LPL News for the week of 5/30/10

[Lakewood Public Library]

Lakewood Public Library will be closed on
Sunday, May 30 and Monday, May 31 for Memorial Day.


"A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books." -- Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

Upcoming Events

Saturday, June 5
BACK TO THE MOVIES: Vintage Hitchcock
The 39 Steps (1935) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Not Rated
When gunshots ring out in a London music hall, everyone heads for the exits. Lucie Mannheim latches onto Robert Donat and accompanies him back to his flat, only to find they’ve been followed. Before the night is out, Donat will be drawn into a web of international intrigue and accused of murder. Escaping to Scotland, he must elude both police and foreign agents while handcuffed to a woman who is convinced of his guilt.
6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Lakewood Public Library no longer provides plastic bags. Patrons are welcome to take or leave plastic bags from selected areas in the first floor Community Room and the Audiovisual Department. Thank you for supporting our continuing efforts to be environmentally responsible.

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

Adult Fiction:

Victor by Julia Templeton - FICTION TEMPLETON
Invisible boy by Cornelia Read - FICTION READ
The serialist by David Gordon - FICTION GORDON

Adult Nonfiction:

The Crusades: the authoritative history of the war for the Holy Land by Thomas S. Asbridge - 909.07 ASBRIDGE
Diet for a hot planet: the climate crisis at the end of your fork and what you can do about it by Anna Lappe - 179.1 LAPPE
Asleep: the forgotten epidemic that remains one of medicine's greatest mysteries
by Molly Caldwell. Crosby - 362.19684980094 CROSBY

Adult Audiovisual:

Nuclear jellyfish by Tim Dorsey - CD FICTION DORSEY
America Anonymous: eight addicts in search of a life by Benoit Denizet-Lewis - CD 616.860092273 DENIZET-LEWIS
Midnight at the movies by Justin Townes Earle - CD COUNTRY EARLE

Juvenile Fiction:

The Eraserheads by Kate Banks - jPICTURE Banks
My Mother is So Smart! by Tomie DePaola - jPICTURE DePaola
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda eberger

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Imagination Movers: Warehouse Mouse Edition -- jDVD Imagination
We Are the Ship by Kadir Nelson - jCD 796.357640973
My Trampoline by Peter Himmelman - jCD Himmelman

BROWSING THE STACKS

Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area. This week's spotlight is on: Viva Las Vegas. These titles can be found in the Non-fiction collection on the second floor or at the Madison Branch.

Double or nothing: how two friends risked it all to buy one of Las Vegas' legendary casinos by Tom Breitling - 338.7617950922793135 BREITLING

The battle for Las Vegas: the law vs. the mob by Dennis N. Griffin - 979.3135 GRIFFIN

Irreverent guide to Las Vegas by Mary Herczog - 917.931350434 HERCZOG

Las Vegas: the best of glitter city : an insider's guide to everybody's favorite party town
by Don W. Martin - 917.931350434 MARTIN

The grit beneath the glitter: tales from the real Las Vegas by Hal Rothman, - 979.3135034 GRIT

Cult Vegas: the weirdest, the wildest, the swingin'est town on Earth! by Mike Weatherford - 979.3135 WEATHERFORD

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS: Summer Reading Lists

We link to local area school's summer reading lists. If you're not sure which books you need to read over the summer, check out this web site. And if you're looking for something to read just for the pleasure of reading, these lists are a good place to start.

http://www.lkwdpl.org/sumread/

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