Star Wars Trilogy Available at the Library
Judy Collins' book 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. Ken Burns: Prohibition, from PBS. "The film starts with the early history of alcohol in America and examines the 19th-century temperance and progressive movements through the repeal of the 18th Amendment in 1933."
2. Nova: Japan's Killer Quake, from PBS. "Japan's Killer Quake combines on-the-spot reporting, personal stories, compelling eyewitness videos, and exclusive helicopter footage for a unique look at the science behind the catastrophe."
3. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, from 20th Century Fox. "Centuries ago, two 'sworn sisters' are isolated by their families, but stay connected through a secret language written in the folds of a white silk fan. Now in modern-day Shanghai, their descendents must draw inspiration from the past as they struggle to maintain their own eternal bond in the face of life’s complications."
4. Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Edition with Bonus Disc), from 20th Century Fox. " ... a must-have for any home theater, looking great, sounding great, and supplemented by generous bonus features."
5. Water for Elephants, from 20th Century Fox. "Sara Gruen's bestselling novel comes to glossy life in this period romance. A sparkle-free Robert Pattinson plays Jacob Jankowski, who studies veterinary medicine during the Great Depression. After a family tragedy, he loses everything, including the chance to graduate from prestigious Cornell, so he hops a train, where he finds himself part of the struggling Benzini Brothers Circus."
6. Rebels in Paradise: The Los Angeles Art Scene and the 1960s, by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp. "The extraordinary story of the artists who propelled themselves to international fame in 1960s Los Angeles."
7. Totally Tangled, by Sandy Steen Bartholomew. "Zentangle is meditation achieved through pattern-making. It is a complicated looking drawing that is built one line at a time. Simple tangles, or patterns, are combined in an unplanned way that grows and changes in amazing directions. With your mind engaged in drawing, your body relaxes."
8. Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music, by Judy Collins. " ... the deeply personal, honest, and revealing memoir of folk legend and relentlessly creative spirit Judy Collins. In it, she talks about her alcoholism, her lasting love affair with Stephen Stills, her friendships with Joan Baez, Richard and Mimi Fariña, David Crosby, and Leonard Cohen and, above all, the music that helped define a decade and a generation’s sound track."
9. Beautiful Unbroken: One Nurse's Life, by Mary Jane Nealon. "An unflinching memoir by a working nurse."
10. And Nothing but the Truthiness: The Rise (and Further Rise) of Stephen Colbert, by Lisa Rogak. "A funny and personal portrait of the comedian who became the headline-making, ground-breaking star of The Colbert Report."