LPL News for the week of 4/4/10

[Lakewood Public Library]

"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart." -- William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, April 6
BOOKS UNCOVERED: Finding Money in Your Old Books
Find out if your old books are valuable! Zubal Books is one of the largest antiquarian and rare book dealers in the country and Michael Zubal himself is coming to the Library to reveal the secrets of what makes a book rare and valuable. Everyone who attends is invited to bring in as many as three books for a free evaluation.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Wednesday, April 7
LAKEWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS:
EXTERIOR PAINTING & HISTORIC COLOR
Kerry Adams from the Cleveland Restoration Society examines different types of paint failure, highlights what to look for when hiring a painting contractor, reviews historic color schemes, and provides tips on how to choose and place appropriate colors for an older home.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Thursday, April 8
BOOKED FOR MURDER: A Corpse in the Koryo by James Church
In a closed society where nothing works as it should, Inspector O is strangely committed to justice. Set up by the North Korean Military, he will pursue the truth about unsolved kidnappings and a fresh corpse through a maelstrom of betrayal and death all the way up to the Great Leader.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

Saturday, April 10
THE LAKEWOOD PUBLIC CINEMA:
Jason and the Argonauts (1963) Directed by Don Chaffey Rated G
The man with one sandal gathers the bravest heroes in Greece for a voyage to the edge of the world and beyond. Tremble before the bronze titan, Telos! Bow before the might of Poseidon! Beware the terrible Harpies and check out the lovely Medea! Weren’t special effects more special before computers?
6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Sunday, April 11
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: STRAIGHT-SIX DIXIE
Sing along if you know the words. Clap and dance if you feel the need. These six gentlemen will each inject a little bit of their own personality into a red hot assortment of ragtime and Dixieland standards.
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:

Altar of Eden by James Rollins - FICTION ROLLINS
Roses by Leila Meacham - FICTION MEACHAM
Lost Books of the Odyssey A Novel by Zachary Mason - FICTION MASON

Adult Nonfiction:

Denialism: how irrational thinking hinders scientific progress, harms the planet, and threatens our lives by Michael Specter - 306.45 SPECTER
Chips, clones, and living beyond 100: how far will the biosciences take us? by Paul J. H. Schoemaker, - 660.6 SCHOEMAKER
Marriage and other acts of charity by Kate Braestrup - 813 .54 BRAESTRUP

Adult Audiovisual:

A beautiful place to die by Malla Nunn, - CD FICTION NUNN
Forces for good: the six practices of high-impact nonprofits by Leslie R.Crutchfield, - CD 658.048 CRUTCHFIELD
Love, save the empty by Erin Mccarley - CD POPULAR MCCARLEY

Juvenile Fiction:

Puffling by Margaret Wild - jPICTURE Wild
King of Quizzical Island by Gordon Snell - jPICTURE Snell
Must Love Black by Kelly McClymer - TEEN FICTION McClymer

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Hans Christian Andersen Collection -- jDVD Hans
We Are the Ship by Kadir Nelson - jCD 796.357640973 Nelson
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: Quick & Easy Cooking. These titles can be found in the Non-fiction collection on the second floor or at the Madison Branch.

Nigella express: good food, fast by Nigella Lawson - 641.555 LAWSON

Pillsbury, fast and healthy cookbook: 350 easy recipes for everyday by Pillsbury Company - 641.512 PILLSBURY

Cooking from the cupboard: quick and easy low-fat meals by Jeanne Jones, - 641.563 JONES

Quick and easy cooking for one by Molly Perham - 641.561 PERHAM

Make it super simple with G. Garvin by G. Garvin - 641.555 GARVIN

Mr. Food's quick & easy diabetic cooking: by Art Ginsburg ; featuring ADA Spokesperson, Nicole Johnson by Art Ginsburg - 616.4620654 GINSBURG


LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS: EVENTS FOR READERS

Lakewood Public Library is hosting eight author events during their spring/summer program season. We also host Tim Zaun's Business Book Group, Booked for Murder and Knit & Lit. For complete details, go to http://www.lkwdpl.org/calendar/literary/index.html

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