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shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com March 20, 2018 • Page 19 The Bookworm ‘Wild Men’ Takes Readers On A Great Adventure New At The Library Here’s what’s new at the Yankton Community Library this week: Adult Books • Autonomous by Annalee Newitz; Fiction • Carnegie’s Maid by Marie Benedict; Fiction • Darkness, Sing Me a Song by David Housewright; Fiction “The Last Wild Men of Borneo: A Michael Palmieri, a “buccaneer” who • The Dirty Book Club by Lisi Harrison; Fiction True Story of Death and Treasure” by left the modern world decades ago, • Fifty Fifty by James Patterson; Fiction Carl Hoffman, © 2018, Wm. Morrow.347 who now makes a living by discover• Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell; Fiction pages ing and selling primitive art to the • In Every Moment We Are Still Alive by Tom ——— worlds’ top museums, and who had a Malmquist; Fiction BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER likewise thrilling story. • Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant; Fiction To Hoffman, these men were two • The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman; Sometimes, you need to stir the sides of a coin, like yin and yang of Fiction pot. adventure, and that fascinated him. • Lullaby Road by James Anderson; Fiction Agitate things, take chances, try Manser and Palmieri seemed to want • Out of the Ashes by Tracie Peterson; Fiction something different because change different things from the people of • The Sorbonne Affair by Mark Pryor; Fiction is good. The status quo can be borBorneo — but were they so different, • Styxx by Sherrilyn Kenyon; Fiction ing and a new view gives you fresh after all? • The Take by Christopher Reich; Fiction perspective. Stir a little, as you’ll see It’s hard not to get swept up in the • A Talent For Murder by Andrew Wilson; Fiction in the new book “The Last Wild Men adventure of “The Last Wild Men of • Until We Find Home by Cathy Gohlke; Fiction of Borneo” by Carl Hoffman, and you Borneo.” It’s equally hard not to think • Baby Steps to STEM: Infant and Toddler Science, alter things significantly. it’s a novel, because it feels like it is — Technology, Engineering, and Math Activities by Jean G. Why are we so fascinated by peobut nope, this is a true, jaw-dropping Barbre, EdD; Nonfiction ple who live primitively? story that pulls you in with a shiver. • Be A Hero: The Essential Survival Guide To ActiveCarl Hoffman wanted to underIn a way that makes readers eager stand that question, and that of his to find out more and learn why, author Shooter Events by John Geddes and Alun Rees; Nonfiction • Black Dahlia, Red Rose: The Crime, Corruption and own “persistent Western obsession,” Carl Hoffman tells a mouth-drying tale him into their tribe and taught him Cover-Up of America’s Greatest Unsolved Murder by Piu so he headed to Bali with Bruno of beauty, risk and opportunity, so their ways; Manser cut his hair like a Eatwell; Nonfiction Manser on his mind. bring something to drink when you Penan, wore a loincloth, hunted and • Convenient Suspect: A Double Murder, a Flawed Born in Switzerland, Manser was start this book. Then sip slowly: using ate like a Penan. And when he realized Investigation, and the Railroading of an Innocent Woman a man who’d try anything. He craved great details in these parallel narrathat his beloved rainforest was being by Tammy Mal; Nonfiction adventure, and was fearless, calm tives and a perfectly-worked ending, destroyed by the logging industry, • The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful and self-sufficient. Those were skills Hoffman carefully preserves two myshe fought like a Penan and organized Groups by Daniel Coyle; Nonfiction that served him well when, in 1984, teries: one with a contented life, and them into a rebellion, which brought • The Education of a Coroner: Lessons in Investigating he traveled to Borneo to live with the one in death. Who could resist? the desecration to a halt. Death by John Bateson; Nonfiction Penan nomads of the rainforest. Armchair adventurers or those Hoffman was fascinated by Mans• Get Better: 15 Proven Practices To Build Effective Many before him had gone into who want to live vicariously through er’s story, that Manser had escaped Relationships at Work by Todd Davis; Nonfiction the jungle; Manser went deeper. The this tale shouldn’t even try. Just death and capture several times, and • Jefferson’s Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Penan were elusive but he found had done the impossible with a group go, now, get “The Last Wild Men of Black, in a Young America by Catherine Kerrison; them — or rather, they found him Borneo,” and jump in. You’ll find the of illiterate hunters before totally Nonfiction when his supplies were depleted and account to be quite stirring. disappearing without a word in 2000. • Make Great Art on Your iPad by Alison Jardine; they allowed him into their homesite. He thought of Manser on his way to Nonfiction Over time, the Penan slowly folded Borneo, where he accidentally met • Murder Beyond the Grave by James Patterson; Nonfiction • Slugfest: Inside the Epic 50-Year Battle Between Marvel and DC by Reed Tucker; Nonfiction • Vietnam Nurse: Mending and Remembering by Lou Eisenbrandt; Nonfiction • White Man’s Game: Saving Animals, Rebuilding Eden, and Other Myths of Conservation in Africa by VERMILLION — SDPB urges South Dakota musicians to Stephanie Hanes; Nonfiction enter NPR’s 2018 Tiny Desk Concert Contest. • The Women Who Flew For Hitler: A True Story of National Public Radio (NPR) is looking for undiscovered Soaring Ambition and Searing Rivalry by Clare Mulley; VERMILLION — World music warms the National Music talent and is accepting music videos now through Sunday, Nonfiction Museum today (Friday). Cléa Galhano and Rene Izquierdo, a March 25, at 10:59 p.m. Local entries will be eligible to win virtuoso duo on recorder and guitar, will perform a palthe national contest and may also be featured on SDPB Young Adult Books ette of Latin styles and genres — from Piazzolla to Pujol, Radio’s “Moment in Sound” with Lori Walsh and SDPB social • All the Wrong Chords by Christine Hurley Deriso; Machado, Villani-Côrtes, Martin, Assad and Blauth. media. Fiction Galhano and Izquierdo will base their program on music More information is at TinyDeskContest.npr.org • How To Disappear by Sharon Huss Roat; Fiction from their CD “Latin Reverie.” Both musicians are originally To enter: • Hunted by Meagan Spooner; Fiction from Latin America: Galhano grew up in Brazil, Izquierdo in • Make a video of you or your band, performing one • I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo; Fiction Cuba. They met while playing in the Baroque Orchestra in original song at a desk (any desk). Share the music that • The Last Girl on Earth by Alexandra Blogier; Fiction Milwaukee. Their cultural heritage and sensibilities harmoshows the best of what you’ve got. • Love and First Sight by Josh Sundquist; Fiction nized. Their generational differences complemented each • Upload the video to YouTube. • Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg; Fiction other. “Latin Reverie” represents what Galhano calls “a • Enter the contest at TinyDeskContest.npr.org. • RIP Eliza Hart by Alyssa Sheinmel; Fiction dreamy state of rhythms.” The winner of the national contest will go to NPR head• Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done Showgoers will have two opportunities to enjoy “Latin quarters in Washington to play their very own Tiny Desk by Andrea Gonzales & Sophie Houser; Nonfiction Reverie” at the museum: the free noon (12:05 p.m.) preview Concert. The winner will also come on a tour of the U.S. • Girling Up: How To Be Strong, Smart and show or the 7 p.m. full concert. with NPR Music. Spectacular by Mayim Bialik, PhD; Nonfiction On Friday, April 20, NMM Live! will turn toward Asia, Junior Books hosting renowned master of Indian classical music, Rajeev Taranath, virtuoso on the lute-like instrument the sarod. • The Dam Keeper by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi; Showtimes will again be noon (12:05 p.m.) and 7 p.m. Fiction For the final NMM Live! of the season, Friday, April 27, at • Deltora Quest (Books 1-4) by Emily Rodda; Fiction noon, the museum will present its annual treat for senses, • Dragons of Deltora (Books 1-4) by Emily Rodda; a concert by the NMM Tatag ensemble, showcasing the Fiction NMM’s extraordinary set of Javanese gamelan instruments. • Elizabeth and Zenobia by Jessica Miller; Fiction CENTERVILLE — The Centerville Community Arts Coun-AC Tune-Up! by Josie Angelini; Fiction • Snow Lane Save $30 on a Summer cil, Inc., is presenting a local production of “Just Desserts.” • The Truth As Told By Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor; Performances are set for Friday, March 23, at 7 p.m. and Fiction Saturday, March 24, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Centerville • Wishtree by Katherine Applegate; Fiction School Gold Gym in Centerville. Ticketscall be available at • Zap! by Martha Freeman; Fiction Just give us a will and we’ll the door; a ticket includes a dessert. • Food Atlas: Discover All the Delicious Foods of the send out a “Just Desserts” is a Taking place at a charity bake-off,qualified World by Giulia Malerba; Nonfiction First, second and third graders from Yankton’s Beadle • The World of the Bible: Biblical Stories and the www.missourivalleyshopper.com mystery/comedy by Craig Sodaro. Local cast members www.missourivalleyshopper.com Service Technician like include Doug Edberg as Judge Reginald Cogsworth, Jodi Elementary School will present “An Evening with Seuss” Archaeology Behind Them by Jill Rubalcaba; Nonfiction Carter, Kaitlynn Skotvold as Lucy for their spring concert at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 20, at the Childress as Edna Mae Tyler, to make sure your Easy Books “Scotter” Bright, Sara Ferwerda as Margaret Mason and Yankton High School Theatre. AC unit is ready for those • Dear Girl by Amy Krouse Rosenthal; Fiction Jacquelynn Skotvold as Miss Peabody. Join the students as they celebrate the writings, char• Grandma’s Purse by Vanessa Brantley-Newton; Fiction “Just Desserts” is produced by special arrangement with hot summer South Dakota acters and songs of Dr. Seuss. Some of the very famous Dr. Tyler Reiser Snow! by Tony Ross; Fiction • I Want Eldridge Publishing Company. Seuss characters that will be joining the kids: The Cat in the days and save $30!* • Technician Service Nothing Can Frighten a Bear by Elizabeth Dale; Hat, Thing 1 and Thing 2 and even Dr. Seuss! Listen in as the Fiction students sing about Uncle Terwilliger, and Green Eggs and 13 years experience • Professional Crocodile by Giovanna Zoboli; Fiction Ham, and about the Cat in the Hat. • Snowball Moon by Fran Cannon Slayton; Fiction The public is invited to enjoy this free concert under the ——— direction of Mrs. Melissa Rempfer, music educator. Ms. Lea Did you know that you can reserve an item from home? Ann Schramm will be the piano accompanist, and Mr. Carey You are invited to the Women Veterans Athletes Exhibit, Staff will then notify you as soon as the item is available! Mitzel is the Beadle Elementary principal. featuring 10 women veteran athletes with their photos and stories. The exhibit will be held at the Yankton Community Library, 515 Walnut St., on MarchWhen You Want Comfort… You Want Kalins! 28, from 3-6 p.m. Vermillion: 605-624-5618 The Sioux Falls VA is*Rebate offer only available to Vermillion Light & Power customers. proud to be one of 10 VA medicalfor full details. Call centers nationwide to host 69 years as a Premier Lennox® Dealer the Women Veterans Athletes Exhibit. VA staff will be present 96 years in the Business to assist with enrollment and 400 years of Heating and Cooling Experience questions regarding VA health Yankton Vermillion Sioux City MOTOR care. 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