The following items are available at the Hancock County Public Library, 900 W. McKenzie Road. For more information on the library’s collection or to reserve a title, visit hcplibrary.org.
Adult Fiction
“An Absolutely Remarkable Thing,” by Hank Green
The statues just appeared. Roaming through New York City at three a.m., 23-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship — like a 10-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor — April and her best friend Andy make a video with it and upload it to YouTube. The next day, April wakes up to a new life as the video has gone viral. News quickly spreads that there are statues in dozens of cities around the world — from Beijing to Buenos Aires — and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of the international media spotlight. April now has to deal with the consequences her new fame has on her relationships, her safety and her own identity. All eyes are on April to figure out not just what the statues are, but what they want from us.
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Adult Nonfiction
“The Last Cowboys: A Pioneer Family in the New West,” by John Branch
For generations, the Wrights of southern Utah have raised cattle and a family of world-champion saddle-bronc riders. Some call them the most successful rodeo family in history. Now Bill and Evelyn Wright, parents to 13 children and grandparents to many more, find themselves struggling to hang on to the majestic landscape where they’ve been running cattle for 150 years as the West is transformed by urbanization, battered by drought and rearranged by public-land disputes. “New York Times” reporter John Branch delivers the story of an American family filled with scenes of ranch life and the high drama of saddle-bronc competition. “The Last Cowboys” chronicles three years in the life of the Wrights, each culminating in rodeo’s National Finals in Las Vegas. Will Bill and Evelyn be able to hold the family together as rodeo injuries pile up? Will their son Cody, a two-time world champion competing against his own son, make it to the finals one last time? And will the younger generation ― Rusty, Ryder, Stetson and the rest ― be able to continue the family’s ways in the future?
