At the Library for May 23rd, 2017

Updated 2017/05/26

 

 

 

 

All kinds of brand new and up-to-date travel books are here this week; covering all points of the globe as well as right here at home.

 

Viktor Frankl’s ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’—“one of the ten most important books of all time”—is now available in young adult edition.

 

StoryTime and Baby LapTime are both on hiatus until September. Our Summer Reading Club is right around the corner. Keep checking this column for details, or contact us at the Library.

 

FREE one-on-one tech training session for those of you who want to enhance your current computing skills. We cover many topics including Basic Tablet usage, Basic Computer usage, Windows 10 training, Window 8 + 8.1 training, Window 7 training, Microsoft Suit training, Library E book training, and much more. To register, please contact the Library at (250) 426-4063, or sign up at the front desk.

 

On display this month is Bill Dove’s extensive Falconry display, including equipment, books, photos, and a host of information about this sport. Bill has kindly left a question box at the front desk for anyone curious about his work with birds.

 

Our website is up and running at:  www.cranbrookpubliclibrary.ca

 

The Cranbrook Public Library Endowment Fund gives people an opportunity to create a meaningful legacy, to build a strong foundation in the present for the future of the Library. For more information about how you can contribute, please visit:

https://www.cranbrookpubliclibrary.ca/explore/about-us/support-the-library/endowment/

 

 

ADULT NEWLY ACQUIRED ITEMS:

 

Lonely Planet England — Barbara Dixon   (914.2)

The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland   (917.9496)

Lonely Planet Scotland — Neil Wilson   (914.11)

Lonely Planet Wales — Peter Dragicevich   (914.29)

Lonely Planet Washington, Oregon, & the Pacific Northwest   (917.9504)

Lonely Planet Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island   (917.15045)

Lonely Planet Canada — Korina Miller   (917.1)

Canadian Rockies — Andrew Hempstead   (917.11045)

Cuba — Irina Bajini   (917.291)

Fodor’s Essential Hawaii — Karen Anderson   (919.69)

South Africa — Richard Whitaker   (916.8)

Peru — Maryanne Blacker   (918.5)

Insight Guides Italy   (917.22)

Baja — Jennifer Kramer   (917.22)

For This We Left Egypt? — Dave Barry   (296.45371)

The Case Against Sugar — Gary Taubes   (613.28332)

Coding for Dummies — Abraham Nikhil   (005.1)

Broad Strokes — Bridget Quinn   (705.252)

Ingenious — David Johnston   (609.71)

The Colour of Canada — Roy MacGregor   (971.00222)

Homegrown Pantry — Barbara Pleasant   (635)

Brain Games for Cats — Claire Arrowsmith   (636.80887)

The Princess Diarist — Carrie Fisher   (bio)

Miramar Bay — David T. Bunn   (fic)

Trusting Grace — Maggie Brendan   (fic)

City of Friends — Joanna Trollope   (fic)

The Agent Runner — Simon Conway   (fic)

The Rome Affair — Karen Swan  (fic)

The Burial Hour — Jeffery Deaver   (mys)

The Freedom Broker — K.J. Howe   (mys)

No Middle Name — Lee Child   (mys)

The Thirst — Jo Nesbo   (mys)

Full Wolf Moon — Lincoln Child   (mys)

The Sixth Idea — P.J. Tracy   (mys)

Without You — Saskia Sarginson   (mys)

Since We Fell — Dennis Lehane   (mys) (large print) (audio CD)

Remember Me This Way — Sabine Durrant   (mys)

A Twist of the Knife — Becky Masterman   (mys)

Black Wolves — Kate Elliot   (sci fic)

Wild Ways    (DVD)

30-Minutes to Fitness: Abs & Core   (DVD)

The Little Prince   (DVD)

Race   (DVD)

The Firm   (DVD)

Pulp Fiction   (DVD)

The Martian   (DVD)

 

 

 

 

YOUNG ADULT & CHILDREN’S NEWLY ACQUIRED ITEMS:

 

 

Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor E. Frankl   (ya 940.5318)

10 Things I Can See From Here — Carrie Mac   (ya fic)

The Width of the World — David Baldacci   (ya fic)

The Shadows We Know By Heart — Jennifer Park   (ya fic)

Fairies: Are They Real? — Laura K. Murray   (j 398.21)

Loch Ness Monster: Are They Real? — Laura K. Murray   (j 001.944)