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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Erich Segal dies
Erich Segal, Classics professor and best-selling author, has dies at age 72. Segal was best known for the novel "Love Story." Read more at The New York Times.
Robert Parker Dies
Robert Parker, best-selling author and creator of "Spenser" novels, has died at age 77. A disciplned and prolific writer, Parker wrote five pages per day every day but Sunday.
"Spenser, spelled “like the poet,” as the character was wont to point out (his first name was never revealed) — was Parker’s signature creation. He appeared for the first time in 1973 in “The Godwulf Manuscript,” in which he is hired by a university to retrieve a stolen medieval document, an investigation that triggers a murder. The first pages of the book revealed much of what readers came to love about Spenser — his impatience with pomposity, his smart-alecky wit, his self-awareness and supreme self-confidence.
“Look, Dr. Forbes,” Spenser says to the long-winded college president who is hiring him. “I went to college once. I don’t wear my hat indoors. And if a clue comes along and bites me on the ankle, I grab it. I am not, however, an Oxford don. I am a private detective. Is there something you’d like me to detect, or are you just polishing up your elocution for next year’s commencement?” (quoted from The New York Times; 1/20/2010).
Read more in the The New York Times or explore Parker's books in the Mac library.
"Spenser, spelled “like the poet,” as the character was wont to point out (his first name was never revealed) — was Parker’s signature creation. He appeared for the first time in 1973 in “The Godwulf Manuscript,” in which he is hired by a university to retrieve a stolen medieval document, an investigation that triggers a murder. The first pages of the book revealed much of what readers came to love about Spenser — his impatience with pomposity, his smart-alecky wit, his self-awareness and supreme self-confidence.
“Look, Dr. Forbes,” Spenser says to the long-winded college president who is hiring him. “I went to college once. I don’t wear my hat indoors. And if a clue comes along and bites me on the ankle, I grab it. I am not, however, an Oxford don. I am a private detective. Is there something you’d like me to detect, or are you just polishing up your elocution for next year’s commencement?” (quoted from The New York Times; 1/20/2010).
Read more in the The New York Times or explore Parker's books in the Mac library.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Miep Gies
Miep Gies, the brave Christian woman who assisted Anne Frank and her family in hiding from the Nazis, has died.
Read more at The New York Times.
Read more at The New York Times.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Booktalk Video Contest
School Library Journal is sponsoring a StoryTube contest for students in which they can create a two minute video promoting a favorite book. Students may work as individuals or as a group.
Visit http://www.storytubes.info/ to learn more!
Visit http://www.storytubes.info/ to learn more!
New Library Books 1/6/2010
New Books – 1/6/2010
200
Manitou and God : North American Indian religions and Christian culture / R. Murray Thomas
300
Adopting maternity : white women who adopt transracially or transnationally / Nora R. Moosnick
Adoption : a reference handbook, 2nd ed. / Barbara Moe
Children in the digital ages : influences of electronic media on development / Sandra L Calvert, et. al.
Health care systems of the developed world : how the United States’ system remains an outlier / Duane A. Matcha
Hospice or hemlock? : searching for heroic compassion / Constance E. Putnam
Too big to fail : policies and practices in government bailouts / Benton E. Gup, ed.
600
Bleeding to ease the pain : cutting, self-injury, and the adolescent search for self / Lori G. Plante
No child left different / Sharna Olfman, ed.
The vaccine controversy : the history, use, and safety of vaccinations / Kurt Link
Reference 800
All things Chaucer : an encyclopedia of Chaucer’s world. 2 volumes / Shannon L. Rogers
200
Manitou and God : North American Indian religions and Christian culture / R. Murray Thomas
300
Adopting maternity : white women who adopt transracially or transnationally / Nora R. Moosnick
Adoption : a reference handbook, 2nd ed. / Barbara Moe
Children in the digital ages : influences of electronic media on development / Sandra L Calvert, et. al.
Health care systems of the developed world : how the United States’ system remains an outlier / Duane A. Matcha
Hospice or hemlock? : searching for heroic compassion / Constance E. Putnam
Too big to fail : policies and practices in government bailouts / Benton E. Gup, ed.
600
Bleeding to ease the pain : cutting, self-injury, and the adolescent search for self / Lori G. Plante
No child left different / Sharna Olfman, ed.
The vaccine controversy : the history, use, and safety of vaccinations / Kurt Link
Reference 800
All things Chaucer : an encyclopedia of Chaucer’s world. 2 volumes / Shannon L. Rogers
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
Katherine Paterson, author of Bridge to Terabithia, has been selected as the national ambassador for young people’s literature. The position is a joint appointment by the Library of Congress’s Center for the Book and Every Child a Reader, a nonprofit group affiliated with the Children’s Book Council, a trade association for children’s book publishers. Paterson has twice been awarded both the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. Read more at The New York Times.
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