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Events for Adults
Red Cross Blood Drive
Be a hero for a day in your community, donate blood and save a life.
When?
Sat, 06/08/2013 - 9:00am
Where?
Tremont Road - Main Library
Hiking the High Sierras
Tom Logsdon is a long-distance hiker who has carried a pack over 5,000 miles of back country trails in the last ten years. He has... more
When?
Wed, 06/12/2013 - 7:00pm
Where?
Tremont Road - Main Library
Art or Crime? Considering Street Art in England
Street art has a contentious history: some see these public works of art as âinterventionsâ into the fabric of a city, celebrating... more
When?
Thu, 06/20/2013 - 7:00pm
Where?
Tremont Road - Main Library
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New Releases
News from the World of Letters
Posted on: Mon, 05/20/2013 - 4:49pm
Nathaniel Philbrick newest book, Bunker Hill, recasts the events and personalities surrounding the start of the American Revolution. Read the review.
Posted on: Tue, 04/30/2013 - 12:57pm
Posted on: Mon, 04/08/2013 - 3:18pm
Moving from Maine to New York Author Elizabeth Strout's new book "The Burgess Boys" is set in Parke Slope, a Brooklyn neighborhood where Strout calls home.
Listen to the NPR interview:
Posted on: Mon, 04/08/2013 - 3:10pm
Simon & Schuster has a book deal with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Clinton is working on a memoir and policy book about her years as secretary of state. The book is tentatively scheduled for release in June 2014. (HuffPost Books)
Posted on: Mon, 03/25/2013 - 2:53pm
Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian author and whose internationally acclaimed fiction helped to revive African literature, died on Thursday in Boston (New York Times).
Books by Achebe available at your library:
- Anthills of the Savannah
- Chike and the River
- The Education of a British-protected Child: Essays
- How the Leopard Got His Claws
- There was a country: a personal history of Biafra
- Things Fall Apart
Adult Recommendations
The Expats
Kate Moore and her husband decide to accept a job offer in Luxemburg. While her husband begins his new job and Kate spends more time with her children she must learn how to adjust to the daily life in a new country. Kate begins to notice her husband’s suspicious behavior and also becomes suspicious of another American couple they have befriended. As she begins to investigate she becomes nervous they are connected to her past. Mystery lovers will enjoy this novel which keeps them guessing until the very end.
The Elephant Keepers' Children
The setting is the imaginary island of Fino off the coast of Denmark, where the world’s religions live together peacefully. Father is a vicar and Mother is a fine artist. For the second time in the lives of the three siblings, Hans, Tidle and Peter, their very eccentric parents disappear. The youngest, fourteen year old Peter is the narrator. From his precocious view point he describes the weird circumstances and incredible adventures they have finding their parents, while the rest of Denmark is trying to corral them to keep them out of harm’s way. There is a lot of satire, laugh out loud moments and a satisfying ending.
Patron Saint of Lost Dogs
Nick Trout, a veterinarian, writes a delightful story for pet-lovers. Estranged from his father, the vet pathologist Dr. Mills, returns to his hometown after a fourteen year absence. His father's much beloved veterinary practice, which he has left his son, is now debt-ridden and about to be taken over by the bank. Dr. Mills had hoped to sell the business and flee back to his southern retreat, ignoring the past and its memories. Now he’s forced to either give up the business or make an effort to see patients in order to keep it at least temporarily afloat. That might involve getting too close for comfort.
Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha Solomons
Mr. Rosenblum is a Jewish refugee who fled to England from Germany before the outbreak of WWII. He longs to be accepted as a true Englishman. As a profitable businessman, he buys the correct Savile Row suit, a Jaguar, and shops at Fortnum & Mason. But his Jewish background prevents his membership into a golf club, for him the ultimate sign of an English gentleman. In desperation he decides to build his own golf course which proves to be a greater endeavor than anticipated. The character is exasperating at times, but heartwarming overall, especially when you learn the author is writing about her grandfather.
