Welcome to a new episode of History: Fact and Fiction! Each episode will tackle a theme, and instead of debating what is fact and fiction in a historical event or person’s life, I’ll be reviewing various adult fiction and nonfiction history books available in NC Cardinal, particularly bestsellers paired with not-so-well-known titles, to see if they live up to the hype, and if so, what’s so cool about them.
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In honor of the 20th anniversary of Sept 11, I’ll be reviewing the following books:
- The Looming Tower (Adult Nonfiction / ANF) -- YDK 973.931 WRI (DVD, LP, audiobook too in NC Cardinal)
- The Only Plane in the Sky (ANF) - 64 copies in NC Cardinal (LP and audiobook too), including local NWRL.
- The Day the World Came to Town (ANF) -- 25 copies in NC Cardinal
- In the Shadow of No Towers (adult graphic novel oversize boardbook) - 14 copies in NC Cardinal
- The Writing on the Wall by Schwartz (Adult Fiction / AF) - only 7 copies in system, but 1 in local NWRL.
- The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud (AF) - 14 copies in NC Cardinal (LP, regular print, and audiobook in local NWRL)
- The Good Life by Jay McInerney (AF) - 27 copies in system (LP and audiobook too) including local NWRL
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (AF or Young Adult) - AF [45 copies] or YA [16 copies] (audiobook too), including in NWRL; the DVD movie is at our branch.
