The next Books & Beyond meeting will be on Tuesday, June
28th at 6:30pm and the topic up for discussion is Booker Prize winning
books. Peruse the Booker Prize Winners row
on the Shelf Care section of the library’s website at https://oneallibrary.org/adults---reading-recommendations.
In May, BAB met to discuss audiobooks of every description from cds, to Youtube, to the wonderful apps you have available with your library card!
Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman (available in
audio on Youtube or on ebook on Libby)
Lithuanian born anarchist Emma Goldman emigrated to the
United States at the age of sixteen. She first became attracted to anarchism
following the Haymarket affair of 1886, a massacre in which seven police
officers and an unknown number of civilians were killed during a march of
striking Chicago workers. Eight anarchists were subsequently tried for murder.
In the early part of the 20th century Emma Goldman would become one the most
ardent supporters of the anarchist philosophy, advocating it through lectures
and writings, and even in helping to plan, with her lover Alexander Berkman, a
failed assassination of wealthy financier Henry Clay Frick. In 1906 Goldman
founded the anarchist journal “Mother Earth”. “Anarchism and Other Essays” is a
collection of essays first published in that journal and later published
together as a book in 1911. In these twelve essays we find a representative
collection of Goldman’s political philosophy, including her view of what
anarchism stands for, the psychology of political violence, feminism and
women’s rights, the injustice of the prison system, and other opinions on art,
education, sexuality, religion, and patriotism.
The Anarchist Handbook by Michael Malice et al. (available
in eaudio on Hoopla for select locations)
Anarchism has been both a vision of a peaceful, cooperative
society—and an ideology of revolutionary terror. Since the term
itself—anarchism—is a negation, there is a great deal of disagreement on what
the positive alternative would look like. The black flag comes in many
colors.The Anarchist Handbook is an opportunity for all these many varied
voices to speak for themselves, from across the decades.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Initially published under the pseudonym Currer Bell in 1847,
Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre erupted onto the English literary scene,
immediately winning the devotion of many of the world’s most renowned writers,
including William Makepeace Thackeray, who declared it a work “of great
genius.” Widely regarded as a revolutionary novel, Brontë’s masterpiece
introduced the world to a radical new type of heroine, one whose defiant virtue
and moral courage departed sharply from the more acquiescent and malleable
female characters of the day. Passionate, dramatic, and surprisingly
modern, Jane Eyre endures as one of the world’s most beloved novels.
Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
The first openly nonbinary contestant on America’s favorite
cooking show falls for their clumsy competitor in this delicious romantic
comedy debut that USA Today hailed as “an essential read.”
The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry (available on Hoopla for select locations)
A collection of essays celebrating the cultural heritage of history and home argues that arrogance must be abandoned in favor of respect and care for oneself, one's neighbors, and the land.
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of ThePrincess Bride by Cary Elwes et al.
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley
in The Princess Bride, comes the New York Times bestselling
account of the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told
stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright,
Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as
author and screenwriter William Goldman, producer Norman Lear, and director Rob
Reiner.
Vox by Christina Dalcher
On the day the government decrees that women are no longer
allowed more than one hundred words per day, Dr. Jean McClellan is in denial.
This can't happen here. Not in America. Not to her.
Soon women are not permitted to hold jobs. Girls are not taught to read or
write. Females no longer have a voice. Before, the average person spoke sixteen
thousand words each day, but now women have only one hundred to make themselves
heard. For herself, her daughter, and every woman silenced, Jean will reclaim
her voice. This is just the beginning...not the end.
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a
spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately
linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild
itself in the aftermath of a climate plague—a daring and deeply heartfelt work
of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice. From funerary
skyscrapers to hotels for the dead to interstellar starships,
Sequoia Nagamatsu takes readers on a wildly original and
compassionate journey, spanning continents, centuries, and even celestial
bodies to tell a story about the resilience of the human spirit, our infinite
capacity to dream, and the connective threads that tie us all together in
the universe.
The Widow by Fiona Barton
Following the twists and turns of an unimaginable
crime, The Widow is an electrifying debut thriller that will take you
into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife. There’s a lot
Jean hasn’t said over the years about the crime her husband was suspected of
committing. She was too busy being the perfect wife, standing by her man while
living with the accusing glares and the anonymous harassment. Now her husband
is dead, and there’s no reason to stay quiet. There are people who want to hear
her story. They want to know what it was like living with that man. She can
tell them that there were secrets. There always are in a marriage. The
truth—that’s all anyone wants. But the one lesson Jean has learned in the last
few years is that she can make people believe anything...
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
A forgotten history. A secret network of women. A legacy of
poison and revenge. Welcome to The Lost Apothecary…Hidden in the depths of
eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind
of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella
who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their
lives. Meanwhile in present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline
Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, running from her own
demons. When she stumbles upon a clue to the unsolved apothecary murders that
haunted London two hundred years ago, her life collides with the apothecary’s
in a stunning twist of fate—and not everyone will survive.
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