War Memorial Library

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

January - Livres d'enfants en Francais

Kilo et Ti-pou
Susan Hood

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Asterix Chez les Bretons Goscinny & Uderzo
Bohomme Caramel Kate McMullan
Caramel en Vacances Kate McMullan
Malfalda #4: La Bande a Malfalda Quino
Malfalda #5: Le Monde de Malfalda Quino
Malfalda #6: Le Petit Frere de Malfalda Quino
Canayens de Monroyal #1 Achde & Lapointe

January - Children's Books

Polar Bear and the Rainbow
Moira Butterfield

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My Teacher is a Monster Peter Brown
One Cool Friend Toni Buzzeo
Underwater Puppies Sean Casteel
Chu's Day Neil Gaiman
Sleep Like a Tiger Mary Logue
One Drowsy Dragon Ethan Long
There's a Dragon Downstairs Hilary McKay
The Flat Rabbit Bardur Oskarsson
If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't! Elisie Parsley
The Dark Lemony Snicket
Winnie ar the Seaside Korky Thomas

January - Junior/Teens

The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate

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Bird and Squirrel James Burks
1001 Knights and Castles and Things to Spot Hazel Maskell
Middle School #8: Dog's Best Friend Chris Patterson
Honestly, Red Riding Hood was Rotten! Trisha Shaskan
Bunny vs Monkey Jamie Smart
Spirit Animals Book #1: Wild Born Brandon Mull
Spirit Animals Book #2: Hunted Maggie Stiefvater
Spirit Animals Book #3: Blood Ties Garth &Williams Nix
I Survived Hurricane Katrina 2005 Lauren Tarshis
I Survived the Nazi Invasion 1944 Lauren Tarshis
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic 1912 Lauren Tarshis
Fish in a Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt
One for the Murphys Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #1 Rick Riordan
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #2 Rick Riordan

January - Fiction

The Weekenders
Mary Kay Andrews

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The Gilded Life of Matilda Duplaine Alezx Brunkhorst
Wives Behaving Badly Elizabeth Buchan
The Summer Everything Changed Holly Chamberlin
Summer With My Sisters Holly Chamberlin
The Smart One Jennifer Close
The Library at Mount Char Scott Hawkins
All Summer Long Susan Mallery
Those Girls Chevy Stevens
The Ice Twins S.K.Tremayne
Among Thieves John Clarkson
The Machiavelli Covenant Allan Folsom
Consumer Reports (January 2017)

January - Non-Fiction

From Generation to Generation
Agnes Tomasov

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Tales of An Old Town Versifier Anthony Foliot
Stalin's Englishman : The Lives of Guy Burgess Andrew Lownie
Magnificent Obsession:Victoria, Albert and the Death that Changed the Monarchy Helen Rappaport
A Year in the Garden Terry O'Shaughnessy

Friday, January 20, 2017

February Book Sale

The February Book Sale starts at 2.30 pm on Monday, February 6th and runs until Saturday, February 11th. Cookbooks are featured.

Sunday, January 15, 2017

The Write Stuff - Nadia Hashimi

Nadia Hashimi was born and raised in New York and New Jersey, both her parents come form Afghanistan. She obtained a medical degree and then trained in paediatrics at New York University. After qualifying, she turned to an unexplored passion and started writing. Her first novel, The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, came out in 2014, followed by When The Moon Is Low in 2015. Her upbringing and experiences come together in the form of stories based in the country of her parents and grandparents. The library has copies of all of her novels including her acclaimed new work, A House Without Windows. She lives and works in Maryland with her husband and four children. To visit her online click here.

Sunday, January 8, 2017

Hudson Box Office (HBO) - The Night Manager

Based on John Le Carre's novel of the same name, The Night Manager is a British TV serial directed by Susanne Bier, and starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie and Olivia Coleman. Jonathan Pine (Hiddleston), a hotel manager and former soldier, is recruited by an intelligence operative, to infiltrate an arm's dealers inner circle. With a stellar cast, The Night Manger has received widepread critical acclaim, and has been nominated for several Golden Globes. The library has the DVD of this excellent series. For more details click here.

Sunday, January 1, 2017

Murder Ink - Glen Erik Hamilton

A native of Seattle, Glen Erik Hamilton grew up aboard a sailboat, and spent his youth finding trouble around the marinas, commercial docks and islands of the Pacific Northwest. Hamilton's debut novel Past Crimes was nominated for Best First Novel at the 2016 Edgar Awards, and for the Barry Award for Best First Novel. It was given starred reviews by Publisher's Weekly and Library Journal, and called "an exciting heir to the classic detective novel" by Kirkus. He now lives in Burbank, California, with his family.

The Library recently acquired Past Crimes. To visit Hamilton online click here.