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....

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.

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.

New Book

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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.

New books 11/02/09

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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)

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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.