July 2016

New Fiction

• Margaret Truman's Deadly Medicine - Donald Bain
• The Cavendon Luck - Barbara Taylor Bradford
• The Defenders of Shannara: The Sorcerer's Daughter - Terry Brooks
• The Fifth avenue Artists Society - Joy Callaway
• Zero K - Don DeLillo
• A Hero of France - Alan Furst
• End of Watch - Stephen King
• A Girl's Guide to Moving On - Debbie Macomber
• Hysteria - David Means
• Charcoal Joe - Walter Mosley
• 15th Affair - James Patterson
• Barkskins - annie Proulx
• Radio Girls - Sarah-Jane Stratford
• Wreck and Order - Hannah Tennant-Moore
• Foreign Agent - Brad Thor
• Katherine of aragon: The True Queen - Alison Weir
• Dishonorable Intentions - Stuart Woods

New Non-Fiction

• The Curse of Beauty: The Scandalous & Tragic Life of Audrey Munson, America's First Supermodel - James Bone
• Native American Almanac: More than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples - Yvonne Wakim Dennis
• Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging - Sebastian Junger
• SAT 2017: Strategies, Practice 7 Review - Kaplan
• Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery - Henry Marsh
• The Stash Plan: Your 21-Day Guide to Shed Weight, Feel Great, and Take Charge of your Health - Laura Prepon
• The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams - Philip Zaleski & Carol Zaleski

New Donated Audio Books

• Orphan Train - Christina Baker Kline
• Destiny of the Republic - Candace Millard
• The Cat's Table - Michael Ondaatje
• The Postcard Killers - James Patterson
• The Judas Strain - James Rollins
• Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris

New DVD's

• 10 Cloverfield Lane - John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr.
• 45 Years - Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay
• Anomalisa - David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan
• Eddie the Eagle - Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman
• Embrace of the Serpent - a film by Ciro Guerra
• Grantchester, second season
• Hello, My Name is Doris - Sally Field, Max Greenfield
• Race - Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt
• The Wave - Norweigan
• Whiskey Tango Foxtrot - Tina Fey, margo Robbie, Billy Bob Thornton
• Zootopia - animated - Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba

Recently Donated DVDs

• Arsenic and Old lace - Cary Grant
• The Big Chill
• Goodfellas - Bluray
• Great Campaigns of World War II
• Great Classic Legends - 4 Films of Natalie Wood: Gypsy, Sex and the Single Girl, Splendor in the Grass, Inside Daisy Clover
• Great Classic Films - 4 Best Picture Winners: Casablanca, Gigi, An American in Paris, Mrs Miniver
• The Souse of Eliott - series 2
• Houseboat - Cary Grant, Sophia Loren
• The League of Gentlemen - series 1, 2, 3
• The Maltese Falcon - Humphrey Bogart
• On a Clear Day - Peter Mullan, Brenda Blethyn
• Purple Rain - Prince
• Seinfeld - seasons 1 & 2
• Seven Beauties - a Lina Wertmuller film
• The Three Faces of Eve - Joanne Woodward
• Twin Peaks - season 1
• Vietnam: America's Conflict
• The X Files - seasons 8, 9 & Fight the Future

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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.

BEACH READS 2016

• Longbourn by Jo Baker
• Hamish Macbeth series by M.C. Beaton
• Burglar series by Lawrence Block
• The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian
• Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
• Robert Langdon novels by Dan Brown
• The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
• Mrs. Murphy series by Rita Mae Brown
• At Home (643.1 bry); One Summer: America, 1927 (973.91Bry) by Bill Bryson
• Dave Robicheaux series by James Lee Burke
• What We Find by Robin Carr
• Jack Reacher series by Lee Child
• anything by Agatha Christie
• The Girls by Emma Cline
• Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
• Lincoln Lawyer series by Michael Connelly
• The Assassin; Piranha by Clive Cussler
• Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
• Sweet Salt Air by Barbara Delinsky
• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
• The Stephanie Plum series; The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich
• Bridget Jones's Diary series by Helen Fielding
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fanny Flagg
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
• Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
• Canada by Richard Ford
• The Hurricane Sisters; All Summer Long by Dorothea Benton Frank
• The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
• The Cuckoo's Calling; The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
• Find Her by Lisa Gardner
• Love the One You're With; The One & Only; First Comes Love by Emily Giffin
• Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
• Kinsey Millhone mysteries by Sue Grafton
• Sycamore Row by John Grisham
• The Past by Tessa Hadley
• The Nightingale; Fly Away by Kristin Hannah
• I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
• Star Island; Nature Girl; Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
• Beautiful Day; The Island; Summerland; Here's To Us by Elin Hilderbrand
• The Kite Runner; And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
• The Opposite of Lonliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan
• The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan
• Joyland by Stephen King
• Flight Behavior; Prodigal Summer; The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
• Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella
• Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz
• Secret Sisters by Jane Ann Krentz
• The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
• The Dragon Tattoo series by Stieg Larsson
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries by Donna Leon
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
• The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin
• Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan
• Starting Now; Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber
• Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
• The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
• Me Before You; One Plus One; After You by Jojo Moyes
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
• Women's Murder Club series by James Patterson
• The Bees by Laline Paull
• Chief Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penney
• My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
• The Good Luck of right Now by Matthew Quick
• Chet and Bernie mysteries by Spencer Quinn
• The Liar; The Collector; Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts
• Attachnments by Rainbow Rowell
• The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
• Empire Falls by Richard Russo
• Me Talk Pretty One Day (814.54Sed); Lets Explore Diabetes with Owls (814.54Sed) by David Sedaris
• Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
• The English Girl by Daniel Silva
• The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
• The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
• Eligible: a Modern Retelling of Pride and prejudice by Curtis Sittenfled
• Little Known Facts by Christine Sneed
• See Me; The Notebook; The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks
• The Light Between the Oceans by M.L. Stedman
• Power Play; Friends Forever; Property of a Noblewoman; Precious gifts by Danielle Steel
• Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
• The Help by Katherine Stockett
• Modern Lovers; The Vacationers by Emma Straub
• The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
• Maine; The Engagements by J. Courtney Sullivan
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
• The Goldfinch; The Secret History by Donna Tartt
• The Hobbit; The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
• This is Where I leave You by Jonathan Tropper
• The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
• Bruno, Chief of Police novels by Martin Walker
• The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
• Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
• Best Friends Forever; All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner
• The Devil Wears Prada; Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger
• Love & Gelato by Jena Evans Welch
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
• The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
• Stone Barrington series by Stuart Woods

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Local Author
Theresa Dodaro to read from The Tin Box Secret

Wednesday, July 6
4pm
Program Room

Theresa Dodaro will read from her novel The Tin Box Secret. The story includes references to the building of the Ashokan Reservoir. The first in a trilogy, The Tin Box Secret is a fascinating look at friendship, family, the challenges we face, and the choices we make to deal with those challenges.

The book cover gives an overview of the story. Teenagers Julie, Heather, and Petra are grappling with the choices they face growing up amid the social revolution of the late 1960s. Julie struggles to be heard in an unsympathetic home. Heather feels that she is a burden to the people in her life, especially her single mother. Petra moves with her family to a town where she finds she is not quite welcome because of an unknown past.

When the girls find a tin box filled with letters from Petra's great grandmother, Charlotte, detailing events from 1912, secrets from Petra's family's past begin to be revealed. As they learn of Charlotte's tumultuous life, the girls are confronted with their own demons.

This is a haunting tale that touches your heart and makes you think twice about decisions you may have made. What if you could reach through time itself to guide your loved ones through difficult situations? The program is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served.

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Home Energy Program

Wednesday, July 13
6:30pm
at the Marbletown Community Center

How was last winter for you? How is this summer? The Stone Ridge Library will host an informational evening about making your home more comfortable and energy efficient. Judith Karpova of Global Dwelling will share the science behind home efficiency and the steps that home owners can take to evaluate their home energy and find solutions to improve it. Joining Judith will be a representative of RUPCO (Rural Ulster Preservation Company) who will discuss programs and incentives offered to home owners.

The presentation will take about 25 minutes, with a question and answer period following. Information about how to apply for Home Energy Assessments will be available.

"A safe, comfortable and well-performing home creates a haven of resiliency into the future,"says Karpova. The Library is pleased to host this program as a service to the community.

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Free Program of
Irish Music and Dance

Saturday, August 6th
7 pm
High Meadow School

We are most fortunate to have performers from overseas who bring with them the authentic Irish Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic traditions. The songs and airs that you will hear range from truly ancient to modern compositions, from heart wrenching laments to the joy of newfound love & beauty, from tragedy to the awesome appreciation of Nature's beauty and beyond. The tone and emotion of the songs and music truly transcends language, everyone present will understand the meaning contained in each piece presented regardless of what your own mother tongue is.

An Crann Og
From the Donegal Gaeltacht, this is a group of young people who play every musical instrument under the sun, sing beautiful and happy Gaelic songs as easy as breathing and dance to the fairies delightful airs! They must be seen to be believed, you will go home feeling like a new person after time spent watching them, and perhaps dancing with them too!

Joy Dunlop
Crowned Traditional Singer of the Year & Traditional Dance Champion at the 2015 Pan Celtic Festival, Joy Dunlop is a Gaelic singer from Argyll, Scotland. Joy presents shows on BBC ALBA and makes frequent appearances on Radio nan Gàidheal. Joy is a happy and positive person and during her performances the audience will be immersed in her sharing of the hauntingly beautiful Scottish Gaelic singing and dancing tradition. As one critic wrote, "Joy Dunlop has a voice that will enthrall anyone … yes, she is that good!"

Noeleen Ní Cholla
Noeleen is an award-winning sean-nós singer from Gweedore in the Donegal Gaeltacht. Noeleen sings in Irish Gaelic, in Scots Gaelic and in English. Gaoth Dobhair (Gweedore) is steeped in sean-nós (old-style) singing and in traditional Irish music. Noeleen inherited her love for music from her family, the older generation around her, her teachers and sean-nós singers in the locaility. Noeleen has won many awards in Ireland and overseas for her singing. She also represented Ireland at the Festival Interceltique in Lorient in Brittany in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Noeleen's singing is joyous and uplifting like that of the birds in the Spring as they herald in the return of the Sun and the growing season. Treat yourself to some instant happiness by seeing her perform live!

This collaboration with the Irish Cultural Center of the Hudson Valley will be a delight. For information, please call Diane in the Library Program Office, 687-7023, Ext. 108

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The Landscape & Language
of Creative Writing

Wednesday Evenings, Sept. 7 through Oct. 26
6:30 - 8:30 pm
at the Marbletown Community Center
Fee: $96.00 (A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Stone Ridge Library)
Open to ages 18 and up. Limit: 15 participants.
To Register: Contact Catherine Arra: carra22@aol.com or call 845-687-0678

A class for beginning and practicing writers looking for structure, exercise and helpful feedback.

This 8-week class will focus on the fundamentals of creative writing: keeping a writer's journal, understanding and using the elements, techniques and devices of poetry and prose, active listening and constructive feedback.

Each two-hour session will offer specific instruction with models, writing exercises, prompts and time for feedback. Participants will explore the inner and outer landscapes of the the creative process and become familiar with the vocabulary of writing.

Catherine Arra is native of the Hudson Valley and a former English and Writing teacher. Her poetry and prose have been published in various journals online and in print. Recent work appears or is forthcoming in The Timberline Review, Boston Literary Magazine, Naugatuck River Review, Ishka Bibble, Pioneertown, and Sugared Water. Her chapbooks are: Slamming & Splitting (Red Ochre Press, 2014) and Loving from the Backbone (Flutter Press, 2015). She facilitates the writers' critique group at the Stone Ridge Library.

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TEA TIME BOOK GROUP

Wednesday, July 13
4pm in the Biography Room

The selection this month is The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman. A forbidden love story set on the tropical island of St. Thomas about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro the Father of Impressionism. Join us in the Biography Room for lively Discussion and light refreshments.

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HOLMES & CO.
Mystery Lovers Book Group

Wednesday, July 20
4pm in the Biography Room

The selection for this meeting is The Death of an Irish Lover by Bartholomew Gill. Beautifully written, brilliantly plotted and cleverly concluded, Gill's 14th Peter McGarr mystery is an uncommon pleasure. Ireland's chief homicide cop responds to a call from Tim Tallon, whom he used to know as a schoolyard bully, but who's now an innkeeper in the Shannon River town of Leixleap. Two bodies have turned up in a guest room at Tallon's inn. McGarr pursues the elusive truth with a combination of official and unofficial police methods that, however unorthodox, proves effective.

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CLIO'S MUSE
A History Reading Club

Wednesday, August 10
7pm in the Biography Room

The reading selection for this meeting is Sara Moliner's The Whispering City. In Barcelona 1952 General Franco's fascist government is at the height of its oppressive powers. When wealthy socialite Mariona Sobrerroca is found dead in her mansion the police scramble to seize control of the investigation. Eager young journalist Ana Martí Noguer is surprised to be assigned to this important story, where she must shadow Inspector Isidro Castro. But Ana soon realizes that a bundle of strange letters unearthed at the scene of the crime points to a sequence of events dramatically different from the official version.

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Conversational Spanish
with Cliff Rockmuller

Tuesday, July 12, August 2
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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A New Conversational Spanish Offering
with Heidi Ehrich

Tuesday, March 23, 1:30-2:30
Biography Room

For those of you who would like an opportunity to practice your Spanish language skills at a slower pace, Heidi Ehrich will be facilitating a second Conversational Spanish session every fourth Tuesday at the Library at 1:30. Cliff Rockmuller's group will continue to meet on the first Tuesday at 1:30. Patrons are welcome to participate in one or both groups, the only pre-requisite being a basic conversational ability in Spanish.

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Conversational French
with Claudine Brenner

Tuesday, July 19, 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, July 14, 28
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, August 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

July 1, 2016

Movie Title: The BFG
Where: Theaters
Based on: The BFG by Roald Dahl
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Ruby Barnhill, Mark Rylance

July 1, 2016

Movie Title: The Legend of Tarzan
Where: Theaters
Based on: Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Director: David Yates
Cast: Alexander Skarsgard, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Christoph Waltz

July 1, 2016

Movie Title: Life, Animated
Where: Theaters
Based on: Life, Animated: A Story Of Sidekicks, Heroes, And Autism by Ron Suskind
Director: Roger Ross Williams
Cast: Documentary

July 1, 2016

Movie Title: Our Kind of Traitor
Where: Theaters
Based on: Our Kind of Traitor by John Le Carre
Director: Susanna White
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård, Damian Lewis, Naomie Harris

July 8, 2016

Movie Title: Cell
Where: Theaters
Based on: Cell by Stephen King
Director: Tod Williams
Cast: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman

July 8, 2016

Movie Title: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Where: Theaters
Based on: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: And a Thousand Cocktails by Mike and Dave Stangle
Director: Jake Szymanski
Cast: Zac Efron, Adam Devine, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza

July 13, 2016

Movie Title: The Infiltrator
Where: Theaters
Based on: The Infiltrator: My Secret Life Inside the Dirty Banks Behind Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel by Robert Mazur
Director: Brad Furman
Cast: Bryan Cranston, Diane Kruger, John Leguizamo, Benjamin Bratt, Yul Vazquez, Amy Ryan, Olympia Dukakis

July 15, 2016

Movie Title: Tulip Fever
Where: Theaters
Based on: Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach
Director: Justin Chadwick
Cast: Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Jack O'Connell, Holliday Grainger, Christoph Waltz, Judi Dench, Zach Galifianakis, David Harewood

July 29, 2016

Movie Title: Indignation
Where: Theaters
Based on: Indignation by Philip Roth
Director: James Schamus
Cast: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts, Linda Emond, Danny Burstein

July 27, 2016

Movie Title: Nerve
Where: Theaters
Based on: Nerve by Jeanne Ryan
Director: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman
Cast: Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Juliette Lewis

Our Tree

For a number of years we have been concerned about the safety of the locust tree near the Library entrance door. After consulting three different arborists we realized that the huge tree had to come down. It took two days to cut it up, piece by piece. It was so hollow that a person could have fit inside! Many thanks to Mr. Ted Peck who donated the services of Tri State Hardwoods to the Library.

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GREAT WEBSITES!

All About Birds

To help you enjoy bird watching, and to encourage you to give it a try if you don't, visit the All About Birds site from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The Adriance Library in Poughkeepsie has prepared a helpful PDF about the site. more

New York Historic Newspapers

Searching for an old marriage record or obituary? Interested in reading local news from important days in history? A great place to start to find a wide variety of local papers from all over New York is the NYS Historic Newspapers site, a completely free site that has hundreds of local papers digitized, available in keyword searchable full-text. You can search by title, region, date or keyword. A PDF from Adriance. more

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