NEW BOOKS/FILMS/AUDIOBOOKS

Playaways are available at Warner thanks to the generosity of The Friends of the Library.

Playaways are the latest format of audiobooks.  The audiobook is preloaded with an MP3 file onto a small unit that you press and play.  It can fit into your pocket for easy listening on a walk or train ride.  It can be plugged into an adapter for use in the car.  The front desk will be selling earphones for those who need them for $1.25.  

The Playaways are in the Audubon Room to the right of the DVDs.

Here is a list of our new Playaways -  Beautiful Boy by David Sheff, Blood Work by Michael Connelly, The Devil's Punchbowl by Greg Iles, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh, The Shack by William P. Young, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffeneggaer,  To The Lighthouse by Virginia Wolf, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

 No Impact Man  The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Tries to Save the Planet and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and our Way of Life in the Process

Colin Beavan
A guilty liberal finally snaps, swears off plastic, goes organic, becomes a bicycle nut, turns off his power, and generally becomes a tree-hugging lunatic who tries to save the polar bears and the rest of the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his baby daughter and Prada-wearing, Four Seasons–loving wife along for the ride. And that’s just the beginning. Bill McKibben meets Bill Bryson in this seriously engaging look at one man’s decision to put his money where his mouth is and go off the grid for one year—while still living in New York City—to see if it’s possible to make no net impact on the environment. In other words, no trash, no toxins in the water, no elevators, no subway, no products in packaging, no air-conditioning, no television . . .

After you read the book visit the website noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/ and see the documentary film.

American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau.
Bill McKibben and Al Gore
In his introduction to this superb anthology, McKibben (The End of Nature) proposes that "environmental writing is America's most distinctive contribution to the world's literature.". McKibben's trenchant introductions to the pieces sum up each writer's thoughts and form a running commentary on the progress of the conservation movement. The book, can be read as a survey of the literature of American environmentalism, but above all, it should be enjoyed for the sheer beauty of the writing.

The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability.
Speth, J. G.
In this book James Gustave Speth, dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University, begins with the observation that the environmental community has grown in strength and sophistication, but the environment has continued to decline. A deeper critique is needed. Speth contends that this critique leads to a severe indictment of today's economic and political system - capitalism as it now actually operates. Our task is to change the operating instructions for the modern economy before it is too late.
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Defiance
The deep forests of Poland and Belorussia are the domain of the occuping Germans during World War II. The three Bielski brothers go into the forests and find the impossible task of foraging for food, weapons and survival, not just for themselves but for a large mass of fleeing Polish Jews from the German war machine. The brothers, living with the fear of discovery must contend with neighboring Soviet partisans and deciding whom to trust. They take on the responsibility of guardians and motivate hundreds of women, men, children and the elderly to join their fight against the Nazi regime while hiding in makeshift homes in the dark, cold and unforgiving forest.

Revolutionary Road
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, David Harbour, Kathy Bates.

Frank and April Wheeler live a life that appears to be perfect. They live in the Connecticut suburbs with two young children. Frank commutes to New York City where he works in an office job that he hates. One he places little effort at, but he has yet to figure out what his passion in life is. April is a housewife who forgoes her dream of being an actress. They are not happy. One day, April suggests that they move to Paris as a means to rejuvenate their life. Initially skeptical, Frank ultimately agrees to April's plan. When circumstances change around the Wheelers, April decides she will do whatever she has to to get herself out of her unhappy existence.
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Madness under the Royal Palms: Love and Death Behind the Gates of Palm Beach
by Laurence Leamer read by Todd McLaren
New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer offers an unprecedented look at the culture of excess in the elite community of Palm Beach. For 100 years, Palm Beach has been a fantasyland nurtured by, the megawealthy. Laurence Leamer is the author of thirteen books, including The Kennedy Women and Fantastic: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities
by Elizabeth Edwards

The bestselling author of Saving Graces shares her inspirational message on the challenges and blessings of coping with adversity. Many know of the strength she had shown after her son, Wade, was killed in a freak car accident when he was only sixteen years old. She would exhibit this remarkable grace and courage again when the very private matter of her husband's infidelity became public fodder. Days before the 2004 presidential election she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After rounds of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation the cancer went away—only to reoccur in 2007. While on the campaign trail, Elizabeth met many others who have had to contend with serious adversity in their lives, and in Resilience, she draws on their experiences as well as her own, crafting an unsentimental and ultimately inspirational meditation on the gifts we can find among life’s biggest challenges
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