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Worries: Global Warming
by Van
Al Gore is concerned about global warming and has a movie and a book explaining the problem. The movie is at the Michigan Theater, the library has the book:
An Inconvenient Truth: the Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It by Al Gore
Three other recent excellent books on global warming:
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert
The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth by Tim F. Flannery
The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilizations by Eugene Linden
When I got home from watching Al Gore's movie I turned on the TV. John Edwards was talking about poverty. He heads the Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina and has an extensive speaking schedule. And it is only 2006.
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Beach Reads 2006 (#3)
by muffy
His Majesty's Dragon* by Naomi Novik. Alternate history set in the Napoleonic Wars, flying dragons and sea battles make for a fantastic read.
The Last Spymaster by Gayle Lynds. Young maverick CIA agent matches wit with a legendary spymaster. Complex and engrossing.
Looking for Mr. Goodfrog by Laurie Graff Searching for one's prince in the rather muddled urban dating pond. Deadly hilarious.
Love in the Present Tense by Catherine Ryan Hyde. An engaging encore from the author of Pay it Forward, on the many incarnation of love and the nature of family.
Make Him Look Good* by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez. Six women and their relationships with one Latin heartthrob. Sexy fun.
The Penultimate Chance Saloon* by Simon Brett. Comedy of sexual manners for a mature single guy, with wit and compassion. For fans of Julie and Romeo and Philosophy Made Simple.
The Virgin of Small Plains* by Nancy Pickard. Love and deceit behind a 17-year-old unsolved murder in a small town. A stand-along from the award-winning author of the Jenny Cain and Marie Lightfoot series. A must for Cold Case fans.
The World to Come* by Dara Horn. Two siblings are tangled up with a stolen Chagall of suspect provenance, Jewish folklore and family history. Intelligent and imaginative.
* = Starred reviews
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Meet the Notebook Girls
by K.C.
Meet Sophie, Courtney, Lindsey, and Julia, four teens that began a shared notebook that served as a joint diary during their freshman year at Manhattan’s Stuyvesant High School. Reproduced from the girls’ notebook with handwritten entries as well as photocopied snapshots, sketches, etc., The Notebook Girls reveals with raw honesty what it’s like to grow up female in today’s world. A fascinating nonfiction read.
Catch an interview with three of the notebook girls (now college freshmen) as they talk about how their diary became a book.
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Book Bits - Lost and Found
by ryanikoglu
Where's My Sock? Are you a loser? You could be a finder too? Read this book together to find a clever solution to a common problem.
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Worldly Bits - Romani People
by ryanikoglu
A History Of The Romani People is a NEW book on how Romani people live in Europe. You learn about these interesting people through photos, maps, and clear description. Wouldn't you wish to live in one of the painted wagon houses? Add music to the experience with the compact disc Latcho Drom. The documentary VHS Latcho Drom: Safe Journey is a memorable music and dance journey that follows Romani people from their origins in Rajasthan, as they blend cultures through Europe and North Africa.
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Baby Bits - Two Beauties
by ryanikoglu
Two beautiful books for toddlers and adults to enjoy together are Walk On! A Guide For Babies Of All Ages and Mama's Day.
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Calling All Manga Fans
by lola
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It is nearing that time of year again where we at the library are thinking about programming for the fall.
Okay I have a few questions for you:
Did you like that the Animanga Club met on a Saturday?
Is a weekend meeting best for during the school year?
What anime/manga do you want to see/discuss at Animanga Club?
Did you like DDR at the meeting?
I know summer just started and you all are thinking about going on vacation and which prize you want to win in the summer reading game, but let me know what you think.
P.S. Who has a great trip planned for this summer?
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Charles de Lint's latest tales from Newford
by emilyas
Charles de Lint's latest novel, Widdershins, was released last month and has received many positive reviews, including a starred review from Booklist. This novel continues the story of Jilly Coppercorn from de Lint's 2002 novel, The Onion Girl. In Widdershins, Jilly continues to recover from the car crash that left her crippled. She also struggles to come to terms with the inside of her own mind which still has not healed from deep childhood traumas. The story takes place as conflicts between the fairies and the native spirits threaten to a bring a war upon the world. De Lint encourages the reader to consider the environmental impact of humans and to analyze the relationships between both men and nations.
I recommend reading The Onion Girl first, in order to understand the complete history of this story. If you have never read a de Lint novel before, I also recommend giving any of his other books a try, such as Tapping the dream tree, Spiritwalk, Forests of the Heart or any of the Newford series.
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Do you like trivia? Want to impress your friends with new facts?
by emilyas
Well check out the many interesting fact books that the New York Public Library has published! To start off we have the fascinating series of New York Public Library answer books for kids. This series includes books such as The New York Public Library amazing African American history : a book of answers for kids and also Amazing women in American history : a book of answers for kids. Other books in the series provide answers about Space, Hispanic American History, Native American History, and Mythology.
Are you an adult? Do not be dismayed! This wisdom isn't only available for kids. The New York Public Library also published interesting materials for adults, such as The New York Public Library book of twentieth-century American quotations and The New York Public Library literature companion.
My absolute favorite of these books, (especially if you are someone who likes to be prepared for the next game of Trivial Pursuit or Jeopardy), has to be The book of answers : the New York Public Library Telephone Reference Service's most unusual and entertaining questions. And take a look at the recent New York Times article about the librarians who answer these telephone reference questions!
So take a look at these exciting books and impress your friends and colleagues with interesting facts you learned from the New York Public Library, without ever having to leave Ann Arbor!
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New Fiction Titles on the New York Times Best Sellers List (6/25/06)
by Mazie
John Updike found a new subject for his latest novel in a New Jersey neighborhood, a world away from Rabbit. In a recent BookExpo interview Updike said, "I was excited by having an 18-year-old hero and by trying to present, through him, the terrorist point of view...The fact that it is about terrorism, among other things, and that you do have sinister, thriller-like elements gave me some energy, too. I used to read a lot of mystery novels and some thrillers; it's a genre that I'm not unhappy with when I find myself in it."
At #4 is The Rapture by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins: this third prequel is another back to the beginning in the Left Behind Series.
At #6 is The Saboteurs by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV: the Men at War series also continues; this adventure involves the derring-do of O.S.S. agents during World War II.
At #8 is Terrorist by John Updike: Updike writes for the first time about the post-9/11 world; he explores the life of a discontented high school boy attracted to the teachings of a radical iman.
At#15 is Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen: an old man looks back on his rollicking good times with a traveling circus during the Depression.