LW Library Leads

In Library Leads, library staff highlight new additions to the library collection that are worth checking out.

“Disorientation,” by Elaine Hsieh Chou Genre: Literary Fiction, Satire and Parodies A struggling PhD candidate makes a shocking discovery about a famous Chinese American poet that sets into motion a series of escalating events, both humorous and fraught, that culminates in an incendiary reckoning of her relationships, beliefs and identity.

“The Big Hop: The First Nonstop Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean and Into the Future,” by David Rooney Genre: Nonfiction, History

In 1919, in Newfoundland, four teams of aviators came from Britain to compete in “the Big Hop”: an audacious race to be the first to fly, nonstop, across the Atlantic Ocean. One pair of competitors was forced to abandon the journey halfway, and two pairs never made it into the air. Only one team, after a death-defying 16-hour flight, made it to Ireland.

Stop by the library from 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on weekdays and until 3:30 p.m. on Saturdays to borrow these items and more.

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