LPL News for the week of 5/16/10

[Lakewood Public Library]

"For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination. " -- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

Upcoming Events

Sunday, May 16
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: NORTHEAST OHIO SONGWRITER’S CIRCLE
Separated by a variety of styles, this talented group usually gets together once a month to share original songs and a few laughs. They come looking for feedback and often leave with something wholly unexpected. John Arliss hosts the creative process as it unfolds, live on stage.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Tuesday, May 18
KNIT & LIT BOOK CLUB
Lynda Tuennerman hosts a social club for multitaskers—a combination book club and stitchery group. She’s looking for readers who can enjoy intense discussion of modern classics while relaxing with their latest stitching project. Come share your passion for great literature and show off your knitting, crocheting, counted cross-stitch, embroidery and quilting works-in-progress. At each meeting, the group decides what will be read next. Call (216) 226-8275, ext. 127 or visit http://www.lkwdpl.org/bookclubs to learn more.Tonight's book is The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

Thursday, May 20
BUSINESS BOOK TALK with Tim Zaun and Friends
Lemonade Stand Selling: Accelerate your Small Business Growth
by Special Guest Diane Helbig
It doesn’t have to be scary or hard, but eventually you have to make your sales. Thankfully, the Author herself will be on hand to discern what it really means to sell a product or service.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

Sunday, May 23
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: ANDREWS’ RAIDERS-24 MEN FROM OHIO
In April 1862, twenty-four volunteers from Ohio participated in the Great Locomotive Chase, commandeering a train and sabotaging the Confederacy from Atlanta to Chattanooga. Known as Andrew’s Raiders, they were awarded the nation’s first Medals of Honor. Author Harold George presents highlights from his multimedia book.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium


Lakewood Public Library no longer provides plastic bags. Patrons are welcome to take or leave plastic bags from selected areas in the first floor Community Room and the Audiovisual Department. Thank you for supporting our continuing efforts to be environmentally responsible.

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

[b]Adult Fiction:

Nashville noir: a Murder, she wrote mystery : a novel by Donald Bain - MYSTERY BAIN
Captain Flandry: defender of the Terran Empire by Poul Anderson - SCIFI ANDERSON
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X by David Michaels - FICTION MICHAELS

Adult Nonfiction:

I am an emotional creature : the secret life of girls around the world by Eve Ensler - 155.433 ENSLER
Germania:in wayward pursuit of the Germans and their history by Simon Winder - 943 WINDER
Flawless : inside the largest diamond heist in history by Scott Andrew.Selby - 364.16287362309493222 SELBY

Adult Audiovisual:

Dead or alive by Michael McGarrity - CD MYSTERY MCGARRITY
Whip it soundtrack by Har Mar Superstar - CD SOUNDTRACK WHIP IT
Health talks at the Cleveland Clinic presents: Looking out for your aging eyes by Cleveland Clinic Foundation - DVD 616.7 HEALTH

Juvenile Fiction:

Magnus Maximus, a Marvelous Measurer by Kathleen Pelley - jPICTURE Pelley
Diamond Jim Dandy and the Sheriff by Sarah Burell - jPICTURE Burell
Fang: A Maximum Ride Novel by James Patterson - TEEN SERIES Maximum

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Corduroy: And More Stories About Caring -- jDVD Corduroy
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork - TEEN CD Fiction Stork
My Baby Loves...the 80s -- jCD My

BROWSING THE STACKS

Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area. This week's spotlight is on: Outdoor Activities. These titles can be found in the Non-fiction collection on the second floor or at the Madison Branch.

Outdoor recreation projects by James L. Bright - 690.89 BRIGHT

Investigating nature through outdoor projects: 36 strategies for turning the natural environment into your own laboratory by Vinson Brown - 574.0723 178

Land navigation handbook: the Sierra Club guide to map and compass by W. S. Kals - 796.5 KALS

Games for all occasions: 297 indoor & outdoor games by Ken Anderson - 794 ANDERSON

The Country traveler: exploring the past at America's outdoor museums by Time-Life Books - 917.3 244

Ohio sportsman's atlas: back roads and outdoor recreation by Sportsman's Atlas - 912.771 OHIO

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS: Disabled American Vets

The Chapter 108's Web pageis updated periodically, to keep folks informed of the Chapter's activities and other upcoming events of interest to disabled veterans and their families.
http://www.lkwdpl.org/dav108/

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