New This Week
April 27, 2009
Column: At the Library
From: Cranbrook Public Library
By Mike Selby
What he thought was simply the effects of a hangover, Michael J. Fox was actually in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease; a degenerative neurological disorder which caused Fox to semi-retire at the height of his career. ALWAYS LOOKING UP : THE ADVENTURES OF AN INCURABLE OPTIMIST is Fox’s own story of how he sees everything in a positive light. Even horrible events"such as Rush Limbaugh accusing him of faking the disease"are met with Fox’s unending enthusiasm for life.
GREAT BEAR LAKE is Erin Hunter’s latest entry in her highly addictive Seeker series. Three bear cubs from three different worlds are forced to work together in order to survive, and face a mysterious evil.
Preschool Story Time this Wednesday at 11:00 am, 1:15 pm, & 6:30 pm, and Toddler Story this Friday at 10:30 am will be all about flowers!
Now is the time to spring clean and donate those unneeded books, videos, CDs and DVDs to the Friends of the Library for their book sales. Items in good condition are appreciated. Any encyclopedia sets, Readers Digest Condensed Books and textbooks must be published within the last ten years. Please bring items to the circulation desk of the library. For further info please call Marilyn at 250-489-6254.
This is the last week to see our display of Elmer Higgins’s photography and woodwork. Elmer’s hand-crafted grandfather clock is simply breathtaking!
Children’s author Richard Van Camp will be visiting the Library on Tuesday, April 28th, at 10 am. Please contact Deanne at 426-4063 for more information.
On Friday, May 01, at 7 pm, the Library will be celebrating the works of Shakespeare. Everyone is invited to come and enjoy his works being read, discussed, and acted out (in full costume). Please contact Mike at 426-4063 for more information.
ADULT NEWLY AQUIRED SHELF:
Windows Vista in Easy Steps " Harshad Kotecha (005.446)
Folk Art Needlepoint " Ruth Peltason (746.442)
Decorating Gift baskets " Catherine Woram (745.594)
General Motors Full-Size Trucks, 1999-02 Repair Manual (629.2873)
The Beatles Best : Piano Vocal Guitar " Lennon & McCartney (782.421)
British Columbia Probate and Administration Forms Kit (346.711)
War Child : A Child Soldier’s Story " Emmanuel Jal (962.404)
Always Looking Up "Michael J. Fox (bio)
Insight Guide to Arizona & the Grand Canyon (917.9)
Fight for Your Money " David Bach (332.024)
What’s Age Got to Do with It " Robin McGraw (613.704)
The 10,000 Year Explosion " Gregory Cochran (599.938)
Great British Pub Food " Gordon Ramsay (641.5)
Insight Guide to Caribbean : The Lesser Antilles (917.29)
The Interrogation " J.M.G. Le Clezio (fic)
The Dakota Cipher " William Dietrich (fic)
Born Bad " Josephine Cox (fic)
The Geometry of Sisters " Luanne Rice (fic)
Look Again " Lisa Scottoline (mys)
Execution Dock " Anne Perry (mys)
The Sacred Blood " Michael Byrnes (mys)
What Burns Within " Sandra Ruttan (pb)
Evil in Carnations " Kate Collins (pb)
Agatha Christie Marple Classic Series (DVD)
Pilates for Men (DVD)
Long Way Round (DVD)
Long Way Down (DVD)
YOUNG ADULT & CHILDREN’S NEWLY AQUIRED SHELF:
Che : A Graphic Biography " Spain Rodriguez (ya 980)
Skeleton Creek : Ryan’s Journal " Patrick Carman (ya fic)
Seekers : Great Bear Lake " Erin Hunter (ya fic)
Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra " Obert Skye (ya fic)
Family Responsibilities " Debbie Gallagher (j 306.85)
If You Were a Fraction " Trisha Speed Shaskan (j 513.26)
If You Were an Odd Number " Marcie Aboff (j 513.2)
If You Were a Set " Marcie Aboff (j 511.32)
Battle for Carnillo " Nickki Tate (j fic)
The Gecko & Sticky Villian’s Lair " Wendelin Van Draanen (j fic)
Brass Dragon Codex " R.D. Henham (j pic)
The King Has Goat Ears " Katarian Jovanovic (j pic)
Are You a Horse " Andy Rash (j pic)
The Imaginary Garden " Andrew Larsen (j pic)
Muriel’s Red Sweater " Dara Dokas (j pic)
The Very Cranky Bear " Nick Bland (j pic)
A Cuddle for Little Duck " Claire Freedman (baby)
On Noah’s Ark " Jan Brett (baby)
The Water Hole " Graeme Base (baby)
MIKE’S BOOKNOTES:
When we try to sort out our lives, and grasp for the real moments"the things we truly and deeply care about"we find that Shakespeare has give us a language in which to do so. The great paradox of Shakespeare’s achievement is"although he wrote over 400 years ago"it feels like he wrote his play or poem last night, directly for you.
Who are we? Who do we want to be? Who do we love? Who can we put our trust in? What can we believe in? The capacity we have to access these profound feelings of our own nature, remarkably come from Shakespeare’s language. He knew firsthand that the overwhelming grief at the death of a child devastates the parent into silence, when all they really want to do is scream
“Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life,
And thou no breath at all?”
Shakespeare helps us articulate our feelings, especially those that are otherwise inexpressible.
