Monthly Archives: October 2014

Don’t miss a chance to hear author Rebecca Rule talk about her book  Live Free and Eat Pie,  which was selected by Lakes Region area libraries for our 2014 community read.  This is a unique opportunity to take a humorous look … Continue reading →

Just in at the Nichols Library in Center harbor is a baker’s half-dozen of stories from real life. From your armchair at home you can go behind the scenes at the White House with the secret service, march the Shenandoah Valley … Continue reading →

“Leaving Time” by Jodi Picoult [HC and audio] “explores grief, memory, and motherhood through the unlikely lens of elephant behavior.”   “Nora Webster” by ColmTóibín.  This “high-wire act of a novel” is getting great comments from our readers. “Lila” by … Continue reading →

The 2014 Man Booker award for fiction goes to Richard Flannagan’s “The Narrow Road to the Deep North.  This is a modern take on Odysseus’s journey to war and return home to his Penelope.  In this instance, our Odysseus is Dorrigo, … Continue reading →

Tonight (Th, 10/23), the Nichols Library hosts an evening with NH songwriter and storyteller Don Watson. Don will perform songs from his CD “welcome Home New Hampshire” and talk about some of the stories that inspired his writing.  Click on the … Continue reading →

Join in a discussion of Rebecca Rule’s Live Free and Eat Pie this week at the Nichols Library.  Two times: Monday, October 20th at 3:00 pm and Wednesday October 22nd at noon. These book talks are part of  the 2014 … Continue reading →

The Nichols Library will host an evening with NH songwriter and storyteller Don Watson on Thursday, October 23rd at 6:30pm. Don will perform songs from his CD “welcome Home New Hampshire” and talk about some of the stories that inspired … Continue reading →

Celebrate New Hampshire as we read and discuss Live Free and Eat Pie by NH’s own Rebecca Rule as part of our 2014 community read. “Live Free and Eat Pie” affirms our common bonds and heritage through the medium of storytelling.   Participants … Continue reading →

Here is a baker’s half-dozen of new crime stories. This batch is high on suspense, with one cozy, one period case and a legal thriller to balance things out. But the suspense level is high, with popular writers like Lee Child, … Continue reading →

Here are a dozen stories from real life, some too amazing to believe and others all too true.  Immerse yourself in acrtic adventues and cold war plots.  Find about about cotton-patch economics, teacher wars, and the things that cause democracies to … Continue reading →