New Books May 24, 2013
Events
This Saturday, May 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Friends of the Picton Library present their popular Better Books Sale. Come get a great deal on gift-quality books and support the library.
This Sunday, May 26, you are cordially invited to the Regent Theatre from 2 to 4 p.m as Ruth Abernethy presents her PowerPoint presentation “Face 2 Face” with John A.
Ruth will illustrate the importance of public art in promoting local history and commerce in the region. She will also be unveiling her latest work.
The Bicentennial of Macdonald’s birth in 2015 followed by the Sesquicentennial of Canada in 2017 are once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to celebrate Canada.
We invite you and your guests to join Ruth Abernethy and Richard Gwyn at the reception following the event as well. For more on this event, visit www.macdonaldproject.com
AdultFiction
ThebarbedcrownbyWilliamDietrich [AnEthanGageadventure]
ThedarkbyClaireMulligan (CDN)
Dead, white, andbluebyCarolynHart [Adeathondemandmystery]
TheemptyroombyLaurenB. Davis
ThefamousandthedeadbyT. JeffersonParker [ACharlieHoodnovel]
TheinnocencegamebyMichaelHarvey
MurderinChelseabyVictoriaThompson [Agaslightmystery]
ScrewedbyEoinColfer
TheshadowcollectorbyKateEllis [AWesleyPetersonmurdermystery]
SmartybonesbyCarolynHaines [ASarahBoothDelaneymystery]
Take, burnordestroybyS. ThomasRussell
UnwrittenbyCharlesMartin
Z: anovelofZeldaFitzgeraldbyThereseAnneFowler
AdultNon-Fiction
Brotherhood: dharma, destiny, andtheAmericandreambyDeepak & SanjivChopra
Frozenintime: anepicstoryofsurvivalandamodernquestforlostheroesofWorldWarIIbyMitchellZuckoff
Hauntedtoo: incredibletruestoriesofghostlyencountersbyDorahL. Williams (CDN)
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The search for the mystery of a spiritual life by Ken Koyama (Local author) (CDN)
Workwithme: the 8 blindspotsbetweenmenandwomeninbusinessbyBarbaraAnnis
AdultLargePrintFiction
ThebridgebyKarenKingsbury
CominghomebyKarenKingsbury [Baxterfamily]
AdultLargePrintNon-Fiction
Makinggoodhabits, breakingbadhabitsbyJoyceMeyer
Adult Fiction on CD
Step of faith by Richard Paul Evans
Maya’s notebook by Isabel Allende
YoungAdultFiction
CodenameVeritybElizabethWein
News & New Books for May 17
This weekend and next,Art on the Shelf, an original art show and sale of works by 28 artists. A fundraising initiative of the Friends of the Picton Library. Show runs Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays including Victoria Day, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Black Prince Winery, 13370 Loyalist Parkway, Picton.
New evening hours in rural branches. In addition to existing Picton and Wellington evening hours, beginning next week, the rural branches will be open one evening per week. Visit our website http://peclibrary.org/locationshoursc1.php for a full list of hours.
Victoria Day: Note the Picton branch will be closed this Monday, May 20, for Victoria Day.
Special Events this coming week: Tuesday, May 21, Travelogue: the South of France with Maurice Obonsawin. 7p.m. Picton branch. Bilingual presentation. Free.
Wednesday, May 22, 7 p.m. at the Wellington branch, First Nations Burial Grounds in our own Backyards. Presentation by George Reid on burial grounds discovered in PEC and the technology used to locate these significant finds. $10. A fundraising initiative of the Friends of the Wellington Library
NEW BOOKS
Adult Fiction
Blush by Lauren Jameson
Caught by Lisa Moore (CDN)
Dangerous refuge by Elizabeth Lowell
Flora by Gail Godwin
Fly away by Kristin Hannah
Friendship makes the heart grow fonder by Lisa Verge Higgins
Garden of stones by Sophie Littlefield
The golden egg by Donna Leon [Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery]
The hit by David Baldacci
I remember you by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Inferno by Dan Brown
The inquisitor’s wife by Jeanne Kalogridis
Let the dead sleep by Heather Graham
Little Green by Walter Mosley
Manuscript mound in Accra by Paul Coelho
The mystery woman by Amanda Quick [Ladies of Lantern Street]
No way back by Andrew Gross
Ray of light by Shelley Shepard Gray [Days of redemption]
Storm front: a Derrick Storm thriller by Richard Castle
Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts
Adult Non-Fiction
The body reset diet: power your metabolism, blast fat, and shed pounds in just 15 days by Harley Pasternak
Clara’s rib: a true story of a young girl growing up in a Tuberculosis hospital by Clara Raine Flannigan (CDN)
Earn, spend, save: the savvy guide to a richer, smarter, debt-free life by Kira Vermond (Chatelaine) (CDN)
The girl in the leaves by Robert Scott
Just desserts: 200 recipes under 200 calories by Lisa Lillien [Hungry girl]
My beloved world by Sonia Sotomayor
Nocturne: on the life and death of my brother by Helen Humphreys (CDN)
The perfect home for a long life: choosing the right retirement lifestyle for you by Lyndsay Green (CDN)
Property: the true story of a polygamous church wife by Carol Christie (CDN)
Rumsfeld’s rules: leadership lessons in business, politics, war, and life by Donald Rumsfeld
The spark solution: a complete two-week diet program to fast-track weight loss and total body health by Becky Hand
Storey’s guide to raising chickens by Gail Damerow
Trust works! four keys to building lasting relationships by Ken Blanchard
Weightwatchers 50th anniversary cookbook
Adult Large Print Fiction
Icecutter’s daughter by Tracie Peterson [Land of shining water]
No way back by Andrew Gross
Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts
Audio books on CD
Secrets from the past by Barbara Taylor Bradford
CNIB Daisy Discs (Use is restricted to CNIB patrons)
Black wind by Clive Cussler
The crystal rose by Rebecca Brandewyne
Kaleidoscope: a Joanne Kilbourn mystery by Gail Bowen (CDN)
The way the crow flies by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Children’s Easy Readers
Benjamin Bear in Bright ideas! by Philippe Coudray (a Toon book)
Children’s Fiction
Harriet the spy by Louise Fitzhugh
The secret of Whale Island by Thea Stilton (Graphic novel)
Stella Batts: a case of the meanies by Courtney Sheinmel
Vader’s little princess by Jeffrey Brown (Graphic novel) (Star wars)
Children’s Picture Books
10 hungry rabbits (Counting & color concepts) by Anita Lobel
Dog loves drawing by Louise Yates
Don’t bump the glump! and other fantasies by Shel Silverstein
The Frank show by David Mackintosh
Everyone can learn to ride a bicycle by Chris Raschka
Listen up, Pup! by Steve Smallman
Little Chick and the secret of sleep by Malachy Doyle
Living with mom and living with dad by Melanie Walsh
Monsters, mind your manners! by Elizabeth Spurr (AV2 fiction readalong)
My friend the weather monster by Steve Smallman
Phoebe & Digger by Tricia Springstubb
The princess and the peas and carrots by Harriet Ziefert
Princess Kim and too much truth by Maryann Gogga-Leffler
Smelly Bill: love stinks by Daniel Postgate (AV2 fiction readalong)
Squirrel’s New Year’s resolution by Pat Miller (AV2 fiction readalong)
What’s looking at you, kid? by Patrick Lewis
Whole-y cow! fractions are fun by Taryn Souders
World Rat Day by J. Patrick Lewis
Children’s Non-Fiction
Circles, stars and squares: looking for shapes by Jane Brocket (Clever concepts)
Natural or man-made by Aaron Carr (Science kids) (AV2 Let’s read)
Numbers by Aaron Carr (Science kids) (AV2 Let’s read)
Opposites by Aaron Carr (Science kids) (AV2 Let’s read)
Shapes by Aaron Carr (Science kids) (AV2 Let’s read)
Spotty, stripy, swirly: what are patterns? by Jane Brocket (Clever concepts)
Graphic Novels
The Nobody - Jeff Lemire
Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965 by Joe Kubert
The New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis
Irredeemable by Mark Waid and Peter Krause
The Amazing Spider-man: The Gauntlet Electro and Sandman by Dan Slott
Wanderlust by Megan Speers
Ojingogo by Matthew Forsythe
Mysterius: The Unfathomable by Jeff Parker and Tom Fowler
All Star Superman Vol. 1 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
The Fate of the Artist by Eddie Campbell
Gentleman Jim by Raymond Briggs
Baby’s In Black - Arne Bellstorf
You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack by Tom Gauld
Life is Strange and So Are you a Bizarro Sunday Treasury by Dan Piraro
Immortal Weapons edited by Cory Levine
Samurai Legend by Jean-Francois DiGiorgio
Zombies vs. Robots Complete by Ryall Wood
iZombie: Dead to the World by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred
Fear Agent by Rick Remender
House of Five Leaves by Natsume Ono
Batman: The Black Glove by Grant Morrison
Batman and Son by Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert
Family Learning Resource Centre
Grateful Jake by Emily Maddill and Izabela Bzymek with Resource Guide
Tangrams Pack
New events calendar and evening hours
By popular demand, rural branches of the library, specifically branches in Ameliasburgh, Consecon, Bloomfield and Milford, will now be open from 4 p.m, to 7 p.m. one day a week beginning May 21.
In Ameliasburgh and Bloomfield, the evening hours will be on Tuesdays and in Consecon and Milford, the evening hours will be on Wednesdays. All other hours remain the same. A full listing of hours is available online on the library website at www.peclibrary.org. As well, printed bookmarks with the new hours listed are available in all branches.
“It is always a challenge to find hours that suit everyone,” says library CEO Barbara Sweet, “but we have been very pleased with the response to our change earlier this year of having all branches opened for a portion of the day from Tuesday to Saturday.”
During the winter, being opened in the evenings has not been successful in the past, according to Sweet, “however, as the weather warms up and daylight hours are longer, we anticipate that the evening hours will be popular.”
The library’s new printed events calendar is now available at all branches of the library, with many events in the evenings as well in the coming weeks.On Tuesday, May 21 at 7 p.m., the Picton branch presents Experience the South of France!
This bilingual talk by Maurice Obonsawin will feature photos and stories of Maurice’s experience during his month long visit to what is “castle, cave and wine country.”
The presentation will be followed by social time with light refreshments and a chance to share travel stories, travel plans or to ask questions. It will also be an opportunity to practice your French if so inclined.
On Wednesday, May 22 at 7 p.m. at the Wellington branch library, George Reid will present First Nations Burial Grounds in our own Backyards. Learn about the technology being used to locate these sacred places in Prince Edward County and the implications of the finds. Admission is $10. This is a fundraising initiative of The Friends of the Wellington Library for the garden maintenance project.
The Friends of the Picton Library are holding a Better Books & Plant sale on Saturday, May 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This year, a plant sale is being added.
This annual May sale features the very best of donated books, with funds raised earmarked for the front entrance improvement project.
With longer daylight hours, all are reminded that the library presents free movie nights at the Ameliasburgh Town Hall on the first Tuesday of each month and at the Wellington branch library the first Wednesday of each month. Snacks are available for purchase at both showings with funds raised helping the library.
On Tuesday, June 4 at 7 p.m., see the acclaimed Lincoln film in Ameliasburgh, and on Wednesday, June 5, the Wellington library will be screening Silver Lining Playbook, also at 7p.m.
A family movie is now being shown the third Saturday of each month at the Ameliasburgh Town Hall at 2 p.m. as well. The selection for June 15 is the modern classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
On June 3, at 5:15 don’t miss the award-winning documentary Revolution being presented in partnership with the Regent Theatre for free. More on this very special event in next week’s column.
For a full line up of events, visit our online calendar at www.peclibrary.org or drop into a branch for a copy of the printed version.
Borrow an e-reader and check out the new titles!
Did you know that the library lends out kobo e-readers and that new titles are added to them regularly? All for free with your library card?
Check out the latest list of new titles Kobo_Titles_Rev.17_04_2013(1)
If you want to learn how simple it is to borrow a KOBO, call us at 613-476-5962 or e-mail:computerhelp@peclibrary.org
The Bitter Pill presented by John Sloan, presented by Treat Hull
We will post a video clip from the 2013 County Reads every day for a week. You can vote for your favourite.
