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Mitchell's Book Corner
54 Main Street, 228-1080

"India Sublime" Photography by Melba Levick, text by

Mitchell Shelby Crites, Ameeta Nanji Don't let the cold weather bring you down - take an armchair vacation with "India Sublime." Illustrated with more than 250 gorgeous photographs, this book boasts mouthwatering, exotic color plates of palace hotels in Rajasthan. The splendid palaces, forts and castles of northern India speak to the wealth and power of this nation and represent more than a thousand years of creative design and artistry inspired by both East and West. Even if you can't leave Nantucket, you can still take a visual walk through a warm - and inviting - culture.

- Mary Jennings, Mitchell's Book Corner
Nantucket Bookworks
25 Broad Street, 228-4000

"The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick

The 2008 Caldecott Medal was awarded to Brian Selznick, the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children, for "The Invention of Hugo Cabret." Selznick uses graphite illustrations like a storyboard in a silent film to accompany the text in his telling of this endearing mystery for young adult readers. The resourceful Hugo Cabret depends on his wit, will, and mechanical skills to survive in a subterranean Paris train station where he scrambles to fix a human like machine that might answer questions of his past and set in motion the gears of his future. This book incorporates art, film, history, mythology, and science in a "Oliver Twist" theme, as two young people learn to trust each other in order to solve their inherent mysteries.

- Melanie Kotalac, Nantucket Bookworks
Nantucket Atheneum
1 India Street, 228-1110

"How to Be a Baby - By Me, the Big Sister" by Sally Lloyd-Jones, illustrated by Sue Heap

Avery intelligent and capable big sister explains the realities of babyhood to her baby brother by contrasting all the amazing things she can do with what the baby cannot do. Amusing, colorful illustrations accompanied by occasional lists (e.g. "Here's What Else You Are Scared Of") add to the fun created by the text. Just the right amount of love and care seeps through big sister's authoritative declarations to produce an authentic quality in the story. Adelightful book for children ages 4-8, especially those with a baby in the house.

- Maggie Head, Nantucket Atheneum
Orange Street Video
117 Orange Street, 228-5806

"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Rated R)

This highly acclaimed western starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck is a character driven account of the last days of the fabled former confederate outlaw. Regarded as a charismatic larger than life bad man, Jesse James's bloody exploits captured the fascination and admiration of a nation transfixed with its hunger for antiheroes. Andrew Dominick directs the powerfully objective story amidst the backdrop of a country still convalescing from the wounds of a war that romanticized the train and bank robbing rebel.

- Tom Dickson, Orange Street Video
Camera Shop
& Nantucket Video
32 Main Street, 228-0101

"Across the Universe" (Rated PG-13)

Across the Universe, from director Julie Taymor ("Titus," "Frida"), is an ambitious rock musical set in the Vietnam era of the late 1960s. Jude, a boy from Liverpool (newcomer Jim Sturgess) meets Lucy, a girl from New York City (Evan Rachael Wood) in this visually stunning film set to the music of The Beatles. Their love story takes place in the context of the anti-war movement and the social protests of the 60s, and features memorable cameos by Joe Cocker, Eddie Izzard, Salma Hayek, and a particularly psychedelic Bono. If you like The Beatles, this film won't fail to entertain.

- Russell Wieland, Camera Shop & Nantucket Video