LPL News for the week of 7-29-07
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:54 pm
Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent."
--James Baldwin (1924-1987)
UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY
August 4, 2007
Lakewood Volkswim! From 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Madison Community Park Pool will be open free of charge to any
participants in the Gold Coast Walk. (see below)
Special thanks to Lakewood Department of Recreation
Lakewood History Walk: Gold Coast Walk
Start/Finish Location: Lakewood Public Library Madison
Branch, 13229 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio 44107.
Free parking available at Madison Community Park.
Start between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Finish no later than 4:00 p.m. Event held in any weather.
The 30th Annual Lakewood Arts Festival
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Detroit Avenue from Elmwood to Belle Avenues
For information on all events at Lakewood Public Library, check out our EVENTS CALENDAR at http://www.lkwdpl.org/calendar/
NEW BOOKS, MOVIES & MUSIC -- located on the first floor.
Adult Fiction:
The Unquiet by John Connolly-- FICTION CONNOLLY
Skin by Ted Dekker -- FICTION Dekker
Six days in June by Judy Kouzel -- FICTION KOUZEL
Adult Nonfiction:
I got your back: a father & son keep it real about love, fatherhood, family, and friendship by Eddie W. Levert -- 305.38896073 LEVERT
At home with white by Atlanta Bartlett -- 747.94 BARTLETT
America an illustrated early history 1776-1900 -- 973 AMERICA
Adult Audiovisual:
Gangster story; Beat the devil -- DVD
Alien Invasion Arizona -- DVD
Music and lyrics -- DVD
Juvenile Books:
Katie Caught a Cold by Charlotte Cowan--jPICTURE BK Cowan 2.
The Gulps by Rosemary Wells--jPICTURE BK Wells 3.
Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission by Christopher Paul Curtis--jFICTION Curtis
Juvenile Audiovisual:
MLB Baby--jDVD 796.357
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling--jCD FICTION Rowling DVD 796.357
Radio Disney Jams 8--jCD Radio
BROWSING THE STACKS
The Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area.
This week's spotlight is on:
Decorating
Lakewood Public Library has a large selection of decorating books. You'll be sure to find something to accommodate your taste in decor.
These books are Located on the second floor -- ask for directions at the Reference Desk.
Creating children's rooms by Libby Norman -- 747.77 NORMAN
Scalamandré: luxurious home interiors by Brian D. Coleman -- 747.3 COLEMAN
Decorating idea book: color, lighting, floors & rugs, walls & windows, storage, accessories by Heather J. Paper -- 747 PAPER
Country living your house, your home: Randy Florke's decorating essentials by Randy Florke -- 747.0973 FLORKE
Cozy cottage home designs by Creative Homeowner Press -- 728.37 COZY
Budget living: home cheap home: a room-by-room guide to great decorating: 500 ideas -- 747 BUDGET
LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS-Home Preservation
The Lakewood Heritage Advisory Board has been established to serve in an advisory capacity for the purpose of educating, informing, and making recommendations to City Officials, Departments, Boards and Commissions, and the community on matters relating to historic preservation. The City of Lakewood and the Lakewood Heritage Advisory Board presented Historic Preservation Awards to ten homeowners and businesses. Visit their website at to see who the 2007 winners are. http://www.lkwdpl.org/homepres/
Contact us with any suggestions to this page through email: lpl@lkwdpl.org
E-BOOKS
Through the Ohio eBook Project your Lakewood Public Library card (and PIN) gives you access to browse and search hundreds of titles for downloading to your home computer, portable device, or burning onto CDs for reading and listening anywhere, anytime. The Ohio eBook Project is funded in part using LSTA funds awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to the State Library of Ohio.
Don't have a PIN? You will need a PIN to access your account online or to check out materials from the eBook Project. Get your PIN at the Circulation Desk at Main Library or Madison Branch. Get started here: http://ohdbks.lib.overdrive.com/
--James Baldwin (1924-1987)
UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY
August 4, 2007
Lakewood Volkswim! From 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Madison Community Park Pool will be open free of charge to any
participants in the Gold Coast Walk. (see below)
Special thanks to Lakewood Department of Recreation
Lakewood History Walk: Gold Coast Walk
Start/Finish Location: Lakewood Public Library Madison
Branch, 13229 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio 44107.
Free parking available at Madison Community Park.
Start between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Finish no later than 4:00 p.m. Event held in any weather.
The 30th Annual Lakewood Arts Festival
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Detroit Avenue from Elmwood to Belle Avenues
For information on all events at Lakewood Public Library, check out our EVENTS CALENDAR at http://www.lkwdpl.org/calendar/
NEW BOOKS, MOVIES & MUSIC -- located on the first floor.
Adult Fiction:
The Unquiet by John Connolly-- FICTION CONNOLLY
Skin by Ted Dekker -- FICTION Dekker
Six days in June by Judy Kouzel -- FICTION KOUZEL
Adult Nonfiction:
I got your back: a father & son keep it real about love, fatherhood, family, and friendship by Eddie W. Levert -- 305.38896073 LEVERT
At home with white by Atlanta Bartlett -- 747.94 BARTLETT
America an illustrated early history 1776-1900 -- 973 AMERICA
Adult Audiovisual:
Gangster story; Beat the devil -- DVD
Alien Invasion Arizona -- DVD
Music and lyrics -- DVD
Juvenile Books:
Katie Caught a Cold by Charlotte Cowan--jPICTURE BK Cowan 2.
The Gulps by Rosemary Wells--jPICTURE BK Wells 3.
Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission by Christopher Paul Curtis--jFICTION Curtis
Juvenile Audiovisual:
MLB Baby--jDVD 796.357
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling--jCD FICTION Rowling DVD 796.357
Radio Disney Jams 8--jCD Radio
BROWSING THE STACKS
The Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area.
This week's spotlight is on:
Decorating
Lakewood Public Library has a large selection of decorating books. You'll be sure to find something to accommodate your taste in decor.
These books are Located on the second floor -- ask for directions at the Reference Desk.
Creating children's rooms by Libby Norman -- 747.77 NORMAN
Scalamandré: luxurious home interiors by Brian D. Coleman -- 747.3 COLEMAN
Decorating idea book: color, lighting, floors & rugs, walls & windows, storage, accessories by Heather J. Paper -- 747 PAPER
Country living your house, your home: Randy Florke's decorating essentials by Randy Florke -- 747.0973 FLORKE
Cozy cottage home designs by Creative Homeowner Press -- 728.37 COZY
Budget living: home cheap home: a room-by-room guide to great decorating: 500 ideas -- 747 BUDGET
LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS-Home Preservation
The Lakewood Heritage Advisory Board has been established to serve in an advisory capacity for the purpose of educating, informing, and making recommendations to City Officials, Departments, Boards and Commissions, and the community on matters relating to historic preservation. The City of Lakewood and the Lakewood Heritage Advisory Board presented Historic Preservation Awards to ten homeowners and businesses. Visit their website at to see who the 2007 winners are. http://www.lkwdpl.org/homepres/
Contact us with any suggestions to this page through email: lpl@lkwdpl.org
E-BOOKS
Through the Ohio eBook Project your Lakewood Public Library card (and PIN) gives you access to browse and search hundreds of titles for downloading to your home computer, portable device, or burning onto CDs for reading and listening anywhere, anytime. The Ohio eBook Project is funded in part using LSTA funds awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to the State Library of Ohio.
Don't have a PIN? You will need a PIN to access your account online or to check out materials from the eBook Project. Get your PIN at the Circulation Desk at Main Library or Madison Branch. Get started here: http://ohdbks.lib.overdrive.com/