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 Issue 5, August 2005 |
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New Fiction
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New Audio Books
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Contact UsPhone: 687-7023 E-Mail: Webmaster BOOKLISTS This month we have two lists: Epic Fantasy for Tolkien Fans and Knitting books. Every month in this spot we will feature reading suggestions. These will include historic fiction, science fiction, mysteries, and more. Many of these titles can be found in the Mid Hudson Library System. KNITTING BOOKSAdult Fiction Lillian Jackson Braun - Cat who Saw Stars Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights Jessica Burton - Death Goes Shopping Agatha Christie - Miss Marple mysteries Jill Churchill - Farewell to Yarns Marele Day - Lambs of God Charles Dickens - Great Expectations Charles Dickens - Tale of Two Cities Amy Hempel - Reasons to Live Barbara Gowdy - Mister Sandman Gunter Grass - The Rat Debbie Macomber - A Good Yarn (coming in May '05) Debbie Macomber - Shop on Blossom Street Debbie Macomber - Thursdays at Eight Anne McCaffrey - Stitch in Snow Annie Proulx - Shipping News Robt. Kimmel Smith - Sadie Shapiro's Knitting Book Nicola Thorne - Cashmere Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver mysteries Edith Wharton - Roman Fever and Other Stories Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse Adult Non Fiction Roghaar and Wolf, eds. KnitLit: Sweaters and their stories Roghaar and Wolf, eds. KnitLit Too: Stories from sheep to shawl Picture Books Jan Brett - The Mitten Margaret Wise Brown - Goodnight Moon C.M. Millen - Symphony for the Sheep Dr. Seuss - The Lorax Children's Novels Louisa May Alcott - Little Women Lewis Carroll - Through the Looking Glass Catherine Dexter - Safe Return J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter Series EPIC FANTASY FOR TOLKIEN FANSAnderson, Poul - Three Hearts and Three Lions Barron, T.A . Bradley, Marion Zimmer - The Mists of Avalon (series, first book is Mistress of Magic) Brooks, Terry - Shannara (series, first book is The Sword of Shannara) Cabell, James Branch Chant, Joy - Red Moon, Black Mountain Cherryh, C.J. De Camp, L. Sprague - Land of Unreason Donaldson, Stephen - Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever (series, first book is Lord Foul's Bane) Douglass, Sara - Wayfarer Redemption (trilogy, first book is The Wayfarer Redemption) Dragonlance (series with various authors) Drake, David -Lord of the Isles (series, first book is Lord of the Isles) Duane, Diane - Tale of the Five (series, first book is The Door into Fire); So You Want to Be a Wizard (untitled series, this is the title of the first book) Dunsany, Lord Eddings, David - The Belgariad (series, first book is Pawn of Prophesy); The Mallorean (series, first book is Guardians of the West); Belgarath, the Sorcerer; Polgara, the Sorceress; The Elenium (series, first book is The Diamond Throne); The Tamuli (series, first book is Domes of Fire); Redemption of Althalus Eddison, E.R. - The Worm Ouroboros Elliott, Kate - Crown of Stars (series, first book is King's Dragon); Jaran (series) Feist, Raymond Goodkind, Terry -Sword of Truth (series, first book is Wizard's First Rule) Hambley, Barbara - Darwath Trilogy; Dragonsbane; Silicon Mage; Dark Tower Herbert, Frank - Dune (SF series) Hickman, Tracy Jeffries, Mike - Loremasters of Elundium (series, first book is Road to Underfall) Jordan, Robert - Wheel of Time (series, first book is Eye of the World) *Kay, Guy Gavriel - Fionavar Tapestry (trilogy, first book is The Summer Tree) Lackey, Mercedes - Valdemar novels (several series including heralds of Valdemar; Mage Wars; Mage Storms) Lawhead, Stephen - Pendragon Cycle (series, first book is Taliesin) LeGuin, Ursula - Earthsea (series, first book is Wizard of Earthsea) Lewis, C.S. - Narnia (series, first book is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe) *Martin, George R.R. - Song of Fire and Ice (series, first book is A Game of Thrones) McKiernan, Dennis Moorcock, Michael - Elric (series), Eternal Champion (series) Norton, Andre - Witch World (series) Patton, Fiona - Branion (series, first book is The Stone Prince) Peake, Mervyn Laurence - Gormenghast Trilogy (first book is Titus Groan) Powers, Tim - Drawing of the Dark Pullman, Philip - His Dark Materials Trilogy (first book is The Golden Compass) Rawn, Melanie Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter (series, first book is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) Salvatore, R.A. - Forgotten Realms (series) Stewart, Mary - The Crystal Cave; The Hollow Hills; The Last Enchantment Tarr, Judith - The Hound and the Falcon (trilogy); Pride of Kings; Devil's Bargain *Tolkien, J.R.R. - Silmarillion; The Book of Lost Tales; Lays of Beleriand Weis, Margaret Williams, Charles *Williams, Tad - Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn (series, first book is The Dragonbone Chair) Zelazny, Robert - Chronicles of Amber *Especially recommended Additional suggestions for readers who enjoy humorous fantasy: Gentle, Mary - Grunts ("an orc's-eye view" of Middle Earth) Leiber, Fritz - Swords in Lankmar; Swords in the Mist; Swords Against Deviltry Murphy, Pat - There and Back Again: by Max Merriwell (SF: The Hobbit as space opera) Pratchett, Terry Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list. |
TRUSTEE ELECTIONThe Library will hold an election on Monday, August 8, to choose two trustees for four-year terms. Candidates are Bruce Murkoff, a current trustee seeking re-election, and Rosemary Deen, a long-time patron and volunteer who has attended many trustee meetings as an interested citizen. Registered voters who live in Marbletown are eligible to vote. Polls will be open from 2 pm to 8 pm. Absentee ballots are available at the circulation desk for voters who will not be able to come to the polls on August 8. Absentee ballots must be postmarked not later than August 1.
UPCOMING PROGRAMSKnitting Group Saturdays, August 6, 13, 20 & 27 10am-Noon Our knitting group meets every Saturday in the Library's Reference room. All levels are welcome. RECIPE OF THE MONTH Hot Pasta with Uncooked Tomato Sauce A great sauce for this time of year, when there are an abundance of fresh, locally grown tomatoes.
Combine the tomatoes, garlic, basil, parsley, olive oil, salt and pepper in a food processor and pulce a few times, untill it is your desired consistancy. Cook pasta and drain. Return to pot and add the tomato sauce. Toss and serve right away either with grated cheese or without. Recipe from Barbara Seaman of The Stone Ridge Library. |
GREAT WEBSITES !Our favorite cooking websites: The recipes of Gourmet and Bon Appetite magazines are at epicurious. When you catch a glimpse of a good looking recipe on the Food channel you'll find the recipe at foodtv. Home cooks send in their best recipes to allrecipes. As people try them out, they rate them. GOT WIRELESS?
The Stone Ridge Library now offers FREE high speed wireless internet access. Bring your laptop to the Library or work out in our yard. All you need is your computer with a wireless card installed. Focus on birds and bees with these nature titlesOn the Shelves with Nancy Nelson Poughkeepsie Journal 7.3.05 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. The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Tim Gallagher; Houghton Mifflin. The Race to Save the Lord God Bird, Phillip Hoose; Farrar, Straus and Giroux We call it "The Lord God Bird" because it's incredibly big and beautiful. With a two-foot long body and a three-foot wingspan, dressed out in black and white with a pterodactyl crest tipped in red and showing fierce yellow eyes and a hard white bill, the ivory-billed woodpecker is hard to miss. But we have missed it - in fact, it was thought to be extinct for more than 30 years. So, there was great rejoicing among birders this spring when a solitary male was announced to be rediscovered in the incredibly shrinking habitat in Arkansas that we've only grudgingly granted to it. And though the original sighting was made in February of 2004, the secret of its existence was kept from the world until this past April. Actually, the "secret" was kept to save it from even further exploitation. A pair of recently published books report fully on the story of its "loss" and reappearance. "The Race to Save the Lord God Bird" is a wonderful birder's read that manages to turn a biodiversity crisis into a suspenseful page turner. In "The Grail Bird," Tim Gallagher, one of the first men to "rediscover" it, takes us into the Deep South, alligator swamps, hidden bayous and other "backwoods places." Hard-working insect: Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation, by Tammy Horn; University Press of Kentucky. Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey - The Sweet Liquid Gold That Seduced the World, by Holley Bishop; Free Press. Philologists point to the word "mead" - wine made from honey - as one example of the interconnection of the Indo-European family of languages that incorporates languages spoken in Europe, the Indian subcontinent, Iran and some parts of Asia. A variant of the root for mead is common in this language family and proves the shared history of these human communities. For sure, bees have been in our human hearts and minds for millennia. These insects and the hives they design appear on cave and temple walls and in papyrus scrolls created thousands of years ago. Honey has various uses and serves as medicine, intoxicant, health food and as barter. It comes in many flavors and can be purchased at the store or cultivated in one's own back yard. So, doesn't everybody know about honey? Perhaps, but read these two books to learn even more. Bishop's book is rich in stories of its use and culture in history and details a beekeeper's day-to-day responsibilities necessary to establishing and maintaining a successful honey business. Horn's text focuses on the role of the insect in providing sustenance to the early European colonists in America and to its emerging use as a metaphor for "industry, harmony, frugality and cooperation" across the country. Nancy Nelson is director of the Clinton Community Library, which celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2005. Provisionally chartered by the State of New York, the library serves the six hamlets that comprise the Town of Clinton. Can't decide what to read? Visit http://midhudson.org/read.htm for links to lists of titles that might attract your interest. |
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