New Fiction

• The Wasted Vigil - Nadeem Aslam
  
• The Charlemagne Pursuit – Steve Berry
  
• Scarpeta - Patricia Cornwell
  
• Arctic Drift: a Dirk Pitt novel - Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
  
• The Bodies Left Behind – Jeffrey Deaver
  
• Cruel Intent – J. A. Jance
  
• A Mercy – Tony Morrison
  
• Lion in the Valley – Elizabeth Peters
  
• To Siberia – Per Petterson
  
• All Souls – Christine Schutt
  
• Nothing with Strings – Bailey White

New Non-Fiction

• Harry, a History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, his Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon - Melissa Anelli
• The Color of Loss: an Intimate Portraiet of New Orleans after Katrina - Dan Burkholder
• The Science of Leonardo: Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance - Fritjof Capra
• The Enemy Within: 2,000 years of Witch-Hunting in the Western World - John Demos
• Dry Storeroom No. 1: The secret Life of the Natural History Museum - Richard Fortey
• Drawing is Thinking - Milton Glaser
• Graham Green a Life in Letters - edited by Richard Greene
• Superdove: How the Pibeon Took Manhattan... and the World - Courtney Humphries
• Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.: His Life and Crusade in Pictures - Life - Charles Johnson
• The Same Man: George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh in Love and War - David Lebedoff
• Annie Leibovitz at Work - Annie Liebovitz
• 101 Gorgeous Earings - Martingale & Co.
• American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House - Jon Meachammil
• The Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle: a Biography - Russell Miller
• The Hudson River: a Great American Treasure - Greg Miller and Scenic Hudson
• Chef MD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine - John La Puma, M.D.
• On The Line: Inside the World of Le Bernardin the Stations, the Heat, the Cooks, the Costs, the Chaos, and the Triumphs - Eric Ripert
• Goshawk Squadron - Derek Robinson
• My Father's Paradise: a Son's Search for his Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq - Ariel Sabar
• A Spring without Bees: How Colony Collapse Disorder has Endangered Our Food Supply - Michael Schacker
• The Amazing Roosevelt Family 1613-1942 - Karl Schriftgiesser
• Flash of Genius: and Other True Stories of Invention - John Seabrook
• Magic Books and Paper Toys - Esther K. Smith
• Giants: the Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglas and Abraham Linclon - John Stauffer
• Deciding the Next Decider: the 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme - Calvin Trillin
• Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an earth-Friendly Life - Sophie Uliano
• State by State: a Panoramic Portrait of America: 50 Writers, 50 States - edited by Matt Weiland
• Stanford White Architect - Samuel G. White
• Weight Watchers in 20 Minutes: 250 Fresh, Fast Recipes - Wiley Publishing

New Audio Books

• Emotional Awareness - Dalai Lama
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
  
• The Spa Decameron - Fay Weldon
  
• Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse

New DVD's

• All of Me
• Burn After Reading
  
• The Dark Knight
• The Duchess
  
• The Edge of Heaven
  
• Hamlet 2 - Steve Coogan
  
• Mama Mia
• Man on Wire
  
• Roxanne

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BOOKLISTS

Every month in this spot we feature reading suggestions. These include historic fiction, science fiction, mysteries, and more. Many of these titles can be found in the Mid Hudson Library System.

Visit the Library to pick up a copy of the booklist-of-the-month brochure and check out a book from our current display.

Centennial Booklist 1909-1920

January through December we will feature classic book selections from 1909-2009. Selections for January were written between 1909 and 1920. We have included some poetry.

1909

Three Lives – Gertrude Stein

Martin Eden – Jack London

1912

The Riders of the Purple Sage – Zane Grey

1913

O Pioneers – Willa Cather

A Boy’s Will – Robert Frost

1914

Tarzan of the Apes – Edgar Rice Burroughs

Penrod – Booth Tarkington

North of Boston – Robert Frost

1915

Spoon River Anthology – Edgar Lee Masters

Song of the Lark – Willa Cather

1916

The Man Against the Sky – Edgar A. Robinson

Seventeen – Booth Tarkington

1917

Son of the Middle Border – Hamlin Garland

You Know Me, Al – Ring Lardner

Prafroch and Other Observations – T. S. Eliot

1918

The Education of Henry Adams – Henry Adams

My Antonia – Willa Cather

1919

Winesburg, Ohio – Sherwood Andersen

1920

Main Street – Sinclair Lewis

The Age of Innocence – Edith Wharton

CENTENNIAL YEAR

2009 Marks our centennial year at the Stone Ridge Library, and we will be reflecting on our hundred years of service throughout the year. Special programs and events will be posted on the website and will include a book signing, a new local history lecture series, presentations by guest speakers and performers and the Centennial Library Fair in addition to our regular programming. In house exhibits will help to round out the celebration.

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BOOK SIGNING

Saturday, January 17 at 2pm

Have Lucy Van Sickle sign your copy of her new Marbletown book. The newest in the "Images of America" series by Arcadia Publishing. It tells the story of Marbletown, including Cottekill, High Falls, Kripplebush, Lomontville, Stone Ridge, and Vly Atwood. Books will be available for purchase.

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Tea Time Book Group

Wednesday, Jan. 14,
4pm, Biography Room

The selection this month is Russian Journal by Andrea Lee, having resided in Moscow with her graduate-student husband during 1979, Lee reports her perceptions of Russian life and people with clarity, grace, and feeling.

Join us in the Biography Room for lively Discussion and light refreshments.

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HOLMES & CO.
Mystery Lovers
Book Group

Thursday, Jan. 15,
4pm in the Biography Room

The selections for this meeting are: The Beekeepers Apprentice: or On the Segregation of the Queen - a novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes by Laurie R. King and The Adventure of the Reigate Squire - a Sherlock Holmes mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle.

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The New Yorker Discussion Group

Friday, Jan. 9 at 4pm
in the Reference Room

Join us for our new discussion group. Selections for the January meeting:

1. December 8 issue p. 60 OUTSIDE AGITATOR: Naomi Klein reboots the left by Larissa MacFarquhar

2. December 15 issue p. MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED: The trouble with talent spotting. by Malcolm Gladwell

3. December 1 issue p. 48 ANATOMY OF A MELTDOWN: Ben Bernanke interprets the crisis by John Cassidy

4. November 24 issue p. 114 LAND OF LOST SOULS: David Rabe’s America by John Lahr

Please bring your wish list of articles for discussion at the February meeting from the current issues of the New Yorker Magazine also bring any discussion questions or thoughts about the above articles.

Remember the time has been changed to 4 PM. Questions? Please contact Diane DeChillo, Library Program Mgr. 845 687-8726.

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Knitting Group

Saturdays, January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
10am-noon

The Stone Ridge Library Knitters meet every Saturday morning from 10am - 12noon. All ages and experience levels can join us and drop-in knitters are also welcome. We each bring our own supplies and do our own work, but one of the best things about us is that whatever obstacle or confusion you might encounter, you're likely to receive as much comment and advice as you need to get where you're going with a project. Some of us can help toward the repair of knitted or crocheted items too.

The group is sociable and lively, and our conversation and sharing is just as wide-ranging as our projects. We are especially interested in the UFOs (Un-Finished Objects) that members bring in and love the show and tell of projects under way and being finished, new or old, simple or complex. Though knitting is our love and mainstay, we graciously adapt ourselves to stray crocheters and those of us who simply must take to the hook when the spirit moves. We share articles, magazines and books on knitting. Donations of yarn to the Library get made up into items for sale at the Library Fair and during the winter holidays for the benefit of the Library. Some of us also knit things for local hospitals or for the U.S. troops.

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On the Shelves

Turn to library for financial know-how

Poughkeepsie Journal 11.30.08
On the Shelves with Matt Pfisterer

On the Shelves is a monthly column by a rotating list of mid-Hudson Valley library directors who comment on notable books coming to your local public library.

In tough economic times, your local library is the best place to find resources that will help you plan and manage your personal finances. We may or may not receive another economic stimulus check from the government, but you can visit your library and check out these titles, which are sure to provide intellectual stimulus to your inner chief financial officer:

Living Rich by Spending Smart - How to Get More of What You Really Want (FT Press, 224 pages), by Gregory Karp. The author has developed techniques that will help you eliminate wasteful spending in every area of your financial life. Learn how to spend less on gifts, slash your phone bill, and pay less for food and still eat what you want. Also explained are ways to eliminate spending leaks in insurance, education, and even entertainment.

The Busy Family's Guide to Money (NOLO, 288 pages), by Sandra Block. A straight-talking, common-sense approach to organizing family finances. Block understands many families are too busy to think through important financial decisions. The information is presented in an easy-to-read style that will be appreciated by those who want practical and concise information.

The Value of Money: Uncover the Hidden Wisdom of Money (Tarcher, 320 pages), by Mary S. McCarthy. The author examines the emotional aspects of financial decisions. She helps readers understand and overcome fears and uncertainties that make financial decisions difficult for many of us. Spiritual aspects of financial issues are examined and money is presented as a great teacher. The lesson to be learned is: developing a successful relationship with money is a process that will lead to emotional and spiritual enlightenment.

It's Not About the Money: Unlock Your Money Type to Achieve Spiritual and Financial Abundance (HarperOne, 336 pages), by Brent Kessel. Through extensive experience as a financial adviser and spiritual seeker, Kessel has discovered people need to understand their core financial story in order to make meaningful changes. He argues individuals can be assigned a money archetype - The Guardian, The Pleasure Seeker, The Idealist, The Saver, The Star, The Innocent, The Caretaker or The Empire Builder. The book integrates strategies for financial security with elements of Buddhism and yoga to formulate a holistic approach to achieving greater happiness.

The Cheap Book: The Official Guide to Embracing Your Inner Cheapskate (How, 224 pages), by Robin Herbst and Julie Miller. The book presents more than 150 money-saving tips designed to empower readers to embrace their inner cheapskate. The authors argue that throughout history frugal people have been given a bad rap as they have been labeled "cheapos," "tightwads" and "misers." They contend it is possible for us to make positive changes in our financial behavior by discovering the joy of penny-pinching. Humorous anecdotes are presented outlining the do's and don'ts of effective penny-pinching.

Here's another great money-saving tip brought to you by the trustees, professional librarians and dedicated staff of the Mid-Hudson Library System and its 66 member libraries: Get a library card. Did you know the Mid-Hudson Library System catalog, http://www.midhudsonlibraries.org, provides access to an incredible selection of books, magazines, movies and music? Using your library card is one of the smartest and most enjoyable financial decisions you can make. That's what I call stretching the family dollar.

Matt Pfisterer is the director of the Grinnell Library, a public library founded in 1867 that serves residents of the Town of Wappinger, Village of Wappingers Falls and the surrounding vicinity. He serves as 2007-08 chairman of the Dutchess County Public Library Director's Association and is the moderator of Grinnell Library's Readers Rendezvous book discussion group.

GREAT WEBSITES!

Times Square Alliance: New Year's Eve

This site provides information on the spectacular celebration of New Year's Eve in Times Square, New York City, on December 31. It includes facts on the construction and descent of the famous Waterford crystal ball, event fact sheets and schedules, and a FAQ filled with details on viewing areas, public facilities, vendors, transportation, history, and more. From the Times Square District Management Association. more

International Year of Astronomy 2009

Background and updates for this "global effort initiated by the International Astronomical Union and UNESCO to help the citizens of the world rediscover their place in the Universe through the day- and night-time sky, and thereby engage a personal sense of wonder and discovery." Includes notices about activities and events (which start in January 2009), and details about specific project such as "100 Hours of Astronomy," "She is an Astronomer," and dark skies awareness. more

Not a Cough in a Carload: Images From the Tobacco Industry Campaign to Hide the Hazards of Smoking

This intention of this exhibit "is to tell ... the story of how, between the late 1920s and the early 1950s, tobacco companies used deceptive and often patently false claims in an effort to reassure the public of the safety of their products." View dozens of advertising images by brand or by theme (such as doctors smoking, brides smoking, inhaling, digestion, and calming nerves), and read slogans. From the Lane Library, Stanford School of Medicine. more

Medical Tourism Report to the American College of Surgeons

This May 2008 article provides highlights of a report on medical tourism, "a catch phrase that has been given to the notion of traveling internationally to obtain needed medical services." Features tables listing countries promoting medical tourism, U.S. companies providing medical tourism services, and price comparisons for surgical procedures. Also includes information about insurance coverage and accreditation of foreign hospitals and surgeons. From the Nora Institute for Surgical Patient Safety, American College of Surgeons. more

LIFE Photo Archive

"Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google." Searchable by keyword, or browse by decade (1860s to 1970s) or featured people, places, events, sports, and culture. From Google. more

Consumer Reports Blogs: Tightwad Tod

In this blog feature, launched in October 2008 in response to the U.S. economic downturn, a longtime Consumer Reports researcher and writer will be "posting on the news that affects your pocketbook, sniffing around for great buys, challenging offers that sound too good to be true, and heaping shame on the scams and ripoff artists that abound out there." Part of the Consumer Reports Money blog. more

Breakfast at Tiffany's: 50 Things to Love About Holly Golightly

This November 2008 article celebrates the 50th anniversary of the publication of Truman Capote's novella "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by presenting a list of 50 reasons people like the character Holly Golightly and her portrayal by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie-adaptation. Items on the list include liking Holly because she is witty, unsentimental, and telling it like it is. From the website for the Scotsman newspaper. more

Most Popular Do It Yourself Projects of 2008 (and All Time!)

Find out how to boost your wireless signal, install a hard drive, entertain young children for $1 or less, build a wire photo wall and many more. From Lifehacker's posts that were viewed the most by their readers. more

Concept Cars Show "Fascination" With Fuel Economy

This report from the 2008 Paris Motor Show describes how automakers are "debuting some of the most inherently contradictory concept cars in recent memory," with themes for cars including hybrid and electric vehicles, downsized cars, and smaller crossover vehicles. Includes images and descriptions for cars from BMW, Chevrolet, Honda, and other manufacturers. From Forbes.com. more

Top 10 Fun, MPG-Friendly Cars You Can't Buy in America -- Yet

This August 2008 article explains that "[r]ight now there are precious few cars that return exemplary fuel economy paired with a reasonable dollop of fun. But those lucky devils across the pond have just the cars we're looking for. Now all that's left is convincing manufacturers that we want these mighty mites on our shores." See photos and descriptions of cars available in Europe and made by Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Ford, and others. From Popular Mechanics. more

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