My LINKcat AccountToday, April 28th is a day that is celebrated by four – count them four – special days. Today is “International Astronomy Day” which is a day to look up to the stars. It was established to promote astronomy to the general public. Astronomy clubs and groups use this day to help teach the people about the stars, and other celestial bodies in the universe. Today is also “Great Poetry Reading Day” a day that was established to honor all the great poetry out there and to encourage people to read it out loud. Today is also “Kiss Your Mate Day” – no one knows how or when this special day came about but, after all, why not? And finally today is “Take Your Daughter to Work Day” – which is always the fourth Thursday of April. In 1993 by the Ms. Foundation for Women initiated this special day. The intention was to give girls additional direct attention and insight into the work world opportunities available to them. There is probably a way to combine all of these special day celebrations into one event; such as taking your mate under the stars at night, recite some great poetry, and smooch all of this would of course occur after taking your daughter to work and returning home in the evening so you could actually see the stars. However you care to celebrate this ultrapenultimate day in April, reading a good book is always an option. Below you will find a number of new titles that arrived at the library this week. Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
Pivot : the art and science of reinventing your career and life by Adam Markel. The CEO of Peak Potentials describes how anyone at any age can tap their true potential and transition or transform their career through step-by-step exercises, introspective prompts and daily rituals that will help create a clear a space for change.
The humane economy : how innovators and enlightened consumers are transforming the lives of animals / by Wayne Pacelle. The Humane Society president offers a major exploration of the economics of animal exploitation that includes a practical road map for how to adapt the marketplace to promote the welfare of all living creatures, revealing how to make informed decisions to prevent animal cruelty.
No fears, no excuses : what you need to do to have a great career / by Larry Smith. Outlines a provocative approach to discovering one's life calling and achieving a satisfying career, challenging the perspectives of college graduates while sharing strategies based on the author's popular TED talk.
The longevity book : the science of aging, the biology of strength, and the privilege of time / by Cameron Diaz. The Hollywood actress and author of the best-selling The Body Book shares practical and authoritative guidelines for how women can optimize health and resilience as they age, drawing on extensive interviews with doctors, scientists and nutritionists to explain the specific needs of aging women's bodies.
Push back : guilt in the age of natural parenting / by Amy Tuteur. The Harvard-trained physician and author of How Your Baby Is Born examines the role of guilt in today's childbirth and early parenting choices, challenging popular misconceptions while arguing that the natural parenting movement is capitalizing on practices that serve to manipulate rather than assist parents.
New Fiction
Eligible : a novel / by Curtis Sittenfeld. Returning with her sister, Jane, to their Ohio hometown when their father falls ill, New York magazine editor Lizzy Bennett confronts challenges in the form of her younger sisters' football fangirl antics, a creepy cousin's unwanted attentions and the infuriating standoffish manners of a handsome neurosurgeon.
The excellent Lombards / by Jane Hamilton. Desiring nothing more than to tend her family's apple orchard and enjoy time with her loved ones, young Frankie finds her peace threatened by urbanization, disinheritance and college and must choose between clinging to the past and letting go.
My struggle. Book five / by Karl Ove Knausgaard. After moving to Bergen to focus on his writing, Karl Ove is stricken with debilitating writer’s block and must watch helplessly as each of his friends publish their debuts, in the fifth volume of the series.
The dark lady's mask / by Mary Sharratt. Disguising herself as a man to escape her loveless marriage and enjoy the exclusive freedoms of men, aspiring 16th-century writer Aemilia falls in love and runs away with ragged poet William Shakespeare, with whom she secretly writes plays that bring him fame years later.
Glory over everything : beyond the Kitchen house / by Kathleen Grissom. A rerelease of a grassroots best-seller by the author of The Kitchen House continues the experiences of Jamie, who in 1830 after escaping slavery passes himself off as a wealthy white silversmith, only to risk everything to save a beloved servant who has been captured and sold in the South.
Lilac girls : a novel / by Martha Hall Kelly. A debut novel inspired by the life of unlikely World War II heroine Caroline Ferriday follows the experiences of a Manhattan debutante, who resolves to help upon learning of the atrocities at the Ravensbruck concentration camp; and a Catholic teen, who is swept up in the Polish resistance movement.
Thomas Jefferson dreams of Sally Hemings : a novel / by Stephen O’Connor. A vibrant historical tale inspired by the decades-long relationship between the third President and Sally Hemings details their first encounters in late-18th-century Paris and the inconsistent values that shaped their affair. A first novel by the author of “Orphan Trains”.