February 2007

New Fiction

• Hit Parade - Lawrence Block
• In Plain Sight: a Joe Pickett Novel - C.J.Box
• The Ravenscar Dynasty - Barbara Taylor Bradford
• The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers - Lilian Jackson Braun
• Sacred Games - Vikram Ch andra
• Lords of the North - Bernard Cornwell
• Treasure of Khan: a Dirk Pitt novel - Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
• The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai
• Plum Lovin': a Stephanie Plum Between-the-Numbers novel - Janet Evanovich
• The Hunters: a Presidential Agent novel - W.E.B. Griffin

New Non-Fiction

• Healing Lyme: Natural Healing and Prevention of Lyme Borreliosis and its Coinfections - Stephen Harrod Buhner
• American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work - Susan Cheever
• I Feel Bad About my Neck - Nora Ephron
• Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 - Rafe Esquith
• Fodor's Bahamas 2007
• Frommer's Alaska 2007
• Frommer's Californis 2007
• Frommer's Jamaica
• French Women for All Seasons: a Year of Secrets, Recipes, & Pleasure - Mireille Guiliano
• From Baghdad, With Love - Jay Kopelman
• The Story of French - Jean-Benoit Nadeau and Juli Barlow
• Brave New Ballot: The Battle to Safeguard Democracy in the Age of Electronic Voting - Aviel D. Rubin, Ph.D.
• Silman's Complete Endgame Course from Beginner to Master - chess - Jeremy Silman

New Audios

All CDs unless noted

• Farewell Summer - Ray Bradbury (tapes)
• Light of Evening - Edna O'Brien
• About Alice - Calvin Trillin

New Music CD's

• Ask a Woman Who Knows - Natalie Cole
  
• The King and I

New DVD's

• 12 Angry Men
  
• Aguire, the Wrath of God
  
• American Movie
  
• The Birth of a Nation
• The Blue Kite
  
• Bound
  
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
• Cabaret
  
• Cobra Verde
  
• The Confederate
  
• Cookie's Fortune
  
• Don't Look Now
  
• Fiddler on the Roof
  
• Fitzcarraldo
  
• The Great Composers: Franz Schubert
  
• High Noon
  
• The Hustler
• Interiors
  
• The Last Temptation of Christ
  
• Le Cercle Rouge
  
• Les Vampires
  
• The Maltese Falcon
• The Man from Elysian Fields
  
• Modern Times
  
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  
• My Best Friend
  
• Network
  
• Nosferatu, Phantom der nacht
  
• On the Ropes
  
• Out of the Past
  
• The Piano
  
• Psycho
  
• Risky Business
  
• The Rules of the Game - Jean Renoir
  
• Salesman
  
• Shadow of a Doubt
  
• The Shawshank Redemption
  
• The Station Agent
  
• Strangers on a Train
  
• Woyzek
  
• Year of the Quiet Sun
  

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BOOKLISTS

Every month in this spot we feature reading suggestions. These include historic fiction, science fiction, mysteries, and more. Many of these titles can be found in the Mid Hudson Library System.

This month we have two lists. Keep scrolling down to find Movies to be released in 2007 based on the book.

GOING SOMEPLACE?

Travel Books at the Stone Ridge Library

• 1,000 places to see before you die / Patricia Schultz 910.202 SCH
  
• Adirondack high : images of America's first wilderness / photographs by Hardie Truesdale ; text by Joanne Michaels 917.475 Tru
  
• Adirondack Park, The : a wildlands quilt / Barbara McMartin 917.47 McM
  
• Alone against the sea : and other true adventures / by Jon Bowermaster 904 BOW
  
• Antigua and Barbuda Companion, The / Melanie Etherington 917.29 ETH
  
• Appalachian Trail Reader, The / edited by David Emblidge 917.404 APP
  
• Around America : a tour of our magnificent coastline / Walter Cronkite ; drawings by David Canright 973.094 CRO
  
• Art of Travel, The / Alain de Botton 910.202 DeB
  
• Baja to Patagonia : Latin American adventures / Larry Rice 918.0433 Ric
  
• Barcelona & Catalonia / main contributor, Roger Williams 914.6 Wil
  
• Bella Tuscany : the Sweet Life in Italy Frances Mayes BIO MAYES
  
• Beyond the sky and the earth : a journey into Bhutan / by Jamie Zeppa 954.98 Zep
  
• Catfish and Mandala : a two-wheeled voyage through the landscape and memory of Vietnam / Andrew X. Pham BIO PHAM
  
• Catskills, The / by T. Morris Longstreth 917.47 LON
  
• Charles Kuralt's America / Charles Kuralt 973.92 KUR
  
• Crete / Barry Unsworth 949.9 Uns
  
• Escape to Morocco / photography by Simon Russell ; text by Pamela Windo 916.4 WIN
  
• Family Place, A : a Hudson Valley farm, three centuries, five wars, one family / Leila Philip 974.73 PHI
  
• Far Appalachia : following the New River north / Noah Adams 975.47 ADA
  
• French country hideaways : vacationing at private châteaus & manors in rural France / Casey O'Brien Blondes 914.4 Blo
  
• Goose in Toulouse, A : and other culinary adventures in France / Mort Rosenblum 641.01 ROS
  
• Great Weekend in Barcelon, A 914.672 GRE
  
• Happy isles of Oceania, The : paddling the Pacific / Paul Theroux 919.504 THE
  
• Hemingway book club of Kosovo, The / Paula Huntley 949.7 HUN
  
• Hong Kong / Liam Fitzpatrick, Jason Gagliardi, and Andrew Stone 915.125 FIT
  
• Hotel secrets from the Travel detective : insider tips on getting the best value, service, and security in accommodations from bed-and breakfasts to five-star resorts / Peter Greenberg 910.202 GRE
  
• Hudson River : an adventure from the mountains to the sea / by Peter Lourie ; illustrated with full-color photographs 917.473 LOU
  
• In a sunburned country / by Bill Bryson 919.404 Bry
  
• In Tuscany / Frances Mayes ; with Edward Mayes 945.5 MAY
  
• Inca land : explorations in the highlands of Peru / by Hiram Bingham ; with a new introduction by Anthony Brandt 918.504 BIN
  
• Instructions for visitors : life and love in a French town / Helen Stevenson BIO STE
  
• Land's end : a walk through Provincetown / by Michael Cunningham 917.44 CUN
  
• Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, The : a memoir / Bill Bryson BIO BRYSON
  
• London : the biography / Peter Ackroyd 942.1 Ack
  
• Neither here nor there : travels in Europe / Bill Bryson 914.04 BRY
  
• New Orleans / main contributor, Marilyn Wood 917.63 WOO
  
• Norway / main contributor: Snorre Evensberget 914.81 NOR
  
• Nowhere is a place : travels in Patagonia / text by Bruce Chatwin and Paul Theroux ; photographs by Jeff Gnass 918.2 cha
  
• On Celtic tides : one man's journey around Ireland by sea kayak / Chris Duff 914.15 DUF
  
• Once upon a time in Great Britain : a travel guide to the sights and settings of your favorite children's stories / Melanie Wentz 820.9 WEN
  
• Partly Cloudy Patriot, The / Sarah Vowell 973 VOW
  
• Places in between, The / Rory Stewart 915.81 STE
  
• River town : two years on the Yangtze / Peter Hessler 915.138 HES
  
• Russia, a long-shot romance / by Jo Durden-Smith 947.086 DUR
  
• Sacred places around the world : 108 destinations / Brad Olsen 917.446 ols
  
• Scribbling the cat : travels with an African soldier / Alexandra Fuller 968.94 Ful
  
• Seasons in Basilicata : a year in a southern Italian hill village / written and illustrated by David Yeadon 945 YEA
  
• Shawangunk : adventure, exploration, history and epiphany from a mountain wilderness / by Marc B. Fried 974.7 FRI
  
• Sicilian odyssey / Francine Prose 914.5 PRO
  
• Sky burial / Xinran Xue ; translated from the Chinese by Julia Lovell & Esther Tyldesley FIC XIN
  
• Snakes and ladders : glimpses of India / Gita Mehta 954 MEH
  
• Speaking with strangers / Mary Cantwell 910.4 CAN
  
• Stone boudoir, The : travels through the hidden villages of Sicily / Theresa Maggio 914.58 MAG
  
• Sunday Horse, A : a year on the Grand Prix show jumping circuit / Vicky Moon 917.3 Moo
  
• Tales of a female nomad : living at large in the world Rita Golden Gelman 910.4 GEL
  
• Terra incognita : travels in Antarctica / Sara Wheeler 919.8 WHE pb
  
• The Oxford book of London / edited by Paul Bailey 820.803 OXF
  
• Thousand Days in Venice, A : an unexpected romance / by Marlena de Blasi 945.31 DeB
  
• Tiger Ladies, The : a memoir of Kashmir / Sudha Koul 954 KOU
  
• Time's magpie : a walk in Prague / Myla Goldberg 943.7 GOL
  
• Ultimate journey : retracing the path of an ancient buddhist monk who crossed Asia in search of enlightenment / Richard Bernstein 294.392 BER
  
• Unbelievably good deals and great adventures that you absolutely can't get unless you're over 50 / Joan Rattner Heilman 910.202 HEI
  
• Under the Tuscan sun : at home in Italy / Frances Mayes BIO MAYES
  
• Walk in the Woods, A : rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail / Bill Bryson 917.404 BRY
  
• Walking the Bible : a journey by land through the five books of Moses / by Bruce Feiler 915.604 FEI
  
• Where to weekend around New York City, Fodor's 907.47 Fod
  
• Wuhu diary : on taking my adopted daughter back to her hometown in China / Emily Prager 951.1 PRA
  
• Yak butter & black tea : a journey into forbidden China / Wade Brackenbury 915.1 BRA pb
  
• Year in the World, A : journeys of a passionate traveller / Frances Mayes 914.045 MAY
  

Movies to be released in 2007 based on the book

• 300 - Frank Miller graphic novels
  
• Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The - Ron Hansen
  
• Babylon A.D. - Maurice Dantec
  
• Beowulf
  
• Blood and Chocolate - Annette Curtis Klause (juvenile)
  
• Bourne Ultimatum, The - Robert Ludlum
  
• Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson (juvenile)
  
• Charlie Wilson's War - George Crile (nonfiction)
  
• Dark is Rising, The - Susan Cooper (juvenile)
  
• Evening - Susan Minot
  
• Feast of Love, The - Charles Baxter
  
• Freedom Writers - Erin Gruwell
  
• Golden Compass, The - Philip Pullman (juvenile)
  
• Gone, Baby, Gone - Dennis Lehane
  
• Hannibal Rising - Thomas Harris
  
• Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling (juvenile)
  
• I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
  
• Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer (nonfiction)
  
• Killshot - Elmore Leonard
  
• Kite Runner, The - Khaled Hosseini
  
• Last Legion, The - Valerio Manfredi
  
• Martian Child, The - David Gerrold
  
• Mysteries of Pittsburgh, The - Michael Chabon
  
• Namesake, The - Jhumpa Lahiri, Directed by Mira Nair
  
• Nancy Drew – Carolyn Keene
  
• Next Golden Man, The (story) - Philip K. Dick
  
• Other Boleyn Girl, The - Philippa Gregory
  
• Reservation Road - Jason Burnham Schwartz
  
• Sin City 2 - Frank Miller graphic novels
  
• Snow Angels - Stewart O'Nan
  
• Stardust - Neil Gaiman
  
• Tenderness - Robert Cormier (juvenile)
  
• Virgin Territory Decameron, The (stories) / Giovanni Boccaccio
  
• Waterhorse, The - Dick King-Smith (juvenile)
  
• Zodiac Zodiac / Robert Graysmith
  

Tea Time Book Group

Wednesday, February 14th, 4pm
in the Reference room

A romantic pick for Valentine’s Day!

The selection for the next Tea Time Book Discussion is Conjuring Maud by Philip Danze published locally by GreyCore Press.

Join us in the Reference Room on Feb. 14th for lively Discussion and light refreshments.

Books are available at the library.

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Holmes & Co. Mystery Lovers Book Group

Thursday, March 8 at 4pm
in the Reference Room

• Eric Ambler - A Coffin for Dimitrios
• Agatha Christie - The A. B. C. Murders
• Arthur Conan Doyle - A Scandal in Bohemia

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Knitting Group

Saturdays, February 3, 10, 17, 24
10am-noon at the Library

Our knitting group meets every Saturday in the Library's Reference room. We welcome newcomers at any level.

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New Databases available

Chiltons Car Repair Manual

Chiltons Car Repair Manual: Do-It Yourself Auto Repair Information. When it comes to auto repair, professionals and do-it-yourselfers have trusted Chilton manuals for years. Now these helpful resources are available in a simple-to-use database to patrons with a Mid-Hudson library card 24 hours a day through HomeAccess from anywhere with an Internet connection. Search for accurate, complete and detailed repair information on cars, trucks, vans and SUVs from authentic Chiltons manuals. This database is available to all HomeAccess users and includes all domestic cars to date and imports 2000-2006 - updates monthly.

Price It! Antiques & Collectables

Price It! Antiques & Collectables: For identifying, researching and pricing art, antiques and collectibles. This online tool helps you ascertain an item's current realistic market value by aggregating data from its own GoAntiques.com database as well as established, reliable sources like ebay, TIAS and dozens of auction houses. Now you can get the latest information on the collectibles you seek with your Mid-Hudson library card 24 hours a day through HomeAccess from anywhere with an Internet connection...at home, on the road, even from a live auction!

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ON THE SHELVES

Poughkeepsie Journal 1.7.07
On the Shelves with Frank Rees

Stories of Iraq come from those who lived it

On the Shelves is a monthly column by a rotating list of mid-Hudson Valley library directors who comment on notable books coming to your local public library.

Since March 23, 2003, when Operation Iraqi Freedom began, roughly 1 million Americans have rotated through Iraq. Although we are constantly bombarded with filtered and politically-biased information and facts on the ground by the media, the military and the White House, we know surprisingly little about the lives and experiences of the men and women serving on the Iraqi front lines.

These four books, all personal narratives, provide a glimpse into the facts on the ground as experienced by real individuals.

From Baghdad, With Love, by Jay Kopelman; Lyons Press.

From Baghdad, With Love tells the story of a dramatic rescue attempt by U.S. First Battalion, Third Marines, of a puppy named Lava from an abandoned house in Fallujah, Iraq. Despite General Order 1-A that forbids the keeping of pets, the Marines de-flea the pup with kerosene, de-worm him with chewing tobacco, fill him up on MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) and keep him.

Lava has a profound effect on the hardened Marines, wartime journalists and endangered Iraqi citizens who care for him, teaching them about life, death and war and keeping them rooted in humanity, despite the daily wartime horrors.

What Was Asked of Us: An Oral History of the Iraq War by the Soldiers Who Fought It, by Trish Wood; Little, Brown.

What Was Asked of Us is an unfiltered, uncensored and unvarnished history of the Iraq war as told by the men and women fighting it.

Based on 29 interviews with American war veterans, the soldiers speak at length about all their Iraq experiences and provide a powerful and emotional account of the Iraq war.

Accounts range from an ex-drug addict who admits that "I have loved every firefight I was in because for those brief seconds nothing else matters," to a born-again Christian who asks "America, what always makes us right?"

Blood Brothers, by Michael Weisskopf; Henry Holt and Co.

Michael Weisskopf, a Time magazine senior correspondent who lost his right hand as an embedded reporter with the First Armored Division in Iraq, writes about his experiences in Ward 57, the amputee division at Walter Reed Medical Center.

Blood Brothers chronicles the devastation of Weisskopf and three soldier amputees - Pete Damon, Luis Rodriquez and Bobby Issacs - as they navigate the bewildering process of recovery, re-entry, and reconciliation in the aftermath of life altering injuries.

Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the Words of U. S. Troops and Their Families, by Andrew Carroll; Random House.

Operation Homecoming is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts to bring distinguished writers to U.S. military bases in Iraq and inspire soldiers to record their wartime experiences.

The result is more than 100 intense and emotional accounts, private journals, short stories, letters and other personal writings from military personnel and their families.

Frank Rees is the assistant director of the Howland Public Library in Beacon. He was the director of the Hudson Area Association for 11 years and has written collection development articles for Library Journal.

Can't decide on what to read? Visit
Mid Hudson for links to lists of titles that might attract your interest.

On the Shelves is a monthly column by a rotating list of mid-Hudson Valley library directors who comment on notable books coming to your local public library.

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Man Pays Library $171.32
47-Year Late Fee

The Associated Press - 1.7.07

HANCOCK, Mich. (AP) -- Robert Nuranen handed the local librarian a book he'd checked out for a ninth-grade assignment - along with a check for 47 years' worth of late fees.

Nuranen said his mother misplaced the copy of "Prince of Egypt" while cleaning the house. The family came across it every so often, only to set it aside again. He found it last week while looking through a box in the attic.

"I figured I'd better get it in before we waited another 10 years," he said after turning it in Friday with the $171.32 check. "Fifty-seven years would be embarrassing."

The book, with its last due date stamped June 2, 1960, was part of the young Nuranen's fascination with Egypt. He went on to visit that country and 54 others, and all 50 states, he said, but he never did finish the book.

Nuranen now lives in Los Angeles, where he teaches seventh-grade social studies and language arts.

The library had long ago lost any record of the book, librarian Sue Zubiena said.

"I'm going to use it as an example," she said. "It's never too late to return your books."

GREAT WEBSITES!

50 Coolest Websites

An annotated list of 50 useful and amusing websites in the areas of entertainment, arts, and media; shopping, lifestyle, and hobbies; news and information; staying connected; time wasters; travel and real estate; and web searches and services. "Many of ... [the sites for 2006] are shining examples of Web 2.0: next-generation sites offering dynamic new ways to inform and entertain." Includes links to lists back to 2003. From Time magazine in partnership with CNN. more

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

In addition to information about the Academy, find all the Oscars (Academy Awards) ever given (nominees as well as winners) from 1927 to the present, all the Scientific and Technical Awards from 1930 to the present, and history of the Oscar statuette. Searchable. more

Constitution Finder

"This database offers consti-tutions, charters, amend-ments, and other related documents for countries around the world. Nations of the world are linked to their constitutional text posted somewhere on the Internet." Browsable by country. Includes links to texts in languages other than English. From the University of Richmond School of Law. more

Crime Library: Literary Forensics

These articles cover forensic document and handwriting analysis, and specific cases that involved literary forensics. Includes material on written communications related to the Lindbergh kidnapping trial, the Unabomber case, the JonBenet Ramsey murder, and the Hitler diaries. Written by a forensic psychologist for the CourtTV Crime Library. more

Procrastination Central

Collection of research material and fun resources about pro- crastination, including quotes, links to websites (such as procrastination societies and tests), theories, studies, and more. From a professor of human resources and organizational dynamics who has written scholarly publications about procrastination. more

Groundhog Day

Collection of links to websites about "Groundhog Day, celebrated on February 2, [and which] has its roots in an ancient Celtic celebration called Imbolog." Includes links to sites about history, the Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Groundhog Day celebration, a lesson plan, crafts, and real groundhogs. From the North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE), a consortium of 27 public and academic libraries. more

Guide To Public Opinion Poll Web Sites: Polling Data From Around the World

This annotated compilation of websites "focuses on significant Internet sites concerning general public opinion polls, especially those providing polling results in usable formats." The scope does not include "Web and blog polls, as many are unscientific, biased, or oriented toward amateur efforts." From librarians Gary Thompson and Sean Conley, published in the October 2006 issue of C&RL News, a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries of the American Library Association (ALA). more

healthywomen.org

Medical information for women. "More than 100 conditions, diseases and women's health issues covered in depth. From acupuncture to yoga. Diagnosis, treatment, questions to ask your health care professional, lifestyle tips and more. All content reviewed for medical accuracy by health care professionals." Also includes question and answer columns on topics such as breast health and midlife health. From the National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC), an "independent health information source for women." more

Get a Passport Now

Brief information about new passport requirements for 2007 for travelers to and from the U.S. "All travelers will be required to have passports -- including U.S. citizens returning to the U.S. by air from throughout the Western Hemisphere -- on January 23, 2007." Also includes material about sea and land travel, and links to official passport sites for U.S., Canadian, and Mexican citizens. From the Travel Industry Association and Travel Business Roundtable. more

Book Burning

This site collects relevant resources and tracks acts of book burning. Features historical examples of book burning (such as those in Nazi Germany and the Harry Potter series challenges), a section on burning of religious works, related links, and a brief bibliography. From the American Library Association (ALA). more

Guide to Research: Declassified Documents

This research guide provides links to sources for learning about and obtaining copies of formerly classified U.S. government documents. Topics include the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and federal government websites. Also includes a link to Executive Order 12958, under which thousands of pages of documents were declassified at the end of 2006. Although some sources are only available to Georgetown University students, most are available to the general public. From Georgetown University Libraries. more

Benjamin Franklin: An Extraordinary Life, An Electric Mind

Companion to this 2002 documentary series that explored Benjamin Franklin's "career from humble beginnings in Boston to international superstardom: first as a scientist and revolutionary, and then as a founding father and America's first diplomat to France." Features essays, a timeline, "Ben A to Z," a teacher's guide, and more. From Twin Cities Public Television. more

Knowing Poe

This classroom guide features details about the literature, life, and times of writer Edgar Allan Poe. Features a timeline, video clips, primary source documents, lesson plans, and related resources. Includes a bibliography and a list of Poe sites (museum, gravesite, and more) in the Baltimore, Maryland, region. From Maryland Public Television. more

Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)

This site provides background and updates on the construction of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), which "will provide time-lapse digital imaging of faint astronomical objects across the entire sky." Features details about the telescope (to be located in northern Chile) and areas planned for study by the telescope (such as dark energy and near-Earth objects), photos, material for scientists, and more. LSST is "a collaboration of a number of national labs and organizations." more

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