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Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014
Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died at the age of 87. He was perhaps best-known for his books, Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude. Garcia Marquez popularized magical realism, described by the committee who awarded him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982 as a genre "in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination."New Books on the History Shelf
The bill of the century: the epic battle for the Civil Rights Act by Clay Risen
The burning shore: how Hitler's U-boats brought World War II to America by Ed Offley
1177 B.C.: the year civilization collapsed by Eric H. Cline
Congo: the epic history of a people by David van Reybrouck ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett
The fight for the four freedoms: what made FDR and the greatest generation truly great by Harvey J. Kaye
Unreal city: Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the fate of the West by Judith Nies
Library Closed April 20
Purse & Jewelry Donations Needed
Start your spring cleaning and help a good cause all at the same time! The Canton Senior Center is looking for new or gently used handbags and jewelry for their 6th Annual Jewelry & Purse Sale. Proceeds from this sale will support Canton's Senior Adult Program, which offers a variety of social, enrichment and service-based programs to Canton residents 55 and older. Donations will be accepted in the Parkview Room of Summit on the Park Community Center until April 28. Turn!
George Washington's secret six: the spy ring that saved the American Revolution by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger
Unlikely allies: how a merchant, a playwright, and a spy saved the American Revolution by Joel Richard Paul
Nathan Hale: the life and death of America's first spy by M. William Phelps
New Music for Kids April 2014
A boy named charlie brown (CD) [sound recording] by Vince Guaraldi Trio
His kidz vol. 1 (CD) [sound recording] by His Kidz United
Kidz bop party pop (CD) [sound recording] by Kidz Bop Kids
Laurie berkner lullabies (CD) [sound recording] by Laurie Berkner
Lucky day (CD) [sound recording] by Stacey Peasley
PowerPoint Basics
Adult Contemporary Book Discussion May 19
Unbroken: a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand. On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Force bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared. The only survivor was the crew's bombardier, Lt. Louis Zamperini. His true story of endurance will take your breath away.
New Documentaries on the Shelf
Great cathedral mystery [videodisc] by written, produced & directed by David Murdock
Twenty feet from stardom [videodisc] by Radius TWC ; a Gil Friesen production ; a Morgan Neville film ; produced by Caitrin Rogers ; produced by Gil Friesen ; directed by Morgan Neville ; Tremolo Productions.
Secret state of North Korea [videodisc] by a Hardcash Production for WGBH/Frontline ; producer, writer, and director: James Jones
Rewind this! [videodisc] by MPI Media Group ; directed by Josh Johnson; produced by Carolee Mitchell
Red metal [videodisc]: the copper country strike of 1913 by produced and directed by Jonathan Silvers
Secrets of Selfridges [videodisc] by Pioneer Productions ; produced and directed by Sam Taplin
STEM: Science for Tomorrow Workshops
The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History will be presenting their Science for Tomorrow: STEM Career Workshops here at Canton Public Library. These programs are designed to introduce middle school students to STEM careers, show them who scientists really are and what they do, and provide them with practical tools for navigating high school, applying for college and achieving those careers. Through a series of four interactive workshops, students will get to meet the U-M faculty or alumni who work in the STEM related fields every day. They are also given tools to help them take charge of their educational future and given assistance in setting realistic goals to get them into STEM fields in college.
The program begins with a U-M campus visit in Ann Arbor for each student and one caregiver. A bus will leave from Canton Public Library at 9 AM on Saturday, April 26. After a visit to a working science lab, campus tour, lunch with faculty and students and presentations by U-M admissions staff, the bus will return to the library around 3:00 PM.
The program continues for 3 more workshops at the Canton Public Library on the days and times listed below. Space is limited. Registration for the bus ride to Ann Arbor also registers each student for the remaining workshop sesssions at the library.
Remember the Bees!
When planting your flowers this spring be sure to remember the bees! Bees pollinate 80 percent of our flowering crops which constitute 1/3 of everything we eat. You can invite pollinators, like bees, to your neighborhood by planting a pollinator-friendly habitat in your garden, farm, school, park or just about anywhere! Find suggestions for pollinator-friendly flowers in your growing zone. Don't forget to plant flowers that bloom in early spring and late fall as well as throughout the summer. [Bee on Flower by Steven Murray is licensed by CC BY-NC 2.0]Library Board Meeting Agenda — Wednesday, April 16, 2014
- Call the Meeting to Order
- Call to Audience (5 min. maximum)
- Approval of Agenda
- Approval of General Meeting Minutes
- Communications
- Director's Report
- Committee Reports - Finance Committee
- Unfinished Business and General Orders
- JJX Lease Renewal Counter-Proposal
- New Business
- 2013 Audit Report
- Proposed Revision - Capital Asset Policy
- Proposed Revision - Credit Card Policy
- Strategic Plan Update
- Call to Audience (5 min. maximum)
- Adjourn
hoopla's iOS app now available!
hoopla's iOS app update is now available! Music downloads on devices running iOS 7.1 have been re-enabled. You can now download, listen to a song or an entire album on repeat. A bug in the sleep timer has been fixed as well. Good news to all iOS7.1 users. Enjoy all that hoopla has to offer today!Lifelong Learning Classes to Start
Learn4Life online courses offer you a wide range of highly sought-after classes that you can take entirely online, totally free of charge. April classes begin on April 16 and continue for six weeks. All you need is a valid Canton Public Library Card and Internet access to start learning! National Poetry Month Biographies
Celebrate National Poetry Month by getting to know more about the lives of some of our greatest poets:
Longfellow: a rediscovered life by Charles C. Calhoun
Yeats's ghosts: the secret life of W.B. Yeats by Brenda Maddox
Dylan Thomas: a new life by Andrew Lycett
From noon to starry night: a life of Walt Whitman by Philip Callow
Rough magic: a biography of Sylvia Plath by Paul Alexander
Dante by R.W.B. Lewis
What We're Reading: April, 2014
The Rosie project by Graeme Simsion
The game by Ken Dryden ; with a foreword by Bill Simmons
The baby boom: how it got that way, and it wasn't my fault, and I'll never do it again by P.J. O'Rourke
Beautiful ruins: a novel by Jess Walter
The dog stars by Peter Heller
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Look What's In Large Print: April 2014
Agatha Christie's mysteries are being re-released in large print. Anna Quindlen's latest is a fictional story of about a 60 something photographer coming to terms with her life. Extremely private throughout his career, the new Johnny Carson biography by Harry Bushkin, Carson's lawyer from 1970-1988, reveals the complexity of Mr. Carson. Elo's first novel links the commercial fishing industry, the perfume industry, and conservation in a hunt for justice. The Cold War was warming up and President Truman saw the need to recruit European scientists to America. He specifically stated no Nazi scientists should be recruited, Operation Paperclip tells what really happened.
Still life with bread crumbs [Large print]: a novel by Anna Quindlen
The regatta mystery, and other stories [large print] by Agatha Christie
Johnny Carson [large print] by Henry Bushkin
North of Boston [Large print] by Elisabeth Elo
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Murder Will Out: April, 2014
The devil's interval by Linda Lee Peterson
Foal play by Kathryn O'Sullivan
Detroit shuffle by D.E. Johnson
Crooked numbers by Tim O'Mara
Enigma of China by Qiu Xiaolong
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Harriet the Spy Contest: Attention All Spies Ages 8-11
Do you like spying on your parents, brothers, sisters or classmates? If you do, the library is holding a Harriet the Spy contest during the month of April to celebrate this book's 50th anniversary. The journal winner will receive a gift certificate to Dairy Queen.In order to win you need to do four things:
- Pick up the 2-page hand-out at the circulation desk and complete it.
- Create a map of your spy route.
- Keep a journal/notebook of your own and make a spy entry everyday.
- If you used spy gadgets, write about them in your journal.
All entries will be judged by our expert spies. They will be looking for all four items to be completed, originality of spy route map and uniqueness of daily journal entries.
Looking for ideas? Check out the library's Harriet the Spy display, books and videos.
Happy spying! Don't get caught!
- Judy Nothnagel
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