LPL News for the week of 10/26/08

[Lakewood Public Library]

"Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one." --Ezra Pound (1885-1972)

UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26

Paul Stranahan Trio
This drummer-led band has dedicated itself to creating spontaneous straight jazz, fusion and funk with a modern feel. Jeremy Poparad on guitar and Alan Gleghorn on bass join drummer Paul Strananhan for an afternoon of exciting new sounds.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29

SUPERCOLLIDER: Fantasy, Science Fiction and More
Do you have an unstoppable imagination? Are you overwhelmed by alternate realities? Join unicorn sympathizer Christine Weaver as she hurls science fiction and fantasy together at high velocities to produce lively discussion and debate. Visit www.lkwdpl.org/bookclubs to learn more.
Vurt by Jeff Noon
Vurt is a barely legal cyber drug ingested by tickling the back of the throat with one of a range of feathers. This designer drug delivers a collective dreaming experience that can be both sweet lullaby and deadly experiment.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2

Afternoon Movie: His Girl Friday (1940)
Directed by Howard Hawks
Here’s your chance to sample one of our Saturday night movies on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Newspaper editor Cary Grant will do anything to keep his ex-wife, ace reporter Rosalind Russell, from remarrying. He loves her almost as much as the newspaper business and thinks nothing of framing her fiancé and freeing death row prisoners to lure her back for one last big story.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

NEW BOOKS, MOVIES & MUSIC -- Located on the First Floor

Adult Fiction:

The Living Dead by John Joseph Adams - FICTION LIVING
Tomorrow by Graham Swift - FICTION SWIFT
Mistshore by Jaleigh Johnson - SCIFI JOHNSON

Adult Nonfiction:

Deconstructing Sammy: Music, Money, Madness, and the Mob by Matt Birkbeck - 792.7028092 BIRKBECK
The Art of the Personal Letter: a guide to connecting through the written word by Margaret Shepherd - 808.6 SHEPHERD
Great Lakes for Sale: from whitecaps to bottlecaps by Dave Dempsey - 333.91630977 DEMPSEY

Adult Audiovisual:

Epilogue: a memoir by Anne Roiphe - CD 813.54 ROIPHE
Prehistory -- Circle X - CD ROCK CIRCLE X
One Missed Call -- DVD ONE MISSED CALL

Juvenile Fiction:

The Bunnies Are Not in Their Beds by Marisabina Russo - jPICTURE BK Russo
Runemarks by Joanne Harris - jFICTION Harris
Sleep, Black Bear, Sleep by Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple - jPICTURE BK Yolen

Juvenile Audiovisual:

Sleeping Beauty 50th Anniversary Edition -- jDVD Sleeping
A Giant Problem by Tony DiTerlizzi - jCD FICTION DiTerlizzi
Happy Birthday Gertie by Billy Gorilly - jCD Billy

BROWSING THE STACKS

Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area. This week's spotlight is: Elections. These titles can be found on the second floor in the Non-Fiction Collection.

America Afire: Jefferson, Adams, and the revolutionary election of 1800 by Bernard A. Weisberger - 324.973044 WEISBERGER
Securing Democracy: why we have an electoral college by Gary L. Gregg - 324.210973 SECURING
Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the stolen election of 1876 by Roy Morris - 324.973082 MORRIS
The Independence Party and the Future of Third-Party Politics: adventures & opinions of an IP Senate candidate by William McGaughey - 324.277608 MCGAUGHEY
United States Election System by Paul McCaffrey - 324.0973 UNITED
Polling Matters: why leaders must listen to the wisdom of the people by Frank Newport - 303.380973 NEWPORT


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