August 2016

New Fiction

• The Charmers - Elizabeth Adler
• The Light of Paris - Eleanor Brown
  
• Ice Station Nautilus - Rick Campbell
• I Shot the Buddha: a Dr. Siri Paiboun mystery set in Laos - Colin Cotterill
• Here Comes the Sun - Nicole Dennis-Benn
• Heroes of the Frontier - Dave Eggers
  
• The Pursuit - Janet Evanovich
• Absalom's Daughter - Suzanne Feldman
  
• Belgravia - Julian Fellowes
• The Fireman - Joe Hill
• Cut and Cover - Kevin Hurley
• Terminal - Marshall Karp
  
• The North Water - Ian McGuire
• The Whispering City - Sara Moliner
• Truly Madly Guilty - Liane Moriarty
  
• The Games: a Private novel - James Patterson
• Magic - Danielle Steel
  
• Vinegar Girl - Anne Tyler
  
• Fatal Pursuit - Martin Walker
• Smooth Operator - Stuart Woods

New Non-Fiction

• The Indian Ocean in World History - Edward A. Alpers
• Whittling Handbook - Peter Benson
• Painless French: Learn How to Speak and Understand French the Painless Way! - Carol Chaitkin and Lynn Gore
• One More Try: What to do When Your Marriage is Falling Apart - Gary Chapman
• 30-Minute One-Pot Meals: Feed Your Family Incredible Food in Less Time and With Less Cleanup - Joanna Cismaru
  
• College Handbook 2017 - College Board
• Fiske Guide to Colleges 2017
• I'd Know That Voice Anywhere: My Favorite NPR Commentaries - Frank Deford
• Fodor's New England
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - John M Gottman PhD
• The 100-Year Life: Living and working in an Age of Longevity - Lynda Gratton
• Trials of the Earth: The True Story of a Pioneer Woman - Mary Mann Hamilton
• How to Sell Your Art Online - Cory Huff
• Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon - Larry Tye
• The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science - Kenji Lopez-Alt
• Thirst for Power: Energy, Water, and Human Survival - Michael E. Webber

New Audio Books

• Before the Fall - Noah Hawley
• Before We Visit the Goddess - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
• The Excellent Lombards - Jane Hamilton
• The Games: a Private novel - James Patterson
• Everybody's Fool - Richard Russo
• Radio Girls - Sarah-Jane Stratford
• Vinegar Girl - Anne Tyler

New DVD's

• Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice - Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill
• Born to Be Blue - Ethan Hawke
• The Dresser - Ian McKellen, Anthony Hopkins
• Elvis & Nixon - Michael shannon, Kevin Spacey
• Eye in the Sky - Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul
  
• Hail Caesar! - Josh Brolin, George Clooney
  
• House of Cards - season 4
• The Lobster - Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz
• The Magicians - season 1
  
• Midnight Special - Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver
• A Perfect Day - Benicio Del Toro, Tim Robbins
• Sing Street - Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton
• Wallander 4 - Kenneth Branagh

Recently donated DVDs

• Afterwards - Evangeline Lilly, john Malkovich
• The Catskill Mountain House and the World Around
• The Civil War: a Film by Ken Burns
  
• Deep Water: The True Story of the Ashokan Reservoir
• My So-Called Life: the complete series - Claire Danes
• The Stone Angel - Ellen Burstyn, Ellen Page

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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.

Books SO GOOD we Read them Twice!

• House of the Spirits by Isabelle Allende
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
• Continental Drift by Russell Banks
• Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck
• Naked Lunch by William Burroughs
• Possession by A.S. Byatt
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
• A Stillness at Appomattox by Bruce Catton
• Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
• The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
• The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
• Tell No One by Harlan Coben
• Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
• Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
• Into the Wilderness series by Sara Donati
• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• The Lover by Marguerite Duras
• The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
• A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
• Bridget Jones Diary by Helen Fielding
• James Bond novels by Ian Fleming
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
• Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
• Passage to India by E. M. Forster
• The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
• Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
• Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
• Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbon
• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
• The Princess Bride by William Goldman
• Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
• Across the Nightingale Floor series by Lian Hearn
• Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
• Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera
• Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
• Ironweed: A Novel by William Kennedy
• On the Road by Jack Kerouac
• Secret Life of Bees by Sue Kidd
• Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
• The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie King
• Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
• Angels in America: Gay Fantasia on National Themes by Tony Kushner
• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Random Family: Love, Drugs, and Coming of Age in the Bronx by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
• Karla trilogy by John Le Carre
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Travis McGee booksby John D MacDonald
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Marquez
• All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
• Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
• The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
• Atonement by Ian McEwan
• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
• Centennial by James A Michener
• Paradise Lost by John Milton
• Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
• Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• Sula by Toni Morrison
• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
• A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Neffeneger
• Diary of Anais Nin 1931-1934 by Anais Nin
• The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
• A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
• The Dead and the Living: Poems by Sharon Olds
• The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
• Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
• Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker
• Spencer series by Robert B. Parker
• Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters
• Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
• The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
• Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
• The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
• Harry Potter books by JK Rowling
• Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo
• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
• A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
• Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon
• Just Kids by Patti Smith
• Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart
• The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri
• Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
• Secret History by Donna Tartt
• Brooklyn: A Novel by Colm Toibin
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien
• Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
• A Distant Mirror: A Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara Tuchman
• Exodus by Leon Uris
• Candide by Voltaire
• Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
• Slaughter-House Five by Kurt Vonnegut
• The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
• House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
• The Once and Future King by EB White
• Fences by August Wilson
• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
  

Traditional Celtic
Music and Dance

Saturday, August 6th
7 pm
High Meadow School
Free Program

The Stone Ridge Library, in collaboration with the Irish Cultural Center of the Hudson Valley will host a program of Traditional Irish Music and Dance on Saturday, August 6 at 7 pm. The program, which is free and open to the public, will be held at the High Meadow School, 3643 Main Street (Route 209) in Stone Ridge.

"We are most fortunate to have performers from overseas who bring with them the authentic Irish Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic traditions," said Bob McDonald, artist producer. "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."

Performers hailing from Donegal include Doimnic Mac Giolla Bhride who is known for his old time (sean-nos) songs and is the recipient of the prestigious Corn Ui Riada, the highest accolade for this the genre; Ann Crann Og, a group of young people who play a variety of musical instruments, and sing in the Gaelic tradition; Noeleen Ni Cholla, an award-winning sean-nos singer who will sing in Irish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic and English.

Joy Dunlop, crowned the Traditional Singer of the Year and Traditional Dance Champion at the 2015 Pan Celtic Festival, will join the others, singing in the hauntingly beautiful Scottish Gaelic tradition.

From closer to home, Stone Ridge's own James Ruff will sing and play the Scottish Gaelic Wire Harp.

The public is cordially invited to this free program of traditional Celtic music and dance. CDs will be available for purchase, and a bake sale table with light refreshments will benefit the Library. Doors open at 6:30 pm. The venue is on Route 209 near the light at Route 213 West. For information, please leave a message at the Library Program Office, (845) 687-7023, Ext. 108. For information on other show dates in the area, please visit icchv.org.

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Marbletown Community Surpasses Challenge

An anonymous donor's matching grant ignited a fabulous reply from the Stone Ridge Library community. The grant was in the amount of $2500 and was set to be matched by August 1st. Through in-person, mail, and online donations, the response more than doubled the challenge to raise over $7,000 in addition to the original grant!

The Stone Ridge Library Foundation Board of Trustees thanks everyone who gave toward this project. The initial project of repairs and paint for the 1811 building will move forward as hoped. Additional funds will go toward other repairs that the building needs such as insulate the floor of the children's room and build and install windows for that space.
For more information or to donate toward the restoration campaign click here.

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Senator Amedore Secures Funding for Library Project

Senator George Amedore, Republican representative in the 46th Senatorial District, has announced that he has secured a grant for $50,000 for the Stone Ridge Library Children's Room Expansion Project. The project is the centerpiece of the Library's renovation and restoration work in the 1811 building that houses the children's wing.

"Libraries are the cornerstones of our communities, and it's important that they have the necessary resources to continue to provide vital services to our residents," said Senator George Amedore. "Instilling an early love of reading in our young children is especially important, and I am so happy to secure this funding for the Stone Ridge Library's Children's Room expansion. Their programs and services are already first rate, and this renovation will give our children a wonderful new space to enjoy everything the library has to offer."

The Children's Room Expansion project reflects approximately one-third of the $300,000 anticipated budget for the completion of Phase Two of the Library's overall restoration—the restoration and repairs of the Library's 1811 building.

The proposed design includes an expansion and renovations to the existing space dedicated to children's group activities and will also provide a gathering space for approximately 20 people for library programs. The plan includes an ADA bathroom and a small kitchenette utilizing an existing storage area. Repairs to the exterior steps and porch are also included in the plan. The estimated budget for the project is $97,680, according to James and Karin Reynolds Architects.

"We were so pleased when the Senator called to say that he had secured funding for the Library," said Director Jody Ford. "This generous award of $50,000 makes a significant contribution to our fundraising efforts, boosting our budget as well as our spirits as we move forward in our library restoration work."

The first phase of restoration project, also budgeted at $300,000, now completed, concentrated on the stabilization and restoration of the "older" building, a 1798 stone house, where Circulation and public program activities take place and public access computers are located.

"Children's services are fundamental to the Stone Ridge Library's mission," said Library Board President Susanne Warren. "In 2015 the Library hosted 121 children's programs, attended by 2,221 children and 881 young adults." "We are delighted to learn of Senator Amedore's support in our ongoing effort to serve the community.

The Stone Ridge Library, chartered in 1909, is situated on historic Main Street, Route 209 in Stone Ridge and is a member of the Mid-Hudson Library System.

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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, August 10
4pm in the Biography Room

The selection this month is
An Equal Music by Vikram Seth. A powerful and deeply romantic tale of two gifted musicians. Michael Holme is a violinist, a member of the successful Maggiore Quartet. He has long been haunted, though, by memories of the pianist he loved and left ten years earlier, Julia McNicholl. Now Julia, married and the mother of a small child, unexpectedly reenters his life and the romance flares up once more. Join us in the Biography Room for lively Discussion and light refreshments.

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HOLMES & CO.
Mystery Lovers Book Group

Wednesday, September 21
4pm in the Biography Room

The August meeting has been cancelled - too many vacations! The selection for September is The Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg. Erica, a thirtysomething biographer struggling with her latest book, deals with her grief over her parents' untimely death and her mixed feelings about returning to her hometown after years in Stockholm. On a whim, she visits her childhood friend Alex only to find her dead in the bathtub. The grieving parents ask Erica to write an article about Alex for a local newsletter, which forces her to try to make sense of her friend's life and death. As Erica delves deeper into Alex's past, she begins to work with a local police officer, Patrik, another childhood friend, and together they uncover secrets that some people would greatly prefer were left secret.

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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, August 2, September 6
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, August 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, August 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, August 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, 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

August 2016

Movie Title: Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Where: TV Limited Series - Netflix
Based on: Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events by Daniel Handler
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes, Aasif Mandvi, Patrick Warburton

August 5, 2016

Movie Title: The Little Prince
Where: Theaters
Based on: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Director: Mark Osborne
Cast: Voices of Jeff Bridges, Mackenzie Foy, James Franco, Marion Cotillard, Paul Rudd, Benicio del Toro, Paul Giamatti, Ricky Gervais, Albert Brooks, Bud Cort

August 5, 2016

Movie Title: Suicide Squad
Where: Theaters
Based on: Suicide Squad comics series by John Ostrander
Director: David Ayer
Cast: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Adam Beach, Karen Fukuhara, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jay Hernandez and Scott Eastwood

August 12, 2016

Movie Title: Blood Father
Where: Theaters
Based on: Blood Father by Peter Craig
Director: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Mel Gibson, Elisabeth Röhm, William H. Macy

August 19, 2016

Movie Title: Ben-Hur
Where: Theaters
Based on: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Cast: Jack Huston, Nazanin Boniadi, Morgan Freeman, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Pilou Asbæk

August 19, 2016

Movie Title: War Dogs
Where: Theaters
Based on: Arms and the Dudes: How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History by Guy Lawson
Director: Todd Phillips
Cast: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller

August 23, 2016

Movie Title: A Man Called Ove
Where: Theaters (limited release)
Based on: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Director: Hannes Holm
Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Zozan Akgün

Many thanks to Randy DeLaura for removing the large, heavy locust tree stump for us. It was a wonderful gift to the library!

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Over
Drive
and Zinio

If you have not downloaded the OverDrive app for downloadable eBooks and Audiobooks or the Zinio app to download magazines, we now have instructional PDFs on how to download them. Our patrons Penelope and Pete Olsen made these instructions so their family and friends could enjoy these features supplied by the Library. Then they sent them to us, so we can share them with our patrons. Thank you Penelope and Pete!

How to set up OverDrive
How to set up Zinio

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GREAT WEBSITES!

MediLexicon

MediLexicon.com is an online healthcare website. This website provides over 230,000 pharmaceutical and medical abbreviations, medical dictionary, ICD codes, drugs search, medical equipment and much more. It is a good resource for general public as well as students of the fields of medicine, pharmacy, healthcare and more. A PDF from Adriance. more

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