The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family. You might be thinking "too depressing!" but it's quite the opposite! The author combines the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon.
No, But I Read the Book
Poirot, played by Kenneth Branagh, will be back in Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile. Cruising along the Nile aboard a ship full of people with reason to dislike her, Poirot investigates the death of a newlywed heiress. Read the book with Hoopla, a digital book app available with your library card.
This is a companion title to Amal Unbound which focuses on Omar who sets out to change systemic inequalities at his elite boarding school where he faces prejudice for being a low-income scholarship student.
Did You Know?
That Betty White was the author of four different books? WPL has two of her titles, If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't) and Betty and Friends: My Life at the Zoo. Follow this amazing woman's adventures through her books.
With an unflinching voice, Cath navigates the lonely road of her freshman year at college, untethered from her gregarious twin sister’s orbit and unsure whether her wild popularity as an author of fan fiction makes her more—or less—of a “real” writer. Fans of the novel love this adaptation - great for Fangirl newbies too! The next installment is due to be published in May.
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami, a death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal... or his life?
And the girl who will change their lives forever...
Tohru Honda was an orphan with no place to go until the mysterious Sohma family offered her a place to call home. Now her ordinary high school life is turned upside down as she's introduced to the Sohma's world of magical curses and family secrets.
