The top reads from our March issue, ranging across mystery, suspense, romance, fiction, Christian fiction, science fiction, fantasy, arts, science, social science, and reference.
Matthew D. Morrison develops the concept of "Blacksound" to uncover how the popular music industry in the United States arose out of slavery and blackface. Blacksound as an idea is not the music produced by Black Americans but instead the material and fleeting remnants of their sounds and performances.
By Barbara Hoffert, Jill Minor, Vicki Nesting, and Mamie Ney Three-Inch Teeth by C.J. Box is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes by S.A. Cosby, Paul Doiron, and Jane Harper for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book.
Rooted in the healing traditions of Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria, The Land in Our Bones shares precious lineages of plant medicine and cultural care while reckoning with legacies of colonization, displacement, extraction, and empire. It invites us to find our way home and build new legacies of community and care.
By Jeff T. Dick Upcoming DVD and Blu-ray releases to relish include a planetary documentary, an actioner starring Michelle Yeoh, and Bogie and Cagney living the bootlegger life in The Roaring Twenties.
By Jeff T. Dick These films to add to your queue include 1970s boarding school scenes, World War I as experienced by Scottish villagers, Éric Rohmer’s tangy trio, and a late-life romance amid Irish scenery.
Life immerses the reader in the cosmic sea of existences that made up the late ancient Mediterranean world. Loosely structured around the biography of one early Christian writer and traveler, this book weaves together the philosophical, religious, sensory, and scientific worlds.
By Joshua Blevins Peck The mysterious intricacies of the brain, a groundbreaking architect of rock and roll, and a no-holds-barred history of YouTube are among the subjects of this month’s must-see documentaries.
By Matthew Galloway and Kristi Chadwick A partially submerged Nigeria and a world at the edge of apocalypse, being destroyed by climate disasters and corporate greed, are settings for these starred climate fiction novels.
By James Rhoades HeinOnline’s revamped, improved, and expanded iteration of Congress and the Courts provides a broader contextual foundation to analyze judiciary systems and actions.
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