Concord Public Library Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Dancing Fish and AmonitesPenelope Lively2014, 234 pagesNonfictionNovelist Penelope Lively reflects on “old age,” “life and times,” “memory,” “reading and writing,” and “six things” – objects around her house that hold special meaning for her – in this vivid and unique memoir. The book reads like a conversation with a wise older friend, and Lively’s...
Concord Public Library Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century BestiaryCaspar Henderson2012, 427 pagesNonfictionModeled after medieval bestiaries – stunning and richly illustrated compendiums of animals and beasts, both mythical and factual – Caspar Henderson’s The Book of Barely Imagined Beings is a bestiary for the modern world. It contains profiles of some of...
Concord Public Library Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Who Invented the Bicycle Kick: Soccer’s Greatest Legends and LorePaul Simpson and Uli Hesse2014, 291 pagesNonfictionIf you are one of the growing legion of soccer-mad Americans who follows the sport passionately, Who Invented the Bicycle Kick will fill in any gaps in your soccer history. Simpson, who launched the magazine Four Four Two and currently...
Concord Public Library Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.This BoyAlan Johnson2013, 297 pagesNonfictionA memoir about the postwar London childhood of a Labour party politician doesn’t necessarily sound like a page turner, but Alan Johnson‘s charming and moving tale, This Boy, was just that. Johnson’s mother, Lily, raised him and his sister Linda to be polite, caring, and studious despite numbing poverty –...
Concord Public Library book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net.Pluto: Urasawa X TezukaNaoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka2008-2010FictionThis eight-volume graphic novel set, new at Concord Public Library, is a masterpiece of fiction and visual storytelling. Written and drawn by Naoki Urasawa (of Monster fame), this sci-fi tale is in turn loosely based on an Astro Boy story penned by Osamu Tezuka, widely known as the...
