New items are available at the Hancock County Public Library.
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
“Don’t Skip Out on Me,” by Willy Vlautin
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Horace Hopper has spent most of his life on a Nevada sheep ranch but dreams of something bigger. Mr. and Mrs. Reese, the aging ranchers who took him in and treated him like a son, intend to leave the ranch in his hands. But Horace, ashamed not only of his half-Paiute, half-Irish heritage, but also of the fact his parents did not want him, feels as if he doesn’t belong on the ranch or anywhere. His aging adoptive father continues to hold on to a way of life that is no longer sustainable. He’s not sure how he’ll keep things going without Horace, but he knows the boy must find his own way. Knowing he needs to make a name for himself, he decides to leave home to prove his worth as a championship boxer, but to become a champion Horace must change not just the way he eats, trains and thinks, but who he is. Reinventing himself as Hector Hildago, a scrappy Mexican boxer, he heads to Tucson and begins training and entering fights. His journey brings him to boxing rings across the Southwest and finally, to the streets of Las Vegas, where Horace learns he can’t change who he is or outrun his destiny.
Adult Nonfiction
“Paul,” by N.T. Wright
In this definitive biography, Bible scholar, Anglican bishop and author N. T. Wright offers a radical look at the apostle Paul, illuminating the humanity and achievements of this intellectual who invented Christian theology, transformed a faith and changed the world. For centuries, Paul, the apostle who “saw the light on the Road to Damascus” and made the conversion from Pharisee persecutor to follower of Christ, has been one of the church’s most widely-cited saints. While his influence on Christianity has been profound, Wright argues that Bible scholars and pastors have focused so much attention on Paul’s letters and theology that they have overlooked the essence of the man’s life and the extreme unlikelihood of what he achieved. To Wright, “The problem is that Paul…was a Jew…” Wright contends our knowledge of Paul and appreciation for his legacy cannot be complete without an understanding of his Jewish heritage. This tell-all book is a modern biography revealing the apostle’s greater role in Christian history.
