LPL News for the week of 7/20/08

[Lakewood Public Library]

"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. " -- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY

Sunday, July 20, 2008
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: MAE WEST LIVE!
Why don't you come on up and see me sometime? Christy Igo reignites the war between the sexes as Mae West, the controversial comedienne who sang and sassed her way from Vaudeville to Broadway to Hollywood eventually becoming the biggest star of her day.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Friday, July 25, 2008
SPECIAL FRIDAY PERFORMANCES
All ages are welcome. Seating is limited. Doors open fifteen minutes prior to the performance. Michael Roy's Origami Fun
3:00 p.m. in the Madison Branch Auditorium

Sunday, July 27, 2008
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS:
LOCAL FOOD, DEMOCRACY AND FILM: Real Low Calorie Diet
Honor the land by eating locally that's the message at the heart of this film documenting the diverse, grassroots movement that aims to reconnect hungry Ohioans to the people who grow their food. Eat right, preserve the environment, and safeguard democracy.
2:00 p.m. in the New Main Library Auditorium


NEW BOOKS, MOVIES & MUSIC-- Located on the First Floor

Adult Fiction:

The Eyre Affair: a novel by Jasper Fforde — SCIFI FFORDE

Escape from Amsterdam by Barrie Sherwood — FICTION SHERWOOD

A Gentleman's Guide to Graceful Living: a novel by Michael Dahlie — FICTION DAHLIE

Adult Nonfiction:

China's Great Train: Beijing's drive west and the campaign to remake Tibet
by Abrahm Lustgarten — 385.09515 LUSTGARTEN

Are You There Vodka? It's me, Chelsea
by Chelsea Handler — 306.7092 HANDLER

The Pessimist's Guide to History
by Stuart Berg Flexner — 909 FLEXNER

Adult Audiovisual:

Walk Hard - the Dewey Cox Story -- DVD WALK HARD THE DEWEY COX STORY

Mystery Writers of America presents The blue religion [compact disc] : new stories about cops, criminals, and the chase by Michael Connelly — CD MYSTERY MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA PR

You Can Read Anyone: never be fooled, lied to, or taken advantage of again by David J. Lieberman — CD 153.6 LIEBERMAN

Juvenile Fiction:

'Twas the Night Before Summer by Anne Margaret Lewis — jPICTURE BK Lewis

Lucky Tucker by Leslie McGuirk — jPICTURE BK McGuirk

Alicia: A Clique Novel by Lisi Harrison — jFICTION Harrison

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes Volume 3
jDVD Fantastic

The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo — jCD FICTION DiCamillo

Pop Goes The Wiggles -- jCD Wiggles

BROWSING THE STACKS

Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area.
This week's spotlight is on: Beauty. These books are located on the 2nd floor in the non-fiction area.

Dr. Perricone's 7 Secrets to Beauty, Health, and Longevity: the miracle of cellular rejuvenation by Nicholas Perricone — 646.72 PERRICONE

The Grown-up Girl's Guide to Style: a maintenance bible for fashion, beauty, and more by Christine Schwab — 646.7 SCHWAB

Jeanne Rose Herbal Body Book: the herbal way to natural beauty and health by Jeanne Rose — 646.72 ROSE

The Way to Natural Beauty by Cheryl Tiegs — 646.72 TIEGS

The Herbal Body Book: a natural approach to healthier skin, hair, and nails
by Stephanie L. Tourles — 646.72 TOURLES

The Make-up Book by Joy Terri — 646.72 TERRI

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS - Home Preservation

The City of Lakewood and the Lakewood Heritage Advisory Board presented Historic Preservation Awards to four homeowners and businesses at the Lakewood City Council meeting on Monday, May 19, 2008. The Historic Preservation Awards Program was instituted to honor exemplary projects that have contributed to improving the quality of life in the City of Lakewood through the preservation of our historical architectural resources. To find out who the winners are and more about the organization, go to 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/

Guns, Germs and Steel
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond with narration by Grover Gardner
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. In this groundbreaking work, evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history’s broadest patterns. It is a story that spans 13,000 years of human history, beginning when Stone Age hunter-gatherers constituted the entire human population. Guns, Germs, and Steel is a world history that really is a history of all the world’s peoples, a unified narrative of human life. Parts: 8, Duration: 5 hours, 58 minutes. Software needed: OverDrive Media Console 1.0