Make

A dream come true for do-it-yourselfers, this colorful publication is loaded with creative technology projects you can do on the cheap.

The current issue of Make is available in our Reading Area. Back issues of all our magazines are in alphabetical order along the back wall of the Library.

Spring Review Author Reading

Thursday afternoon Library was proud to host an author reading of student contributors to this year's Spring Review. A copy of the Spring Review is available in the Library, or pick up your own copy in the Bookstore for $10!

 

To Sleep With The Angels

Chronicling the events of the deadly fire that swept through a Catholic elementary school in Chicago in 1958.

To Sleep With The Angels
by David Cowan and Juhn Kuenster
Find it in the Library at call number TH9448 .C68 1998

Other new additions to our collection about specific fires include:

Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle (TH9448 .V688 2003)
and
Chicago Death Trap: The Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903 by Nat Brandt (TH9448 .B64 2003)

Tuolumne County Library's Blog

Has Library Highlights whetted your appetite for library blogs? If so, be sure to check out the Tuolumne County Library Blog. Other good blogs related to reading include: Bookdwarf, The Millions and Reading Copy, from the folks at AbeBooks.

Speaking of blogs, the Academic Achievement Center has a new blog featuring Teaching and Learning Resources.

New York

Sadly the Big Apple has been in the news a lot this past week. In this documentary Ric Burns' (Ken's brother) explores the epic history of the City that Never Sleeps.


New York
directed by Ric Burns
Find it in the Library's Video Collection at call number F128.3 .N563 1999

Banker to the Poor

The man behind the Grameen Bank explains his revolutionary idea and why micro-lending works to raise people out of poverty.

Banker to the Poor
by Muhammad Yunus
HG3290.6 .A6Y86 2003

Karen Joy Fowler

In place of this month's regular Book Group discussion the Library hosted a Meet the Author event with Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club. Our Reading Area was filled with guests who heard Ms. Fowler talk about everything from her novels to what it's like to have one's book made into a movie. Please contact Brian in the Library for more information about the Book Group.

 

Story Quilters

A Parents' choice gold award winner, this collection of stories and songs by local artists B.Z. Smith & Cynthia Restivo will provide your child with a story time that commands an encore.

Story Quilters
B.Z. Smith & Cynthia Restivo
Find it in the Library's Audio Collection at call number M1992 .S76 2000

Adbusters

You’ve never seen a magazine like this one, in which eclectic contributors aim to “advance the new social activist movement of the information age.”

Adbusters
The current issue of Adbusters is located in our Reading Area. Back issues of all our magazines - which are available for check out - are in alphabetical order along the back wall of the library.