LibraryAware From Page to Screen Jan-Feb 2025

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Manhunt
by James L. Swanson

A fascinating and vivid account of the escape of John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln's assassin, takes readers along on the intensive search from the streets of Washington, D.C., through the swamps of Maryland, into the forests of Virginia, and into the lives of the men who pursued him.

AppleTV+ series streaming now.

The King's Assassin
by Benjamin Woolley

The author of The Queen's Conjurer draws on new historical scholarship to validate centuries of theories that James I may have been murdered by his gentleman of the royal bedchamber and lover, George Villiers.

Is a series on Starz called Mary and George.

The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead

A follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning, The Underground Railroad, follows the harrowing experiences of two African-American teens at an abusive reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.

The film was released on November 14, 2024.

Nightbitch
by Rachel Yoder

An artist turned stay-at-home mom becomes convinced that she is turning into a dog and, as her symptoms intensify, struggles to keep her alter-canine-identity a secret, until she meets a group of mothers who may also be more than what they seem.

The film came out on December 6, 2024.

The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith

In order to convince his son to come home, Herbert Greenleaf, a rich shipbuilder, sends the suave con man Tom Ripley to Italy, but is unaware of his son's friend's criminal activities.

Netflix series out now.

Say Nothing
by Patrick Radden Keefe

Documents the notorious abduction and murder of I.R.A. Troubles victim Jean McConville in 1972 Belfast, exploring how the case reflected the brutal conflicts of Northern Ireland and their ongoing repercussions. By the author of The Snakehead.

Released on November 14, 2024 on Hulu.

Shogun
by James Clavell

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen--Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people...but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and freedom. As internal political strife and a clash of cultures lead to seemingly inevitable conflict, Blackthorne's loyalty and strength of character are tested by both passion and loss, and he is torn between two worlds that will each be forever changed.

Watch this gorgeous series on Hulu now.

Small Things Like These
by Claire Keegan

In a small Irish town in 1985, coal merchant and family man, Bill Furlong, while delivering an order to the local convent, makes a discovery that forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.

Movie was released on November 8, 2024.

Under the Bridge
by Rebecca Godfrey

Traces the events surrounding the 1997 murder of fourteen-year-old Reena Virk by eight of her peers, in an account based on six years of research and interviews with the accused that offers insight into the social tensions that provoked the crime and the minds of teenage killers. By the author of The Torn Skirt.

A Hulu series streaming now.

We Were the Lucky Ones
by Georgia Hunter

A novel based on the true story of a Jewish-Polish family recounts how the Kurcs are scattered throughout the world by the horrors of World War II and fight respective hardships to survive, reach safety and find each other.

TV series on Hulu.

One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcâia Marquez

This classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera follows the story of the village of Macondo as seen through the lives of the Buendia family.

Catch this Latin American classic on Netflix now.

A Bear Called Paddington
by Michael Bond

A very small bear found by Mr. and Mrs. Brown at Paddington Station becomes one of the family.

This beloved book will be in theaters on Jan 17, 2025 as Paddington in Peru.

Bridget Jones
by Helen Fielding

A long-awaited third installment in the series featuring the beloved haphazard British heroine introduces readers to an engaging new phase of Bridget's life in contemporary London, where she faces the challenges of maintaining her sex appeal, engages in drunken texting and despairs of fitting into skinny jeans.

This third in the series will be released in theaters on Valentine's Day 2025.

Limonov
by Emmanuel Carrere

A thrilling page-turner that also happens to be the biography of one of Russia's most controversial figures. This is how Emmanuel Carrere, the magnetic journalist, novelist, filmmaker, chameleon, describes his subject: "Limonov is not a fictional character. There. I know him. He was a rogue in Ukraine; an idol of the Soviet underground under Brezhnev; a bum, then a multimillionaire's valet in Manhattan; a fashionable writer in Paris; a lost soldier in the Balkan wars; and now, in the chaotic ruins of postcommunist Russia, the elderly but charismatic leader of a party of young desperados. He sees himself as a hero; you might call him a scumbag: I suspend my judgment on the matter.

This movie premieres on Feb 19, 2025.

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