Blog entries - August 2011

Shmoop Homework Help

Heather — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:10:02 +0100

As schools get ready to get back in session, there are kids everywhere dreading the 'H' word... homework. ;-)

Thankfully, Shmoop is available to help!

http://www.shmoop.com/

From their website:

"Shmoop wants to make you a better lover (of literature, history, poetry and writing). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to sho...

Books for Reluctant Readers and Adult Literacy

Heather — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:42:21 +0100

The Columbia County Rural Library District has purchased new books for children and teens that are reluctant to read. These reluctant reader books are reading levels first grade through high school. Many of the books purchased are new graphic books as well as non-fiction and fiction books. Also purchased for the adult readers are High Interest, Low Reading level books – fiction, nonfiction, and graphic books.

The Frien...

September is Library Card Month @ Your Library

Heather — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:22:38 +0100

September is library card sign-up month @ your library when the American Library Association and libraries across the country remind parents that a library card is the most important school supply of all. Come to the Dayton Memorial Library to get your new library card. If you have lost your library card, you can replace it free during the month of September. Normal cost to replace a library card is $1.00. Please call the library if you have q...

Audiobooks for 25 August 2011

Heather — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:42:45 +0100

Fiction:

Love You More (Gardner)
Keep a Little Secret (Garlock)
The Sacred Vault (McDermott)
Dreams of Joy (See)
Killer Angels (Shaara)

Non-Fiction:

In the Garden of Beasts

Adult books for 24 August 2011

Heather — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:38:43 +0100

Fiction:

Catering to Nobody (Davidson)
The Red Queen (Gregory)
The Eagle Has Landed (Higgins)
The Undomestic Goddess (Kinsella)
House of Guilt (Rosenberg)

Non-Fiction:

Autobiography of Benjamin Frankling
Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson
Depression
Fodor's Australia
Healing Grief
Jefferson's Writings
Provence and the French Riviera
Stage Performance

Large Print:

Split Second (Coulter)
Gamble (Francis)
The Ideal Man (Garwood)
Justice (Robards)

Teen books for 24 August 2011

Heather — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:35:32 +0100

Fiction:

Nyx in the House of Night (Cast & Cast)
The Other Countess (Edwards)

Graphic Novels:

Bleach vols 8-9
One Piece vol 10
Reborn vol 3
Witch & Wizard vol 1

Audiobooks for 18 August 2011

Heather — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:58:12 +0100

Fiction on CD:

Deliver Us from Evil (Baldacci)
The Journey (Brunstetter)
Home Free (Michaels)
Touching Spirit Bear (Mikaelsen)

Playaways:

A Drop of the Hard Stuff (Block)
Crunch Time (Davidson)
Dead Reckoning (Harris)
Buried Prey (Sandford)
Lover Unleashed (Ward)
Bel-Air Dead (Woods)

Adult books for 18 August 2011

Heather — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:46:52 +0100

Fiction:

The Mostly True Story of Jack (Barnhill)
Girls in White Dresses (Close)
With Every Drop of Blood (Collier)
The Ideal Man (Garwood)
Victory & Honor (Griffin)
San Andreas (MacLean)
Rendezvous (MacNeill)
Twisted Tree (Meyers)
The Glory Field (Myers)
Acceptable Loss (Perry)
The Geometry of Sisters (Rice)
The Reader (Schlink)
The Harvest of Grace (Woodsmall)

Non-Fiction:

Big Burn
Death by China
Downunder Horsemanship
Extra Lean
Greater Journey
How to Build Your Own Green...

Friends to do Book Sale in October

Heather — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:47:29 +0100

The Friends of the Library have scheduled a book sale for October 8th, and are currently accepting donations.

Should you wish to donate, please remember the following:

No Readers' Digest Condensed books
No old textbooks (books from college math or science classes, for example)
No musty, moldy, or stale books
No old travel guides -- however, guides from the current year are okay

Questions? Please contact Lois Hemphill at 520-8838.

Adult books for 12 August 2011

Heather — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:15:21 +0100

Fiction:

Death in High Places (Bannister)
By His Majesty's Grace (Blake)
Edge of War (Bond)
Back of Beyond (Box)
The Stranger from Abilene (Compton)
How to be an American Housewife (Dilloway)
The Wild Rose (Donnelly)
A Murder in Tuscany (Kent)
Touching Spirit Bear (Mikaelsen)
Cold Vengeance (Preston & Child)

Non-Fiction:

21st Century Lifeskills: Consumer Spending
Country on the Move
End of Christianity
How to Tutor Your Own Child
In the Garden of Beasts
Other Barack
Secret K...

OneClick Digital -- eAudiobooks from Recorded Books LLC!

Heather — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:00:00 +0100

The Columbia County Rural Library District is proud to announce that our new eAudiobook platform, OneClick Digital via the Recorded Books company, is now live!

http://columbiacowa.oneclickdigital.com/

Audio titles are all iPod and Windows compatible. This is part of a Beta project by Recorded Books to create a better, more reliable product, and therefore, they value your feedback. There are links in the sidebar of the OneClic...