LPL News for the week of 11/16/08

[Lakewood Public Library]

"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung." --Voltaire (1694-1778)

UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16

Sunday with the Friends-Songs of Ohio’s Pioneer Era
Roving musicians Kathy and Gus Ubaldi sing songs of unsettled Ohio. Travel back in time with guitar and banjo to hear the music brought here by the first pioneers.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium


TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008

KNIT & LIT BOOK CLUB
Here’s a new kind of book club for both the knit-a-holic and the incurable bibliophile. Lynda Tuennerman will get us started with the first book selection. After that, meetings will grow organically like a long, long scarf as members make suggestions for books and needlework projects. We’ll keep our hands and minds busy on the third Tuesday of every month, sharing literary insights and personal projects. Visit www.lkwdpl.org/bookclubs to learn more. To register, please call (216) 226-8275 ext. 127. Tonight's book is The Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20

Business Book Talk with Tim Zaun and Friends
Tonight's book is: Who's Your City? How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life by Richard Florida The Creative Class guru makes a strong case for place being important to our twenty-first century well-being.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Meeting Room

FRIENDS special, members-only Preview Book Sale
Join the Friends and receive entrance to special, members-only preview sales. Memberships may be purchased at the door or by returning the form in our Fall/Winter Program Guide.
6pm – 9pm in the Main Library Auditorium


SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22

FRIENDS BOOK SALE
BARGAIN BOOKS $3.00 A BAG AND ALL ITEMS ARE 1/2 PRICE
9am – 5pm at the Main Library in the Friends Book Sale area on the lower level

Family Music & More - Family Movie Night: The Aristocats
Meet the cats who know where it is at...for fun, music and adventure in this 1970 Disney animated classic movie.
7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Multipurpose Room

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

Adult Fiction:

Star Wars : the clone wars by Karen Traviss - SCIFI TRAVISS
A Silent Ocean Away: Colette's dominion by DeVa Gantt - FICTION GANTT
When the White House Was Ours by Porter Shreve - FICTION SHREVE

Adult Nonfiction:

Daily Readings From Become A Better You: 90 devotions for improving your life every day by Joel Osteen - 242.2 OSTEEN
Tomorrow You Go Home: one man's harrowing imprisonment in a modern-day Russian Gulag by Tig Hague - 365.6092 HAGUE
Emily Post: daughter of the Gilded Age, mistress of American manners
by Laura P. Claridge - 395.092 CLARIDGE

Adult Audiovisual:

Take the Whole Midrange and Boost It by Oppenheimer - CD ROCK OPPENHEIMER
Tried By War: Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief by James M. McPherson - CD 973.7092 MCPHERSON
Zappa Plays Zappa by Pierre Lamoureux - DVD 782.42166 ZAPPA

Juvenile Fiction:

Otto Runs for President by Rosemary Wells - jPICTURE BK Wells
But, Excuse Me, That Is My Book by Lauren Child - jPICTURE BK Child
High School Musical 3 Senior Year: Making Memories by Sarah Nathan - jFICTION Nathan

Juvenile Audiovisual:

The Backyardigans: Escape from Fairytale Village -- jDVD Backyardigans
Sabriel by Garth Nix - jCD FICTION Sabriel
Totally '80s for Kids -- jCD Totally

BROWSING THE STACKS

Lakewood Public Library offers a wide variety of book collections within our non-fiction area. This week's spotlight is: STRESS RELIEF
Take some time out for yourself during this busy season to relieve the stress that the holidays can sometimes cause. These titles can be found on the second floor in the Non-Fiction Collection.

It's all too much: an easy plan for living a richer life with less stuff by Peter Walsh - 640 WALSH
Ten Zen seconds: twelve incantations for purpose, power and calm by Eric Maisel - 613.192 MAISEL
The food-mood solution: all-natural ways to banish anxiety, depression, anger, stress, overeating, and alcohol and drug problems--and feel good again by Jack Challem - 616.890654 CHALLEM
Simplify the holidays by Allana Baroni - 394.26 BARONI
When holidays are hell -- !: a guide to surviving family gatherings by Mariana Caplan - 646.78 CAPLAN
The don't sweat guide for parents: reduce stress and enjoy your kids more
by Don't Sweat Press - 649.1 DON'T

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