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Posted by JDavanza on Fri, Jan 16
This year’s RARI (Reading Across RI) title is Five Skies by Ron Carlson. An excellent article appeared recently in a Newport paper about the book and the author. Look for the Barrington Library RARI program series, starting in just a few weeks!
Posted by JDavanza on Thu, Jan 15
Event NotebookJanuary 2009
Expert
Coming up soon and going on well into the spring, we’ll be bringing in a Professor of Strategy and Policy from the U.S. Naval War College to lecture on The War for American Independence. Dr. Stanley Carpenter is a United States Naval Officer, Active and Reserve since 1979, and an expert on British Military and Naval History and the American Revolutionary War, and if you saw his resume like I did, I can pretty much guarantee that you’d be...
Posted by JDavanza on Mon, Jan 12
Here’s good news from a recent study concerning adult reading.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/11/AR2009011102337.html?hpid=features1&hpv=national
Actually, we’ve been seeing this positive trend for a while at the library. Our adult reading circulation has been rising steadily for more than a year. Check out a good book today!
Posted by JDavanza on Fri, Jan 09
Looking for something good to read?
Who isn’t?
Want to save money?
Who doesn’t?
Well, the best deal is borrowing a book from the library.
The next best deal?
Buying a book at the library’s ongoing book sale. All books are just 50 cents or a dollar. And they’re all good books!
All proceeds benefit the library … now that’s a good deal!
Posted by JDavanza on Thu, Jan 08
It’s cold and wintry outside, but a huge smiling sun just got delivered to me in the form of a warm and friendly letter from one of our favorite library users, Mr. Bo Jamiel. Mr. Jamiel has given the library many generous donations, but what always pleases us most are his kind words and his wonderful sense of humor. Here’s an excerpt from a recent letter from Mr. Jamiel that made everyone’s day here at the library:
“Dear Ms. Barchi and Employees of Barrington Public Library:
I’m...
Posted by JDavanza on Wed, Dec 31
The library is closing at 2 PM on Wednesday, December 31, due to storm conditions. We are closed New Year’s Day and will reopen Friday, January 2.
Posted by JDavanza on Mon, Dec 29
directorsnotebook:
Director’s notebook
January, 2009
Hear the name Sherlock Holmes, and you think “world’s greatest detective”, right? Hear the name Vidocq and you think… well, I don’t know what you think, but I didn’t have any immediate associations with the name. Perhaps if I’d been French I might have, for it appears that Vidocq is France’s answer to Sherlock...
Posted by KChin on Mon, Dec 29
Director’s notebook
January, 2009
Hear the name Sherlock Holmes, and you think “world’s greatest detective”, right? Hear the name Vidocq and you think… well, I don’t know what you think, but I didn’t have any immediate associations with the name. Perhaps if I’d been French I might have, for it appears that Vidocq is France’s answer to Sherlock Holmes, except that...
Posted by JDavanza on Mon, Dec 29
ComicsJanuary 2009
Buyer Beware
I eagerly snapped up Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel the moment that I saw it on the shelves in the Teen Room. I couldn’t remember where I saw a review of her 2006 graphic novel—I had, somewhere—but having pored through bunches of her Dykes to Watch Out For strips years back, I was excited to see what she could do with long-form cartooning. In Dykes to Watch Out For, Bechdel offers a warm, engaging and...
Posted by JDavanza on Tue, Dec 23
A recent novel in translation has been compared to the writings of Proust. The Elegance of a Hedgehog takes a look at the life of the mind through the lives of some very unusual characters. Want to take a look? Check it out at the Library!
