Monthly Archives: June 2015

The town’s 4th of July celebration begins with CH’s 37th 4th of July Foot Race.  Runners need to register online here before noon on Friday July 3rd. There is a $25 fee for adult participants; kids race free.   The town can … Continue reading →

Being Nixon by Evan Thomas presents the former president as a man divided against himself. Jacksonland by Steve Inskeep is the inside story of an infamous land grab. When God was a Woman by Merlin Stone investigates prehistoric goddess worship.

Now that it’s officially summer, the Nichols Library in Center Harbor wants patrons to know about things to do in Center Harbor. Once again, the library is offering passes to Castle in the Clouds and the Squam Lakes Science Center.  We … Continue reading →

As kids get out of school, keep in mind that the library has many popular books for young readers. Among the books recently added are “Saint Anything” by Sara Dessen, about a sixteen-year-old girl who has always been overshadowed by … Continue reading →

New books on New Hampshire, its history and its environs. Putting the Power in Your Hands by Seth Wheeler recounts tells the first 75 years of the NH Electric Coop. Cross-grained & Wily Waters by Jeffrey Bolster presents a guide to the … Continue reading →

In Death comes to Pemberley (BBC), Elizabeth and Darcy (Pride and Prejudice) solve a murder. In Mortdecai (Johnny Depp), an unlikely team is recruited to recover a priceless painting. In The Missing (Tommy Lee Jones), an estranged father and daughter join forces … Continue reading →

A Girl and her Greens by April Bloomfied presents hearty meals from the garden. Brain Maker by David “Grain Brain” Perlmutter  explores the power of gut microbes to heal the little gray cells. Better than Before by Gretchen Rubin offers concrete advice … Continue reading →

Real life stories aboot people doing the kind of things that people do. Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin subjects the habituates of New York’s elite to a sociological study.  Misbehaving by Richard Thaler  blows the cover on Adam … Continue reading →

The latest in fast-paced drama. In The Precipice by Paul Doiron, Maine game warden Mike Bowditch is on a desperate search for two missing hikers. The Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll is the new “Gone Girl” kinda thriller. In Invasion of … Continue reading →

Here is a rave review for Jaqueline Winspear’s A Dangerous Place, the latest in her Massie Dobbs series, by one of our readers: “Excellent! I couldn’t put it down (thanks for a really good recommendation).”  Have a book you really … Continue reading →