LPL News for the week of 12/13/09

[Lakewood Public Library]

"To achieve harmony in bad taste is the height of elegance." --Jean Genet (1910-1986)

UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY

Sunday, December 13

SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: Troubadours of Divine Bliss
This eclectic, female folk duo boasts harmonies smooth as Kentucky bourbon and soft as Spanish moss. With guitar, accordion, humor and heart they travel the world stirring up people for a revolution of the spirit.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Tuesday, December 15

KNIT & LIT BOOK CLUB
Lynda Tuennerman hosts a social club for multitaskers—a book club and a stitchery group! She’s looking for readers who can enjoy intense discussion of modern classics while relaxing with their latest stitching project. Come share your passion for great literature and show off your knitting, crocheting, counted cross-stitch, embroidery and quilting works-in-progress. Tonight's book discussion is about The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

Saturday, December 19

FIVE STAR FILMS: Il Postino
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELED.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sunday, December 20

SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS:
Christmas Carols and Jazz Standards
Sugarplum jazz vocalist Kelly Wright celebrates the season with a little help from blues guitar master Pete Cavano. Gather around for fresh takes on frozen end-of-the-year favorites. Some of the best songs ever written only get played in December.
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:

Cape greed by Sam Cole - MYSTERY COLE
Train to Cheyenne by David Unruh - FICTION UNRUH
Time travelers never die by Jack McDevitt - SCIFI MCDEVITT

Adult Nonfiction:

New retro: classic graphics, today's designs by Brenda Dermody - 741.60905 DERMODY
Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin - BIO GRIFFIN
Rehnquist: a personal portrait of the distinguished Chief Justice of the U.S by Herman J. Obermayer - 347.73 OBERMAYER

Adult Audiovisual:

One piece - season 1: third voyage -- DVD ONE PIECE SEASON ONE: THIRD VOYAGE
Plum spooky by Janet Evanovic - CD MYSTERY EVANOVICH
Bleach (Deluxe Edition) by Nirvana - CD ROCK NIRVANA

Juvenile Fiction:

I Love My Abuela! by Christine Ricci - jPICTURE Ricci
Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald - jPICTURE MacDonald
Society of Unrelenting Vigilance by Glenn Dakin - jFICTION Dakin

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Faerie Tale Theatre: Magical Tales -- jDVD Faerie
Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech - jFICTION CD Creech
Happy Accidents by Billy Jonas - jCD Jonas

BROWSING THE STACKS

Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area. This week's spotlight is on: Job Hunting. They can be found on the second floor in the Non-Fiction Collection.

200 best jobs for introverts by Laurence Shatkin - 331.7020973 200

Make the right career move: 28 critical insights and strategies to land your dream job
by Rachelle J. Canter - 650.14 CANTER

Confessions of a recruiting director: the insider's guide to landing your first job
by Brad Karsh - 650.14 KARSH

Keep your paycheck, live your passion by Erika Welz Prafder - 650.1 PRAFDER

How to find a job after 50: from part-time to full-time, from career moves to new careers
by Betsy Cummings - 650.1408460973 CUMMINGS

Landing on the right side of your ass: a survival guide for the recently unemployed
by Michael B. Laskoff - 650.14 LASKOFF

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