Monthly Archives: August 2015

Our Kindle is charged, loaded and ready to go for your labor Days travels or leisure reading.   We just downloaded these reader favorites: Dead Wake by Eric Larson, Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee,  Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand and … Continue reading →

In  The Dust that Falls from Dreams by Louis De Bernières,  three neighboring falls find their Edwardian idyll shattered by the war. Lives and relationships are changed or destroyed by the ensuing conflict.  The Times of London called this a “feast … Continue reading →

In The Book of Numbers by Joshua Cohen, an enigmatic millionaire hires a struggling writer to ghost his memoirs.  The millionaire is a secretive tech executive who has more on his mind than a celebrity puff piece. The writer soon finds … Continue reading →

This program should be of interest to anyone interested in local history and  in preserving community character.  A panel will discuss strategies and incentives to rehabilitate and re-purpose historic village buildings, many which are now vacant, underutilized for sale or … Continue reading →

We simplified our look, updated our menus and changed our graphics style.  We added pull down menus, which should make it easier to browse our content (hover your mouse over “using the library” and get links about library cards and borrowing, computer … Continue reading →

In “The Book of Numbers’  by Joshua Cohen,  the enigmatic billionaire of the world’s most powerful tech company hires a failed novelist  to ghostwrite his memoirs.  Bit by bit, the writer finds himself being initiated to a secret pretext  for … Continue reading →

Here are two fascinating tales of politics past and present. One is a success story of democacy in action. The other, a tragedy.  “The Quartet” by Joseph Ellis tells how Washington, Madison, Hamilton and Jay orchestrated a ‘second American Revolution’ … Continue reading →

‘Chappie” is a futuristic thriller about arobot imbued with artificial intelligence that is stolen by two local gangsters.  In “Survivor”, a foreign service Officer (Milla Jovovich)  is framed for a terrorist bombing and must evade capture by a ruthless assassin … Continue reading →