LPL NEWS FOR THE WEEK OF 11/30/08

[Lakewood Public Library]

"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed." --Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6

LIGHT UP LAKEWOOD FAMILY MOVIE
Home Alone (1990) Directed by Chris Columbus Rated PG A young boy’s wish to be left alone comes true when the whole family flies off to Paris without him! As the holidays loom closer, so do a couple of burglars and the boy must defend his home. Living on his own is fun and exciting, but is he starting to miss his mom? Don’t miss John Candy as the polka king of the Midwest!
3 p.m. in the Main Library Multipurpose Room

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7

SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS-Sugarcoat
Kelly Wright performs sweet jazz vocals accompanied by Chris Hanna on keyboards.
2 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

NEW BOOKS, MOVIES & MUSIC-- Located on the First Floor in the New Book Area

Adult Fiction:

The Price of butcher's meat by Reginald Hill
MYSTERY HILL
Songs for the missing by Stewart O'Nan
FICTION O'NAN
Fruits basket. Volume 20 by Natsuki Takaya
GRAPHIC NOVEL TAKAYA

Adult Nonfiction:

Reality check: the irreverent guide to outsmarting, outmanaging, and outmarketing your competition by Guy Kawasaki -- 658 KAWASAKI
Our magnificent bastard tongue: the untold history of English
by John H. McWhorter -- 420.9 MCWHORTER
The Darwin Awards next evolution: chlorinating the gene pool
by Wendy Northcutt -- 081 NORTHCUTT

Adult Audiovisual:

Remember the daze -- DVD REMEMBER THE DAZE
This Christmas by Aretha Franklin -- CD POPULAR FRANKLIN
Diamond hoo ha by Supergrass -- CD ROCK SUPERGRASS

Juvenile Fiction:

Duck Soup by Jackie Urbanovic -- jPICTURE BK Urbanovic
Big Chickens Fly the Coop by Leslie Helakoski -- jPICTURE BK Helakoski
The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan -- jFICTION Riordan

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Star Wars: The Clone Wars -- jDVD Star
Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke -- jCD FICTION Funke
Kidz Bop 14 -- jCD Kidz

BROWSING THE STACKS

Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area. This week's spotlight is: Holiday Recipes
These titles can be found on the second floor in the Non-Fiction Collection.

Cookies!: Good housekeeping favorite recipes -- 641.8654 COOKIES
An edible Christmas: a treasury of recipes for the holiday season
by Irena Chalmers --641.568 CHALMERS
The festive table: recipes and stories for creating your own holiday traditions by Ronni Lundy -- 641.568 LUNDY
The Martha Stewart Living Christmas cookbook: a collection of favorite holiday recipes by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia -- 641.568 MARTHA
Gooseberry Patch Christmas Cookbook by Gooseberry Patch -- 641.5686 GOOSEBERRY
Christmas is cookies and gingerbread and spice cake and fudge and more
by Time-Life Books -- 641.568 CHRISTMAS

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS - Book Clubs

Lakewood Library hosts the following Book Clubs:

Business Book Talk With Tim Zaun And Friends Discuss the latest ideas circulating through the business world with like-minded Lakewoodites!
Knit & Lit For both the knit-a-holic and the incurable bibliophile, share literary insights and knitting projects at the same time!
Booked For Murder For lovers of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem!
SuperCollider Fantasy, Science Fiction, imagination, and alternate realities result in lively discussion and debate!

For more details go to: http://www.lkwdpl.org/bookclubs/

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