Monthly Archives: March 2015

“Dead Wake” by Erik Larson delivers a riveting account of the sinking of a passenger liner Lusitania by a  German U-boat, The event, widely considered a war crime, became a cause celebre during WWI. The  “A finely written elegy on … Continue reading →

 “The Whites” by Harry Brandt and Richard Price. Cops are signing up for a tour with Night Watch  to pursue a personal  vendetta.  A “sprawling, multiplayer game of cat and mouse.”     “All the Old Knives” by Olen Steinhauer. A quiet … Continue reading →

“The Subtle Body” by Stefanie Syman traces Yoga in the new world from it’s early days as an exotic, if not suspect, practice to a staple of fitness centers.  The road winds from New England, to New York, Hollywood,  Haight-Ashbury … Continue reading →

2014 collections of “The Best American Poetry” (swlwcted by Terrance Hayes)  and “The Best American Short Stories (selected by Jennifer Egan).”  Take a peek at the cutting edge in short fiction and verse.

Looking for some St. Patrick themed reading to with your Guiness that offers a little more than Patrick  Taylor’s Irish Country ____?   Saint Patricks Batallion by James Thom is based on a obscure event, the Irish bridage that fought for Mexicso … Continue reading →

Filers, take heart. The Nichols Library has copies of the 1040EZ, 1040, 1040A and NH Income and Dividend tax forms for traditional mail-in filing.  We also have circulating guides for the EZ and 1040 forms (guides circulate for 3 three … Continue reading →

Four novels, four styles: classic narration, avant garde, magic realism, and family drama.  In Shame and the Captives by Thomas Keneally, Japanese POWs resolve to take drastic action to wipe away their shame. In The First Bad Man by Miiranda … Continue reading →

Dial up the wayback machine for journeys through the past in these new stories. In Vanessa and her Sister, author Priya Parmar tells a tale based on lives of  painter Vanessa Bell and her sister Virginia Wolf. In Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule, author Jennfier … Continue reading →

Here are three stories for the thrill-seeking page turners. In The Descent by Tim Johnston, an 18 year old girl disappears without a trace on a family vacation in the Rockies.  In Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon, a German-American Jew … Continue reading →

 A pair of throwback classics.  In Lucky Jim (1954) by Kingsley Amis, Jim Dixon, a hapless lecturer in history at a provincial university, struggles to hold on to his shakey academic perch and win the girl of his fancy. Lucky Jim “defines … Continue reading →