The War Memorial Library in Hudson is a non-profit registered charity providing a subscription library of printed and digital materials, primarily in the English language, to the residents of Hudson, Quebec and surrounding communities.Operated by volunteers, the Library is self-financing through membership fees, donations and fund raising activities. The Library in turn donates, to local charities, funds in excess of its own needs.The building and the Library serve as a memorial to those in Hudson who served in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

February - DVDs






Boyhood









Click on title for more detail:
And So It Goes (also in Blu-Ray)
DCI Banks - Season 2
Gone Girl
The Good Lie  (also in Blu-Ray)
The Good Wife - Season 2
The Guardian - Season 1
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Inspector Lewis - Season 7
The Invisible Woman
Jersey Boys (also in Blu-Ray)
Secret State
Suits - Season 3
Tracks
The Tudors - The Complete Series
A Walk Among the Tombstones

February - Fiction








Norwegian By Night
Derek B. Miller








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Full Force & Effect  Tom Clancy/Mark Greaney
Support & Defend  Tom Clancy/Mark Greaney
Wallbanger   Alice Clayton
Havana Storm Clive & Dirk Cussler
The Boston Girl  Anita Diamant
The Accursed  Joyce Carol Oates
Vanessa & Her Sister  Priyar Parmar  
When Everything Feels Like the Movies  Raziel Reid
And the Birds Rained Down  Jocelyn Saucier
The Weekend  Bernhard Schlink
Barracuda  Christos Tsiolkas
Keeper of Swans  Joyce Windsor (Large Print)

February - Mysteries








A Simple Act of Violence
R.J. Ellory








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As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust  Alan Bradley
The Anniversary Man  R.J. Ellory
Bad Signs  R.J. Ellory
A Dark & Broken Heart  R.J. Ellory
Refusal  Felix Francis
Burn  James Patterson
The Constantine Affliction  T. Aaron Payton
Bones of the Lost  Kathy Reichs

February - Non-Fiction




Made in Quebec
Julian Armstrong






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Former People  Douglas Smith
If Walls Could Talk  Lucy Worsley
Catching the Wolf of Wall Street  Jordan Belfort
Crazy Rich  Jerry Oppenheimer
Plenty More  Votam Ottolenghi
Intolerable  Kamal Al-Solaylee
Empty Mansions  Bill Dedman
Beyond Belief  Jenna Miscavige Hill
Caveat Emptor  Ken Perenyi
Shopping, Seduction & Mr. Selfridge  Lindy Woodhead

Fevrier - Les livres d’enfants en français







Bill, nom d'un chien
Roba







Garfield : Ma soupière bien-aimée  Jim Davis
Garfield : Travaille du chapeau  Jim Davis
Le Grand livre de Go Girl ! #01
Boule et Bill #14 : Ras le Bill!  Roba
Le Code du dragon #01  Téa Stilton

February - Children's Books








Perfect Blue
Laura Langston








Click on title for more detail:
The Trouble with Cupid  Laura Langston
Take Shelter  Nikki Tate
First Book of Space  Catherine D. Hughes
Suryia & Roscoe  Bhagavan Antle
Shark  Miranda MacQuitty
Birds  Gillian Doherty
Birdology  Monica Russo
Ouch!  Richard Walker
Big Book of Big Trains  Megan Cullis
Zoobots  Helaine Becker
Saving Lives & Changing Hearts  Rob Laidlaw
Children's Book of Magic  Anne Hildeyard
Sam & Dave Dig a Hole  Mac Barnett
The Very Cranky Bear  Nick Blair
Just Right for Two  Tracey Corderoy
Louise Loves Art  Kelly Light
What Forest Knows  George Ella Lyon
Shadow Chasers  Elly Mackay
Little Lost Bat  Sandra Markle
Chendu  Barney Saltzberg
Whereever You Are  Nancy Tillman
The Pigeon Needs a Bath  Mo Williams

Thursday, February 19, 2015

March Book Sale














The March Book Sale starts at 2.30 pm on Monday, March 2nd and runs until Saturday, March 7th. Art Books are featured.

Sunday, February 15, 2015

The Write Stuff - Richard Ford

Richard Ford is the author of the Bascombe novels, which include The Sportswriter and its sequels—Independence Day, the first novel to win both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award, and The Lay of the Land—as well as the New York Times bestselling novel Canada and the short story collections Rock Springs and A Multitude of Sins, which contain many widely anthologized stories.
He lives in Boothbay, Maine, with his wife, Kristina Ford.
The library has several of his books including his most recent Bascombe novel Let Me Be Frank with You.  Click here for more information on Ford.

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Hudson Box Office (HBO) - The Indian Doctor

When a sleepy 1960s Welsh mining town's only doctor dies, the only replacement the union representative could find arrives, straight from India. To everyone's surprise, he's better educated and more cultured then anyone they know, yet friendly and eager to help. His wife however looks down on the 'peasants', compared to viceregal Delhi, and wants him to move to London.
The library has the first two seasons. For more information click here.

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Murder Ink - Lars Kepler

A No. 1 bestselling international sensation, Lars Kepler has sold in excess of 1.5 million copies of the Joona Linna series in Sweden alone. Their first thriller, The Hypnotist, has just been released as a film, directed by Lasse Hallström. The Sandman is the fourth thriller in the Joona Linna series following on from The Nightmare and The Fire Witness.
Lars Kepler is the pseudonym for writing duo, Alexander and Alexandra Ahndoril.  The couple live in Stockholm with their three daughters, just a stone's throw from the Swedish 'Scotland Yard'.
The library has acquired their most recent novel.  Click here to visit their website.