Julia & Julia

Meryl Streep stars as cooking legend Julia Child in this drama based on a true story (two true stories, as the case reminds us) of her inspiring another Julia to pursue a foody life.

Julia & Julia
directed by Nora Ephron
Find it in our Video collection at call number PN1995.9 .D7J84 2009

Fireflies, Honey, and Silk

An etymological exploration of a few of the many ways insects and humans interact in productive and often wonderful ways.

Fireflies, Honey, and Silk
by Gilbert Waldbauer
Find it in the Library at call number SF517 .W35 2009

Flight

This 2007 novel by Native American author Sherman Alexie follows a time traveling teenager that's in search of his identity. Listen to an interview of the author discussing the book on National Public Radio back when the book came out.

Flight
by Sherman Alexie
Find it on the shelves at call number PS3551 .L35F57 2007

A Museum of Thier Own

A memoir by Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, the driving force behind the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the museum's founding president.

A Museum of Their Own
by Wilhelmina Cole Holladay
Find it on the shelves at call number N858 .N36H65 2008

The Cove

Winner of the Academy Award for best feature-length documentary, The Cove uncovers Japan's illicit dolphin hunting trade.

The Cove
by Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
Find it in the Video collection at call number QL737 .C432C68 2009

Health Matters

A collection of five health related PBS documentaries covering such topics as depression, heart disease, Alzheimer's, obesity and cancer.

Health Matters
includes:
The Truth About Cancer
The Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease in America
Depression: Out of the Shadows
FAT: What No One is Telling You
The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's
Find it in our Video collection at call number RC46 .H4 2008

Naive Decision Making

Covering similar ground to the popular Irrational Exuberance and Freakonomics, this title takes a more scholarly approach to the math behind our everyday lives.

Naive Decision Making: Mathematics Applied to the Social World
by T.W. Körner
Find it in the Library at call number QA279.4 .K67 2008