LPL News for the week of 6/6/10

[Lakewood Public Library]

"A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it." -- William Styron (1925-)

Monday, June 7
POWER LIVING: Power Getting
Do you have problems getting what you want or need from others? Do you wish you had more love in your life? Are you looking to bring more joy to the world around you? Are tender emotional wounds getting in the way of the life you want to live? Dr. River Smith, a local psychologist and the author of A Conspiracy to Love: Living a Life of Joy, Generosity & Power, introduces powerful techniques designed to put you back in control.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Tuesday, June 8
FAMILY MATTERS: PROTECTING CHILDREN: Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
Jesse W. Canonico from the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office provides parents, teachers and community members with the information they need to keep children safe from online sexual predators. Learn a little bit about the evolution of online crime prevention and find out what’s coming next in this ongoing battle.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Thursday, June 10
BOOKED FOR MURDER: The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry
A clerk who is promoted to detective only after two of his colleagues turn up missing, must rely on a dog-eared copy of The Manual of Detection—and it’s missing a chapter! Guess he’ll have to enter the dreams of the deceased and battle murderers to re-solve the mis-solved cases of his colleagues. It’s a little surreal.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

Saturday, June 12
THE LAKEWOOD PUBLIC CINEMA : Labyrinth (1986)
Directed by Jim Henson Rated PG
Wouldn’t it be great if the creators of Star Wars and the Muppets teamed up on a fantasy film starring David Bowie as the Goblin King? They did! When goblins kidnap her baby brother, Jennifer Connelly must find her way through a magical maze filled with impossible riddles and strange creatures in order to save him.
6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Sunday, June 13
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: ERIE LIGHTS & LIGHTHOUSE LORE
Georgann and Mike Wachter know all sorts of practical things about lighthouses, from when they were built to how the lights operate, but it’s the lighthouses themselves that know all the good stories. The silent sentinels featured in this presentation have born witness to tragedy and served as beacons of romance. Hear their stories, as told by the Wachters.
2:00 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:

Of flesh and blood by Daniel Kalla -- FICTION KALLA
Instinct: a Chess Team adventure by Jeremy Robinson -- FICTION ROBINSON
Rosario+vampire: season II by Akihisa Ikeda -- GRAPHIC ROSARIO PLUS VAMPIRE V.1

Adult Nonfiction:

Vampires: collected manuscripts detailing the masters' secrets for studying, drawing, and painting vampires by Eugene Caine -- 743.8939845 CAINE
Paul and me: fifty-three years of adventures and misadventures with my pal Paul Newman by A. E. Hotchner -- 791.43028092 HOTCHNER
Undateable: 311 things guys do that guarantee they won't be dating or having sex
by Ellen Rakieten -- 818.602 RAKIETEN

Adult Audiovisual:

Flame and Citron by Lars Bredo Rahbek -- DVD FLAME AND CITRON
Home in Ohio by Hal Walker -- CD POPULAR WALKER
Henry Mancini Academy Award collection by Henry Mancini -- CD POPULAR MANCINI


Juvenile Fiction:

The Special Blankie by M. Christina Butler -- jPICTURE Butler
What If? by Laura Seeger Vaccaro -- jPICTURE Seeger
Unsigned Hype: A Novel by Booker Mattison -- TEEN FICTION Mattison

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Bob Clampett's Beany and Cecil Volume 2 -- jDVD Bob
Ever by Gail Carson Levine -- jCD FICTION Levine
My Baby Loves...the 80s -- jCD My

BROWSING THE STACKS

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

The dictionary of dreams and their meanings by Richard Craze -- 154.6303 CRAZE

Lucid dreaming for beginners: simple techniques for creating interactive dreams
by Mark McElroy -- 154.63 MCELROY

Planets in play: how to reimagine your life through the language of astrology by Laurence Hillman -- 133.5 HILLMAN

The astrology of midlife and aging by Erin Sullivan -- 133.5 SULLIVAN

Ghost hunting: true stories of unexplained phenomena from the Atlantic Paranormal Society by Jason Hawes -- 133.1 HAWES

Where God lives: the science of the paranormal and how are brains are linked to the universe by Melvin Morse -- 133.9013 MORSE

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS: North Union Farmer's Market
The Lakewood Market, conveniently located at the Arthur Avenue Extension in front of Kauffman Park. is open for the 12th year. Fresh produce, grassfed beef and poultry, and plants for the yard. Hours are Wednesdays 10 a.m. - 1 p.m from June 2 through September 29, 2010. Free parking is available in the rear parking lot of the Lakewood Masonic Temple at 15300 Detroit Avenue.

http://www.northunionfarmersmarket.org/ ... ewood.html

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