New Audiobooks

Our library has received three new audiobooks you can check out for three weeks at a time. A great way to readh while relaxing or driving.

They are:

Shakespeare the world as Stage written and read by Bill Bryson. In his witty and funny way, Bryson delves into the mysteries and turns of phrase that epiltomize the Bard. 6 hours of thought provoking British fun.

Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian is a new fiction audiobook purchased for your enjoyment.

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver is used by our English 350 class. Now for those students who would prefer to hear someone else read the book to this, thei story about heartache and survival is ready to check out.

Come find your perfect book

New Book Reviews by Lisa Saatzer

Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves; Women in Classical Antiquity

By: Sarah B Pomeroy

This book has long been a favorite ‘extra credit’ book for the History class. It contains a thorough overview of the condition of women in classical times. Women were fear and revered; subjugated and elevated; repressed, possessed, used and abused. As women today struggle with issues of sexism, feminism, and subtle discrimination, a good look back helps us to see the progress of the feminine sex; and to appreciate with greater depth, our own lives.


Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue; The Untold History of English

By: John Mc Whorter

Why in the world would someone want to write a book about English? Haven’t we had enough of all the rules of English in our English classes? Who made all these rules anyway? Discover the origins and events that shaped the English language. If we plan to follow the rules of English, it’s a good idea to find out where they came from. Surprisingly, the source isn’t as dignified as we think it is. Follow the epic of evolution of the code with which we communicate.


Relapse Prevention; Maintenance Strategies in the Treatment of Addictive Behaviors.

Edited by: G. Alan Marlatt and Dennis M. Donovan

If you are working toward a career in law enforcement, rehabilitation, corrections, nursing, or education; just to name a few, this book contains information that will be both practical and effective. All of us have been touched by addiction in some way, and we all ask the same questions of, ‘Why won’t they stop?’, and, ‘What can I do?’. This book contains not only information about drug addiction, but also other addictive behaviors such as eating disorders, gambling, and sexual behavior.


Violent Partners; A Breakthrough Plan For Ending The Cycle Of Abuse

By: Linda Mills, J.D., Ph. D

What if violent behavior between partners isn’t man against woman? What about battered husbands? What about same sex partners? Linda Mills addresses issues of domestic violence that won’t fit neatly into a system designed to help; in some of these unconventional cases, the system actually makes thing worse. The author proposes ideas to help victims and perpetrators of domestic violence with healing and empowerment rather than punishment.

Graphic Novels for things hard to understand

We got in 9 Graphic Books (using a comic book style) which will help college students to make better sense of some subjects that are often hard to grasp: Shakespeare and Politics.

We have a collection of eight illustrated Shakespeare books: with text from the plays. Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Hamlet and The Tempest.

Also the Graphic Diary of the Campaign Trail, 2008.

New Art Books

We are adding the books we ordered last year to our shelves. Today we have two books about art:
Making a Living in Crafts : Everything you need to know to Build your Business by Donald Clark is a beautiful full color book with chapters detailing every aspect of making a living while making your art.

Handbuilding by Michael Hardy is full of photographs showing the steps to creating beautiful ceramics with the handbuilding method. A great book for the potter ready to go to the next level.

Selfishness is ruining politics

Newsweek had several interesting ideas that could help pull our economy out of this recession we are having. The first article is some suggestions by Fareed Zakaria who suggested three simple ways we could eliminate our national debt. Read the article, Defusing the debt bomb. Then Evan Thomas Jumped in and pointed out that our political system is at a standstill because of our selfishness. The article is called We the Problem. I especially liked this paragraph:


"The problem is not the system. It's us—our "got mine" culture of entitlement. Politicians, never known for their bravery, precisely represent the people. Our leaders are paralyzed by the very thought of asking their constituents to make short-term sacrifices for long-term rewards. They cannot bring themselves to raise taxes on the middle class or cut Social Security and medical benefits for the elderly. They'd get clobbered at the polls. So any day of reckoning gets put off, and put off again, and the debts pile up."