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Popular Culture January 2018
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E-Resources @ Your Library
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Kanopy
Kanopy offers over 30,000 films, TV shows, and documentaries that you can stream in your browser or watch on iOS, Android, Chromecast, AppleTV, or Roku. From The Criterion Collection, PBS, and World Cinema to The Great Courses, Independent Film, and Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Kanopy has something for everyone. You can check out 6 titles per month. Once a title is checked out, you have unlimited viewing of it for the next 3 days.
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hoopla
Hoopla allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV! With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later. We have hundreds of thousands of titles for ALL ages to choose from, with new titles being added daily.
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| Present at the Creation: My Life in the NFL and the Rise of America’s Game by Upton BellWhat it is: the memoir of a man who grew up with professional football.
Why you might like it: Upton Bell's father was Bert Bell, the legendary NFL Commissioner who propelled football's popularity just after World War II. Bell himself was the youngest general manager ever hired, for the New England Patriots, before becoming a journalist.
Why you might like it: Football fans will devour Bell's insider view of significant events in the NFL's history. |
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| Gold Dust Woman: A Biography of Stevie Nicks by Stephen DavisWhat's inside: This unauthorized biography pulls from interviews with singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks as well as her friends, family, and others in the music industry. Ordered chronologically, it traces Nicks' upbringing, her path to Fleetwood Mac, and her creation of a solo career.
Try this next: the oral history Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac.
Reviewers say: "All you ever wanted to know about Fleetwood Mac's mesmerizing frontwoman" (People Magazine). Also available as an eBook from Overdrive and always available as an eAudiobook from hoopla. |
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| Hank and Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart by Scott EymanWhat it is: A sweeping, entertaining dual biography that explores the steady, close friendship between actors Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart, which lasted close to 50 years despite their considerable differences.
Further reading: For another long-time Hollywood friendship, try Daniel De Vise's Andy and Don (about Andy Griffith and Don Knotts). For more on Henry Fonda, go with Devin McKinney's The Man Who Saw a Ghost; for Jimmy Stewart, try Marc Eliot's eponymous biography. Also available as an eBook from Overdrive and always available as an eAudiobook from hoopla. |
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| Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook from Overdrive. |
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| The First Major: The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup by John FeinsteinWhat it's about: The Ryder Cup is one of the few team-based championships in golf, a sport that usually focuses on individual players. In 2016, the American team won in a dramatic, hard-fought battle that ended an eight-year losing streak.
Why you might like it: Providing plenty of backstory -- both about the Cup and the players -- sportswriter John Feinstein once again provides an exciting, insightful account of the sport he loves. |
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| Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches by John HodgmanWhat it is: offbeat and self-deprecating essays from a rueful middle-aged man with a well-developed funny bone. The ups and downs of summers in Massachusetts and Maine provide plenty of fodder.
Why you might like it: you love actor and writer John Hodgman, enjoy hearing about travel disasters, or don't always care for all the responsibilities of adulthood -- even if it's a pretty privileged one. Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook from Overdrive. |
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| The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir by Jenifer LewisWhat it is: an uplifting account of actress Jenifer Lewis' childhood, career trajectory, love affairs, and struggles with mental illness.
About the author: Currently appearing in the television show Black-ish, Lewis is known for portraying mothers (hence the title), and writes with both humor and honesty.
For fans of: Lewis herself, of course -- but also anyone who appreciates candid, frank stories of women who have overcome obstacles on their way to success. Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook from Overdrive. Always available as an eAudiobook from hoopla. |
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| Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News by Kevin YoungWhat it's about: Tracing the history of American hoaxes and humbugs from the days of P.T. Barnum to the frauds and flimflammery of today, Bunk is an illuminating exploration of the roles of stereotype, suspicion, and prejudice as factors that shape and support fraudulent activities.
Why you might like it: You want to understand Rachel Dolezal, James Frey, Lance Armstrong, and others with a flexible definition of the truth.
Book buzz: With "fake news" now a buzzword, this National Book Award longlisted title seems to have been published at exactly the right time. Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook from Overdrive. Always available as an eAudiobook from hoopla. |
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Watercolor Class: Winter Watercolor Saturday, January 27, 10:00 amRalph Ellison Library, Meeting Room AAdults and teens ages fifteen and up can take a break from the winter and get in touch with your artistic side in this free watercolor class with all supplies furnished. Beginners and more experienced painters can come in from the cold as Edmond watercolor artist, Jim Pourtorkan guides this hands-on session. Everyone will have one finished picture at the end of the 2 hour class. Space is limited to 20, so sign up.
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Historically Speaking: Sit-in Movement
Saturday, February 3,
2:00 pm
Downtown Library, 46th Star Room
Come join us at the Downtown Library to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the sit-in movement with historian Bruce Fisher. Most remember February 1960 in Greensboro, North Carolina as the beginning of this movement, but it really started much closer to home. On August 19th, 1958, Clara Luper and 13 other members of the Youth Council staged the first sit-in protest in Oklahoma City. Come learn more about this historic movement along with ground breaking research into NAACP archives and first hand interviews from protesters that lived the movement.
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"Black and Indian Identities in the American West" with Leroy Myers Monday, February 5, 6:30 pmCapitol Hill Library, Meeting Room 1 + 2Black and Indian Identities in the American West History tells us that Oklahoma found itself at the center of a national debate concerning the term "freedmen" during the late nineteenth century. Learn more as the library welcomes doctoral student of history, Leroy Myers, as he details the relationship between Native freedmen and black Americans in Oklahoma.This event is held at multiple libraries.
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Star Party with the Lunar Sooners Thursday, February 15, 7:00 pm Choctaw LibraryCome stargaze with the Lunar Sooners at the Choctaw Library! Weather permitting, we will gather outdoors and view such heavenly bodies as the Orion Nebula, Christmas Tree Cluster, and the Andromeda Galaxy.Experienced astronomers from OU will be here to teach us how to use telescopes, identify constellations, and appreciate the night sky. Bring the whole family, and dress warmly. Small children are welcome, but we ask that they have a grown-up attend them at all times.
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