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Spotlight book cover
Spotlight book cover

Spotlight

DVD MOVIE DRAMA Spotlight
Drama, Crime, Historical

The riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper's tenacious 'Spotlight' team of reporters delve into allegations of abuse...

I remember seeing this in theaters in 2015 when it first came out. It's almost 10 years later, and this movie is still a tour de force. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend doing so. -Annie

Remainders of the day : a bookshop diary book cover
Remainders of the day : a bookshop diary book cover

Remainders of the day : a bookshop diary

Shaun Bythell

BIOGRAPHY Bythell, Shaun
Biographies

"The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland is a book lover's paradise, with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the portly bookshop cat. You'd think that after twenty years, owner Shaun Bythell would be used to his quirky customers by now. Don...

Another superb and fantastic dry-wit addition to Bythell's bookshop diaries. For anyone who has worked in a bookstore or library (or really most retail jobs) you'll get a kick out of his small-town observations of the funny and annoying customers, and the glimpses of delight in the every day. -Amanda

Ultimate invasion book cover
Ultimate invasion book cover

Ultimate invasion

Jonathan Hickman

COMIC Ultimate 2023
Graphic Novels

The Illuminati must gather once again to stop the Maker! One of the last survivors of the original Ultimate Universe, the Maker plans to ensure that Earth's Mightiest Heroes never become heroes at all - and then he can reshape a defenseless universe into exactly what he wants it to be!...

Before reading this, I'd been on a break from reading comic books for roughly a year and a half. It was for no real reason other than there not being anything that caught my interest. Ultimate Invasion definitely caught my interest. Short version--an alternative version of Reed Richards--Mister Fantastic--calling himself "The Maker" escapes from the regular Marvel Universe into a different one and stops a wide variety of superheroes from gaining their powers. He then controls that world--with the help of other super powered folk--until the past and future catch up with him. This volume is wild--incredible world building and art--and it got me very excited for this new Ultimate Universe. -Brian

Planet Earth III book cover
Planet Earth III book cover

Planet Earth III

DVD 508 Planet
Documentary

Completing the Planet Earth trilogy, Planet Earth III explores the greatest habitats on our planet and the extraordinary animals that live in them. Filled with wonder and insight, Planet Earth III celebrates places and animals beyond our imagination. From the depths of the ocean to the most remote...

Animals are so cool! And some of these shots are truly mind-blowing. If you loved the previous Planet Earth installments, this one won't disappoint. -Annie

Madness : race and insanity in a Jim Crow asylum book cover
Madness : race and insanity in a Jim Crow asylum book cover

Madness : race and insanity in a Jim Crow asylum

Antonia Hylton

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"On a cold day in March of 1911, officials marched twelve Black men into the heart of a forest in Maryland. Under the supervision of a doctor, the men were forced to clear the land, pour cement, lay bricks, and harvest tobacco. When construction finished, they became the first twelve patients...

This book was thoroughly researched and the personal stories added detailed layers to a legacy of the inequitable history of mental health care in the US. The author highlights generational trauma in a very real way that tells the story of the stigma attached to mental illness today that directly correlates back to institutions like Crownsville. It is precisely in this type of reckoning, however, that healing can happen. Fans of Michelle Alexander will find this mandatory reading. -Victoria

Flooded book cover
Flooded book cover

Flooded

Mariajo Ilustrajo

jE Ilustraj

"Flooded is the funny and beautifully illustrated tale of animals who live in a city that is ever so slowly flooding. The flood comes gradually at first. A business lion reads about it in the paper over his breakfast and absent-mindedly says 'hmm!', but does nothing about it. All the...

This book was put on my lap from one of our superstar Children's Librarians and it's lovely. Children will adore scouring the pages for a wonderfully illustrated variety of animals in often funny predicaments, and adults will be reminded of the very real problems going on around us, despite how distracted we might be with our own. Overall, it's a shining testament that celebrates the fact that we can solve most of our problems successfully when we work together. -Victoria

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