Monthly Archives: April 2018

“12 Rules for Life” by Jordan Peterson seeks a balance between the desires for discipline and freedom, adventure and responsibility while “The Common Good” by Robert Reich discusses the moral obligations of citizenship.  “How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life” … Continue reading →

 “Copper River” by William Kent Krueger finds Corky Corrigan (“Sulfur Springs”) investigating a string of teenage abductions.  “Believable, complicated characters and strong writing” sets this series apart from the pack (Minneapolis Star Tribune). “The Disappeared” by C. J. Box has … Continue reading →

“Greeks Bearing Gifts” by Phillip Kerr finds Bernie Gunther in Athens on the trail of a war criminal.  Bernie “walks down streets so mean that nobody can stay alive and remain truly clean” (NPR). In “The Temptation of Forgiveness” by … Continue reading →

British crime fans can look forward to “The Punishment She Deserves” by Elizabeth George, which has Lynley and Havers pondering whether the death of a local deacon was murder or suicide.  “Long but rewarding, this is trademark George” (Kirkus Reviews). … Continue reading →

“Babylon Berlin” by Volker Kutsche follows Detective Gereon Rath,  investigates a vice case that leads him into a mysterious web involving organized crime, socialist revolutionaries, crooked cops, and the military right, all which threaten the fragile Weimer Republic.  In many … Continue reading →

If you tried to log into the catalog last week and couldn’t, it was because we were busy fending off a malware incursion. Said event also kept us from posting updates on our log as well. Well, we are back. … Continue reading →

The Nichols Library closed 4-6pm on Monday 4/16 due to high winds, sleet and generally bad driving conditions. We will re-open as usual on Tuesday 4/17 at 10am.

 It’s the weekend! Time to get the popcorn ready and pop one of these into your DVD player. “The Disaster Artist”  stars James and Dave Franco as a pair of Hollywood outsiders who run amok. “I, Tonya” chronicles the dubious career … Continue reading →

A Necessary Evil  marks the return of  Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant “Surrender-Not’ Banerjee, who first appeared in last year’s “A Rising Man.”  Investigating the murder of  their heir to the province of  Sambalpore, Wyndham and Banerjee discover a hot … Continue reading →

In The Disappeared, C. J. Box’s Joe Pickett searches for a missing British CEO.    Jacqueline Winspear, meanwhile, has a new case for Maisie Dobbs in To Die but Once. It is the spring of 1940, and Maisie  is asked to … Continue reading →