New This Week
June 1, 2009
Column: At the Library
From: Cranbrook Public Library
By Mike Selby
When his young son crawled through the barbed wire fence into a crowded horse paddock, Rupert Isaacson thought the worst. His son suffered from a severe type of autism, which left him socially and behaviorally dysfunctional. As Isaacson ran to save his son, he saw something extraordinary. Instead of trampling his sonâ€"who was rolling around on his back screamingâ€"the horses gently backed off, with the lead horse lowering her head down to the boy. Clearly something was happening between his son and the horses. THE HORSE BOY : A FATHER’S QUEST TO HEAL IS SON tells how Isaacson took his son to Mongolia, seeking help from the original horse people. This book is a remarkable tale about a remarkable transformation.
Younger readers should enjoy Natale Ghent’s THE ODDS GET EVEN. A hilarious story of friendship, retribution, and how being an outsider isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Jim Ellemers will be giving basic computer and internet training sessions every Wednesday between 2 and 5 pm. Anyone interested can register at the circulation desk.
The Friends of the Cranbrook Public Library and the College of the Rockies will be showing the travelogue MOUNTAIN FOOTSTEPS : IMAGES OF THE EAST KOOTENAYS. Janice Strong will be presenting on Monday, June 8, 2009 in the Lecture Theatre (Room 250) of the College (Limited Seating). Presentation begins at 7:00 p.m. Doors open 6:30 p.m. ADMISSION IS BY DONATION. For more information, please contact April at 489-2038.
For the month of June we will be displaying beautiful watercolor paintings by Teresa Knight.
The summer reading club is just around the corner! FOLLOW THE READER is this year’s theme. Registration begins on June 27. This summer should be our best yet, with coloring contests, movie nights, story-writing contests, cybercamps, games, prizes, and of course books! There will also be a toddler storytime this summer. Please keep checking this column for further details, or phone Kristen at 426-4063.
ADULT NEWLY AQUIRED SHELF:
Handbook for Literacy Tutors (374.0124)
Your Best Medicine -- Mark & Myrna Goldstein (613.0434)
We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land â€" Jimmy Carter (956.054)
Probiotic Foods For Good Health â€" Beatrice Trum Hunter (613.26)
Canada’s Toddler Care Book â€" Jeremy Friedman (649.123)
Jane Brody’s Guide to the Great Beyond (616.029)
The Age of Aging â€" George Magnus (305.26)
Behind the Yellow Tape â€" Jarrett Hallcox (363.250)
The Book of Weeds â€" Ken Thompson (632.5)
Event Planning â€" Judy Allen (658.456)
The Elements of Great Public Speaking â€" Lyman Macinnis (808.51)
The Life You Can Save : Acting Now to End World Poverty â€" Peter Singer (362.5)
The Blue Flames that Keep Us Warm â€" Mike McCardell (819.8602)
Dreams from My Father â€" Barack Obama (bio)
The Horse Boy : A Father’s Quest to Heal His Son â€" Rupert Isaacson (bio)
B Is for Beer â€" Tom Robbins (fic)
Sleeping Arrangements â€" Madeleine Wickham (fic)
La’s Orchestra Saves the World â€" Alexander McCall Smith
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet â€" Jamie Ford (fic)
Malice â€" Lisa Jackson (mys)
Bad Things â€" Michael Marshall (mys)
The Killings on Jubilee Terrace â€" Robert Barnard (mys)
Dead Man’s Puzzle â€" Parnell Hall (mys)
The Trail of the Wild Rose â€" Anthony Eglin (mys)
One Hot Mess â€" Louis Greiman (pb)
A Magic of Twilight â€" S.L. Farrell (pb)
The Lost Fleet â€" Relentless (pb)
Ironman (DVD)
The Upside of Anger (DVD)
Rent (DVD)
The Last Detective : Complete Series (DVD)
YOUNG ADULT & CHILDREN’S NEWLY ACQUIRED ITEMS:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian â€" Sherman Alexei (ya fic)
Savvy â€" Ingrid Law (ya fic)
Escape from the Forest â€" Erin Hunter (ya fic)
Pendragon volumes 1 to 4 â€" D.J. MacHale (ya fic)
Big Book of Construction Machines (j 629.225)
Wolves â€" Seymour Simon (j 599.773)
Coping With Loss â€" Anita Naik (j 155.93)
Armored and Dangerous â€" Howard Zimmerman (j 567.915)
Tower of London â€" Gail Blasser Riley (j 942.12)
The Odds Get Even --- Natale Ghent (j fic)
The Sisters 8 -- Lauren Baratz-Logsted (j fic)
We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers (j pic)
Hooray for Fish â€" Lucy Cousins (j pic)
Dora and the Snow Princess (j DVD)
MIKE’S BOOKNOTES:
Growing up in Dorset, Ian Lancaster Fleming was haunted by his neighbour’s house. It was a massive ugly building, surrounded by brickwork which sported the neighbour’s family crest and motto ‘Non Sufficit Orbis’. The architect of the house was Erno Goldfinger; its occupants the Bond family; their motto meaning ‘The World is Not Enough.’ If the old writer’s adage of ‘write what you know’ is true, then no one would do it better than Ian Fleming.
Fleming hoped to have a career in politics, but he kept failing the Foreign Office exams. He decided to try journalism, and of his first assignments was to cover the 1933 Metro Vickers trial, where 6 British engineers were accused of spying on the Russian government. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Fleming was recruited by Naval Intelligence. Although stuck behind a desk, he was put in charge of a special commando unit; was responsible for luring Rudolph Hess into Scotland; and developed secret plans (operation Goldeneye) for Britain’s continued support of Gibraltar. All classified documents coming across Fleming’s desk began with the prefix 00.
Unemployed after the war, Fleming decided to try his hand at novel writing. CASINO ROYAL was published in 1952, and with it he introduced the world to the most successful action hero ever known, James Bond. He followed it with a dozen more Bond novelsâ€"and the children’s story CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, before dying of heart failure in 1964. By writing what he knew, Fleming’s impact on world culture is still felt today. 007 remains a favorite of young children and Prime Ministers alike. It is a somber thought to think of Fleming passing that Foreign Office test.
