LPL News for the week of 3/8/09

[Lakewood Public Library]

"All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land." -- Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY

TUESDAY, MARCH 10

Knit & Lit Book Group
Knitters, crocheters, cross-stitchers, and needlepointers are invited to keep their hands and minds busy with this special book club for the incurable bibliophile. Nimble-fingered moderator Lynda Tuennerman encourages you to bring in your own suggestions for future reading and needlework projects. We’re an eclectic, all-inclusive group. Tonight's book is Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

THURSDAY, MARCH 12

BOOKED FOR MURDER
For Lovers of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem
Tonight's book discussion is about In the Woods by Tana French In this gothic thriller, Detective Rob Ryan must confront traumatic events from his own childhood when the body of a young girl is discovered in the woods. Twenty years earlier, he was found in the very same woods, bloodied and scared. His friends were nowhere to be found.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

SATURDAY, MARCH 14

Lakewood Public Cinema: Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Directed by Robert Stevenson Rated G King Brian of the Leprechauns is over five thousand years old and he’s learned a new trick every day of his life. Has he finally met his match in wily old Darby O’Gill? You don’t have to be Irish to enjoy this Disney classic. Sean Connery isn’t and he’s so happy to make his film debut that he even breaks out into song!
6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

SUNDAY, MARCH 15

SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: Lia Fail
Enjoy an hour of stunning harmonies and instrumentation. This is Celtic music like you've never heard it before!
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

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

Adult Fiction:

Land of marvels: a novel by Barry Unsworth - FICTION UNSWORTH
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist - FICTION DAHLQUIS
Murder at deviation junction by Andrew Martin - MYSTERY MARTIN

Adult Nonfiction:

Rich brother rich sister: two different paths to prosperity, God, and happiness by Robert R. Kiyosaki - 650.1 KIYOSAKI
Two billion cars: driving toward sustainability by Daniel Sperling - 388.342 SPERLING
Six-legged soldiers: using insects as weapons of war by Jeffrey Alan Lockwood - 358.3882 LOCKWOOD

Adult Audiovisual:

Swing Vote starring Kevin Costner - DVD SWING VOTE
Abraham Lincoln: a presidential life by James M. McPherson - CD BIO LINCOLN
Legend of the blues. Vol. 1 by Memphis Slim - CD R&B MEMPHIS SLIM VOL.1

Juvenile Fiction:

Sergio Makes a Splash by Edel Rodriguez - jPICTURE BK Rodriguez
Doctor Meow's Big Emergency by Sam Lloyd - jPICTURE BK Lloyd
Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke - jFICTION Funke

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa -- jDVD Madagascar
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - jCD FICTION Gaiman
Celebration of Stars -- jCD Celebration

BROWSING THE STACKS

Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area. This week's spotlight is: Reference.
We have a room of Reference materials staffed with librarians who can guide you to the materials you need. These materials cannot be checked out but you can use them in the library. Here's a sampling of what's inside the Reference Room on the second floor.

Understanding American government and politics by Carl Lieberman - REF 320.473 LIEBERMAN

Ohio Domestic Violence Law by Ronald B. Adrine - REF 346.771016 ADRINE 2008

The Lake Shore Electric Railway story by Herbert H. Harwood - REF 977.132 HARWOOD

Official Overstreet comic book price guide: comics from 1828--present included: fully illustrated catalogue & evaluation guide by Robert M. Overstreet - REF 741.5 OFFICIAL 2006

Biography and genealogy master index, a consolidated index to more than 3,200,000 biographical sketches in over 350 current and retrospective biographical dictionaries by Miranda C. Herbert - REF 920.073 B6151

The New Encyclopaedia Britannica by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc - GRRREF 031 NEW 2007


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