New books at the NMC library

All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
by Patrick Bringley
Only a few select people enjoy unrestricted access to every nook and cranny of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and among them are the guards who keep a watchful eye on the two-million-square-foot treasure house. For Patrick Bringley, a former New Yorker staffer, the Museum was a temporary refuge that became his home away from home for a decade. Though Bringley gradually returned to the larger world, here he explores the Museum’s hidden wonders– and the people who make it tick.

Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy Seals
by David Philipps
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Philipps uncovers the shocking rise and fall of Eddie Gallagher, the decorated Navy SEAL accused of war crimes during his deployment to Mosul, the fellow SEALs who turned him in, and the court martial that captivated the nation.

Designing a World for Everyone: 30 Years of Inclusive Design
by Jeremy Myerson
The way we experience the world is largely through the design of the places, products, communications, services and systems we encounter every day. Design determines how difficult or easy it is to achieve certain things – whether taking a bath, cooking a meal, crossing the street or making a call, we all want a world that works for us all the time. However, some people are excluded from the simplest and most basic everyday experiences. Over the past 30 years, however, there has been a shift in designing to become more empathic and inclusive of different human needs.

Four Wheels and a Board: The Smithsonian History of Skateboarding
edited by Betsy Gordon and Jane Rogers
A bold look at the creative, controversial, and vibrant history of skateboarding, and the amazing skaters who continually reinvent it.

Living the Vanlife: On the Road Toward Sustainability, Community & Joy
by Noami J. Grevemberg
In 2016, Grevemberg knew she had to make a big change. Dissatisfied with her office job and her “stationary home,” she decided to quit her job, sell her belongings, and set out in her 1985 Volkswagen Vanagon to pursue a life of simplicity and travel with her husband and German Shepherd by her side. Through personal stories and actionable advice, Noami demonstrates how challenging the status quo means taking bold steps, venturing out of your comfort zone, and living intentionally.

Make a Zine!: Start Your Own Underground Publishing Revolution
by Joe Biel with Bill Brent
In this new edition of Microcosm’s popular DIY guide, Joe Biel updates the information provided in the first edition to address zine making in today’s digital and social-media-obsessed world. Covering all the bases for beginners, Make a Zine! hits on more advanced topics like Creative Commons licenses, legality, and sustainability.

Finding Junie Kim
by Ellen Oh
Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature, Honor, 2021-2022; Freeman Book Award for Young Adult/Middle School Literature, 2021
A tale based on true events follows the coming-of-age of a girl who is motivated by an act of racism at school to learn about her ancestral heritage and her grandparents’ experiences as lost children during the Korean War.

Help Wanted
by Adelle Waldman
A group of misfit, big-box store employees working the overnight shift in a small upstate New York town vie for the stability, salary and possibility of a new job when their store manager announces he is leaving.

The Hunter
by Tana French
Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He’s found it, more or less: he’s built a relationship with a local woman, Lena, and he’s gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places. But then Trey’s long-absent father reappears, bringing along an English millionaire and a scheme to find gold in the townland, and suddenly everything the three of them have been building is under threat. Cal and Lena are both ready to do whatever it takes to protect Trey, but Trey doesn’t want protecting. What she wants is revenge.

I Will Greet the Sun Again
by Khashayar J. Khabushani
The youngest of three brothers, K just wants to be an all-American boy –shooting hoops with his buddies and riding his Huffy around the San Fernando Valley. At home, K must be the faithful son of Iranian immigrants struggling to survive in the United States. To make his mother proud, he tries to do well in school and help around the apartment. On Friday nights, K dutifully attends prayers at the Mosque with his remote and unknowable Baba, whose love and violence will distort K’s understanding of what it means to be a man.

Into the Light
by Mark Oshiro
Seventeen-year-old queer adoptee Manny, now homeless, sets out to find his sister Elena, who is still enmeshed in Christ’s Dominion, the community that abandoned him. The journey is fraught with danger, as he is forced to confront the religious trauma from his past.

Next time you come to the library, you might leave not just with a book, but a board game too – or a disc golf set, a musical instrument, or even a telescope!

We have asked students, faculty, and staff for their input about what we should add to this new Library of Things as it expands. Based on your suggestions, the collection continues to grow, adding everything from a selection of lawn games to binoculars to a sewing machine – all yours to borrow free of charge with your NMC ID!

See the entire collection on the new Library of Things LibGuide!