Monthly Archives: August 2014

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The popular Orphan Train by Christina Kline and the book club favorite Pope Joan by Donna Cross have just been loaded onto our circulating Kindle eReader.   We also recently added The Goldfinch by Donna Tart (interested, but intimidated by … Continue reading →

It’s drama in Captol D as our latest  series DVDs take you to prison (Orange is the New Black), police the mean streets of New York (Copper), lay bare the inner workings of of our government (House of Cards 2) … Continue reading →

Among our recent arrivals in feature films is “Railway Man”, in which the survivor of a POW camp confronts his oppressor. Eric Lomax endured forced labor and torture as a Japnasese Pow camp. Still suffering the psychological trauma of his … Continue reading →

Its 70s  throwback week as we add three classics from that decade to our collection. In “The French Connection”, street cop Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) tries to bring down a heroin ring. This realistic cop drama won five academy awards … Continue reading →

      Our selections for August: Tomlinson Hill by Chris Tomlinson, a story about two Texas families–white and black– that came from the same plantation,  and  The Liar’s Wife by Mary Gordon, a collection of four diamond sharp novellas.  Our … Continue reading →

  This week, CH Parks and Rec is hosting two special guest concerts.   On Friday the 15th, the Monadnock Bluegrass Band will bring their hard-driving   mix of traditional and contemporary bluegrass to the stage.  On Saturday the 16th,  Natalie … Continue reading →

Robin Williams, actor and comedian, passed on from this world on August 11th.  For viewers wishing to bid him adieu, the Nichols Library has several of his films are available:  Dead Poets Society, Goodwill Hunting, Jumanji on VHS and Night at the Museum … Continue reading →

In “Lucky Us” by Amy Bloom (in print and audio), a pair of plucky half sisters reinvent themselves with the help of an unconventional assortment of friends and relatives. In 1939, 12-year-old Eva is abandoned by her feckless mother on her … Continue reading →

Four by Veronica Roth (stories from the author of the Divergent collection); Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater (a Shiver spin-off); Son by Lois Lowry (book IV of the Giver series); The Glass Sentence (cartographers hold the key to a randomized planet);  The truth is … Continue reading →