MORRISVILLE LIBRARY NEWS
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After a brief summer "vacation", the library is
now open for the fall season. You'll notice a little "flexible
scheduling" of staff for a few weeks, but we are ready and
eager to serve all our faithful patrons.
Thanks to generous donor, Moors Myers, we have some nice books
added to our collection this week. Bruce Campbell's If
Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor: An Autobiography
is an entertaining Hollywood memoir of this star of the ridiculously
scary horror flicks (Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Armies of Darkness).
It combines his life story with how-to guidance on making independent
films and becoming a pop culture cult hero. Elof Axel Carlson's
The Unfit: History of a Bad Idea is a scholarly book of relating
to the eugenics movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. Carlson
traces the idea of unfit races from Biblical times to European
and American laws dealing with poverty, crime, famine, disease,
and mental illness. Iain Levison's Working Stiff's Manifesto:
A Memoir is an entertaining, unusual mix of autobiography and
social commentary in which he recalls his life over the last
decade, working 42 jobs in six different states, including mover,
fish cutter, cook, caterer and cable TV thief.
Psychologist and dog trainer, Stanley Coren's The Intelligence
of Dogs: A Guide to the Thoughts, Emotions, and Inner Lives of
Our Canine Companions integrates case studies with current scientific
and information in a study of canine intelligence that also ranks
the intelligence of dog breeds, shares advice on choosing a pet,
and offers tips on training. Andy Bellin's Poker Nation: A High-Stakes,
Low-Life Adventure into the Heart of a Gambling Country gives
an account of America's favorite card game, recounting stories
about poker fanatics, including himself, and giving advice on
how to play the game. Deadly Decisions by Kathleen Reichs finds
Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist, ( as in Déjà
Dead and Death du Jour) making a riveting connection between
a skull in Montreal and the partial skeleton of a teenager--dead
since 1984--in North Carolina. Her skill in putting together
the pieces of the puzzle make for a good read for mystery fans.
For our 9-12 year old readers, Daniel Cohen's Ghosts of the Deep
is now on the New Books cart. It delves into the mysteries about
a variety of ghosts of the sea. This mildly spooky collection
of stories featuring nautical apparitions and haunted ships,
is told in an unsensational style and set with interesting historical
detail about shipboard and seaport life. Thanks, Moors, for all
these wonderful books.
It's back to the school books this week for all the children.
It's back to the library books this week for everyone who wants
a nice, relaxing way to spend an hour or two.
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Public Library
August 30, 2002