Lots of Library Fair Photos
 A huge THANK YOU to all of our VOLUNTEERS and to everyone who came, liked what they saw and bought it more
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New Audio Books
- Herzog - Saul Bellow
- The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck
- One of Ours - Willa Cather
- What's Bred in the Bone - Robertson Davies
- To Rise Again at a Decent Hour - Joshua Ferris
- Goodnight June - Satah Jio
- A Bend in the River - V.S. Naipaul
- Wise Blood - Flannery O'Connor
- Lovers at the Chameleon Club - Francine Prose
- The Soul of a Chef: the Journey Toward Perfection- Michael Ruhlman
- Angle of Repose - Wallace Stegner
- Our Story Begins - Tobias Wolf
Recently donated Audios
- The Birth of Western philosophy: Plato and Aristotle - Portable Professor series
- Foundations of Western thought: Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans - Portable Professor series
- One God, Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - Portable Professor series
- What Would Socrates Do?: The History of Moral Thought and Ethics - Portable Professor series
New DVD's
- Anna Karenina - BBC production (July 1)
- Ernest & Celestine - voices: Forrest Whitaker, Lauren Bacall, Paul Giamatti
- The Grand Budapest Hotel - Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray abraham, Mathieu Amalric
- A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
- House of Cards, second season - Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright
- The Lunch Box - Film by Ritesh Batra (July 1)
- The Secret of Nikola Tesla - Orson Wells, Peter Bozovic
- Tim's Vermeer: a Penn & Teller Film
- True Detective - Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson
- A Young Doctor's Notebook - Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe (July 1)
- Winter's Tale - Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe
Recently donated DVDs
- Agatha Christie Megaset
- Agatha Christie's Poirot
- Agatha Christie's Romantic Detectives
- American History X - Edward Norton
- An Autumn Afternoon - a Yasujiro Ozu film
- Campion - series 1
- Cool Hand Luke - Paul Newman
- Curb Your Enthusiasm - season 4
- Dorothy L Sayers Mysteries
- The George Burns & Gracie Allen Collection
- Groucho Marz: You Bet Your Life - the Best Episodes
- The Hidden Fortress - Akira Kurosawa film
- Lord Peter Wimsey - complete collection
- Moulin rouge - Jose Ferrer
- The paper Chase - Timothy Bottoms
- The Passion Spent
- a Raisin in the Sun - Sean Combs
- Rosemary & Thyme - series 1,2,3
- Sense and Sensibility - BBC
- Scarface - Al Pacino
- Stormy Weather - Lena Horne
- Summer's Lease
- Tanner on Tanner - a Robert Altman, Garry Trudeau film
- To the Manor Born - series 1
- The Turandot Project
- The Vicar of Dibley - series 1,2,3
- What the Bleep do we Know!?
- Zorba the Greek - Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates
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BOOKLISTS
Every month in this spot we feature reading suggestions. Visit the Library to pick up a copy of the booklist-of-the-month brochure and check out a book from our current display.
100 Books
to Read in a Lifetime
Goodreads readers have selected the following list of 100 books as must reads at some point in your life.
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- The Grapes of Wrat by John Steinbeck
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Night by Elie Wiesel
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- The Holy Bible by Thomas Nelson
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- The Stand by Stephen King
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
- The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
- The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- The Odyssey by Homer
- Celebrating Silence by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- Helen Keller: The Story of My Life by Hellen Keller
- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
- From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Cajun Dance &
Chicken BBQ
Saturday, July 26th from 5-8pm
Tongore Park in Marbletown
 Featuring Hickory BBQ & Smokehouse,
music by Krewe de la Rue, and dance lesson by Buffy Lewis of Cleoma's Ghost.
Dinner & Dance $25
(children under 12: $10)
There will be a Vegetarian Option.
Dance only $15.
Limited tickets available. Please make your reservations now!
 All proceeds to benefit the Stone Ridge Library Foundation Restoration Campaign
Dinner Reservations or Questions: Stone Ridge Library calendar or call 687-7147.
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Add Your Name and Show Your Support of the Library
 Throughout the summer months, the Stone Ridge Library Foundation will be celebrating your support of the library with a Summertime Fundraiser. With a donation of $5 (or more if you are so inclined), you can add your name to a red heart that will be pinned to the library's bulletin board. Donations will be accepted at the circulation desk, and all proceeds go to the Stone Ridge Library Foundation Phase 2 Restoration Campaign. For more information, or other ways to give, click the Foundation page or call the Foundation at 687-7147.
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Crime Writing Workshop
with C. E. Lawrence
Wednesday, July 16 – 6:00 -7:30 pm
Reference Room
 From Conan Doyle to Agatha Christie and beyond, crime writing is here to stay. This workshop will discuss the conventions and demands of various genres (classic mysteries, detective fiction, as well as thriller writing), including points on plot, clue planting, Whodunnits and red herrings, as well as methodology of research, criminal psychology, and other aspects of crime writing, both fiction and nonfiction.
 Time permitting, work submitted by volunteer participants will be presented and critiqued. Also time permitting, one or two brief writing exercises will be introduced. There will be also be a question and answer period.
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Everyday Living:
You Can't Stop the Waves
but You Can Learn How to Surf
 Thursday, July 17, 5:30 – 7:00pm
Reference Room
Stephanie Speer, M.A., Instructor
This workshop will provide an opportunity to learn simple yet powerful ways to meet the stresses and challenges of everyday life. Participants will learn a variety of formal and informal mindfulness practices which can be easily integrated into daily life and used anytime and anywhere.
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Grand Central Terminal:
100 Years of a
New York Landmark
 Wednesday, July 23, 7pm
Marbletown Community Center
 On February 1st, 1913, the brand-new Grand Central Terminal opened its doors to an admiring public. On February 1st, 2013, the beautifully restored Terminal—rescued from destruction by a seminal 1978 Supreme Court decision - celebrates its Centennial, accompanied by exhibitions, events, and a new book: Grand Central Terminal: 100 Years of a New York Landmark. The Terminal's creation combined engineering bravado (sinking two train yards below ground), technological wizardry (electrifying the trains to eliminate steam and enable their underground functioning), and real-estate savvy (replacing the original street-level train yard with 16 blocks of newly prime Midtown Manhattan real-estate, whose development paid for it all) with innovative planning (interior ramps and looping tracks) and Paris-inspired Beaux-Arts design. This illustrated lecture by Anthony W. Robins, author of the new book, brings the Terminal to life - its remarkable history, stunning architecture, and central role in creating midtown Manhattan. Sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities
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TEA TIME BOOK GROUP
 Wednesday, July 9
4pm in the Biography Room
The selection this month is American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin. Traveling abroad with her mother at the turn of the twentieth century to seek a titled husband, beautiful, vivacious Cora Cash, whose family mansion in Newport dwarfs the Vanderbilts', suddenly finds herself Duchess of Wareham, married to Ivo, the most eligible bachelor in England. Nothing is quite as it seems, however: Ivo is withdrawn and secretive, and the English social scene is full of traps and betrayals. Money, Cora soon learns, cannot buy everything, as she must decide what is truly worth the price in her life and her marriage. Join us in the Biography Room for lively Discussion and light refreshments.
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HOLMES & CO.
Mystery Lovers Book Group
 Wednesday, July 16
4pm in the Biography Room
The selection for this meeting is Dying in the Wool by Frances Brody. When the untimely disappearance of Master of the Mill Joshua Braithwaite disrupts the peaceful town of Bridgestead, Kate Shackleton is tapped to discover the missing man's fate, only to stumble on dangerous secrets.
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CLIO'S MUSE
A History Reading Club
 Wednesday, July 30
7pm in the Biography Room
The next reading selection is Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson. A chronicle of World War I's Arab Revolt that explores the pivotal roles of a small group of adventurers and low-level officers who orchestrated a secret effort to control the Middle East.
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Conversational Spanish
 Tuesday, July 1,
1:30-2:30 in the Bio Room
Basic conversational ability is a pre-requisite for these sessions that provide participants with an opportunity to practice and hone their Spanish language skills in a comfortable and enjoyable setting. Cliff Rockmuller, former language teacher at the Rondout Valley School District, leads the conversation. This program is held on the first Tuesday of each month.
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Conversational French
with Claudine Brenner
 Tuesday, July 15, 1:30-2:30pm
Biography Room
Want to brush up or improve your French with a conversation hour? Claudine is a native French speaker, born in Paris and raised in Europe; following a 30 year Government career abroad, she chose Stone Ridge to retire in. Culture, medicine, travels, and anything/everything culinary are favorite subjects—which she would love to share and exchange in French.
The program will be offered on the third Tuesday of each month.
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POETRY
with Rosemary Deen
 Thursday, July 10, 24
1-3pm in the Bio Room
Join us for an afternoon of poetry with Rosemary Deen. Our meetings are held twice a month, on the second and fourth Thursdays.
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Stone Ridge Library
Writers' Group
Monday, July 14, 28
4:30-6:30pm
 A writers' group meets every other Monday at the Library, with a maximum of 10 participants. This program is designed for people who are already in the process of writing and publishing work and want to participate in a structured feedback process. Cathy Arra, a poet, writer and former teacher of English and Writing in the Rondout Valley School District facilitates the group. If you are interested in participating, please contact Diane DeChillo at the Stone Ridge Library (687-8726) to place your name on the wait list.
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Move to Music with our
Dance and Rhythm Group
 Every Thursday,
10:45 to 11:45
at the Marbletown Community Center
All Ages
If you would enjoy stretching, moving and dancing to all kinds of music come join us at the Marbletown Comunity center on Thursdays. We don't have a teacher, we wear comfortable clothing, go barefoot or not, and bring CDs or cassettes of our choosing. For more information call 687-7186.
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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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Movies Based on Books Opening in Theaters
 July 11, 2014
Movie Title: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Based on: La Planète des Singes by Pierre Boulle
Director: Matt Reeves
Cast: Andy Serkis, Gary Oldman
 July 11, 2014
Movie Title: A Long Way Down
Based on: A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
Director: Pascal Chaumeil
Cast: Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots, Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette
 July 25, 2014 (limited)
Movie Title: A Most Wanted Man
Based on: A Most Wanted Man by John le Carre
Director: Anton Corbijn
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Philip Seymour Hoffman
 July 25, 2014
Movie Title: Hercules
Based on: Hercules: The Thracian Wars graphic novel by Steve Moore
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Joseph Fiennes, Peter Mullan, John Hurt |
Construction Updates
Mysterious brick arch over a window on the north side. more
Stone Ridge Library Awarded New York State Library Construction Grant
The Stone Ridge Library has been awarded a $7,730 grant from New York State toward the restoration of its historic buildings. more
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New Playground
The Library has a new playground! This was made possible by the efforts of the Rondout Valley HS National Honor Society, and Laura Sullivan-Gifford and Family. We've added a couple of picnic tables too.
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Ceramic Pots Needed for the October
Book Sale
 We have a new feature coming to the Fall Book Sale! We're preparing house plants for sale in October and right now we need 4", 5", and 6" ceramic pots and interesting containers. We plan to dress up the house plants Rosemary Deen is nurturing for the Fall Book Sale. Please bring your containers to the Library. Questions: director@stoneridgelibrary.org
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Free Audiobooks
SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for young adults. From May 15th to August 13th, SYNC gives away two complete audiobook downloads a week – a current young adult title along with a thematically paired classic or required summer reading title. Sign up for email and text alerts and be first to know when new titles are available to download at audiobooksync. Titles are delivered through the OverDrive Media Console.
The following is a partial list of the titles available by week. The SYNC website has more information.
June 26 - July 2: FORGIVE ME LEONARD PEACOCK by Matthew Quick, Narrated by Noah Galvin
OCTOBER MOURNING: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman, Narrated by Emily Beresford, Luke Daniels, Tom Parks, Nick Podehl, Kate Rudd, Christina Traister
July 3 - July 9: TORN FROM TROY by Patrick Bowman,
PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
July 10 - July 16: CLAUDETTE COLVIN: Twice Toward Justice by Philip Hoose
WHILE THE WORLD WATCHED by Carolyn Maull McKinstry with Denise George
July 17 - July 23: THE CASE OF THE CRYPTIC CRINOLINE by Nancy Springer
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES II by Arthur Conan Doyle
July 24 - July 30: HEADSTRONG by Patrick Link,
THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE by Robert Louis Stevenson
July 31 - August 6: DIVIDED WE FALL by Trent Reedy,
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE by Stephen Crane
August 7 - August 13: LIVING A LIFE THAT MATTERS by Ben Lesser
THE SHAWL by Cynthia Ozick
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GREAT WEBSITES!
OneLook Dictionary
 A dictionary search engine that searches all the major dictionary websites at once. It also has a "reverse search" function and plenty of wildcard options for expanding or narrowing your results. Adrience Library has created a page to explain it, or go directly to the site. more
CIA - The World Factbook
The World Factbook is composed of almanac styled entries for 267 entities (countries, dependencies, areas, etc.) browse-able by map or by continent. The website is particularly helpful for current events research because it's updated weekly by the Central Intelligence Agency. Each entry contains an overview of each country and its history, and sections containing information on its geography, population/culture, economy, government, military, and its communications, transportation, energy sectors, and information on the countries' roles in global issues and disputes. It also contains links to maps of the country, an mp3 of the country's national anthem, photos of points of interest, and information on its flag. more
NASA's Earth Observatory
This site provides "new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet. The focus is on Earth's climate and environmental change." Articles under Features are about the atmosphere, oceans, land, life on earth, heat and energy, and remote sensing. Other sections present current stories, reference materials, earth observing missions, experiments for learning about remote sensing, and a glossary. Weekly updates available.* more
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Contact Us
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eMail: Stone Ridge Library
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