Tech & Book Talk at SSCL

New York Times Bestsellers March 29, 2020

March 22, 2020March 28, 2020 Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, as regular blog visitors know, I usually post links to request the print versions of the New York Times Bestsellers on Sundays, so that patrons can request those (print) titles in StarCat (the catalog of physical library materials).

However, as all the libraries in the Southern Tier Library System are currently closed, you can’t place holds for physical materials, nor, of course, pick up holds.

So for the duration of this crisis, I’m going to post links to the New York Times Bestsellers, in eBookor downloadable audiobook form, that can be requested through the Digital Catalog.

If you don’t have a library card – jump down to the section that discusses how you can get an e-New York Public Library card, and you’ll be able to gain access to their collection of eBooks and audiobooks (and we hope you’ll love having access to that collection so much that once the crisis has past – you’ll come in and get a library card from us – so you can access our collection too!)

If you have questions about how to access digital content you can write a comment and post it on the blog, or send me, SSCL Librarian Linda Reimer, questions via email: reimerl@stls.org

For eager do-it-your-selfers here is a link to the OverDrive (Digital Catalog) devices info page – where you can go to look up your device and see how to download digital content to it.
https://help.overdrive.com/en-us/devices.htm

There is a bit of difference as to how you checkout digital library content, depending upon the device your own; however, basically, if you have a mobile device – get the Libby app from your app store, or the OverDrive app for Kindle tablets, and you can check out and enjoy library eBooks and audiobooks through the app.

If you have a Kindle eReader, then go to a web browser on a computer or other device, go to the Digital Catalog found at https://stls.overdrive.com/ , look for an eBook you want to check out and then follow the checkout prompts – you’ll be redirected to the Amazon login page where you’ll enter you Amazon login information and then click on a button to send the library eBook to your Kindle eReader and your eBook should be sent to your Kindle eReader – if you don’t see it on home screen – sync your Kindle and it should appear.

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We love it when patrons check out our digital materials!

Having said that, during the current crisis, and with so many people stuck inside, I think it will be helpful for patrons to have access to a wider selection of popular digital materials – so I’m going to recommend three ways you can get more digital content, without paying for it – just as an FYI.

1. SimplyE New York Public Library App Get the SimplyE New York Public app – information can be found via the following link https://www.nypl.org/books-music-movies/ebookcentral/simplye – this is super easy to do, just download the SimplyE app from your app store; you don’t even have to login and you can be reading in seconds!

2. SCRIB Reading Service: Get a free 30 day subscription (no credit card or sign up required!) for the SCRIB reading service. SCRIB will allow you to read a great collection of popular eBooks and digital magazines on demand – for more info click/tap on the following link:
https://www.scribd.com/?lohp=1

3. Free Audible Audiobooks For Kids: Amazon has opened a free collection of audiobooks for kids, to access it just click on the following link https://stories.audible.com/discovery

And now, insert drum roll here for dramatic effect are the New York Times Bestsellers found in the Digital Catalog.

Just click on the book covers to read a summary of each plot and to request the titles of your choice.

FICTION:

AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins (Format: eBook):

A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.

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BLINDSIDE by James Patterson and James O. Born (Format: eBook):

The 12th book in the Michael Bennett series. A serial-killing spree might impact national security.

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THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):

A sibling relationship is impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back again over the course of many decades.

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THE GIVER OF STARS by Jojo Moyes (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):

In Depression-era America, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention as they deliver books throughout the mountains of Kentucky.

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IN FIVE YEARS by Rebecca Serle:

A Manhattan lawyer finds herself confronting a vision she had when elements of it come to life on schedule.

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LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng (Format eBook):

An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.

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LONG RANGE by C.J. Box (eBook):

The 20th book in the Joe Pickett series. A grizzly bear attack and an attempted assassination of a local judge baffle the Wyoming game warden.

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MIRROR & THE LIGHT by Hilary Mantel (Format: eBook):

The third book in the Wolf Hall trilogy. After Anne Boleyn’s execution, Thomas Cromwell’s enemies assemble.

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NUMBERS GAME by Danielle Steel (Format: eBook):

An affair wrecks a marriage and a daughter seeks to get out from her family’s shadow while old dreams and new love are pursued.

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THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):

Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.

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SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid (Format: eBook):

Tumult ensues when Alix Chamberlain’s babysitter is mistakenly accused of kidnapping her charge.

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TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ by Heather Morris (Format: eBook):

A concentration camp detainee tasked with permanently marking fellow prisoners falls in love with one of them.

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WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens (eBook):

In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

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NON-FICTION:

BECOMING by Michelle Obama (eBook):

The former first lady describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House, and how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.

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BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah (Format: eBook):

A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.”

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EDUCATED by Tara Westover (Format: eBook):

The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

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HOPE OF GLORY by Jon Meacham (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer delves into the seven last sayings of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels.

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JOHN ADAMS UNDER FIRE by Dan Abrams and David Fisher (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):

How the man who became the second president served as the defense lawyer for the British soldiers who stood accused in the Boston Massacre in 1770.

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JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson (eBook):

A law professor and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.

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THE MAMBA MENTALITY by Kobe Bryant (Format: eBook):

Various skills and techniques used on the court by the Los Angeles Lakers player.

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OPEN BOOK by Jessica Simpson with Kevin Carr O’Leary (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):

The singer, actress and fashion designer discloses times of success, trauma and addiction.

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SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari (Format: Downloadable Audiobooks):

How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.

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SAY NOTHING by Patrick Radden Keefe (Format: eBook):

A look at the conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles.

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SPLENDID AND THE VILE by Erik Larson (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):

An examination of the leadership of the prime minister Winston Churchill.

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TALKING TO STRANGERS by Malcolm Gladwell (Format: eBook):

Famous examples of miscommunication serve as the backdrop to explain potential conflicts and misunderstandings.

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UNKNOWN VALOR by Martha MacCallum (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):

The Fox News anchor weaves stories of combat veterans who fought during World War II.

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VERY STABLE GENIUS by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig:

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists use firsthand accounts to chart patterns of behavior within the Trump administration.

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Stay safe and enjoy the sunshine today!

Linda Reimer, SSL

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Note: this list contains all the New York Times fiction and non-fiction bestsellers for the week that are owned by libraries within the Southern Tier Library System.

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Suggested Listening March 20, 2020

March 20, 2020 Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here is our weekly recommended listening posting! And for right now, as we are mostly home bound in New York State, I’m going to offer some great listening suggetions via YouTube videos.

And just FYI, you can download three free songs per week and listen to three hours of commercial free music per day, through the library system’s Freegal Music service.

And if you’d like to check out Freegal, you can stream and download music to a computer by accessing the Freegal Music catalog via the following link:

https://stlsny.freegalmusic.com/home

And you can download the Freegal app, from your app store, and listen to the music on your tablet or smartphone. You will need your library card and your PIN (the last four digits of your phone no.) to login.

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Recommended Music Videos of the Week:

Before the recommended music videos of the week, here’s a link to the YouTube page of the great American musician Yo-Yo Ma who has started a streaming series of videos called Songs of Comfort. Ma was features in a PBS new story on the same subject earlier this week.

Here’s a link to Yo-Yo Ma’s YouTube page
https://www.youtube.com/user/YoYoMaVideos

And one to the short PBS interview with Ma on the subject of these beautiful music videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/YoYoMaVideos

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And now onto the other recommended videos of the week!

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Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens by Louis Jordan

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Beans & Cornbread by Louis Jordan

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Brian Boru’s March by James Galway

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Caravan by Duke Ellington

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The Forest Gump Suite from the soundtrack

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Going Home by Yo-Yo Ma

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Good Day Sunshine by The Beatles

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Lord of the Rings Suite by James Galway

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Rock Steady by Aretha Franklin

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So What? by Miles Davis

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Take Five by Dave Brubeck

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Take It Easy by The Eagles

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Theme From The Thorn Birds by James Galway

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The Weight by The Band

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Wooden Ships by The Jefferson Airplane

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Stay safe!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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REFERENCES:

Print References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn

Online References

Alan Lomax Man Who Recorded The World, NPR Review from All Things Considered (2011),
https://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132707935/alan-lomax-recording-the-world

AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/

Booker T. Jones On New Memoir, Heard on All Things Considered (2019),
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/01/784005895/booker-t-jones-on-new-memoir

Online Catalog Links:

StarCat

The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD, etc.

The Digital Catalog (OverDrive)

The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos.

ABOUT LIBRARY APPS: Libby & RBDigital:

You can access digital library content on PCs, Macs and mobile devices. For mobile devices simply download the Libby and/or the RBDigital app, to check out eBooks, downloadable audiobooks and on-demand magazines, from your app store to get started. If you have questions call the library at 607-936-3713 and one of our tech coaches will be happy to assist you.

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

New York Times Bestsellers March 22, 2020

March 15, 2020March 13, 2020 Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are the top New York Times fiction and non-fiction bestsellers for the upcoming week.

(Click on the book covers to read a summary of each plot and to request the book(s) of your choice.

FICTION:

AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins:

A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.

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BLINDSIDE by James Patterson and James O. Born:

The 12th book in the Michael Bennett series. A serial-killing spree might impact national security.

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DEACON KING KONG by James McBride:

In 1969, secrets in a South Brooklyn neighborhood are uncoverd when a church deacon known as Sportcoat shoots a drug dealer in public.

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THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett:

A sibling relationship is impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back again over the course of many decades.

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THE GIVER OF STARS by Jojo Moyes:

In Depression-era America, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention as they deliver books throughout the mountains of Kentucky.

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HOUSE OF EARTH AND BLOOD by Sarah J. Maas:

Passion arises between Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar as they seek to avenge the deaths of Bryce’s friends.

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JETSETTERS by Amanda Eyre Ward:

Old pains are unpacked as the fractured Perkins family goes on a trip through Europe.

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LETHAL GAME by Christine Feehan:

The 16th book in the GhostWalker series. When Amaryllis is endangered, Malichai’s true identity risks being exposed.

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LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng:

An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.

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LONG RANGE by C.J. Box:

The 20th book in the Joe Pickett series. A grizzly bear attack and an attempted assassination of a local judge baffle the Wyoming game warden.

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NIGHT WATCHMAN by Louise Erdrich:

As a bill that may hurt the rights of Native Americans goes to Congress in 1953, domestic issues arise for plant workers near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota.

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NORMAL PEOPLE by Sally Rooney:

The connection between a high school star athlete and a loner ebbs and flows when they go to Trinity College in Dublin.

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NUMBERS GAME by Danielle Steel:

An affair wrecks a marriage and a daughter seeks to get out from her family’s shadow while old dreams and new love are pursued.

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THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides:

Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.

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SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid:

Tumult ensues when Alix Chamberlain’s babysitter is mistakenly accused of kidnapping her charge.

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TRACE ELEMENTS by Donna Leon:

The 29th novel in the Commissario Guido Brunetti series. Circumstances around a motorcycle accident reveal that Venice’s water supply might be at risk.

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WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens:

In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

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WRITERS & LOVERS by Lily King:

Casey Peabody goes through a big life transition as she tries to maintain a creative life.

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YOU ARE NOT ALONE by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen:

Shay Miller’s bad luck may get even worse when she meets a pair of sisters who always get what they want.

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NON-FICTION:

BECOMING by Michelle Obama:

The former first lady describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House, and how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.

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DARK TOWERS by David Enrich:

The New York Times finance editor traces the history and illicit dealings of Deutsche Bank.

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EDUCATED by Tara Westover:

The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

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JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson:

A law professor and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.

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THE MAMBA MENTALITY by Kobe Bryant:

Various skills and techniques used on the court by the Los Angeles Lakers player.

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OPEN BOOK by Jessica Simpson with Kevin Carr O’Leary:

The singer, actress and fashion designer discloses times of success, trauma and addiction.

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PROFILES IN CORRUPTION by Peter Schweizer:

The author of “Clinton Cash” gives his evaluations of members of the Democratic Party.

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SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari:

How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.

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SAY NOTHING by Patrick Radden Keefe:

A look at the conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles.

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SPLENDID AND THE VILE by Erik Larson:

An examination of the leadership of the prime minister Winston Churchill.

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TALKING TO STRANGERS by Malcolm Gladwell:

Famous examples of miscommunication serve as the backdrop to explain potential conflicts and misunderstandings.

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UNKNOWN VALOR by Martha MacCallum:

The Fox News anchor weaves stories of combat veterans who fought during World War II.

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UNTIL THE END OF TIME by Brian Greene:

A physicist gives an overview of how we got here, where we are and directions we might go.

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VERY STABLE GENIUS by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig:

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists use firsthand accounts to chart patterns of behavior within the Trump administration.

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Have a great weekend!

Linda Reimer, SSL

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Note: this list contains all the New York Times fiction and non-fiction bestsellers for the week that are owned by libraries within the Southern Tier Library System.

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Suggested Listening March 13, 2020

March 13, 2020March 12, 2020 Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our five musical recommendations of the week!

(Click on the Book/eBook/CD/DVD or book cover to request the item)

Recommended Titles:

1973: Rock At The Crossroads by Andrew G. Jackson (Format: Print Book) (Genre: Classic Rock):

A fascinating account of the music and epic social change of 1973, a defining year for David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Eagles, Elvis Presley, and the former members of The Beatles.

1973 was the year rock hit its peak while splintering—just like the rest of the world. Ziggy Stardust travelled to America in David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane. The Dark Side of the Moon began its epic run on the Billboard charts, inspired by the madness of Pink Floyd’s founder, while all four former Beatles scored top ten albums, two hitting #1.

FM battled AM, and Motown battled Philly on the charts, as the era of protest soul gave way to disco, while DJ Kool Herc gave birth to hip hop in the Bronx. The glam rock of the New York Dolls and Alice Cooper split into glam metal and punk. Hippies and rednecks made peace in Austin thanks to Willie Nelson, while outlaw country, country rock, and Southern rock each pointed toward modern country. The Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead, and the Band played the largest rock concert to date at Watkins Glen.

Led Zep’s Houses of the Holy reflected the rise of funk and reggae. The singer songwriter movement led by Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Joni Mitchell flourished at the Troubadour and Max’s Kansas City, where Bruce Springsteen and Bob Marley shared bill. Elvis Presley’s Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite was NBC’s top-rated special of the year, while Elton John’s albums dominated the number one spot for two and a half months.

Just as U.S. involvement in Vietnam drew to a close, Roe v. Wade ignited a new phase in the culture war. While the oil crisis imploded the American dream of endless prosperity, and Watergate’s walls closed in on Nixon, the music of 1973 both reflected a shattered world and brought us together. – From The Publisher

“Jackson’s book paints a vivid portrait of the year through the lens of popular music — mostly rock, but also country and hip-hop … His analysis of sexuality and rock music is particularly interesting … Jackson also proves to have a real talent for evoking the places that made 1973 such a consequential year in music.” —NPR Review

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Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded The World by John Szwed (Format: Print Book) (Genre: Music History, Folk, Jazz, Blues, Regional Music, Americana):

The definitive biography of Alan Lomax-from John Szwed,”the best music biographer in the business” (L.A. Weekly).

One of the most remarkable figures of the twentieth century, Alan Lomax was best known for bringing legendary musicians like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, and Burl Ives to the radio and introducing folk music to a mass audience. Now John Szwed, the acclaimed biographer of Miles

Davis and Sun Ra, presents the first biography of Lomax, a man who was as influential as he was controversial-trailed for years by the FBI, criticized for his folk- song-collecting practices, denounced by some as a purist and by others as a popularizer. This authoritative work reveals how Lomax changed not only the way everyone in the country heard music but also the way they viewed America itself.

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Country Fuzz (2020) by Cadillacs Three (Format: CD) (Genre: Country)

Country Fuzz is the sixth album by the Nashville based country trio, whose music is built on the foundations of country, Southern rock and Outlaw rock. The trio features Jaren Johnston on guitar vocals, Neil Mason on drums and Kelby Ray on bass. Johnston writes most of the bands material and the trio’s music can be well described as country rock with a side order of swagger!

Song List:
Bar Round Here
The Jam
Hard Out Here for a Country Boy
Slow Rollin’
All the Makin’s of a Saturday Night
Crackin’ Cold Ones With the Boys
Labels
Raise Hell
Back Home

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State Of Nature (2008) by Stanley Jordan (Format: CD) (Genre: Jazz, Guitar):

State Of Nature is the twelfth album by Princeton graduate, music therapist and incomparable modern Jazz guitarist Stanley Jordan.

Song List:
A Place in Space
All Blues
Forest Garden
Insensatez
Mozart’s Piano Concerto #21 (Andante in F Major)
Song for My Father
Mind Games #1
Ocean Breeze
Healing Waves

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Time Is Tight: My Life Note By Note by Booker T. Jones (Format: Print Book) (Genre: Classic Rock, R&B, Soul):

The long-awaited memoir of Booker T. Jones, leader of the famed Stax Records house band, architect of the Memphis soul sound, and one of the most legendary figures in music. From Booker T. Jones’s earliest years in segregated Memphis, music was the driving force in his life. While he worked paper routes and played gigs in local nightclubs to pay for lessons and support his family, Jones, on the side, was also recording sessions in what became the famous Stax Studios — all while still in high school. Not long after, he would form the genre-defining group Booker T. and the MGs, whose recordings went on to sell millions of copies, win a place in Rolling Stone’s list of top 500 songs of all time, and help forge collaborations with some of the era’s most influential artists, including Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and Sam & Dave. Nearly five decades later, Jones’s influence continues to help define the music industry, but only now is he ready to tell his remarkable life story.

Time is Tight is the deeply moving account of how Jones balanced the brutality of the segregationist South with the loving support of his family and community, all while transforming a burgeoning studio into a musical mecca. Culminating with a definitive account into the inner workings of the Stax label, as well as a fascinating portrait of working with many of the era’s most legendary performers — Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and Tom Jones, among them — this extraordinary memoir promises to become a landmark moment in the history of Southern Soul.

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Videos Of The Week:

Band on The Run by Paul McCartney & Wings

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Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) by George Harrison

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

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Mind Games by John Lennon

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Over The Hills And Far Away by Led Zeppelin

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Photograph by Ringo Starr

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The Real Me by The Who

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Time by Pink Floyd

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Watch That Man by David Bowie

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61 Highway Blues by Sonny Boy Nelson

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County Blues by Dock Boggs

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Diamond Joe by Bessie Jones

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Whole Heap of Little Horses by Texas Gladden

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Freedom In the Air: A Documentary on Albany, Georgia (1961-1962) (Produced by Alan Lomax, available on the Lomax Archive YouTube channel) Time: 41 minutes, 26 seconds.

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To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947) produced by Alan Lomax & narrated by Pete Seeger

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Back Home by The Cadillac Three

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Bar Round Here by The Cadillac Three

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All The Makin’s Of A Saturday Night by The Cadillac Three

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Eleanor Rigby by Stanley Jordan

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Stairway To Heaven by Stanley Jordan

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State Of Nature by Stanley Jordan

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Everything Is Everything by Booker T. Jones

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Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG’s

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Melting Pot by Booker T. & The MGs

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Have a great weekend!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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REFERENCES:

Print References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn

Online References

Alan Lomax Man Who Recorded The World, NPR Review from All Things Considered (2011),
https://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132707935/alan-lomax-recording-the-world

AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/

Booker T. Jones On New Memoir, Heard on All Things Considered (2019),
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/01/784005895/booker-t-jones-on-new-memoir

Online Catalog Links:

StarCat

The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD, etc.

The Digital Catalog (OverDrive)

The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos.

ABOUT LIBRARY APPS: Libby & RBDigital:

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

New York Times Bestsellers March 15, 2020

March 8, 2020March 5, 2020 Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are the top New York Times fiction and non-fiction bestsellers for the upcoming week.

(Click on the book covers to read a summary of each plot and to request the book(s) of your choice.

FICTION:

AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins:

A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.

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APEIROGON by Colum McCann:

A bond forms between a Palestinian man and an Israeli man when they both lose a daughter.

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BLINDSIDE by James Patterson and James O. Born:

The 12th book in the Michael Bennett series. A serial-killing spree might impact national security.

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CHASING CASSANDRA by Lisa Kleypas:

The sixth book in the Ravenels series. Cassandra teaches a railway magnate a lesson.

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COCONUT LAYER CAKE MURDER by Joanne Fluke:

The bakery owner Hannah Swensen’s sister’s boyfriend is accused of murder.

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CROOKED RIVER by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child:

The 19th book in the Agent Pendergast series. Human feet inside nondescript shoes wash ashore in Florida.

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DEAR EDWARD by Ann Napolitano:

A 12-year-old boy tries to start over after becoming the sole survivor of a plane crash in which he lost his immediate family.

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THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett:

A sibling relationship is impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back again over the course of many decades.

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THE GIVER OF STARS by Jojo Moyes:

In Depression-era America, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention as they deliver books throughout the mountains of Kentucky.

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GOLDEN IN DEATH by J.D. Robb:

The 50th book of the In Death series. Eve Dallas seeks the sender of packages that give off toxic airborne fumes.

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THE GUARDIANS by John Grisham:

Cullen Post, a lawyer and Episcopal minister, antagonizes some ruthless killers when he takes on a wrongful conviction case.

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LAST WISH by Andrzej Sapkowski:

Linked stories follow the exploits of Geralt of Rivia, a monster-slaying mercenary.

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LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng:

An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.

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A LONG PETAL OF THE SEA by Isabel Allende:

A young pregnant widow and an Army doctor take a ship to Chile to escape the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.

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THE OUTSIDER by Stephen King:

A detective investigates a seemingly wholesome member of the community when an 11-year-old boy’s body is found.

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THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides:

Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.

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SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid:

Tumult ensues when Alix Chamberlain’s babysitter is mistakenly accused of kidnapping her charge.

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TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ by Heather Morris:

A concentration camp detainee tasked with permanently marking fellow prisoners falls in love with one of them.

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WARSAW PROTOCOL by Steve Berry:

The 15th book in the Cotton Malone series. The balance of power in Europe is imperiled.

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WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens:

In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

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NON-FICTION:

BECOMING by Michelle Obama:

The former first lady describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House, and how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk:

How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

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DARK TOWERS by David Enrich:

The New York Times finance editor traces the history and illicit dealings of Deutsche Bank.

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EDUCATED by Tara Westover:

The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

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HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi:

A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism

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JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson:

A law professor and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.

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THE MAMBA MENTALITY by Kobe Bryant:

Various skills and techniques used on the court by the Los Angeles Lakers player.

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MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE by Lori Gottlieb:

A psychotherapist gains unexpected insights when she becomes another therapist’s patient.

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OPEN BOOK by Jessica Simpson with Kevin Carr O’Leary:

The singer, actress and fashion designer discloses times of success, trauma and addiction.

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PROFILES IN CORRUPTION by Peter Schweizer:

The author of “Clinton Cash” gives his evaluations of members of the Democratic Party.

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SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari:

How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.

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SAY NOTHING by Patrick Radden Keefe:

A look at the conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles.

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SPLENDID AND THE VILE by Erik Larson:

An examination of the leadership of the prime minister Winston Churchill.

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TALKING TO STRANGERS by Malcolm Gladwell:

Famous examples of miscommunication serve as the backdrop to explain potential conflicts and misunderstandings.

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UNKNOWN VALOR by Martha MacCallum:

The Fox News anchor weaves stories of combat veterans who fought during World War II.

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UNTIL THE END OF TIME by Brian Greene:

A physicist gives an overview of how we got here, where we are and directions we might go.

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VERY STABLE GENIUS by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig:

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists use firsthand accounts to chart patterns of behavior within the Trump administration.

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WHY WE’RE POLARIZED by Ezra Klein:

The editor at large and co-founder of Vox offers his take on what causes divisions in America.

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Have a great weekend!

Linda Reimer, SSL

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Note: this list contains all the New York Times fiction and non-fiction bestsellers for the week that are owned by libraries within the Southern Tier Library System.

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Suggested Listening March 6, 2020

March 6, 2020March 6, 2020 Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our five musical recommendations of the week!

(Click on the Book/eBook/CD/DVD or book cover to request the item)

Recommended Titles:.

Somethin’ Else (1958) by Cannonball Adderley(Genre: Jazz):

This 1958 album features a great group of classic jazz musicians – Saxophonist Cannonball Adderley accompanied by Miles Davis on trumpet, Hank Jones on piano, Art Blakely on drums and Sam Jones on bass.

This is a beautiful, flowing classic jazz album!

Song List:
Autumn Leaves
Love For Sale
Somethin’ Else
One For Daddy-O
Dancing In the Dark
Allison’s Uncle
Spectacular
Miss Jackie’s Delight
Tribute To Brownie

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Natural (2017) by Cindy Bradley (Genre: Jazz):

Trumpeter Cindy Bradley was born in North Tonawanda, New York, studied music at Ithaca College and the New England Conservatory in Boston, MA., and today is an educator and musician who hails from Buffalo, New York.

She plays smooth jazz and jazz influenced instrumental music. Natural is her fifth album.

Song List:
Girl Talk
Category A
Everyone But You
Vibralux
Imagine That
Clean Break
Natural
Bring It Back
She Bop

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Now That I Found You (1995) by Alison Krauss (Genre: Bluegrass, Country, Folk):

This album chronicles the first ten years of bluegrass great Alison Krauss’s career.

Song List:
Baby, Now That I’ve Found You
Oh, Atlanta
Broadway
Every Time You Say Goodbye
Tonight I’ll Be Lonely Too
Teardrops Will Kiss the Morning Dew
Sleep On
When God Dips His Pen of Love in My Heart
I Will

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Best of Carly Simon by Carly Simon (Genre: Pop, Vocal):

A solid greatest hits collection of Carly’s 1970s work.

That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be
The Right Thing to Do
Mockingbird
Legend in Your Own Time
Haven’t Got Time for the Pain
You’re So Vain
We Have No Secrets
Night Owl
Anticipation

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Greatest Hits Etc. by Paul Simon (Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Traditional Rock):

We’re on a seventies kick this week!

Here is a greatest hits collection of Paul Simon – also of his seventies work.

Song List:
Slip Slidin’ Away
Stranded In A Limousine
Still Crazy After All These Years
Have A Good Time
Duncan
Me And Julio Down By The School Yard
Something So Right
Kodachrome
I Do It For Your Love
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
American Tune
Mother And Child Reunion
Loves Me Like A Rock
Take Me To The Mardi Gras

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Videos Of The Week:

Autumn Leaves by Cannonball Adderley

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Somethin’ Else by Cannonball Adderley

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Girl Talk by Cindy Bradley

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Natural by Cindy Bradley

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Baby, Now That I’ve Found You by Alison Krauss

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When You Say Nothing At All by Alison Krauss

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Anticipation by Carly Simon

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You’re So Vain by Carly Simon

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Have A Good Time by Paul Simon

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Late In The Evening by Paul Simon

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Have a great weekend!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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REFERENCES:

Print References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn

Online References

AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/

Cindy Bradley Bio, https://www.cindybradley.com/bio

Online Catalog Links:

StarCat

The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD, etc.

The Digital Catalog (OverDrive)

The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos.

ABOUT LIBRARY APPS: Libby & RBDigital:

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Suggested Reading March 3, 2020

March 3, 2020 Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our recommended titles for the week, five digital titles, eBooks & downloadable audiobooks, available through OverDrive and five print titles available through StarCat.

DIGITAL CATALOG RECOMMENDATIONS:

Clock Dance: A novel by Anne Tyler

A charming new novel of self-discovery and second chances from the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Spool of Blue Thread.

Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother’s sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother but isn’t sure she ever will be. Then, one day, Willa receives a startling phone call from a stranger. Without fully understanding why, she flies across the country to Baltimore to look after a young woman she’s never met, her nine-year-old daughter, and their dog, Airplane. This impulsive decision will lead Willa into uncharted territory—surrounded by eccentric neighbors who treat each other like family, she finds solace and fulfillment in unexpected places. A bewitching novel of hope and transformation, Clock Dance gives us Anne Tyler at the height of her powers.

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The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars by Dava Sobel (Format: eBook):

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the “inspiring” (People), little-known true story of women’s landmark contributions to astronomy

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017

Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Economist, Smithsonian, Nature, and NPR’s Science Friday

In the mid-nineteenth century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as calculators, or “human computers,” to interpret the observations their male counterparts made via telescope each night. At the outset this group included the wives, sisters, and daughters of the resident astronomers, but soon the female corps included graduates of the new women’s colleges—Vassar, Wellesley, and Smith. As photography transformed the practice of astronomy, the ladies turned from computation to studying the stars captured nightly on glass photographic plates.

The “glass universe” of half a million plates that Harvard amassed over the ensuing decades—through the generous support of Mrs. Anna Palmer Draper, the widow of a pioneer in stellar photography—enabled the women to make extraordinary discoveries that attracted worldwide acclaim. They helped discern what stars were made of, divided the stars into meaningful categories for further research, and found a way to measure distances across space by starlight. Their ranks included Williamina Fleming, a Scottish woman originally hired as a maid who went on to identify ten novae and more than three hundred variable stars; Annie Jump Cannon, who designed a stellar classification system that was adopted by astronomers the world over and is still in use; and Dr. Cecilia Helena Payne, who in 1956 became the first ever woman professor of astronomy at Harvard—and Harvard’s first female department chair.

Elegantly written and enriched by excerpts from letters, diaries, and memoirs, The Glass Universe is the hidden history of the women whose contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.

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A House Among The Trees by Julia Glass (Format: eBook):

In Julia Glass’s fifth book since her acclaimed novel Three Junes won the National Book Award, she gives us the story of an unusual bond between a world-famous writer and his assistant—a richly plotted novel of friendship and love, artistic ambition, the perils of celebrity, and the power of an unexpected legacy.

When the revered children’s book author Mort Lear dies accidentally at his Connecticut home, he leaves his property and all its contents to his trusted assistant, Tomasina Daulair, who is moved by his generosity but dismayed by the complicated and defiant directives in his will. Tommy knew Morty for more than four decades, since meeting him in a Manhattan playground when she was twelve and he was working on sketches for the book that would make him a star. By the end of his increasingly reclusive life, she found herself living in his house as confidante and helpmeet, witness not just to his daily routines but to the emotional fallout of his strange boyhood and his volatile relationship with a lover who died of AIDS. Now Tommy must try to honor Morty’s last wishes while grappling with their effects on several people, including Dani Daulair, her estranged brother; Meredith Galarza, the lonely, outraged museum curator to whom Lear once promised his artistic estate; and Nicholas Greene, the beguiling British actor cast to play Mort Lear in a movie.

When the actor arrives for the visit he had previously arranged with the man he is to portray, he and Tommy are compelled to look more closely at Morty’s past and the consequences of the choices they now face, both separately and together. Morty, as it turns out, made a confession to Greene that undermines much of what Tommy believed she knew about her boss—and about herself. As she contemplates a future without him, her unlikely alliance with Greene—and the loyalty they share toward the man whose legacy they hold in their hands—will lead to surprising upheavals in their wider relationships, their careers, and even their search for love.

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Peace Like a River: A Novel by Leif Enger (Format: eBook):

Hailed as one of the year’s top five novels by Time, and selected as one of the best books of the year by nearly all major newspapers, national bestseller Peace Like a River captured the hearts of a nation in need of comfort. “A rich mixture of adventure, tragedy, and healing,” Peace Like a River is “a collage of legends from sources sacred and profane — from the Old Testament to the Old West, from the Gospels to police dramas” (Ron Charles, The Christian Science Monitor). In “lyrical, openhearted prose” (Michael Glitz, The New York Post), Enger tells the story of eleven-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy who has reason to believe in miracles. Along with his sister and father, Reuben finds himself on a cross-country search for his outlaw older brother who has been controversially charged with murder. Their journey is touched by serendipity and the kindness of strangers, and its remarkable conclusion shows how family, love, and faith can stand up to the most terrifying of enemies, the most tragic of fates. Leif Enger’s “miraculous” (Valerie Ryan, The Seattle Times) novel is a “perfect book for an anxious time … of great literary merit that nonetheless restores readers’ faith in the kindness of stories” (Marta Salij, Detroit Free Press).

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Prepared For Rage written by Dana Stabenow and read by Lorelei King (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):

A renegade terrorist with a bottomless personal grudge against all things American targets the most visible symbol of American prestige and power one clear morning in Florida as NASA prepares to launch the Space Shuttle. This time the shuttle carries a high-profile payload and a high-paying visitor on board as a guest, and astronaut Kenai Munro, the FBI special agent Patrick Chisolm and U.S. Coast Guard Captain Cal Schyler are doing everything they can to help the launch go off without a hitch. Can one terrorist with a gift for mass murder subvert all the forces arrayed against him in a bid for recognition and revenge? Once again Dana Stabenow delivers an action-driven thriller with an ingenious, frightening, straight-from-the-headlines plot, certain to be her next bestseller.

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PRINT RECOMMENDATIONS:

The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda:

On a stormy summer day the Aosawas, owners of a prominent local hospital, host a large birthday party. The occasion turns into tragedy when 17 people die from cyanide in their drinks. The only surviving links to what might have happened are a cryptic verse that could be the killer’s, and the physician’s bewitching blind daughter, Hisako, the only person spared injury. But the youth who emerges as the prime suspect commits suicide that October, effectively sealing his guilt while consigning his motives to mystery. The police are convinced that Hisako had a role in the crime, as are many in the town, including the author of a bestselling book about the murders written a decade after the incident, who was herself a childhood friend of Hisako’ and witness to the discovery of the murders. The truth is revealed through a skilful juggling of testimony by different voices: family members, witnesses and neighbours, police investigators and of course the mesmerizing Hisako herself.

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The Illness Lesson: A Novel by Clare Beams:

In 1871, scholar/philosopher Samuel Hood lives in Ashwell, MA, on a farm that was previously the site of a utopian community experiment. That experiment has long since failed, and Hood’s new plan is to educate young women to be equals to their male counterparts. Hood and adult daughter Caroline, a devotee of his philosophy, will head up the faculty. The students arrive, including one connected to the farm’s previous function. But a secret lies waiting to be revealed, and the students soon begin to show signs of illness. One has a strange rash. Another has a verbal tic. A third has “fits.” Hood calls on a psychiatric physician he knows to treat the girls for what seems to be group hysteria. The psychiatrist’s sinister treatment, amounting to sexual abuse, is condoned by the men at the farm despite their misgivings and Caroline’s outright protests. VERDICT Bard Prize winner Beams (We Show What We Have Learned) successfully shapes the characters who tell the story, capturing the mores of the times and delving deeply into the psychological aspects of the situation. The underlying secret creates a tension that is resolved only in the final pages. Readers of general fiction will enjoy. Library Journal Review by Joanna Burkhardt, Univ. of Rhode Island Libs., rovidence

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The King At The Edge Of The World by Arthur Phillips:

Queen Elizabeth’s spymasters recruit an unlikely agent—the only Muslim in England—for an impossible mission in a mesmerizing novel from “one of the best writers in America” (The Washington Post)

The year is 1601. Queen Elizabeth I is dying, childless. Her nervous kingdom has no heir. It is a capital crime even to think that Elizabeth will ever die. Potential successors secretly maneuver to be in position when the inevitable occurs. The leading candidate is King James VI of Scotland, but there is a problem.

The queen’s spymasters—hardened veterans of a long war on terror and religious extremism—fear that James is not what he appears. He has every reason to claim to be a Protestant, but if he secretly shares his family’s Catholicism, then forty years of religious war will have been for nothing, and a bloodbath will ensue. With time running out, London confronts a seemingly impossible question: What does James truly believe?

It falls to Geoffrey Belloc, a secret warrior from the hottest days of England’s religious battles, to devise a test to discover the true nature of King James’s soul. Belloc enlists Mahmoud Ezzedine, a Muslim physician left behind by the last diplomatic visit from the Ottoman Empire, as his undercover agent. The perfect man for the job, Ezzedine is the ultimate outsider, stranded on this cold, wet, and primitive island. He will do almost anything to return home to his wife and son.

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One Minute Out by Mark Greaney:

From Mark Greaney, the New York Times bestselling author of Mission Critical and a coauthor of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan novels, comes another high-stakes thriller featuring the world’s most dangerous assassin: the Gray Man.

While on a mission to Croatia, Court Gentry uncovers a human trafficking operation. The trail leads from the Balkans all the way back to Hollywood.

Court is determined to shut it down, but his CIA handlers have other plans. The criminal ringleader has actionable intelligence about a potentially devastating terrorist attack on the US. The CIA won’t move until they have that intel. It’s a moral balancing act with Court at the pivot point.

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The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison by Jason Hardy:

A former parole officer shines a bright light on a huge yet hidden part of our justice system through the intertwining stories of seven parolees striving to survive the chaos that awaits them after prison in this illuminating and dramatic book.

Prompted by a dead-end retail job and a vague desire to increase the amount of justice in his hometown, Jason Hardy became a parole officer in New Orleans at the worst possible moment. Louisiana’s incarceration rates were the highest in the US and his department’s caseload had just been increased to 220 “offenders” per parole officer, whereas the national average is around 100. Almost immediately, he discovered that the biggest problem with our prison system is what we do–and don’t do–when people get out of prison.

Deprived of social support and jobs, these former convicts are often worse off than when they first entered prison and Hardy dramatizes their dilemmas with empathy and grace. He’s given unique access to their lives and a growing recognition of their struggles and takes on his job with the hope that he can change people’s fates–but he quickly learns otherwise. The best Hardy and his colleagues can do is watch out for impending disaster and help clean up the mess left behind. But he finds that some of his charges can muster the miraculous power to save themselves. By following these heroes, he both stokes our hope and fuels our outrage by showing us how most offenders, even those with the best intentions, end up back in prison–or dead–because the system systematically fails them. Our focus should be, he argues, to give offenders the tools they need to re-enter society which is not only humane but also vastly cheaper for taxpayers.

As immersive and dramatic as Evicted and as revelatory as The New Jim Crow, The Second Chance Club shows us how to solve the cruelest problems prisons create for offenders and society at large.

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Have a great week!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Note: Book summaries are from the publisher unless otherwise specified.

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References

Former Parole Officer Reflects On His Time Supervising ‘The Second Chance Club’, March 2, 20201:21 PM ET. Heard on Fresh Air. Hosted by Dave Davies
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/02/811187788/former-parole-officer-reflects-on-his-time-supervising-the-second-chance-club

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StarCat

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ABOUT LIBRARY APPS:

You can access digital library content, i.e. eBooks & downloadable audiobooks, on PCs, Macs and mobile devices.

If you have questions call the library at 607-936-3713 and one of our tech coaches will be happy to assist you.

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New York Times Bestsellers March 8, 2020

February 29, 2020February 27, 2020 Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are the top New York Times fiction and non-fiction bestsellers for the upcoming week.

(Click on the book covers to read a summary of each plot and to request the book(s) of your choice.

FICTION:

AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins:

A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.

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CHASING CASSANDRA by Lisa Kleypas:

The sixth book in the Ravenels series. Cassandra teaches a railway magnate a lesson.

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CROOKED RIVER by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child:

The 19th book in the Agent Pendergast series. Human feet inside nondescript shoes wash ashore in Florida.

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DEAR EDWARD by Ann Napolitano:

A 12-year-old boy tries to start over after becoming the sole survivor of a plane crash in which he lost his immediate family.

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THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett:

A sibling relationship is impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back again over the course of many decades.

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THE GIVER OF STARS by Jojo Moyes:

In Depression-era America, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention as they deliver books throughout the mountains of Kentucky.

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GOLDEN IN DEATH by J.D. Robb:

The 50th book of the In Death series. Eve Dallas seeks the sender of packages that give off toxic airborne fumes.

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THE GUARDIANS by John Grisham:

Cullen Post, a lawyer and Episcopal minister, antagonizes some ruthless killers when he takes on a wrongful conviction case.

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HOLDOUT by Graham Moore:

When a defense attorney becomes a murder suspect, her time as a pivotal juror comes back to light.

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LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng:

An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.

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ONE MINUTE OUT by Mark Greaney:

The ninth book in the Gray Man series. Court Gentry tries to stop the head of a group trafficking women and children.

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A LONG PETAL OF THE SEA by Isabel Allende:

A young pregnant widow and an Army doctor take a ship to Chile to escape the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.

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OTHER MRS. by Mary Kubica:

A Chicago couple becomes unsettled when they move to an old house in Maine and their new neighbor turns up dead.

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THE OUTSIDER by Stephen King:

A detective investigates a seemingly wholesome member of the community when an 11-year-old boy’s body is found.

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THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides:

Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.

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SUN DOWN MOTEL by Simone St. James:

A woman visits a motel in upstate New York where her aunt was entangled in mysterious events as a night clerk decades ago.

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TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ by Heather Morris:

A concentration camp detainee tasked with permanently marking fellow prisoners falls in love with one of them.

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WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens:

In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

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NON-FICTION:

BECOMING by Michelle Obama:

The former first lady describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House, and how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk:

How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

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DARK TOWERS by David Enrich:

The New York Times finance editor traces the history and illicit dealings of Deutsche Bank.

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EDUCATED by Tara Westover:

The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

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JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson:

A law professor and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.

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THE MAMBA MENTALITY by Kobe Bryant:

Various skills and techniques used on the court by the Los Angeles Lakers player.

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ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder:

Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.

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OPEN BOOK by Jessica Simpson with Kevin Carr O’Leary:

The singer, actress and fashion designer discloses times of success, trauma and addiction.

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PROFILES IN CORRUPTION by Peter Schweizer:

The author of “Clinton Cash” gives his evaluations of members of the Democratic Party.

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SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari:

How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.

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TALKING TO STRANGERS by Malcolm Gladwell:

Famous examples of miscommunication serve as the backdrop to explain potential conflicts and misunderstandings.

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UNTIL THE END OF TIME by Brian Greene:

A physicist gives an overview of how we got here, where we are and directions we might go.

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UN-TRUMPING AMERICA by Dan Pfeiffer:

A former senior advisor to President Obama offers suggestions for Democrats.

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VERY STABLE GENIUS by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig:

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists use firsthand accounts to chart patterns of behavior within the Trump administration.

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YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST by Alexis Coe:

A newly researched biography of George Washington

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Have a great weekend!

Linda Reimer, SSL

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Note: this list contains all the New York Times fiction and non-fiction bestsellers for the week that are owned by libraries within the Southern Tier Library System.

Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.

Suggested Listening February 27, 2020

February 28, 2020February 27, 2020 Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our five musical recommendations of the week!

(Click on the Book/eBook/CD/DVD or book cover to request the item)

Recommended Titles:

100 Best Jazz Tunes of the 1950s by Various Artists:

This collection does indeed, feature 100 classic jazz songs on eight discs.

One hundred titles is a few too many to put into a blog posting, we’d have an almost endless posting! So instead here is a partial list of the songs included in the collection: Bloomdido by the Charlie Parker Quintet, The Surrey With Fringe On Top by Ahmad Jamal, Straight No Chaser by Thelonious Monk, Black Coffee by Peggy Lee, Django by John Lewis, Caravan by Dizzy Gillepsie, On The Sunny Side of the Street by Johnny Hodges, St. Thomas by Sonny Rollins, I Was Doing All Right by Jimmy Smith and many more!

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American Light Music Classics (1998) by The New London Orchestra with Julian Leaper, leader and Ronald Corp, conductor:

An excellent collection of “light music” from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The term “Light Music” was used to describe songs that were playful and less serious light classical music – like music you might have heard in the back ground of a movie of the day.

This is a fun orchestra, instrumental collection!

Song List

The Washington Post
Whistling Rufus
Pavanne
Nola: A Silhouette
The Whistler and His Dog
Belle of the Ball
The Arkansas Traveller
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic
To A Wild Rose
Blaze Away!
Chanson ‘In Love’
The Toy Trumpet
Promenade
Plink, Plank, Plunk!
The March of the Toys
Holiday for Strings
Narcissus
Symphony No. 5 1-2 ‘A Symphony For Fun’: Perpetual Emotion
Symphony No. 5 1-2 ‘A Symphony For Fun’: Spiritual?
Symphony No. 5 1-2 ‘A Symphony For Fun’: Scherzofrenia
Symphony No. 5 1-2 ‘A Symphony For Fun’: Conclusion!
Carousel Waltz

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One Love (at Studio One) (1991) by Bob Marley and the Wailers:

This two disc set features 40 songs recorded by Bob Marley and the Wailers from 1963-1966.

So this is an early collection of tunes that features a young playing Bob Marley early in his career playing a mixture of Ska based, pre-reggae, jazz and rock influences tunes including the Beatles And I Love Her and Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone.

Song List:

This Train
Simmer Down
I Am Going Home
Do You Remember
Talkative
I Need You
It Hurts to Be Alone
True Confession
Lonesome Feeling
There She Goes
Diamond Baby
Playboy
Where’s the Girl for Me
Hooligan
One Love
Love and Affection
And I Love Her
Rude Boy
I’m Still Waiting
Ska Jerk
Somewhere to Lay My Head
Wages of Love
Wages of Love
I’m Gonna Put It On
Cry to Me
Who Feels It (Knows It)
Let Him Go
When the Well Runs Dry
Can’t You See
What Am I Supposed to Do?
Rolling Stone
Bend Down Low
Freedom Time
Rocking Steady

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Ragtime: The Musical (1996):

A spirited collection of music you might have heard in turn of the century, New York – the turn of the Twentieth Century that is!

Song List:

Ragtime
Goodbye My Love
Journey On
The Crime of the Century
Gettin’ Ready Rag
Henry Ford
Your Daddy’s Son
New Music
Wheels of a Dream
The Night Goldman Spoke at Union Square
Gliding
’till We Reach That Day
What a Game!
Coalhouse’s Soliloquy
He Wanted to Say
Buffalo Nickel Photoplay, Inc.
Our Children
The Show Biz
Back to Before
Make Them Hear You
Wheels of a Dream (Reprise)

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Reunion Concert Highlights (1983) by The Everly Brothers:

A twenty song collection recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall in September of 1983, this recording features the brothers backed by a terrific band and with their harmonies still in tip-top form – traditional rock at its finest!

Song List: