MORRISVILLE LIBRARY NEWS September 21, 2001
by Mary Brown
The library is trying to do its small part in helping people
cope with the recent tragic events. Barb has put on the library's
website information about contributing to the American Red Cross,
a link to SUNY Morrisville's list of information about the current
events surrounding the tragedy, and links for helping children
deal with disasters. Also, Traci and her staff will try to help
you find books, videos and CD's that might help you handle the
stress.
Remember that September is Library Card Sign-up Month. Come in
for your free library card and join our wonderful community of
readers.
Also, mark on your calendar the first evening of the fall Book
Talk series. On Friday, October 19th at 7 p.m. Professor Roxanna
Pisiak of SUNY Morrisville will lead a discussion of Jostein
Gaarder's Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy.
Reserve a copy of the book at the circulation desk.
A recent donation in memory of John Alden Haight has been received
by the library. Some new books about gardening are being purchased
with the gift. Many thanks to the generous donors. Thanks also
to our library director, Traci Schuster for her donation of Marketing
on the Internet by Jan Zimmerman and Small Time Operator : How
to Start Your Own Business, Keep Your Books, Pay Your Taxes,
and Stay Out of Trouble by Bernard Kamoroff.
We have also had four new adoptions this week. Barb Wilson adopted
Stephen King and Peter Straub's Black House, a follow-up to their
The Talisman. This sequel is a fantasy wrapped in a horror story
inside a mystery that King-Straub fans will love. Bette Slocum
has adopted Brothers of Cain by Miriam Monfredo, a novel set
in 1862 Virginia, when federal troops prepare to capture Richmond.
Undercover agent Bronwen Llyr is working with her sister Kathryn,
a volunteer nurse for the Union Army, when they learn that their
brother has been taken as a prisoner-of-war. Now, Bronwen must
engineer his flight from prison before the date set for his hanging.
Roxanne Villnave has adopted Joe Queenan's witty indictment of
the Baby Boomer Generation, Balsamic Dreams:A Short But Self-important
History of the Baby Boomer Generation . If you've heard and enjoyed
Queenan on Imus, you might want to try his sharply humorous book.
New books just arrived include Cruising America's Waterways:
The Erie Canal by Debbie Stack and Ronald Marquisee. This companion
to the PBS series, "Cruising America's Waterways",
focuses on the canals and Hudson River of New York State and
is illustrated with 225 beautiful photos. Robin Cook's new Shock
follows two women who were egg donors at a fertility clinic and
their thrilling adventures trying to find the children they made
possible. The Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans is a riveting tale
of a forest fire fighter who faces the danger of fire and the
agony of love; it a real romantic and adventurous page-turner.
Also on the New Books cart this week is Stephen Coonts' new Jake
Grafton novel, America, a bone-chilling worst-case scenario involving
international spies, military heroics, conniving politicians,
devious agencies, a hijacked nuclear sub, lethal computer hackers,
currency speculators, maniac moguls and greedy mercenaries. The
Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen is a suspenseful novel about a search
for a serial killer with surgical knowledge that makes his murders
all the more gruesome.
The Snubbull Blues (Pokemon Junior Chapter Book, 12) by Sarah
Heller is a book for our 4-8 year old readers. In this one, Ash,
Pikachu, Brock, and their friends meet an adorable Snubbull,
a tiny Pink Pokemon, but it keeps running away from its trainer.
At first, Ash and Brock think Snubbull is just naughty, but then
they realize it's sad. They try to help cure the Snubbull blues?
Good books are a wonderful way for adults and children alike
to relax in the face of distressing events. Our library welcomes
you to come in and take advantage of its peaceful atmosphere
and of any of the books, videos, magazines and CD's that may
help you feel some peace in these difficult times.
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