LPL News for the week of 6/27/10

[Lakewood Public Library]

Lakewood Public Library will be closed on Sunday, July 4 for Independence Day.


"A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us." -- Franz Kafka (1883-1924)

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

Monday, June 28
POWER LIVING: Power Healing
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

Saturday, July 3
THE LAKEWOOD PUBLIC CINEMA: The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Directed by David Silverman Rated PG-13
For the Fourth of July Weekend, what could be more American than the Simpsons? Okay, so maybe you can think of some better movies, but this is the one we picked. If you like laughter or doughnuts—or if you’re just concerned about our rapidly deteriorating environment—then bring the whole family.
6:00 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:

The birth of love: a novel by Joanna Kavenna - FICTION KAVENNA
Newave!: the underground mini comix of the 1980s by Michael Dowers - GRAPHIC NEWAVE!
The killing way by Tony Hays - MYSTERY HAYS

Adult Nonfiction:

The urban homestead: your guide to self-sufficient living in the heart of the city by Kelly Coyne - 640 COYNE
Hot (broke) messes: how to have your latte and drink it too by Nancy Trejos - 332.02402 TREJOS
BBQ 25: the world's most flavorful recipes now made foolproof by Adam Perry Lang - 641.5784 PERRY LANG

Juvenile Fiction:

365 Stories and Rhymes for Girls -- JPICTURE 365
This Gorgeous Game by Donna Freitas - TEEN FICTION FREITAS
The Magical Ms. Plum by Bonny Becker - JFICTION BECKER

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Return to the Hundred Acre Wood by David Benedictus - jCD FICTION BENEDICTUS
My Baby Loves Madonna -- JCD MY BABY LOVES MADONNA
The Ezra Jack Keats Collection
JDVD EZRA JACK KEATS COLLECTION


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

Great lakes crime II : more murder, mayhem, booze & broads by Frederick Stonehouse, - 364.10977 STONEHOUSE

The serial killer's apprentice: and 12 other true stories of Cleveland's most intriguing unsolved crimes by James Renner - 364.15232097 RENNER

Gaspipe: confessions of a Mafia boss by Philip Carlo - 364.1092 CARLO

Ohio confidential: stories of sex, scandal, murder by John Boertlein - 364.109771 BOERTLEIN

Crime scene chemistry for the armchair sleuth by Cathy Cobb - 363.256 COBB

Crime beat: a decade of covering cops and killers by Michael Connelly - 363.2595230973 CONNELLY

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS: Friends of Lakewood Public Library

What gets done with the the money that is made from the Friends books sales? The money supports many of Lakewood Public Library's free programs. To find out more about the Friends and see when the next book sale is go to http://www.lkwdpl.org/friends/.

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