Thursday, May 31, 2007

Elling

A lively comedy about two friends released from a state home who share an apartment and are forced to make it the real world.

Elling
Dag Alveberg
Find it in our Video collection at call number: PN1995.9 .F7 E45 2001

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Vegetarian Times

Food ideas and commentary from a healthy angle.

Find the current copy of Vegetarian Times in our Reading Area. Back issues of all of our magazines are in alphabetical order along the back wall of the Library. Online access to this magazine is available via our Full-text and Print Magazines link.

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Lost Mountain

An inspired book that explores how radical strip mining is devastating Appalachia.

Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness
Erik Reece
Find it at call number TD195.S75R43 2006

Monday, May 21, 2007

Imagining America

The companion book to the PBS documentary about icons of 20th-century American art.

Imagining America
John Carlin and Jonathan Fineberg
Find it at call number: N6512.C347 2005

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi

A delightful coming of age story about an Israeli teenager who enjoys keeping house for his dysfunctional family, all the while he's falling in love with the new girl next door.

Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
directed by Shemi Zarhin
Find it in our Video collection at call number PN1995.9 .F7 B691 2003

Monday, May 14, 2007

www.snopes.com

Quickly investigate the legitimacy of urban legends. Plug in a couple keywords from a questionable email to find thoroughly documented timelines on thousands of topics. Ample references give readers an avenue for more information. Test it out by searching for "Ashley Flores".

A free Internet resource available at: http://www.snopes.com/

Thursday, May 10, 2007

The Sun Sessons CD

Rock with Elvis and his early classics. In the summer of 1953, Elvis Presley walked into a Memphis recording studio. When asked who he sounded like, he replied, "I don't sound like nobody." The rest, as they say, is history.

Sun Sessons CD
Elvis Presley
Find it in our Audio collection at call number: MPR P673 .S96 1955

Monday, May 7, 2007

The Thundering Herds

Enjoy Big Band and Swing music at it's best in this collection of Woody Herman selections.

The Thundering Herds
Woody Herman
Find it in our Audio collection at call number: MJ H475 .T58 1947