February 2016

New Fiction

• House of the Rising Sun - James Lee Burke
• The Story of the Lost Child - Elena Ferrante
• A Banquet of Consequences - Elizabeth George
• The Bitter Season - Tami hoag
• Ashley Bell - Dean Koontz
• The Expatriates - Janice Y.K. Lee
• Only the Stones Survive - Morgan Llywelyn
• Once a Crooked Man - David McCallum
• Precious Gifts - Danielle Steel

New Non-Fiction

• Dear Parent: Caring for Infants with Respect - Magda Gerber
• In the Fever of Love: an Illumination of the Song of Songs - Rabbi Shefa Gold
• 100 Little Knitted Projects - Sarah Keen
• Kelly Blue Book
• Spark Joy: an Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up - Marie Kondo
• Zahav: a World of Israeli Cooking - Michael Solomonov

New Large Print

• The Automobile Club of Egypt - Alaa al Aswany
• Maggie Smith: a Biography - Michael Coveney
• The Bitter Season - Tami Hoag
• Point Blank - Fern Michaels
• The Nature of the Beast: a Chief Inspector Gamache novel - Louise Penny
• Scanealous Behavior: a Stone Barrington novel - Stuart Woods

New Audio Books

• A Manual for Cleaning Women - Lucia Berlin
• House of the Rising Sun - James Lee Burke

New DVD's

• Burnt - Bradley Cooper
• Doc Martin - series 7 - Martin Clunes
• Downton Abbey - Season 6
• Flesh and Bone - series, Sarah Hay
• He Named me Malala - documentary
• The Intern - Robert DeNiro, Anne Hathaway
• Learning to Drive - Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Sarita Choudhury, Grace Gummer
• The Manners of Downton Abbey - Alastair Bruce
• The Martian - Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain
• Minions - animated
• True Detective - second season - Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Rachael McAdams, Taylor Kitsch
• The Walk - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley
• A Walk in the Woods - Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson

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BOOKLISTS

Every month in this spot we feature reading suggestions. Visit the Library to pick up a copy of the booklist-of-the-month brochure and check out a book from our current display.

Happy Ever After: 100 Swoon-Worthy Romances from NPR

Selected from more than 18,000 nominations, these are the romances that the NPR listeners loved. Go to the NPR website for descriptions of each book. more

Historical

• Lord of Scoundrels, by Loretta Chase
• Indigo, by Beverly Jenkins
• Outlander (series), by Diana Gabaldon
• Texas Destiny, by Lorraine Heath
• The Serpent Garden, by Judith Merkle Riley
• The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie, by Jennifer Ashley
• The Bedwyn Saga (series), by Mary Balogh
• Ravished, by Amanda Quick
• The Wallflowers (series), by Lisa Kleypas
• The Bridgertons (series), by Julia Quinn
• The Brothers Sinister (series), by Courtney Milan
• The Rules of Scoundrels (series), by Sarah MacLean
• Flowers From the Storm, by Laura Kinsale
• Spindle Cove (series), by Tessa Dare
• Maiden Lane (series), by Elizabeth Hoyt
• Pennyroyal Green (series), by Julie Anne Long
• The Bride, by Julie Garwood
• The Pink Carnation (series), by Lauren Willig
• A Knight in Shining Armor, by Jude Deveraux
• Not Quite a Husband, by Sherry Thomas
• Desperate Duchesses (series), by Eloisa James
• Something Wonderful, by Judith McNaught
• The Windflower, by Laura London
• The Spymasters (series), by Joanna Bourne
• The Duke of Shadows, by Meredith Duran
• Beast, by Judith Ivory
• To Have and to Hold, by Patricia Gaffney
• The Captive, by Grace Burrowes
• The Lotus Palace (series), by Jeannie Lin
• All Through the Night, by Connie Brockway
• Blaze, by Susan Johnson
• Morning Glory, by LaVyrle Spencer
• Simple Jess, by Pamela Morsi
• The Morning Gift, by Eva Ibbotson
• A Lady Awakened, by Cecilia Grant
• The Summer of You, by Kate Noble
• The Rake, by Mary Jo Putney
  

Classics

• The India Fan, by Victoria Holt
• North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell
• The Far Pavilions, by M.M. Kaye
• Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
• Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
• Venetia, by Georgette Heyer
  

Young Adult

• Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell
• Anna and the French Kiss, by Stephanie Perkins
• The Queen's Thief (series), by Megan Whalen Turner
• Perfect Chemistry, by Simone Elkeles
• Adios to My Old Life, by Caridad Ferrer
  

Suspense

• I-Team (series), by Pamela Clare
• In Death (series), by J.D. Robb
• Nine Coaches Waiting, by Mary Stewart

Science Fiction and Fantasy

• Psy/Changeling (series), by Nalini Singh
• The Iron Seas (series), by Meljean Brook
• Kate Daniels (series), by Ilona Andrews
• Ember, by Bettie Sharpe
• The Inheritance Trilogy, by N.K. Jemisin
• A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold
• Archangel, by Sharon Shinn
• Warrior's Woman, by Johanna Lindsey
  

Paranormal

• Charley Davidson (series), by Darynda Jones
• The Black Dagger Brotherhood (series), by J.R. Ward
• Immortals After Dark (series), by Kresley Cole
• Fever (series), by Karen Marie Moning
• The Winter Sea, by Susanna Kearsley
• Cry Wolf, by Patricia Briggs
• Vampire Huntress (series), by L.A. Banks
• Dark Hunter (series), by Sherrilyn Kenyon
  

LGBTQ

• The Magpie Lord, by K. J. Charles
• Fated Love, by Radclyffe
• Hot Head, by Damon Suede
• Cut & Run, by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban
• Keeping Promise Rock, by Amy Lane
• Butterfly Tattoo, by Deidre Knight
  

Inspirational

• Maid to Match, by Deeanne Gist
• Redeeming Love, by Francine Rivers
  

Erotic Romance

• Natural Law, by Joey W. Hill
• Liberating Lacey, by Anne Calhoun
• The Lady's Tutor, by Robin Schone
  

Contemporary

• Bet Me, by Jennifer Crusie
• Heart of the Falcon, by Francis Ray
• Something About You, by Julie James
• The Chocolate Kiss, by Laura Florand
• A Bollywood Affair, by Sonali Dev
• Dream Man (series), by Kristen Ashley
• The Chesapeake Bay Saga, by Nora Roberts
• Lucky Harbor (series), by Jill Shalvis
• Chicago Stars (series), by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
• Troubleshooters (series), by Suzanne Brockmann
• Virgin River (series), by Robyn Carr
• The Mackenzie Family (series), by Linda Howard
• Blue Heron (series), by Kristan Higgins
• The Madaris Family (series), by Brenda Jackson
• Wild Seasons (series), by Christina Lauren
• Intimate Betrayal, by Donna Hill
• Crazy Thing Called Love, by Molly O'Keefe
• Black Knights, Inc. (series), by Julie Ann Walker
• The Girl You Left Behind, by Jojo Moyes
  

Category Romance

• Doukakis's Apprentice, by Sarah Morgan
• Sex, Straight Up, by Kathleen O'Reilly
• Her Hesitant Heart, by Carla Kelly

Zinio

Online Magazines

Magazines are now available online from the Mid-Hudson Library System. You can download any of over 90 different magazines and keep them for as long as you like. There are also a years worth of back issues to choose from. You'll need to create a account – and then start downloading. They can be read on your computer or, you can download the "zinio for Libraries" app (in the app store) and download them onto your iPad, Kindle or other eReader. To search for them go to the card catalog and look for the "New Online Magazines" button. Here's a quick "how to" video.

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Library Hosts
Local Photographer
Susan Sprachman

The Stone Ridge Library is pleased to announce their winter exhibit featuring Kripplebush resident Susan Sprachman's Travel Photography. The show, titled Looking Beyond: Travel Photographs by Susan Sprachman will be on view through mid-March.

Susan Sprachman's travels have taken her to many parts of the world where she has photographed the everyday and the unremarkable—brooms and brushes in Shanghai; laundry hanging from a balcony in Spain; an abandoned cistern in Kerman, Iran; fish with gills inside out in a market along the quay in Istanbul; retirees sitting on benches in a square in rural Sardinia. In 1969 she took her camera to Ghazni, Afghanistan where she served as a Peace Corps volunteer and continued to develop her photography in Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Morocco, and China.

A number of her photographs of Iran appear in Elma Schemenaur's Welcome to Iran (Mankato, MN: Child's World, 2008) and Persian Cuisine: Traditional, Regional, and Modern Foods by M.R. Ghanoonparvar (COSTA MESA, CA: Mazda Publisher, 1982). A photograph she took of Band-e Amir in Afghanistan appeared on a website set up by National Geographic to highlight the geological zones of the world.

In 2015 her works were selected for juried shows at the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Art Society of Kingston, and Gallery Lev Shalem in Kingston. In July 2015 she gave a photographic presentation about women in Iran for Arts Mid-Hudson. The Stone Ridge Library will sponsor a similar presentation on March 16, 2016 at the Marbletown Community Center.

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TEA TIME BOOK GROUP

Wednesday, February 10
4pm in the Biography Room

The selection this month is The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa. Set in the 1860s, The Leopard tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution. The dramatic sweep and richness of observation, the seamless intertwining of public and private worlds, and the grasp of human frailty imbue The Leopard with its particular melancholy beauty and power, and place it among the greatest historical novels of our time. Join us in the Biography Room for lively Discussion and light refreshments.

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HOLMES & CO.
Mystery Lovers Book Group

Wednesday, February 17
4pm in the Biography Room

The selection for this meeting is Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen. Molly Murphy escapes from her Irish village after inadvertently causing the death of the young laird who tried to rape her. She finds herself in possession of a steerage ticket to New York and the custody of two small children when the kids' consumptive mother begs her to deliver the youngsters to their father in New York. The passage to America and the tumultuous events of Ellis Island, where another murder takes place, are vividly described, as is Molly's negotiation of the Cherry Street Irish ghetto, Hell's Kitchen, and the children's overwhelmed Da and his unsavory relatives. Run-ins with the police and Tammany Hall are only a few of Molly's adventures. The murder is solved in unorthodox ways, Molly finds love and work, and there's promise of more adventures.

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CLIO'S MUSE
A History Reading Club

NEW DATE & TIME:
Saturday, February 27
1pm in the Biography Room

The reading selection for February is The Half has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of Capitalism by Edward Baptist. Told through intimate slave narratives, plantation records, newspapers, and the words of politicians, entrepreneurs, and escaped slaves, The Half Has Never Been Told offers a radical new interpretation of American history. It forces readers to reckon with the violence at the root of American supremacy, but also with the survival and resistance that brought about slavery's end--and created a culture that sustains America's deepest dreams of freedom.

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Ulster County Historical Society Reading Club

Saturday, March 5
12:45 to 2:45pm in the Biography Room

The Ulster County Historical Society reading club will focusing on sections V to IX (pp. 243-492) of Vernon Benjamin's The History of the Hudson River Valley from Wilderness to the Civil War. Anyone from the Library community interested in attending is welcome.

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Conversational Spanish
with Cliff Rockmuller

Tuesday, February 2, March 1
1:30-2:30 in the Bio Room

Basic conversational ability is a pre-requisite for these sessions that provide participants with an opportunity to practice and hone their Spanish language skills in a comfortable and enjoyable setting. Cliff Rockmuller, former language teacher at the Rondout Valley School District, leads the conversation. This program is held on the first Tuesday of each month.

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Conversational French
with Claudine Brenner

Tuesday, February 16
1:30-2:30pm
Biography Room

Want to brush up or improve your French with a conversation hour? Claudine is a native French speaker, born in Paris and raised in Europe; following a 30 year Government career abroad, she chose Stone Ridge to retire in. Culture, medicine, travels, and anything/everything culinary are favorite subjects—which she would love to share and exchange in French. The program is offered on the third Tuesday of each month.

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Stone Ridge Library
Writers' Group
with Cathy Arra

Monday, February 8, 22
4:30-6:30pm

A writers' group meets every other Monday at the Library, with a maximum of 10 participants. This program is designed for people who are already in the process of writing and publishing work and want to participate in a structured feedback process. Cathy Arra, a poet, writer and former teacher of English and Writing in the Rondout Valley School District facilitates the group. If you are interested in participating, please contact Diane DeChillo at the Stone Ridge Library (687-8726) to place your name on the wait list.

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POETRY
with Rosemary Deen

Thursday, Feb. 11, 25
1.30-3:30 in the Biography Room

Join us for an afternoon of poetry with Rosemary Deen. Our meetings are held twice a month, on the second and fourth Thursdays.

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KNITTING GROUP

Every Saturday
10am-noon

The Stone Ridge Library Knitters meet every Saturday morning from 10am - 12noon. All ages and experience levels can join us and drop-in knitters are also welcome. We each bring our own supplies and do our own work, but one of the best things about us is that whatever obstacle or confusion you might encounter, you're likely to receive as much comment and advice as you need to get where you're going with a project. Some of us can help toward the repair of knitted or crocheted items too.

The group is sociable and lively, and our conversation and sharing is just as wide-ranging as our projects. We are especially interested in the UFOs (Un-Finished Objects) that members bring in and love the show and tell of projects under way and being finished, new or old, simple or complex. Though knitting is our love and mainstay, we graciously adapt ourselves to stray crocheters and those of us who simply must take to the hook when the spirit moves. We share articles, magazines and books on knitting. Donations of yarn to the Library get made up into items for sale at the Library Fair and during the winter holidays for the benefit of the Library. Some of us also knit things for local hospitals or for the U.S. troops.

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Movies Based on Books Opening in Theaters

February 2, 2016

Movie Title: American Crime Story: The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson
Where: TV Limited Series - FX
Based on: The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin
Director: Ryan Murphy
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Courtney B. Vance, Sarah Paulson, John Travolta, David Schwimmer, Connie Britton, Kenneth Choi, Selma Blair

February 3, 2016

Movie Title: Madoff
Where: TV Limited Series - ABC, two part
Based on: The Madoff Chronicles by Brian Ross
Director: Raymond De Felitta
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Blythe Danner, Charles Grodin, Lewis Black

February 5, 2016

Movie Title: The Choice
Where: Theaters
Based on: The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
Director: Ross Katz
Cast: Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer

February 5, 2016

Movie Title: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Where: Theaters
Based on: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Director: Burr Steers
Cast: Lily James, Sam Riley, Bella Heathcote, Jack Huston, Charles Dance, Lena Headey

February 12, 2016

Movie Title: Deadpool
Where: Theaters
Based on: Deadpool Comics series by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza
Director: Tim Miller
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin

February 12, 2016

Movie Title: How to Be Single
Where: Theaters
Based on: How to Be Single by Liz Tuccillo
Director: Christian Ditter
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Leslie Mann, Dan Stevens, Rebel Wilson, Alison Brie, Damon Wayans Jr.

February 15, 2016

Movie Title: 11/22/63
Where: TV Limited Series - Hulu
Based on: 11/22/63 by Stephen King
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cast: James Franco, Sarah Gadon, Chris Cooper, Daniel Webber, Nick Searcy, Josh Duhammel

February 19, 2016

Movie Title: The Great Gilly Hopkins
Where: Theaters
Based on: The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Director: Stephen Herek
Cast: Sophie Nelisse, Glenn Close, Kathy Bates, Octavia Spencer

Snow Days

Click here for updated closings or delays at the Library. The Preschool Story hours will be cancelled if Rondout closes or is delayed. After school story hours will be cancelled if schools are closed or dismiss early. We will also be posting the information on our Facebook page. more

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Construction Updates

John Saldi has installed a new inner door. more

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GREAT WEBSITES!

NYPL Digital Collection

The New York Public Library has announced that out-of-copyright materials in their Digital Collections are now available as high-resolution downloads with no permission required. more

Winter Weather Safety

Here are a few resources geared at keeping you and your family safe and healthy during difficult, cold winter weather. A PDF (with links) from Adriance. more

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