August 2010

New Fiction

• The Overton Window – Glen Beck
• A Fierce Radiance - Lauren Belfer
• A Thread So Thin – Marie Bostwick
• The Glass Rainbow – James Lee Burke
• The Passage - Justin Cronin
• The Burning Wire – Jeffrey Deaver
• A Visit From the Goon Squad – Jennifer Egan
• Sizzling Sixteen - Janet Evanovich
• A Thread of Sky – Deanna Fei
• Faithful Place – Tana French
• Live to Tell – Lisa Gardner
• People of the Longhouse - W.Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
• Ice Cold – Tess Gerritsen
• The Cookbook Collector - Allegra Goodman
• Double Happiness: stories - Mary-Beth Hughes
• As Husbands Go - Susan Isaacs
• Matterhorn – Karl Marlantes
• Corduroy Mansions – Alexander McCall Smith
• Exclusive - Fern Michaels
• A Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet – David Mitchell
• Red Rain - Bruce Murkoff
• One Day – David Nicholls
• Private - James Patterson
• In the Name of Honor - Richard North Patterson
• The Imperfectionists – Tom Rachman
• The Search - Nora Roberts
• Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English - Natasha Solomons
• Family Ties - Danielle Steel
• The Singer's Gun - Emily St. John Mandel
• The Frozen Rabbi – Steve Stern
• Broken – Karin Slaughter
• Beachcombers - Nancy Thayer

New Non-Fiction

• The Possessed – Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them – Elif Batuman
• 2011 Writer's Market: the Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published - Robert Lee Brewer, editor
• 2011 Scholarship Handbook - College Board
• Zeitoun - Dave Eggers
• Fiske Guide to Colleges 2011 - Edward B. Fiske
• Hitch 22 – Christopher Hitchens
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Facebook – Joe Kraynak and Mikal E. Belicove
• Eaarth – Making A Life On A Tough New Planet – Bill McKibben
• Wide Awake – Patricia Morrisroe
• Knitting in the Sun – Kristi Porter
• How to Grow a School Garden: a Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers - Arden Bucklin-Sporer and Rachel Kathleen Pringle
• Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Every Day – Peter Reinhart
• The Best of It: New and Selected Poems - Kay Ryan
• Seymour: the Obsessive Images of Seymour Chwast - Paula Scher
• A White House Garden Cookbook: Healthy Ideas from the First Family for Your Family - Clara Silverstein
• A Measureless Peril – Richard Snow
• Pearl Buck In China – Journey to the Good Earth – Hilary Spurling
• The Thoreau You Don't Know – Robert Sullivan
• Make These Toys – Heather Swain
• Dog Training For Dummies – jack Volhard Wendy Volhard
• Priceless – Robert K Wittman
• Sew Serendipity: Fresh + Pretty Designs to Make and Wear - Kay Whitt

New Audio Books

• Cover Her Face - PD James
  
• False Scent - Ngaio Marsh
  
• Vanity Fair - William Thackeray

New DVD's

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Noomi Rapace
• Greenberg - Ben Stiller
  
• Project Runway, Season 7
  
• Sense and Sensibility - Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant
• Shutter Island - Leonardo DiCaprio
• The Simpsons, Season 12
• A Single Man - Colin Firth, Julianne Moore
• The Tudors, Season 2

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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.

Mysteries with Snappy Dialogue

• Acevedo, Mario - Felix Gomez series
• Block, Lawrence - Hit man series
• Bond, Stephanie -- Body Movers series
• Butcher, Jim - Dresden Files - fantasy/paranormal P.I.
• Carrington, Tori - Sophie Metropolis series
• Chandler, Raymond
• Coben, Harlan - Myron Bolitar series
• Cook, Glen - Garrett, P.I. series
• Coonts, Deborah - Wanna Get Lucky?
• Crusie, Jennifer
• DeMille, Nelson - John Corey series
• Ferrigno, Robert -
• Friedman, Kinky
• Gardner, Erle Stanley - Perry Mason series
• George, Elizabeth
• Grimes, Martha - Richard Jury novels
• Goulart, Ron
• Hammett, Dashiell
• Higgins, George V.
• Hunter, Evan
• Kakonis, Tom - Tim Waverly series
• Kaminsky, Stuart - Rostnikov series
• Kimberley, Alice - Jack Shepherd series
• Levine, Paul - Solomon & Lord series
• Macdonald, John - Travis McGee series
• McCrumb, Sharyn -- Elizabeth MacPherson mysteries
• Parker, Robert B - Spenser books
• Perry, Thomas -- Pursuit, Metzger's dog, The island
• Peters, Elizabeth
• Quinn, Spencer -- Chet & Bernie mysteries
• Rice, Craig
• Riordan, Rick - Tres Navarre series
• Rosenfelt, David -- Andy Carpenter series
• Sanders, Lawrence - McNally series (continued by Vince Lardo)
• Sayers, Dorothy - Lord Peter series
• Shankman, Sarah
• Shannon, Dell - Mendoza series
• Siegel, Sheldon
• Spencer, Ross H.
• Stout, Rex - Nero Wolfe series
• Westlake, Donald - Dortmunder series

Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction L mailing list.

Elizabeth Rickard
Animal Portraits on view
at the Library

We are fortunate to welcome Stone Ridge artist Elizabeth Rickard whose oil paintings will be on exhibit at the Library through the end of summer. The show is comprised mainly of animal portraits, whose soulful eyes and beauty are captivating.

Elizabeth began painting in the studios of Hunter College in 1966. A graduate of Bellevue School of Nursing, she has been a practicing Registered Nurse since 1967. Encouraged by her late husband Dominique Rickard, she returned to painting in 1992 with her first show at Bank Street College.

Over the years, she has found that painting is a catalyst in the pursuit of beauty, harmony and serenity--and is one of life's sustaining necessities.

"In spite of the dominance of modern and post-modern movements in art today," Elizabeth says that she has "always been drawn artistically to an earlier time, particularly the eighteenth and nineteenth century." Elisabeth Vigee Lebrun, Rosa Bonheur and Adelaide Labille-Gerard are her favorite artists.

Elizabeth does animal portraits on commission and can be contacted through the Library.

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LIBRARY VOTE

Monday, August 9, 2-8pm
at the Library

Marbletown voters will go to the polls Aug. 9 to pick three Stone Ridge Library trustees and to consider a budget increase of about $3 a family.

The 2011 budget would rise 5.5% to $229,612 from $217,642 in 2008, the most recent year an increase was sought. Marbletown Assessor Barbara Galloway estimated that the increase would cost homeowners $1.15 per $100,000 of assessed valuation. A "typical" home valued at $250,000 would see a rise of $2.88 to a total of $58.86, she calculated.

Suzanne Hauspurg, president of the board of trustees, said, "Like everyone else, the Library just plain needs more money to meet rising operating costs." She noted that the increase was substantially less than the nearly 15% rise voters approved in 2008. This is partly due, she said, to part-time staff reductions.

Candidates for the three four-year trustee seats are incumbents Stephen MacDonald, Judith Schneller and Shelley Wyant.

The election will be held at the Library from 2 pm to 8 pm. Absentee ballots are available at the Library and must be returned by the close of business Aug. 9. For more information about the election or the budget please contact Library Director Jody Ford at 687-7023 or Suzanne Hauspurg at 687-0736.

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ADULT CHESS CLUB

Monday, Aug. 2
6-7:30pm in the Reference Room

Our Chess Club for adults, scheduled for the first Monday of the month, from 6 - 7:30pm. Bring your own board if possible, and come join the fun!

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TEA TIME BOOK GROUP

Wednesday, Aug. 11
4pm in the Reference Room

The selection this month is Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. Through the voice of 11-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy obsessed with cowboys living in 1960s Minnesota, the story is told of the Land family's cross-country search for Reuben's outlaw older brother, who has been charged with murder.

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

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HOLMES & CO.
Mystery Lovers
Book Group

Wednesday, Aug. 18,
4pm in the Biography Room

The selections for this meeting include: The Gardner Heist: the True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft by Ulrich Boser and Among Thieves, a fictionalized version of the Gardner Heist twenty years later by David Hosp.

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MEDIEVAL
Book Group

Wednesday, Sept. 15,
7pm in the Biography Room

Our guest from the UK, Claire Walker, will join us for a discussion of the Magna Carta and the US Constitution. The recommended readings for this meeting are Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution by Woody Holton and A Brief History of the Magna Carta by Geoffrey Hindley or 1215: The Year of Magna Carta by D. Danziger & J. Gillingham.

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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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Kids' Port

Have you heard about Kids' Port @ your library? If you are looking for a great website that is safe, educational and fun for kids you should check out kidsport.midhudson.org. Some of the wonderful connections available through Kids' Port include: Homework Help, Making a Difference in Your Community, Staying Safe, Sites in both Spanish and English, Hudson Valley Family Fun and links to games, puzzles, riddles and more. Kids' Port also provides great information about books and how to find them through the Mid-Hudson library catalog. Visit kidsport.midhudson.org, take a tour and wander through the safe, educational and fun portals available just for kids! more

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GREAT WEBSITES!

ChocoLocate: The Chocolate Lovers' Page

Directory of annotated websites relating to chocolate in some way, such as retailers, suppliers, food industry associations, and others sites offering recipes. The best way to search is by using the site map. Created and maintained by a hobbyist. more

Ice Cream

Information on ice cream history, production, consumption, ingredients, manufacture, flavors, and more. From the Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Canada. more

Ice Cream: Selected Internet Resources

Small collection of annotated links to websites about ice cream, covering history, safety of homemade ice cream, photos, scientific aspects, and ice cream sundaes. Includes historical photos. From the Science Reference Section, Library of Congress. more

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