DVD 371.294 CAM - Camino a la Escuela : Way to School “It's not surprising to learn that in underdeveloped countries, kids whose parents are able to provide them with an education often have arduous daily treks between home and school. But it's quite a different thing to see it, and in the documentary On the Way to School, director Pascal Plisson intercuts the stories of four groups of children living in Kenya, Morocco, Patagonia, and Bengal as they leave home in the morning laden with books, bound for their schools.” In Spanish

New DVDs in the BHS Library

DVD 791.43 APO - Apocalypse Now Redux

“This is the definitive version of Francis Ford Coppola's stunning vision of the heart of darkness in all of us, re-edited and re-mastered with 49 minutes of additional footage. Nominated for eight Academy Awards, this classic and compelling Vietnam War epic stars Martin Sheen as Army Captain Willard, a troubled man sent on a dangerous and mesmerizing odyssey into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade American colonel named Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who has succumbed to the horrors of war and barricaded himself in a remote outpost.”

DVD 791.43 FOU - 1492 : Conquest of Paradise

“Big budget account of Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas. Released in 1992 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the discovery. Shows the disastrous effects the Europeans had on the original inhabitants, and Columbus' struggle to civilize the New World.”

Added October 2015

DVD 791.43 FIN - Finding Forrester

“Jamal Wallace (Brown) is a talented 16-year-old basketball player in New York City whose secret passion is writing. William Forrester (Connery) is a reclusive Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who never gave the world a second novel. After an accidental meeting, Forrester becomes Jamal's unlikely mentor, providing guidance to help develop the young man's exceptional skills. Soon, Forrester's harsh view of the world begins to change as both men learn lessons from each other about life - and the importance of friendship.”

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DVD 791.43 HEA - Heavens Fall

“One of the most shameful chapters in America's ugly racial history is dramatized in writer-director Terry Green's Heavens Fall, an account of Alabama's infamous "Scottsboro Boys" trials in the 1930s. As the film opens (in '33), nine young black men have already been convicted and sentenced to death for the rape of two white girls, based almost entirely on the girls' dubious testimony. When an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court results in a new trial, New York defense lawyer Sam Leibowitz agrees to represent the boys. While he's an unqualified success on his own turf, having never lost a capital case, Leibowitz faces enormous, if not insurmountable, odds once he arrives in Alabama. Not only is he a Northerner among Southerners and a liberal Jew among conservative Christians; the bigger issue, of course, is the South's culture of racism.”

DVD 791.43 SEA - Searching for Bobby Fischer

“An all-star cast shines in this heartwarming story of one family's journey of understanding. Joe Mantegna stars as Fred Waitzkin, a sportswriter who dreams his 7-year-old son, Josh (Max Pomeranc), will grow up to play baseball. One day in the park with his mother (Joan Allen), Josh displays more than talent - he has a gift. Sensing his son is a future champion, Fred places Josh under the tutelage of a strict chess teacher (Oscar r winner Ben Kingsley). But when Josh suddenly starts to lose, his parents must confront their own motivations, and recognize what Josh prices more than winning: his family's love.”

Added October 2015

DVD 791.43 MAC - Machuca

“Set in Chile, 1973, this is an astonishingly intimate and painful coming-of-age story about a pair of 12-year-old boys from opposite extremes of society who form an unlikely friendship during the last days of President Allende and the first days of Pinochet. The potent events are accompanied by a searingly beautiful soundtrack with heart-stopping beats that propel the drama of the story.”

DVD 791.43 GRE - The Great Debaters

“Two-time Academy Award® winner Denzel Washington directs and stars with Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker in this important and deeply inspiring page from the not-so-distant past (Richard Roeper, At the Movies with Ebert and Roeper). Inspired by a true story, Washington shines as a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African American college students into an historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.”

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Added October, 2015

New Nonfiction in the BHS Library! (BHS Library Call Number & Title )

133 LAM - Crystal Energy : 150 Ways to Bring Success, Love, Health, and Harmony into your Life

152.335 WRI - A Left-Handed History of the World

155.2 BRO - Being Adopted : The Lifelong Search for Self

155.5 BIE - The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens : Mindfulness Skills to Help You Deal with

Stress

155.5 SHA - The Shyness & Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens : CBT and ACT Skills to Help You

Build Social Confidence

201 PEM - Myths and Legends : From Cherokee Dances to Voodoo Trances

362.73 ELD - Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish their Adoptive Parents Knew

371.91 DAV - The Gift of Dyslexia : Why Some of the Smartest People Can't Read and How They

Can Learn

616.85 MCH - The Autism Playbook for Teens : Imagination-Based Mindfulness Activities to

Calm Yourself, Build Independence, & Connect with Others

616.85 OCO - Rewire : Change Your Brain to Break Bad Habits, Overcome Addictions, Conquer

Self-Destructive Behavior

616.85 REI - Aspertools : The Practical Guide for Understanding and Embracing Asperger's

Autism Spectrum Disorders and Neurodiversity

616.85 ROB - Be Different : Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian with Practical Advice for

Aspergians, Misfits, Families & Teachers

616.85 SAP - Getting a Life with Asperger's : Lessons Learned on the Bumpy Road to Adulthood

618.92 ASH - The ADD & ADHD Answer Book

618.92 MEL - Disconnected Kids : The Groundbreaking Brain Balance Program for Children with

Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and other Neurological Disorders

618.92 NOT - Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew

740 KEE - Keep Calm and Color On : 75 Stress-Relieving Designs.

740 MED - Meditation Coloring Book : Wonderful Images to Melt Your Worries Away.

782.42166 TUR - The Beatles, a Hard Day's Write : The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song

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Added October 2015

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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • "Brace yourself for the most

astonishing, challenging, upsetting, and profoundly moving book in many a

season….This exquisite, unsettling novel follows four male friends from their

meeting as students at a prestigious Northeastern college through young

adulthood and into middle age...The book shifts from a generational portrait

to something darker and more tender: an examination of the depths of

human cruelty, counterbalanced by the restorative powers of friendship."

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • “Hailed by Toni Morrison as ‘required

reading’, a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by

the single best writer on the subject of race in the United States”...“A brilliant

thinker at the top of his powers, Coates has distilled four hundred years of

history and his own anguish and wisdom into a prayer for his beloved son and

an invocation to the conscience of his country. An instant classic and a gift to

us all.”

Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs by Sally Mann

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • “Sorting through

boxes of family papers and yellowed photographs she finds

more than she bargained for: "deceit and scandal, alcohol,

domestic abuse, car crashes, bogeymen, clandestine affairs,

dearly loved and disputed family land...A revealing and

beautifully written memoir and family history from

acclaimed photographer Sally Mann.”

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • “Many a therapist will tell you that

honesty and transparency is the glue that keeps a relationship

together. Lauren Groff cleverly turns this concept on its head in Fates and

Furies, demonstrating that sometimes it’s what you don’t say—to protect

your partner’s vanity, their reputation, their heart—that makes a marriage

hum. (Until it doesn’t.)”…”Lauren Groff rips at the seams of an outwardly

perfect marriage in her enchanting novel Fates and Furies.”

New on the Popular Picks Nook!

Finalists for the National Book Award 2015!

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A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn

apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute

schizophrenia...When doctors are unable to stop Marjorie's bizarre outbursts

and subsequent descent into madness...With medical bills looming, the

family reluctantly agrees to be filmed—never imagining that The Possession

would become an instant hit. When events in the Barrett household explode

in tragedy, the show and the incidents it captures become the stuff of urban

legend.” “Brilliantly creepy”.

In Bitter Chill by Sarah Ward

“In Bitter Chill deserves to be one of the stand out debuts of 2015. A tense,

page-turning mystery that grips readers from the first...Great new mystery set

in the atmospheric Peak District of England. When a woman’s suicide is found

to be related to an unsolved case of a missing girl, the police must reinvestigate

a long cold case...a compassionate investigation into the dark heart of family

relationships and the lurking power of long buried secrets.”

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (on the Hot & Trendy Nook)

“A feel-good story about the angry old man next door is a

thoughtful exploration of the profound impact one life has

on countless others...If there was an award for ‘Most Charm-

ing Book of the Year,’ this first novel by a Swedish blogger-

turned-overnight-sensation would win hands down.”

Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling pseudonym)

“Career of Evil is the third--and best--novel in the engaging Cormoran Strike

private detective series. . . . Galbraith has invented a serial killer for the ages,

one who chills us from the book's grim but riveting opening. . . . This perfectly

paced mystery is packed with surprises, all of which play out with flawless

crime-fiction logic."

New on the Mystery & Adventure Nook!

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