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July 2017

July's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films Spider-Man: Homecoming and Atomic Blonde; the long-awaited season seven premiere of "Game of Thrones" on HBO and the series premiere of "Midnight, Texas" on NBC; and the DVD releases of The Lost City of Z and The Zookeeper's Wife.

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Week of February 13, 2017

Paperback releases for the week of February 13th include WILDE LAKE by Laura Lippman, in which the case of a mentally disturbed drifter accused of beating a woman to death brings up painful memories of prosecutor Luisa Brant's past; Jacqueline Winspear's JOURNEY TO MUNICH, which finds Maisie Dobbs being sent to Hitler’s Germany as she works with the British Secret Service on an undercover mission; NELLY DEAN, a novel by Alison Case that re-imagines life at Wuthering Heights through the eyes of the Earnshaws’ loyal servant; and THE BLACK CALHOUNS, in which Gail Lumet Buckley --- daughter of actress Lena Horne --- delves deep into her family history, detailing the experiences of an extraordinary African-American family from Civil War to Civil Rights.

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April 2017

April's Books on Screen roundup includes the feature films The Circle and The Lost City of Z; the HBO movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, starring Oprah Winfrey; the series premieres of "American Gods," "The White Princess" and "The Handmaid's Tale," along with the season finales of "The Magicians" and "Hap and Leonard"; and the DVD releases of Hidden Figures and The Bye Bye Man.

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