Slew of New Books at Hamilton-Wenham Library

HAMILTON-WENHAM--It's the last few weeks of summer, and you might want to catch up on your reading while getting some Vitamin D. Some of these are timely, with recent rallies and protests bringing about questions like "Who are Antifa," and "What is Dunkirk?" Get your answers here. Here are highlights of the new arrivals at the public library.

Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook
By: Mark Bray
As long as there has been fascism, there has been anti-fascism — also known as “antifa.” Born out of resistance to Mussolini and Hitler in Europe during the 1920s and ’30s, the antifa movement has suddenly burst into the headlines amidst opposition to the Trump administration and the alt-right. They could be seen in news reports, clad all in black with balaclavas covering their faces, fighting police at the presidential inauguration, and on California college campuses protesting right-wing speakers …Simply, antifa aims to deny fascists the opportunity to promote their oppressive politics — by any means necessary.

Dark in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel
By: J.D. Robb
It was a stab in the dark.On a chilly February night, during a screening of Psycho in midtown, someone sunk an ice pick into the back of Chanel Rylan’s neck, then disappeared quietly into the crowds of drunks and tourists in Times Square.

Not a Daycare: Why a Coddled Nation is a Crippled Nation
By: Everett Piper
What has happened to the American spirit? We've gone from "Give me liberty, or give me death!" to "Take care of me, please." Our colleges were once bastions of free speech; now they're bastions of speech codes. Our culture once rewarded independence; now it rewards victimhood. Parents once taught their kids how to fend for themselves; now, any parent who tries may get a visit from the police.In Not a Day Care, Dr. Everett Piper, president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University and author of the viral essay, "This Is Not a Day Care.

Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?
By: Margaret Frith
One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison's inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie camera. As a boy, observing a robin catch a worm and then take flight, he fed a playmate a mixture of worms and water to see if she could fly! Here's an accessible, appealing biography with 100 black-and-white illustrations.

The Whispering Room: A Jane Hawk Novel

By: Dean Koontz
“No time to delay. Do what you were born to do. Fame will be yours when you do this.” These are the words that ring in the mind of mild-mannered, beloved schoolteacher Cora Gundersun—just before she takes her own life, and many others’, in a shocking act of carnage.

Alone: Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk: Defeat Into Victory
By: Michael Korda
Combining epic history with rich family stories, Michael Korda chronicles the outbreak of World War II and the great events that led to Dunkirk. In an absorbing work peopled with world leaders, generals, and ordinary citizens who fought on both sides of World War II, Alone brings to resounding life perhaps the most critical year of twentieth-century history.