New Additions to our Adult Non-Fiction

We've had several interesting books added to our New Adult Non-Fiction section.  Here is a selection of four of the ones available.



In The Book of Joan, Joan Rivers' daughter and co-star of 'Fashion Police' Melissa Rivers shares some of her memories and many stories about her mother,

Beginning and ending with speaking about her late mother's passing in September of last year, the book is a tribute, a memorial and an inside look at the private side of the public mother-daughter relationship that they shared.

A companion volume to the Fox News historical docudrama series, Bill O'Reilly's Legends & Lies looks behind the tall tales and fables that have been told over the years about many of the colorful characters from the westward expansion of America.

The truth behind many of the figures was sometimes brutal, but in many cases, the true stories are more interesting than the legends that have been retold over the years.





Oscar nominated actress/singer/comedian Madeline Kahn, who passed away in 1999, is remember and saluted in Madeline Kahn : Being the Music, A Life by William Madison.

Through interviews with her friends, family and colleagues, Madison covers both the highs and lows of her career and focuses on her love of music and the importance that it played in her life.

Filmmaker Judd Apatow (The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, etc) is a self-confessed comedy nerd and has been since his youth when he took a dish-washing job in a comedy club so that he could watch the comedians for free.

In his new book, Sick in the Head, he shares some of the interviews he's done with some of the greatest comics of our times.  Starting back in 1983, he's spoken with comic legends like Mel Brooks and Steve Allen as well as newer comic stars such as Amy Schumer.  It's an entertaining as well as insightful look into some of the funniest brains in the business.


All of these books can be found in our New Adult Non-Fiction section along with many others.  Look over our selection - we have something for nearly everyone's reading preference.

The Lone Ranger and...Johnny Depp Being Weird

I just finished watching "The Lone Ranger" with Armie Hammer as the titular character and Johnny Depp as his sidekick, Tonto. (Although, to be fair, in this movie, Tonto is more a partner than a sidekick.) I was a little apprehensive about watching this movie because it got so many bad reviews, but I checked it out anyway. I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised.Keep in mind that this is not your grandparents' version of the Lone Ranger. The story is dark at times, yet, there is a bit of humor and a lot of action.

The story is presented as a flashback and the movie opens in the 1930's with a young boy dressed as the Lone Ranger at a fair. He enters the exhibit for the Wild West and finds himself in front of a display with a native American standing in the desert. Thinking it's just a display, the boy takes off his mask and that is when the man with a dead crow on his headdress speaks. "Never take off the mask," he tells the child. And with that, he proceeds to tell the story of how the Lone Ranger came to be and how Tonto became his friend and accomplice.

The movie tended to drag in a couple of places, but once you got to the action sequences, the story progressed a great deal more and was fun to watch. This movie isn't for little children; the action got quite violent in some places. My favorite character was Silver, the noble (I use the term loosely) steed. At one point, the horse winds up in a tree wearing the Lone Ranger's hat. Over all, I quite liked this movie and if you like a little mindless entertainment every now and then; you may like it as well. I did get tired of Tonto feeding the dead bird on his headdress,but, frankly, I just think that was Johnny Depp being weird. Remember Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland? If you want a movie with some humor and a lot of shoot-em-up action, then this might be a good choice for you.