Preview Shelf by Janice Clauser
Library News and Notable New Books
Crawfordsville Library's newest staff member - Meet the newest staff member at the Crawfordsville District Public Library. She's Emily Griffin, part-time reference librarian. Her graduation from Forest Hills High School in Marshville, North Carolina and her Bachelor's degree from Wingate University preceded her present graduate studies in library science on-line at Philadelphia's Drexel University. She is doing research on Stephen Crane, Class of 1937 at Wabash College. Emily said, "Bill Helling gave me this assignment because he knows I'm a classic film fanatic!" Emily's enjoying working with Bill, Tom West, and Jodie Wilson up in the Reference Department to help people solve all sorts of research problems.
Fifteen requested books have entered the shelves. They might interest other readers. "Dreaming in Hindi" subtitled Coming Awake in Another Language by Katherine Rich, is a memoir telling a bizarre, frightening and, yes, pleasant adventure in India; it shows what learning a language can teach us about distant worlds and ourselves. How about Paul Batura's "Good Day!: The Paul Harvey Story". The final memoir is "Perfection" by Julie Metz offering her journey to forgiveness after as a "sudden" widow she discovers her husband had a secret life.
"As We Forgive" by Catherine Larson is the book inspired by the same-named film about reconciliation in Rwanda. Rana Husseini's "Murder in the Name of Honor" is her survey of the thousands of women who have lost their lives and whose murderers often receive encouragement to perform an act of "purification of a family's honor". Peter Eichstaedt exposes the Lord's Resistance Army that has ravaged northern Uganda in "First Kill Your Family".
"The Black Swan" is Nassim Taleb's term for an improbable event that is unpredictable, has impact, and underlies almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to personal life events like 9/11; the book is called "A provocative macro-trend tome" in Time Magazine. "Guts" by Robert Nylen is his posthumously printed adventure as a tough guy who faced many challenges, and it is powerful! "Animal Spirits" by Akerlof and Shiller talks about how human psychology drives the economy and why it matters in global capitalism. "Money, Greed, and God" by Jay Richards analyzes why capitalism is the solution and not the problem.
Nick Hornby's "Fever Pitch" has labels: "Funny, wise and true", "A small classic" and "funniest book of the year." It's his tribute to his life-long obsession, being a fan of British football. Nancy Zieman's "Quilt with Confidence" teaches this craft with constant helpful hints. A sweet little book about a huge family in Pennsylvania is "Eight Little Faces" by mom Kate Gosselin. Moshik Temkin's "The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair" is a fresh approach to the infamous murder case that began as an obscure local event and grew to international attention.
The two mysteries of the week are "Cry in the Night" a Rock Harbor, Michigan story by Colleen Coble and "Get Real" by Donald Westlake as a further adventure of Dortmunder who with his reality TV show decides to fool the audience by reaping profits from his plot.
Crawfordsville Library's newest staff member - Meet the newest staff member at the Crawfordsville District Public Library. She's Emily Griffin, part-time reference librarian. Her graduation from Forest Hills High School in Marshville, North Carolina and her Bachelor's degree from Wingate University preceded her present graduate studies in library science on-line at Philadelphia's Drexel University. She is doing research on Stephen Crane, Class of 1937 at Wabash College. Emily said, "Bill Helling gave me this assignment because he knows I'm a classic film fanatic!" Emily's enjoying working with Bill, Tom West, and Jodie Wilson up in the Reference Department to help people solve all sorts of research problems.
Fifteen requested books have entered the shelves. They might interest other readers. "Dreaming in Hindi" subtitled Coming Awake in Another Language by Katherine Rich, is a memoir telling a bizarre, frightening and, yes, pleasant adventure in India; it shows what learning a language can teach us about distant worlds and ourselves. How about Paul Batura's "Good Day!: The Paul Harvey Story". The final memoir is "Perfection" by Julie Metz offering her journey to forgiveness after as a "sudden" widow she discovers her husband had a secret life.
"As We Forgive" by Catherine Larson is the book inspired by the same-named film about reconciliation in Rwanda. Rana Husseini's "Murder in the Name of Honor" is her survey of the thousands of women who have lost their lives and whose murderers often receive encouragement to perform an act of "purification of a family's honor". Peter Eichstaedt exposes the Lord's Resistance Army that has ravaged northern Uganda in "First Kill Your Family".
"The Black Swan" is Nassim Taleb's term for an improbable event that is unpredictable, has impact, and underlies almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to personal life events like 9/11; the book is called "A provocative macro-trend tome" in Time Magazine. "Guts" by Robert Nylen is his posthumously printed adventure as a tough guy who faced many challenges, and it is powerful! "Animal Spirits" by Akerlof and Shiller talks about how human psychology drives the economy and why it matters in global capitalism. "Money, Greed, and God" by Jay Richards analyzes why capitalism is the solution and not the problem.
Nick Hornby's "Fever Pitch" has labels: "Funny, wise and true", "A small classic" and "funniest book of the year." It's his tribute to his life-long obsession, being a fan of British football. Nancy Zieman's "Quilt with Confidence" teaches this craft with constant helpful hints. A sweet little book about a huge family in Pennsylvania is "Eight Little Faces" by mom Kate Gosselin. Moshik Temkin's "The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair" is a fresh approach to the infamous murder case that began as an obscure local event and grew to international attention.
The two mysteries of the week are "Cry in the Night" a Rock Harbor, Michigan story by Colleen Coble and "Get Real" by Donald Westlake as a further adventure of Dortmunder who with his reality TV show decides to fool the audience by reaping profits from his plot.
posted by Crawfordsville District Public Library Reader's Advisory | 12:31 PM
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