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March 2015 New DVDs

The Habitable Planet What makes Earth unique

among planets? This multimedia course explores

the natural functions of Earth’s systems, placing emphasis on the effects that human actions have

had on these systems. Professional development guide also available in the

LMC.

Glacial Balance A contemplative

documentary film showing the effects climate change is

having on Andean glaciers and the lives of those who

depend on them for survival. In the film, we travel along

the spine of the Andes mountain range, from Colombia to Argentina,

getting to know the lives of those who will be first

affected by the dwindling glacier reserve.

Into the Woods

A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on

their family tree.

The Green Prince

The Green Prince exposes a world of betrayals,

impossible choices, and deadly secrets amidst the chaos in the Middle East,

detailing the extraordinary true story of a Palestinian born Israeli informant and

his Israeli Shin Bet handler.

March 2015 New DVDs

Blackfish Killer whales are beloved,

majestic, friendly giants, yet infamous for their capacity to kill viciously. Blackfish

unravels the complexities of this dichotomy, employing the story of the notorious performing whale Tilikum,

who -- unlike any orca in the wild -- has taken the lives of

several people while in captivity.

Do the Right Thing It is the hottest day of the

year on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn; a scorching 24-

hour period that will change the lives of its residents

forever.

Walking With Dinosaurs The first series to use

special effects to present dinosaurs in the style of a

natural history documentary is now newly remasterd and better than

ever! The world of the dinosaurs is stunningly

brought back to life to the long-extinct world of the

past.

Boyhood Filmed over 12 years with

the same cast, Richard Linklater's Boyhood is a groundbreaking story of

growing up as seen through the eyes of a boy named

Mason, who ages from 6-18 years old on screen.

Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as

Mason's parents.

March 2015 New DVDs

Finding Vivian Maier Now considered one of the

20th century's greatest street photographers, Vivian Maier was a mysterious nanny who secretly took over 100,000

photographs that went unseen during her lifetime. Since

buying her work by chance at auction, amateur historian

John Maloof has crusaded to put this prolific photographer in the history books. Maier's strange and riveting life and

art are revealed.

Stand By Me In a small woodsy Oregon town, a group of friends--

sensitive Gordie (Wil Wheaton), tough guy Chris

(River Phoenix), flamboyant Teddy (Corey Feldman), and

scaredy-cat Vern (Jerry O'Connell)--are in search of a missing teenager's body.

Chef

Jon Favreau leads a hilarious all-star cast in this inspiring comedy about a gifted chef who teams up

with his ex-wife, best friend and son to launch a food

truck business.

Life’s Greatest Miracle NOVA collaborates with

Swedish scientific photographer Lennart

Nilsson to use breathtaking new footage and state-of-the-

art computer animation to show - in more complete

detail than ever before - the making of a human life.

Among the stunning sequences shot by Nilsson is the incredible voyage of the

sperm toward the egg.

March 2015 New DVDs

The Overnighters

A modern-day Grapes of Wrath, this award-winning

documentary is an intimate portrait of job-seekers

desperately chasing the broken American Dream to

the tiny oil boom town of Williston, North Dakota, and

the local pastor who risks everything to help them.

March 2015 New Fiction

The Last American Vampire In Reconstruction-era

America, vampire Henry Sturges is searching for renewed purpose in the

wake of his friend Abraham Lincoln's shocking death. Expansive in scope and

serious in execution, this is sure to appeal to the

passionate readers who made Abraham Lincoln:

Vampire Hunter a runaway success.

The Alex Crow Grasshopper Jungle author

Andrew Smith chronicles the story of Ariel, a refugee who is the sole survivor of an attack

on his small village. Now living with an adoptive family in

Sunday, West Virginia, Ariel's story is juxtaposed against those of a schizophrenic

bomber and the diaries of a failed arctic expedition from

the late nineteenth century . . . and a depressed, bionic

reincarnated crow.

Hold Me Closer Filled with honesty, humor,

and “big, lively, belty” musical numbers, Hold Me

Closer is the no-holds-barred (and many-bars-

held) entirety of the beloved musical first introduced in Will Grayson, Will Grayson,

the award-winning bestseller by John Green

and David Levithan.

The Unraveling of Mercy Louis In this intricate novel of

psychological suspense, a fatal discovery near the

high school ignites a witch-hunt in a Southeast Texas refinery town, unearthing

communal and family secrets that threaten the lives of the town’s girls.


Half the World The second installment of the

Shattered Sea series. New York Times bestselling author

Joe Abercrombie’s thrilling new series continues in the

follow-up to Half a King, which George R. R. Martin

hailed as “a fast-paced tale of betrayal and revenge that grabbed me from page 1 and

refused to let go.”

The Infinite Sea How do you rid the Earth of

seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.

Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now

Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which

the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others’ ultimate goal: the extermination of the human

race.

My Sunshine Away In My Sunshine Away, M.O. Walsh brilliantly juxtaposes

the enchantment of a charmed childhood with the

gripping story of a violent crime, unraveling families, and consuming adolescent

love. Acutely wise and deeply honest, it is an astonishing

and page-turning debut about the meaning of family, the power of memory, and our

ability to forgive.

Cut Me Free Charlotte begins to receive

mysteriousmessages. Threatening notes left in her apartment--without a trace of entry. And they’re addressed to Piper, her old name. As the messages grow in frequency,

she doesn’t just need to uncover who is leaving them;

she needs to stop whoever it is before anyone else she loves

ends up dead.


Green on Blue

Having served five tours of duty in Afghanistan and

Iraq, Elliot Ackerman has written a gripping, morally complex debut novel, an

astonishing feat of empathy and imagination about boys caught in a deadly conflict.

The Sound of Letting Go For sixteen years, Daisy has

been good. A good daughter, helping out with her autistic

younger brother uncomplainingly. A good

friend, even when her best friend makes her feel like a

third wheel. When her parents announce they’re sending her

brother to an institution—without consulting her—Daisy’s furious, and decides the best way to be a good sister is to

start being bad.

Seeker The night Quin Kincaid takes

her Oath, she will become what she has trained to be her entire life. As a Seeker, Quin

will fight beside her two closest companions, Shinobu and John, to protect the weak

and the wronged. Together they will stand for light in a

shadowy world.And she'll be with the boy she loves--who's

also her best friend. But the night Quin takes her

Oath, everything changes.

Game Seven Since he was ten, Julio has lived in the shadow of his famous father. Not just because Julio Senior is a

pitcher for the Miami Marlins, but because he fled

Cuba to play professional baseball, leaving his Julio and his mother and sister branded as the family of a

traitor.


The Wrong Side of Right Fans of Sarah Dessen and

Huntley Fitzpatrick will enjoy this smart debut young adult

novel, equal parts My Life Next Door and The Princess

Diaries—plus a dash of Aaron Sorkin.Kate Quinn’s mom died

last year, leaving Kate parentless and reeling. So

when the unexpected shows up in her living room, Kate

must confront another reality she never thought possible—or

thought of at all.

The Memory Key Lora's story of longing for

her lost mother—and for the truth behind her broken

memories—takes readers on a twisty ride. The authentic, emotional

narrative sparks fascinating questions about memory

and privacy in a world that increasingly relies on

electronic recall.

Bzrk Apocalypse The staggering conclusion to the BZRK trilogy, from the author of GONE. The members of BZRK are preparing for their final

stand. Noah and Sadie have seen death, and it holds no

fear for them. Madness does, though. And losing

each other.

Whatever Life Throws At You Seventeen-year-old Annie Lucas's life is completely

upended the moment her dad returns to the major leagues as the new pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals. Now she's living in Missouri (too cold), attending an all-girls

school (no boys), and navigating the strange world of professional sports. But Annie has dreams of her own—most

of which involve placing first at every track meet…


The Cipher

Eerily close to reality and full of shocking twists, this techno-thriller reveals how

easily the private can become public, and just

how dangerous it can be to encrypt our personal

histories.

The Distance Between Lost and Found

Blending elements of Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak and

Gary Paulsen's Hatchet, debut novelist Kathryn Holmes

delivers a gripping story that author Richard Peck calls a "page-turner about several kinds of survival." From the catty atmosphere of high

school to the unpredictable terrain of the mountains, this

novel is a poignant, raw journey about finding yourself.

Both of Me When her carry-on bag is

accidentally switched with Elias’s identical pack, Clara uses

the luggage tag to track down her things. At that address she discovers there is not one Elias

Phinn, but two: the odd, paranoid, artistic, and often angry Elias she met on the

plane, who lives in an imaginary world of his own making called Salem; and the kind, sweet, and

soon irresistible Elias who greets her at the door, and who

has no recollection of ever meeting Clara at all.

City of Savages

After the Red Allies turn New York City into a POW

camp, two sisters must decipher the past in order to protect the future in this

action-packed thriller with a dual narrative.


Infandous Sephora Golding lives in the shadow of her unbelievably

beautiful mother. Even though they scrape by in the seedier part of Venice Beach, she's always felt lucky. As a child, she imagined she was

a minor but beloved character in her mother's

fairy tale. But now, at sixteen, the fairy tale is less

Disney and more Grimm.

Mosquitoland “I am a collection of oddities, a

circus of neurons and electrons: my heart is the ringmaster, my soul is the

trapeze artist, and the world is my audience. It sounds

strange because it is, and it is, because I am strange.” Told in

an unforgettable, kaleidoscopic voice,

Mosquitoland is a modern American odyssey, as hilarious

as it is heartbreaking.

The View From Who I Was While recovering from her

suicide attempt, Oona discovers that the roots of her problems go beyond

herself. To fully understand what happened that night in

the woods, she must confront not only her own pain but the hidden past

that’s suffocating someone she loves.

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust

Banished! is how twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce laments her predicament, when her father and Aunt Felicity ship her off to Miss Bodycote’s Female

Academy. The sun has not yet risen on Flavia’s first day in

captivity when a gift lands at her feet. Flavia being Flavia,

that gift is a charred and mummified body, which

tumbles out of a bedroom chimney.


The 5th Wave After the 1st wave, only

darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.

Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie

runs from Them.

Half a King Book one of the Shattered

Sea series. Prince Yarvi has vowed to regain a throne he never wanted. But first he

must survive cruelty, chains, and the bitter

waters of the Shattered Sea. And he must do it all with only one good hand.

Silent Alarm Alys’s whole world was

comprised of the history project that was due, her upcoming violin audition, being held tightly in the

arms of her boyfriend, Ben, and laughing with her best friend, Delilah. At least it

was—until she found herself on the wrong end of a shotgun in the school

library.

The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley

A heartbreaking yet

uplifting story of grief about a boy who has lost

everything, but finds new hope drawing in the

shadows of a hospital. Features a thirty-two-page

graphic novel.


Infected Littlefield has written a

heart-stopping adventure about a future in which

science has become humanity’s enemy. A

thrilling read for those who enjoy mysteries, strong

female protagonists, and a smattering of math and

science references in their YA lit.

The Last Time We Say Goodbye

From New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Hand comes a gorgeous

and heart-wrenching story of love, loss, and letting go.

The Last Time We Say Goodbye is a thoughtful and deeply affecting novel that

will change the way you look at life and death.

Casebook

Casebook brilliantly reveals an American family coming

apart at the seams and, simultaneously,

reconstituting itself to sustain its members

through their ultimate trial.

Bone Gap As we follow them through

their melancholy pasts, their terrifying presents, their

uncertain futures, acclaimed author Laura Ruby weaves a

heartbreaking tale of love and loss, magic and mystery,

regret and forgiveness—a story about how the face the world sees is never the sum

of who we are.


The Girl With All The Gifts Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her "our little genius." Every

morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for

her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they

don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they

don't laugh.

Shadow Scale The kingdom of Goredd: a world where humans and dragons share life with an

uneasy balance, and those few who are both human and

dragon must hide the truth. Seraphina is one of these, part

girl, part dragon, who is reluctantly drawn into the

politics of her world. When war breaks out between the

dragons and humans, she must travel the lands to find

those like herself.

Little White Lies The first time Lou meets mysterious Christian, she knows he is The One. But

Christian is hiding a terrible secret. Why does he clam up every time Lou asks about his

past? Why doesn’t he have any family photos, and why does he dye his blond hair black? When Christian’s house goes

up in flames, his tires are slashed, and he flees for his life, Lou insists on going with

him.

March 2015 New Non-Fiction

The Man from Essence depicts with candor and

insight how Edward Lewis, CEO and publisher of

Essence, started a magazine with three black men who would transform

the lives of millions of black American women and alter the American marketplace.

Rebel Music This fascinating, timely, and

important book on the connection between music

and political activism among Muslim youth around the

world looks at how hip-hop, jazz, and reggae, along with

Andalusian and Gnawa music, have become a means of building community and

expressing protest in the face of the West’s policies in the

War on Terror.

Here. From one of the great

comic innovators, the long-awaited fulfillment of a pioneering comic vision.

Richard McGuire’s Here is the story of a corner of a

room and of the events that have occurred in that space over the course of hundreds

of thousands of years.

(With full-color illustrations throughout.)

Exposing Torture Exposing Torture tackles

complex questions, delving into the history of torture

around the world, from the flayings, burnings, and other methods of torture in ancient societies to the humiliating forms of psychological and

sexual torture of the twenty-first century. But is torture an effective means of controlling

human behavior?


No Place to Hide Greenwald fits all the pieces together, recounting his high-intensity ten-day trip to Hong Kong, examining the broader

implications of the surveillance detailed in his reporting for The Guardian,

and revealing fresh information on the NSA’s

unprecedented abuse of power with never-before-seen

documents entrusted to him by Snowden himself.

Buy-ology How much do we know about

why we buy? What truly influences our decisions in today's message-cluttered

world? An eye-grabbing advertisement, a catchy

slogan, an infectious jingle? Or do our buying decisions

take place below the surface, so deep within our

subconscious minds, we're barely aware of them?

Dead Wake The untold story of the

Lusitania. This title switches between hunter and hunted

while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the

Progressive Era. Full of glamour and suspense, Dead Wake brings to life a cast of

evocative characters. Gripping and important, it captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster whose intimate details and true meaning have long been

obscured by history.

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom

Straightforward and inspiring, this beautifully illustrated memoir brings readers into the middle of the Civil Rights Movement, complementing Common Core classroom learning and bringing history alive

for young readers.


Nature Anatomy See the world in a new way! Acclaimed illustrator Julia Rothman celebrates the diverse curiosities and

beauty of the natural world in this exciting new volume.

With whimsically hip illustrations, every page is an extraordinary look at all

kinds of subjects

The Truth About Nature Does moss only grow on the north side of a tree? Is the

North Star really the brightest star? Will a mother bird

abandon its baby if you put it back in its nest? Will toads

really give you warts?The Truth About Nature answers all of these questions and more.

This useful compendium for parents and children to read

together sets the record straight on nature myths

once and for all.

The Hunt for the Golden Mole Girling, named

Environmental Journalist of the Years 2008 and 2009,

has here chronicled – through the hunt for the

Somali golden mole – the development of the

conservation movement, the importance of diversity in the

animal kingdom, including humankind within this realm,

as well as a hard look at extinction.

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace

A heartfelt, and riveting biography of the short life of

a talented young African-American man who escapes

the slums of Newark for Yale University only to

succumb to the dangers of the streets—and of one’s

own nature—when he returns home.


American Sniper Kyle, who was tragically killed in 2013, writes honestly about the pain of war,and in moving

first-person passages throughout, his wife, Taya, speaks openly about the

strains of war on their family, as well as on Chris. Gripping

and unforgettable, Kyle’s masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield

experiences ranks as one of the great war memoirs of all

time.

Ghost Boy They all thought he was gone. But he was alive and trapped inside his own body for ten

years. Ghost Boy is the heart-wrenching story of one boy’s

return to life through the power of love and faith. In these pages, readers see a

parent’s resilience, the consequences of

misdiagnosis, abuse at the hands of cruel caretakers, and

the unthinkable duration of Martin’s mental alertness

betrayed by his lifeless body.

A Cup of Water Under My Bed

A heartfelt exploration of

family, identity, and language, A Cup of Water

Under My Bed is ultimately a daughter’s story of finding herself and her community,

and of creating a new, queer life.

The People’s Republic of Chemicals

Maverick environmental writers William J. Kelly and Chip Jacobs

follow up their acclaimed Smogtown with a provocative

examination of China’s ecological calamity already imperling a

warming planet. Toxic smog most people figured was obsolete

needlessly kills as many as died in the 9/11 attacks every day, while sometimes Grand Canyon-sized drifts of industrial particles aloft

on the winds rain down ozone and waterway-poisoning mercury in

America.


Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be

Over the last few decades, Americans have turned

college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally

devastating process. Where you go isn't who you'll be.

Americans need to hear that-and this indispensable manifesto says it with

eloquence and respect for the real promise of higher

education.

The Wal-Mart Effect Wal-Mart isn’t just the

world’s biggest company, it is probably the world’s most written-about. But no book until this one has managed

to penetrate its wall of silence or go beyond the

usual polemics to analyze its actual effects on its

customers, workers, and suppliers.

Deep In Deep, Nestor embeds with a gang of extreme athletes and renegade researchers who are transforming not only our knowledge of the

planet and its creatures, but also our understanding of the human body and mind. Along

the way, he takes us from the surface to the Atlantic’s

greatest depths, some 28,000 feet below sea level.

Dreaming In Indian A powerful and visually

stunning anthology from some of the most

groundbreaking Native artists working in North

America today. Truly universal in its themes, Dreaming In Indian will shatter commonly held

stereotypes and challenge readers to rethink their own

place in the world.

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