The Jazz Palace comes to Welland’s library

The following new books were recently received at Welland Public Library.

FICTION

The Jazz Palace, by Mary Morris Mary Morris’s new novel wonderfully depicts the jazz age of Chicago in the 1920s, complete with gangsters, speakeasies and, of course, jazz. Much to his family’s chagrin, Benny Lehrman’s only passion in life is jazz piano. He sneaks away at night to listen to jazz in Chicago’s black jazz clubs. There he meets Napoleon, a black trumpeter, and soon the two are performing together despite the racial taboos of the time. Aquarium, by David Vann David Vann’s emotional new novel follows 12- year- old Caitlin Thompson, a quiet girl who lives alone with her mother in Seattle. Caitlin’s mother, Sheri, ekes out a living working long hours on Seattle’s docks. Each day when school is over Caitlin waits for her mother at the Seattle Aquarium where she gets lost in the world of undersea creatures. Caitlin meets an elderly gentleman there and a friendship develops. When Sheri discovers the friendship she fiercely opposes it for reasons unknown to Caitlin.

NON- FICTION

One More Step: My Story of Living with Cerebral Palsy, Climbing Kilimanjaro, and Surviving the Hardest Race on Earth, by Bonner Paddock

Bonner Paddock was born with a disability and didn’t know it. Growing up in a household of athletic brothers, Paddock was smaller, skinnier and clumsier. At age 11 he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. This is the story of his determination to overcome his disability by taking on the incredible feats of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and finishing the Kona Ironman Triathlon.

Humans 3.0: The Upgrading of the Species, by Peter Nowak

Journalist Peter Nowak looks at how technology affects what it means to be human, focusing both on the individual and all of humanity. Modern computing is advancing at incredible speeds, creating new technologies nearly every day that are changing what it means to be human and how we evolve as a species. Advances in artificial intelligence, robotics and genetics present great opportunities for humanity, but also pose important ethical questions.

BOOK CLUBS

Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern, Tuesday, April 28, at 7: 30 p. m.