LPL News for the week of 10/31/10

[Lakewood Public Library]

"An asylum for the sane would be empty in America." -- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, November 3
LAKEWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
Recently Historic: Houses from the 1930s – 1950s
From the Minimal Traditionals and Cape Cods of the 1930s to postwar Ranches and Split-Levels, learn about the kinds of homes most recently deemed historic. Kerry Adams, a Senior Historic Preservation Specialist from the Cleveland Restoration Society, will place these homes in the context of their times, examine defining characteristics and help you plan sensitive rehabilitation work.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Saturday, November 6
FALL GUYS AND FEMME FATALES: Film Noir in the Forties
The Killers (1946)
Directed by Robert Siodmak Not Rated
Two menacing gangster-types show up at a roadside diner, talking like characters from a Hemingway story—which they are. They’ve come to kill Burt Lancaster, the Swede, if he ever shows up. Who is the Swede and why do they want to kill him? These are the questions insurance investigator Edmond O’Brien wants answered. It’s a sure bet that deceitful dame Ava Gardner had something to do with it.
6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium



SPECIAL EVENT
An Evening With Lisa Black
benefiting the Lakewood Public Library Foundation
Thursday, November 11, 2010
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6)

Lake Erie Screw Building
13000 Athens Ave
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
Tickets can be purchased in person at Lakewood Public Library locations, and at lakewoodpubliclibrary.com.


Lakewood Public Library no longer provides plastic bags. Patrons are welcome to take or leave plastic bags from selected areas in the first floor Community Room and the Audiovisual Department. Thank you for supporting our continuing efforts to be environmentally responsible.


NEW BOOKS, MOVIES & MUSIC:
Located on the First Floor in the New Book Area

Adult Fiction:

The first annual Grand Prairie Rabbit Festival by Ken Wheaton -- FICTION WHEATON

The caretaker of Lorne Field by Dave Zeltserman -- FICTION ZELTSERMAN

Night of knives: a novel of the Malazan Empire by Ian C. Esslemont -- SCIFI ESSLEMONT

Adult Nonfiction:

Skinny Italian: eat it and enjoy it, live la bella vita, and look great, too! by Teresa Giudice -- 641.5945 GIUDICE

The boy who came back from heaven: a remarkable account of miracles, angels, and life beyond this world by Kevin Malarkey -- 236.1092 MALARKEY

Bob Dylan in America by Sean Wilentz -- 782.42164092 WILENTZ

Juvenile Fiction:

A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea by Michael Ian Black
jPICTURE Black

The Suburb Beyond the Stars by M.T. Anderson -- jFICTION Anderson

Star Crossed by Elizabeth Bunce -- TEEN FICTION Bunce

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Alice in Wonderland -- jDVD Alice

A Chair for My Mother and Other Stories by Vera B. Williams -- jCD FICTION Williams

My Trampoline by Peter Himmelman -- jCD Himmelman

BROWSING THE STACKS
Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area. This week's spotlight is on: Political Science. These titles can be found in non-fiction collection at Main Library and the Madison Branch.

Life's a campaign: what politics has taught me about friendship, rivalry, reputation, and success by Christopher Matthews -- 324.70973 MATTHEWS

The rise of the Fourth Reich: the secret societies that threaten to take over America
by Jim Marrs -320.5330973 MARRS

Polemics by Alain Badiou -- 320.01 BADIOU

Essential American government: everything you need to understand our democratic system by Nick Ragone -- 320.473 RAGONE

Don't think of an elephant!: know your values and frame the debate : the essential guide for progressives by George Lakoff -- 320.5130973 LAKOFF

Politics for dummies -- by Ann DeLaney -- 324.97309 DELANEY

New Web Page! Staff Picks http://www.lkwdpl.org/staffpicks book recommendations submitted by library staff

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS: Computer Classes at Lakewood Public Library

* Reservations for computer instruction classes begin the first of each month.
* To register, please stop in or call (216) 226-8275, ext. 127.
* Students may retake the same course up to three times a season.

For more information go to http://www.lkwdpl.org/classes/

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