LPL News for the week of 11/22/09

[Lakewood Public Library]

LPL NEWS FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 22

"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." --Arundhati Roy (1961-)

UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY

LAKEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26 FOR THANKSGIVING

Sunday, November 22
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: Brazilian Bossa Nova
Luca Mundaca’s sultry voice and memorable bossa nova melodies will transport you to the secret heart of Brazil. The song Ha Dias from her debut album recently rocketed Luca to international recognition and helped her nab a 2008 Independent Music Award for World Fusion!
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Saturday, November 28
FAMILY MUSIC & MORE: For the whole family
Spend a Saturday evening at the Library and enjoy programs featuring musicians and other talented performers. Performers are subject to change. Seating is limited. Doors open fifteen minutes prior to the performance.
Movie Night: Rescuers Down Under
Join us for the second film featuring the characters Bernard and Bianca and starring the vocal talents of Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor. This time the top members of the Rescue Aid Society travel to Australia to help a boy named Cody save a golden eagle from the clutches of the villain, McLeach, voiced by George C. Scott.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Multipurpose Room

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

Adult Fiction:
Return of the sorcerer : the best of Clark Ashton Smith by Clark Ashton Smith -- SCIFI SMITH
G.I. Bones by Martin Limon -- MYSTERY LIMON
Cadger's curse: a DD McGill literati mystery by Diane Gilbert Madsen -- MYSTERY MADSEN

Adult Nonfiction:
Zinn and the art of road bike maintenance by Lennard Zinn -- 629.28772 ZINN
Mix shake stir: cocktails for the home bar : recipes from Danny Meyer's acclaimed New York City restaurants by Danny Meyer -- 641.874 MEYER
Chaotics: the business of managing and marketing in the age of turbulence by Philip Kotler -- 658 KOTLER

Adult Audiovisual:
Dance flick -- DVD DANCE FLICK
The Riches, Season 2 starring Minnie Driver -- DVD RICHES SEASON 2
Relentless by Dean Koontz - CD FICTION KOONTZ

Juvenile Fiction:
Great Dog Wash by Shellie Braeuner -- jPICTURE Braeuner
Wishes for You by Deborah Zemke -- jPICTURE Zemke
Ray & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure by Dan Gutman -- jFICTION Gutman

Juvenile Audiovisual:
The Secret Saturdays Volume 2 -- jDVD Secret
Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech -- jCD FICTION Creech
Sleep Well, My Baby -- jCD Sleep

BROWSING THE STACKS
Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area. This week's spotlight is on: Linguistics and Language. These titles can be found on the second floor in the Non-Fiction Collection.

Empires of the word: a language history of the world by Nicholas Ostler -- 409 OSTLER
The power of Babel: a natural history of language by John H. McWhorter -- 417.7 MCWHORTER
On nature and language by Noam Chomsky -- 401 CHOMSKY
The grammatically correct handbook: a lively and unorthodox review of common English, for the linguistically challenged by Ellie Grossman -- 428.2 GROSSMAN
The grammar bible: everything you always wanted to know about grammar but didn't know whom to ask by Michael Strumpf -- 428.2 STRUMPF
Eats, shoots & leaves: the zero tolerance approach to punctuation by Lynne Truss -- 428.2 TRUSS

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS: BOOK CLUBS
Lakewood Library hosts the following Book Clubs:
Business Book Talk With Tim Zaun And Friends Discuss the latest ideas circulating through the business world with like-minded Lakewoodites!
Knit & Lit For both the knit-a-holic and the incurable bibliophile, share literary insights and knitting projects at the same time!
Booked For Murder For lovers of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem!

For more details go to: http://www.lkwdpl.org/bookclubs/

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