Dear Friends and Book Lovers,
I’ve decided to start off each newsletter with our hours of operation, just so you know: Saturday, September 6, we will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Annex Building in the library’s large parking lot.
On the Special Sale Table:
Saturday is our annual Kentuckiana Day Book Sale and for children, we have an appropriate book on display: JOURNEY TO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT: THE STORY OF STEPHEN BISHOP AND MAMMOTH CAVE by Elizabeth Mitchell. Bishop was a young slave who began giving tours of the cave when he was seventeen in 1838. This is a fascinating story for young readers.
Year books from local schools include one for Mt. Tabor Elementary School, a 1986 Vista and many Blotters. They will all be selling for half price. There will be many New Albany Sesquicentennial pamphlets selling for only 5 cents or for free.
You’ll find many black & white sketches of local places on the table, including one of the first state capital in Corydon, St. Mary of the Knobs by Carol Tobe, Silver Creek at Spring Street by Mary Lou Hess and New Albany Landmarks by James Russell. Except for the large Corydon picture, which will sell at half-price for $2.50, the other smaller ones, for which there are many duplicates, will sell for only 50 cents.
Books in the Large Print section will also sell for half price.
Choice Selections Fiction: BORN OF SHADOWS by Sherrilynn Kenyon; SUSPICION OF RAGE by Barbara Parker (signed); SHARP OBJECTS and DARK PLACES by Gillian Flynn, famous for GONE GIRL; TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee; THE BENEDICTION OF BROTHER CADFAEL, a handsome hardback containing the first two mysteries in Ellis Peters’ Brotehr Cadfael series, A MORBID TASTE FOR BONES and ONE CORPSE TOO MANY, plus many color photos of Cadfael’s countryside in England; MOVING TARGET by J. A. Jance; RED MIST by Patricia Cornwell; SPIDER BONES by Kathy Reichs; WHISKEY BEACH by Nora Roberts; and TWICE BORN by Margaret Mazzantini.
Choice Selections Non-Fiction: QUIET: THE POWER OF INTROVERTS IN A WORLD THAT CAN’T STOP TALKING by Susan Cain; THE OXFORD COMPANION TO UNITED STATES HISTORY, edited by Paul Boyer; THE OXFORD ILLUSTRATED COMPANION TO THE BIBLE, edited by Bruce Metzger and Michael Coogan; THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE BIBLE from Reader’s Digest; AN AMERICAN CELEBRATION: THE ART OF CHARLES WYNSOCKI by Betty Ballantine; THE SECRET by Rhonda Byrne; THE POWER OF NEGATIVE THINKING by Bob Knight; THE END OF YOUR LIFE BOOK CLUB by Will Schwalbe; PROOF OF HEAVEN: A NEUROSURGEON’S JOURNEY INTO THE AFTERLIFE by Eben Alexander; HEALING WITH THE VOICE by James D’Angelo; SOWBELLY AND SOURDOUGH: ORIGINAL RECIPES FROM THE TRAIL DRIVES AND COW CAMPS OF THE 1800s by Scott Gregory; and TITANIC: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY by Don Lynch with paintings by Ken Marschall.
Animals & Pets: THE MAN WHO LISTENED TO HORSES by Monty Roberts.
Art: EGYPTIAN PAINTING by Arpag Mekhitarian; AMERICA’S FOLK ART, edited by Robert Polley; EGYPTIAN JEWELLRY by Milada Vilimkova; THE ART OF ANCIENT IRAN by Roman Ghirshman; FINE ART REPRODUCTIONS OF OLD AND MODERN MASTERS; THE WORLD OF WATTEAU by Pierre Schneider; SARGENT WATERCOLORS by Donelson Hoopes; MARY CASSATT: PAINTING AND PRINTS by Frank Getlein; and IMPRESSIONIST AND POST-IMPRESSIONIST MASTERPIECES AT THE MUSEE D’ORSAY by Genevieve Lacambre (these last three feature large full-page full-color reproductions).
Biography: THE INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF OLAUDA EQUIANO, OR GUSTAVUS VASS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF, edited by Werner Sollors and R.E. LEE by Douglas Southall Freeman in four volumes.
Christian Fiction: TILLY by Frank Peretti; SAFELY HOME by Randy Alcorn; GRACE IN THINE EYES by Liz Curtis Higgs; ANGEL FIRE by Mary Marshall; a number of paperbacks withdrawn from the library by Beverly Lewis; THE HAVEN by Suzanne Woods Fisher; and THE GIRL IN THE GATEHOUSE by Julie Klassen.
Classics: THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers; THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson; THE PORTABLE JAMES JOYCE; UNCLE TOM’S CABIN by Harriet Beecher Stowe; THE WAYFARER by Natsume Soseki: THE ENDURING HEMINGWAY, edited by Charles Scribner, Jr.; TORTILLA FLAT & OF MICE AND MEN by John Steinbeck; and MIDDLEMARCH, in a nice mass market paperback, by George Eliot (I read it this summer and just loved it).
Cookbooks: A nice copy of the 75th anniversary edition of THE JOY OF COOKING by Rombauer and Becker and THE COMPLETE STEP-BY-STEP COOKBOOK: MORE THAN 800 RECIPES IN FULL COLOR from the Salamander Press.
Crafts, Hobbies & Collectibles: For those of you who are interested in antique firearms, we have THE PEACEMAKER AND ITS RIVALS: AN ACCOUNT OF THE SINGLE ACTION COLT by John Parsons; THE LURE OF ANTIQUE ARMS by Merrill Lindsay; and AUTOMATIC ARMS: THEIR HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT AND USE by Melvin Johnson.
For crochet enthusiasts, we have 30 CLASSIC BLOCKS FOR CROCHET PROJECTS by Linda Schapper and HEARTS TO STITCH AND CRAFT from Better Homes and Gardens.
Erotic Fiction: BARED TO YOU by Sylvia Day.
Fiction: We have all six volumes in Jean Auel’s Children of the Earth series, in hardbacks with dust jackets; THE GLASS LAKE by Maeve Binchy; FINDING EMILIE, an interesting French historical novel by Laurel Corona; THE DESCENDANTS, which the George Clooney movie was based on, by Kani Hart Hemmings; MARTHA PEAKE: A NOVEL OF THE REVOLUTION by Patrick McGarth; THE QUEEN’S FOOL by Philippa Gregory; THE EMANCIPATOR’S WIFE: A NOVEL OF MARY TODD LINCOLN by Barbara Hambly; THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini; MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden (a good example of an excellent book that was made into a mediocre movie); HOUSE RULES by Jodi Picoult; THE WITCH OF PORTOBELLO by Paul Coelho; and THE LAST SONG by Nicholas Sparks.
Foreign Language: We have several magazines in German on airplanes (FLUGZEUG) that might be of interest to the history buff, especially if you know a little German.
Gardening: MAKE-OVERS FROM THE BUDGET GARDENER by Maureen Gilmer; HANGING BASKETS: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE by Jenny Hendy and Neil Sutherly; and A SAMPLER OF WAYSIDE HERBS: REDISCOVERING OLD USES FOR FAMILIAR WILD PLANTS by Barbara Pond.
History: CHINA: A HISTORY IN ART by Bradley Smith and Wan-go; THIRTEEN DAYS: A MEMOIR OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS by Robert Kennedy; THE DISPOSSESSED: AMERICA’S UNDERCLASSES FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE PRESENT by Jacqueline Jones; NAPOLEON’S BUTTONS: HOW 17 MOLECULES CHANGED HISTORY by Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson; SAILOR FROM OKLAHOMA: ONE MAN’S TWO-OCEAN WAR by Floyd Beaver; and several Command magazines which deal with military history, strategy and analysis.
Horror: DEAD UNTIL DARK and DEAD TO THE WORLD by Charlaine Harris (the HBO series TRUE BLOOD is based on these).
Humor & Commentary: THE FAR SIDE GALLERY by Gary Larson.
Kentuckiana: OLD KENTUCKY ARCHITECTURE by Rexford Newcomb; THE SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN by Thomas Merton; and FLIGHT BEHAVIOR by Barbara Kingsolver.
Large Print: RASPUTIN’S DAUGHTER by Robert Alexander and The Large Print Bible from Reader’s Digest, Volume I (Genesis to Job) and Volume III (The New Testament).
Mystery: LUCKY YOU and SICK PUPPY by Carl Hiaasen, who will be appearing at the Louisville Collegiate School to do a signing of his newest book SKINK—NO SURRENDER on September 30—tickets can be purchased through Carmichaels Booksellers; BELLADONNA AT BELSTONE, a very good Knights Templar mystery by Michael Jecks set in a medieval convent; TOP SECRET TWENTY-ONE by Janet Evanovich; many, many books in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters; THE CRIMES OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE, a novel by true crime writer James Tully; and KILLING FLOOR by Lee Child.
New Age & Parapsychology: A COURSE IN MIRACLES from the Foundation for Inner Peace.
New & Notable: THE PATH OF THE DREAM HEALER: MY JOURNEY THROUGH THE MIRACULOUS WORLD OF ENERGY HEALING by Adam; SECRETS OF THE TITANIC, a documentary on VHS tape from National Geographic; five Godzilla movies on VHS tape in slipcase; and I have put out NIGHT FALLS FAST: UNDERSTANDING SUICIDE by Kay Redfield Jamison here for those who have been sobered by Robin Williams’ recent passing along with her AN UNQUIET MIND, which is an excellent memoir of her own manic-depressive illness.
Nora Roberts Fans: We have some very nice books by Nora, including the Bride Quartet, but we also have many, many Debbie Macomber paperbacks! Come early as these sell out fast.
Reference & Business: THE MONEY BOOK FOR THE YOUNG, FABULOUS AND BROKE by Suze Orman.
Religion: SHEER JOY by Matthew Fox; MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST by Oswald Chambers; VIRGIN MARY’S BAYSIDE PROPHECIES Volumes 1-5 by Veronica Leuken; THE MIRACLE OF BERNADETTE by Margaret Gray Blanton; ANGELS and HOW TO BE BORN AGAIN, in one volume, by Billy Graham; and FRESH WIND, FRESH FIRE: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GOD’S SPIRIT INVADES THE HEARTS OF HIS PEOPLE by Jim Cymbala.
Television: FIFTY YEARS AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY by Myron Tassin and Jerry Henderson.
Westerns & American Indians: ANGEL PEAK by Peter Dawson; RAY MANLEY’S PORTRAITS AND TURQUOISE OF SOUTHWEST INDIANS with text by Clara Lee Tanner; AMERICAN INDIAN FOOD AND LORE: 150 AUTHENTIC RECIPES by Carolyn Niethaminer; and many Western hardbacks withdrawn from the library by writers such as Todhunter Ballard and Clifford Blair.
Audio Books on CD: FRONTIER FIGHTER: TRUE STORIES OF THE EXPLORERS, PIONEERS AND ADVENTURERS WHO TAMED THE AMERICAN WEST (this is shelved in our Western section).
Audio Books on Tape: THE RETURN OF THE KING by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Music CDs: We’ve received a really large donation of music CDs. Here are just a few of the items of the most interest: GERSHWIN: SUPER HITS; MOZART 46 SYMPHONIES; JOHNNY CASH, ULTIMATE GOSPEL; DOLLY PARTON: THOSE WERE THE DAYS; BOB SEGER’S GREATEST HITS; COUNT BASIE: THE CLASSIC COUNT; THE VERY BEST OF MEAT LOAF; WHITNEY HOUSTON: GREATEST HITS; many CDs of organ music; and LIQUID SILK: THE FEMININE VOICE OF THE NATIVE FLUTE by Marina Raye (this is shelved with our American Indian books).
VHS Tapes: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and THUNDERBALL with Sean Connery; LIVE AND LET DIE, MOONRAKER and FOR YOUR EYES ONLY with Roger Moore; BATMAN AND ROBIN with George Clooney; TWISTER with Helen Hunt; TITANIC with Barbara Stanwyck; DR. DOOLITTLE with Eddie Murphy; and APOLLO 13 with Tom Hanks.
FOR THE CHILDREN
Children’s VHS Tapes: We’ve received a generous donation of wonderful children’s movies on VHS tape. Here are just a few of the titles: 101 DALMATIONS, both the animated version and the live-action movie with Glenn Close; ANTZ; BABE; THE BLACK CAULDRON; THE BORROWERS with John Goodman; MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND and MUPPET CLASSIC THEATER; MADELINE IN PARIS; also from Walt Disney—CINDERELLA, FUN AND FANCY FREE, THE GOOFY MOVIE, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, OLIVER & COMPANY, SONG OF THE SOUTH, WIND IN THE WILLOWS and THE THREE LITTLE PIGS. We also have the first six episodes in THE LAND BEFORE TIME movies and many more, including a slipcase set with THE RELUCTANT DRAGON, THE WALT DISNEY STORY and FRANK AND OLLIE. Finally there’s a tape of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE MOVIE from 1990. You can compare it to the current smash hit.
Something Special: MY FIRST FAIRY PORTFOLIO, with stickers, stencils and models to create fairy fashion.
Board Books and Other Books for Little Ones: TOUCH AND FEEL KITTEN; ALL OF BABY NOSE TO TOES by Victoria Adler with pictures by Hiroe Hakata; ABC LOOK AT ME by Roberta Intrater; ROAD WORK AHEAD by Anastasia Sve with pictures by Jannie Ho; RED WAGON by Renata Liwska; POUCH! By David Ezra Stein; LLAMA, LLAMA, RED PAJAMA by Anna Dewdney; SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP by Maryann Love with pictures by Maria Van Lieshout; and MAMA, MAMA by Jean Marzollo with pictures by Laura Regan;
Comics: I IS FOR IMAGE, Fall/Winter 2014 and POWER RANGERS TURBO VS. BEETLE BORGS METALLIX by Evan Skolnick.
Hardback Picture Books: MRS. FRIZZLE’S ADVENTURES: IMPERIAL CHINA by Joanna Cole with pictures by Bruce Degen; WE’RE BACK: A DINOSAUR’S STORY by Beverly Lazor-Bahr; and THE FUZZY DUCKLING (with lots of fuzzy places to touch on the pages) by Jane Werner with pictures by Deborah Borgo.
Also we’ve received a large donation of hardback picture books from the library, many of which are in wonderful condition and filled with gorgeous pictures. These are not for reading to very young children but would be great for reading aloud to pre-schoolers and older kids. There’s THE FAR-FLUNG ADVENTURES OF HOMER THE HUMMER (about a hummingbird and his mate) by Cynthia Reynolds with softly focused watercolors by Catherine McClung; RUGBY AND ROSIE by Nan Parson Rossiter; WHEN STORIES FELL LIKE SHOOTING STARS by Valiska Gregory with pictures by Stefano Vitale; LITTLE PINK PUP, the true story of a piglet adopted into a litter of puppies with adorable photos, by Johanna Kerby; HIROSHIMA NO PIKA, about the day the bomb fell on Hiroshima, by Toshi Maruki; and BASHO AND THE RIVER STONES and BASHO AND THE FOX (Basho was a great haiku master in 17th century Japan) by Tim Myers with pictures by Oki S. Han; and THE GYPSY PRINCESS by Phoebe Gilman. There are many, many more!
We also have several Chicken Soup for Little Souls. These are big picture books with simple stories appropriate for ages four and up with titles like THE BRAIDS GIRL and THE NEVER-FORGOTTEN DOLL.
Paperback Picture Books: ELEPHANT by Judy Allen with pictures by Tudor Humphries (this book has an important message about ivory poaching); SAMMY AND THE DINOSAURS by Ian Whybrow with pictures by Adrian Reynolds; MEET ME AT THE MOON by Gianna Marino; THIS MONSTER CAN’T WAIT by Bethany Barton; THE PRINCIPAL FROM THE BLACK LAGOON by Mike Thaler with pictures by Jared Lee; and many more!
Series Books: YANKEE BELLES IN DIXIE, THE SOLDIER BOY’S DISCOVERY and THE SECRET OF RICHMOND MANOR in the Bonnets & Bugles series by Gilbert Morris; JUNIE B. JONES IS CAPTAIN FIELD DAY and JUNIE B. JONES, FIRST GRADER (AT LAST) by Barbara Park; and DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE UGLY TRUTH by Jeff Kinney.
Intermediate Fiction: THE BLUE DOOR by Ann Rinaldi; YEAR OF NO RAIN by Alice Mead; TWELVE YEAR OLD VOWS REVENGE AFTER BEING DUMPED BY EXTRATERRESTRIAL ON FIRST DATE by Stephen Roos; PATTI’S PET GORILLA by Pat Mauser; DINOSAUR HABITAT by Helen Griffith; FANTASTIC MR. FOX by Roald Dahl; NERO CORLEONE: A CAT’S STORY by Elke Heidenreich; BUDDY by M. H. Herlong; WEIRD STORIES FROM THE LONESOME CAFÉ by Judy Cox; RAMONA THE GREAT by Beverly Cleary; and IRONCLAD: A TRUE STORY OF THE CIVIL WAR by Seymour Reit;
Non-Fiction: On the Western shelf in the children’s section, we have a copy of FREDERIC REMINGTON by Adeline Peters; we have many Eyewitness books from the library which will be selling for 15 cents and 25 cents and include TITANIC, WORLD WAR II, CRYSTAL & GEM, SHELL, DINOSAURS, ANCIENT GREECE and ANCIENT EGYPT; PYRAMIDS: A FASCINATING FACT FILE AND LEARN-IT-YOUSELF PROJECT BOOK by Peter Mellett; THREE PUZZLE STORIES FOR YOUNG READERS by Susannah Leigh; SIGNING FOR KIDS: THE FUN WAY FOR ANYONE TO LEARN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE by Mickey Flodin; PIRATE MAZES and MUMMY MAZES by Don-Oliver Matthies; DREAMWORKS SHREK COOKBOOK from Dorling Kindersley (you won’t believe some of the yucky ideas in this one); ANIMAL BABIES by Melvin and Gilda Berger; and OPTICAL ILLUSIONS: AMAZING DECEPTIVE IMAGES, WHERE SEEING IS BELIEVING by Inga Menkhoff.
Children’s Biography: ORDINARY GENIUS: THE STORY OF ALBERT EINSTEIN by Stephanie McPherson; THURGOOD MARSHALL, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. and ALBERT SCHWEITZER, all by Carol Greene; EDGAR ALLAN POE by Suzanne Levert; and WHO WAS WALT DISNEY by Whitney Stewart.
Art Shelf: COME LOOK WITH ME: ART IN EARLY AMERICA by Randy Osofsky.
Folk Tales, Mythology & Story Collections: THE RANDOM HOUSE BOOK OF BEDTIME STORIES is a library withdrawal but a treasure when you open it up—beautiful all-color pictures by Jane Dyer and classic, beloved stories like Aesop’s THE LION AND THE MOUSE, Kipling’s HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP, THE GINGERBREAD MAN, GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS and many, many more.
Newbery Shelf: JUSTIN MORGAN HAD A HORSE by Marguerite Henry.
Classics: THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT by Beatrix Potter and MOBY DICK, a graphic version by Terry West of Herman Melville’s novel.
Beginning Readers: ARE YOU MY MOTHER by P. D. Eastman; AMELIA BEDELIA HELPS OUT by Peggy Parish; and from Scholastic News Non-Fiction Readers, Level 1 books on all nine planets, including the demoted Pluto.
On the wooden shelves we have displayed a number of Houghton Mifflin Leveled Readers. These are really for advanced, not beginning readers, and cover a number of subjects.
Young Adult & Intermediate Fantasy: DRAGONFLY by Alice McLerran; OTTO AND THE BIRD CHARMERS by Charlotte Haptie; THE BOOK OF ALFAR: A TALE OF THE HUDSON HIGHLANDS by Peter Hassinger; THE GRIMM LEGACY by Polly Shulman; and INKDEATH by Cornelia Funke.
Young Adult Fiction: OPHELIA by Lisa Klein.
American Indian Books for Children: THE NAVAJO by Andrew Santella; CELEBRATING THE POW-WOW by Bobbie Kalman; COME LOOK WITH ME: AMERICAN INDIAN ART by Stephanie Salomon; AHYOKA AND THE TALKING LEAVES, which tells the story of the creation of the Cherokee alphabet, by Peter and Connie Roop; THE FIREBRINGER: A PAIUTE INDIAN LEGEND by Margaret Hodge; COYOTE AND THE MAGIC WORD by Phyllis Root with pictures by Sandra Spiedel; KOKOPELLI’S FLUTE by Will Hobbs; and GROUNDHOG HORSE by Joyce Rockwood;
Library Events
Saturday, September 6 at 2 p.m. in the Library Auditorium
Come celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with games, food and prizes.
Monday, September 8 at 11:30 a.m. in the Library Auditorium
Autism—What Can Be Done? Jasmine Booker with the Booker Bafol Autism Foundation of Learning will be the presenter.
Monday, September 8 at 6 p.m. in the Library Auditorium
The Forever Young Adult Book Club will meet to discuss WE WERE LIARS by E. Lockhart.
Tuesday, September 9 at 1 p.m. in the Library Auditorium
“Rio 2” with the voices of Anne Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg
Rated G 101 minutes
Tuesday, September 9 at 6 p.m. in the Library Auditorium
Local Authors’ Fair. Some of the writers include David Barksdale, Ray Day, Barry Bernson, Gregg Seidl, Pam Peters, JoAnn Durgin, Brick Marlin, R. L. Thompson, Chris Kukoski and Becky Heishman.
Thursday, September 11 at 11 a.m. in the Library Auditorium
“Foreign Letters” directed by Ela Thier
Rated PG 99 minutes
Monday, September 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the Library Auditorium
Teatro Tercera Llamada, a Spanish theater group from Louisville, will present a portion of a play in Spanish.
Tuesday, September 16 at 1 p.m. in the Library Auditorium
“Mom’s Night Out” with Sean Astin and Patricia Heaton
Rated PG 98 minutes
Wednesday, September 17 at noon in the Library Auditorium
The Noon Book Club meets to discuss DAVID AND GOLIATH by Malcolm Gladwell.
Wednesday, September 17 at 6 p.m. in the Applegate Room
Monthly Make-It-and-Take-It Craft: Learn how to make a necklace using a washer and printed paper.
Thursday, September 18 at 11 a.m. in the Library Auditorium
“A Raisin in the Sun” with Sean Combs and Audra McDonald
Rated PG-13 131 minutes
