EPL Staff Picks
{"list":{"id":"217893865","name":"EPL Great Stuff: Did You Miss These in 2013?","description":"The settings for my picks range from Europe to Africa to Asia, from the west coast of the USA to eastern Canada, and right on into science fictional territory. You'll find audiobooks, fiction, history, short stories, visual narratives and poetry on this list - something for every taste!","language":"en-CA","item_count":10,"created":"2013-12-04T17:22:41Z","updated":"2014-01-03T18:53:23Z","list_type":{"id":"TOPIC_GUIDE","name":"Topic Guide"},"details_url":"http://epl.bibliocommons.com/list/show/205057923/217893865","user":{"id":"205057923","name":"EPLGreatStuff_Lindy","profile_url":"http://epl.bibliocommons.com/collection/show/205057923"},"list_items":[{"list_item_type":"title","title":{"id":"1176615005","title":"Amsterdam","sub_title":"A History of the World's Most Liberal City","format":{"id":"AB","name":"Downloadable Audiobook"},"details_url":"http://epl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1176615005","publication_date":"2013","authors":[{"name":"Shorto, Russell"}],"isbns":["080414933X","9780804149334"],"primary_language":{"name":"English"},"original_script":{"sub_title":""}},"annotation":"Shorto, an American who lives in Amsterdam, reads his own work in the audiobook editon that is jam-packed with interesting anecdotes about this city across the centuries. It's like a travel memoir with history highlights. (Also available on CD and print book.)"},{"list_item_type":"title","title":{"id":"1144270005","title":"The Property","sub_title":"","format":{"id":"BK","name":"Book"},"details_url":"http://epl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1144270005","publication_date":"2013","authors":[{"name":"Modan, Rutu"}],"isbns":["1770461159","9781770461154"],"primary_language":{"name":"English"},"original_script":{"sub_title":""}},"annotation":"Old family secrets and complex modern relationships add rich layers to this graphic novel about an elderly Jewish woman returning to Warsaw with her granddaughter in order to reclaim property lost during WWII. Modan's crisp art style is similar to Tintin comics with highly detailed settings that make you feel like you are right there."},{"list_item_type":"title","title":{"id":"1208158005","title":"We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves","sub_title":"","format":{"id":"AB","name":"Downloadable Audiobook"},"details_url":"http://epl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1208158005","publication_date":"2013","authors":[{"name":"Fowler, Karen Joy"}],"isbns":["1470881403","9781470881405"],"primary_language":{"name":"English"},"original_script":{"sub_title":""}},"annotation":"A girl and a chimpanzee are raised as sisters in the American midwest, but they never fully recover when they are separated. This highly original and entertaining novel is perfect in audiobook because of its memoir-like quality. It's like having someone confess her secrets in your ear. (Also available in print book.)"},{"list_item_type":"title","title":{"id":"1070033005","title":"Ghana Must Go","sub_title":"","format":{"id":"BK","name":"Book"},"details_url":"http://epl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1070033005","publication_date":"2013","authors":[{"name":"Selasi, Taiye"}],"isbns":["9780670065707"],"primary_language":{"name":"English"},"original_script":{"sub_title":""}},"annotation":"Every member of a cosmopolitan Ghanian/Nigerian family is broken in some way when the father, a brilliant surgeon, abandons them. A mesmerising novel about shame and healing."},{"list_item_type":"title","title":{"id":"1119974005","title":"Visitation Street","sub_title":"","format":{"id":"BK","name":"Book"},"details_url":"http://epl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1119974005","publication_date":"2013","authors":[{"name":"Pochoda, Ivy"}],"isbns":["0062249894","9780062249890"],"primary_language":{"name":"English"},"original_script":{"sub_title":""}},"annotation":"Deeper secrets are revealed in the slow untanglement of what happened when two girls went out on a raft on a sultry Brooklyn evening and only one survived. Told through the viewpoints of multiple people in their community, this is a gritty and hopeful story about the power of human connections."},{"list_item_type":"title","title":{"id":"1119984005","title":"Five Star Billionaire","sub_title":"A Novel","format":{"id":"BK","name":"Book"},"details_url":"http://epl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1119984005","publication_date":"2013","authors":[{"name":"Aw, Tash"}],"isbns":["0670067148","9780670067145"],"primary_language":{"name":"English"},"original_script":{"sub_title":""}},"annotation":"Another vibrant puzzle of a novel composed of shifting viewpoints. Four Malaysian immigrants, determined to reinvent themselves in the booming economy of Shanghai, fail to realize that someone is manipulating them."},{"list_item_type":"title","title":{"id":"1146902005","title":"Mr. Wuffles!","sub_title":"","format":{"id":"BK","name":"Book"},"details_url":"http://epl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1146902005","publication_date":"2013","authors":[{"name":"Wiesner, David"}],"isbns":["9780618756612","0618756612"],"primary_language":{"name":"English"},"original_script":{"sub_title":""}},"annotation":"It is easy for adults without young children to miss out on great books that happen to be in picture book format, like this one. If you are a fan of Shaun Tan's work or Pixar movies like Toy Story, check out this tale about tiny space aliens ganging up with Earth's insects to battle a house cat."},{"list_item_type":"title","title":{"id":"1105762005","title":"The Last Girlfriend on Earth","sub_title":"And Other Love Stories","format":{"id":"BK","name":"Book"},"details_url":"http://epl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1105762005","publication_date":"2013","authors":[{"name":"Rich, Simon"}],"isbns":["9780316219396","0316219398"],"primary_language":{"name":"English"},"original_script":{"sub_title":""}},"annotation":"And speaking of aliens, these brief, witty and good-natured stories with science fictional twists will make you smile."},{"list_item_type":"title","title":{"id":"1144088005","title":"Kuessipan","sub_title":"","format":{"id":"BK","name":"Book"},"details_url":"http://epl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1144088005","publication_date":"2013","authors":[{"name":"Fontaine, Naomi"}],"isbns":["1551525178","9781551525174"],"primary_language":{"name":"English"},"original_script":{"sub_title":""}},"annotation":"A quietly triumphant novel set on the Uashat Innu reserve in eastern Quebec, written in poetic vignettes that have the feel of a documentary film. "},{"list_item_type":"title","title":{"id":"1130000005","title":"Under the Keel","sub_title":"","format":{"id":"BK","name":"Book"},"details_url":"http://epl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1130000005","publication_date":"2013","authors":[{"name":"Crummey, Michael"}],"isbns":["1770892699","9781770892699"],"primary_language":{"name":"English"},"original_script":{"sub_title":""}},"annotation":"Poems that everyone can relate to - about growing up, love, marriage and getting old - are enriched by the specifics of Crummey's Newfoundland heritage. "}]}}
