ELLINWOOD — There are new books on CD at the Ellinwood Community/School Library. They are:
"Going Bovine" by Libba Bray. All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school and life with a minimum of effort. But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die. So Cameron sets off on the mother of all road trips through the oddest parts of America, searching for hope and a cure.
"The Ascent of Money" by Niall Ferguson. In this story of money, Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress, and that financial history is the essential back story behind all of history. With clarity and verve, the author illustrates that there’s never been a better time to understand the ascent of money.
"Anne Frank Remembered" by Miep Gies. For more than two years, Miep Gies and her husband helped hide the Frank family from the Nazis. Like thousands of unsung heroes of the Holocaust, they risked their lives every day to bring food, news and emotional support to the victims. Gies remembers her days with simple honesty, courage, and heartbreaking beauty.
"The Secret Holocaust Diaries" by Nonna Bannister. This is the haunting eyewitness account of Nonna Lisowskaja Bannister, a remarkable Russian-American woman who saw and survived unspeakable evils as a young girl during World War II. For half a century, she kept her photos, documents, diaries and dark memories locked away. Now for her family and the rest of the world, she is telling her story.
"Wishful Drinking" by Carrie Fisher. Carrie Fisher, Star Wars icon and daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher brings her best-selling autobiography to life when she reads her own intimate, hilarious, and sobering story.
"I Drink for a Reason" by David Cross. Comedian David Cross brings together a collection of humorous and amusing pieces, some fictional and some anecdotal, all bearing the scars and divots of a fiercely fought battle over right and wrong. Commenting on the topsy-turvy world where we live, Cross shares his point of view with a certain irreverence.
"What the Night Knows" by Dean Koontz. During one long ago summer, a savage, serial killer murders four families, is finally brought to his end by the only surviving member of the last family, a fourteen year old boy. But now, years later, that survivor is targeted by another "family" killer. Could it be the same murderer, returned from the dead?
Sharon Sturgis is the librarian at the Ellinwood Community/School Library.