October 2015

New Fiction

• The Blue Between Sky and Water - Susan Abulhawa
• Margaret Truman's Internship in Murder: a Capital Crimes novel - Donald Bain
• The Blue Guitar - John Banville
• Dishing the Dirt: an Agatha Raisin mystery - M.C. Beaton
• Sweet Caress - William Boyd
• Friction - Sandra Brown
• Make Me: a Jack Reacher novel - Lee Child
• Gutenberg's Apprentice - Alix Christie
• The Melody Lingers on - Mary Higgins Clark
• Did You Ever Have a Family - Bill Clegg
• Robert B. Parker's The Devil Wins: a Jess Stone novel - Reed Farrel Coleman
• Is Fat Bob Dead Yet? - Stephen Dobyns
• The Gilded Hour - Sara Donati
• Only the Animals - Ceridwen Dovey
• The Lightning Stones - Jack DuBrul
• Bream Gives me Hiccups & Other Stories - Jesse Eisenberg
• Purity - Jonathan Franzen
• X - Sue Grafton
• The Taming of the Queen - Philippa Gregory
• The Rumor - Elin Hilderbrand
• Trigger Mortis: a James Bond novel - Anthony Horowitz
• The Girl in the Spider's Web: a Lisbeth Salander novel - David Lagercrantz
• Circling the Sun - Paula McLain
• Sea Lovers: Selected Stories - Valerie Martin
• Point Blank - Fern Michaels
• The Nature of the Beast: a Chief Inspector Gamache novel - Louise Penny
• Corridors of the Night - Anne Perry
• A Free State - Tom Piazza
• Scents and Sensibility: a Chet and Bernie mystery - Spencer Quinn
• Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights - Salman Rushdie
• A Clue to the Exit - Edward St. Aubyn
• Undercover - Daniells Steel
• Girl Waits With Gun - Amy Stewart
• A Pattern of Lies: a Bess Crawford mystery - Charles Todd
• The Devil's Seal: a mystery of Ancient Ireland - Peter Tremayne
• The Double Life of Liliane - Lily Tuck
• The Patriarch: a Bruno, Chief of Police novel - Martin Walker

New Non-Fiction

• Blankets and Throws to Knit: Patterns and Piecing Instructions for 100 Knitted Squares - Debbie Abrahams
• Citrus: Sweet & Savory Sun-Kissed Recipes - Valerie Aikman-Smith
• Medicare for Dummies - Patricia Barry
• What Color is Your Parachure?: a Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers - Richard N. Bolles
• Adopting Older children: a Practical Guide to Adopting and Parenting Children over Age Four - Stephanie Bosco-Ruggiero, MA
• My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South - Rick Bragg
• The Oregon Trail: a New American Journey - Rinker Buck
• Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Notes from the Other Side - Marc B Fried
• Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry - Paul Goldberger
• The Art of Memoir - Mary Karr
• Geo Power: Stay Warm, Keep Cool and Save Money with Geothermal Heating & Cooling - Donal Blaise Lloyd
• Scandinavia - Lonely Planet
• The Big Book of Scrappy Quilts: Crib Size to King Size - Martingale
• 2016 Two-Year Colleges - Peterson's
• A Year of Gingerbread Houses: Making & Decorating Gingerbread Houses for all Seasons - Kristine Samuel
• The New Sugar & Spice: a Recipe for Bolder Baking - Samantha Seneviratne
• Made in India: Recipes from an Indian Family Kitchen - Meera Sodha
• Ponderings: poetry - Lisa St. John
• Asian American: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes from tjhe Philippines to Brooklyn - Dale Talde
• Paper to Petal: 75 Whimsical Paper Flowers to Craft by Hand - Rebecca Thuss
• My First Hundred Years in Show Business - Mary Louise Wilson
  

New Audio Books

• The Gilded Hour - Sara Donati
• The Story of the Lost Child - Elena Ferrante
• The Art of Memoir - Mary Karr
• Up in the Old Hotel and other stories - Joseph Mitchell
• Above the Waterfall - Ron Rash
• The Happiness Project: or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun - Gretchen Rubin

New DVD's

• Cinderella - Cate Blanchett, Lily James
• Happy Valley - Sarah Lancashire
• Homeland - season 4
• Love & Mercy - John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti

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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.

Travel as an Armchair Detective: Mysteries with a Sense of Place

Powerfully depicted locales - real or imaginary - in these books come alive for readers and give them a good sense of the buildings, people, and ways of life that make a place unique.

• Jean-Luc Bannalec - Commissaire Georges Dupin, the Breton coast, France
• Linda Barnes - Carlotta Carlyle in Boston
• Nevada Barr - Anna Pigeon in various National Parks
• Cara Black - Private investigator Aimée Leduc in Paris
• C J Box - Joe Pickett mysteries in Wyoming
• James Lee Burke - Dave Robicheaux series in the Louisiana Gulf Coast
• Andrea Camilleri - Inspector Montalbano series in Sicily
• Raymond Chandler - Philip Marlowe in 1940's Los Angeles
• Colin Cotterill - Dr. Siri Paiboun series in Laos, mid 1970s
• Deborah Crombie - Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James mysteries in england
• Janet Evanovich - Stephanie Plum mysteries in New Jersey
• Charles Finch - Charles Lenox Chronicles in London in the 1860s
• Conor Fitzgerald - Alec Blume in Rome
• Christopher Fowler - The Peculiar Crimes Unit Mysteries in London
• Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza - Inspector Espinosa in Rio de Janeiro
• Elizabeth George - Thomas Lynley mysteries in England
• Jason Goodwin - Investigator Yashim in mid-19th century Istanbul
• Tarquin Hall - Vish Puri private investigator in India
• Steve Hamilton - Alex McKnight mysteries in Michigan
• Tony Hillerman - Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mysteries in the Navajo nation
• Roderic Jeffries - Enrique Alvarez mysteries in Spain
• Craig Johnson - Longmire mysteries in Wyoming
• Philip Kerr - Bernie Gunther in Nazi Berlin
• Donna Leon - Guido Brunetti in Venice, Italy
• Alexander McCall Smith - No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency in Botswana
• Henning Mankell - Wallander series in Ystad, Sweden
• Margaret Maron - mysteries in New York State and North Carolina
• Marcia Muller - Sharon McCone mysteries in San Francisco
• Sara Paretsky - V.I. Warshawski mysteries in Chicago
• Robert B. Parker - Spenser novels in Boston, Jess Stone novels in New England
• Louise Penney - Chief Inspector Gamache, Three Pines and Montreal, Canada
• Anne Perry - William Monk and Hester Latterly mysteries in London, England
• Kwei Quartey - Darko Dawson series in Ghana
• Ian Rankin - Inspector Rebus in Edinburgh
• Georges Simenon - Inspector Maigret in 1930s Paris
• Martin Cruz Smith - Arcady Renko novels in Russia
• Fred Vargas - Commissaire Adamsberg in France
• Martin Walker - Bruno, Chief of Police in The Périgord, France
• Qiu Xiaolong - Inspector Chen series set in Shanghai in the 1990s

FALL BOOK SALE

Saturday, Oct. 10
10am - 2pm, on the Library Lawn

BAG SALE

Sunday, Oct. 11
10am - 2pm, on the Library Lawn

The annual Fall Book Sale, takes place on Columbus Day weekend, rain or shine, on the Library grounds. The Book Sale, boasting many new selections since the June Library Fair, is scheduled from 10am to 2pm on both days.

Saturday's event will also feature soups donated from local restaurants. This year's offerings include samplings from Davenport Farms, The Roost, Lekker, Lydia's Café, Hillside Friends & Family, Saunderskill Farms, Depuy Canal House, The Eggs Nest, High Falls Kitchenette and The High Falls Café. Coffee and tea, artisanal bread, cookies, bars and other sweet treats will also be served. On Sunday grab a bag or two of books for $8 a bag.

New this year is the addition of Spring Flower Bulbs! Allium, Tulips, Hyacinth and Daffodils will all be available to bring home to plant or spring blooming, or to give as gifts to gardener friends. Seasoned gardeners will love the varieties; newcomers will find the instructions useful.

The Saturday knitters will be on hand to demonstrate their craft and sell their handmade gift items. Hand-woven tea towels, jewelry and books will also be available. Our Fall Artist, Mira Fink's watercolors, paintings and greeting cards will be on display throughout the Library and available for purchase.

The Fall Book Sale has become a welcome addition to the myriad events and happenings that are part of life in the Hudson Valley. It is also one of the Library's most important fundraising events, rivaling the June Library Fair. The proceeds, once expenses for tents and tables have been met, go directly to the Library's operating budget, helping buy books and supplies, and keeping the heat on in the upcoming winter days. Fundraising for the building restoration and capital campaign is conducted ongoing by the Stone Ridge Library Foundation.

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Free Concert with Irish Gaelic Singer
Claire Nic Ruairi and
Scottish Gaelic singer and harpist James Ruff

Monday, October 19 at 7pm
Marbletown Community Center

Claire Nic Ruairi is an Irish traditional singer from Derry, Ireland. She is the singer in residence at 'an tSeanbheairic', Falcarragh, Donegal, having been awarded the prestigious Eamonn Ghrainne Scholarship. In 2013 Claire won First Prize in Irish language traditional singing at Fleadh Choeoil na hEireann, the largest traditional Irish music festival in existence which is held annually in various locations throughout Ireland.

In addition to performing in and organizing traditional music events, Claire is a member of several traditional Irish language choirs. An Irish and French teacher, she is currently on a career break from a full-time post to concentrate on her singing. She is currently touring the area and performing at a number of local venues.

Experienced in early music, concert and opera, tenor James Ruff has, since 2005 worked to master Scottish Gaelic language, traditional Gaelic Song, and the early Gaelic wire harp. He presents concerts highlighting the haunting beauty of the historic Gaelic music and poetry of Scotland and Ireland, playing the historic music of the harper bards. Music Director of Christ the King Episcopal Church in Stone Ridge, Mr. Ruff will perform with Claire Nic Ruairi for this special occasion.

Bob McDonald, Gaelic Irish language teacher and event promoter, thanked everyone for making the event a reality. "It will be a wonderful opportunity for us to provide a window for the audience through which they can experience a rarely presented cultural jewel of Gaeldom, songs and melodies of great antiquity and beauty. It will be readily apparent that one does not have to speak Gaelic to appreciate the breadth and depth of human emotion and spirit contained within the songs and music."

The concert is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served. For information, please contact Diane DeChillo, Library Program Manager, at 845 687-7023, Ext. 108.

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OverDrive Big Library Read

October 7 – October 21.

Join the fun! Big Library Read is the first-ever "global eBook club," connecting readers around the world who read the same eBook at the same time. Over the past year, thousands of libraries, schools and millions of people around the world have embraced the program. From October 7-21 these titles will be available for every patron that wishes to read them—no holds, no wait lists.

In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters (Abrams, eBook) Set against the backdrop of the Spanish influenza outbreak and World War I, sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black is forced to rethink her entire way of looking at life and death when her first love – who died in battle – returns to her in spirit form. But what does he want from her?

The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley (Open Road, eBook) Ensorcelled princesses . . . a frog that speaks . . . a magical hind—Newbery Medal winner Robin McKinley opens a door into an enchanted world in this collection of original and retold fairy tales.

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Mira Fink Art Show

September 25 - December 21
at the Library

The Library is pleased to welcome local artist Mira Fink whose watercolors and landscapes will be on view throughout the Library from September 25 through December 21.

Mira specializes in creating richly colored watercolor landscapes as well as collages and acrylic paintings which capture the natural beauty of the Hudson Valley. Her paintings reflect her "joy of being outdoors, walking by a sparkling river or along a leafy wooded trail." In her paintings, Mira conveys "vividness of color, the energy of living things and what happens when you slow down long enough to truly appreciate it."

Mira's work has appeared in numerous solo exhibitions both locally and regionally, and she has been selected to participate in several juried exhibitions over the last 25 years. Her work can be found in private collections in the Hudson Valley and throughout the country. Her work is on view locally at the Mohonk Mountain House, The Mohonk Preserve or Maglyn's Dream.

Mira teaches watercolor and mixed media art play classes for adults and arts and nature classes for children. Her next Mixed Media "Art Play for Adults" will take place at the Marbletown Community Center starting October 14.

The paintings are available for purchase, and a variety of gift cards will also be available.For more information about the artist, please see mirafink.com Fine Art Inspired by Nature.

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TEA TIME BOOK GROUP

Wednesday, October 14
4pm in the Biography Room

The selection this month is The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. A discrete advertisement in The Times, addressed to "those who appreciate wisteria and sunshine," is the prelude to a revelatory month for four very different women. High above a bay on the Italian Riviera stands the medieval castle San Salvatore. Beckoned to this haven are Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. Arbuthnot, Mrs. Fisher, and Lady Caroline Dester, each quietly craving a respite. Lulled by the gentle spirit of the Mediterranean, they gradually shed their public skins, discovering a harmony each of them has longed for but none has ever known. This book is in the "always available" public domain eBooks on the Overdrive website.

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HOLMES & CO.
Mystery Lovers Book Group

Wednesday, October 21
4pm in the Biography Room

The selection for this meeting is The Anodyne Necklace by Martha Grimes. The third novel in Grimes's bestselling series. Scotland Yard's Richard Jury solves a bizarre murder in an even stranger town and follows a treasure map to yet another chilling crime.

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CLIO'S MUSE
A History Reading Club

Wednesday, October 7
7pm in the Biography Room

The reading selection for October is Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meachum. The fullest portrait to date of the complex emotional connection between Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, the two men who led the Free World to victory in World War II. At the time, there had never been anything like the friendship between the two men, and there has not been anything really like it since: a President and Prime Minister spending enormous amounts of time together (120 days during the war), fishing, smoking, and drinking late into the night in places as far-flung as the White House, Casablanca, and Tehran, talking to one another of politics, war, family, and illness.

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Conversational Spanish
with Cliff Rockmuller

Tuesday, October 6, November 3
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, October 20
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 is offered on the third Tuesday of each month.

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Stone Ridge Library
Writers' Group
with Cathy Arra

Monday, October 19
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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POETRY
with Rosemary Deen

Thursday, October 8, 22,
1.30-3:30 in the Biography 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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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

October 2, 2015

Movie Title: He Named Me Malala
Where: Theaters
Based on: I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Cast: Malala Yousafzai, Mobin Khan

October 2, 2015

Movie Title: Legend
Where: Theaters
Based on: The Profession of Violence by John Pearson
Director: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning

October 2, 2015

Movie Title: Macbeth
Where: Theaters
Based on: Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Director: Justin Kurzel
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Jack Reynor, Marion Cotillard, Ross Anderson

October 2, 2015

Movie Title: The Martian
Where: Theaters
Based on: The Martian by Andy Weir
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Kristen Wiig, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Donald Glover, Sebastian Stan, Kate Mara, and Aksel Hennie

October 4, 2015

Movie Title: The Leftovers, Season 2
Where: HBO Limited Series
Based on: the characters from The Leftovers by Tom Perotta
Director: Damon Lindelof
Cast: Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman

October 9, 2015

Movie Title: Big Stone Gap
Where: Theaters
Based on: Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
Director: Adriana Trigiani
Cast: Patrick Wilson, Ashley Judd, Jane Krakowski

October 9, 2015

Movie Title: Pan
Where: Theaters
Based on: Characters from Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Levi Miller

October 9, 2015

Movie Title: Steve Jobs
Where: Theaters
Based on: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Michael Fassbinder, Seth Rogen, Michael Stuhlbarg, Katherine Waterston

October 10, 2015

Movie Title: The Last Kingdom
Where: BBC TV Limited Series
Based on: The Saxon Tales series first title is The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
Director: Co-production of BBC America and Carnival Films (Downton Abbey)
Cast: Alexander Dreymon

October 16, 2015

Movie Title: Beasts of No Nation
Where: Theaters
Based on: Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala
Director: Cary Fukunaga
Cast: Idris Elba

October 16, 2015

Movie Title: Goosebumps
Where: Theaters
Based on: Goosebumps books by R.L.Stine
Director: Rob Letterman
Cast: Dylan Minnette, Jack Black, Odeya Rush

October 16, 2015

Movie Title: Room
Where: Theaters
Based on: Room by Emma Donoghue
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Cast: Brie Larson, William H. Macy, Joan Allen

October 16, 2015

Movie Title: Truth
Where: Theaters
Based on: Truth and Duty: The Press, The President, and the Privilege of Power by Mary Mapes
Director: James Vanderbilt
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Mary Mapes; Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid, Elisabeth Moss, John Benjamin Hickey, Topher Grace and Bruce Greenwood

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A Reminder

The Library will be closed on Monday, October 12th for Columbus Day. However our WIFI is always available in the yard. Also, Overdrive's downloadable ebooks and audio books are available 24/7.

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GREAT WEBSITES!

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