Library Picks: Lisa See, 'Biutiful' and More

It's a mixed bag this week, with 's latest arrivals ranging from a film featuring an undead felon to Lisa See's latest novel about communist China. This week's Library Picks are:

Trader of Secrets by Steve Martini

Defense attorney Paul Madriani returns in Trader of Secrets, this time in the middle of a criminal case involving NASA scientists who are sitting on a secret that a foreign government is willing to go to any length to uncover. The case takes Madriani across the world, racing to stop a weapon of mass destruction from being unleashed.

Dreams of Joy by Lisa See

Lisa See’s newest novel picks up with the lives of Pearl and May, from her earlier novel Shanghai Girls. Here, Pearl’s young and headstrong daughter Joy travels back to China in search of her birth father, and in the process gets swept up in the Communist fervor of 1957 Shanghai. Pearl, worried about her daughter, follows her throughout China in an attempt to reconcile.

Drive Angry (DVD)

In Drive Angry, an undead felon breaks out of Hell to avenge his murdered daughter and rescue her kidnapped baby from a band of cult-worshipping savages. Joined by tough-as-nails Piper, the two set off on a rampage of redemption, all while being pursued by an enigmatic killer who has been sent by the Devil to retrieve Milton and deliver him back to Hell.

Biutiful (DVD)

Uxbal is a man on the wrong side of the law who struggles to provide for his children on the dangerous streets of Barcelona. As fate encircles him, Uxbal learns to accept the realities of life, whether bright, bad or biutiful.

To check out any of these books or movies, visit the library's website and reserve your copy straight from the online catalogue. Make sure you come back to Birmingham Patch next week, to see what else is new in the stacks.