June 2007

VOLUNTEER

Volunteers Make the Fair the success it has been for so many years!!!

We need help sorting books, so please drop by on Fridays and Saturdays.

Volunteer signup is available at the library or Volunteer here. Thanks in advance for all your work and conviviality!

THE FOUNDATION

The newly formed Stone Ridge Library Foundation will have a table at the Fair, so please drop by to learn about the restoration of the buildings and plans for the library’s future.

KIDS

For the children: Games, Toys, and Lots of Things to Do. And we won’t forget the Popcorn and Cotton Candy.

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New Fiction

• Dream When You're Feeling Blue - Elizabeth Berg
• Buddha: a Story of Enlightenment - Deepak Chopra
• The Sea Lady - Margaret Drabble
• Stormy Weather - Paulette Jiles
• Obsession: an Alex Delaware novel - Jonathan Kellerman
• Up In Honey's Room - Elmore Leonard
• The Good Husband of Zebra Drive - Alexander McCall Smith
• After Dark - Haruki Murakami
  
• The 6th Target - James Patterson
• The River Knows - Amanda Quick
• Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome - Steven Saylor
• Revenge of Innocents - Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
• Free Fire: a Joe Pickett novel - C. J. Box

New Non-Fiction

• Breaking News: How the Associated Press has Covered War, Peace, and Everything Else - Reporters of the Associated Press
  
• Mastering the Grill: the Owner's Manual for Outdoor Cooking - Andrew Schloss and David Joachim
  
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life - Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
  
• Einstein: a Biography - Jurgen Neffe, translated by Shelley Frisch
  
• William Faulkner: Lives and Legacies - Carolyn Porter
  
• The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef - Marco Pierre White
• The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Carribbean Pirates and thge man Who Brought Them Down - Colin Woodard
• Just Call Me Mike: a Journey to Actor and Activist - Mike Farrell
• What is the What - Dave Eggers
• Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood after a lifetime of Ambivalence - Rebecca Walker
• Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power - Robert DalleThe Perfect Scoop: Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accompaniments - David Lebovits
• Vegetables: Recipes and Techniques from the World's Premier Cullinary College - The Culinary Institute of America
• Breaking News: How the Associated Press has Covered War, Peace and Everything Else - Reporters of the Associated Press
  
• Mastering the Grill: The Owners Manual for Outdoor Cooking - Andrew Schloss and David Joachim

New Audios

All CDs unless noted

• The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down - Colin Woodard
  
• Suffer the Little Children - Donna Leon
  
• Summer Reading - Hilma Wolitzer
• The Sea - John Banville
  
• Bulfinch's Mythology - tape
  
• Juneteenth - Ralph Ellison - tape
  
• Title Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon
  
• Lies and the lying liars who tell them : a fair and balanced look at the right - Al Franken
• War in a Time of Peace - David Halberstam
• The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
  
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life - Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
• The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James - tape
  
• The Great Unraveling: Losing our way in the New Century - Paul Krugman
  
• Absolute Friends - John LeCarre
• The Good Husband of Zebra Drive - Alexander McCall Smith
• Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules - Edited and Introduced by David Sedaris
  
• Anne Sexton Reads Selections of her Poetry - tape

New DVD's

• Free Zone
• The Fugitive
• Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theater)
• Letters from Iwo Jima - Special Edition
• Man from Snowy River
• Mistress of Spirits
• Painted Veil
• Pans Labyrinth
• To Catch a Thief

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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.

Narrative Science —Nonfiction

READS LIKE FICTION

The pacing, character development and writing style will please fiction lovers

• Alibek, Ken - Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons in the World, Told from the Inside by the Man Who Ran It
  
• Alvarez, Walter - T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
  
• Angier, Natalie - The Beauty of the Beastly: New Views on the Nature of Life; Woman: An Intimate Geography
  
• Barry, John M. - The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History; Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
  
• Bodanis, David - E = mc²: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation; Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity
  
• Burr, Chandler - The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses
  
• Casey, Susan - The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks
  
• Croke, Vicki Constantine - Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal
  
• Diamond, Jared - Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
  
• Fadiman, Anne - The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
  
• Firlik, Katrina - Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside
  
• Fossey, Dian - Gorillas in the Mist
  
• Fouts, Roger - Next of Kin: What My Conversations with Chimpanzees Have Taught Me About Intelligence, Compassion, and Being Human
  
• Garrett, Laurie - The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
  
• Gawande, Atul - Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance; Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
  
• Gladwell, Malcolm - Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
  
• Halpern, Sue - Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterflies
  
• Hawking, Stephen - A Brief History of Time
  
• Henig, Robin - Pandora's Baby: How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution
  
• Hubbell, Sue - Waiting for Aphrodite: Journeys into the Time Before Bones
  
• Huler, Scott - Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale and How a Nineteenth Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry
  
• Jamison, Kay R. - Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide
  
• Johnson, Steven - Ghost Map: The Story of London's Deadliest Epidemic, and How It Changed the Way We Think About Disease, Cities, Science, and the Modern World
  
• Jones, Chris - Too Far from Home: A Story of Life and Death in Space
  
• Junger, Sebastian - The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men against the Sea
  
• Kandel, Eric T. - In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
  
• Kidder, Tracy - Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
  
• King, Ross - Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
  
• Kingsolver, Barbara - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
  
• Kolata, Gina - Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It
  
• Kurlansky, Mark - Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World; Salt: A World History
  
• Larson, Erik - Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
  
• Laskin, David - The Children's Blizzard
  
• Lax, Eric - The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle
  
• Leopold, Aldo - Sand County Almanac: with essays on conservation from Round River
  
• Maples, William R. - Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist
  
• Martin, Russell - Beethoven's Hair
  
• McCullough, David G. - The Johnstown Flood
  
• McGee, Harold - On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
  
• McPhee. John - Annals of the Former World; Assembling California; Basin and Range; Encounters with the Archdruid; In Suspect Terrain; Rising from the Plains
  
• Nasar, Sylvia - A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994
  
• Nielsen, Jerri - Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
  
• Obmascik, Mark - The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession
  
• Orlean, Susan - The Orchid Thief
  
• Pollan, Michael - The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye View of the World; The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
  
• Preston, Richard - The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story; The Hot Zone; The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
  
• Rhodes, Richard - The Making of the Atomic Bomb
  
• Ridley, Matt - Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
  
• Roach, Mary - Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
  
• Sacks, Oliver - An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales; Awakenings; The Island of the Colorblind, and Cycad Island; A Leg to Stand On; The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat; Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
  
• Salisbury, Gay - The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
  
• Scotti, R.A. - Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938
  
• Siegel, Marc - Bird Flu: Everything You Need to Know About the Next Pandemic
  
• Sobel, Dava - Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love; Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
  
• Spielman, Andrew - Mosquito: A Natural History of Man's Most Persistent and Deadly Foe
  
• Stewart, Amy - The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms
  
• Sullivan, Robert - Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants; A Whale Hunt: Two Years on the Olympic Peninsula with the Makah and Their Canoe
  
• Svenvold, Mark - Big Weather: Chasing Tornadoes in the Heart of America
  
• Sykes, Brian - The Seven Daughters of Eve
  
• Tammet, Daniel - Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
  
• Turin, Luca - The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Scent
  
• Weiner, Jonathan - The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
  
• Winchester, Simon - The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology; Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883; A crack in the edge of the world : America and the great California earthquake of 1906
  
• Wolfe, Tom - The Right Stuff

Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list.

STONE RIDGE LIBRARY FAIR

IT’S FAIR TIME AGAIN!

Saturday, June 9
10am to 3pm on the Library Lawn

The 61st annual
Stone Ridge Library Fair

Last year’s fair was a huge success, with the community out in full force to enjoy the day and visit with friends and neighbors. We look forward to much of the same this year, and invite everyone to join in the fun. It’s a lovely way to spend a summer’s day, with music and food and fabulous treasures to take home.

Among the tried and true favorites are, of course, the Giant Book Sale under the tent. We’ve adjusted the time one hour earlier from last year and expect the usual frenzy at opening time! The Plant Tent — another busy booth—is a great place to stock up on annuals and perennials — all at amazing prices.

LOCAL AUTHORS

Favorite local authors will be signing their works—the perfect gifts! And, once again, the fiber artists will be demonstrating their crafts in the shady spot near the Plant Tent. Weavers and spinners…joined by the library’s in-house knitting group.

MUSIC

Music will be coordinated by long time library volunteer Kurt Henry, who will also serve as our M.C. Old favorites will be joined by one or two newcomers…stay tuned for details.

FOOD

And then there is the food! Traditional fare includes the sausage and peppers, hot dogs and hamburgers — joined by some newer additions of wraps and chili.

Not to be missed is the Strawberry Shortcake, berries picked by hand by volunteers and all home made…THIS is what June is all about!

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BRING YOUR LIBRARY CARD

The Mid-Hudson Library System will be down from Tuesday evening, June 5 through Wednesday, June 6, while they install a new server. We will be using an off-line circulation system so we'll need to scan your card. The card catalog and system for placing holds will not be working either.

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Tea Time Book Group

Wednesday, June 13th, 4pm
in the Reference room

The selection this month is The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri.

Book- to-Film: participants can view the movie and prepare to compare.

Join us for lively Discussion and light refreshments.

Books are available at the library.

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Scrabble

Mondays, June 4, 11,
18, 25

6-8pm in the
Reference Room

Scrabble players meet every Monday in the Library's Reference room. Newcomers are always welcome!

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Knitting Group

Saturdays, June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
10am-noon at the Library

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

Poughkeepsie Journal 5.6.07
On the Shelves with Phyllis Keaton

Boomers, make the most of your retirement years

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.

I loved Lucy. If you did, too, odds are you're one of 77 million people born between 1946 and 1964 during the baby boom.

For many boomers, retirement is only a few years away. But what if you can't afford to retire? What if you don't want to retire? What will you do after you retire?

To find answers to these questions, put on your bifocals and check out these books at your library.

You Can Do It!: the Boomer's Guide to a Great Retirement, by Jonathan D. Pond; Harper Collins

Can you afford to retire? PBS financial advice expert Jonathan D. Pond disagrees with the conventional wisdom that baby boomers are doomed to destitution.

He writes: "Across almost all income levels, baby boomers are better prepared for retirement than any previous generation. In fact, boomers are far better prepared than their parents were at the same age."

Pond explains how to turn a good retirement into a great retirement. He includes advice on investments, deciding when to retire and where to retire to, and what to do with your home. You Can Do It! contains helpful worksheets and exercises. It's a self-help book that you might choose to purchase after previewing it at the library.

225 Best Jobs for Baby Boomers, by Michael Farr and Laurence Shatkin; JIST Publishing

Not ready to retire? 225 Best Jobs for Baby Boomers offers guidance for those seeking a new job, part-time work, self-employment or a career change.

The book describes the right time to make a career move, how to make the most of your past work experience and benefits to expect. It also covers age discrimination issues.

225 Best Jobs lists jobs that have attracted a high percentage of baby boomers according to highest pay, fastest growth and most openings. It sorts jobs by a variety of criteria - "Best Jobs for Baby Boomers Interested in Law and Public Safety." It lists jobs based on personality type - "Best Jobs for Baby Boomers with a Social Personality Type." And it lists jobs based on age-sensitive abilities, such as "Best Jobs for Baby Boomers That Require Only a Small Amount of Hearing Sensitivity."

The book includes job descriptions full of useful information, including a description of the work environment.

This Year You Write Your Novel, by Walter Mosley; Little, Brown & Company

This Year You Write Your Novel is a writer's guide by the author of the Easy Rawlins mysteries and many other popular works of fiction and nonfiction.

In this thin volume, Walter Mosley covers the basics - general disciplines, elements of fiction, where to begin, rewriting and more. According to Mosley, read this book, give yourself a year and write that novel.

Retirement is a beginning. Develop and patent that prototype gadget, set up that home studio, do anything you want to do. The public library is a great place to learn about just about anything - including gardening and playing golf.

Howland Public Library director Phyllis Keaton is president of the New York Library Association/Library Administration & Management Section and past president of NYLA's Public Libraries Section. She serves on the Mid-Hudson Library System Outreach and Continuing Education committees and on the Beacon 2009 Committee. The Howland Public Library is celebrating its 135th anniversary of service to the community.

Can't decide on what to read? Visit
Mid Hudson for links to lists of titles that might attract your interest.

DONATE

We would love contributions of: books, tea accessories, plants (closer to the fair time) and garden accessories. The items can be dropped off at the library. Please call if you have questions or need help: 687-8726.

NEW

Stop by the new Tea Time Tent to pick up a table settings or a teapot! We welcome donations of tea pots, cups and saucers, china, earthenware, place settings, tea towels…

RAFFLE

We’ll hold a 50-50 Raffle each hour. We know that last year’s winners will be back to test their luck.

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GREAT WEBSITES!

Humor and Laughter: Health Benefits and Online Resources

This site considers the health benefits of laughter, such as reduced stress, lowered blood pressure, and improved brain functioning. It describes laughter's positive effects on the body, the mental health benefits of laughter, and examples of humorous experiences. Also includes links to related articles and sites. From HelpGuide.org, a nonprofit resource on a mental health and healthy lifestyles; it is a project of the Rotary Club of Santa Monica and Center for Healthy Aging. more

The Best Office
in the World

Short article about doing your work at the library. "The library is an office away from home, and,... it’s available to you entirely rent-free!" From FreelanceSwitch, a Community & Resource for freelancers of all varieties - designers, writers programmers, illustrators, photographers ... more

Opus 1 Classical

Use this site to search for classical music concerts and opera in over two-dozen cities around the world. Also includes links to venues, lists of music festivals by country, and news updates. From ProKlassika. more

Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)

This is "a public database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations. ... Each document is accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the multilingual index to GLIN. All summaries are available to the public, and public access to full texts is also available in participating jurisdictions." Searchable, or browsable using the subject term index. From the Law Library of Congress. more

The Beast of
Loch Ness

Companion to a 1999 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Nova film that "follows a three-week expedition that used state-of-the-art sonar and sensitive underwater cameras in an attempt to track down and identify the elusive creature [the Loch Ness Monster]." Features an overview of legendary creatures, the birth and development of the legend of the Loch Ness monster, text and audio of eyewitness accounts, and a description of sonar techniques. more

Loch Ness "Monster"

Material about the legend of "the Loch Ness 'monster' -- affection-ately known as 'Nessie' -- ... an alleged plesiosaur-like creature living in Loch Ness, a long, deep lake near Inverness, Scotland." Includes background about "the modern legend of Nessie [that] begins in 1934," and links to related sites. From an author who writes about "strange beliefs, amusing deceptions, and dangerous delusions." more

opensecrets.org: 2008 Presidential Election

Compilation of data on campaign contributions for the 2008 presidential election. Candidate profiles include total funds raised and spent, cash on hand, debts, and a breakdown of sources of the funds (such as individual contributions). Also includes week-by-week comparisons, a donor lookup, contributions by industry, and other data. From the Center for Responsive Politics, "a non-partisan, non-profit research group ... that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy." more

Rolling Stone: The Immortals: The First Fifty

Collection of tribute articles "to those who created rock & roll, written by their peers and heirs." Includes articles such as Elvis Costello on the Beatles (number 1), Robbie Robertson on Bob Dylan (number 2), and Bono on Elvis Presley (number 3). Articles include links to related material, such as photos and album reviews. From Rolling Stone magazine. more

An Underwater Tour of the Long Island Sound

An introduction to the flora, fauna, geology, and habitat of the diverse world under the surface along the New York and Connecticut shoreline. Produced by the University of Connecticut, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, the National Undersea Research Center, and the Long Island Sound Resource Center. more

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