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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

New Books Available This Week!

 


 


 

NEW BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK

 


 

FOR ADULTS

 


 

Featured Title:

Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation

by Maud Newton

Newton's much-anticipated book is an examination of her own family's past as well as a wider look at the growing cultural and scientific significance of genealogy. Mental illness and religious fanaticism percolated through Newton’s maternal lines back to an ancestor accused of being a witch in Puritan-era Massachusetts. Her father was an educated man who extolled the virtues of slavery and obsessed over the “purity” of his family bloodline. Newton's research into her troubled ancestry takes her and the reader into the realms of genetics, epigenetics, and the debates over intergenerational trauma.

 

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FOR CHILDREN

 


 

Featured Title:

Cress Watercress

by Gregory Maguire

In this richly imagined woodland adventure, a grieving rabbit family—Mama, Cress, and baby Kip—must leave their comfortable warren to start over without their lost Papa. Mama moves the family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everyone’s business. Can a dead tree full of annoying neighbors, and no Papa, ever be home?

 

"Warmhearted and utterly charming." Kirkus Reviews

 

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FOR TEENS

 


 

Featured Title:

The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin

by Kip Wilson

This historical novel set on the cusp of World War II tells the story of Hilde, an orphan, who, on her 18th birthday, goes out into Berlin to discover her place in the world. She stumbles into Café Lila—a vibrant cabaret full of expressive customers—and Rosa, the club’s waitress and performer, who is Jewish. As the café and all who work there embrace Hilde, and she embraces them in turn, she discovers her voice and her own blossoming feelings for Rosa. Written in a series of free-verse poems, this novel captures the mood and times in sparse poetry, making this work equally appealing for learning history and pleasure reading.

 

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NEW ON VIDEO

 


 

Marry Me

The Last Waltz

(Criterion Collection)

Sing 2

 




Ebooks, audiobooks & more available via Libby/Overdrive

 

Libby is a free app where you can borrow ebooks, magazines, and digital audiobooks from your public library. You can stream books with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere. Indie Flix, Great Courses, and Universal Class have recently been added to Libby.

Download the mobile app from your App Store or visit eBCCLS and get started today!

 


 

AND DON'T FORGET THESE OTHER FREE RESOURCES!

 


 

Hoopla

Hoopla offers movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics, and video to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone. Access with your library card. There's never a wait list.

 

This week's featured Hoopla title is the ebook of Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn. Get ready for the new season of the Netflix Regency romance series by reading the novel that inspired it. 1814 promises to be another eventful season, but not for Anthony Bridgerton, London's most elusive bachelor, who has shown no indication that he plans to marry. Why should he? When it comes to playing the consummate rake, nobody does it better.

 

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The New York Times

Read The New York Times online, free with your Millburn Library card, on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. Includes access to the archives from 1861 to the present.

 

Contact the library by calling (973-376-1006), texting (973-988-4228), emailing, or stopping in to request access. Have your library card number ready!

 


 




The Wall Street Journal

 

Read The Wall Street Journal online, free with our Millburn Library card, on your computer, tablet, or smartphone.

 

Contact the library by calling (973-376-1006), texting (973-988-4228), emailing, or stopping in to request access. Have your library card number ready!

 


 


 




Kanopy



Stream thousands of critically acclaimed independent films. There is never a wait. Titles include Oscar winners "Moonlight" and "On Golden Pond" as well as classics including "Chinatown," "A Room with A View," and "Roman Holiday." Access Kanopy here.

 

 


 

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