LPL News for the week of 1/11/09

[Lakewood Public Library]

"Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well." --Jack London (1876-1916)

UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY

SUNDAY, JANUARY 11

SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS -- SOLO MARIMBA
The marimba is a wooden percussion instrument struck with mallets, similar to the xylophone but with a more resonant sound. Paul Stranahan performs solo, playing classical pieces, jazz and his own compositions.
2:00pm in the Main Library Auditorium

MONDAY, JANUARY 12

BOOKED FOR MURDER: For Lovers of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem
Tonight's book discussion is about: Case Histories by Kate Atkinson In this unconventional and humorous detective novel, Jackson Brodie is a compassionate and sometimes weepy private eye. While working on three separate cases, he finds startling connections between his clients and himself arising in the most unexpected ways.
[b]7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

TUESDAY, JANUARY 13

AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE
Blythe Pavone and Noreen Kyle from the Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Office will highlight the various investigation duties of the Coroner’s Office and explain the types of cases that fall under their jurisdiction. A slideshow will illustrate scientific techniques regularly employed by the staff to determine causes of death.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

THURSDAY, JANUARY 15

BUSINESS BOOK CLUB WITH TIM ZAUN & FRIENDS
Tonight's book is: You Call the Shots Succeed Your Way-and Live the Life You Want-with 19 Essential Secrets of Entrepreneurship by Cameron Johnson Develop your entrepreneurial mindset, regardless of age, with this 23-year-old entrepreneur-extraordinaire.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17

FIVE STAR FILMS
Enchanted April
(1992-U.K.) Directed by Mike Newell Rated PG-13 Starring: Alfred Molina, Polly Walker, Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson A charming film about four Englishwomen, circa 1920’s, two of whom are stuck in empty marriages. On impulse, they rent a villa and jaunt off to sunny Italy. The women are instantly entranced by the place, and each basks in the tranquility offered by gorgeous surroundings. Without warning, things change.
6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

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

Adult Fiction:

The rope walk: a novel by Carrie Brown - FICTION BROWN
Winter in the blood by James Welch - FICTION WELCH
The library paradox by Catherine Shaw - MYSTERY SHAW


Adult Nonfiction:

Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity -- 338.542 PANIC
"Strong Medicine speaks": a Native American elder has her say: an oral history by Amy Hill Hearth - 974.00497345 HEARTH
Secular Devotion Afro-latin Music and Imperial Jazz -- 780 BRENNAN

Adult Audiovisual:

Maxfield Parrish Kultur International Films - DVD 741.64 MAXFIELD
Baitshop by Bill Engvall - DVD BAITSHOP
Puckey Puckey: Jams & Outtakes 1970-1971 by Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St. Band - CD R&B WRIGHT

Juvenile Fiction:

Princess Baby by Karen Katz - jPICTURE BK Katz
Dragon Pizzeria by Mary Morgan - jPICTURE BK Morgan
The Juliet Club by Suzanne Harper - jFICTION Harper

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Wordworld: The Race to Mystery Island -- jDVD Wordworld
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart - jCD FICTION Stewart
Princess Disneymania -- jCD Princess


BROWSING THE STACKS

Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area. This week's spotlight is: Diet & Health
There's no better time than the beginning of the year to start a new diet and get healthier. These books can be found in the Non-Fiction collection on the second floor of the library.

Good calories, bad calories: challenging the conventional wisdom on diet, weight control, and disease by Gary Taubes - 613.263 TAUBES

The China Study: the most comprehensive study of nutrition ever conducted & the startling implications for diet, weight loss & long-term health by T. Colin Campbell - 613.2 CAMPBELL

You, on a diet: the owner's manual to waist management by Michael F. Roizen - 613.25 ROIZEN

Cholesterol down: ten simple steps to lower your cholesterol in four weeks, without prescription drugs by Janet Bond Brill - 613.284 BRILL

How the rich get thin: the top Park Avenue diet, doctor reveals the secrets to lose weight and feeling great by Jana Klauer - 613.25 KLAUER

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS - LAKEWOOD COMMUNITY
CARE CENTER

Lakewood Community Care Center is a private, non-profit, licensed day-care center. The center is licensed by the State of Ohio, Department of Human Serivces, and The Day Care Licensing Department. They are licensed to serve 100 children from 6 weeks to 6 years of age. Lakewood Community Care Center's early childhood program represents the community's commitment to quality, affordable child-care services. Parents who live or work in the West Shore area are welcome to enroll their children in the program. For more information go to http://www.lkwdpl.org/lccc/


Contact us with any suggestions to this page through email: lpl@lkwdpl.org