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Circulation Manager Patricia’s Pick

The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America / Erik Larson (2004 non-fiction, 364.1523 Larson) A compelling account of the Chicago […]

Reference Librarian Cyndi’s Pick

Wilde Lake : a novel / Laura Lippman (2016 suspense, F Lippman) Seeking to establish herself during a first case against a mentally ill drifter accused of murder, newly elected […]

Sunday Reference Librarian Sara’s Pick

Becoming Nicole : the transformation of an American family / Amy Ellis Nutt (2015 non-fiction, 306.768 Nutt) Presents the story of a politically conservative New England family whose son identified […]

Circulation Manager Patricia’s Pick

Nevertheless : a memoir / Alec Baldwin (2017 memoir, 92 Baldwin) The actor highlights parts of his life that he’s long kept private, from his troubled childhood and efforts to […]

Library Director Glenn’s Pick

Disgrace / J.M. Coetzee (1999 fiction, F Coetzee) In a novel set in post-apartheid South Africa, a fifty-two-year-old college professor who has lost his job for sleeping with a student […]

Circulation Manager Patricia’s Pick

She sheds : a room of your own / Erika Kotite (2017 non-fiction, 690.89 Kotite) She Sheds shows you how to create cozy getaways with inspiration from across the country. […]

Reference Librarian Barbara’s Pick

Still mine / Samuel Goldwyn Films and Mongrel Media (2014 DVD, DVD Still Mine) An exquisitely mounted and deeply affecting story about one man’s determination to create a home for […]

Reference Librarian Cyndi’s Pick

Prep : a novel / Curtis Sittenfeld (2005 fiction, F Sittenfeld) During the late 1980s, fourteen-year-old Lee Fiora leaves behind her close-knit, middle-class Indiana family to enroll in an elite […]

Circulation Manager Patricia’s Pick

The French chef in America : Julia Child’s second act / Alex Prud’homme (2016 biography, 92 Child) Traces the story of the chef’s years as a beloved television personality and […]