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Library News and Notable New Books
New Local History Book Features Archive Photos - Bill Helling, Crawfordsville Library's Assistant Director, has contributed to local history by writing an Images of America book titled "Crawfordsville" to "evoke the uniqueness of a small city that has its own story to tell." Chapters of photographs are named Streetscapes, Schools and Churches, The Age of the Interurban, Celebrating the Indiana Centennial, also Crawfordsville at Work, …At War, and …At Play and finally People, Famous and Forgotten. The text consists of captions below the photographs, making all the detailed facts especially easy to read. Not only does Helling show places some of us have talked about but have never seen ourselves, like early schools, but he's found history we've never even heard of before. There's a copy for circulation, and the library is selling copies at the circulation desk. It's a great way to learn more about our town and realize its uniqueness.
Here are new food books to borrow. "The Flavor Thesaurus" is a compendium of recipes and ideas for the creative cook by English food marketing professional Niki Segnit. "Mother's Best" offers 150 favorite comfort foods by Lisa Schroeder. "Rachael Ray's Book of 10" offers 300 recipes to cook every day, divided into lists of her top ten favorite categories.
Histories are next. S. Wise Bauer's "The History of the Medieval World" covers eras from the
conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade "when religion became a weapon for kings all over the world" (312 A.D. to 1129 A.D.). "The Last Utopia" by Samuel Moyn offers his history of human rights; for some it stretches back to the dawn of Western civilization, for some the age of the American and French Revolutions, for some the post-World War II world, but for this author it was the recent cause for justice after 1968. Heather Richardson's title is "Wounded Knee" giving the background of the 1890 massacre of 300 Sioux in South Dakota by American troops. "Going Home to 
Glory" is David Eisenhower's memoir of life with his grandfather, Dwight D.Eisenhower, President from 1953-1961.
New texts about religion are "Light of the World: The Pope, the Church, and the Signs of the Times" by veteran journalist Peter Seewald gleaned from extensive interviews with Pope Benedict XVI, 265th bishop of Rome. Volume 3 of God and Globalization is "Christ and the Dominions of Civilization" edited by Max Stackhouse
with articles discussing major religions and where they can unite. A powerful piece is "Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy: A Righteous Gentile vs. The Third Reich" by Eric Metaxas. "Heavenly Merchandize" is Mark Valeri's study about how religion shaped commerce in Puritan America.
Maxine Kingston's "I Love a Broad Margin to My Life" is a memoir reflecting on aging as she turns sixty-five and has a sense of doors opening wide onto a future of more purpose and joy. Cesar Millan's "A Member of the Family" is his guide to a lifetime of
fulfillment living with a dog, and teaching it purpose. "Fifty Cars that Changed the World" from The Design Museum celebrates special models that were influential; it even includes Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion which "proved forever that architects should not meddle with automotive design". Car lovers will love this little book. Steven Faerm's "Fashion Design Course" is pages of unique "wearable art" for anyone fascinated by women's clothing fashions.
New Local History Book Features Archive Photos - Bill Helling, Crawfordsville Library's Assistant Director, has contributed to local history by writing an Images of America book titled "Crawfordsville" to "evoke the uniqueness of a small city that has its own story to tell." Chapters of photographs are named Streetscapes, Schools and Churches, The Age of the Interurban, Celebrating the Indiana Centennial, also Crawfordsville at Work, …At War, and …At Play and finally People, Famous and Forgotten. The text consists of captions below the photographs, making all the detailed facts especially easy to read. Not only does Helling show places some of us have talked about but have never seen ourselves, like early schools, but he's found history we've never even heard of before. There's a copy for circulation, and the library is selling copies at the circulation desk. It's a great way to learn more about our town and realize its uniqueness.
Here are new food books to borrow. "The Flavor Thesaurus" is a compendium of recipes and ideas for the creative cook by English food marketing professional Niki Segnit. "Mother's Best" offers 150 favorite comfort foods by Lisa Schroeder. "Rachael Ray's Book of 10" offers 300 recipes to cook every day, divided into lists of her top ten favorite categories.
Histories are next. S. Wise Bauer's "The History of the Medieval World" covers eras from the
conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade "when religion became a weapon for kings all over the world" (312 A.D. to 1129 A.D.). "The Last Utopia" by Samuel Moyn offers his history of human rights; for some it stretches back to the dawn of Western civilization, for some the age of the American and French Revolutions, for some the post-World War II world, but for this author it was the recent cause for justice after 1968. Heather Richardson's title is "Wounded Knee" giving the background of the 1890 massacre of 300 Sioux in South Dakota by American troops. "Going Home to 
Glory" is David Eisenhower's memoir of life with his grandfather, Dwight D.Eisenhower, President from 1953-1961.New texts about religion are "Light of the World: The Pope, the Church, and the Signs of the Times" by veteran journalist Peter Seewald gleaned from extensive interviews with Pope Benedict XVI, 265th bishop of Rome. Volume 3 of God and Globalization is "Christ and the Dominions of Civilization" edited by Max Stackhouse
with articles discussing major religions and where they can unite. A powerful piece is "Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy: A Righteous Gentile vs. The Third Reich" by Eric Metaxas. "Heavenly Merchandize" is Mark Valeri's study about how religion shaped commerce in Puritan America.Maxine Kingston's "I Love a Broad Margin to My Life" is a memoir reflecting on aging as she turns sixty-five and has a sense of doors opening wide onto a future of more purpose and joy. Cesar Millan's "A Member of the Family" is his guide to a lifetime of
fulfillment living with a dog, and teaching it purpose. "Fifty Cars that Changed the World" from The Design Museum celebrates special models that were influential; it even includes Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion which "proved forever that architects should not meddle with automotive design". Car lovers will love this little book. Steven Faerm's "Fashion Design Course" is pages of unique "wearable art" for anyone fascinated by women's clothing fashions.
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