Register for these fun programs coming up in January 2024!
Tue Jan 2 through Tue Jan 9, all day - Put together your
2024 vision board! Supplies available on
the 2nd floor. No registration necessary, just drop in!
Thu Jan 4 @ 6:30pm – Decluttering with Katie Rogers
(register here https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/8508324)
Sat Jan 6 @ 3pm – Great Short Stories Film Series presents
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (register here https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/9330648)
Mon Jan 8 @ 6:30pm – Great Short Stories Book Club discusses
“Mr. Blandings Builds His Castle” by Eric Hodgins
(register here https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/8360680)
Sat Jan 27 @ 6:30pm – Burns Night
(register here https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/8011691)
Tue Jan 30 @ 6:30pm – Books & Beyond Discussion Group
chats about immigration/emigration (register here https://www.oneallibrary.org/event/8810331 and reading suggestions available here https://oneallibrary.org/adults---reading-recommendations)
Last night, Books & Beyond had a Reader’s Choice meeting
where there was no assigned topic, just sharing what we’ve been enjoying lately!
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
In the sleepy town of Milburn, New York, four old men gather
to tell each other stories—some true, some made-up, all of them frightening. A
simple pastime to divert themselves from their quiet lives. But one story is
coming back to haunt them and their small town. A tale of something they did
long ago. A wicked mistake. A horrifying accident. And they are about to learn
that no one can bury the past forever...
Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon (ebook on Hoopla)
Hannah never wanted to be a werewolf. After over thirty
years as a human, she finds her new life on the other side of the species line
too full of sudden changes. Especially when those changes risk her band's
chance at a world tour. Desperate for a way to slake the cravings and soothe
the restless anger that arrives every month like clockwork, Hannah takes the
advice of a friend and books a night with the Monster Smash Agency. Hannah and
Rafe's partnership ought to be practical, but their chemistry carves a new
path. This werewolf is unlike any client Rafe has worked with yet, and he's
determined to make her howl his name.
The Handi Book of love, Lust, and Disability by Jess Tarpey,
Andrew Gurza, and Katy Venables (Unavailable in the JCLC system or WorldCat, available for purchase as an ebook on Amazon)
The Handi Book of Love, Lust and Disability unearths new
conversations on sex, relationships and disability. It's beautifully designed
and full of raw, powerful and inspiring stories, poetry and artwork from 50
phenomenal contributors from the disabled community.
Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent by Katherine Angel (audiobook on Hoopla)
In today’s crucial moment of renewed attention to violence
and power, Angel urges that we remake our thinking about sex, pleasure, and
autonomy without any illusions about perfect self-knowledge. Only then will we
fulfil Michel Foucault’s teasing promise, in 1976, that “tomorrow sex will be
good again.”
Diary of a Genius: Salvador Dali’s Autobiography (available from WorldCat)
This stands as one of the seminal texts of Surrealism,
revealing the most astonishing and intimate workings of the mind of Salvador
Dalí, the eccentric polymath genius who became the living embodiment of the
20th century's most intensely subversive, disturbing and influential art
movement.
Fifty Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship by Salvador Dali (ebook on Hoopla and available from WorldCat)
For many, Salvador Dali represents the Surrealist painter
par excellence, one whose work explored his own dream life, hallucinations, and
fetishes in the process of objectifying the irrational elements of the
unconscious. In this rare and important volume, the painter expresses (in his
inimitably eccentric fashion) his ideas of what painting should be, expounds on
what is good and bad painting, offers opinions on the merits of Vermeer,
Picasso, Cézanne, and other artists, and expresses his thoughts on the history
of painting.
The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear by Ralph
Keyes (available from WorldCat)
Ralph Keyes, an author who has taught writing for more than
thirty years, assures us that anxiety is felt by writers at every level,
especially when they dare to do their best. He describes the sequence of
"courage points" through which all writers must pass, from the
challenge of identifying a worthwhile project to the mixture of pride and panic
they feel when examining a newly published book or article.
The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham: A Biography by Selina
Hastings
He was a brilliant teller of tales, one of the most widely
read authors of the twentieth century, and at one time the most famous writer
in the world, yet W. Somerset Maugham’s own true story has never been fully
told. At last, the fascinating truth is revealed in a landmark biography by the
award-winning writer Selina Hastings. Granted unprecedented access to Maugham’s
personal correspondence and to newly uncovered interviews with his only child,
Hastings portrays the secret loves, betrayals, integrity, and passion that
inspired Maugham to create such classics as The Razor’s Edge and Of Human Bondage.
Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee
Delving into heretofore untapped sources, Lee does away with
the image of the snobbish bluestocking and gives us a new Edith Wharton-tough,
startlingly modern, as brilliant and complex as her fiction. Born into a
wealthy family, Wharton left America as an adult and eventually chose to create
a life in France. Her renowned novels and stories have become classics of
American literature, but as Lee shows, Wharton's own life, filled with success
and scandal, was as intriguing as those of her heroines. Bridging two centuries
and two very different sensibilities, Wharton here comes to life in the
skillful hands of one of the great literary biographers of our time.
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging
up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh,
opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals
stand in the way of success ― not to mention the fact that no one has the
faintest idea what coffee actually is. If Viv wants to put the blade behind her
and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone. But the true
rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And
whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup,
they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have
dreamed.
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her
chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't always what we seek. Set in
the world of New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes,
Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust takes us on a journey of
high fantasy, first loves, and secondhand books.
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of WWI by Douglas Brunt
The hidden history of one of the world’s greatest inventors,
a man who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air on the
eve of World War I—this book answers the hundred-year-old mystery of what
really became of Rudolf Diesel.
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
Our narrator produces a sound from the piano no one else at
the Conservatory can. She employs a technique she learned from her parents—also
talented musicians—who fled China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. But
when an accident leaves her parents debilitated, she abandons her future for a
job at a high-end beauty and wellness store in New York City, Holistik, known
for its remarkable products and procedures—from remoras that suck out cheap
Botox to eyelash extensions made of spider silk—and her new job affords her
entry into a world of privilege and gives her a long-awaited sense of
belonging. But beneath these creams and tinctures lies something sinister.
A piercing, darkly funny debut, Natural Beauty explores questions of
consumerism, self-worth, race, and identity—and leaves readers with a shocking
and unsettling truth.
Wild Dances: My Queer and Curious Journey to Eurovision by
William Lee Adams
A memoir of glitz, glamour, geopolitics, and the power of
pop music, following a misunderstood queer biracial kid from small-town Georgia
who became the world's foremost Eurovision Song Contest blogger.
The Last Courtesan of Olympus by Amanda Meuwissen (
Aikos is the best at what he does, the most skilled and
coveted acolyte of Aphrodite, and he knows it, but when his beauty and allure
attracts the attention of the gods themselves, his ascension to courtesan takes
a turn he never expected. Straight to Olympus.
Nobel Minds 2023 (available on Youtube)
The 2023 laureates in the fields of physics, chemistry,
medicine and economic sciences talk to Zeinab Badawi and students in the
audience at the Royal Palace in Stockholm about their discoveries and
achievements, and how these might find a practical application.
Nobel lectures 2023 on Medicine/Physiology (available on Youtube)
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
Lucy Worsley's 12 Days of Tudor Christmas
Lucy Worsley recreates how Christmas was celebrated during the age of Henry VIII, eating, drinking, singing, dancing and partying as people did 500 years ago. On each of the traditional twelve days of Christmas, Lucy reveals a different aspect of the festivities, uncovering fresh insights into the Tudor mind and casting a captivating new light on Christmas itself.
This film turns the clock back 500 years to find how the farms of Tudor England celebrated the twelve days of Christmas, with a frenzy of music, food and alcohol.
BBC TV documentary broadcast on 25 December 2008, in which
Howard Goodall investigates the often uncomfortable relationship between carols
and the Church’s celebration of Christmas, using musical illustrations provided
by various musicians including the choir of Truro Cathedral, directed by
Christopher Gray.
FX's A Christmas Carol (currently streaming on Hulu)
FX’s A Christmas Carol is an original take on Charles
Dickens’ iconic ghost story by Steven Knight (Taboo, Peaky Blinders). The FX
Original movie is a spine-tingling immersion into Ebenezer Scrooge’s dark night
of the soul.
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