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Staff Picks

Want to know what NSCC Libraries and Learning Commons Staff are watching and reading? Each month we will post a Staff Pick from our collection.
Library staff member Danielle and cover of The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Description from Novanet Catalog: Coates originally set off to write a book about writing...but found himself grappling with deeper questions about how our stories -- our reporting and imaginative narratives and mythmaking -- expose and distort our realities.

Picked by Danielle MacKinlay, Sydney Waterfront Campus Librarian.

April smiling in front of library stacks and movie poster of Parasite. Parasite directed by Bong Joon Ho

Jobless, penniless, and, above all, hopeless, the unmotivated patriarch, Ki-taek, and his equally unambitious family occupy themselves by working for peanuts in their squalid basement-level apartment. Then, by sheer luck, a lucrative business proposition will pave the way for an insidiously subtle scheme, as Ki-woo summons up the courage to pose as an English tutor for the teenage daughter of the affluent Park family. Now, the stage seems set for an unceasing winner-take-all class war.

Picked by April Sampson, Strait Area Campus Librarian.

Library staff member, Laurie, and book cover of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

A captivating and sweeping family drama told from the perspective of one woman, Ailey. Ailey's ancestors come from slavery and this epic novel discusses the families' history and legacy. Adenrele Ojo narrates (if listening to e-audiobook). "I loved it! This is a large book but I read it very quickly because I did not want to put it down."

Picked by Laurie Burns, EAL Support Specialist.

Library staff member, Crystal, and book cover of The house in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 's Staff Pick The house in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

A delightful read about the power of finding your chosen family (and love) and defying the government. I love all of his books. "An enchanting story, masterfully told..."

Picked by Cristal van de Pol, Pictou Campus Library Technician.

 

Library staff member, Kydra, and movie poster of The Iron Claw. The Iron Claw from Criterion-on-Demand

If you love to cry - this movie is for you. Based on the true story of the Von Erich's, a family of professional wrestlers from the 1980s with a tragic history, this story will anger you and devastate you all at the same time. The casting here is fantastic, and Zac Efron really comes into his own in this role.

Picked by Kydra Mayhew, Ivany Campus Librarian.

Greg's Staff Pick Library staff member, Greg, and movie poster of The Disaster Artist

A delightful tribute to the joy and madness of making movies, The Disaster Artist follows the outrageous adventures of eccentric filmmaker Tommy Wiseau and his best friend, actor Greg Sestero. These two endearing misfits move to L.A. and try to live the Hollywood dream by making their very own feature film, but end up embarking on a wildly unpredictable and hilariously unforgettable production, leading to one of the most infamous, bizarre, and beloved midnight movies of all time, The Room.

Picked by Greg Hayward, Pictou Campus Librarian.

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