Monday, July 14, 2008

Bureau of Braille & Talking Book Library Services: 2008 Address Change

From the Florida Department of Education:

The Bureau has a new mailing address as of July 1, 2008. Mail sent to our old address will be delivered until 2010. Our new address is:

Bureau of Braille & Talking Book Library Services
421 Platt Street
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-2803

The web address for the Bureau has also been changed. The new address is:
http://dbs.myflorida.com/library/index.php

The address for the web catalog & ordering system is:
http://www.klas.com/talkingbooks/florida.com

Our phone number remains the same:
1-800-226-6075


2008 Summer Reading Program at Marathon Middle/High School

Melody Dodamead gave us the list for your Summer Reading Program. Just to remind you…


"Students enrolled in regular reading or English choose ONE book from the appropriate grade level list; students enrolled in ADVANCED reading or HONORS English choose TWO books from the appropriate grade level list, including at least one selection from the starred Advanced/Honors choices.

* DE English and Advanced Placement English students have separate lists. They are to see Mr. Schubert for A.P. Literature (room 2206) and Ms. Baldino (room 2205) for D.E. English summer reading assignments."



Here’s the list. ENJOY!

Grade 6 Reading

Almond, David
* Skellig

Choldenko, Gennifer
* Al Capone Does My Shirts

Fox, Paula
*One-Eyed Cat

Funke, Cornelia
* The Thief Lord

Gantos, Jack
* Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key

Konigsburg, E L
* The View from Saturday

Peck, Richard
* A Year Down Yonder

Philbrick, Rodman
* The Last Book in the Universe

Soto, Gary
* Baseball in April


**Recommended for 6th grade Advanced Reading

Avi
* Crispin: The Cross of Lead

Hesse, Karen
* Out of the Dust

O'Dell, Scott
* Sarah Bishop

Grade 7 Reading

Adams, Richard
* Watership Down

Bauer, Marion Dane
* On My Honor

Danziger, Paula
* The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

Dessen, Sara
* Just Listen

Farmer, Nancy
* The Sea of Trolls

Howe, James
* Misfits

Mikaelsen, Ben
* Stranded

Pullman, Philip
* Subtle Knife

Riordan, Rick
* The Lightening Thief


**Recommended for 7th grade Advanced Reading

Dahl, Roald
* Boy : Tales of Childhood (Autobiography)

Spinelli, Jerry
* Knots in my Yo-Yo String


Grade 8 Reading

Cooney, Caroline
* The Face on the Milk Carton

Haddix, Margaret Peterson
* Running Out of Time

King, Stephen
* Thinner

Korman, Gordon
* No More Dead Dogs

Pelzer, Dave
* A Child Called It (Adult non-fiction, 362.76 PEL)
* The Lost Boy (Adult non-fiction, 361.7609 PEL)

Speare, Elizabeth George
* Sign of the Beaver

Windsor, Patricia
* The Blooding

Woodson, Jacqueline
* I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This


**Recommended for 8th grade Advanced Reading

Avi
* Nothing But the Truth

Collier, James & Chris
* My Brother Sam is Dead

Snicket, Lemony
* The Grim Grotto


English l

Bradbury, Ray
* Dandelion Wine
* The Illustrated Man

Colfer, Eoin
* The Wish List

Going, K L
* Fat Kid Rules the World

Lipsyte, Robert
* The Contender

Paolini, Christopher
* Eragon

Patterson, James
* Maximum Ride

Smith, Roland
* Peak


**Recommended for Honors English l

Albom, Mitch
* Tuesdays with Morrie

Mezrich, Ben
* Bringing Down the House

Twain, Mark
* Huckleberry Finn, also listed as
* The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn


English ll

Brashares, Ann
* Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Krakauer, Jon
* Into Thin Air

Malamud, Bernard
* The Natural

McCaffrey, Anne
* Dragonsong

Paolini, Christopher
* Eldest

Roberts, Willo Davis
* Hostage

Sparks, Nicholas
* The Notebook

Stewart, Mary
* The Crystal Cave Series is available as
*** Mary Stewart’s Merlin Trilogy, and also under the titles:
***** The Crystal Cave (First book in the trilogy)
***** The Hollow Hills (Second book in the trilogy)
***** The Last Enchantment (Third book in the trilogy)

Swift, Jonathan
* Gulliver's Travels


**Recommended for Honors English ll

Potok, Chaim
* The Chosen

Tan, Amy
* Joy Luck Club


English lll

Alten, Steve
* Meg

Alvarez, Julia
* How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent

Chbosky, Stephen
* The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Giles, Gail
* Shattering Glass

Hersey, John
* Hiroshima (Adult non-fiction, 940.5425 HER)

Kidd, Sue M
* The Secret Life of Bees

King, Stephen
* The Stand

Sebold, Alice
* The Lovely Bones

Wells, H G
* The Time Machine


English lV

Allende, Isabel
* The House of the Spirits

Haddon, Mark
* The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Haley, Alex
* Roots (Adult non-fiction 929.2 HAL)

Hosseini, Kheled
* The Kite Runner

McCourt, Frank
* Angela's Ashes (Adult non-fiction 929.2089 MCC)

Morrison, Toni
* Beloved

Niffenegger, Audrey
* The Time Traveler’s Wife

Peretti, Frank
* This Present Darkness

Sinclair, Upton
* The Jungle : The Uncensored Original Edition

2 Cool 4 School : 2008 Summer Program for the School-Age Crowd

Marathon Public Library Presents 2 Cool 4 School : 2008 Summer Program for the School-Age Crowd

Thursday Mornings, 10-11 A.M.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

* July 17 – LAND OF THE INCA, AZTEC, AND MAYA
Stories from Central and South America.


* July 24 – AFRICAN ODYSSEY
Journey up the Nile! Explore the world’s greatest continent through its stories, myths, and legends.

* July 31 – THE JOURNEY OF CHONCEY CONCH
A program of instruments, books and music from the Caribbean with author Bryan Mays and illustrator Mary Jo Seagrist. Enjoy this tale of the Caribbean as you sing and dance to reggae and calypso music.

* August 7 – MOVIE: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
An award-winning, animated adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s classic book. Enjoy the wacky adventures of Toad, Mole, and Badger on the big screen!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

It’s cooler at the Library. So please join us!

Marathon Public Library is located at 3251 Overseas Highway, mile marker 48.7.

Questions? Call us at (305) 743-5156.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Marathon Library still in business, at least for the next year

Now that the July 2nd BOCC meeting has come and gone, we can all let out the collective breath we were holding--at least until the next time. The uproar created by the entire Keys’ community made a difference. Unless, of course, the threat of Libray and Social Services closures was a feint, a figurative pail of cold water in our “taxpayer” faces to wake us up and make us deal with real-life facts.

As citizens, and voters in Monroe County, we must understand that a certain amount of tax money must be collected to cover the County’s provision of services. Otherwise, we’ll lose things such as our libraries, veterans’ services, and the like. All the things that make life worth living here -- all part of the Community Services Division in Monroe County -- must be paid for by us.

By our reactions to the threat of library closures, we showed the BOCC that we’re willing to pay for services we, the citizens, hold dear. But did they, and the new County Administrator, also understand that we’re tired of being taxed for unneeded, and sometimes grandiose, projects that THEY dream up? I wonder.

Do the BOCC and County Administrator understand that the ordinary citizens of Monroe County -- and the U.S. in general -- are desperately trying to deal with the economy-wide inflationary tidal wave caused by the constantly increasing prices of all petroleum-based products? At the same time, recessionary forces are at work, too. Folks are afraid of losing their jobs, or if they keep their jobs, of not being able to meet all of their much higher living / working expenses.

Please BOCC, don’t start any new buildings or things of that sort. If you spent less on Capital Expenditures (is that what it’s called?) wouldn’t there be more money for the rest of the budget, for the services the County NEEDS to provide for its citizens? We need the police and emergency folks. We need the courts. We need the teachers. We need the Community Services, but you, BOCC, also need us.

You need us to bag your groceries, to fix your cars, to wait on you in stores and restarants, to check out your library books. If you take care of us by using our tax monies wisely so we don’t have to leave the Keys, then we’ll be here to take care of you.

Thanks.


[The opinions expressed in this posting were submitted by one of gobbysml.blogspot.com readers. It wasn’t approved by the Marathon Library staff or any other Monroe County employee.]

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

2008-02-19 Newly Acquired items for the Monroe County Library System

Once a title shows up in the Monroe County online catalog, you can put in a REQUEST for that item. The item usually isn’t in your local library, yet, but it will be soon. If you’ve already requested it, you’ll be among the first patrons to check it out.

Before you try to put in any REQUESTS, be sure to click on the MY ACCOUNT tab on the SEARCH page. Enter your library card barcode (the number is on the back of the card, it starts out with the numerals 29072), and then SEARCH for the titles you want.

How to understand the listing below:

* Column 1 = Call No. which consists of:

1. the first letter of the author’s last name if it's an Easy Reader for the Youngest Generation, otherwise it's the first 3 letters of the author's last name (if it's fiction such as an audio book) or the first 3 letters of the title (if it’s a movie, etc.), or

2. the author's entire last name if it’s a BOOK of fiction, or

3. Dewey Decimal Numbers—those numbers on the lower part of the spine of the book—if it’s non-fiction, or

4. the last name of the person the book is written about if it's an autobiography or biography

* Column 2 = Title

NOTE: Reference books MAY NOT be checked out. But, if you need them, you may look at them in the library.

These items were all added to our catalog through February 16th. ENJOY!

AUDIO BOOK (Recorded on CDs)

WOO -- Beverly Hills dead
WOO -- Shoot him if he runs


ADULT BIOGRAPHY – NEW

CASTRO -- Fidel Castro : my life : a spoken autobiography /
LONGTACK SAM -- The magical life of Long Tack Sam /


ADULT FICTION

HEMINGWAY -- The short stories /
JANCE -- Edge of evil /
PERETTI -- House /


ADULT FICTION – NEW

BAXTER -- The soul thief /
BEATON -- Death of a gentle lady /
BECKA -- Unknown means /
BOCK -- Beautiful children : a novel /
BORN -- Burn zone /
CHOI -- A person of interest : a novel /
COBB -- Shavetail : a novel /
CORNWELL -- Book of the dead /
DIVAKARUNI -- The palace of illusions : a novel /
EASTER SMITH -- Daughter of York /
FLYNN -- Protect and defend : a thriller /
FORD -- Nameless night /
FOWLER -- Souvenir : a novel /
GREELEY -- Irish tiger : a Nuala Anne McGrail novel /
GROFF -- The monsters of Templeton /
IAGNEMMA -- The expeditions /
JOHNSON -- And sometimes why /
MAY -- The killing room /
MICHENER -- Matecumbe /
MILLHAUSER -- Dangerous laughter : thirteen stories /
MINA -- Slip of the knife : a novel /
PALMER -- The first patient /
PERROTTA -- The abstinence teacher /
ROBB -- Strangers in death /
SCOTTOLINE -- Lady killer /
SMITH -- Judas horse : an FBI special agent Ana Grey mystery /
TOLTZ -- A fraction of the whole /


ADULT FLORIDA SHELF NONFICTION – NEW

591.9759 NEW -- Florida's unexpected wildlife : exotic species, living fossils, and mythical beasts in the Sunshine State /
728.3709 LIN -- Key West : a tropical lifestyle /


ADULT NONFICTION OVERSIZE

741.45 PIK -- Oil painting, a direct approach /


ADULT NONFICTION

363.2076 DOE -- Study guide for the Florida law enforcement officer's certification examination /
391.2 HAL -- Target underwear and a Vera Wang gown : notes from a single girl's closet /
569.9 JOR -- Neanderthal : Neanderthal man and the story of human origins /
582.16 PAK -- The remarkable Baobab /


ADULT NONFICTION – NEW

155.6713 LEA -- Where did I leave my glasses? : the what, when, and why of normal memory loss /
155.937 YAL -- Staring at the sun : overcoming the terror of death /
232 CHO -- The third Jesus : the Christ we cannot ignore /
306.362 DEW -- Inheriting the trade : a Northern family confronts its legacy as the largest slave-trading dynasty in U.S. history /
323.442 NUS -- Liberty of conscience : in defense of America's tradition of religious equality /
333.9111 BAR -- Blue covenant : the global water crisis and the coming battle for the right to water /
351.34 SUL -- Gotcha capitalism : how hidden fees rip you off every day, and what you can do about it /
362.2909 SON -- Her last death : a memoir /
363.7387 BOW -- Censoring science : inside the political attack on Dr. James Hansen and the truth of global warming /
364.106 BRE -- The good rat : a true story /
382.71 CHA -- Bad Samaritans : the myth of free trade and the secret history of capitalism /
591.5 BEK -- The emotional lives of animals : a leading scientist explores animal joy, sorrow, and empathy--and why they matter /
613.25 TRU -- The weight loss cure "they" don't want you to know about /
616.1205 MIE -- Heart smart for black women and Latinas : a 5-week program for living a heart-healthy lifestyle /
616.831 WHI -- The myth of Alzheimer's : what you aren't being told about today's most dreaded diagnosis /
616.978 NAK -- The autoimmune epidemic : bodies gone haywire in a world out of balance--and the cutting-edge science that promises hope /
618.2 GRE -- Raising baby green : the earth-friendly guide to pregnancy, childbirth, and baby care /
636.7 SAK -- Paws & effect : the healing power of dogs /
641.5631 KAS -- WomenHeart's all heart family cookbook : featuring the 40 foods proven to promote heart health /
641.5973 SEI -- Deceptively delicious : simple secrets to get your kids eating good food /
746.434 HUB -- Plus size crochet : fashions that fit & flatter /
781.6609 KEN -- Rock on /
791.4309 HAR -- Pictures at a revolution : five movies and the birth of the new Hollywood /
916.2045 MAH -- Down the Nile : alone in a fisherman's skiff /
956.7044 ZAN -- City of widows : an Iraqi woman's account of war and resistance /
956.9405 STR -- Israel at sixty : a pictorial and oral history of a nation reborn /


ADULT REFERENCE (Not available for checkout)

317.3 UNI -- Statistical abstract of the United States /
328.73 OFF -- Official congressional directory /
343.7305 SCH -- How to pay zero taxes, 2008 /
346.7301 HAM -- The complete prenuptial agreement kit (ROM) /
362.1969 AID -- AIDS sourcebook : basic consumer health information about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), featuring updated statistics and facts about risks, prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatments, side effects
363.325 NET -- The Greenhaven encyclopedia of terrorism /
423 WEB -- Webster's New World dictionary /
567.937 EVE -- Sea monsters : prehistoric creatures of the deep /
576.839 ANG -- Life in the universe /
629.45 ANG -- Human spaceflight /
635.9523 TEA -- Tropical & garden flower identification /
636.71 COI -- The dog breed bible /
920.03 CUR -- Current biography.


YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVELS (Comic book style novels)

741.5971 OMA -- Scott Pilgrim gets it together /


JUVENILE BIOGRAPHY

ROWLING -- J.K. Rowling : the wizard behind Harry Potter /


JUVENILE BIOGRAPHY OVERSIZE

LONGWORTH -- What to do about Alice? : how Alice Roosevelt broke the rules, charmed the world, and drove her father Teddy crazy! /


EASY READER

A -- See how I feel /
C -- Diary of a fly /
G -- Orange pear apple bear /
R -- Little Hoot /
W -- Today I will fly! /


EASY READER OVERSIZE

H -- Red truck /
L -- My friend, the starfinder /
N -- Wow! School! /
S -- Barbie Princess tales : the essential guide /
W -- Cottonball Colin /


JUVENILE FICTION

CREECH -- The Castle Corona /
DOWD -- The London Eye mystery /
HARLOW -- Blown away! /
HENNESY -- Pandora gets jealous /
STINE -- Deep trouble /
STINE -- Ghost in the mirror /


JUVENILE NONFICTION OVERSIZE

292.13 EVA -- Mythology : the gods, heroes, and monsters of ancient Greece /


JUVENILE REFERENCE (Not available for checkout)

394.261 CHA -- Celebrating Chinese New Year : an activity book /


LARGE PRINT BIOGRAPHY – NEW

GREENSPAN -- The age of turbulence : adventures in a new world


LARGE PRINT FICTION – NEW

DENNIS -- The landlord's black-eyed daughter /
LONDON -- Guiding light. Jonathan's story /
MACOMBER -- Heart of Texas. Volume 2 /
PARKER -- L.A. outlaws : a novel /


LARGE PRINT NONFICTION – NEW

362.4109 KUR -- Crashing through a story of risk, adventure, and the man who dared to see /
818.5407 BRO -- God save the Sweet Potato Queens


MOVIES – DVDs

ACR -- Across the universe
ALR -- Already dead
ASS -- The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford
BEC -- Becoming Jane
BRA -- The brave one
DAY -- Days of glory (indigenes)
EAR -- Earth vs. the flying saucers
EAS -- Eastern promises
ELE -- Election
ELI -- Elizabeth the golden age /
GAM -- The game plan
GOL -- Golden door
GON -- Gone baby gone
HAM -- Hamish Macbeth. Series two
HOS -- The host
IT -- It came from beneath the sea
MAR -- The best of the Dean Martin variety show
MIC -- Michael Clayton
MON -- Monroe County Planning Commission Meeting
MON -- Board of County Commissioners Meeting
NAK -- The naked prey
OPE -- The operator
PAY -- Payday
RED -- Red Road
SUN -- Sunshine
SUN -- Sunshine state
THI -- The 13th warrior
VAL -- In the valley of Elah
VOL -- Volver
WAR -- War
WE -- We own the night
WIL -- Wild strawberries
WIN -- The wind that shakes the barley


CHILDREN’S MOVIES – DVDs

ARI -- The aristocats
FLU -- Flushed away
HAN -- Hannah Montana Livin' the Rock Star Life,
MAN -- The many adventures of Winnie the Pooh
PIG -- Piglet's big movie


CHILDREN’S MUSICAL RECORDING – CDs

JIN -- Jingle bell jam


PARENTING COLLECTION – ADULT BOOK

371.9 MCV -- Ideas, samples & designs : helping all students learn successfully in general education /


PARENTING COLLECTION – JUVENILE BOOK

111.85 SNO -- You are beautiful /
155.2 SNO -- You are important /
155.232 SNO -- You are brave /


YOUNG ADULT FICTION – NEW

COONEY -- Diamonds in the shadow /


YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION OVERSIZE – NEW

956.94 WOL -- Homeland : the illustrated history of the state of Israel /

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

2008-01-29 Newly Acquired items for the Monroe County Library System

Once a title shows up in the Monroe County online catalog, you can put in a REQUEST for that item. The item usually isn’t in your local library, yet, but it will be soon. If you’ve already requested it, you’ll be among the first patrons to check it out.

Before you try to put in any REQUESTS, be sure to click on the MY ACCOUNT tab on the SEARCH page. Enter your library card barcode (the number is on the back of the card, it starts out with the numerals 29072), and then SEARCH for the titles you want.

How to understand the listing below:

* Column 1 = Call No. which consists of:

1. the first letter of the author’s last name if it's an Easy Reader for the Youngest Generation, otherwise it's the first 3 letters of the author's last name (if it's fiction such as an audio book) or the first 3 letters of the title (if it’s a movie, etc.), or

2. the author's entire last name if it’s a BOOK of fiction, or

3. Dewey Decimal Numbers—those numbers on the lower part of the spine of the book—if it’s non-fiction, or

4. the last name of the person the book is written about if it's an autobiography or biography

* Column 2 = Title

NOTE: Reference books MAY NOT be checked out. But, if you need them, you may look at them in the library.

These items were all added to our catalog January 24th through January 28th. ENJOY!

AUDIO BOOK (Recorded on CDs)

COB -- Deal breaker
CON -- The overlook a novel /
COU -- Double take an FBI thriller /
EVA -- The full box
KEL -- Obsession
MAR -- Sleeping beauty
MEY -- The penny a novel /
ROB -- High noon
SAN -- Invisible prey


ADULT BIOGRAPHY – NEW

LEE -- Made from scratch /


ADULT FICTION

ADAIR -- Edge of darkness /
HEMINGWAY -- For whom the bell tolls /
MCEWAN -- Amsterdam /


ADULT FICTION – NEW

AULT -- Wild inferno /
BOCK -- Beautiful children : a novel /
BRAVO -- Tropicargo : the flight of the twin Beech driver /
CALDWELL -- The pig did it /
CARCATERRA -- Chasers : a novel /
D'SOUZA -- The Konkans /
DORSEY -- Atomic lobster /
DU BOUCHERON -- The voyage of the Short Serpent /
FRANKLIN -- Mistress of the art of death /
FREUD -- Love falls /
GOLDSTONE -- The anatomy of deception /
GOTTLIEB -- Now you see him /
GRISHAM -- The appeal /
RICE -- Light of the moon /
SAKEY -- At the city's edge /
SCHWARTZ -- The commoner : a novel /
SEWELL -- Ice trap : a novel of suspense /


ADULT FLORIDA SHELF NONFICTION

582.1609 WIL -- Florida's fabulous trees : their stories /
796.6409 OSW -- Bicycling in Florida : the cyclist's road and off-road guide /


ADULT NONFICTION OVERSIZE

523.2 TRE -- Other worlds : images of the cosmos from earth and space /
591.513 INT -- Intelligence in animals.
294.35 BST -- Healing anger : the power of patience from a Buddhist perspective /
362.2938 NAR -- Narcotics Anonymous.
362.2938 NAR -- It works, how and why : the twelve steps and twelve traditions of Narcotics Anonymous.
613.7 YOU -- The PH miracle for weight loss : balance your body chemistry, achieve your idea weight /
616.8527 WEI -- Yoga for depression : a compassionate guide to relieve suffering through Yoga /
618.24 EIS -- What to expect when you're expecting /
635.7 Gar -- The complete book of herbs & spices /
636.0887 DEN -- Animal magnetism : at home with celebrities & their animal companions /
641.5 KIT -- Kitchen secrets : tips, tricks, techniques & recipes.
686.224 FEL -- The complete manual of typography : a guide to setting perfect type /
747.78 BAT -- Bathroom idea file /
747.78 BET -- Better Homes and Gardens baths.
956.6201 AKC -- A shameful act : the Armenian genocide and the question of Turkish responsibility /
973.92 OUR -- Our glorious century.
975.901 LYO -- Search for the Motherload of the Atocha /


ADULT NONFICTION – NEW

343.7304 EST -- Tax this! : an insider's guide to standing up to the IRS /
398.4109 HID -- The hidden world : survival of pagan shamanic themes in European fairytales /
551.6 LYN -- Six degrees : our future on a hotter planet /
613.0424 GOL -- Dr. Nieca Goldberg's complete guide to women's health /
616.212 WYN -- 100 questions & answers about sinusitis and other sinus diseases /
616.831 WHI -- The myth of Alzheimer's : what you aren't being told about today's most dreaded diagnosis /
618.2 ROS -- Relieving pelvic pain during and after pregnancy : how women can heal chronic pelvic instability /
641.5973 VIL -- Kitchen literacy : how we lost knowledge of where food comes from and why we need to get it back /
792.028 CHA -- The house that Hugh Laurie built : an unauthorized biography and episode guide /
818.5402 KOP -- Sedaris /
940.5421 STA -- The first day of the blitz : September 7, 1940 /


AUDIO BOOKS for KIDS (Recorded on CDs)

COL -- Airman
FRE -- Who was first? [discovering the Americas] /


JUVENILE BIOGRAPHY

ROWLING -- J.K. Rowling : the wizard behind Harry Potter /

EASY READER

B -- Little boy with a big horn /
L -- Mini Mia and her darling uncle /


JUVENILE FICTION

CODELL -- Hanukkah, shmanukkah! /
GREENBERG -- Secrets of Dripping Fang. Book one, The Onts /
KING -- The quantum July /
KINNEY -- Diary of a wimpy kid : Rodrick rules /
MAZER -- Home is where the heart is /
REX -- The true meaning of Smekday /
THALER -- Black lagoon adventures : special edition, books 1-7 /


JUVENILE NONFICTION

910.45 MAY -- Pirates! : raiders of the high seas /


YOUNG ADULT AUDIO BOOK (Recorded on CDs)

BRA -- The sweet far thing


YOUNG ADULT FICTION – NEW

BRANDE -- Evolution, me & other freaks of nature /
CORNWELL -- Carpe diem /
DUEY -- Skin hunger /
EASTON -- White magic : spells to hold you : a novel /
GODBERSEN -- The luxe /
RESAU -- Red glass /
SEDGWICK -- My swordhand is singing /
ZARR -- Sweethearts /

Thursday, January 24, 2008

2008-01-24 Newly Acquired items for the Monroe County Library System

Once a title shows up in the Monroe County online catalog, you can put in a REQUEST for that item. The item usually isn’t in your local library, yet, but it will be soon. If you’ve already requested it, you’ll be among the first patrons to check it out.

Before you try to put in any REQUESTS, be sure to click on the MY ACCOUNT tab on the SEARCH page. Enter your library card barcode (the number is on the back of the card, it starts out with the numerals 29072), and then SEARCH for the titles you want.

How to understand the listing below:

* Column 1 = Call No. which consists of:

1. the first letter of the author’s last name if it's an Easy Reader for the Youngest Generation, otherwise it's the first 3 letters of the author's last name (if it's fiction such as an audio book) or the first 3 letters of the title (if it’s a movie, etc.), or

2. the author's entire last name if it’s a BOOK of fiction, or

3. Dewey Decimal Numbers—those numbers on the lower part of the spine of the book—if it’s non-fiction, or

4. the last name of the person the book is written about if it's an autobiography or biography

* Column 2 = Title

NOTE: Reference books MAY NOT be checked out. But, if you need them, you may look at them in the library.

These items were all added to our catalog January 23rd. ENJOY!

AUDIO BOOK (Recorded on CDs)

CLI -- Giving how each of us can change the world /
GRA -- T is for trespass
KAL -- Heavens above stars, constellations, and the sky /
MAD -- The Catholic Church in the modern age
SHU -- High seas, high stakes naval battles that changed history /
YOU -- The building blocks of human life understanding mature cells and stem cells /


ADULT BIOGRAPHY – NEW

MARTIN -- Born standing up : a comic's life /


ADULT FICTION – NEW

BALDACCI -- Stone cold /
BROWN -- The purrfect murder : a Mrs. Murphy mystery /
BROWN -- Play dirty /
ESTLEMAN -- Gas City /
KRENTZ -- Sizzle and burn /
GORDIMER -- Beethoven was one-sixteenth black : and other stories /


ADULT FLORIDA SHELF NONFICTION

797.23 FRI -- The Florida Keys dive guide /


ADULT NONFICTION

747.78 WOR -- The bathroom idea book /
780.3 LIB -- The NPR listener's encyclopedia of classical music /


ADULT NONFICTION – NEW

611 SHU -- Your inner fish : a journey into the 3.5-billion-year history of the human body /
641.5636 BIT -- How to cook everything vegetarian : simple meatless recipes for great food /
738.6 TOU -- 500 tiles : an inspiring collection of international work /
818.5402 BAR -- Dave Barry's history of the millennium (so far) /
818.602 COL -- I am America (and so can you!) /
930.1028 X -- X marks the spot : the archaeology of piracy /
932 DAV -- Handbook to life in ancient Egypt /


ADULT REFERENCE (Not available for checkout)

722.8003 GRO -- The Grove encyclopedia of classical art and architecture, vol 1 /
722.8003 GRO -- The Grove encyclopedia of classical art and architecture, vol 2 /
951 OGD -- Global studies. China.


JUVENILE GRAPHIC NOVELS (Comic book style novels)

741.5952 ARI -- Moon phase = [Tsukuyomi] /
741.5973 OMA -- Captain Raptor and the space pirates /
741.5973 SMI -- Bone /


YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVELS (Comic book style novels)

741.5952 TAK -- InuYasha /


JUVENILE BIOGRAPHY OVERSIZE

GIBSON -- Nothing but trouble : the story of Althea Gibson /


EASY READER

B -- One snowy night /
D -- Goodnight, me /
H -- When Randolph turned rotten /
H -- Eyes, nose, fingers and toes : a first book about you /
J -- Franklin and the tin flute /
P -- The rainbow fish /
P -- The crocodile blues /
R -- Brendan and Belinda and the slam dunk /


EASY READER OVERSIZE

D -- The prince won't go to bed! /
M -- How the ladies stopped the wind /
M -- I stink! /
R -- Buffalo wings /


JUVENILE FICTION

AREVAMIRP -- Fred & Anthony meet the Demented Super-Degerm-O Zombie /
DIXON -- The sign of the crooked arrow /
DOYLE -- The Giggler treatment /
HULME -- The glitch in sleep /
JONELL -- Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat /
MADONNA -- The English Roses /
MADONNA -- The English Roses : Good-bye Grace! /
MADONNA -- The English Roses : too good to be true /
NIMMO -- Charlie Bone and the beast /


JUVENILE NONFICTION OVERSIZE

398.2 BRE -- The three snow bears /
591.472 OLI -- Twilight hunt : a seek-and-find book /


PARENTING COLLECTION - Juvenile

158.25 SNO -- You are friendly /
395.122 SNO -- Manners are important for you and me /
LUCHSINGER -- Playing by the rules : a story about autism /


YOUNG ADULT FICTION – NEW

DEKKER -- Black /
FELIN -- Touching snow /
FRIEDMAN -- The year my sister got lucky /
KIZER -- One butt cheek at a time : Gert Garibaldi's rants and raves /
LANAGAN -- Red spikes /
LE GUIN -- Powers /


YOUNG ADULT FICTION

PULLMAN -- The golden compass /


YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION – NEW

305.4097 GOU -- Rosie and Mrs. America : perceptions of women in the 1930s and 1940s /

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

2008-01-23 Newly Acquired items for the Monroe County Library System

Once a title shows up in the Monroe County online catalog, you can put in a REQUEST for that item. The item usually isn’t in your local library, yet, but it will be soon. If you’ve already requested it, you’ll be among the first patrons to check it out.

Before you try to put in any REQUESTS, be sure to click on the MY ACCOUNT tab on the SEARCH page. Enter your library card barcode (the number is on the back of the card, it starts out with the numerals 29072), and then SEARCH for the titles you want.

How to understand the listing below:

* Column 1 = Call No. which consists of:

1. the first letter of the author’s last name if it's an Easy Reader for the Youngest Generation, otherwise it's the first 3 letters of the author's last name (if it's fiction such as an audio book) or the first 3 letters of the title (if it’s a movie, etc.), or

2. the author's entire last name if it’s a BOOK of fiction, or

3. Dewey Decimal Numbers—those numbers on the lower part of the spine of the book—if it’s non-fiction, or

4. the last name of the person the book is written about if it's an autobiography or biography

* Column 2 = Title

NOTE: Reference books MAY NOT be checked out. But, if you need them, you may look at them in the library.

These items were all added to our catalog January 18th through January 22th. ENJOY!

AUDIO BOOK (Recorded on CDs)

GAR -- Shadow music a novel /
MIL -- The senator's wife


ADULT BIOGRAPHY – NEW

MARTIN -- Born standing up : a comic's life /


ADULT FICTION

BURKE -- Judgment calls /
BURKE -- Missing justice : a Samantha Kincaid mystery /


ADULT FICTION – NEW

PATTERSON -- Double cross : a novel /
URE -- The fault tree /


ADULT NONFICTION

616.81 ROB -- Peeling the onion : reversing the ravages of stroke : a father/daughter journey through a revolutionary medical treatment for stroke /


ADULT NONFICTION – NEW

330.977 LON -- Caught in the middle : America's heartland in the age of globalism /
333.9113 BAR -- Mirage : Florida and the vanishing water of the Eastern U.S. /


CHILDREN’S GRAPHIC NOVELS (Comic book style novels)

741.5952 AZU -- Yotsuba&!, vol 2 /
741.5952 AZU -- Yotsuba&!, vol 3 /
741.5952 AZU -- Yotsuba&!, vol 4 /
741.5952 HOT -- Hikaru no Go, vol 9 /
741.5952 HOT -- Hikaru no Go, vol 10 /
741.5973 SON -- Sonic the Hedgehog archives, vol 2.
741.5973 SON -- Sonic the Hedgehog archives, vol 3.
741.5973 STA -- Star wars : clone wars adventures, vol 9 /
741.5973 STA -- Star wars : clone wars adventures, vol 10 /
741.5973 VAR -- Robot dreams /
741.5973 WAY -- The incredible Hulk : prelude to Planet Hulk /

YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVELS (Comic book style novels)

741.5952 AND -- Kitchen princess, vol 1 /
741.5952 AND -- Kitchen princess, vol 2 /
741.5952 AND -- Kitchen princess, vol 3 /
741.5952 ANZ -- MÄR, Märchen awakens romance /
741.5952 ARA -- Beauty pop, vol 3 /
741.5952 ARA -- Beauty pop, vol 4 /
741.5952 ARA -- Beauty pop, vol 6 /
741.5952 ARA -- Fullmetal alchemist /
741.5952 CLA -- Tsubasa, vol 2 /
741.5952 CLA -- Tsubasa, vol 3 /
741.5952 FUJ -- Platinum garden /
741.5952 HAN -- Pichi pichi pitch, vol 2 /
741.5952 HAN -- Pichi pichi pitch, vol 4 /
741.5952 HIN -- Vampire knight, vol 2 /
741.5952 HIN -- Vampire knight, vol 3 /
741.5952 KIS -- Naruto, vol 12 /
741.5952 KIS -- Naruto, vol 13 /
741.5952 TAK -- Yu-Gi-Oh! : Millennium world /
741.5952 TAK -- InuYasha /
741.5952 WAT -- Rurouni Kenshin : Meiji swordsman romantic story, vol 8 /
741.5952 WAT -- Rurouni Kenshin : Meiji swordsman romantic story, vol 9 /
741.5952 WAT -- Rurouni Kenshin : Meiji swordsman romantic story, vol 10 /
741.5952 WAT -- Rurouni Kenshin : Meiji swordsman romantic story, vol 12 /
741.5973 BUF -- Buffy the vampire slayer omnibus. Volume 1 /
741.5973 DEK -- White : the great pursuit /
741.5973 DEK -- Red : graphic novel /
741.5973 JOH -- Justice Society of America : the next age /
741.5973 MOO -- The nightmare factory /
741.5973 PAK -- Planet Hulk /


JUVENILE BIOGRAPHY – NEW

JEFFERSON -- Thomas Jefferson and the ghostriders /
RASPUTIN -- Grigory Rasputin : holy man or mad monk? /


EASY READER

H -- What's up, Duck? : a book of opposites /
J -- We love school! /
J -- Franklin has the hiccups /
K -- Max celebrates Chinese New Year /
L -- Max & Mo make a snowman /
M -- Stay awake, Sally /
P -- Underwear do's and don'ts /
R -- Pssst! /
S -- Manners are important for you and me /
W -- Cat jumped in! /
Y -- Abracadabra! Magic with Mouse and Mole /


EASY READER OVERSIZE

B -- When the silliest cat was small /
O -- Fancy Nancy and the posh puppy /
S -- Very hairy bear /
W -- Peek in my pocket /


JUVENILE FICTION

AREVAMIRP -- Fred & Anthony escape from the netherworld /
BANKS -- Lenny's space /
BAUER -- No castles here /
BLUME -- Soupy Saturdays with The Pain and The Great One /
BUCKLEY-ARCHER -- The time thief /
CHOLDENKO -- If a tree falls at lunch period /
GANTOS -- I am not Joey Pigza /
GLIORI -- Pure dead frozen /
HARRIS -- Runemarks /
HOLUB -- Lydia and the island kingdom : a story based on the real life of Princess Liliuokalani of Hawaii /
MANKELL -- A bridge to the stars /
MARTIN -- Needle and thread /
PARATORE -- The Cupid chronicles /
SAN SOUCI -- Double-dare to be scared : another thirteen chilling tales /
SPECK -- Maybelle in the soup /
UPDALE -- Montmorency and the assassins /
URBAN -- A crooked kind of perfect /
WOLF -- Someone named Eva /


JUVENILE NONFICTION

001.9 GEE -- Encyclopedia horrifica : the terrifying truth! about vampires, ghosts, monsters, and more /
567.9098 DIN -- Dinosaur eggs discovered! : unscrambling the clues /
623.71 RUD -- Eyes in the sky : satellite spies are watching you! /
970.01 FRE -- Who was first? : discovering the Americas /

JUVENILE NONFICTION OVERSIZE

398.2 FLE -- Glass slipper, gold sandal : a worldwide Cinderella /
595.44 BIS -- Spiders /
973.3311 GIB -- The many rides of Paul Revere /


JUVENILE REFERENCE (Not available for checkout)

031.02 WOR -- The world almanac for kids 2008 /
510.3 MON -- Math dictionary : the easy, simple, fun guide to help math phobics become math lovers /


PARENTING COLLECTION – Adult Nonfiction

618.9285 MCC -- Louder than words : a mother's journey in healing autism /


PARENTING COLLECTION – Juvenile Fiction

HOOPMANN -- Blue bottle mystery : an Asperger adventure /


YOUNG ADULT BIOGRAPHY – NEW

HAMILL -- A skating life /


YOUNG ADULT FICTION – NEW

ABALOS -- Grimpow : the invisible road /
BLOOR -- Taken /
BRAY -- The sweet far thing /
BRODSKY -- One Trick Pony /
COONEY -- Diamonds in the shadow /
CORNISH -- Foundling /
DE LA CRUZ -- Skinny-dipping : a novel /
DICKINSON -- Angel Isle /
FRANKLIN -- The other half of me /
HOROWITZ -- Nightrise /
HOROWITZ -- Snakehead /
HUMPHREYS -- Vendetta /
LAWRENCE -- The castaways /
MCMULLAN -- When I crossed No-Bob /
NOVIK -- His majesty's dragon /
NOVIK -- Throne of jade /
ROSEN -- Every crooked pot /
UPDALE -- Montmorency on the rocks : doctor, aristocrat, murderer? /


YOUNG ADULT FICTION

DOWNHAM -- Before I die /
SEBOLD -- The almost moon : a novel /


YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION – NEW

305.4097 GOU -- Flappers and the new American woman : perceptions of women from 1918 through the 1920s /
618.1 WAT -- Seeing the gynecologist /


YOUNG ADULT REFERENCE (Not available for checkout)

373.1262 BAR -- Barron's Pass key to the GED : high school equivalency examination /
443.21 FRE -- French concise dictionary : French-English, anglais-français.
453.21 ITA -- Italian concise dictionary.
463.21 BER -- Berlitz Spanish concise dictionary : Spanish-English, inglés-español /
491.8583 BER -- Berlitz Polish compact dictionary /

Friday, January 18, 2008

2008-01-18 Newly Acquired items for the Monroe County Library System

Once a title shows up in the Monroe County online catalog, you can put in a REQUEST for that item. The item usually isn’t in your local library, yet, but it will be soon. If you’ve already requested it, you’ll be among the first patrons to check it out.

Before you try to put in any REQUESTS, be sure to click on the MY ACCOUNT tab on the SEARCH page. Enter your library card barcode (the number is on the back of the card, it starts out with the numerals 29072), and then SEARCH for the titles you want.

How to understand the listing below:

* Column 1 = Call No. which consists of:

1. the first letter of the author’s last name if it's an Easy Reader for the Youngest Generation, otherwise it's the first 3 letters of the author's last name (if it's fiction such as an audio book) or the first 3 letters of the title (if it’s a movie, etc.), or

2. the author's entire last name if it’s a BOOK of fiction, or

3. Dewey Decimal Numbers—those numbers on the lower part of the spine of the book—if it’s non-fiction, or

4. the last name of the person the book is written about if it's an autobiography or biography

* Column 2 = Title

NOTE: Reference books MAY NOT be checked out. But, if you need them, you may look at them in the library.

These items were all added to our catalog January 16th and January 17th. ENJOY!

AUDIO BOOK (Recorded on tape cassettes)

COO -- Crisis


AUDIO BOOK (Recorded on CDs)

CON -- Echo Park
FOL -- Hornet flight
GAR -- Hide
GRI -- The innocent man murder and injustice in a small town /
GRI -- Playing for pizza
KEI -- News from Lake Wobegon winter /
LUD -- The Altman code [a covert-one novel] /
PAR -- Blue screen a Sunny Randall novel /
PAR -- High profile
PAR -- Hundred-dollar baby
PAT -- Step on a crack
PIC -- The tenth circle
ROB -- Haunted in death

ADULT BIOGRAPHY – NEW

CASTRO -- Fidel Castro : my life : a spoken autobiography /
STCYR -- Gilded Lili : Lili St. Cyr and the striptease mystique /


ADULT FICTION

CLARKE -- The scorpion's gate /
KAY -- The runaway /
MORRISON -- Love /
PALAHNIUK -- Haunted : a novel of stories /


ADULT FICTION – NEW

ANAM -- A golden age : a novel /
ANTON -- Egrets to the flames : a novel /
ATTENBERG -- The kept man /
COLLINS -- Beginner's Greek : a novel /
CORNWELL -- Book of the dead /
DELINSKY -- The secret between us /
GAGE -- Blood of the wicked /
GARIGLIANO -- Dogface : a novel /
HARRIS -- Dead until dark /
KING -- Duma Key /
KISOR -- Cache of corpses /
KSHATRI -- Mountains painted with turmeric : a novel /
LAM -- Bloodletting & miraculous cures : stories /
MALOY -- Every last cuckoo : a novel /
MCNEILL -- Flodden Field : a novel /
O'BRIEN -- Harriet and Isabella /
PALAHNIUK -- Fight Club /
PALAHNIUK -- Survivor : a novel /
READ -- The crazy school /
SELLERS-GARCIA -- When the ground turns in its sleep /
TALLIS -- Vienna blood : a novel /


ADULT FLORIDA REFERENCE (Not available for checkout)

782.4216 COR -- Jimmy Buffett : the Key West years /


ADULT NONFICTION OVERSIZE

799.12 ULT -- The Ultimate fishing book /


ADULT NONFICTION OVERSIZE – NEW

641.651 KAT -- The vegetable dishes I can't live without /


ADULT NONFICTION

598 BED -- The bedside book of birds : an avian miscellany /
616.462 MUR -- Beat diabetes naturally : the best foods, herbs, supplements, and lifestyle strategies to optimize your diabetes care /
636.73 DON -- Doberman pinscher /
636.73 VAN -- Akitas /
636.752 MCC -- English springer spaniels /
636.7527 PAL -- How to train your golden retriever /
641.5972 BAS -- Caribbean cooking /
641.5972 DEM -- The food of Jamaica : authentic recipes from the jewel of the Caribbean /
751.4224 SZA -- Watercolor techniques /
813.54 PAL -- Stranger than fiction : true stories /
818.4 BIE -- The collected writings of Ambrose Bierce,


ADULT NONFICTION – NEW

327.73 ALB -- Memo to the president elect : how we can restore America's reputation and leadership /
338.1737 CLA -- Starbucked : a double tall tale of caffeine, commerce, and culture /
343.7301 SMI -- Eight o'clock ferry to the windward side : seeking justice in Guantánamo Bay /
362.2909 SON -- Her last death : a memoir /
362.734 RAY -- The baby thief : the untold story of Georgia Tann, the baby seller who corrupted adoption /
612.76 RAT -- Spark : the revolutionary new science of exercise and the brain /
616.62 GEN -- A woman's guide to urinary incontinence /
618.175 SOM -- Ageless : the naked truth about bioidentical hormones /
641.5631 HUG -- The 4-ingredient diabetes cookbook : simple, quick, and delicious recipes using just four ingredients or less! /
641.6433 LAF -- Key lime cookin'/
658.812 CAR -- A piece of the pie : the story of customer service at Publix /
812.54 WUR -- Two-lane blacktop /
910.4 WEI -- The geography of bliss : one grump's search for the happiest places in the world /
940.1 LEW -- God's crucible : Islam and the making of Europe, 570 to 1215 /
973.931 OLB -- Truth and consequences : special comments on the Bush administration's war on American values /
976.336 SCH -- Lost in Katrina /


ADULT REFERENCE (Not available for checkout)

031 NEW -- The New York times guide to essential knowledge : a desk reference for the curious mind /
346.759 KEA -- Florida divorce handbook : a comprehensive source of legal information and practical advice /
610.6952 AME -- America's Top Doctors : a Castle Connolly guide.
615.1 CON -- Consumer drug reference.
636.0887 MER -- The Merck/Merial manual for pet health /
692.505 NAT -- National construction estimator /
981 EDW -- Brazil : a global studies handbook /


YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVELS (Comic book style novels)

741.5952 HAN -- Pichi pichi pitch /
741.5952 MIZ -- Yume Kira Dream Shoppe /


JUVENILE BIOGRAPHY

BROWN -- John Brown, his soul goes marching on.


EASY READER

B -- What's wrong, little Pookie? /
V -- Bloom! : a little book about finding love /


JUVENILE FICTION

BLUME -- Are you there God? It's me, Margaret /
BLUME -- Blubber /
BLUME -- Iggie's house /
BLUME -- Starring Sally J. Freedman as herself /
CLEMENTS -- No talking /
COLFER -- Airman /
FLEISCHMAN -- The entertainer and the dybbuk /
IRVING -- The legend of Sleepy Hollow ; Rip Van Winkle ; The spectre bridegroom /
STEVENSON -- The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde /


JUVENILE NONFICTION

510 WEI -- Math at the store /


JUVENILE NONFICTION OVERSIZE

500 MAC -- Macmillan/McGraw-Hill science /


JUVENILE REFERENCE (Not available for checkout)

423.1 BOL -- Scholastic student thesaurus /


MOVIES – DVDs

ADD -- The Addams family. Volume one
ATO -- The atonement
EAS -- Eastern promises
ELV -- Elvira mistress of the dark Transylvania 6-5000 /
FEA -- Fear
FIF -- 50 mystery classics
GIR -- The girl next door
HAV -- Havoc
HEA -- The heartbreak kid
NAN -- The nanny diaries
RES -- Resident Evil : Extinction
SIC -- Sicko
STR -- Striking distance
TWO -- Two-lane blacktop
WIT -- Witchblade. Volume 1
WIZ -- The wizard of Oz collection


CHILDREN’S MOVIES – DVDs

HAR -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix


PARENTING COLLECTION

618.9289 PRE -- Child and adolescent clinical psychopharmacology made simple /


PARENTING COLLECTION REFERENCE (Not available for checkout)

372.6049 LET -- Letter matching.
595.7 ROS -- The mix & match book of bugs : create 1000 creepy-crawly creatures! /


YOUNG ADULT AUDIO BOOK (Recorded on CDs)

PAO -- Eldest


YOUNG ADULT FICTION – NEW

CAMERON -- Someday this pain will be useful to you /
KEANEY -- The hollow people /


YOUNG ADULT FICTION

SMITH -- The forest in the hallway /


YOUNG ADULT REFERENCE (Not available for checkout)

491.7321 OXF -- The Oxford new Russian dictionary : Russian- English, English-Russian : /