Library Leads: New books arriving at the LW Library

In Library Leads, LW Library staff highlight new additions to the collection at the Leisure World Library.

The library is open 9:30 a.m.5:30 p.m. on weekdays and until 3:30 p.m. on Saturdays. To place an item on hold, call ahead at 562-598-2431.

“Playground” by Richard Powers Genre: Science Fiction

The tiny atoll of French Polynesia has been chosen for humanity’s next adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out onto the open sea, but first, the island’s residents must vote to greenlight the project or turn the seasteaders away.

“There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America’s Biggest Catfish” by Anna Akbari Genre: Non-Fiction, True Crime Part memoir, part glimpse into the mind of a catfish, this page-turning personal account follows three successful and highly educated women who fell in love with Ethan Schuman and were ensnared in a web of intense emotional intimacy, until they managed to uncover a greater deception than they could’ve ever imagined.