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Monday, November 30, 2009
"New York Times" reviewers favorites books of 2009
Michiko Kakutani, Dwight Garner, and Janet Maslin, New York Times book reviewers, each list their ten favorite books of the year.
Biography of boxing-great Sugar Ray Robinson
Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson / Wil Haygood
Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest boxer of the 1940' and 50's. He earned five middleweight and one welterweight title. Robinson also loved jazz, and owned a popular club in Harlem. in 1951, He became the third African American to grace the cover of Time magazine. Read more at the New York Times.
Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest boxer of the 1940' and 50's. He earned five middleweight and one welterweight title. Robinson also loved jazz, and owned a popular club in Harlem. in 1951, He became the third African American to grace the cover of Time magazine. Read more at the New York Times.
Friday, November 20, 2009
The Best of the Best: Flannery O'Connor's short stories named best of National Book Award winners
An online poll conducted by the National Book Foundation named Flannery O'Connor's collection, The Complete Stories, the best work of fiction to receive the National Book Award in the contest's 60-year history. Read more at The New York Times.
Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) was the author of two novels and thirty-two short stories. A native of Milledgeville, Georgia, O'Connor earned a Bachelor's degree from Georgia State College for Women (now known as Georgia College and State University) and was accepted by the Iowa Writer's Workshop. A devout Roman Catholic, her writing often wrestled with issues of morality and ethics.
Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) was the author of two novels and thirty-two short stories. A native of Milledgeville, Georgia, O'Connor earned a Bachelor's degree from Georgia State College for Women (now known as Georgia College and State University) and was accepted by the Iowa Writer's Workshop. A devout Roman Catholic, her writing often wrestled with issues of morality and ethics.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
National Book Awards
Colum McCann won the National Book Award for fiction for Let the Great World Spin.
The award for nonfiction went to T.J. Stiles for The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
The prize for Young People's Literature went to Phillip Hoose for Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice. Claudette Colvin was an African American teen living in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1950's; Colvin refused to give up her seat on a bus nine months before Rose Parks did the same.
Keith Waldrop received the award for poetry for Transcendental studies: a trilogy.
Read more at The New York Times
The award for nonfiction went to T.J. Stiles for The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
The prize for Young People's Literature went to Phillip Hoose for Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice. Claudette Colvin was an African American teen living in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1950's; Colvin refused to give up her seat on a bus nine months before Rose Parks did the same.
Keith Waldrop received the award for poetry for Transcendental studies: a trilogy.
Read more at The New York Times
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
ALA 2009 Best Books for Young Adults
American Library Association 2009 Best Books for Young Adults. Follow the link to see the entire list.
Top Ten List
(** owned by Bishop McNamara Library)
Bowman, Robin. It's Complicated: The American Teenager. Umbrage Editions. 2007. 978-1-884167-69-0 $40.00
Conner, Leslie. Waiting for Normal. HarperTeen/HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-089088-9 $16.99
**de la Pena, Matt. Mexican WhiteBoy. Delacorte. 2008. 978-0-385-73310-6 $15.00
Dowd, Siobhan. Bog Child. Random House/David Fickling Books. 2008. 978-0-385-75169-8
$16.99
**Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Scholastic. 2008. 978-0-439-02348-1 $17.99
Fletcher, Christine. Ten Cents a Dance. Bloomsbury. 2008. 978-1-59990-164-0 $16.95
Monninger, Joseph. Baby. Front Street/Boyd Mills Press. 2007. 978-1-59078-502-7 $16.95
Pratchett, Terry. Nation. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-143302-3 $17.89
Tamaki, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki. Skim. House of Anansi Press / Groundwood Books. 2008. 978-0-88899-753-1 $18.95
**Voorhees, Coert. The Brothers Torres. Disney/Hyperion. 2008. 978-1-4231-0304-2 $16.99
Top Ten List
(** owned by Bishop McNamara Library)
Bowman, Robin. It's Complicated: The American Teenager. Umbrage Editions. 2007. 978-1-884167-69-0 $40.00
Conner, Leslie. Waiting for Normal. HarperTeen/HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-089088-9 $16.99
**de la Pena, Matt. Mexican WhiteBoy. Delacorte. 2008. 978-0-385-73310-6 $15.00
Dowd, Siobhan. Bog Child. Random House/David Fickling Books. 2008. 978-0-385-75169-8
$16.99
**Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Scholastic. 2008. 978-0-439-02348-1 $17.99
Fletcher, Christine. Ten Cents a Dance. Bloomsbury. 2008. 978-1-59990-164-0 $16.95
Monninger, Joseph. Baby. Front Street/Boyd Mills Press. 2007. 978-1-59078-502-7 $16.95
Pratchett, Terry. Nation. HarperCollins. 2008. 978-0-06-143302-3 $17.89
Tamaki, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki. Skim. House of Anansi Press / Groundwood Books. 2008. 978-0-88899-753-1 $18.95
**Voorhees, Coert. The Brothers Torres. Disney/Hyperion. 2008. 978-1-4231-0304-2 $16.99
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Read for College! Read for Life!
The Young Adult Library Services Association has published their 2009 list of Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners. The list includes these categories: Arts & Humanities, History & Cultures, Literature & Language Arts, Science & Technology, and Social Sciences.
It's Twilight in America
November 23 issue of Time features an article about the Twilight movies. Read more at the circulation desk.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Stephen King's Newest Book
Under the Dome, Stephen King's newest book.
“Under the Dome” gravely threatens Stephen King’s status as a mere chart-busting pop cultural phenomenon. It has the scope and flavor of literary Americana, even if Mr. King’s particular patch of American turf is located smack in the middle of the Twilight Zone. It dispenses with his usual scatology and trippy fantasy to deliver a spectrum of credible people with real family ties, health crises, self-destructive habits and political passions." [from The New York Times;accessed 11/13/09]. Read more....
“Under the Dome” gravely threatens Stephen King’s status as a mere chart-busting pop cultural phenomenon. It has the scope and flavor of literary Americana, even if Mr. King’s particular patch of American turf is located smack in the middle of the Twilight Zone. It dispenses with his usual scatology and trippy fantasy to deliver a spectrum of credible people with real family ties, health crises, self-destructive habits and political passions." [from The New York Times;accessed 11/13/09]. Read more....
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Film series?
I am showing the film "Gandhi" for Scholastic Bowl players in several sessions beginning today (Nov 10) right after school until 4: 00 and plan to show the next part next Wenesday afternoon. Any interested Mac people are welcome to my films which are aimed at increasing cultural literacy. The first film I showed was "Amadeus."
The Good Soldiers : a chat with author David Finkel
In 2007, American troops began the surge in Iraq. David Finkel, a Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter for The Washington Post, was embedded for eight months with a battalion from Fort Riley, Kansas. He chronicled the surge from their post on the outskirts of Baghdad. At the center of the story is Col. Ralph Kauzlarich, a tough optimist whose motto is "It's all good."
Mr. Finkel, 54, answered questions this week, via e-mail, from a Times deputy foreign editor, Ian Fisher. Read the entire article at the New York Times.
Mr. Finkel, 54, answered questions this week, via e-mail, from a Times deputy foreign editor, Ian Fisher. Read the entire article at the New York Times.
Friday, November 6, 2009
New member!!!
Madame Linneman and her Fakemagic blog are now part of the Mac Library blog!!!! Party!
Publisher's Weekly's List : Best books of 2009
Publisher's Weekly's list includes NO women authors. Read more at the New York Times.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
New Book
800
Home : American writers remember rooms of their own / edited by Sharon S. Fiffer and Steve Fiffer
Includes stories by Sharon Fiffer; Jane Smiley; Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Esmeralda Santiago; Bailey White and others.
Home : American writers remember rooms of their own / edited by Sharon S. Fiffer and Steve Fiffer
Includes stories by Sharon Fiffer; Jane Smiley; Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Esmeralda Santiago; Bailey White and others.
Monday, November 2, 2009
New books 11/02/09
300
50 ways to help you community : a handbook for change / Steve Fiffer and Sharon Fiffer
600
The boy who harnessed the wind : creating currents of electricity and hope / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
In poverty-stricken rural Malawi, Kamkwamba used discarded motor parts, PVC pipe, and a bicycle wheel to build a windmill. For his community, “a windmill meant more than just power, it was freedom.”
(Amazon.com ; 11/02/09)
800
The Canterbury tales / Geoffrey Chaucer ; translated by David Wright
The Canterbury tales [Norton critical edition]
Fiction
Splendor : a Luxe novel / Anna Godbersen
The continuing saga of socialites, romance, and intrigue set in old New York. The fourth book in a series.
50 ways to help you community : a handbook for change / Steve Fiffer and Sharon Fiffer
600
The boy who harnessed the wind : creating currents of electricity and hope / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
In poverty-stricken rural Malawi, Kamkwamba used discarded motor parts, PVC pipe, and a bicycle wheel to build a windmill. For his community, “a windmill meant more than just power, it was freedom.”
(Amazon.com ; 11/02/09)
800
The Canterbury tales / Geoffrey Chaucer ; translated by David Wright
The Canterbury tales [Norton critical edition]
Fiction
Splendor : a Luxe novel / Anna Godbersen
The continuing saga of socialites, romance, and intrigue set in old New York. The fourth book in a series.
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