Monthly Archives: March 2019

Visitors often comment on how charming the Nichols Library is.  What’s surprising, then, is that more people spend time enjoying its charms.   It’s the perfect place to do some personal business.   With our Wi-Fi network, plug-ins for electronics, and fax, … Continue reading →

“The Friend” by Sigrid Nunez is an award-winning story about a woman and her dog that is “allusive and charming”. “More than Words” by Jill Santopolo finds a woman seeing her relations with men in a new light. “Black Leopard, … Continue reading →

“At Eternity’s Gate” is a drama about Van Gogh’s last years.  On a self-imposed exile in Arles, he grapples with religion and mental illness while developing a unique style of painting.  William Dafoe in the title role got a best actor … Continue reading →

“Cemetery Road” by Greg Iles is another story about privilege and mayhem in Mississippi. “The Malta Exchange’ by Steve Berry features Templars, and clerics and treasures (oh my).  “Never Tell” by Lisa Gardner finds the same woman present at two … Continue reading →

In “The Lost Man” by Jane Harper (“The Dry”), two brothers find the body of their third sibling in a remote corner of the outback. His death seems suspicions and the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects.   Charles Todd is back … Continue reading →

“Valley Forge” by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin is a seasonally-appropriate account of the longest winter of the American Revolution.  In 1777, after being beaten at Brandywine and Germantown, Washington’s army abandoned Philadelphia.  Congress fled to Lancaster, and the army … Continue reading →

“The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee” by David Treuer tells the story of Native America from the surrender of the tribes in the 1890s to the present.  Treuer details the forced assimilation of native children at government-run boarding schools. He shows … Continue reading →

March is women’s history month and there is no shortage of good stories about amazing women.   “Flygirls” by Keith O’Brien portrays female aviation pioneers.   Memoirs by former first lady Michelle Obama (“Becoming”), senators Kamala Harris (“The Truths We Hold”) and … Continue reading →

Richard Gergel’s “Unexampled Courage” tells how the mistreatment of an army veteran let President Harry Truman and southern judge J. Waties Waring on the path to history-changing decisions.  On February 12, 1946, Sergeant Isaac Woodard, a decorated African American veteran, … Continue reading →

  Here is a list of  the latest titles available through NH Downloadable Books.  Included are new releases from Joseph Finder, Lisa Scottoline, JD Robb, Neil Gaiman, and Jacqueline Winspear.  Also check out our Hoopla Digital connection for streaming audio, … Continue reading →