Collins Publishers Historical
Available May 14
AUDIOBOOK 15 Discs 12288019 $65.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Theodore Boone is back on the case in an all-new adventure! Theodore Boone
The Accomplice John Grisham
NY Times Bestselling Author
Random House, Inc., Listening Library Children’s
Available May 14
AUDIOBOOK 4 Discs 12298250 $34.99 Simultaneous Release
The rising hip-hop star’s debut album makes its debut on CD. Boogie Everything Is for Sale
Interscope Rap/Hip-Hop
Guest Artists: Eminem, 6LACK
Available May 3 Parental Advisory CD 12344620 $11.99
The soundtrack to the upcoming film starring Keanu Reeves. John Wick 3
Original Motion Picture Score Various Artists Concord Music Group, Inc. • Soundtracks
Available May 24 CD 12346340 $14.99
Sting revisits the past and creates new versions of his biggest hits. Sting My Songs
Interscope • Pop/Rock
Available May 24 CD 12346338 $13.99
music picks of the week
The Grammy Award winner releases a highly anticipated new album.
Pink Hurts 2B Human RCA Records • Pop/Rock
Guest Artists: Julia Michaels, Nate Ruess Pink’s eighth studio album is a thirteen-track set that sees her reuniting with Max Martin, Julia Michaels, Nate Ruess, Greg Kurstin, and more. It includes the new single Walk Me Home.
Available April 26 Parental Advisory CD 12346345 $10.99
Edited Version CD 12346346 $10.99
Kidz Bop serves up a CD companion for their 2019 concert tour. Kidz Bop Kids Kidz Bop World Tour
Concord Music Group, Inc. • Children’s
Available May 24
Jackie Evancho celebrates Broadway by performing songs from shows including Hamilton. Jackie Evancho The Debut
Self Produced Pop/Rock CD 12346344 $12.99
CD 12342557 $10.99
The world’s biggest video gamer compiles a collection of electronic music tracks. Ninjawerks
Kiefer Sutherland combines ballads with authentic country rock anthems.
Volume 1 Various Artists
Kiefer Sutherland Reckless & Me
Artists: Tiesto, Kaskade CD 12342547 $11.99
Available April 26
Capitol Music Pop/Rock
BMG Rights Management • Country
CD 12332264 $14.99
Rich the Kid’s second studio album includes the single Splashin. Rich the Kid The World Is Yours 2 Interscope Rap/Hip-Hop
Guest Artists: Offset, Big Sean
Available May 3 Parental Advisory CD 12345063 $11.99
Acclaimed singer-songwriter releases her fifth studio album. Cate Le Bon Reward Mexican Summer Pop/Rock
Available May 24 CD 12345062 $13.99
Juanes’s biggest hits are the inspiration for soothing lullabies. Rockabye Baby!
Lullaby Renditions of Juanes Various Artists
Rockabye Baby Music Children’s
Available May 3 CD 12345064 $16.99
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featured audiobook Perfect for fans of The Fifth Wave, this dystopian LGBTQ+ thriller is one of the most anticipated debuts of 2019.
The Last 8 Laura Pohl Dreamscape Media, LLC
Young Adult Clover survives an alien invasion and finds a group of survivors who are more interested in hiding than fighting, but a single discovery puts everything into question.
Starring: Sarah Paulson, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson After the conclusion of the film Split, David Dunn pursues the Beast, which is Kevin Crumb’s superhuman personality. The encounters with the Beast escalate as Elijah Price materializes as an orchestrator who knows critical secrets about both Dunn and Crumb. PG13 129 min. (2019) $111M Drama
Available April 16 DVD 12285952 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12285953 $26.24 2 Discs 4K+BLU-RAY 12334907 $33.74 2 Discs
Available April 26
AUDIOBOOK 7 Discs 12307383 $31.99 Simultaneous Release Replacements Available
Starring: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Lena Headey, Florence Pugh Former wrestler Ricky and his family make a living performing in tiny venues across the country. Ricky and his wife want a better life for their children, and when brother and sister get the chance to audition for WWE, it seems the family dream is coming true, and all their troubles will be solved. However, Saraya and Zak are about to learn that becoming a WWE Superstar demands more than they ever imagined possible as athletes. PG13 109 min. (2019) $23M Comedy
Available May 14 DVD BLU-RAY
12303586 $22.49 12303587 $26.24 2 Discs
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