LPL News for the week of 6/20/10

[Lakewood Public Library]

"Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen."
John Ciardi (1916-1986)

Upcoming Events

Sunday, June 20
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: NEWS AND THE BLUES
Guitarist Bob Frank presents history in song. Listen as he strums his way through the greatest moments of the last century and you’ll hear the unmistakable sounds of war, depression and even victory as filtered through the African-American experience and reflected in beautiful music.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Monday, June 21
POWER LIVING: Power Joy
Do you have problems getting what you want or need from others? Do you wish you had more love in your life? Are you looking to bring more joy to the world around you? Are tender emotional wounds getting in the way of the life you want to live? Dr. River Smith, a local psychologist and the author of A Conspiracy to Love: Living a Life of Joy, Generosity & Power, introduces powerful techniques designed to put you back in control.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Sunday, June 27
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS:
JOE DEJARNETTE JAZZ ENSEMBLE: The Jazz Masters Collection
At the top of his game, jazz trumpeter and bandleader Joe DeJarnette takes a look back at music that inspired a career. Backed by a band of the best around, he’ll put his stamp on compositions by everybody from Horace Silver to Miles Davis with Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington thrown in for good measure.
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

Adult Fiction:

61 hours: a Reacher novel by Lee Child - FICTION CHILD
From the ashes: a speculative graphic memoir by Bob Fingerman, - GRAPHIC FINGERMAN
The Leavenworth case by Anna Katharine Green - MYSTERY GREEN

Adult Nonfiction:

God and his demons by Michael Parenti - 200 PARENTI
The food, folklore, and art of lowcountry cooking: a celebration of the foods, history, and romance handed down from England, Africa, the Caribbean, France, Germany, and Scotland - by Joseph EarlDabney
American conspiracies: lies, lies, and more dirty lies that the government tells us
by Jesse Ventura - 973 VENTURA

Adult Audiovisual:

The Joe Dejarnette Jazz Ensemble -- DVD 781.65 JOE DEJARNETTE JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Juvenile Fiction:

Waiting Out the Storm by JoAnn Early Macken - jPICTURE Macken
What the Ladybug Heard by Julia Donaldson - jPICTURE Donaldson
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella by Stephenie Meyer - TEEN FICTION Meyer

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Is Your Mama a Llama? And More Classic Children's Stories -- jDVD Is
Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen - jCDB Arlen
Yo Gabba Gabba! Music is Awesome! -- jCD Yo


BROWSING THE STACKS

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

Confederate war poems by Jones, Walter Burgwyn - 811.4082 JONES
English romantic poetry: an anthology by Stanley Appelbaum - 821.7080145 ENGLISH
Harper's anthology of 20th century Native American poetry by Duane Niatum - 811.5080897 NIATUM
Favorite poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson, - 811.4 DICKINSON
The poets' corner: the one-and-only poetry book for the whole family by John Lithgow - 821.008 POETS
Yellowrocket: poems by Todd Boss - 811.6 BOSS

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS: Book Clubs
Did you know that Lakewood Library hosts the following Book Clubs?
Check out their sites for information on meeting times/locations and literary selections:

* 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!

http://www.lkwdpl.org/bookclubs/

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