New Nonfiction
Droid maker: George Lucas and the digital revolution by Michael Rubin.
The inside story of George Lucas, his intensely private company, and their work to revolutionize filmmaking. In the process, they made computer history. Discover the birth of Pixar, digital video editing, videogame avatars, THX sound, and a host of other icons of the media age. Lucas played a central role in the universe of entertainment technologies we see everyday.
The encyclopedia of scrapbooking
Helen of Troy: goddess, princess, whore by Bettany Hughes.
Focusing on the 'real' Helen (the possibility of a flesh and blood Helen), acclaimed historian Bettany Hughes re-constructs the context of life in the Bronze Age Greece for this elusive pre-historic princess. Hughes brilliantly unpacks the facts and myths surrounding one of the most enigmatic and notorious figures of all time.
Oh what a slaughter: massacres in the American West, 1946-1890 by Larry McMurtry.
Seniors in love: a second chance for single, divorced and widowed seniors by Robert Wolley.