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November 23, 2009

Column: At the Library
From: Cranbrook Public Library
By Mike Selby



60 year ago, in the sleepy town of Springhill Nova Scotia, a young girl�"the only sister of 5 brothers�"takes up singing as a way to get noticed, and never stops. ALL OF ME is the revealing biography of ANNE MURRAY, easily one of Canada’s greatest recording artists of all time. While her rise to international fame is quite well known, less known are her tales of heavy drinking and marijuana use; the sexual advances of Brian Mulroney, Julio Iglesias, and Dusty Springfield; and how she peed all over Herb Albert. This is an entertaining and honest memoir from a true Canadian icon.

Arthur Slade’s THE HUNCHBACK ASSIGNMENTS should appeal to teen readers. As Dr. Hyde and his evil associates terrorize Victorian England., a 14-year-old sets out to stop them, using his wits and a variety of steam-powered inventions.

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 Pirates!
Aboriginal Story Hour, Saturday November 28th from 11 am til noon featuring Joe Pierre and friends.

A classic Christmas…an elegant evening of Chocolate, Dessert, Drama, Carols and Classic flute duo “Champagne Flutes”. December 4th from 7 to 10 pm. Tickets at the Library or Lotus Books…$7 each. The evening will feature Sweet Gestures Chocolate, a variety of desserts and beverages, Drama by Bard in Your own Backyard, Kootenay Christian Academy Drama, and Members of the Mount Baker Choir. An affordable cultural event to kick off the month of December.

Are you cleaning up your house for Xmas? Ready to discard those unneeded books? The Friends of the Library would love your book donations at any time of the year. Please phone Marilyn 250-489-6254 for further details.

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. Please note the November session has been moved to Thursday November 26th. For more information on either of these book clubs, please contact Deanne at 426-4063.

This is the final week to come and check out Lynda Schollen’s impressive Remembrance Day display.




ADULT NEWLY AQUIRED SHELF:

One Simple Act �" Debbie Macomber (241.4)
Canadian Poetry from World War One (819.1)
The Essential Guide to Breastfeeding �" Marianne Neifert (649.33)
Welding Complete : Techniques, Project Plans, & Instruction (671.52)
The New Solar Home �" Dave Bonta (728.37)
Building Community Justice Partnerships �" Barry Stuart (364.68)
Fabulous Crocheted Ponchos �" Terry Taylor (746.434)
Anatomy of a Doll �" Susanna Oroyan (745.592)
Strata Property Act �" Cora D. Wilson (346.711)
Weather of British Columbia �" Robin W. Pigott (551.697)
Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day �" Jeff Hertzberg (641.815)
All of Me �" Anne Murray (bio)
The Lacuna �" Barbara Kingsolver (fic)
Ford County �" John Grisham (fic)
The Burning Land �" Bernard Cornwell (fic)
Her Fearful Symmetry �" Audrey Niffenegger (fic)
Waiting for Columbus �" Thomas Trofimuk (fic)
Bloodline �" Mark Billingham (mys)
Deadly Finish �" John Francome (mys)
Even Money �" Dick Francis (mys)
Green �" Ted Dekker (sci fic)
Last of the Duanes �" Zane Grey (pb)
Fan Mail �" P.D. Martin (pb)
Night’s Cold Kiss �" Tracey O’Hara (pb)
The Cleaner �" Brett Battles (pb)
Australia (DVD)
House : Complete Season 5 (DVD)
Immunization Education (DVD)
Are Vaccines Safe (DVD)
Ghost (DVD)
Midsomer Murders : Set 13 (DVD)
Sports Afield Hunting (DVD)
Shiloh, Shiloh Season, and Saving Shiloh (DVD)






YOUNG ADULT & CHILDREN’S NEWLY ACQUIRED ITEMS:
Artemis Fowl : The Arctic Incident �" Eoin Colfer (ya fic)
The Hunchback Assignments �" Arthur Slade (ya fic)
The Dean of Shadows Quartet �" Amelia Alwater-Rhodes (ya fic)
Envy �" Anna Godbersen (ya fic)
Groosham Grange �" Anthony Horowitz (ya pb)
Nancy Drew The Secret Within �"Stefan Petrucha (ya pb)
The Beaver’s Lodge �" Adam Reingold (j 599.37)
Planet Earth : The Incredible Visual Guide (j 550
The Lives of Stars �" Ken Croswell (j 523.8)
The Fastest Game on Two Feet �" Alice Low (j 811.6)
A Pizza the Size of the Sun �" Jack Prelutsky (j 811.54)
Never Walk in Shoes that Talk �" Katherine Applegate (j pb)
SpongeBob Mother Knows Best �"Sarah Wilson (j pb)
Beck and the Great Berry Battle �" Laura Driscoll (j pb)
Magic Ballerina : The Magic Spell �" Darcey Bussell (j pb)
Where’s Waldo : The Wonder Book �" Martin Handford (j pic)
Inside Outside Dinosaurs �" Roxie Munro (j pic)
Meihua, Shuilin et Dui vivent en Chine �" Pascal Pilon (j french)
Le Poney �" Mini Patte (j french)
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (DVD)
VeggieTales God Made You Special (DVD)
Prancer (DVD)
Stuart Little 2 (DVD)

MIKE’S BOOKNOTES:

In September of 1978, Doubleday published Stephen King’s THE STAND; an epic story of how an H1N1-type flu wipes out 99.4 percent of the world’s population. However, King was quietly furious with Doubleday, because they had cut out over 400 pages of his original story. If the cuts were done for editorial reasons�"to make the novel a better reading experience�"King stated he would have been fine with it. But the pages were removed on behalf of Doubleday’s accounting department; worried that the market wouldn’t bear a “long Stephen King novel.” King never really forgave Doubleday, and immediately left them for NAL. It wasn’t until 1990 that THE STAND was finally published as King originally wrote it�"all 1152 pages of it�"by a much humbled Doubleday.

As the 70s drew to a close, King toyed with idea of writing a sequel to THE STAND, but he found himself writing a completely separate story. After about 60 pages of what he called THE CANNIBALS, he felt the story fizzled out, so he moved on to other projects. 30 years and 63 books later, King took a second�"and this time successful�"crack at his abandon story. While not a direct sequel to THE STAND, UNDER THE DOME is another massive epic at 1088 pages. Rest assured, Scribner has not cut a single word.