The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story About the Origins of the Ebola Virus by Richard Preston “A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT…
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Check out these new albums coming to HPL! Americana Chemtrails Over the Country ClubLana del Ray Critics call this album her “folksiest” (Tavakoli, Pitchfork) and the tracks on it stray from her usual coastal tribute to instead pay that particular kind of Lana-esque, sentimental homage to the Heartland. Aside from her phenomenal vocals, Del Ray’s…
National Book Award Winners National Book Award Winner 2020 Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu Willis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as the protagonist in his own life: he’s merely Generic Asian Man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but always he is relegated to a prop. Yet…
Beauty is a Verb by Sheila Black The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert The Boy Toy by Nicola Marsh Census by Jesse Ball Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven The Bride Test by Helen Hoang All the Light We Cannot…
While there are a number of well-known figures in women’s history, there are countless others who have fought societal norms and cultural injustice in the name of equality, fairness, and autonomy. Here is one of those women. ZITKALA- ŠA (1876-1938) Lakota SiouxAuthor, Educator, Musician, Activist Zitkala- Ša was born on the Yankton Sioux Reservation and…
