Adult | Education | Humanities
Instruments of the orchestra – early 20th century (L. Walker)
“The 20th century saw rapid and far-reaching developments in the expressive range (and size) of the classical orchestra.” (L. Walker)
APRIL IS POETRY MONTH!
April is Poetry Month, and the Children’s Department has some awesome titles for you to check out! From picture books to novels, we have it all! Don’t forget the fun anthologies we also carry for a variety of poems perfect for read alouds. Check out these books at the Homewood Public Library or place a…
Narrative Nonfiction
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…
Adult | Education | Humanities
Christine de Pizan and a City of Ladies
by Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank
New Music! New Music!
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…
Adult | Audiobooks | Books | Uncategorized
Prize Winning Books: Then and Now
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…