LPL News for the week of 6/14/09

[Lakewood Public Library]

"A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return."
-- Salman Rushdie (1939-1947)

UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY

SUNDAY, JUNE 14

SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS : Thunderwalk Jazz Duo
Two guitarists from the Akron-based ThunderWalk Jazz Quartet will mix classic jazz standards with ballads, swing music and some original compositions for an earthshaking afternoon.
2 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

MONDAY, JUNE 15

Local Filmmakers Series
Join us for a series of short films from the most available local filmmakers as we search for the next great Ohio auteur. Many of the directors will be available for a question and answer session at each show.Tonight's film is Saints in the City: The Life of Poet Laureate Daniel Thompson.
7 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

TUESDAY, JUNE 16

Knit & Lit Book Group
Knitters, crocheters, cross-stitchers, and needlepointers are invited to keep their hands and minds busy with this special book club for the incurable bibliophile. Nimble-fingered moderator Lynda Tuennerman encourages you to bring in your own suggestions for future reading and needlework projects. We’re an eclectic, all-inclusive group. Tonight's book is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
7 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

SATURDAY, JUNE 20

FIVE STAR FILMS: Humoresque
Directed by Jean Negulesco NR Stars: John Garfield, Joan Crawford, Oscar Levant Glamour and grand performances define this sumptuous black and white production that boasts a spectacular soundtrack. In hopes of boosting his career, a gifted and ambitious young classical violinist allows himself to be patronized by a rich, alcoholic socialite. The relationship turns romantic. While his career soars, she sours on sharing him with an adoring public. He refuses to be treated like one of her possessions. A showdown ensues.
6 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium


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

Adult Fiction:

Pride and prejudice and zombies: the classic Regency romance -- now with ultraviolent zombie mayhem by Seth Grahame-Smith - FICTION GRAHAME-SMITH

Take One by Karen Kingsbury - LP FICTION KINGSBURY

The puzzle of Piri Reis by Kent Conwell - MYSTERY CONWELL

Adult Nonfiction:

Letters of Samuel Beckett by Samuel Beckett - 848.91409 BECKETT

New and selected poems 1984-2009/Vladimir Swirynsky by Vladimir Swirynsky - 811.54 SWIRYNSKY

Serious barbecue: smoke, char, baste, and brush your way to great outdoor cooking
by Adam Perry Lang - 641.5784 PERRY LANG

Adult Audiovisual:

Moment in history - Inauguration of Barack Obama by Barack Obama - DVD 973.932 MOMENT

It's blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs - CD ROCK YEAH YEAH YEAHS

Jonas brothers 3d concert experience soundtrack by Jonas Brothers - CD POPULAR JONAS BROTHERS

Juvenile Fiction:

Maisy Bakes a Cake by Lucy Cousins - jPICTURE BK Cousins

Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready for Baby? by Barney Saltzberg - jPICTURE BK Saltzberg

Dead Is So Last Year by Marlene Perez - jFICTION Perez

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Sesame Street: Elmo and the Bookaneers -- jDVD Sesame

The Gooney Bird Collection by Lois Lowry - jCD FICTION Lowry

Family Time by Ziggy Marley - jCD Marley

BROWSING THE STACKS

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

A garden for life: the natural approach to designing, planting, and maintaining a North temperate garden by Diana, Beresford-Kroeger

Landscaping with fruits and vegetables by Fred Hagy - 712.6 HAGY

The landscaping revolution: garden with mother nature, not against her by Andy Wasowski - 635.95173 WASOWSKI

John Brookes' natural landscapes by John Brookes - 635.95 BROOKES

The wild lawn handbook: alternatives to the traditional front lawn by Stevie Daniels - 635.95173 DANIELS

The complete book of edible landscaping by Rosalind Creasy - 635 2462

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