The Hood Library: Recent Acquisitions

• The Grey Wolfe

  by Louise Penny

  Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines.  Though the tiny Québec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide at the Sûreté, as he sits with his wife in their back garden.

• The Librarianist

  by Patrick deWitt

  The story of Bob Comet, a man who has lived his life through and for literature, unaware that his own experience is a poignant and affecting narrative in itself.  With his inimitable verve, skewed humor, and compassion for the outcast, Patrick deWitt has written a wide-ranging and ambitious document of the introvert’s condition.

• Brooklynites

  by Prithi Kanakamedala

  Meet the Black Brooklynites who defined New York City’s most populous borough through their search for social justice.  Before it was a borough, Brooklyn was our nation’s third largest city.  Its free Black community attracted people from all walks of life—businesswomen, church leaders, laborers, and writers—who sought to grow their city in a radical anti-slavery vision.  The residents of neighborhoods like DUMBO, Fort Greene, and Williamsburg organized and agitated for social justice.  Brooklynites recovers the lives of these remarkable citizens and considers their lasting impact on New York City’s most populous borough.

• The Haunted Wood:  A History of Childhood Reading

  by Sam Leith

  In this pioneering history of children’s literature, from the ancient world to the present day, Sam Leith reveals the magic of our most cherished stories, and the ways in which they have shaped and consoled entire generations.  Excavating the complex lives of beloved writers, Leith offers a humane portrait of a genre.

• Jane Austen’s Darkness

  by Julia Yost

  Does the sun always shine on a country village?  And do those who dwell there cast no shadows?  Julia Yost argues for seeing darkness in Austen's novels: the marriages that will not be happy, the heroes who are not heroic, a society that elevates the mediocre at the expense of the meritorious.

• In the Footsteps of Jesus

  by Roy Lennox

  MAPC-member Roy Lennox’s In the Footsteps of Jesus explores the world of Jesus through the lens of history.  By understanding the political, social, and religious dynamics surrounding the Gospels, the reader will gain new insights into their meaning.  Utilizing the best scholarship, this book is aimed at intellectually curious believers of all faiths.  Questions emerge:  Who wrote the Gospels?  What was their genre?  Who was the intended audience?

• Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper

  by Roland Allen

  For everyone who ever bought a Moleskine and then wondered how to fill it.  But where did this simple invention come from?  How did they revolutionize our lives, and why are they such powerful tools for creativity?  And how can using a notebook help you change the way you think?

• Dante’s Divine Comedy:  A Biography

  by Joseph Luzzi

  Tracing the many afterlives of Dante’s epic poem, Joseph Luzzi shows how it left its mark on the work of such legendary authors as John Milton, Mary Shelley, and James Joyce, while serving as a source of inspiration for writers like Primo Levi and Antonio Gramsci, as they faced the most extreme forms of political oppression.

The Grey Wolfe

by Louise Penny

Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines.  Though the tiny Québec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide at the Sûreté, as he sits with his wife in their back garden.

The Librarianist

by Patrick deWitt

The story of Bob Comet, a man who has lived his life through and for literature, unaware that his own experience is a poignant and affecting narrative in itself.  With his inimitable verve, skewed humor, and compassion for the outcast, Patrick deWitt has written a wide-ranging and ambitious document of the introvert’s condition.

Brooklynites

by Prithi Kanakamedala

Meet the Black Brooklynites who defined New York City’s most populous borough through their search for social justice.  Before it was a borough, Brooklyn was our nation’s third largest city.  Its free Black community attracted people from all walks of life—businesswomen, church leaders, laborers, and writers—who sought to grow their city in a radical anti-slavery vision.  The residents of neighborhoods like DUMBO, Fort Greene, and Williamsburg organized and agitated for social justice.  Brooklynites recovers the lives of these remarkable citizens and considers their lasting impact on New York City’s most populous borough.

The Haunted Wood:  A History of Childhood Reading

by Sam Leith

In this pioneering history of children’s literature, from the ancient world to the present day, Sam Leith reveals the magic of our most cherished stories, and the ways in which they have shaped and consoled entire generations.  Excavating the complex lives of beloved writers, Leith offers a humane portrait of a genre.

Jane Austen’s Darkness

by Julia Yost

Does the sun always shine on a country village?  And do those who dwell there cast no shadows?  Julia Yost argues for seeing darkness in Austen's novels: the marriages that will not be happy, the heroes who are not heroic, a society that elevates the mediocre at the expense of the meritorious.

In the Footsteps of Jesus

by Roy Lennox

MAPC-member Roy Lennox’s In the Footsteps of Jesus explores the world of Jesus through the lens of history.  By understanding the political, social, and religious dynamics surrounding the Gospels, the reader will gain new insights into their meaning.  Utilizing the best scholarship, this book is aimed at intellectually curious believers of all faiths.  Questions emerge:  Who wrote the Gospels?  What was their genre?  Who was the intended audience?

Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper

by Roland Allen

For everyone who ever bought a Moleskine and then wondered how to fill it.  But where did this simple invention come from?  How did they revolutionize our lives, and why are they such powerful tools for creativity?  And how can using a notebook help you change the way you think?

Dante’s Divine Comedy:  A Biography

by Joseph Luzzi

Tracing the many afterlives of Dante’s epic poem, Joseph Luzzi shows how it left its mark on the work of such legendary authors as John Milton, Mary Shelley, and James Joyce, while serving as a source of inspiration for writers like Primo Levi and Antonio Gramsci, as they faced the most extreme forms of political oppression.