Canton Public Library

Shanghai Girls Book Discussion on January 16

December 21, 2011 | sobczakd

Adults

Shanghai girls: a novel by Lisa See — Join us on Monday, January 16 at 7:00 PM in the Purple Room to discuss this historical thriller: Pearl and May are beautiful girls in Shanghai, "the Paris of Asia." Their carefree days are over when their father informs them that to pay off his debts, he must sell his daughters as wives. As bombs fall on Shanghai and the world goes to war, the sisters flee to America to start new lives with their husbands. Along the way, they have to make sacrifices and promise to keep a secret that threatens to tear them apart.

Best Health Books in 2011

December 10, 2011 | sobczakd

Adults

Selected and reviewed by Library Journal contributors, here is their list of the best health books of the year:

The mommy docs' ultimate guide to pregnancy and birth by Yvonne Bohn [et al.]

The diabetes manifesto: take charge of your life by Lynn Crowe, Julie Stachowiak

The buena salud guide for a healthy heart by Jane L. Delgado; foreword by John C. Lewin

Your medical mind: how to decide what is right for you by Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband

Good housekeeping drop 5 lbs: the small changes, big results diet by Heather K. Jones; edited by Rosemary Ellis

Getting Enough of the Sunshine Vitamin

November 6, 2011 | sobczakd

As the winter season approaches, Michigan gets on average 36% of sunshine compared to 66% in the summer months. Vitamin D plays an important role in our overall health. In today's USA Weekend, you'll find an article about the benefits of vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin," and you can check out, Vitamin D for Dummies, from our health collection.

Adult Contemporary Book Discussion December 19

October 13, 2011 | sobczakd

Adults

The guardian by Nicholas Sparks — Join us Monday, December 19 at 7:00 PM in the Community Room for this discussion. "On Christmas Eve, newly-widowed, 25 year-old Julie Berenson receives an unexpected present from her late husband, Jim: a Great Dane puppy. Julie names her new dog, Singer, who turns out to be a better judge of human character than she is."

Adult Contemporary Book Discussion November 21

October 13, 2011 | sobczakd

Adults

The girl with the dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson ; translated from the Swedish by Reg Keeland — Join us Monday, November 21 at 7:00 PM in the Purple Room a discussion. This, the first book in a trilogy, begins with a decades-old cold case of missing teen heiress and the unlikely coupling of a disgraced journalist and a misunderstood and maligned superhacker.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October 5, 2011 | sobczakd

Adults

Yoga and breast cancer: a journey to health and healing by Ingrid Kollak, Isabell Utz-Billing

1 a minute [videodisc]

Breast cancer: what you need to know--now from the experts at the American Cancer Society

The caregiver [sound recording] by Shelley Shepard Gray

Johns Hopkins medicine patients' guide to breast cancer by Lillie D. Shockney

Straight talk about breast cancer: from diagnosis to recovery by Suzanne W. Braddock, et al.

Adult Contemporary Book Discussion October 17

September 21, 2011 | sobczakd

Adults

Join us on Monday, October 17, in the Purple Room at 7:00 PM to discuss our book club selection, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. The story begins in Seattle where Henry Lee sees a crowd gathered outside a hotel that has been boarded up for decades. The new owner discovers the belongings of Japanese families left behind before they were sent to internment camps. The owner opens up a parasol and it takes Henry back to 1942 and his secret love.

Remembering 9/11

September 3, 2011 | sobczakd

Adults

Join us on Monday, September 12 at 9:00 AM as the VVA Post 528 Color Guard raises the flag and at 7:00 PM for a musical tribute by the Michigan Philharmonic. Check out these books and dvds on display:

The 9/11 Commission report: the attack from planning to aftermath: authorized text by with an afterword by Philip Zelikow

Portraits 9/11/01: the collected "Portraits of grief" from The New York times by foreword by Howell Raines; introduction by Janny Scott

9-11: artists respond

9-11 by Noam Chomsky

Adult Contemporary Book Discussion September 19

August 17, 2011 | sobczakd

Adults

The Leisure Seeker by Michael Zadoorian is about a road trip. An elderly married couple from the Detroit area decide to take their RV on a nostalgic ride along Route 66 to Disneyland for one last vacation to remember and relive the past. It's not so much about the destination, as it is getting there. So take a journey with us and be a tourist on Monday, September 19 at 7:00 p.m. in the Purple Room.