What does 2011 have in store? This might just be the perfect year to reinvent yourself and become the person you always wanted to be. Here are some suggested titles: ”The Best Year of Your Life : Dream It, Plan It, Live It,” by Debbie Ford. ”Your Best Life Now : 7 Steps to Living [...]
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World War I was a military conflict that began in the summer of 1914. The fighting ended in late 1918. This conflict involved all of the world’s great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies and the Central Powers. Stanley Weintraub’s Silent Night: the Story of the World War I Christmas Truce – History [...]
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What we eat really does matter, as well as how we eat it. In the age of the fast food drive-in, perhaps it would benefit us to explore the concept of meals as a form of feasting–not in the sense of huge portions of special holiday foods, but in a social and spiritual context. Here [...]
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Celebrate this centuries-old form of Japanese poetry on December 21st. Haiku is a very short and traditionally about the seasons. You will find this popular poetry is a change of pace from the rhythmic, rhyming poetry you may be used to reading. After you enjoy reading some of the Haiku books we have at the [...]
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It is now approximately two years to December 21, 2012. The End of Time : the Maya Mystery of 2012 is one of the new titles the library has on this subject. Anthony Aveni explores the theories of 2012, explains their origins, and measures them objectively against evidence unearthed by Maya archaeologists, iconographers, and epigraphers. [...]
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The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the morning of December 7, 1941. Gordon Prange, in At Dawn We Slept, includes details of the pre-attack politics of the US and of Japan. The great Japanese [...]
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The History and Humanities Division of Main Library has a large collection of play scripts. One of our newer plays is The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow. The 39 Steps, is Broadway’s longest running comedy, playing its 500th performance on Broadway, May 19th, 2009! Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of [...]
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Find information here about the many education and training-related opportunities available to Veterans, Service Members and their families, including job training, scholarships, tuition assistance programs, the GI Bill and the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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Getting ready for the holidays and perhaps feeling a little disjointed? Perhaps we could all use a little dose of harmony. Our library collection includes a myriad of thought-provoking titles to ponder: “A Thousand Names for Joy : Living in Harmony With the Way Things Are,” by Byron Katie “Compassionate Living for Healing, Wholeness & Harmony,” by [...]
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