At the Library for November 19th, 2019
Updated 2019/11/19
Crime writer Walter Mosley (The Devil in a Blue Dress) explains what exactly every good story needs in his latest work ‘The Elements of Fiction.’
Long-time Cranbrook teacher Jack Sandberg has published his first book—a brightly illustrated and lyrical Christmas story titled ‘Ruby the Hummingbird.’
Preschool Story Time is this Wednesday at 11:00 am, 1:15 pm; Family Story Time is Wednesday at 6:30 pm; and Toddler Story Time is 10:00 and 11:00 am. Both will be all about Messy! Baby Laptime is every Thursday at 11 am.
Database of the month: Pronunciator– A fun and free way to learn any of 80 languages with self-directed lessons, live teachers, movies, music and more. Simply visit: https://learning.pronunciator.com/getstarted.php?library_id=189973887 and enter your library card number.
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On display this month is Frank Eimer’s absolutely amazing Remembrance Day display.
ADULT NEWLY ACQUIRED ITEMS:
Tools and Weapons – Brad Smith (303.483)
Elements of Fiction – Walter Mosley (808.3)
We are the Weather – Jonathan Safran Foer (613.262
On Fire – Naomi Klein (304.25)
The Wake – Linden MacIntyre (363.349)
Peace and Good Order – Harold Johnson (342.7108)
Country Music: An Illustrated History – Ken Burns (781.64209)
Lime Disease – Bernard Raxlen (616.9246)
Trans Kids and Teens: Pride, Joy, and Families in Transition (306.768)
My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress – Rachel DeLoache Williams (364.163)
The Highly Sensitive Man – Tom Falkenstein (155.332)
Red River Girl: The Life and Death of Tina Fontaine – Joanna Jolly (364.152)
Democracy in Canada – Donald J. Savoie (320.971)
Into the Planet – Jill Heinerth (bio)
In My Own Moccasins – Helen Knott (bio)
High School – Tegan & Sara Quin (bio)
The Difference – Marina Endicott (fic)
The Golden Wolf – Linnea Hartsuyker (fic)
The World That We Knew – Alice Hoffman (fic)
The Titanic Secret – Clive Cussler (fic)
The Ten Thousand Doors of January – Alix E. Harrow (fic)
White Hot Silence – Henry Porter (fic)
The Innocents – Michael Crummey (fic)
All the Forgivenesses – Elizabeth Hardinger (fic)
The Nanny – Gilly Macmillan (fic)
The Vanished Bride – Bella Ellis (mys)
The Stranger Inside – Lisa Unger (mys)
Knaves over Queens – George R.R. Martin (sci fic)
Kilauea: Hawaii on Fire (DVD)
Einstein’s Quantum Riddle (DVD)
My Brilliant Friend: Season One (DVD)
Star Trek Discovery: Season One (DVD)
ON the Basis of Sex (DVD)
YOUNG ADULT & CHILDREN’S NEWLY ACQUIRED ITEMS:
On the News – Jillian Roberts (j 304.485)
Ruby the Hummingbird – Jack Sandberg (j pic)
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