My LINKcat AccountThere was a small snow event on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon – just a couple of flurries really—but I’m wondering if that counts as the third snow on the robins’ tail that signals that spring is really here and pretty much plans on staying. Add to that the slight cast of green you can see on the lawns and along the ditches where there weren’t piles of snow and the motorcycles that are starting to hit the roads now that the roads are dry, non-snow-covered, and the temperatures warming and you pretty much have spring in Wisconsin. Now, true we are at the very end of the WIAA basketball tournament season and just starting the NCAA tournament season and there is sometimes a major snow storm associated with that but, April is less than ten days away and the days are so much longer and the birds are all a-singing and a-building nests. And we all know what happens in April, right? April showers brining May flowers and all that. Well, not only that April also contains a week-long celebration dear to any and all librarians’ hearts (and yes, we do have hearts—some more so than others, but I digress) and that is National Library Week. As we here at the library count the days until that celebration begins you will find a shelf-load of new books described below waiting for you to check them out.
Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
“We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights” by Adam Winkler. Traces the 200-year history of Citizens United and corporate America's battle to achieve constitutional freedom from federal control, examining the civil rights debates, key events and lawyers that shaped the controversial 2010 Supreme Court decision to extend the same constitutional protections to businesses that are in place for people.
“The Food Therapist: Break Bad Habits, Eat with Intention, and Indulge Without Worry” by Shira Lenchewski. The popular media personality and registered dietician shares insights into the sources of chronic unhealthy dietary choices, counseling readers on how to establish a healthier relationship with food while working through cravings and psychological factors.
“The Metabolism Revolution: Lose 14 Pounds in 14 Days and Keep It off for Life” by Haylie Pomroy. A 14-day weight-loss program by the celebrity nutrition expert and author of the #1 New York Times best-selling The Fast Metabolism Diet shares recipes and detailed instructions for resetting the metabolism and losing weight in accordance with her "food as medicine" techniques.
“Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World” by Joshua Freeman. A global history of the rise of the factory and its positive and negative effects on society traces the Industrial Revolution textile mills, through the massive steel and car plants of the 20th century, to the massive retail producers of today's world, offering insights into the views, debates and innovations of Alexander Hamilton, Henry Ford, Charlie Chaplin and others.
“The Great Stain: Witnessing American Slavery” by Noel Rae. The author of The People's War draws on personal accounts from the transatlantic slave trade era to share poignant, firsthand insights into what slavery was actually like from the perspectives of former slaves, slave owners and African slavers.
“Searching for Amazons: The Real Warrior Women of the Ancient World” by John Man. A sweeping history of Amazon culture draws on decades of new research and archaeological studies in the grasslands of central Asia to confirm the tribe's existence, exploring its traditions and ancient legends into the modern world while examining its enduring significance. By the author of “Ninja”.
New Fiction
“Down the River Unto the Sea” by Walter Mosely. Framed by corrupt enemies within the NYPD and forced to serve a decade in prison, private detective Joe King Oliver receives a confession from a woman who helped set him up, a situation that compels him to investigate his own case at the same time he assists a black radical journalist who has been wrongly accused of murdering two corrupt cops.
“The Legacy, No. 1 (Children’s House)” by Ysra Sigurdardottir. Required to both question and protect a traumatized 7-year-old girl who is the only witness to a murder, rookie detective Huldar and psychologist Freyja navigate elusive clues left behind by an unusually slippery killer, in a debut installment in a new series by the award-winning author of “The Silence of the Sea”.
“Margaret Truman’s Allied in Danger, No. 30 (Capital Crimes)” by Margaret Truman and Donald Bain. Mourning the suspicious death of his son in Nigeria, a security worker at America's British Embassy in London uncovers dangerous information about his son's killers at the same time international investigator Robert Brixton identifies common links between two cases that lead him into one of the most violent confrontations of his life.
“Murder in an Irish Churchyard, No.3 (Irish Village Mysteries)” by Carlene O’Connor. In the small Irish village of Kilbane, Garda Siobhán O'Sullivan must try to solve the mysterious death of an American tourist in a graveyard.
“Surprise Me” by Sophie Kinsella. When the fragile contentment in their marriage is shattered by someone's casual remark about how many more years they will be together, Sylvie and Dan agree to arrange surprises for each other to revitalize their relationship, only to encounter a comical series of mishaps. By the best-selling author of the “Shopaholic” series.
“The Bad Daughter” by Joy Fielding. Estranged from her family because of her difficulties getting along with her stepmother, Robin returns home in the aftermath of a brutal home invasion, hoping to mend fences, only to uncover horrible family secrets that may have led to the attack. By the best-selling author of “See Jane Run”.
“The Bookworm” by Mitch Silver. More than 75 years after a British operative in disguise plants an old leather Bible in a Belgian monastery that is about to be looted by Nazi art thieves, the discovery of a human bone prompts Russian historian Lara "the Bookworm" Klimt to employ her most advanced skills to prevent an international conspiracy. By the author of “In Secret Service”.