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AUDIOBOOK (CD)

 

Familiaris by David Wroblewski
The follow-up to the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling modern classic The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Familiaris is the stirring origin story of the Sawtelle family and the remarkable dogs that carry the Sawtelle name. It is Spring 1919, and John Sawtelle’s imagination has gotten him into trouble… again. Now John and his newlywed wife, Mary, along with their two best friends and their three dogs, are setting off for Wisconsin’s northwoods, where they hope to make a fresh start–and, with a little luck, discover what it takes to live a life of meaning, purpose, and adventure. But the place they are headed for is far stranger and more perilous than they realize, and it will take all their ingenuity, along with a few new friends–human, animal, and otherworldly–to realize their dreams. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, mysterious and enchanting, Familiaris takes readers on an unforgettable journey from the halls of a small-town automobile factory, through an epic midwestern firestorm and an ambitious WWII dog-training program, and far back into mankind’s ancient past, examining the dynamics of love and friendship, the vexing nature of families, the universal desire to create something lasting and beautiful, and of course, the species-long partnership between Homo sapiens and Canis familiaris.

 

Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by John Grisham
In his first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, #1 bestselling author John Grisham and Centurion Ministries Founder Jim McCloskey share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions. Impeccably researched and grippingly told, Framed offers an inside look at the victims of the United States criminal justice system. A fundamental principle of our legal system is a presumption of innocence, but once someone has been found guilty there is very little room to prove doubt. Framed shares ten true stories of men who were innocent but found guilty and forced to sacrifice friends, families, wives, and decades of their lives to prison while the guilty parties remained free. In each of the stories, John Grisham and Jim McCloskey recount the dramatic hard-fought battles for exoneration. They take a close look at what leads to wrongful convictions in the first place, and the racism, misconduct, flawed testimony, and the corrupt court system that can make them so hard to reverse. Told with page-turning suspense as only John Grisham can deliver, Framed is the story of overcoming adversity when the battle already seems lost, and the deck is stacked against you.

 

Be Ready When The Luck Happens, A Memoir by Ina Garten
Here, for the first time, Ina Garten presents an intimate, entertaining, and inspiring account of her remarkable journey. Ina’s gift is to make everything look easy, yet all her accomplishments have been the result of hard work, audacious choices, and exquisite attention to detail. In her unmistakable voice (no one tells a story like Ina), she brings her past and her process to life in a high-spirited and no-holds-barred memoir that chronicles decades of personal challenges, adventures (and misadventures) and unexpected career twists, all delivered with her signature combination of playfulness and purpose. From a difficult childhood to meeting the love of her life, Jeffrey, and marrying him while still in college, from a boring bureaucratic job in Washington, D.C., to answering an ad for a specialty food store in the Hamptons, from the owner of One Barefoot Contessa shop to author of bestselling cookbooks and celebrated television host, Ina has blazed her own trail and, in the meantime, taught millions of people how to cook and entertain. Now, she invites them to come closer to experience her story in vivid detail and to share the important life lessons she learned along the way: do what you love because if you love it, you’ll be really good at it, swing for the fences, and always Be Ready When the Luck Happens.

 

The Mighty Red by Louis Erdrich
In Argus, North Dakota, a collection of people revolve around a fraught wedding.  Gary Geist, a terrified young man set to inherit two farms, is desperate to marry Kismet Poe, an impulsive, lapsed Goth who can’t read her future but seems to resolve his.  Hugo, a gentle red-haired, home-schooled giant, is also in love with Kismet. He’s determined to steal her and is eager to be a homewrecker. Kismet’s mother, Crystal, hauls sugar beets for Gary’s family, and on her nightly runs, tunes into the darkness of late-night radio, sees visions of guardian angels, and worries for the future, her daughter’s and her own.  Human time, deep time, Red River time, the half-life of herbicides and pesticides, and the elegance of time represented in fracking core samples from unimaginable depths, is set against the speed of climate change, the depletion of natural resources, and the sudden economic meltdown of 2008-2009. How much does a dress cost? A used car? A package of cinnamon rolls? Can you see the shape of your soul in the everchanging clouds? Your personal salvation in the giant expanse of sky? These are the questions the people of the Red River Valley of the North wrestle with every day.

 

 

MOVIES (DVD)

 

Blink Twice (DVD)
When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. As strange things start to happen, Frida questions her reality. There is something wrong with this place. She’ll have to uncover the truth if she wants to make it out of this party alive.

 

 

Trap (DVD)
A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event.

 

 

 

 

 

It Ends With us (DVD)
The First Colleen Hoover novel adapted for the big screen, tells the story of Lily Bloom, a woman who overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life in Boston and chase a lifelong dream of opening her own business. A change meeting with charming neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid sparks an intense connection, but as the two fall deeply in love, Lily begins to see side of Ryle that remind her of her parents’ relationship. When Lily’s first love, Atlas Corrigan, suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with Ryle is upended, and Lily realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.

 

 

Afraid (DVD)
Curtis and his family are selected to test a revolutionary new home device: a digital family assistant call AIA. Taking smart home to the next level, once the unit and all its sensors and cameras are installled in their home, AIA seems able to do it all. She learns the family’s behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can make sure nothing – and no one – gets in her family’s way.

 

 

 

MUSIC (CD)

 

Changes all the Time by James Bay
What really makes the album is its versatility. Bay bounces between genres with ease, from the tender ballads and their vulnerable verses to the more upbeat rock-inspired tracks, choruses galore. It quite literally changes all the time.

 

 

 

The Forest Is The Path by Snow Patrol
Including the new single, “The Beginning,” The album rooted in reflection, introspection and interrogation. One of its key building blocks, says Gary Lightbody, was the idea of love from a distrance. “I haven’t been in a relationship for a very long time, 10 years or more, so love from a distance to me meant the way a relationship sits in your memory from a distant of, say, 10 years.

 

 

Hole Erth by Toro Y Moi
Chaz Bear’s eighth full-length studio record as Toro y Moi, is the genre shapshifter’s most unexpected and bold move to date, with Bear diving headlong into rap-rock, Soundcloud rap and Y2K emo. The album blitzes anthemic pop-punk next to autotuned, melancholic rap – two genres that inform one another now more than ever before – and packs in the most features ever on a Toro y Moi album. A sense of nostalgia sneaks it’s way into almost every Toro y Moi release, but angst is an emotion that Bear has never intentionally explored the way he does here.

 

Short N’ Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter
This album showcases the scintillating spirit of Sabrina Carpenter, the pocket-sized popstar with a larger-than-life artistic presence. One gold album and multiple platinum singles later, it’s no wonder that “Espresso,” the hit single from the album, has it all: lyrics that make you giggle n’ blush and songwriting that makes you wish you’d thought of it first.

 

 

VIDEO GAMES (XBox X, Playstation 5, Switch)

NHL 25 (XBox X)
NHL 25 is powered by ICE-Q, a new gameplay intelligence system that gives you the time and space to control every inch of the ice. Next-Gen Vision Control allows you to walk the blue line, square up to the puck carrier, stay locked on goal, and much more. Empowered AI completely overhauls Chel’s CPU player system, upping their authenticity with a refreshed playbook that improves powerplays and opens up the ice for better overall positioning and offensive opportunities. Reactive Actions utilizes a series of new animations to make skaters more responsive in critical situations, increasing their urgency, collision avoidance, and reliablility.  ICE-Q is true hockey intelligence.

 

 

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game (Playstation 5)
Play as Patrick and explore Bikini Bottom, then come up with physics-based ideas to take on challenges posed by all your friends, including SpongeBob SquarePants and Squidward.

 

 

 

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Nintendo Switch)
Princess Zelda must use her wisdom to save Hyrule. Mysterious rifts are threatening the kingdom. No one is safe–not even Link! With Tri at her side, Zelda can summon a wide variety of echoes. Echo beds to create bridges. Echo meat to use as bait. Echo monsters to fight for you.

 

 

 

 

Warhammer 40,000. Space Marine II (XBox X)
Unleash the devastating arsenal and superhuman abilities of a space marine to drive back the relentless hordes of aliens.