OSCAR GRADY PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE LIBRARIANS’
BEDSIDE TABLE
What your friendly librarians have been listening, reading, watching & MUCH MORE!
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The mission of the Oscar Grady Public Library is to provide high interest, high demand materials and make them readily available from the Library’s collection or through interlibrary loan. The Library supports lifelong learning, information and recreational needs for people of all ages and abilities. Special emphasis is placed on stimulating children’s interests and appreciation for reading and learning. The integration of new technology with traditional library resources is used to expand service beyond the Library’s physical walls.
On this new issue of our “Librarians’ Bedside Table”, we compiled a list of really good titles recommended by your library friends. Each title can be accessed in electronic format for your convenience. Click or tap in the hyperlinks attached to each title that will take you right to them
in the Monarch Catalog. We hope you enjoy this selection of books from your
librarians at the Oscar Grady Public Library!
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Jen Gerber, our Library Director, would like to recommend the following titles:
COMING SOON! FUZZ by Mary Roach Join "America’s funniest science writer" (Peter Carlson, Washington Post), Mary Roach, on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. Combining little-known forensic science and conservation genetics with a motley cast of laser scarecrows, langur impersonators, and trespassing squirrels, Roach reveals as much about humanity as about nature’s lawbreakers. When it comes to "problem" wildlife, she finds, humans are more often the problem―and the solution. Fascinating, witty, and humane, Fuzz offers hope for compassionate coexistence in our everexpanding human habitat.
Provided by publisher.
STIFF, The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers―some willingly, some unwittingly―have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. In this fascinating account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them. Provided by publisher.
GRUNT, The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach Bestselling author Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war.
Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries - panic, exhaustion, heat, noise - and introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer them. Provided by publisher.
SPOOK: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach "What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that―the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap-top?" In an attempt to find out, Mary Roach brings her tireless curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die. Provided by publisher.
Debra Jo, Library Assistant and ILL Specialist would like to recommend the following titles:
Linnea in Monet’s Garden
Linnea’s
Almanac
Linnea’s Windowsill Garden
All three books by all 3 books by Christina Bjork & Lena Anderson Linnea's innocent joy for life and eagerness to share her favorite things is evident from the very first sentence of each of her books. Snippets of the character's fictional experiences partner fluidly with the simply written factual information. Each book culminates in an accessible read for young readers/listeners and adults. There is no doubt in my mind that Linnea and I are kindred spirits; no matter that Linnea exists on the pages of books and I in the human world. She nurtured my already blossoming interest in the natural world both with her knowledge of it and simple activities using found objects from the outdoors. She solidified Claude Monet as my favorite of the Impressionists when I accompanied herself and Mr. Bloom to Paris and Monet's Giverny. My childhood copies of these books still and always will hold a special space on my bookshelf. I hope that if you take a step into Linnea's world you become just as enchanted as I was and still am with her. P.S. I highly recommend checking out Linnea's Almanac in these final few weeks of summer in preparation for the Autumnal Equinox.
Hope, our Collection Developer would like to recommend these titles:
The pursuit of love & Love in a cold climate : two novels by Nancy Mitford The comic masterpieces that made Nancy Mitford famous: madcap tales of growing up among the privileged and eccentric in England and finding love in all the wrong places. Nancy Mitford modeled the characters in her two bestknown novels on her own famously unconventional family. We are introduced to the Radletts through the eyes of their cousin Fanny, visiting their Gloucestershire estate. Uncle Matthew is the blustering patriarch, known to hunt his children when foxes are scarce; Aunt Sadie is the vague but doting mother; and the seven Radlett children are recklessly eager to grow up. The Pursuit of Love follows the travails of Linda, the most beautiful and wayward Radlett daughter, who falls first for a stuffy Tory politician, then an ardent communist, and finally a French duke named Fabrice. Love in a Cold Climate focuses on Polly Hampton, long groomed for the perfect marriage by her fearsome mother, Lady Montdore, but secretly determined to find her own path. Together these hilarious novels vividly evoke the lost glamour of aristocratic life in England between the wars. Provided by publisher
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Wednesday, August Wednesday, September 25, 2021 22, @ 2021 11:00 @ 11:00 a.m. a.m. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue By V.E. Schwab Limited copies of this book will be available at the circulation desk.
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A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget. France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever―and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years,
Check out these titles, suggested for anyone looking for similar narratives to
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwabb
Before
The 7 Husbands
the Coffee Gets Cold by
of Evelyn Hugo by
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Taylor Jenkins Reids
In a small back alley in Tokyo at a centuryold coffee shop rumored to offer patrons the chance to travel back in time, four customers reevaluate their formative life choices. Provided by publisher.
"A novel about one classic film actress's relentless rise to the top--the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine"Provided by publisher.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North SOME STORIES CANNOT BE TOLD IN JUST ONE LIFETIME. Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes. Until now. As Harry nears the end of his eleventh life, a little girl appears at his bedside. "I nearly missed you, Doctor August," she says. "I need to send a message." This is the story of what Harry does next, and what he did before, and how he tries to save a past he cannot change and a future he cannot allow. Provided by publisher.
HOW TO STOP TIME by Matt Haig How to Stop Time tells a love story across the ages—and for the ages—about a man lost in time, the woman who could save him, and the lifetimes it can take to learn how to live. It is a bighearted, wildly original novel about losing and finding yourself, the inevitability of change, and how with enough time to learn, we just might find happiness. Provided by publisher.
LIFE AFTER LIFE by Kate Atkinson What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic world war. Does Ursula's apparently infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny? And if she can - will she? Darkly comic, startlingly poignant, and utterly original: this is Kate Atkinson at her absolute best. Provided by publisher.
The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett A dazzling novel about the ways the smallest decisions give shape to our lives, The Versions of Us charts a relationship through three possible futures.
Cambridge, 1958. Late for class, Eva Edelstein swerves to miss a dog and crashes her bike. Jim Taylor hurries to help her. In that brief moment, three outcomes are born for Eva and Jim. As the strands of their lives weave together and apart across the decades from college through wildly different successes and disappointments, seductions and betrayals, births and funerals, joys and sorrows, the only constant is the power of their connection. TheVersions of Us is a tour de force of storytelling. Provided by publisher.
Hope would like to recommend this title:
An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena This murder mystery was un-put-downable!! Nine people are snowed and iced in at Mitchell’s Inn located in the remote woods of the Catskills. James, the owner, and his son Bradley are the only ones there to run the inn. None of the hired help are able to make it to work due to the weather. All starts off well with the nine people introducing themselves to each other and enjoying drinks in the lobby. There is an engaged couple, Dana and Matthew; two women, Riley and Gwen, who have been friends for a long time; David, a defense attorney; Lauren and Ian who have been dating for quite a while; and Beverly and Henry, whose marriage has been in trouble for quite some time. Early the next morning, Lauren discovers Dana dead at the bottom of the stairway. Lauren’s scream awakens most of the other guests who come to see what caused the scream. Everyone thinks this was a terrible accident and wonders who should go to tell Matthew. David, the defense attorney, states that he feels this may not have been an accident. He urges them to leave everything alone until authorities can be there. Of course, with the weather, no one knows how long that will be. When the second death which clearly is a murder occurs, the remaining seven guests are quite alarmed. As you can imagine, with no other guests there and the weather being such that no one can leave or travel, they begin to suspect each other.
With all the accusations passed back and forth, I still did not guess who was the murderer. I am looking forward to reading another of Shari Lapena’s mysteries.
Miss Julie would like to recommend this title:
IRIS, A Film by Albert Mayles. DVD (2015) The lovely fashion icon celebrated her 100th birthday on Aug 29 and I celebrated by rewatching this documentary. FUN FACT - Apfel attended the University of WisconsinMadison in 1943, where she was an art education student before transferring to New York University.
Cook Country: August/September 2021 Issue Whenever I check out a Cook Country magazine, I usually find at least one recipe that intrigues me and then realize that I already have the ingredients! This past week, I made Candied Jalapenos (pg. 27). It was simple to make and I, so far, enjoyed just a couple of these sweet heat gems on a burger.
Lynn, our Cataloging and Circulation Services Specialist, would like to recommend this title:
Our Lady of Kibeho by Immaculee Ilibagiza Thirteen years before the bloody 1994 genocide that swept across Rwanda and left more than a million people dead, the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ appeared to eight young people in the remote village of Kibeho. Through these visionaries, Mary and Jesus warned of the looming holocaust, which (they assured) could be averted if Rwandans opened their hearts to God and embraced His love. Mary also sent messages to government and church leaders to instruct them how to end the ethnic hatred simmering in their country. She warned them that Rwanda would become "a river of blood"—a land of unspeakable carnage—if the hatred of the people was not quickly quelled by love. Some leaders listened, but very few believed. The prophetic and apocalyptic warnings tragically came true during 100 horrifying days of savage bloodletting and mass murder. Much like what happened at similar sites such as Fátima and Lourdes, the messengers of Kibeho were at first mocked and disbelieved. But as miracle after miracle occurred in the tiny village, tens of thousands of Rwandans journeyed to Kibeho to behold the apparitions. After the genocide, and two decades of rigorous investigation, Our Lady of Kibeho became the first and only Vatican-approved Marian (related to the Virgin Mary) site in all of Africa. But the story still remained largely unknown. Now, however, Immaculée Ilibagiza has changed all that. She has made many pilgrimages to Kibeho, both before and after the holocaust, has personally witnessed true miracles, and has spoken with a number of the visionaries themselves. What she has discovered will deeply touch your heart! Provided by publisher.
Maggie B. , our YA Program Coordinator, would like to recommend the following titles:
Shang-Chi by Gene Luen Lang, 2021. The MCU's Phase Four is in full force with the release of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings on September 3rd. Get the scoop on his origin, including secret societies and long lost family members before checking him out on the big screen! This particular version of Shang-Chi's story is penned by award-winning author & former Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Gene Luen Yang.
FINAL ACCOUNT, A FILM BY LUKE HOLLAND, 2021 An urgent portrait of the last living generation of Hitler's Third Reich in never-before-seen interviews raising vital questions about authority, conformity, national identity, and their own roles in the greatest human crimes in history. Provided by publisher.
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Martin, our Collection Developing and Adult Services Coordinator would like to recommend these titles:
GREAT CIRCLE by Maggie Shipstead After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There--after encountering a pair of barnstorming pilots passing through town in beat-up biplanes--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fourteen she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy bootlegger who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement that will haunt her for the rest of her life, even as it allows her to fulfill her destiny: circumnavigating the globe by flying over the North and South Poles. A century later, Hadley Baxter is cast to play Marian in a film that centers on Marian's disappearance in Antarctica. Vibrant, canny, disgusted with the claustrophobia of Hollywood, Hadley is eager to redefine herself after a romantic film franchise has imprisoned her in the grip of cult celebrity. Her immersion into the character of Marian unfolds, thrillingly, alongside Marian's own story, as the two women's fates--and their hunger for self-determination in vastly different geographies and times-collide. Epic and emotional, meticulously researched and gloriously told, Great Circle is a monumental work of art, and a tremendous leap forward for the prodigiously gifted Maggie Shipstead. Provided by publisher.
“Olivia Colman and Anthony Hopkins are MAGNIFICENT in this different look at the internal turmoil of those suffering from dementia and the effects on their family”
THE FATHER, a film by Florian Zeller. DVD (2021) A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind, and even the fabric of his reality. Provided by publisher.
“The heart-stopping story of a man, his personal beliefs and the Cold War at his hottest point during the Cuban missiles crisis. Fascinating story impeccably portrayed by Benedict Cumberbach.
The COURIER, a film by Dominic Cooke DVD (2021) The true story of a British businessman unwittingly recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Forming an unlikely partnership with a Soviet officer hoping to prevent a nuclear confrontation, the two men work together to provide the crucial intelligence used to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis. Provided by publisher.
Rita would like to recommend these titles:
The Problem of Alzheimer’s (2021) by Jason Karlawish is a comprehensive review of the history of Alzheimer’s disease, the latest research on the disease, and the failures of the healthcare system regarding care and support of both patients and caregivers. “In 2020, an estimated 5.8 million Americans had Alzheimer’s and more than half a million died because of the disease and its devastating complications. 16 million caregivers are responsible for paying as much as half of the $226 billion annual costs of their care. As more people live beyond their 70s and 80s, the number of patients will rise to an estimated 13.8 million by 2050.”
If readers need another tragic example of what can happen when science is politicized, this is it. Why is there no social insurance program in the U.S. for longterm care, or to support adult day cares, or to support caregivers? Ironically, while politicians agree that Alzheimer’s disease is a disease of the family, “an ideology of family values and a distaste for federal programs decisively thwarted progress to deliver care to the millions of patients and their families.” While there is no way to prevent or cure Alzheimer’s disease now, Karlawish states, “There needs to be a policy response to being homebound. We have to give families access to this care without the threat of fiscal ruin.” Karlawish,is a physician whose practice at the Penn Memory Center focuses on patients with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. He argues Alzheimer’s care is a humanitarian problem, with the solution being not just better medical care, but a “mobilization of cultural, civic, and social systems.”
Now around town! Books for everyone. The Oscar Grady Library with the support of The Friends of the Oscar Grady Library has purchased three Little Free Libraries, which have been installed at three convenient locations: Quade Park, The Oscar Grady Library, and Village Hall. Check them out! Love them, enjoy them, treasure them.
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