New This Week
October 5, 2009
Column: At the Library
From: Cranbrook Public Library
By Mike Selby
Column: At the Library for Oct 05/09
From: Cranbrook Public Library
By Mike Selby
The third edition of the extremely popular and bestselling MOUNTAIN FOOTSTEPS has finally arrived. Written by Cranbrook’s Janice Strong, this new edition is completely revised and updated, with new colour maps and photos of the most spectacular hikes in our area.
Younger readers can join the loveable ‘Ghost’, as he entertains various guests in Iza Trapani’s HAUNTED PARTY. The numbers 1 to 10 appear somewhere on each page, and readers are encouraged to count the guests as they arrive. This fully illustrated book is perfect for the upcoming season.
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 Bananas!
The Friends of the Cranbrook Public Library and the College of the Rockies will be showing their latest Travelogue on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 in the Lecture Theatre (Room 250) at the College. Doreen Peebles will be presenting “Where there’s a wheel, there’s a way â€" in a wheelchair to Mt. Everest Base Camp\". Presentation begins at 7:00 p.m. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Admission is by donation, and please remember seating is limited. For more information, please call April at 489-2038.
Any and all kids ages 9 to 11 (grades 4 to 7) are invited to attend BOOK BITES, a new book club meeting every third Thursday from September to May, beginning at 4 pm. Come out and talk about books, do fun activities, and enjoy some snacks.
And any and all teens are invited to CHATTERZ, their own book club which meets every second Thursday from September to May, beginning at 4 pm. For more information on either of these book clubs, please contact Deanne at 426-4063.
The TUESDAY NIGHT READING GROUP is the most recent book club here at the Library. Their next meeting is Tuesday, October 20th, at 7 pm, where they will be discussing Harper Lee’s TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. For more information in joining this group, please call Deanne at 426-4063.
For the month of October we will be displaying Antarctica inspired artwork by Lucy Sanderson, including lapidary, paintings, and photographs.
ADULT NEWLY AQUIRED SHELF:
Mountain Footsteps : 3rd Edition â€" Janice Strong (796.5220)
A World of Music with Charlotte Diamond (782.42)
Understanding Workplace Harassment â€" Sarah A. Colman (658.3145)
Aboriginal Law Handbook â€" Nancy Kleer (342.710872)
Understanding Property Law â€" Marjorie L. Benson (346.7104)
The Guinea Pig Diaries â€" A. J. Jacobs (814.6)
Traveling with Pomegranates â€" Sue Monk Kidd (818.6)
The Year of the Flood â€" Margaret Atwood (fic)
Cutting for Stone â€" Abraham Verghese (fic)
A Change of Altitude â€" Anita Shreve (fic)
An Echo in the Bone â€" Diana Gabaldon (fic)
The Last Song â€" Nicholas Sparks (fic)
Hothouse Orchid â€" Stuart Woods (mys)
The Lost Art of Gratitude â€" Alexander McCall Smith (mys)
The Silent Hour â€" Michael Koryta (mys)
Vanished â€" Joseph Finder (mys)
Hardball â€" Sara Paretsky (mys)
The Brutal Telling â€" Louise Penny (mys)
Halfhead â€" Stuart B. Macbride (mys)
The Complaints â€" Ian Rankin (mys)
The Sword and the Lady â€" S. M. Stirling (sci fic)
Other Lands â€" David Anthony Duram (sci fic)
The Golden City â€" John Twelve Hawks (sci fic)
The Last Pope â€" Luis Miguel Rocha (pb)
The Enchanted â€" Charlotte Bingham (pb)
Spackled and Spooked â€" Jennie Bently (pb)
Flowers on Main â€" Sherryl Woods (pb)
Crossing Fire River â€" Ralph Cotton (pb)
YOUNG ADULT & CHILDREN’S NEWLY ACQUIRED ITEMS:
Hey Girlfriend : 75 Monologues for Girls â€"Kimberly A. McCormick (ya 808.8245)
Chicken Soup for the Soul Extraordinary Teens (ya 158.1)
College Vegetarian Cooking â€" Megan Carle (ya 641.563)
The Real Real â€" Emma McLaughlin (ya fic)
The Stolen One â€" Suzanne Crowley (ya fic)
Zombie Blondes â€" Brian James (ya fic)
Chasing the Bear â€" Robert B. Parker (ya fic)
The Prince of Neither Here Nor There â€" Sean Cullen (ya fic)
Blue Moon â€" Alyson Noel (ya fic)
Evermore â€" Alyson Noel (ya fic)
The Dragon’s Lair â€" Elizabeth Haydon (ya fic)
Better Late Than Never â€" Marilyn Kaye (ya fic)
Out of Sight, Out of Mind â€" Marilyn Kaye (ya fic)
Silly Knock-Knocks â€" Joseph Rosenbloom (j 818.5402)
When It’s Six O’clock in San Francisco â€" Cynthia Jaynes Omololu (j 529.7)
Dieppe : Canada’s Darkest Day _Hugh Brewster (j 940.54)
The Sleepy Little Alphabet â€" Judy Sierra (j pic)
Maisy Goes to School â€" Lucy Cousins (j pic)
The Grumpy Dump Truck â€" Brie Spangler (j pic)
Haunted Party â€" Iza Trapani (j pic)
There Was An Old Monster â€" Rebecca Emberley (j pic)
Boo to You â€" Louis Ehlert (j pic)
Room on the Broom â€" Julie Donaldson (j pic)
Where the Wild Things Are : The Movie Storybook (j pic)
MIKE’S BOOKNOTES:
As Janice Strong mentions in MOUNTAIN FOOTSTEPS, nothing quite matches the towering presence of Fisher Peak in our eastern skyline. Its imposing image adorns postcards, city brochures, calendars, and even library cards; it has seen the Stanley Cup twice; Pat Morrowâ€"the first Canadian to reach the summit of Mt. Everestâ€"used it to train for his Everest ascent. Yet the greatest story about Mt. Fisher isn’t about climbing it at all; it is about the man the mountain is named after.
In 1849, sixteen-year old Jack Fisher, of Philadelphia, headed for the rich goldfields of California, across the barren plains of the Midwest, enduring hardship every step of the way. Gold fever eventually drove him north to the banks of Wild Horse Creek in Kootenay country, where he finally claimed his fortune only to lose it as quickly as he found it.
Fisher’s unrelenting struggles are vividly brought to life in LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF FISHER PEAK, a new historical novel by Keith Powell. The irrepressible vitality of Jack Fisher and Powell’s impressive research, set against the historical backdrop of our own backyard, makes this book a highly entertaining read. I personally came away with a new understanding of a fascinating time of our history, as well as a clearer picture of the remarkable characters who came to call our area home.
Keith will be launching his book on Friday, October 16, at 7 pm in the manual training room at the Library. He will also be at Lotus Books on Saturday, October 17th, from 1 to 3 pm. Refreshments will be served at the Friday night launch, with Elena Yeung providing Bluegrass entertainment.
