In-Person Programs for Children

REGULAR WEEKLY PROGRAMS:
All programs subject to change, please visit our events calender for the most up-to-date information.

Outdoor Storytime with Weezie Mondays at 10:30 am
Join Weezie for storytime in the library garden on Mondays at 10:30am! Rain or shine event will be held outdoors weather permitting, or in the downstairs meeting room. Best for ages 3 and up but all are welcome. No storytime on Mon 6/19

Storytime with Emily Tuesdays at 10:30 am
Join Emily for weekly story times on Tuesdays at 10:30am! Tuesday storytime is indoors in the downstairs meeting room. No registration is necessary, contact Emily our Children's Librarian for more information! 

Drop-in Lego Club Wednesdays at 3:00 pm!
Come join Emily for an afternoon of creative lego building! Drop-in anytime from 3:00-5:00! No registration required. 

Kids Crafts Thursdays at 3:30 pm!
Join Jennifer for crafts on Thursdays at 3:30pm. Materials are provided and registration is not required, but attendance will be limited to first arrivals, while supplies last. June 15: Alphabet Bead Key Chains.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Saturday Storytime is now "Tumble Time"!
Toddler Tumble Time is back! Come join Emily on Saturdays to shake your sillies out! Join us at 10:30 for stories and fun! 

The Tisbury Shellfish Department Welcomes you to join us for the 7th Annual Family Shellfish Day!

Saturday June 24, 2023
9am-Noon Lagoon Pond, Beach Road

No experience necessary • learn how to quahog • the importance of shellfish • ponds ecology • join local shellfishermen • learn how you can become good stewards of the pond • Free event!

Please RSVP 
eMail to Danielle Ewart [email protected] for any questions and to pre-register

Upcoming Programs for Adults

To register for online events or for more information, contact our Program Coordinator Anne McDonough at [email protected]. 

[Online] 9 am Tuesday June 13th
Conversation en Francais
Join our weekly French conversation group. All levels are welcome. For more language learning support try Mango Languages, an online language-learning system available to library cardholders.

[In-person] 10:30 am to noon, Wednesdays beginning June 14th
Mah Jongg for Beginners (or a Refresher)
Learn the fundamentals of American Mah Jongg, a social. challenging game that reqires practice, strategy and some luck!  You will become familiar with the National Mah Jongg League rules, while gaining an undestanding of the basics: the tiles, reading the card, the Charleston and game play. Come meet new people and have fun learning this 4 player game. Limited to 8 active learners. 4 sessions Wednesdays 6/14, 6/21, 6/28 and 7/5

[Online] 6:30 pm Wednesday June 14th
Art by African Americans: From the Protest of the ‘60s to the Age of Black Lives Matter 
At the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, African American artists were inspired not only to create amazing works, but to agitate for fundamental change in the art world. Join our virtual art talk with Janet Mandel to celebrate the rich contributions these pioneers made to American culture, and see some of the work that continues to astonish art lovers today. Sponsored by the Friends of Vineyard Haven Library and other Martha's Vineyard libraries. REGISTER

[In-person or online] 2 pm Thursday June 15th
Library Book Group
Come enjoy a lively discussion in a casual "hybrid" format--both in person at the Library and on Zoom. Book club selections include contemporary fiction and the occasional memoir or non-fiction. Everyone is invited to join us. This month's selection is "Foster" by Claire Keegan. Copies of the book are available at the library main desk.  Contact [email protected] for Zoom access, or attend in-person. 

[In-person, at West Tisbury Library] 2 pm Friday June 16th
Questions about "Patient Gateway"
Head up to the West Tisbury Library to learn how to access Patient Gateway, an online resource to manage your health and communicate with your doctor's office. Martha's Vineyard Hospital staff will be on hand to answer all your questions and help you gain access on yoursmartphone, tablet or laptop. Learn how to message your healthcare providers, refill prescriptions and more!

[In-person] 10:15 am Saturday June 24th
Friends of the Library Monthly Meeting
The Friends of the Vineyard Haven Public Library always welcome new members! Volunteers and those who are interested in knowing more about the Friends meet at 10:15 am one Saturday each month. Join the Friends 

[In-person, at Oak Bluffs Library] 3:30 pm Saturday June 24th
Jean and Michael Levin: A Border Town in Poland
Authors Jean and Michael Levin will present a reading/multi-media summary of their book 'A Border Town in Poland: A 20th Century Memoir' that combines vivid family oral history with their 40-year struggle to tell this fascinating globe-spanning tale. They will highlight their quests seeking to grasp the full history behind the adventures, photos, documents and translated letters their book contains, and recount the remarkable post-publication events which brought Jean back on short notice to Poland in Fall 2023 -- and what emerged from that trip to a now “Jew free” town. This program is brought to you in collaboration between the VH and OB libraries and will take place in the Community Room at the Oak Bluffs Library.

[In-person] 11:15 am Monday June 26th
Yoga with Kat : Chair Yoga for Arthritis
Chair Yoga is one of the most gentle forms of yoga. This class is perfect for students recovering from injury or illness, and anyone who wants to experience the many benefits of yoga without having to get up and down from the floor. These sessions will focus on yoga for people who are seeking relief from arthritis. In-person in the basement meeting room. No class June 19th due to holiday 

[Online] 6 pm June 27th
Vineyard Haven Library Spice Club
A new take on a cookbook group, Spice Club meets virtually one Tuesday a month. Registration comes with a sample pack of the spice of the month and a little history about it. You prepare a recipe and then come and discuss your opinions, experiences, and love (or like less!). This month: Dukkah Spice 

Friends of the Library Museum & Beach Passes

The Friends of the Library's Beach & Museum Pass Program provides free or discounted access to the Martha's Vineyard Museum, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and for Trustee's properties including Long Point and Mytoi on MV.

Join the Friends

New Books Available This Week

Here's a sample of the new fiction and nonfiction titles recently added to the library's collection! Visit the new books page on our website, updated weekly, to keep up with what's new. 

Viviana Valentine Goes Up the River
By Edwards, Emily J.
2023-05 - Crooked Lane Books
9781639102686 Check Our Catalog

Author Emily J. Edwards takes Viviana Valentine to new heights-and new lows-in this "firecracker of a series" (Allison Epstein), perfect for fans of Ashley Weaver and Rhys Bowen.

1950, New York. Viviana Valentine-Girl Friday turned partner to New York's top investigator, Tommy Fortuna-is drawn into a sordid new case when Buster Beacon, a wealthy man of science, beckons them to a party …More

The Spectacular
By Davis, Fiona
2023-06 - Dutton
9780593184042 Check Our Catalog

From the New York Times Bestselling Author of The Magnolia Palace A thrilling story about love, sacrifice, and the pursuit of dreams, set amidst the glamour and glitz of Radio City Music Hall in its mid-century heyday.

New York City, 1956: Nineteen-year-old Marion Brooks knows she should be happy. Her high school sweetheart is about to propose and sweep her off to the life …More

Love, Theoretically
By Hazelwood, Ali
2023-06 - Berkley Books
9780593638859 Check Our Catalog

Rival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully STEMinist romcom from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis and Love on the Brain.

The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she's an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading …More

Robert B. Parker's Bad Influence: Sunny Randall Book 11
By Gaylin, Alison
2023-06 - G.P. Putnam's Sons
9780593540527 Check Our Catalog

Boston PI Sunny Randall investigates the dark side of social media in this exciting new thriller in the bestselling series.

Sunny Randall's newest client, Blake, seems to have it all: he is an Instagram influencer, with all the perks the lifestyle entails-a beautiful girlfriend, wealth, and adoring fans. But one of those fans has turned ugly, and Sunny is brought on board by Blake's …More

Cross Down: A John Sampson and Alex Cross Thriller
By Patterson, James
Author DuBois, Brendan
2023-06 - Little Brown and Company
9780316404594 Check Our Catalog

Alex Cross is gravely injured. Only his partner and friend John Sampson can keep him safe . . . and get justice.

For the first time, John Sampson is on his own.

The brilliant crime-solving duo of Washington, DC's, Metro PD and the FBI has a proven MO: Detective Alex Cross makes his own rules. Detective John Sampson enforces them.

When military-style attacks erupt, brutally …More

My Magnolia Summer
By Frank, Victoria Benton
2023-06 - William Morrow & Company
9780063286153 Check Our Catalog

"In My Magnolia Summer, author Victoria Benton Frank spins all the plates and brings all the magic of the low country to life. A tale of the complicated relationships between mothers, daughters and let's not forget, sisters - this enchanting novel will bring romance and sunshine to your summer reading list." -Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author of The …More

The Wind Knows My Name
By Allende, Isabel
Translator Riddle, Frances
2023-06 - Ballantine Books
9780593598108 Check Our Catalog

This powerful and moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea and Violeta weaves together past and present, tracing the ripple effects of war and immigration on one child in Europe in 1938 and another in the United States in 2019.

Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during …More

Unnatural Ends
By Huang, Christopher
2023-06 - Inkshares
9781950301065 Check Our Catalog

Sir Lawrence Linwood is dead. More accurately, he was murdered--savagely beaten to death in his own study with a mediaeval mace. The murder calls home his three adopted children: Alan, an archeologist; Roger, an engineer; and Caroline, a journalist. But his heirs soon find that his last testament contains a strange proviso--that his estate shall go to the heir who solves his murder.

To secure …More

Killingly
By Beutner, Katharine
2023-06 - Soho Crime
9781641294379 Check Our Catalog

Based on the unsolved real-life disappearance of a Mount Holyoke student in 1897--a haunting novel of intrigue, longing, and terror, perfect for fans of Donna Tartt and Sarah Waters

Massachusetts, 1897: Bertha Mellish, "the most peculiar, quiet, reserved girl" at Mount Holyoke College, is missing.

As a search team dredges the pond where Bertha might have drowned, her panicked father …More

Kairos
By Erpenbeck, Jenny
Translator Hofmann, Michael
2023-06 - New Directions Publishing Corporation
9780811229340 Check Our Catalog

Jenny Erpenbeck (the author of Go, Went, Gone and Visitation) is an epic storyteller and arguably the most powerful voice in contemporary German literature. Erpenbeck's new novel Kairos--an unforgettably compelling masterpiece--tells the story of the romance begun in East Berlin at the end of the 1980s when nineteen-year-old Katharina meets by chance a married writer in his fifties named …More

Between Two Moons
By Abdel Gawad, Aisha
2023-06 - Doubleday Books
9780385548618 Check Our Catalog

Set in the Arab immigrant enclave of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, following three siblings coming of age over the course of one Ramadan, "a moving look at family, survival, and celebration" (Hanif Abdurraqib, author of A Little Devil in America).

"A gorgeously written and profoundly intimate debut." --Etaf Rum, author of New York Times bestseller A Woman Is No Man …More

Be Mine: A Frank Bascombe Novel
By Ford, Richard
2023-06 - Ecco Press
9780061692086 Check Our Catalog

From Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford: the final novel in the world of Frank Bascombe, one of the most indelible characters in American literature

Over the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive, and singular view of American life as lived. Unconstrained, astute, provocative, often laugh-out-loud funny, …More

She Started It
By Gilbert, Sian
2023-06 - William Morrow & Company
9780063286290 Check Our Catalog

For fans of Lucy Foley and Liane Moriarty, She Started It is a hot, twisty summer debut thriller about a group of young women whose Caribbean bachelorette party takes a sinister turn. It's Lord of the Flies meets And Then There Were None...but with Instagram and too much prosecco.

The party of a lifetime is nothing like what they expected...

Annabel, Esther, Tanya, and Chloe are best friends--or …Mor

The Little Italian Hotel
By Patrick, Phaedra
2023-06 - Park Row
9780778307648 Check Our Catalog

When a relationship expert's own marriage falls apart, she invites four strangers to Italy for a vacation of healing and second chances in this uplifting new novel from the author of The Messy Lives of Book People.

Ginny Splinter, acclaimed radio host and advice expert, prides herself on knowing what's best for others. So she's sure her …More

Translation State
By Leckie, Ann
2023-06 - Orbit
9780316289719 Check Our Catalog

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars in this powerful novel from a Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author.

"There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could." --John Scalzi

Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their …More

The Girls of Summer
By Bishop, Katie
2023-06 - St. Martin's Press
9781250283917 Check Our Catalog

"A lyrical, emotional novel...Reminiscent of HBO's hit The White Lotus, Bishop's tale will draw readers in with its realistic descriptions of the island. The obvious read-alike is My Dark Vanessa, and the plot-driven tension will appeal to fans of psychological suspense." --Booklist (starred review)

Rachel has been in love with Alistair for fifteen years. Even …More

Maeve Fly
By Leede, Cj
2023-06 - Tor Nightfire
9781250857859 Check Our Catalog

"This is gory and brutal and beautiful and painful and terrifying and a pure delight." --Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author

A provocative debut that is both a blood-soaked love letter to Los Angeles and a gleeful send-up to iconic horror villains, Maeve Fly will thrill fans of My Heart is a Chainsaw and Caroline Kepnes' …More

The Survivor
By Johansen, Iris
2023-06 - Grand Central Publishing
9781538726372 Check Our Catalog

Eve Duncan and Riley Smith must solve their most exciting puzzle since A Face to Die For when asked to uncover the mysterious secret hidden on a remote island.

When archeologist Riley Smith comes to ask Eve Duncan for help, Eve has to say no. Traveling halfway around the world on a dangerous quest is not her expertise as a forensic sculptor. But Eve is intrigued by the …More

The Paris Daughter
By Harmel, Kristin
2023-06 - Gallery Books
9781982191702 Check Our Catalog

From the bestselling author of the “heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism” (People) The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the Nazi occupation.

Paris, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne. Though there is a …More

The Last Drop of Hemlock
By Schellman, Katharine
2023-06 - Minotaur Books
9781250831842 Check Our Catalog

In The Last Drop of Hemlock, the dazzling follow up to Last Call at the Nightingale, even a dance can come with a price...

The rumor went through the Nightingale like a flood, quietly rising, whispers hovering on lips in pockets of silence.

Life as a working-class girl in Prohibition-era New York isn't safe or easy. But Vivian Kelly has a new job at the …More

Innards: Stories
By Makhene, Magogodi Oamphela
2023-06 - W. W. Norton & Company
9781324051008 Check Our Catalog

Set in Soweto, the urban heartbeat of South Africa, Innards tells the intimate stories of everyday black folks processing the savagery of apartheid with grit, wit, and their own distinctive bewildering humor.

Rich with the thrilling textures of township language and life, it braids the voices and perspectives of an indelible cast of characters into a breathtaking collection flush with …More

Lady Tan's Circle of Women
By See, Lisa
2023-06 - Scribner Book Company
9781982117085 Check Our Catalog

The latest historical novel from New York Times bestselling author Lisa See, inspired by the true story of a woman physician from 15th-century China-perfect for fans of See's classic Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and The Island of Sea Women.

According to Confucius, “an educated woman is a worthless woman,” but Tan Yunxian-born into an elite family, yet …More

Such Kindness
By Dubus, Andre
2023-06 - W. W. Norton & Company
9781324000464 Check Our Catalog

Tom Lowe's identity and his pride are invested in the work he does with his back and his hands. He designed and built his family's dream home, working extra hours to pay off the adjustable rate mortgage he took on the property, convinced he is making every sacrifice for the happiness of his wife and son. Until, in a moment of fatigued inattention, shingling a roof in too-bright sunlight, he …More

Everything's Fine
By Rabess, Cecilia
2023-06 - Simon & Schuster
9781982187705 Check Our Catalog

"Extraordinarily brave...plain funny as hell, too." --Zakiya Dalila Harris, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Black Girl

"A subtle, ironic, wise, state-of-the-nation novel, sharp enough to draw blood, hidden inside a moving, intimate, sincere and very real love story--or vice versa." --Nick Hornby

When Jess lands a job as an analyst at …More

The Champion of Good Hart
By Shipman, Viola
2023-06 - Graydon House
9781525805073 Check Our Catalog

"Full of summertime delight...and sweet, nostalgic charm, Famous in a Small Town is a beautiful reminder to...fully embrace the magic that lives inside you." --Heather Webber, USA TODAY bestselling author of Midnight at the Blackbird Café

For most of her eighty years, Mary Jackson has endured the steady invasion of tourists, influencers and real estate developers …More

Endless Vessel
By Soule, Charles
2023-06 - Harper Perennial
9780063043046 Check Our Catalog

Combining the wonder of The Midnight Library , the inventiveness of Ready Player One, and the artistry of Cloud Atlas, this novel by the bestselling author of The Oracle Year and Anyone explores the way we're all connected--and what can happen when we lose our capacity for joy.

A few years from now, in a world similar to ours, there exists a sort of "depression plague" that people refer …More

The Good Ones
By Stewart, Polly
2023-06 - Harper
9780063234154 Check Our Catalog

"Polly Stewart's The Good Ones is a fantastic achievement. A classic Southern Gothic tale told through the prism of modern-day sensibilities. Not to be missed."--S. A. Cosby, New York Times bestselling author of Razorblade Tears

"A riveting, unflinching exploration of adolescent female friendships, small-town pressures to conform, and …More

Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style
By Rudnick, Paul
2023-06 - Atria Books
9781668004678 Check Our Catalog

From the acclaimed writer and "one of our preeminent humorists" (The New York Times) Paul Rudnick, a riotously funny, perceptive, and life-affirming novel following the decades-long, rule-breaking romance between the son of one of American's wealthiest families and a middle-class aspiring author.

Devastatingly handsome and insanely rich, Farrell Covington is capable of anything and impossible …More

Crow Mary
By Grissom, Kathleen
2023-06 - Atria Books
9781476748474 Check Our Catalog

The New York Times bestselling author of the "touching" (The Boston Globe) book club classics The Kitchen House and the "emotionally rewarding" (Booklist) Glory Over Everything returns with a sweeping saga inspired by the true story of Crow Mary--an indigenous woman torn between two worlds in 19th-century North America. In 1872, sixteen-year-old Goes First, a Crow Native woman, marries …More

The Greatness Mindset: Unlock the Power of Your Mind and Live Your Best Life Today
By Howes, Lewis
2023-03 - Hay House
9781401971908 Check Our Catalog

Greatness is inside you.

Now is the time to wake it up.

Are you living your most authentic life? Are you leaning into your purpose or running away from it? Is this the story you want your future self to tell or do you ache for something more?

Through his breakthrough discoveries, New York Times best-selling author Lewis Howes reveals how you can rewrite your past to propel …More

Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II
By Thomas, Evan
2023-05 - Random House
9780399589256 Check Our Catalog

A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan--a crucial turning point in World War II and geopolitical history--with you-are-there immediacy by the New York Times bestselling author of Ike's Bluff and Sea of Thunder.

"A terrifying, heartbreaking account of three men under unimaginable pressure . . . I challenge you …More

Orwell: The New Life
By Taylor, D. J.
2023-05 - Pegasus Books
9781639364510 Check Our Catalog

A fascinating exploration of George Orwell-and his body of work-by an award-winning Orwellian biographer and scholar, presenting the author anew to twenty-first-century readers.

We find ourselves in an era when the moment is ripe for a reevaluation of the life and the works of one of the twentieth century's greatest authors. This is the first twenty-first-century biography on George …More

The Eye of the Storm: The Surreal Lives of the Noble and Notorious in Today's Washington
By Terris, Ben
2023-06 - Twelve
9781538708057 Check Our Catalog

"No one gets today's Washington like Ben Terris...THE BIG BREAK is the definitive accounting of 'how it works' in this ongoing post-Trump (pre-Trump?) maelstrom. I just imbibed this book." ?Mark Leibovich, author of This Town

In this fascinating investigation into the real life inner workings of a post-Trump American government, uncover the odd and eccentric …More

March to the Majority: The Real Story of the Republican Revolution
By Gingrich, Newt
With Gaylord, Joe
2023-06 - Center Street
9781546004844 Check Our Catalog

In March to the Majority, New York Times bestselling author Newt Gingrich takes readers behind the scenes of the Republican Revolution in 1994 and the rise of the modern GOP.

The story of Gingrich's rise from college professor, to architect of the Contract with America, to Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives is historic. There were many adventures, …More

The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-Mile Horseback Journey Into the Old West
By Grant, Will
2023-06 - Little Brown and Company
9780316422314 Check Our Catalog

"Spellbinding" (Douglas Preston) and "completely fascinating" (Elizabeth Letts), cowboy and journalist Will Grant takes us on an epic and authentic horseback journey into the modern West on an adventure of a lifetime. The Last Ride of the Pony Express boldly illuminates both our mythic fascination with the Pony Express, and how its spirit continues to this day. ?

The Pony …More

What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
By Ackerman, Jennifer
2023-06 - Penguin Press
9780593298886 Check Our Catalog

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a brilliant scientific investigation into owls-the most elusive of birds-and why they exert such a hold on human imagination

For millennia, owls have captivated and intrigued us. Our fascination with these mysterious birds was first documented more than thirty thousand years …More

End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
By Turchin, Peter
2023-06 - Penguin Press
9780593490501 Check Our Catalog

From the pioneering co-founder of cliodynamics, the groundbreaking new interdisciplinary science of history, a big-picture explanation for America's civil strife and its possible endgames

Peter Turchin, one of the most interesting social scientists of our age, has infused the study of history with approaches and insights from other fields for more than a quarter century. End Times …More

Game of Edges: The Analytics Revolution and the Future of Professional Sports
By Schoenfeld, Bruce
2023-06 - W. W. Norton & Company
9780393531688 Check Our Catalog

In the last two decades, innovation, data analysis, and technology have driven a tectonic shift in the sports business. Game of Edges is the story of how sports franchises evolved, on and off the field, from raggedly run small businesses into some of the most systematically productive companies around.

In today's game, everyone from the owners to the marketing staff are using …More

Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Are Making Billions in the Age of Crisis
By Patterson, Scott
2023-06 - Scribner Book Company
9781982179939 Check Our Catalog

Written by a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter, this is a fascinating deep dive into the world of billion-dollar traders and high-stakes crisis predictors who strive to turn extreme events into financial windfalls.

There's no doubt that our world has gotten more extreme. Pandemics, climate change, superpower rivalries, cyberattacks, political …More

A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining
By Cargle, Rachel Elizabeth
2023-05 - Ballantine Books
9780593134733 Check Our Catalog

From a highly lauded modern voice in feminism and racial justice comes a deeply personal and insightful testament to the power of reimagining to dismantle the frameworks and systems that no longer serve us while building new ones that do.

There are breaking points in all our lives when we realize that the way things have been done before just don't work for us anymore, be it the way we …More

Last Call at Coogan's: The Life and Death of a Neighborhood Bar
By Michaud, Jon
2023-06 - St. Martin's Press
9781250221780 Check Our Catalog

The uniquely inspiring story of a beloved neighborhood bar that united the communities it served.

Coogan's Bar and Restaurant opened in New York City's Washington Heights in 1985 and closed its doors for good in the pandemic spring of 2020. Sometimes called Uptown City Hall, it became a staple of neighborhood life during its 35 years in operation--a place of safety …More

The Supermajority: The Year the Supreme Court Divided America
By Waldman, Michael
2023-06 - Simon & Schuster
9781668006061 Check Our Catalog

An incisive analysis of how the Supreme Court's new conservative supermajority is overturning decades of law and leading the country in a dangerous political direction.

In The Supermajority, Michael Waldman explores the tumultuous 2021­-2022 Supreme Court term. He draws deeply on history to examine other times the Court veered from the popular will, provoking controversy and …More

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
By Vaillant, John
2023-06 - Knopf Publishing Group
9781524732851 Check Our Catalog

A stunning account of a colossal wildfire and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind from the award-winning, best-selling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce

"Riveting, spellbinding, astounding on every page...Captures the majesty and horror of one of [our] great disasters." --David Wallace-Wells, #1 bestselling author of …More

Martha's Vineyard in the Roaring Twenties: Radicals & Rascals
By Dresser, Thomas
2023-05 - History Press
9781467152662 Check Our Catalog

The Roaring Twenties were filled with a range of events, experiences, fears, laws and advances that impacted Martha's Vineyard. Island residents were involved in rumrunning. Dozens died of the Spanish Flu. Women voted on Island. Dorothy West joined the Harlem Renaissance. Immigration from the Azores slowed, and airplanes landed in Katama. Tourism blossomed and business boomed. Local author Thomas …More

Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit
By Fraser, Antonia
2023-06 - Pegasus Books
9781639364053 Check Our Catalog

The vivid and dramatic life of Lady Caroline Lamb, whose scandalous love affair with Lord Byron overshadowed her own creativity and desire to break free from society's constraints.

From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature. From childhood she grew increasingly troublesome, experimenting with sedatives like laudanum, and she had a special governess to control her. She also …More

Vineyard Folk: Creative People and Unexpected Places of Martha's Vineyard
By Benchley, Amanda
Author Benchley, Amanda
Foreword by Simon, Carly
2023-05 - ABRAMS
9781419763816 Check Our Catalog

The true soul of Martha's Vineyard, captured through the eyes of the talented artists and artisans who live there

Vineyard Folk leads us on an intimate journey into the lives and inspirational places of some of the many talented artists who have always made up the larger community of Martha's Vineyard. The island, located just seven miles off the coast of Cape Cod, has a long …More