Staff Picks
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Becoming Winston Churchill by Michael McMenamin and Curt Zoller - recommended by Paul
When Churchill was asked to whom he owed his oratorical skills, he surprised people by answering Bourke Cockran, an American statesman. Based on the correspondence--some previously unpublished--between Churchill and Cockran, authorities on Churchill (1874-1965) depict Cockran's mentoring of the future British Prime Minister. The book begins with the love affair between Churchill's widowed American mother and Cockran, and includes fictional but fact-based narratives beginning chapters, and photographs. - Library Catalog

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - recommended by Andrew
After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right. -Library Catalog

MOVIE WATCH:
Big Fish - recommended by Mike
William Bloom, is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward, outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his youth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property. -Library Catalog