Monthly Archives: November 2016

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. Memoir of the man who founded the Equal Justice Initiative to argue for death row inmates.  Waking up White by Debby Irving.  A school teacher’s cringe worthy attempts to bridge the racial divide leads her … Continue reading →

In Hungry Heart, author Jennifer Weiner (Good in Bed) “takes the raw stuff of her life and spins it into a collection of tales …as uproariously funny as the best of Nora Ephron and Tina Fey.” Born in Louisiana but educated … Continue reading →

The Big Picture by Sean Carroll  weaves the threads of astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, and philosophy into a seamless narrative tapestry, Sean Carroll enthralls us with what we’ve figured out in the universe and humbles us with what we don’t … Continue reading →

Northmen by John Haywood  lets you follow in the wake of the Vikings— whose raiding was took them from Finland to Russia to Jerusalem. The Vikings, says Haywood were “an unprecedented phenomenon in European history, not for any technological, military or cultural … Continue reading →

Outlander, Season Two. Further adventures of a nurse transported in time to the 18thc highlands).  Better Call Saul, Seaosn 2. Further adventures of Breaking Bad’s shyster lawyer). Free State of Jones.  Citizens break away from the Confederates to form their own … Continue reading →

For drama free of angst and dread, try one of these new stories.In Faithful by Alice Hoffman, a car driven by two high school seniors goes out of control. One of the girls ends up in badly injured; the other … Continue reading →

Flashbacks are the theme in these new crime and mystery novels. Lee Child’s Night School takes place in Jack Reacher’s military past. An assignment to additional training turns out to be a mission to track down a dangerous Jihadi. In No … Continue reading →

History provides the backdrop for these two stories two dramas. In Marie Benedict’s The Other Einstein,  Mileva Marić, a Serbian woman of modest means, becomes one of the few women to study math and science at the Zurich Polytechnic School. There, … Continue reading →

    The Nichols Library is open today, Friday November 11  (Veteran’s Day).   Observe the holiday by coming down and borrowing a book or DVD!

Pharaoh by adventure writer Wilber Smith continues  his series about dynastic struggles in ancient Egypt.  Tamose, the reigning  pharaoh has died leaving his eldest son, Utteric, as heir.  Utteric, unfortunately, is a coward and hedonist.  To secure his claim to … Continue reading →