New Fiction

• Ordinary Thunderstormes - William Boyd
  
• Wild Child and Other Stories - TC Boyle
  
• The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson - Jerome Charyn
• The Pridileges - Jonathan Dee
• Point Omega - Don DeLillo
• One Amazing Thing - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
• The Endless Forest - Sara Donati
• Shadow Tag - Louise Erdrich
• U is for Undertow
• Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah
• Last Snow - Eric Van Lustbader
• The Man from Beijing - Henning Mankell
• The Three Weissmanns of Westport - Cathleen Schine

New Non-Fiction

• Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime - John Heilemann, Mark Halperin
• ad hoc at home: Family-Style Recipes - Thomas Keller
• San Francisco City Guide - Lonely Planet
• Leonard Maltin's 151 Best Movies You've Never Seen - Leonard Maltin
  
• Amy's Bread: revised & updated - Amy Scherber
  
• Just Kids - Patti Smith
  
• The Mystery of Lewis Carroll: Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created Alice in Wonderland - Jenny Woolf
  

New Audio Books

• Born Round - Frank Bruni
• Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
  
• Committed: a Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage - Elizabeth Gilbert
• Jesus' Son: stories - Denis Johnson
  
• The Lost Books of the Odyssey - Zachary Mason
  
• Speak Italian with Confidence
  
• Speak Japanese with Confidence
  
• Speak Spanish with Confidence
  
• The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton
  

New DVD's

• Amelia - Hillary Swank
• Coco Before Chanel - Audrey Tautou
• Emma - BBC production
• Yoga for Swimming and More, with Susan Jacque

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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.

Women's History

March is Women's History Month. This is a general list, but with a focus on American pioneer women. Most of these titles are in our collection.

Non Fiction

• Harriet Tubman : The Road to Freedom by Catherine Clinton BIO TUBMAN
  
• A Woman Unafraid : The Achievements of Frances Perkins by Penny Colman BIO PERKINS
  
• America's Women : Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins 305.409 Col
  
• The Land Before Her : Fantasy and Experience of the American Frontiers, 1630-1860 by Annette Colodny 973.08 K
  
• Farm to Factory : Women's Letters, 1830-1860 edited by Thomas Dublin 331.4 DUB
  
• The Freedom Line : The Brave Men and Women who Rescued Allied Pilots from the Nazis During World War II by Peter Eisner 940.5337 Eis
  
• Woman on the American Frontier ; a Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic." by William W. Fowler 978 FOW
  
• A Pioneer Woman's Memoir : Based on the Journal of Arabella Clemens Fulton by Judith E. Greenberg and Helen Carey McKeever. 978.02 FUL
  
• Journal of a Revolutionary War Womanby Judith E. Greenberg and Helen Carey McKeever 973.38 GRE
  
• The Whole Woman by Germaine Greer 305.42 GRE
  
• America Dreaming: How Youth Changed America in the Sixties by Laban Carrick Hill YA 303.48 HIL
  
• Covered Wagon Women : Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails edited & compiled by Kenneth L. Holmes 978 COV v.3 1851
  
• Women of the Western Frontier in Fact, Fiction, and Film by Ron Lackmann 978 LAC
  
• Side-by-Side : a Photographic History of American Women in War by Vickie Lewis 940.54 LEW
  
• Women of the West / by Cathy Luchetti in collaboration with Carol Olwell 978.02 LUC or 305.4 LUC
  
• The Women's History of the World by Rosalind Miles 305.4 MIL
  
• Women Together : a History in Documents of the Women's Movement in the United States by Judith Papachristou 301.41 P
  
• More than Petticoats : Remarkable New York Women by Antonia Petrash 920.72 PET
  
• The Women / by the editors of Time-Life Books ; with text by Joan Swallow Reiter 305.409 TIM
  
• Ladies of Liberty : The Women who Shaped our Nation by Cokie Roberts 973.409 ROB
  
• Passing Strange : a Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line by Martha A. Sandweiss 305.896 SAN
  
• Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey [collected by] Lillian Schlissel 978.02 WOM
  
• Susan B. Anthony Slept Here : A Guide to American Women's Landmarks by Lynn Sherr and Jurate Kazickas 973.082 SHE
  
• A Jury of her Peers : American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx by Elaine Showalter 810.9 SHO
  
• Pioneer Women : Voices from the Kansas Frontier by Joanna L. Stratton 305.42 S
  
• A Piece of My Heart : The Stories of 26 American Women who Served in Vietnam [told to] Keith Walker 959.7 WAL
  
• Not for Ourselves Alone : The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony : an illustrated history by Geoffrey C. Ward
  
• A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft 305.409 WOL

Fiction

• Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
• The Chili Queen by Sandra Dallas
• The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas
• Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati 1998
• Dawn on a Distant Shore by Sara Donati 2000
• Lake in the Clouds by Sara Donati 2002
• Fire Along the Sky by Sara Donati 2004
• Queen of Swords by Sara Donati 2006
• The Endless Forest by Sara Donati 2010
• 1000 White Women by Jim Fergus
• Thin Moon and Cold Mist : The First Women's West novel by Kathleen O'Neal Gear 1995
• The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss 2007
• Wild Life by Molly Gloss
• Etta : a novel by Gerald Kolpan
• The Overland Trail by Wendi Lee 1996
• The Feather and the Stone by Patricia Shaw 1994
• Walking West by Noëlle Sickels 1995
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
• The Homesman by Glendon Swarthout
• Brooklyn : a novel by Colm Tóibín
• Nothing to do But Stay by Carrie Young
• These is My Words : The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 by Nancy E. Turner
• True Women by Janice Woods Windle

ADULT CHESS CLUB

Monday, March 1,
6-7:30pm in the Biography Room

Our new Chess Club for adults begins on March 1st, from 6 - 7:30pm. Bring your own board if possible, and come join the fun!

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RECIPE FOR A GREENER SPRING

Take equal parts of science and art; add a liberal measure of beauty and wonder. Mix well. Enjoy with friends and neighbors.

Saturday and Sunday, March 13 & 14 at the Marbletown Community Center

Saturday, March 13
11:00am - 12:30pm

Lawns, Groundcovers and Meadows: An Ecological Gardener’s Perspective

Francis Groeters of Catskill Native Nursery will teach us how to redesign the American lawn using ecologically sustainable grasses, groundcovers and wildflower meadows. In his slide talk Francis will offer ideas on how to minimize lawn and increase biodiversity no matter how large or small your property. See Catskillnativenursery.com.

Saturday, March 13
1:00pm - 3:00pm

Botany and
Botanical Illustration

Have you ever been intrigued by the beauty and mystery in old botanical documents, and wondered about how they are created? Join Wendy Hollender, noted Botanical Artist and Instructor, for her Powerpoint Presentation that will show us the connection between Botany and Drawing and the basic skills used to create these fascinating works. Botanical illustration combines art and science and allows anyone to develop a deeper understanding of the natural world. Visit Hollengoldfarm.com and whartdesign.com.

Sunday, March 14
12:30pm - 1:30pm

Daylily: from the Outcast on the Road to the Queen of the Garden

Stone Ridge Library Trustee, author, educator and avid gardener Rosemary Deen will delight us with pictures from old catalogues and the interesting story of the daylily.

Sunday, March 14
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Honeybees

This two-part program will begin with Barbara Schacker reading excerpts from her husband Michael Schacker’s widely acclaimed book, A Spring Without Bees: How Colony Collapse Disorder Has Endangered Our Food Supply (Lyons Press, 2008)--a call to action to reverse this threat to the world’s most efficient pollinators. Signed books will be available for purchase. See PlanBeeCentral.com.

Invite a Honeybee to Lunch! Promoting Good Forage for Honeybees

We will segue to Grai St. Clair Rice, co-founder of HoneybeeLives, who will offer practical ideas for encouraging more natural foraging for honeybees in our yards and on our roadsides. Grai, with co-founder Chris Harp, give Beekeeping Workshops and lectures at their site in New Paltz. See HoneybeeLives.org.

These programs are free and open to the public. The Library will provide beverages and sweets; you are welcome to bring a bag lunch to enjoy between programs.

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In Search of Inspiration:

A Woman Traveling Alone
in India in 2010

Marbletown Community Center
Friday, March 19, 2010, 7:00pm

Shelley Wyant, Actress, Educator, and Stone Ridge Library Trustee, will share--with photos and journal excerpts--stories about her recent five-week journey to India. Shelley will entertain us with her findings, from setting out in Trivandrum, in the southern state of Kerala, (ruled by the god Ganesha, the Remover of Obstacles), to visiting a Kathakali Dance master noted in her friend Erin Mee’s new book, and investigating Jewish culture in Cochin. Did her train ride to Madurai and Chennai connect her with Bharatanatyam Dance Theatre professionals she had learned about? And what did she discover at her final destination, Kolkata, where she planned to check out Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed?

With her spiritual quest of immersion into Indian culture fulfilled, Shelley will “bring back good stories to delight one and all of a woman traveling alone in India in 2010.” Join us! A reception will follow the presentation.

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Poems of
Emily Dickinson:
reflecting on the seasons

with Rosemary Deen

Thursday, April 22
4:00pm, Reference Room

We will celebrate Earth Day and national poetry month with poems about the coming and going of seasons: their special joys (and terrors--in storms!), their waited-for comings, their harbingers, their barely perceptible goings, expressing all the poignancy of natural seasons in human life. All are welcome!

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Libary Fair

Sat., June 12

The Library Fair will be on Saturday,June 12th this year. It’s not too early to start collecting gift items for our sale tables so if you have gently used gift items, please drop them off at the library any time we are open.

New volunteers and Fair veterans are invited to join us for a Fair planning session on Saturday, April 24 from 11 to 12 at the library. We look forward to seeing you then! Check out our pictures from last year. more

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Tea Time Book Group

Wednesday, March 10
4pm in the Reference Room

The selection this month is The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows.

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

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HOLMES & CO.
Mystery Lovers
Book Group

Wednesday, March 17,
4pm in the Biography Room

The selections for this meeting include: Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron and The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton - a Sherlock Holmes mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle.

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MEDIEVAL
Book Group

Wednesday, April 21,
7pm in the Biography Room

The selections for this meeting include: Who Murdered Chaucer? A medieval mystery (2004) by Terry Jones. In addition, it is recommended to read as many of The Canterbury Tales as possible. There are numerous translations from which to choose.

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Knitting Group

Every Saturday
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

with Josh Cohen
Poughkeepsie Journal 2.7.10

Three mystery series worth investigating

Finding an author who creates a good detective can be a great find, but when the author combines that with a multilevel plot and historical accuracy, the result is an absorbing, page-turning read. Often authors, once they have developed the character, turn out several books that continue the adventures. In 2009, we saw three such additions. Although it is tempting to pull the newest title, it is best to start with the first and enjoy how the character develops.

The Hadrian Memorandum, by Allan Folsom. This is the third book that follows former L.A. cop John Baron.

He is first introduced in The Exile, where Baron is involved in chasing down a mysterious killer. Baron works as part of a special group of L.A. cops and is torn between their methods and stopping the next murder. In his desire to be ethical, he betrays the bond of this special force and has to disappear from L.A. In The Machiavelli Covenant, Folsom's next book, Baron has changed his name to Nicholas Marten and moved to England, but when his friend is killed, he wants to solve the crime. This leads to the discovery of a secret group that is planning a double assassination and a biotech war. U.S. President John Henry Harris is also pulled into this fight and he and Marten team up to solve the crime.

In the newest installment, The Hadrian Memorandum, Marten, at the bequest of President Harris, embarks on a simple mission to a small African county. The mission is thwarted by a massacre and Marten once again finds himself in the middle of a dangerous conspiracy to control the world's oil supply. Folsom's strength is his ability to keep the narrative moving while creating a believable array of characters.

The Cavalier of the Apocalypse, by Susanne Alleyn. This newest installment in Alleyn's mysteries, set against pre-revolutionary France, is a prequel to her two earlier works.

In A Game of Patience, we meet Aristide Ravel, a freelance detective in 1796 Paris. When a double murder occurs, Ravel finds out the victims were being blackmailed and he gets involved with a woman of a slightly higher class. In A Treasury of Regrets, Aristide tries to help a servant who is accused of murder.

The Cavalier of the Apocalypse occurs several years earlier and we learn the genesis of Aristide becoming a detective. Alleyn's writing includes incredible historical detail about life in revolutionary France as well as exciting detective mysteries.

What Remains Of Heaven: A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery, by C. S. Harris. This is the fifth book in Harris' series with St. Cyr, a count who works to solve mysteries in London in the early 1800s.

We first meet St. Cyr in What Angels Fear. St. Cyr finds a woman brutally murdered and becomes the prime suspect. On the run, he must find who is the actual killer, but this becomes complicated by the powerful people behind the prince. When Gods Die is the next in the series where St. Cyr must prove the innocence of the prince, who is found with a dead body in his room. In the latest, What Remains Of Heaven, St. Cyr must help the archbishop solve two murders that happened 10 years apart.

As with these three, the other two books — Where Serpents Sleep and Why Mermaids Sing — feature St. Cyr, an intriguing sleuth who can float between all levels of society. Harris brings alive London while keeping the suspense growing.

Josh Cohen is the executive director of the Mid-Hudson Library System, which provides a shared library automation system and resources to 66 public libraries in Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam and Ulster counties. Can't decide on what to read? Visit midhudson.org/read for links to lists of titles that might attract your interest.

Tax Preparation

Once again the library is partnering with the Ulster County Office of the Aging to provide help with tax preparation. This service is for taxpayers with middle and low income, with special attention to those age 60 and older. Tax help will be available on Fridays from 10 am to 3:30 pm. For an appointment please call the Office of the Aging at 845 802-7190.

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GREAT WEBSITES!

How the Public Library Can Save You Money

Read essays by four women who saved money and even changed their lives at their local libraries. From Woman's Day magazine. more

Book Yourself Into The Library Hotel

Bibliophiles visiting New York City and in need of a space to check into should check out The Library Hotel, a beautiful luxury boutique hostelry conveniently located on Madison Avenue and 41st Street, also known as Library Way, just steps away from the majestic New York Public Library.

Each floor has six rooms and is laid out according to the ten categories of the Dewey Decimal System: Social Sciences, Literature, Languages, History, Math & Science, General Knowledge, Technology, Philosophy, the Arts, and Religion. Each of the sixty exquisitely appointed rooms have been individually adorned with a collection of art and books relevant to one distinctive topic within the category of the floor it belongs to. From ILoveLibraries.org. more
Link to the hotel

Open Culture

This site "brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community." Open Culture has centralized content scattered across the web and curated it to give you access to free audio books, free online courses, free movies, free language lessons and free ebooks. more

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