Brent

Deep future : the next 100,000 years of life on Earth

by Curt Stager

363.73874 /Stager
Science

A paleoclimatologist makes predictions about how environmental choices in the twenty-first century will affect life on the planet throughout the distant future, drawing on geological history to argue that global cooling poses a more significant threat.

This book is really interesting. It puts climate change into geologic perspective, talking about how these changes we are seeing compare to the global cyclic warming and cooling that the earth has seen in the past and what is coming. -Brent

All systems red

by Martha Wells

SCIENCE FICTION Wells Martha

This was a surprisingly good little SF novella. There was just something fresh about it. Also a bit of a thriller with a twist. -Brent

Persepolis rising

by James S. A. Corey

eBOOK
Science Fiction

"The seventh novel in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series--now a major television series. AN OLD ENEMY RETURNS In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way. Every new planet lives on a knife edge between collapse and wonder, and the crew of the aging gunship Rocinante have their hands more than full keeping the fragile peace. In the vast space between Earth and Jupiter, the inner planets and belt have formed a tentative and uncertain alliance still haunted by a history of wars and prejudices. On the lost colony world of Laconia, a hidden enemy has a new vision for all of humanity and the power to enforce it. New technologies clash with old as the history of human conflict returns to its ancient patterns of war and subjugation. But human nature is not the only enemy, and the forces being unleashed have their own price. A price that will change the shape of humanity -- and of the Rocinante -- unexpectedly and forever... Persepolis Rising is the seventh novel in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series"--

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Monk's-hood : the third chronicle of Brother Cadfael

by Ellis Peters

MYSTERY Peters, Ellis
Mystery

I watched these on PBS a long time ago. Now I'm trying them in book form. So far so good. -Brent

Anything is possible

by Elizabeth Strout

eBOOK
Fiction

If you liked Lucy Barton... Read this one. You find out more about all the characters from Lucy Barton. But I just love how you first see a character through the eyes of another, then you later find out more about that character's story. -Brent

Ptolemy's gate

by Jonathan Stroud

jFICTION Stroud, Jonathan
Young Adult

Dangerous adventures continue for the djinni Bartimaeus and his master, seventeen-year-old Nathaniel, a powerful magician who is serving as England's minister of information.

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Danny, the champion of the world

by Roald Dahl

jFICTION Dahl, Roald
Kids

A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and the special adventure they share together.

My favorite Roald Dahl book. I loved reading it to both my boys. -Brent

Miss Perfumado

by Cesaria Evora

COMPACT DISC WO:A Evora Miss

My favorite track is called Sodade, which roughly translates to “longing” and can both describe the feeling of loss of love and the longing for home. To me the music and the lyrics remind me more of Portugal than West Africa but it undeniably represents a creole-like mixture of both. There is a beautiful dynamic between Cesaria’s rich warm voice and the higher pitched cavaquinho. -Brent

Detectorists. [Series 1]

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DVD TV Detectorists Series 1

The charming comedy-drama from BBC Four tells the story of Andy and Lance, members of the Danebury Metal Detectors Club. As Andy pursues a degree in archaeology and Lance considers being a musician, they spend their days searching through fields with their metal detectors, dreaming of finding a fortune.

The show was written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, who you might know as the gung-ho assistant on the British version of The Office. It is very funny and the dialog is great as is the music and filming. This is an easy one to binge-watch, so take it easy. Only watch a couple at a time; there are only six in the first season. -Brent

True north : a novel

by Jim Harrison

eBOOK
Fiction

I'm a big fan of Jim Harrison and have read many of his novellas. This is a much longer novel than what I'm used to from him and much darker but I enjoyed it. -Brent

Where'd you go, Bernadette : a novel

by Maria Semple

eBOOK
Fiction

This is a fun read. Kind of light and funny but it has a little intrigue too. Keep reading, it gets better as it goes. -Brent