November 2006

New Fiction

• For One More Day - Mitch Albom
  
• One Good Turn - Kate Atkinson
• Moral Disorder and other stories - Margaret Atwood
  
• The Penelopiad: the myth of Penelope and Odysseus - Margaret Atwood
  
• The Collectors - David Baldacci
  
• Love, Lies and Liquor: an Agatha Raisin Mystery - M. C. Beaton
  
• Farewell Summer - Ray Bradbury
• Kidnapped: an Irene Kelly novel - Jan Burke
• Restless - William Boyd
• The Hounds and the Fury - Rita Mae Brown
• Brothers - Da Chen
• Echo Park - Michael Connelly
  
• Motor Mouth - Janet Evanovich
  
• finding Noel - Richard Paul Evans
• The Lay of the Land - Richard Ford
• Under Orders - Dick Francis
  
• Thirteen Moons - Charles Frazier
• The Stories of Mary Gordon - Mary Gordon
• The Secret Heiress - Judith Gould
• When Madeline Was Young - Jane Hamilton
  
• Imperium: a Novel of Ancient Rome - Robert Harris
  
• The Mission Song - John LeCarre
• The Bancroft Strategy - Robert Ludlum
• The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl - Barry Lyga
  
• Dream Angus: the Celtic god of Dreams - Alexander McCall Smith
• The Right Attitude to Rain: an Isabel Dalhousie novel - Alexander McCall Smith
  
• The Road - Cormac McCarthy
• The Right Jack: a Sigrid Harald Mystery - Margaret Maron
• The Book of Fate - Brad Meltzer
• Carried Away a Selection of Stories - Alice Munro
  
• Abundance: a novel of Marie Antoinette - Sena Jeter Naslund
• Lullabies for Little Criminals - Heather O'Neill
• Hundred-Dollar Baby: a Spencser novel - Robert B. Parker
• Death in the Orchid Garden: a gardening mystery - Ann Ripley
• Blue Dahlia: Book One of the In The Garden Trilogy - Nora Roberts
• First Impressions- Nora Roberts
  
• The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
• Short Straw - Stuart Woods
• Piece of Work - Laura Zigman

New Non-Fiction

• Muhammad: a Prophet for our Time - Karen Armstrong
• The Asperger's Answer Book: The Top 300 Questions Parents Ask - Susan Ashley
• Birnbaum's Disneyland Resort 2007: Expert Advice crom the Inside Source - Birnbaum
• New Greek Cuisine - Jim Botsacos
• The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: a Memoir - Bill Bryson
• Electronics Buying Guide 2007 - Consumer Reports
• Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market 2007 - Mary Cox, editor
• One Dish Meals: Flavorful Single-Dish Meals from the World's Premier Culinary College - The Culinary Institute of America
  
• The Cave Painters: Probing the Mysteries of the World's First Artists - Gregory Curtis
• Wire Jewellry Crocheted, Knitted, Twisted & Beaded: 35 Stunning Step-By-Step Projects - Chrissie Day
  
• The Architecture of Happiness - Alain deBotton
• We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction - Joan Didion
• Fodor's Washington D.C. 2007 - Fodor's
• Frommer's Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan 2007 - Frommer's
  
• Artists' Techniques and Materials - Antonella Fuga
• Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll make Over and Over again - Ina Garten
• The Everything Start Your Own Business Book, 2nd edition: From Financing to Making your First Sale, all you need to get your business off the ground - Judith B. Harrington
• Climbing the Mango Trees: a Memoir of a Childhood in India - Madhur Jaffrey
• The United States of Arugula: How we became a Gourmet Nation - David Kamp
• Knit Fix: Problem Solving for Knitters - Lisa Kartus
• A Good Dog: the Story of Orson who Changed My Life - Jon Katz
  
• Thunderstruck - Erik Larson
• The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook: Stories and Recipes for Southerners and Would-be Southerners - Matt Lee and Ted Lee
• Mandela: The Authorized Portrait - editorial consultants Mac Maharaj and Ahmed Kathrada
• Cancer Vixen - Masrisa Acocella Marchetto
  
• I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This: and Other Things That Strike Meas Funny - Bob Newhart
  
• Findingf Your Family on the Internet: The Ultimate Guide to Online Family History Research - Michael Otterson
  
• Happy Holidays from the Diva of Do-Ahead: a Year of Feasts to Celebrate with Family and Friends - Diane Phillips
• Reading Like a Writer: a Guide for People who Love Books and for those who Want to Write them - Francine Prose
  
• Freedom: The Story of My Second Life - Malika Oufkir
  
• I Like You: Hospitality under the Influence - Amy Sedaris
• The Places In Between - Rory Stewart
• At Home with Magnolia: Classic Recipes from the Owner of Magnolia Bakery - Allysa Torey
• Blood Brothers: Among the Soldiers of Ward 57 - Michael Weiskupf
• The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2007
• The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 - Lawrence Wright

New Audios

All CDs unless noted

• Practicing Peace in Times of War - Pema Chodron
• Echo Park - Michael Connelly
  
• Thirteen Moons - Charles Frazier
• A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon
• The Right Attitude to rain - Alexander Mccall Smith
• Abundance: a novel of Marie Antoinette - Sena Jeter Naslund
• Hundred-Dollar Baby: a Spencser novel - Robert B. Parker
• Close Range: Wyoming Stories - Annie Proulx

New DVD's

• Art School Confidential
• Friends with Money
  
• A Prairie Home Companion
  
• Thank You for Smoking
  
• X3: The Last Stand

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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.

The 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century

As selected by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association online members. In order to feature as many authors as possible each author is listed only once. In the case of series, the first book was listed.

• Allingham, Margery - The Tiger in the Smoke
  
• Ambler, Eric - A Coffin for Dimitrios
  
• Armstrong, Charlotte - A Dram of Poison
  
• Atherton, Nancy - Aunt Dimity’s Death
  
• Ball, John - In the Heat of the Night
  
• Barnard, Robert - Death by Sheer Torture
  
• Barr, Nevada - Track of the Cat
  
• Blake, Nicholas - The Beast Must Die
  
• Block, Lawrence - When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
  
• Brand, Christianna - Green for Danger
  
• Brown, Frederic - The Fabulous Clipjoint
  
• Buchan, John - The 39 Steps
  
• Burke, James Lee - Black Cherry Blues
  
• Cain, James M. - The Postman Always Rings Twice
  
• Cannell, Dorothy - The Thin Woman
  
• Carr, John Dickson - The Three Coffins
  
• Caudwell, Sarah - Thus Was Adonis Murdered
  
• Chandler, Raymond - The Big Sleep
  
• Christie, Agatha - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
  
• Connelly, Michael - The Concrete Blonde
  
• Constantine, K.C. - The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes
  
• Crais, Robert - The Monkey’s Raincoat
  
• Crispin, Edmund - The Moving Toyshop
  
• Crombie, Deborah - Dreaming of the Bones
  
• Crumley, James - The Last Good Kiss
  
• Dickinson, Peter - The Yellow Room Conspiracy
  
• Doyle, Arthur Conan - The Hound of the Baskervilles
  
• DuMaurier, Daphne - Rebecca
  
• Dunning, John - Booked to Die
  
• Elkins, Aaron - Old Bones
  
• Evanovich, Janet - One for the Money
  
• Finney, Jack - Time and Again
  
• Ford, G.M. - Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca?
  
• Francis, Dick - Whip Hand
  
• Fremlin, Celia - The Hours Before Dawn
  
• George, Elizabeth - A Great Deliverance
  
• Gilbert, Michael - Smallbone Deceased
  
• Grafton, Sue - “A” is for Alibi
  
• Graham, Caroline - The Killings at Badger’s Drift
  
• Grimes, Martha - The Man With the Load of Mischief
  
• Hammett, Dashiell - The Maltese Falcon
  
• Hare, Cyril - An English Murder
  
• Harris, Thomas - The Silence of the Lambs
  
• Hiaasen, Carl - Tourist Season
  
• Highsmith, Patricia - The Talented Mr. Ripley
  
• Hill, Reginald - On Beulah Height
  
• Hillerman, Tony - A Thief of Time
  
• Himes, Chester - Cotton Comes to Harlem
  
• Innes, Michael - Hamlet, Revenge
  
• James, P.D - An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
  
• Kellerman, Faye - The Ritual Bath
  
• Kellerman, Jonathan - When the Bough Breaks
  
• King, Laurie - The Beekeeper’s Apprentice
  
• Langton, Jane - Dark Nantucket Noon
  
• le Carre, John - The Spy Who Came in From The Cold
  
• Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird
  
• Lehane, Dennie - Darkness, Take My Hand
  
• Leonard, Elmore - Get Shorty
  
• Lochte, Dick - Sleeping Dog
  
• Lovesey, Peter - Rough Cider
  
• MacDonald, John D - The Deep Blue Good-by
  
• MacDonald, Philip - The List of Adrian Messenger
  
• Macdonald, Ross - The Chill
  
• Maron, Margaret - Bootlegger’s Daughter
  
• Marsh, Ngaio - Death of a Peer
  
• McBain, Ed - Sadie When She Died
  
• McClure, James - The Sunday Hangman
  
• McCrumb, Sharyn - If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O
  
• Millar, Margaret - Stranger in My Grave
  
• Mosley, Walter - Devil in a Blue Dress
  
• Muller, Marcia - Edwin of the Iron Shoes
  
• Neel, Janet - Death’s Bright Angel
  
• O’Connell, Carol - Mallory’s Oracle
  
• Padgett, Abigail - Child of Silence
  
• Paretsky, Sara - Deadlock
  
• Parker, Robert - Looking for Rachel Wallace
  
• Perez-Reverte, Arturo - The Club Dumas
  
• Perry, Thomas - Vanishing Act
  
• Peters, Elizabeth - Crocodile on the Sandbank
  
• Peters, Ellis - One Corpse Too Many
  
• Pronzini, Bill - Blue Lonesome
  
• Queen, Ellery - Cat of Many Tails
  
• Rendell, Ruth - No More Dying Then
  
• Rice, Craig - The Wrong Murder
  
• Rinehart, Mary Roberts - The Circular Staircase
  
• Robinson, Peter - Blood at the Root
  
• Rosen, Richard - Strike Three You’re Dead
  
• Ross, Kate - A Broken Vessel
  
• Rozan, S.J. - Concourse
  
• Sayers, Dorothy - Murder Must Advertise
  
• Sjowall & Wahloo - The Laughing Policeman
  
• Stout, Rex - Some Buried Caesar
  
• Tey, Josephine - Brat Farrar
  
• Thomas, Ross - Chinaman’s Chance
  
• Todd, Charles - A Test of Wills
  
• Turow, Scott - Presumed Innocent
  
• Upfield, Arthur - The Sands of Windee
  
• Walters, Minette - The Ice House
  
• White, Randy Wayne - Sanibel Flats
  
• Woolrich, Cornell - I Married a Dead Man

Selected by Independent Mystery Booksellers Association online members

Fall Fundraiser with
Jon Bowermaster

Friday, November 10, 7 pm
Marbletown Community Center

Join us for an evening with National Geographic writer and world adventurer Jon Bowermaster for two brand new documentary films drawn from his ongoing OCEANS 8 project—sea kayaking around the world, one continent at a time, studying the health of the world’s seas and the lives of people who depend on them.

The evening’s program will feature BORDER LAND, from his 2005 expedition kayaking the coast of Croatia and its 1,200 islands, dealing in large part with over fishing in the Adriatic…plus, swimming with 600-pound tuna. Jon has also just finished a documentary from his 1999 expedition to the Aleutian Island. The film, BIRTHPLACE OF THE WINDS, could be his favorite to-date. Jon will be available to chat about his experiences, so we encourage you to join us for this interesting event. Meanwhile, check out Jons website.

Tickets are $10.00 at the door, children are free. Refreshments will be served. Special prizes will be featured.

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HOLMES & COMPANY:
A Reading Group for Mystery Lovers

Wednesday, November 1, 6:15pm
in the reference Room

The first book we will discuss is The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr. Books are available at the circulation desk.

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November Roundtable:

Literacy in the
21st Century

November 6,
7 pm, at the
Marbletown Community Center

The November Roundtable will focus on the issue of literacy in 21st century America. Are we becoming a less literate society? Reading test scores for students decline as they move from elementary to secondary school. The NY state legislature has cut the budget for public libraries. The amount of time spent watching TV each day far exceeds the time spent reading. How serious is this problem for our community? What can we do about it?

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TEA TIME Reading Group

Tuesday, November 21, 4:30pm in the Reference Room

Join us for our November book discussion. We're reading Wait Till Next Year: a Memoir by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Jody Ford and Diane DeChillo will facilitate. Books are available at the circulation desk.

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Gift Wall Sneak Preview

Saturday, November 25, noon-3pm

Gifts galore will adorn our Holiday Wall once again. This year, we will meet some of the people who have created these as they demonstrate their talents. The event will take place in the library from Noon to 3pm.

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Knitting Group

Saturdays, November 4, 18, 25
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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Coming up in December:
HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE

Sunday, December 3, 1-6pm
Marbletown Community Center

Share the spirit and get some shopping done! The day will feature a mix of music including Cajun, Jazz and Classical performed by local artists, a gift table with select books by local authors, fiber arts, holiday ornaments, and donated items, plus a fabulous silent auction. Have your purchases gift wrapped while you enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres and holiday punch will be served. Cash bar. Admission is $8 at the door for adults, children free.

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ON THE SHELVES

Poughkeepsie Journal 10.1.06
On the Shelves with Anne Jordan

Creators of mystery, suspense in your own back yard

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.

The Poughkeepsie Area Chamber of Commerce has a slogan, "Think Local First," referring to shopping and dining locally. Supporting our local merchants is certainly the best thing for the Hudson Valley. So let's think about local authors, too. The Hudson Valley and surrounding areas are loaded with talent and I can suggest several mysteries and suspense titles to keep you up on these longer, colder nights.

A Stolen Season, by Steve Hamilton; Thomas Dunne Books. "A Stolen Season" is the seventh in Hamilton's Alex McKnight mystery-suspense series. The Ulster County resident sets this story on Michigan's Upper Peninsula along the shores of Lake Superior. Hamilton moves you along at a good clip, never letting the story drag. You will find yourself pulled into the action just as unwittingly as McKnight. When the temperature drops, you'll find yourself grateful you live in the Hudson Valley and not on Michigan's UP where Hamilton shows you just how brutally unforgiving winter can be. You can read this one by itself, but I'm a firm believer in starting a series at the beginning so you may want to check out "Cold Day in Paradise" from your local library.

The Rabbit Factory, by Marshall Karp; MacAdam Cage. Out in L.A., someone has a grudge against a loveable family theme park known as Lamaar's Familyland. Unfortunately, they vent their dislike by murdering people associated with Lamaar, starting with the white fluffy rabbit that walks around the park taking pictures with kids. You won't shed any tears for the dead guy in the rabbit suit, but you may instead find yourself laughing out loud as Karp, a Woodstock resident, propels this novel with a razor-sharp wit and fast-paced story line. Karp brings the Hudson Valley into this novel by having the L.A. detectives fly into Stewart Airport for an interview with a potential suspect who lives in Woodstock. If you like a good comic mystery, Karp will keep the laughs coming while never losing sight of the crime solving action.

You Kill Me, by Alison Gaylin; Signet. Gaylin, a Woodstock resident, sets this novel barely months after 9/11 against the backdrop of a still smoldering lower Manhattan. Samantha Leiffer, nursery school teacher and off-Broadway ticket salesperson, finds herself warned of danger by a complete stranger. When people around her begin to turn up dead, Sam doesn't know who to turn to or trust, including her live-in boyfriend who happens to be a New York City detective. Gaylin tosses in a cast of colorful characters and a good dose of humor to round out the novel. Who is the murderer and just how much danger is Sam in? My guess is you won't guess until the end.

The Final Victim, by Wendy Corsi Staub; Zebra Books. This book is set on the Remington mansion of Savannah, Georgia. Charlotte Remington Maitland is plunged into a nightmare of deceptions that surface after the death of her grandfather. Staub, who lives in Somers, Westchester County, has created a multi-layered novel with characters who all seem suspect; secrets and lies from the past as well as the present result in several murders with Charlotte intended as the final victim. Lock the doors when you read this one.

Anne Jordan is the director of the Staatsburg Library, a member of the Mid-Hudson Library System, and is also a member of the Mid Hudson Library Marketing and Programming Committee. To find out more about the Staatsburg Library go to staatsburg.lib

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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.

GREAT WEBSITES!

Nevermore: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection of Susan Jaffe Tane

The website companion to this 2006-2007 exhibit about Edgar Allan Poe features digitized images of "many of Poe's unique manuscripts and letters, scarce copies of his first editions, rare examples of the original newspaper and magazine issues in which much of his work first appeared, and editions of his most famous poem, 'The Raven.'" From the Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. more

UnderCover: Artists' Sketchbooks

Companion to an exhibit that "focuses on ten sketchbooks. Every page is reproduced -- front and back (recto and verso) -- and can be seen all together or sequentially." Also includes brief background for artists including Edward Burne-Jones, Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, George Grosz, and John Singer Sargent. From the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University. more

LegiStorm

This website provides "a database of congres-sional staff salaries." Searchable, or browse by last name, state, representative or senator, or U.S. Senate and House of Representative committee, leadership office, or administrative office. Staff listings include start and end dates for positions, titles, and salaries. Data is obtained from official government records. From a sister group to a company "supplying a wide range of technical, policy and strategy papers from the Pentagon." more

Dinosaurs:
Ancient Fossils,
New Discoveries

Companion website to a 2006-2007 exhibit that presents "some of the most recent dino discoveries in the fields of paleontology, biomechanical engineering, and paleobotany." Features a field guide to dinosaurs, audio and video clips, dinosaur trivia, and essays about topics such as the Liaoning Forest in China, dinosaur biomechanics, and mass extinctions. Includes classroom materials. From the California Academy of Sciences. more

Caffeine Content of Common Beverages

Quick reference to caffeine content of selected beverages, including coffee, tea, soft drinks, and energy drinks. Provides a brief introduction to caffeine, "a substance that exists naturally in certain plants. ... It can also be produced synthetically and added to foods and beverages." From the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. more

Ask.com: Recent Earthquake Activity

This interactive map shows worldwide earthquake activity. View earthquakes by date, location, and magnitude. Default map shows the 10 most recent earthquakes on a street map; maps can be changed to aerial and physical views, and include options to zoom in and out of earthquake locations. From Ask.com
more

Hawaiian Volcanic Observatory: Earthquakes

Features on this site include a map of current earthquakes in Hawaii, an explanation of the difference between magnitude and intensity scales of felt earthquakes, a table of historical destructive earthquakes in Hawaii back to 1868, details about Hawaii seismic hazards, and and the role of volcanism. From the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, part of the Volcano Hazards Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). more

How to Cook Everything: Take on the Recipes

Recipes from "How to Cook Everything: Bittman Takes on America's Chefs," a public television series (and related cookbook) in which food writer Mark Bittman "pits his home cooking against the ultra-style of the best known chefs in the country." Provides recipes for dishes such as steak tartare, lobster roll, tuna teriyaki, gazpacho, braised rabbit, and persimmon pudding. more

International Sports Calendar

Use this site to locate "the key dates of international sporting events" for sports such as aquatics, baseball, Basque pelota, bowling, cricket, orienteering, rowing, and wushu. Browsable by date, sport, and country. In English and French. From the International Olympic Committee (IOC). more

Email Archiving: What's Right for Your Enterprise?

This May 2006 article discusses factors a company should consider when selecting an email archiving strategy in light of the fact that emails have "become an important source of evidence in many of today's high-profile court cases." Features evaluations of in-house and off-site systems. From a company that provides "information on the Windows platform for Windows computing managers." more

Shakespeare Searched

This is a search engine "designed to provide quick access to passages from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets." Search results can be viewed by topic (such as love or death), work, and character. Includes options to view surrounding text of the passages and citations. The text of the plays is courtesy of Moby Lexical Tools. From the Clusty search software company. more

CNET Editors' Desktop Buying Guide

This step-by-step guide to desktop computers "clues you in to what you need to know, from finding the type of PC that fits your lifestyle to catching up on all of the latest trends." Discusses specifications for different users (general purpose user, "power" user, home theater enthusiast, home office worker), processors and memory, drives, peripherals (such as monitors), and related topics. Includes links to other buying guides. From CNET. more

Computers Decision Guide

Brief step-by-step guide to making decisions about a computer purchase. Topics include whether to upgrade or buy a new computer, deciding between a laptop and desktop computer and between Windows and Macintosh operating systems, types of laptops and desktops, and computer security. Provides links to related consumer reviews and articles, some free and some requiring a paid subscription. From Consumer Reports. more

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