News from the Reference Desk Category: Music

New and Forthcoming Nonfiction – January 2021

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Almost every day new books arrive at the Library to be processed and then placed on the shelf or in your hands. Take a look at some of the books that have arrived most recently at the Library. Ask for more titles at the Research Services Desk!

New in Entertainment

What to watch when: 1,000 TV shows for every mood and moment book cover James Bond Movie Encyclopedia book cover Jagged Little Pill: You Live, You Learn: The Stories Behind the Iconic Album and Groundbreaking Musical book cover

What to Watch When: 1,000 TV Shows for Every Mood and Moment by Christian Blauvelt

The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia by Steven Jay Rubin

Jagged little pill : you live, you learn : the stories behind the iconic album and groundbreaking musical by Alanis Morissette, Diablo Cody, and the complete cast & crew by Ruth Soukup

New in Retro 90’s Style

A very special 90210 book: 93 absolutely essential episodes from TV's most notorious zip code book cover Alright, Alright, Alright: An Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused book cover 100 best selling albums of the 90s book cover

A Very Special 90210 Book: 93 Absolutely Essential Episodes from TV’s Most Notorious Zip Code by Tara Araiano & Sarah D. Bunting

Alright, Alright, Alright: An Oral History of Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused by Melissa Maerz

100 Best Selling Albums of the 90s by Peter Dodd

New in Cooking

Modern Flexitarian: plant-inspired recipes you can flex to add fish, meat, or dairy book cover Pie for Everyone: recipes and stories from Petee's Pie, New York's best pie shop book cover Parwana: recipies and stories from an Afghan kitchen book cover

Modern Flexitarian: Plant-Inspired Recipes You Can Flex to Add Fish, Meat, or Dairy by Lucy Taylor

Pie for Everyone: Recipes and Stories from Petee’s Pie, New York’s Best Pie Shop by Petra “Petee” Paredez

Parwana: Recipes and Stories from an Afghan Kitchen by Durkhanai Ayubi

New in Science

The Story of Life in ten and half species book cover Cosmos: Possible Worlds book cover The Science of Why 5 book cover

The Story of Life in Ten and 1/2 Species by Marianne Taylor

Cosmos: Possible Worlds: The Sequel to Carl Sagan’s Beloved Classic by Ann Druyan

The Science of Why. Volume 5: Answers to Questions about the ordinary, the odd, and the outlandish by Jay Ingram

New and Forthcoming Books – January 2020

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Almost every day new books arrive at the Library to be processed and then placed on the shelf or in your hands. Take a look at some of the books that have arrived most recently at the Library. Ask for more titles at the Research Services Desk!

New in Pop Culture

Carpenters: An Illustrated Discography book cover Entertaining with Disney: Exceptional Events from Mickey Mouse to Moana! book cover The Way We All Became the Brady Bunch: How the Canceled Sitcom Became the Beloved Pop Culture Icon We are Still Talking About Today book coverMovies (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated book cover

Carpenters: An Illustrated Discography by Randy L. Schmidt

Entertaining with Disney: Exceptional Events from Mickey Mouse to Moana! by Amy Croushorn

The Way We All became the Brady Bunch: How the Canceled Sitcom became the Beloved Pop Culture Icon We are still Talking about Today by Kimberly Potts

Movies (and )Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated by Shea Serrano

 

New in History

Army of the Roman Emperors book cover Dress in the Age of Jane Austen: Regency Fashion book cover Women: The National Geographic Image Collection

Army of the Roman Emperors by Thomas Fischer

Dress in the Age of Jane Austen: Regency Fashion by Hilary Davidson

Women: The National Geographic Image Collection introduction by Susan Goldberg, editor in chief of National Geographic magazine

New in the Humanities

The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham book cover Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem book cover The Pre-Raphaelites book cover

The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham by Howard Phillips Lovecraft ; edited with a foreword and notes by Leslie S. Klinger with additional research by Janet Byrne

Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem by Michael Schmidt

The Pre-Raphaelites by Aurélie Petiot ; translated from the French by Jane Marie Todd.

New in Travel and Geography

Atlas Obscura: The 2nd Edition. An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders book cover The Globetrotter: Victorian Excursions in India, China, and Japan book cover The Unique States of America: Can't-Miss Experiences Across the USA book coverWanderlust: A Traveler's Guide to the Globe book cover

Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras & Ella Morton

The Globetrotter: Victorian Excursions in India, China and Japan by Amy Miller

The Unique States of America: Can’t-Miss Experiences Across the USA by the editors of Lonely Planet

Wanderlust: A Traveler’s Guide to the Globe by Philippe Gloaguen

New and Forthcoming Books – October 2019

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Almost every day new books arrive at the Library to be processed and then placed on the shelf or in your hands. Take a look at some of the books that have arrived most recently at the Library. Ask for more titles at the Research Services Desk!

New in Paranormal

I Know What I Saw: Modern-Day Encounters with Monsters of New Urban Legend and Ancient Lore book cover In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch book cover Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark: A Guide to Summoning Spirits, Divining the Future, and Invoking the Supernatural book cover

I Know What I Saw: Modern-Day Encounters with Monsters of New Urban Legend and Ancient Lore by Lynda S. Godfrey, Creator of Manila Spoon

In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch by John Zada

Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark: A Guide to Summoning Spirits, Divining the Future, and Invoking the Supernatural by Lucia Peters

New in Self Help

Be a Free Range Human: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life you Love and Still Pay the Bills book cover Meta Human: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential book cover For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity book cover

Be A Free Range Human: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love and Still Pay the Bills by Marianne Cantwell

Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential by Deepak Chopra

For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity by Liz Plank

New in History

Brooklyn: The Once and Future City book cover Country Music: An Illustrated History book cover Mayflower Lives: Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience book cover

Brooklyn: The Once and Future City by Thomas J. Campanella

Country Music: An Illustrated History by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns

Mayflower Lives: Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience by Martyn Whittock

New in Downton Abbey

The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Book: Appropriate Libations for All Occasions book cover The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook book cover

The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Book: Appropriate Libations for All Occasions by Downton Abbey and Julian Fellowes

The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook by Annie Gray

New and Forthcoming Nonfiction Titles – December 2018

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Almost every day new books arrive at the Library to be processed and then placed on the shelf or in your hands. Take a look at some of the books that have arrived most recently at the Library. Ask for more titles at the Research Services Desk!

All Over the Map
by Betsy Mason
Created for map lovers by map lovers, this rich book explores the intriguing stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the art of cartography thrives today.

Art Deco Chicago: Designing Modern America
by Robert Bruegmann
An expansive take on American Art Deco that explores Chicago’s pivotal role in developing the architecture, graphic design, and product design that came to define middle-class style in the twentieth century.

Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt
by Chris Naunton
Archeologist Chris Naunton sheds light on the lives of these ancient Egyptians and makes an exciting case for the potential discovery of these lost tombs.

 

Food Can Fix It
by Dr. Mehmet Oz
With clear information and a meal plan full of superfoods, Dr. Oz explains how to kick-start weight loss, improve your energy, decrease inflammation, and prevent or alleviate a host of other common conditions.

AARP Memory Activity Book
by Helen Lambert
More than 70 brain-stimulating activities for people with memory loss or dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.

I Am a Filipino and This Is How We Cook
Nicole Ponseca and Miguel Trinidad
Written by trailblazing restaurateurs, I Am a Filipino is a cookbook of modern Filipino recipes that captures the unexpected and addictive flavors of this vibrant and diverse cuisine.

The Literature Book
A global look at the greatest works of Eastern and Western literature and the themes that unite them, for students and lovers of literature and reading.

Writers: Their Lives and Works
by James Naughtie
From Shakespeare and Jane Austen to Gabriel García Márquez and Toni Morrison, this DK book features more than 100 biographies of the world’s greatest writers.

Bibliophile
by Jane Mount
In this love letter to all things bookish, Jane Mount brings literary people, places, and things to life through her signature and vibrant illustrations.

 

Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of ’80s and ’90s Teen Fiction
by Miranda Seymour
For fans of vintage YA, a humorous and in-depth history of beloved teen literature from the 1980s and 1990s, full of trivia and pop culture fun.

100 Greatest Film Scores
by Matt Lawson
This book examines the greatest film scores produced over a span of more than 80 years.

Drive: The Definitive History of Driving
by Giles Chapman
Charting the 130-years from the arrival of horseless carriages to the advent of driverless vehicles, celebrate the automobile and the romance of the open road.

New and Forthcoming Nonfiction Titles – September 2018

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Almost every day new books arrive at the Library to be processed and then placed on the shelf or in your hands. Take a look at some of the books that have arrived most recently at the Library. Ask for more titles at the Research Services Desk!

Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling

by Philip Pullman
The internationally best-selling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy shares insights into the art of writing while exploring how education, religion and science, as well as his favorite classics, helped shaped his literary life.

Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL

by Jeff Pearlman
From a multiple New York Times best-selling author comes the rollicking, outrageous, you-can’t-make-this-up story of the USFL.

 


How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
by Sy Montgomery
A National Book Award finalist discusses the personalities and quirks of 13 animals—her friends—who have profoundly affected her, in a poetic and life-affirming memoir.

 

Life in the Sloth Lane: Slow Down and Smell the Hibiscus

by Lucy Cook
Here, in a mindfulness book like no other, heart-tuggingly cute photographs of these always-chill creatures are paired with words of wisdom, all to inspire us to slow down, stop to enjoy the little things, and come up relaxed, centered, and smiling.

Visualizing the Beatles

by John Pring and Rob Thomas
Filled with stunning full-color infographics, a unique, album-by-album visual history of the evolution of the Beatles that examines how their style, their sound, their instruments, their songs, their tours, and the world they inhabited transformed over the course of a decade.

The Art and Making of Preacher

by Paul Davies
Full colour making of book featuring exclusive photos, cast and crew interviews, glimpses behind the scenes and production notes. Every character will be detailed with revealing test and amazing photographs.

Old Dogs’ Wisdom: Wise Words from Furry Friends

by Fiona Tomlinson
Pets have always featured prominently in professional photographer Fiona Tomlinson’s family. It wasn’t until the canine love of Fiona’s life became unwell at the grand age of 14, that she realised she didn’t have any special images of her.

Buzz

by Thor Hanson
From the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers, a natural and cultural history of the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round.

Man vs. Baby: The Chaos and Comedy of Real-Life Parenting

by Matt Coyne
Coyne shares his tale of one man’s journey through the first year of parenthood, told with wit, humor, and heart. It is a ferociously funny, inventively foul-mouthed, and genuinely touching account of a baby’s first year.

Oklava: Recipes from a Turkish-Cypriot Kitchen

by Selin Kiazim
These sensational recipes will take you on a journey from home-cooked meals and summers spent in Northern Cyprus to an exciting interpretation of modern Turkish-Cypriot cooking at home.

The Sewing Book

by Alison Smith
Over 300 techniques that show you how to sew absolutely everything–from clothes to home decor–plus 10 stylish new projects and updated information on more than 100 tools and 50 fabrics, with a glossary of sewing terminology.

Nodding Off: The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave

by Alice Gregory
Renowned sleep researcher Alice Gregory explores every aspect of sleep, from the different stages of sleep and how our sleeping patterns change throughout our lives, to what happens when things go wrong