LPL News for the week of 1-16/11

[Lakewood Public Library]

"A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one." -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, January 18
MEET THE AUTHOR: James Jessen Badal
TRUE CRIME CLEVELAND
In the Wake of the Butcher: Cleveland’s Torso Murders by James Jessen Badal
Twilight of Innocence: The Disappearance of Beverly Potts by James Jessen Badal
From the bloody carnage of the Torso Murders to the quiet disappearance of a young girl, James Jessen Badal has a gift for turning true crimes from Cleveland’s past into thoughtful literature. With a commitment to exhaustive research, Badal uncovers new clues, unfollowed leads and unreported details that others have missed. Then, with a novelists’ eye for detail, he brings his players to life with fully-rounded personalities, quirks, fashions and other incriminating traits. Several books will be available for sale and signing at the event.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Tuesday, January 18
KNIT & LIT BOOK CLUB
Lynda Tuennerman hosts a social club for multitaskers—a combination book club and stitchery group. She’s looking for readers who can enjoy intense discussion of modern classics while relaxing with their latest stitching project. Come share your passion for great literature and show off your knitting, crocheting, counted cross-stitch, embroidery and quilting works-in-progress. Tonight's book is Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung ChangAt each meeting, the group decides what will be read next. Call (216) 226-8275, ext. 127 or visit http://www.lakewoodpubliclibrary.com/bookclubs to learn more.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

Thursday, January 20
BUSINESS BOOK TALK with Tim Zaun and Friends
LINCHPIN: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin
Change agent and master marketer, Seth Godin, champions the need to stand out, exert emotional labor and be viewed as indispensable in any organization.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

Saturday, January 22
FIVE STAR FILMS: Spellbound (1945)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Not Rated
In this psycho-thriller, Ingrid Bergman, psychiatrist at an upscale institution, has serious doubts about Gregory Peck, a new doctor with a reputation that precedes him. He seems too young to have achieved so much recognition. Is he really the man he says he is or a sinister stranger?
6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Sunday, January 23
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: Solo Marimba
Spend your afternoon with a single instrument that will fill the Auditorium with warm, inspiring sound. The marimba is a wooden instrument struck by mallets. When played by a master like Paul Stranahan, it’s something else entirely.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

These statewide databases are available for free to all Ohio residents.
http://www.oplin.org/databases/

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 midnight show murders: a Billy Blessing novel by Al Roker - FICTION ROKER
Daniel by Henning Mankell - FICTION MANKELL
Ghost in trouble by Carolyn G. Hart - MYSTERY HART

Adult Nonfiction:
For colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf: a choreopoem
by Ntozake Shange - 811.54 SHANGE
Washington: a life (Large Print) by Ron Chernow - LP BIO WASHINGTON CHERNOW
The last days of Cleveland: and more true tales of crime and disaster from Cleveland's past
by John Stark Bellamy - 364.10977132 BELLAMY

Adult Audiovisual:
The blind side -- DVD BLIND SIDE
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest [compact disc] by Stieg Larsson - CD FICTION LARSSON
Sizzling sixteen [compact disc] by Janet Evanovich - CD MYSTERY EVANOVICH

Juvenile Fiction:
Ten Grouchy Groundhogs by Kathryn Heling - jPICTURE Heling
This Isn't What It Looks Like by Pseudonymous Bosch - jFICTION Bosch
Blank Confession by Pete Hautman - TEEN FICTION Hautman

Juvenile Audiovisual:
Sid the Science Kid: Gizmo and Gadgets -- jDVD Sid
Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel - jCD FICTION Oppel
Time Out to Rock! by the Not-Its! - jCD Not

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

The boss of you: everything a woman needs to know to start, run, and maintain her own business by Lauren Bacon - 658.0082 BACON
Country living: crafting a business : make money doing what you love by Kathie Fitzgerald - 745.5068 FITZGERALD
Flying solo: how to go it alone in business by Robert Gerrish - 658.041 GERRISH
Start your own clothing store and more: children's, bridal, vintage, consignment
by Charlene Davis - 687.0681DAVIS
The Martha rules: 10 essentials for achieving success as you start, build, or manage a business by Martha Stewart - 658.11 STEWART
Kitchen capitalism: microenterprise in low-income households by Margaret S. Sherraden - 338.6420973 SHERRADEN

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS: Lakewood Public Cinema
Did you know you can watch free films at the Lakewood Public Library? The Lakewood Public Cinema runs 3 series of films. Films are shown on Saturday evenings at 6 p.m. in our auditorium. The films are digitally projected and accompanied by our fairly awesome sound system. To find out what's playing, visit http://www.lkwdpl.org/film/

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