Vol. 3, Issue 2 April—June 2015
What’s New? Perspectives:
FOWL members gave generously of their Time and Treasure in 2014. Helen E. Ellis Case: Treasure: For 2015 FOWL’s donation to the Library will be $25,000 up April-May: from $17,650 in 2014. The funds will be used for museum passes, children’s Interested in starting a coin col- programs, with most of it used to purchase books, CDs, and DVDs divided lection? Ned Daniels shares equally between adult and children/YA. We held our own in book sale revenue coins from the 1800’s to present. June: in an eBook world and doubled our income from Lees Market receipts to $3058. Patriotic-Themed Needlework by Membership donations were the leading source of additional income to FOWL. Westport Needleworkers My thanks and applause to my fellow Library fans.
Children's Display Area: Time: FOWL accepts book donations May through August for a Summer Paperback Sale and our huge September Annual Book Sale. Please check the April: Events page for more detail and the ‘You can help’ column for volunteer oppor- "Spring" mural by Girl Scout tunities to make these successful. More than twenty volunteers joined board Troop 807 with leader, Susan Costa members last year to help with the book sales. Many hands make light work and May: good fun. Thank you, "Expressionist Portraits" by Westport Middle School 7th grade Kate Kastner, President, FOWL students with instructor, Alicia [email protected]
McGuire The Library: A Seat at the Table In A Changing World
Tech Bytes Before sitting down to write this note to you, I put on an early Billy Joel CD to play in the background. The album, 52nd St., is significant for a number of rea- sons. In addition to winning the Grammy award for Album of the Year in 1979, Receive emails of your favorite 52nd St. is important because on October 1, 1982 it also became the first CD to Titles in a variety of genres. Go to be offered for sale to the public. So while it may seem like only yesterday to http://sails.ent.sirsi.net/ and click on the many people, compact discs have been with us for over 32 years and their first logo "New Title Alerts". cousins, DVDs, have been available for more than seventeen years since their 1997 debut. Services Although many of us own CDs and DVDs, the reality is that sales of all disc based formats have been declining steadily, and dramatically, for years. They are being replaced by newer technologies and formats more reliable and con- Free Wi-Fi venient to use, and provide the user with a higher quality, more immersive, lis- SAILS Library Network 24/7 borrowing tening and viewing experience. Technologies evolve and media collections of- Homebound Delivery Service ten follow suit; both our own and those of the Library. Children’s Programs While CDs and DVDs are slowly, but surely, leaving the (commercial) stage, Computer 101 Classes Genealogy: Ancestry.com/HeritageQuest their successors, downloadable audio files and high definition Blu-Ray video discs are already widely available and will coexist with their predecessors for the Manton Community Room foreseeable future. So, for example, while Books on Disc will continue to be Library Bridge Club available, you will see many new(er) titles also be made available as electronic Library Book Club books through free access to the Library's Overdrive downloadable book collec- Museum Passes tion. And the Library's video collection(s) will similarly merge with new formats Westport Writers Group as availability, and budgets, allow. Simply put, the take away of all of this is that we need to be open to trying Call the Library for more info… new things. The Library provides us with the opportunity to experiment, explore, and, to borrow a Hemingway title for a moment, sample "A Moveable Feast". Library Hours So, be adventurous, pull up a chair and try a taste of something new. Monday 12:00-8:30 Tuesday 10:00-5:00 Paul Cabral, Wednesday 10:00-5:00 Chair, Westport Library Trustees Thursday 12:00-8:30 Friday 10:00-5:00 Saturdays 9:00-4:00 Thank you! WESTPORT SELF STORAGE Sunday CLOSED has donated to FOWL a much-needed storage unit. 408 Old County Road Ph 508-636-1100 [email protected] 941 Sanford Road 1-800-924-5103 Mon-Fri 8:30-4:00 pm http://library.westport-ma.com Westport, MA 02790 (508) 636-5100 Sat. 8:30-12:00 pm [email protected] 1 Vol. 3 Issue 1 January—March 2014 Vol. 3, Issue 2 April—June 2015 @ the Library Kids’ Corner A Chat with…
Preschool Amy Medeiros
Smick! Doreen Cronin By Denise Micale Can friendship bloom between a dog and a chick?
Wolfie the Bunny Ame Dyckman Sweet tale of new babies, sibling rivalry, bravery, unconditional love...and veggies! In my visits to the Library, I always find a friendly face to greet me and to help find materials and check out books. Not Beekle: the Unimaginary Friend an easy thing to find sometimes in today’s hectic world …so Dan Sanatat to put a name and story to one of the friendly faces on the This magical story begins on an island far WFPL staff, I spent an hour chatting with Amy Medeiros, away where an imaginary friend is born. Library Substitute.
Grades K-4 How long have you been at the WFPL?
The Pirate Pig Cornelia Funke I have been here a year as of January 2015. I work about Who needs a treasure map when you have twenty hours a week here and I also have worked at the a pirate pig with a nose for gold? Tiverton Essex Library since 2005. I attended Bristol Commu- Sidewalk Flowers JonArno Lawson nity College and have an AA in Liberal Arts with an emphasis In this wordless picture book, a little girl col- in English, American and European History and Psychology. lects wildflowers while her distracted father You spend a lot of time around books! How did that hap- pays her little attention. pen?
P. Zonka Lays an Egg Julie Paschkis My mom first brought me to the Tiverton Library when I was Extraordinary hen P. Zonka spends her time about four years old, where I met “Miss Janet” and began taking in the beauty around her: reading and borrowing books. My mom was and is an avid Grades 5-8 reader and I remember sneaking her Kathleen Woodiwiss romance novels to read when I was twelve. I still enjoy ro- I Lived on Butterfly Hill Marjorie Agosin mance novels but also like mystery and suspense series, An eleven-year-old’s world is upended by science fiction and books on paranormal phenomena. I use political turmoil. Good Reads to get ideas for books and recently got my first The Cottage in the Woods Kindle which I am also beginning to use for reading.
Katherine Coville How would you describe yourself to a new acquaint- Once upon a time, there was a girl with gold- ance? en locks. But that’s just the beginning of this tale. The real story begins with a bear. I am definitely a bookworm. There are two books in my bag
Young Adult with me at all times! I have a home library in my bedroom with over 950 books. A lot of them come from book sales in Things We Know By Heart Jessie Kirby the area. It’s great to be able to fill a bag full of books for $5! Quinn Sullivan falls for the recipient of her I also see myself as an artsy kind of person and enjoy char- boyfriend's donated heart, forming an unex- coal drawing. I also love watching football and riding roller- pected connection that will leave readers coasters. utterly breathless. Any interest in music or movies?
Breaking Sky Cori McCarthy Right now my favorite song is Think from the John Wick mov- In this high-flying, adrenaline-fueled thriller, ie with Keanu Reeves, but I like a lot of different music, clas- America’s best hope is the elite teen fighter sical, country, pop…my favorite movie is The Librarian which pilots of the United Star Academy. has now been made into a TV series on TNT. It’s goofy and cheesy but good!
Any dreams for the future?
Rosie visits: I’d love to write and publish a book, maybe in the romance
Tuesday, April 21 3:30-4:30 genre. Also, I hope to someday travel to Ireland, the UK and
Monday, May 18 3:30-4:30 to Portugal, the countries that represent my heritage and fi- nally, learn Portuguese so I can speak fluently to my rela- Monday, June 15 3:30-4:30 tives! Call to book a ten minute slot.
Story Hour Tuesdays from 10:30-11:15. Memorial funds have been donated to the Lap-Sit Wednesdays from 10:30-11:00. Westport Free Public Library Children’s Check in June for the Summer Reading Book Section in memory of Jennie D. Habib. Flyer.
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Vol. 3, Issue 2 April—June 2015 @ the Library Events Library Book Club
FOWL Board Meeting, open to the public: Thursday, April 9 and Thursday, June 11. Both 6:30 pm, Community Room. Dates occasionally change. Please call Library 508-636-1100 to Read For Fun, Followed By Lunch confirm date if you plan to attend.
The Westport Library Book Discussion group Save the dates: meets the second Friday of each month in the
Community Room at 10:30 am. It’s a wonderful 5th Annual Summer Paperback Sale (adult fiction): July 27 - August assemblage of people from several local commu- 7, Community Room during Library hours. Great opportunity to find a few nities. We choose our selections on the recom- paperbacks to read the last weeks of summer. Many hundreds of books mendation of members. The conversations are covering 3 - 4 tables. Includes the larger soft - covers, the format most lively and enjoyable and participating in the group new authors and literary fiction are published in today, as well as the is a great way to meet people. familiar ‘pocket’ size. Potboiler or prize - winner, it will be there. Stock replenished often. All books $1 - $1.50. Please join us or contact me at [email protected] for more information. BIG! FOWL’s 2015 Annual Used Book Sale: Community Room. Members’ Preview: Friday, September 11; Public Sale: Saturday, Sep- tember 12 - Saturday, September 19 during Library hours, closes at 1 pm on 2nd Saturday. Over 8,000 books in 20 categories; fills entire Com- April 10: The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro munity Room. One of the largest sales in the area. All the hundreds of children’s books are 25¢ each to encourage reading. Others $1 - $2 plus Almost twenty-five years after the infamous art a selection of specially-priced books. heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, still the largest unsolved art theft in history, one of the stolen Degas paintings is delivered to the Boston On exhibit in the Manton Community Room: studio of a young artist, Claire Roth. She has en- tered into a Faustian bargain with a powerful gal- April 2—April 30 lery owner by agreeing to forge the Degas in ex-
Legacies from a House of Seven Generations change for a one-woman show in his renowned photo collage/artist Linda Rogers gallery. Meet the Artist Afternoon, Saturday April 11, 1:30 -3:30
May 2 - May 27 May 8: The Husband's Secret by Lianne "Curious Creatures in Westport Library" Moriarty watercolor artist, Susan Medyn Meet the Artist evening, Thursday, May 14, 6:30 - 8:30 Moriarty wittily and observantly chronicles the life
June 1 - June 30 of middle-aged, middle-class Australian women, suburbanites who grapple with prosaic issues like New art display....TBA….Check it out! marital fidelity and torturous ones like moral guilt and responsibility. You can help Bring your Lees receipts to the Library. June 12: The Language of Flowers by We earned $3,058.20 in 2014, twice as Vanessa Diffenbaugh much as in 2013. Thank you to Lees for supporting this program. Keep those The Victorian language of flowers was used to receipts coming! convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for Volunteers Needed devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful Annual Book Sale. Help us sort donated books by category. We in communicating mistrust and solitude. After a have honed the process to eliminate most heavy lifting. We ask for childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is about three hours for each of two weeks in the May-August donation unable to get close to anybody, and her only con- period. We train you (easy) and then you and your team-member de- nection to the world is through flowers and their cide who will work when. A side benefit is that you can immediately buy meanings. books that seize your interest at our bargain prices of $1-$2. Contact Leona Andrade 508-636-8922 or [email protected].
Aspiring reporters or photographers for newsletter needed. Contact Denise Micale [email protected].
FOWL Book Sale Donations May through August is collection period for your donations. Donation bin will be in the lobby. Please! no encyclopedias, textbooks, law books, magazines, books in poor condition, VHS tapes, cassette tapes.
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Vol. 3, Issue 2 April—June 2015 @ the Library New to the Collection Highlights Adult Fiction: Large Print Fiction:
Twelve Days Alex Berenson Mightier Than the Sword Jeffrey Archer John Wells has only twelve days to stop the United States Opens with an IRA bomb exploding during the MV Bucking- from being tricked into invading Iran. ham's maiden voyage across the Atlantic - but how many pas- sengers lose their lives? The Patriot Threat Steve Berry Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule Jennifer Chiaverini The 16th Amendment to the Constitution is why Americans Since childhood, Julia owned a slave known as Jule. So it was pay income taxes. But what if there were problems asso- that Jule became Julia’s eyes to the world. ciated with that amendment? The Assassin Clive Cussler The Precious One Marisa de los Santos As Van Dorn private detective Isaac Bell strives to land a Eustacia “Taisy” Cleary has given her heart to only three government contract to investigate John D. Rockefeller’s men: her first love, Ben Ransom; her twin brother, Marcus; Standard Oil monopoly, the case takes a deadly turn. A snip- and Wilson Cleary—professor, inventor, philanderer, self- er begins murdering opponents of Standard Oil. made millionaire, brilliant man, breathtaking jerk: her father.
Leaving Berlin Joseph Kanon A novel of postwar East Berlin, a city caught between politi- cal idealism and the harsh realities of Soviet occupation.
Large Print Nonfiction:
There Was a Little Girl Brooke Shields In her new memoire, Brooke Shields explores her relationship with her unforgettable mother, Teri.
Adult DVDs: Adult Nonfiction: The Hundred-Foot Journey Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Under- Midsomer Murders Set 25 ground Railroad Eric Foner Story of the thousands of fugitive slaves who journeyed to The Theory of Everything freedom along the eastern corridor of the United States. Adult Books on CD: Fiction Make It Ahead: a Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Ina Garten A Touch of Stardust Kate Alcott
Answers the number one question she receives from Love Letters Debbie Macomber cooks: Can I make it ahead? The Son Jo Nesbo
The Teenage Brain Frances E. Jensen, MD Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel A revolutionary look at the science of the adolescent brain. Adult Books on CD: Nonfiction
America’s Voices, an Oral History of Fall River, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Massachusetts from 1900 to 1950 Alfred J. Lima Voyage of the USS Jeannette Hampton Sides
Adult Biography: So Anyway…. John Cleese In this memoir, John Cleese takes readers on a Grand Tour of his ascent in the entertainment world.
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Sophia Loren Sophia Loren shares vivid memories of work, love, and family with winning candor . Helpful Hint:
George Harrison: Behind the Locked Door To view all new titles available at the Library, visit the Li- Graeme Thomson brary home page and click on the Sails Library Network Mem- A new biography about the most enigmatic Beatle. ber Library link/image at left. Directly at center you will find “New Westport Titles” as the default in the drop-down. Book cover images are scrollable just below. Click on “Find in my Library” to get more detail, place a hold, or text a reminder.
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Vol. 3, Issue 2 April—June 2015 @ the Library World of Books Mystery Spotlight Centennial: The Lusitania Sinking Kathy Reichs By Andrew Gaboury By Carol Vidal
On a sunny day off the coast of southern Ireland, May 7, 1915, the RMS Lusita- When your first novel catapults you to nia was returning to England after a trans-Atlantic journey to New York City. But all fame, it is easy to wonder if you can keep was not well in the waters around the United Kingdom. War had been raging on up the momentum. Kathy Reichs’ Temper- the continent for ten months; the waters around the British Isles were declared a war zone by the German government. Allied ships entered the area at their peril. ance Brennan series has that momentum. Passengers on board, mostly British, would have known the risks. Her first novel became a New York Times In the early afternoon the German submarine U-20 spotted the Lusitania steam- bestseller and winner of the 1997 Ellis ing east. Her superstructure and immense size were well known to all sailors and Award for Best First Novel. she was a prize worth pursuing. But this was a civilian luxury liner, not a naval ves- sel. Why would the German Navy attack it? Since 1997, she has written eighteen The answer is less murky today than it was 100 years ago. She was constructed books in the Temperance Brennan series in 1907 with funding from the British government with the expectation that in war, beginning with Deja Dead. Based on her she would be called to service as an auxiliary cruiser. She was even listed in the real-life’s work, her main character Temper- British Navy rolls as such. But when World War I broke out in July 1914, she was not used as she was too inefficient given her size and fuel requirements. She re- ance “Tempe” Brennan parallels her own mained a luxury liner, making trips between the U.K. and America but with a greatly life as a forensic anthropologist. There the reduced passengers load as the war dragged on and money got tight. similarity ends. But functioning as a civilian liner wasn’t the only thing the Lusitania was doing. Tempe’s life revolves around her di- There were reports, believed by the Germans, and refuted by the British, she was transporting war materials to Britain from America. vorced, sober lifestyle and her adventures in When Britain entered the war against Germany it planned on using its vastly the involvement of cold cases both in Cana- superior Navy to maintain its supply lines and choke off Germany from the world. da and the United States. Tempe’s life also But Germany had a weapon that British planners hadn’t counted on: the subma- includes the quintessential, world-weary and rine . British naval doctrine, urged upon the Germans: adherence to Cruise Rules, a relic of old naval customs, which called for a sub to surface, warn the besieged disheveled detective, “Skinny” Slidell on the ship it would be fired upon, grant civilians time to evacuate, then fire upon the ship. U.S. side and the handsome, Sûreté du German naval doctrine: unrestricted warfare. Attack any and all ships entering into Québec detective and love interest Andrew enemy waters regardless of flag or designation, employing the key element of the Ryan on the Canadian side. Also, in the mix submarine’s success: surprise. A single torpedo detonated upon striking the ship on May 7, 1915. Over 1900 is a cat named Bird who makes an appear- passengers and crew were on board and an appalling 1198 would die. It took only ance in every book. The reader will discover eighteen minutes for the ship to sink and over an hour for help to arrive from the that each novel brings Reichs’ work experi- nearby Irish coast. Among those 1198 dead were 128 Americans and that is what ence into her thrillers makes the Lusitania so important to the outcome of the WWI. In 1915, America was neutral. Although she supplied the Allies with material, the population was In her real life, Reichs divides her work very anti-war; sizable immigrant German population opposed fighting against their time between the Laboratoire des Sciences homeland and the Irish population opposed allying with their old enemy, England. Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the However, the unprovoked sinking of a civilian cruise liner altered how many province of Quebec and her professorship Americans viewed the war. It wasn’t just another imperial fight between old conti- nental rivals. It was suddenly easy for pro-war factions to paint the Germans as at UNC Charlotte. She is one of eighty-two uncaring and inhuman and acting without regard to the “established” rules of war. forensic anthropologists certified by the Germany didn’t help itself either; the German government refused to apologize and American Board of Forensic Anthropology cited reports that the Lusitania was transporting small-arms ammunition and shell casings. Even if true, and contemporary evidence suggests that it was, the sinking and is on the Board of Directors of the of the Lusitania damaged relations between Washington and Berlin beyond repair. American Academy of Forensic Sciences. It hardened American hearts, affecting isolationists as well as pacifists. Following Also, Dr. Reichs is a producer of the hit Fox further sub provocations, two years later the U.S. declared war on Germany. TV series, Bones, which is based on her
novels. [email protected] Her latest novel Bones Never Lie, re- http://outofsteppe.blogspot.com/ leased last August, continues the mystery of serial killer Anique Pomerleau who escaped For more on the Lusitania: from capture in the previous book Bones of the Lost. As is true in some series, read them in order; otherwise the progression of characters and events may get confusing.*
*For a list of Kathy Reichs’ books go to: www.goodreads.com or www.amazon.com. She also co-authors young adult mystery novels with her son Brendan Reichs under the Virals series.
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