LPL News for the week of 12/19/10

[Lakewood Public Library]

Lakewood Public Library will be closed on Friday, December 24 and Saturday, December 25 for Christmas Eve and Christmas.

"The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -- Carlos Castaneda (1931-1998)

Upcoming Events

Thursday, December 21
KNIT & LIT BOOK CLUB
Lynda Tuennerman hosts a social club for multitaskers—a combination book club and 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. At each meeting, the group decides what will be read next. Call (216) 226-8275, ext. 127 or visit http://www.lakewoodpubliclibrary.com/bookclubs to learn more. Tonight's book discussion is about The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room


These statewide databases are available for free to all Ohio residents.
OHIO WEB LIBRARY RESEARCH DATABASES: http://www.oplin.org/databases/

Job & Career Accelerator:Job & Career Accelerator is the industry's most comprehensive, online job search system that puts job seekers on the Fast Track to getting hired. Click on the graphic to learn more.

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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:
Painted ladies by Robert B. Parker - LP FICTION PARKER
Indivisible: a novel by Kristen Heitzmann - FICTION HEITZMANN
The longer the fall by Inanna Arthen - SCIFI ARTHEN

Adult Nonfiction:
The bourgeois frontier: French towns, French traders, and American expansion by Jay Gitlin - 978.01 GITLIN<
Why we hate the oil companies: straight talk from an energy insider by John Hofmeister - 338.272820973 HOFMEISTER
Portrait painting atelier: old master techniques and contemporary applications by Suzanne Brooker - 751.4542 BROOKER

Juvenile Fiction:

Mr. Elephanter by Lark Pien - jPICTURE Pien
Bone: Tall Tales by Jeff Smith - jFICTION Smith
The New Kid by Temple Mathews - TEEN FICTION Mathews

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Veggietales It's a Meaningful Life -- jDVD Veggietales
We the Children by Andrew Clements - jCD FICTION Clements
Bayou Boogie by Jenifer Lewis - jCD Bayou

BROWSING THE STACKS
Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area. This week's spotlight is on: Winter Sports.These titles can be found in non-fiction collection at Main Library and the Madison Branch.

Driving to Greenland: Arctic travel, Nordic sport, and other ventures into the heart of winter by Peter Stark - 796.93092 STARK

Winter adventure: a complete guide to winter sports by Peter Stark - 796.9 STARK

Checking back: a history of the National Hockey League by Neil David Isaacs - 796.962097 5171

Skiing USA: the top 31 U.S. resorts for skiers and snowboarders 796.9302573 SKIING

Culture on ice: figure skating & cultural meaning by Ellyn Kestnbaum - 796.21 KESTNBAUM

A basic guide to speed skating by United States Olympic Committee - 796.914 BASIC

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS: Staff Picks

When you're not sure what to read next, let Lakewood Public Library's staff help you find the perfect fiction or non-fiction reading material. See what staff are currently recommending below.

http://www.lkwdpl.org/staffpicks/

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

STAFF PICKS

Await your reply By Dan Chaon
Cleveland author Dan Chaon's critically-acclaimed new novel confronts the modern idea of identity and examines its role in one's levels of personal comfort and happiness, and in the trajectory of relationships. The separate stories develop as a brother is searching for his twin, a man is trying to outrun his past, and a girl is trying to erase hers. Every character is a powerful depiction of a life out of control. And while it is gripping to watch all three try to work through who they were, are and will be, their collision at the end produces the book's most satisfyingly thrilling moment.


Nickel and dimed: on (not) getting by in America By Barbara Ehrenreich
Having a job does not necessarily mean one is making a living; at least a living on which you could actually live. Ehrenreich examines the physical and psychological stress experienced by the "working poor" by demanding bosses and repetitive, degrading tasks, with no end in sight and no sign of advancement or improvement. Even working overtime never means a big enough paycheck to get ahead or to even get caught up, and the exhaustion and injury sustained can set one back ever further. The vicious cycle Ehrenreich describes (and lived) is analyzed academically, yet is also treated with unprecedented compassion and humanity.