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Books Coming to Screens: September 2024

September 1, 2024. Library Adminno Comments

Tell Me Lies / Carola Lovering

(Season 2)

The story of a young woman’s obsession with a man who is good at being charming.

Sept 4th/ Hulu / Put on hold

The Perfect Couple / Elin Hilderbrand

When one lavish wedding ends in disaster before it can even begin – with a body discovered in Nantucket Harbor just hours before the ceremony – everyone in the wedding party is suddenly a suspect.

Sept 5th/ Netflix / Put on hold

The Thicket / Joe R. Lansdale

West Texas. A boy who, after his sister is kidnapped by a violent killer known only as Cut Throat Bill, enlists a fierce bounty hunter named Reginald Jones who becomes the leader of the group of outcasts searching for the stolen girl.

Sept 6th/ Theatres/ Put on hold

The Chicken Sisters / KJ Dell’Antonia.

Families feud over generational conflict between rival fried chicken restaurants Mimi’s and Frannie’s, dividing the town as loyalties are tested. Objective: resolve longstanding rift, unite community through shared love of fried chicken.

Sept 10th/ Hallmark/ Put on hold

Uglies / Scott Westerfeld

A world in which a compulsory operation wipes out physical differences and makes everyone pretty.

Sept 13th/ Netflix/ Put on hold

The Killer’s Game / Jay Bonansinga

A veteran assassin is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and authorizes a kill on himself. After ordering the kill, an army of former colleagues pounce and a new piece of information comes to light. Insanity ensues.

Sept 13th/ Theatres

Three Women / Lisa Taddeo

An intimate, moving, uplifting portrait of real women reclaiming their lives for themselves.

Sept 13th/ Starz/ Put on hold

The Wild Robot / Peter Brown

After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island’s animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.

Sept 20th/ Theatres/ Put on hold

The Jealousy Man / Jo Nesbø

(Kiler Heat)

Follows twin brothers who find themselves in a dangerous love triangle on an isolated Greek island. The investigation is given to “The Jealousy Man,” a wounded detective.

Sept 26th/ Amazon/ Put on hold

The Lives of Lee Miller /Antony Penrose

The story of photographer Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

Sept 27th/ Theatres

Canyon Dreams / Michael Powell

(Rez Ball)

The Chuska Warriors, a Native American high school basketball team from New Mexico, must band together after losing their star player if they want to keep their quest for a state championship alive.

Sept 27th/ Netflix

Uzumaki by Junji Ito

Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror (TV Mini Series 2024– ) - IMDb

A town of people slowly go insane over increasing obsessions with spiral shapes: patterns in the clouds, everyday objects, hair, insects, skin.

Sept 28th/ Adult Swim/ Put on hold

New Nonfiction-August 2024

August 28, 2024. Library Adminno Comments

We are not alone :	001.94 HARTZMAN, MARC
A field guide to the apocalypse :	155.2 AKTIPIS, ATHENA
The Aztec myths :	299.78 TOWNSEND, CAMILLA
The battle for the bird :	302.3 WAGNER, KURT
Antiracism as daily practice :	305.8 HARVEY JENNIFER
Common sense economics :	339.2 GWARTNEY, DWIGHT
Unfit to fight :	355 SMITH, AMBER
Starkweather :	364.15 MACLEAN, HARRY
A hunger to kill : a serial killer, a determined detective, and the quest for a confession that changed a small town forever /	364.15 MAGER, KIM
Otter country :	599.76 DARLINGTON, MIRIAM
Food to die for:	641.5 BRUNI, AMY
Steadfast parenting :	649.1 MCGANN, PATRICIA
The canary code :	658.3 PRASLOVA, LUDMILA
Mah Jongg :	795.3 ISRAEL, ANN
American flygirl /	92 ANKENY, SUSAN
The witching year :	92 HELMUTH, DIANA
Just add water /	92 LEDECKY, KATIE
Far beyond Gold :	92 MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE, SYDNEY
Bombing Hitler’s hometown /	940 CROISSANT, MIKE
Empires of the steppes :	950 HARL, KENNETH

New Audiobooks and DVDS-August 2024

August 28, 2024. Library Adminno Comments

New Audiobooks

The mercy of gods	CD COREY, JAMES
Betrayal road	CD FEEHAN, CHRISTINE
Spirit crossing	CD KRUEGER, WILLIAM
Arkangel	CD ROLLINS, JAMES
This is why we lied	CD SLAUGHTER, KARIN

New DVDS

Abigail	DVD ABIGAIL
Back to black	DVD BACK TO BLACK
The bikeriders	DVD BIKERIDERS
Challengers	DVD CHALLENGERS
Ezra	DVD EZRA
The fall guy	DVD FALL GUY
The first omen	DVD FIRST OMEN
Furiosa : a Mad Max saga	DVD FURIOSA
The Garfield movie	DVD GARFIELD MOVIE
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire/Ghostbusters: Afterlife (DVD)	DVD GHOSTBUSTERS 2-MOVIE COLLECTION
Ghostbusters : Frozen empire	DVD GHOSTBUSTERS FROZEN EMPIRE
Godzilla x Kong : The new empire	DVD GODZILLA X KONG
IF	DVD IF
Kingdom of the planet of the apes	DVD KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
The long game	DVD LONG GAME
The ministry of ungentlemanly warfare	DVD MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE
Monkey Man	DVD MONKEY MAN
Origin (DVD)	DVD ORIGIN
Perfect days	DVD PERFECT DAYS
The Strangers: Chapter 1 (DVD)	DVD STRANGERS CHAPTER 1
Tarot	DVD TAROT
Ted Lasso : The Richmond way : the complete series	DVD TED LASSO SEASONS 1-3
Unsung hero	DVD UNSUNG HERO
The watchers	DVD WATCHERS
Wicked little letters	DVD WICKED LITTLE LETTERS

New YA- August 2024

August 28, 2024. Library Adminno Comments

Four Eids and a funeral /	YA ABIKE-IYIMIDE, FARIDAH
Children of anguish and anarchy /	YA ADEYEMI, TOMI
Dancers of the dawn /	YA AFZAL, ZULERHA
Keepers of the stones & stars /	YA BARAKIVA, MICHAEL
The dangerous ones /	YA BLACKWOOD, LAUREN
Hearts of fire and snow /	YA BOWLES, DAVID
In the shallows /	YA BYRNE, TANYA
Asking for a friend /	YA CHEN, KARA
We mostly come out at night :	YA COSTELLO, ROB
This night is ours /	YA DAVIS, RONNI
Eddy, Eddy /	YA DE GOLDI, KATE
Malicia /	YA DOS SANTOS, STEVEN
Joined at the joints /	YA ELLER, MARISSA
All roads lead to Rome /	YA FEDEL, SABRINA
Rise /	YA FINCH, FREYA
The wilderness of girls /	YA FRANKLIN, MADELINE
Stefi and the Spanish prince /	YA FREITAS, DONNA
The great cool ranch Dorito in the sky /	YA GALARZA, JOSH
Castle of the cursed /	YA GARBER, ROMINA
The redemption of Daya Keane /	YA GORDON, GIA
Stay dead /	YA HENRY, APRIL
Not about a boy /	YA HOLLIS, MYAH
With love, Miss Americanah /	YA IGHARO, JANE
Finding famous :	YA JALILI, CANDICE
The color of a lie /	YA JOHNSON, KIM
Now, conjurers /	YA KILSCH, FREDDIE
The loudest silence /	YA LANGFORD, SYDNEY
Markless /	YA MALBURI, C.G.
Flawless girls /	YA MCLEMORE, ANNA-MARIE
Rapunzella, or, Don’t touch my hair /	YA MCLEOD, ELLA
Such charming liars /	YA MCMANUS, KAREN
Portrait of a shadow /	YA METOUI, MERIAM
A darker mischief /	YA MILMAN, DEREK
The lost souls of Benzaiten /	YA MURASHIGE, KELLY
The midnight game /	YA MURPHY, CYNTHIA
A magic fierce & bright /	YA NAYAK, HEMANT
Girls who burn /	YA PAGANO, MK
Dead girls talking /	YA PETERSON, MEGAN
The end of always /	YA PHILLIPS, REBECCA
Dashed /	YA QUAIN, AMANDA
Don’t be a drag /	YA QUINLAN, SKYE
Lady of steel and straw /	YA RODGERS, ERICA
10 things I hate about prom /	YA ROSE, ELLE
Beneath these cursed stars /	YA RYAN, LEXI
Cursed boys and broken hearts /	YA SASS, ADAM
The unboxing of a black girl /	YA SHANTE, ANGELA
Past present future /	YA SOLOMON, RACHEL
The summer love strategy /	YA STOEVE, RAY
Girls like her /	YA SUMROW, MELANIE
Have you seen this girl /	YA TYNDALL, NITA
Spin of fate /	YA VORA, A.A.
The blonde dies first /	YA WELLINGTON, JOELLE
Blood at the root /	YA WILLIAMS, LADARRION
One killer problem /	YA WINANS, JUSTINE
Louder than words /	YA WOODFOLK, ASHLEY
Exes and foes /	YA WOODY, AMANDA
It’s only a game /	YA YU, KELSEA
Sunrise nights /	YA ZENTNER, JEFF
Medalist.	YGN TSURUMAIKADA
MEDALIST 2	YGN TSURUMAIKADA
Medalist.	YGN TSURUMAIKADA
The race to be myself /	YNF 796.42 SEMENYA, CASTER