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"I'll Steal You Away" by Niccolo Ammaniti "Haunted by the ghost of Federico Fellini...Amarcod with attitude...For a book that moves at a clip, 'I'll Steal You Away' is deliciously languorous," praises the New York Times. Ammaniti is an edge-of-your-seat storyteller, an astute psychologist and a sharp social critic who writes with wit and pathos and captures small-town Italian village life beautifully. Italy's fabled old-world loveliness juxtaposed with a desperate embrace of Americanized pop culture is the backdrop for this chilling and intimate tale. - Christie Cure, Mitchell's Book Corner Nantucket Bookworks 25 Broad Street, 228-4000 "The Folded World" by Amity Gaige In her well-written second novel, Amity Gaige shows how an almost blissfully happy marriage can be tested. Charlie, riding a series of successes toward a career in psychiatric social work, meets Alice who, after living a shy, bookish life with her mother in Gloucester, has moved to the city to experience life. These two young people fall in love and marry. Soon, Alice is in charge of twins, and Charlie is a hard-working, rising star at Maynard Psychiatric. When the pressures of their responsibilities begin to erode their startled joy and set the marriage reeling, each seeks a source of comfort. Gaige, with some insight, shows us how our lives are folded together, how intimacy is shaped and how definitions of happiness can change.
Nantucket Bookworks Nantucket Atheneum 1 India Street, 228-1110 "The Deep Edited" by Claire Nouvian This coffee table book includes over 200 pictures of alien-like, deep sea creatures floating in darkness - some photographed for the first time. Featuring such bizarre species as the Hula skirt siphonophone, the Droopy sea pen, Naked sea butterfly, Elephant fish chimaera and Dumbo octopus, "The Deep" may well become a modern classic of natural history.
Nantucket Atheneum VIDEOS Camera Shop & Nantucket Video 32 Main Street, 228-0101 "Breach" (Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content and language.) Based on a true story "Breach" stars Chris Cooper as Robert Hanssen, the man who sold secrets to the Soviets for two decades while he was an agent for the FBI. Ryan Phillippe is Eric O'Neill, the agent suffering from a crisis of conscience after being assigned to watch his every move. We're not quite sure what Hanssen's motives are, because they don't seem to be about money or power. (Is he amused by keeping himself safe while a special team searches for the mole?) Despite his obvious guilt, one can't help but feel some pity towards a man so ashamed of what he has done. Directed by Billy Ray. - Laurie Donovan, manager,
Orange Street Video 117 Orange Street, 228-5806 "Ghost Rider" (Rated PG-13 for horror violence and disturbing images.) As a young man trying to save his father's life, Johnny Blaze (Nicholas Cage) sells his soul to the devil and becomes the infamous Ghost Rider, who collects evil souls and brings them to hell. But when his long lost love, Roxanne (Eva Mendes), reappears, Johnny looks for a way out. In order to win back his soul, Johnny must take on the devil's estranged son, Blackheart, and stop him from taking over Earth as well as Hell. Filled with awesome special effects, "Ghost Rider" is one fun-filled flick.
- Kate O'Brien, manager, Orange Street Video
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