Betty White Book is New to the Library
The fourth 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movie has also arrived.
Wowbrary.com lists the top new releases at libraries around the country. Here is a look at 10 new items you can now find at the Westborough Public Library.
1. X-Men: First Class, from 20th Century Fox. "While Charles Xavier (Laurence Belcher) grows up privileged in New York, Erik Lehnsherr (Bill Milner) grows up underprivileged in Poland. As children, the mind-reading Charles finds a friend in the shape-shifting Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) and Erik finds an enemy in Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon), an energy-absorbing Nazi scientist who treats the metal-bending lad like a lab rat."
2. Crazy, Stupid, Love, from Warner. "Crazy, Stupid, Love relies on the sharp writing by Dan Fogelman (animated hits like Bolt, Tangled) and the sparkly chemistry of its cast, led by Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, and the emerging superstar Emma Stone."
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, from Touchstone. "This fourth installment of the Pirates franchise is jolly good fun--nearly as good as the first one, in fact. The writing is crisp, the action amazing--and there's the addition of a foe finally the match of Captain Jack: Ian McShane as the dreaded, and dreadful, Blackbeard."
4. The Drawing Bible, by Craig Nelson. " ... loaded with instruction from the basics (materials, line, tone) to more advanced techniques (perspective, figures, faces, finishing). Readers will enjoy being shown the secrets of rendering any subject correctly and creatively with an array of mediums from pencil to full colour, quickly finding the answers to common problems and questions."
5. I Didn't Ask to Be Born: (But I'm Glad I Was), by Bill Cosby. "In this hilarious new collection of observations, Cosby brings us more of his wonderful and wacky insights into the human condition that are sure to become classics."
6. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K. Massie. "The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history."
7. Charles Dickens: A Life, by Claire Tomalin. "The tumultuous life of England's greatest novelist, beautifully rendered by unparalleled literary biographer Claire Tomalin."
8. Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero, by Chris Matthews. "By following the journey of Jack Kennedy’s life from his school days to the White House, through war and illness and his greatest triumphs, Chris Matthews brings us much closer to the man Jack Kennedy really was."
9. If You Ask Me: (And of Course You Won't), by Betty White. "It-girl Betty White delivers a hilarious, slyly profound take on love, life, celebrity, and everything in between."
10. Cutest Ever Baby Knits: Over 20 Adorable Projects to Knit, by Val Pierce. "The array of projects included in this adorable pattern book—including booties that look like little strawberries, a lacy bonnet, a bumblebee hat and mitten set, and a blanket covered with a field of daisies—were created with precious babes in mind."