LPL News for the week of 11/21/10

[Lakewood Public Library]

Lakewood Public Library will be closed Thursday, November 25 for Thanksgiving.

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia." -- Charles M. Schultz (1922-2000)

UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday, November 21
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: Opera for Everyone!
Classically-trained soprano Kathleen M. Bosl will perform works from Verdi, Strauss, Offenbach and others to demonstrate that opera, a stage play set to music, can be fun! This special program will be held at 2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Multipurpose Room.

Sunday, November 28
SUNDAY WITH THE FRIENDS: Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)
Directed by Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack and Marguerite Harrison Not Rated
Join the Bakhtiari in their twice-annual barefoot trek across what is now Iran, through icy waters and over steep mountains in a struggle for survival, unchanged by centuries. The friendships forged by the filmmakers on this adventure inspired their later project, King Kong! This legendary silent documentary, presented here with an Iranian score, has been selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Film Registry.
2:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

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

Adult Fiction:
The whisperers: a Charlie Parker thriller by John Connolly -- FICTION CONNOLLY
Sourland: stories by Joyce Carol Oates -- FICTION OATES JOYCE
Shakespeare undead by Lori Handeland --FICTION HANDELAND

Adult Nonfiction:
Baby, we were meant for each other: in praise of adoption by Scott Simon -- 362.734 SIMON
The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable by Nassim Taleb -- 003.54 TALEB
The lost city of Z: a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon by David Grann -- 918.11046 GRANN

Juvenile Fiction:
The Trucker by Barbara Samuels -- jPICTURE Samuels
Reckless by Cornelia Funke -- jFICTION Funke
The Haunted by Jessica Verday -- TEEN FICTION Verday

Juvenile Audiovisual:
Adventures of Mouse and Mole Volume 1 -- jDVD Adventures
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan -- jCD FICTION Riordan
B is for Bob by Bob Marley -- jCD Marley

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

Religion: the basics by Malory Nye -- 200 NYE 9780415449472
The religious history of American women: reimagining the past by Catherine A. Brekus -- 200.820973 RELIGIOUS
Praying in color: drawing a new path to God by Sybil MacBeth -- 248.32 MACBETH
Spirituality for the skeptic: the thoughtful love of life by Robert C. Solomon -- 291.4 SOLOMON
The complete idiot's guide to world religions by Brandon Toropov -- 291 TOROPOV
Religions of the world: the illustrated guide to origins, beliefs, traditions & festivals
by Elizabeth Breuilly -- 291 BREUILLY

LPL'S WEB SITE FOCUS: BOOK CLUBS
Lakewood Library hosts the following Book Clubs:

Business Book Talk With Tim Zaun And Friends
Discuss the latest ideas circulating through the business world with like-minded Lakewoodites!

Knit & Lit
For both the knit-a-holic and the incurable bibliophile, share literary insights and knitting projects at the same time!

Booked For Murder For lovers of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem!
For more details go to: http://www.lkwdpl.org/bookclubs/

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