Monthly Archives: March 2018

UPS just made another Friday drop. New stories by CJ Box,  Elizabeth George, Phillip Kerr, Jacqueline Winspear …

“Directorate S” by Steve Coll recounts the C.I.As wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. “I’ll be Gone in the Dark” by Michelle McNamara details one woman’s search to unmask a serial Killer.   “The Red Web” by Andrei Soldatov offers an inside … Continue reading →

Self-help form the Dismal Science?  The man best know as the saint of self-interest (“The Wealth of Nations”), also wrote about the ties that bind. Smith’s “The Theory of Moral Sentiments” argued that the root of well-being lies in family … Continue reading →

 “The Square and the Tower” by Niall Ferguson looks at how social networks (the town square) foster change and disrupt traditional hierarchies (the tower).  Networks, being less formal, are more open to innovation and change. From Roman catacombs to our … Continue reading →

These stories are fast-paced and tightly- plotted; nothing extra.   In “The Kremlin Conspiracy” by Joel Rosenberg, a resurgent Russia plans to invade the Baltic States.  In “The Woman Left Behind”, Linda Howard blends special forces action with romantic intrigue. Is … Continue reading →

The Mitford Murders” by Jessica Fellowes is a thrilling mystery based on an unsolved murder by a member of the Downton Abbey team. Heartfelt drama is available in “A Single Thread” by Marie Bostwick (friends and quilts) and ‘We were … Continue reading →

Besides our Oscar DVDs, we new books by four award-winning fiction writers.  Two time Man Booker winner Peter Carey’s latest, “A Long Way from Home”, is a “brilliantly vivid” novel about a couple that enters a across-Australia car race. White … Continue reading →

Shipped and soon to arrive at the Nichols Library is The Shape of Water, this year’s winner of the Oscars for best picture and director (Guillermo del Toro).   Eilisa (Sally Hawkins), a mute custodian working in a high-security government laboratory, … Continue reading →

“Get Out” took home the Oscar for the best original screenplay.  “Social satire and mainstream horror elements merge” in this “strange and smartly written feature” about what happens when black man visits his white girl’s family   Think Stepford Wives meets … Continue reading →

Just in at the Nichols Library:  the first round of Oscar-winning movies on DVD, new fiction for a variety of tastes and thought-provoking stories from real life.  Gary Oldman got the best actor nod for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in … Continue reading →