Preview Shelf by Janice Clauser
Library News and Notable New Books
Another Record at the Library - A record 106 children and parents attended the Crawfordsville Library Youth Services' Fall Party at the end of October. Games, punch, cookies, and crafts were the activities, and many participants came dressed in costumes.
Bulletin: The library will be closed next week from Wednesday noon to Friday at 9 a.m. Happy Thanksgiving to all.
The latest Elm Creek Quilters novel by Jennifer Chiaverini has just been shelved. It's called "A Quilter's Holiday", celebrating the day after Thanksgiving as the official start of the quilting season, when the "Master Quilter" wants to revive a cherished family tradition. "Knit the Season" by Kate Jacobs is a Friday Night Knitting Club novel with a plot tailored to our upcoming holiday season.
Another new book is "The Civil War Wall Chart" (actually a spreadable time line) from Publications International Ltd. The Foreward by William C. Davis says, "To Americans, our Civil War represents a virtual Continental Divide of the old from the new, a turning point in our society, in our notion of government, even in our sense of ourselves." Pictures and small descriptions of events month by month from April, 1861 through April, 1865 offer a unique way to learn where and when so many thousands of lives were lost.
The requested book "A Soldier in World War I" is the diary of Elmer Sherwood, capturing his words as a Hoosier soldier writing on the front lines, having left Indiana University as a sophomore, inspired by his grandfather's service in the Union army. Ronald Kessler's "In the President's Secret Service" goes behind the scenes with agents in the line of fire and the Presidents they protect. Donovan Campbell's "Joker One" tells of being commander of a 40-man infantry platoon assigned to Ramadi, a gripping tale of leadership, loyalty, faith, and camaraderie throughout the best and worst of times. "True Compass" is Edward M. Kennedy's memoir, published earlier this year.
"Guinness World Records 2010" is the Book of the Decade. Interior designer Nina Campbell's "Decorating Notebook" features photos and text by journalist Alexandra Campbell. Simple moneymakers are contained in "Quick Cash for Teens" by Peter Bielagus.
New kitchen aid 534-page "Cooking" offers 600 recipes and 1500 photographs by James Peterson. "The Twelve Teas of Friendship" (seasonal celebrations) includes paintings by Susan Rios and text by Emilie Barnes. "One Bite at a Time" is Rebecca Katz' collection of nourishing recipes for cancer survivors and their friends. "Cooking with Convection" features 150 recipes and what's needed to get the most from this oven by Beatrice Ojakangas.
Garrison Keillor's "Pilgrims, A Wobegon Romance" is about a trip to Rome shepherded by Marjorie Krebsbach and party. Joyce Meyer's "Any Minute" shows a car plunging off a bridge into a river; the working mother driver has been barely squeezing family time into her busy work life. In Stuart Woods' "Hothouse Orchid" a CIA Special Agent takes a break from years on the trail of an internationally wanted terrorist, but finds another scary problem arise in her new environment. Julie Lessman's third book in The Daughters of Boston is "A Passion Denied" following a girl who pursues her best love until his shocking secrets push her away. "Plain Promise" is A Daughters of the Promise Novel by Beth Wiseman about a young Amish widow in Lancaster County, PA. Debbie Macomber's "Midnight Sons, Volume 2" holds two stories north of the Arctic Circle where bringing women to town is a challenge.
Another Record at the Library - A record 106 children and parents attended the Crawfordsville Library Youth Services' Fall Party at the end of October. Games, punch, cookies, and crafts were the activities, and many participants came dressed in costumes.
Bulletin: The library will be closed next week from Wednesday noon to Friday at 9 a.m. Happy Thanksgiving to all.
The latest Elm Creek Quilters novel by Jennifer Chiaverini has just been shelved. It's called "A Quilter's Holiday", celebrating the day after Thanksgiving as the official start of the quilting season, when the "Master Quilter" wants to revive a cherished family tradition. "Knit the Season" by Kate Jacobs is a Friday Night Knitting Club novel with a plot tailored to our upcoming holiday season.
Another new book is "The Civil War Wall Chart" (actually a spreadable time line) from Publications International Ltd. The Foreward by William C. Davis says, "To Americans, our Civil War represents a virtual Continental Divide of the old from the new, a turning point in our society, in our notion of government, even in our sense of ourselves." Pictures and small descriptions of events month by month from April, 1861 through April, 1865 offer a unique way to learn where and when so many thousands of lives were lost.
The requested book "A Soldier in World War I" is the diary of Elmer Sherwood, capturing his words as a Hoosier soldier writing on the front lines, having left Indiana University as a sophomore, inspired by his grandfather's service in the Union army. Ronald Kessler's "In the President's Secret Service" goes behind the scenes with agents in the line of fire and the Presidents they protect. Donovan Campbell's "Joker One" tells of being commander of a 40-man infantry platoon assigned to Ramadi, a gripping tale of leadership, loyalty, faith, and camaraderie throughout the best and worst of times. "True Compass" is Edward M. Kennedy's memoir, published earlier this year.
"Guinness World Records 2010" is the Book of the Decade. Interior designer Nina Campbell's "Decorating Notebook" features photos and text by journalist Alexandra Campbell. Simple moneymakers are contained in "Quick Cash for Teens" by Peter Bielagus.
New kitchen aid 534-page "Cooking" offers 600 recipes and 1500 photographs by James Peterson. "The Twelve Teas of Friendship" (seasonal celebrations) includes paintings by Susan Rios and text by Emilie Barnes. "One Bite at a Time" is Rebecca Katz' collection of nourishing recipes for cancer survivors and their friends. "Cooking with Convection" features 150 recipes and what's needed to get the most from this oven by Beatrice Ojakangas.
Garrison Keillor's "Pilgrims, A Wobegon Romance" is about a trip to Rome shepherded by Marjorie Krebsbach and party. Joyce Meyer's "Any Minute" shows a car plunging off a bridge into a river; the working mother driver has been barely squeezing family time into her busy work life. In Stuart Woods' "Hothouse Orchid" a CIA Special Agent takes a break from years on the trail of an internationally wanted terrorist, but finds another scary problem arise in her new environment. Julie Lessman's third book in The Daughters of Boston is "A Passion Denied" following a girl who pursues her best love until his shocking secrets push her away. "Plain Promise" is A Daughters of the Promise Novel by Beth Wiseman about a young Amish widow in Lancaster County, PA. Debbie Macomber's "Midnight Sons, Volume 2" holds two stories north of the Arctic Circle where bringing women to town is a challenge.
posted by Crawfordsville District Public Library Reader's Advisory | 8:20 PM
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