War Memorial Library

Monday, January 20, 2014

February Book Sale

The February Book Sale starts at 2.30 pm on Monday, February 3rd and runs until Saturday, February 8th. Cookbooks are featured.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Bestselling author Sandra Byrd has now published more than forty books. Her adult fiction debut, Let Them Eat Cake, the first in the French Twist series was a Christy Award finalist, as was her first historical novel, To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn, the first in her Tudor series. She also writes young adult novels.

Byrd is passionate about helping new writers develop their talent and has mentored and coached hundreds of new writers. Byrd lives near Seattle, Washington, with her husband and two children.
The library has both the French Twist and Tudor series. Click here to visit her website.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Hudson Box Office (HBO) - Parade's End

Set over a tumultuous ten-year period 100 years ago, this five-hour miniseries tells the story of an honorable Englishman coping with his growing disillusion at the end of one privileged era and the beginning of a new, egalitarian one. As the comfortable certainties of Edwardian England begin to give way to the chaos and destruction of WWI, aristocrat Christopher Tietjens (Benedict Cumberbatch) puts principles first by marrying Sylvia (Rebecca Hall), a pretty, manipulative socialite who gives birth to a child who may not be his. More...

Thursday, December 26, 2013

December - Books

A Great Game
Stephen Harper

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Consumer Reports 2014
Toward New Horizons Clifford Lincoln
The Silent Wife A.S.A. Harrison
The Wind Through the Keyhole Stephen King
The Good House Ann Leary
How I Came to Sparkle Again Kaya McLaren
The Roots of the Olive Tree Courtney Miller Santo
Every Last One Anna Quinlen
The Kashmir Shawl Rosie Thomas
Takedown Twenty Janet Evanovich
Joyland Stephen King

December- DVDs

We're the Millers
Also in Blu-ray

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Breaking Bad - Season 3
The Impossible
Louis Cyr
The Miracle Worker
Playing for Keeps
Stories We Tell
To the Wonder
On the Road

December - Children's DVDs

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Special

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Mr. Jelly Goes Time Travelling
Planes
The Search for Santa Paws
The Smurfs 2
Ratatouille (Blu-ray)
Home Alone (Blu-ray)

January Book Sale

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

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Holiday Hours

The Library will be closed the following days:

December 24, 25, 26
December 31, January 1, 2

Happy Holidays!

Sunday, December 15, 2013

The Write Stuff - Lisa Moore

Lisa Moore, a Canadian writer, is the bestselling author of the novels February (2010), longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and winner of CBC's Canada Reads competition, and Alligator (2006), which was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her third novel, Caught, was published in June 2013 and shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller prize.

Moore grew up on the outskirts of St. John's, Newfoundland, and still makes her home there. Although she had intended to follow a career in the visual arts, she now writes full time.

The library has these three novels. Click here to find out more about Lisa Moore.

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Hudson Box Office (HBO) - House of Cards

For those of you who enjoyed The West Wing, double your pleasure with this superb Netflix Original series. Starring Kevin Spacey as cunning and ruthless Congressman Frank Underwood and Robin Wright as his collaborative wife, Claire.
Based upon the original BBC series of the same name, House of Cards won several Emmy Awards and was the first series to live stream all 13 episodes at once. More...

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Murker Ink - Arnaldur Indriðason

Arnaldur Indriðason was born in Reykjavík in 1961, the son of an Icelandic author. He graduated with a degree in history from the University of Iceland in 1996 and worked for many years as a journalist and critic before writing novels. His first book, Sons of Dust, came out in 1997, the first in the series with Detective Erlendur. The series now includes 13 novels.
Indriðason is considered one of the most popular writers in Iceland in recent years. His books have been published in 26 countries and translated into at least 21 languages.
Indriðason lives in Reykjavík with his family. The library recently acquired a couple of his books. Click here to learn more about him.