July / Aug 2009 Vol. 10 / Issue 4 Helping You Connect to the World

Inklings by Abby Director’s Column

appreciation. Library INK Newsletter Changes III f you are reading this newsletter, you know all about In order to cut costs, the full issue of Library INK will no longer be the proposed budget cuts. available in our libraries. This has been an very over- whelming week for Ohio But that doesn't mean you can't receive it. You have a new option Libraries. besides going to our homepage: www.pcdl.lib.oh.us.

Overwhelming in that we were Now you can have it sent directly to your e-mail and receive it right informed of a 50% cut to our away! funding only one week in ad- vance. And overwhelming in Send your e-mail address to [email protected] to get on the the community support we Library Ink Newsletter distribution list. (All e-mails will be kept con- have received from concerned fidential.) individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations.

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Grant Awarded from the International The Preble County District OOO n June 26, the Preble Library and Preble County Paper Company Foundation County District Library and Schools wish to thank the Preble County Schools were International Paper Company awarded a one thousand Foundation for their generos- dollar grant from the Inter- ity, especially in the wake of national Paper Company our current economy. Foundation to be used for purchasing books and mate- “We were so excited to learn rials that focus on science. that we had been awarded this grant,” Abby said. “With Site Manager John Winters both schools and libraries and Mindy Enicks presented facing tough budget cuts, the check to Library Director help from area businesses is Abby Noland, and Eaton even more appreciated.” High School Librarian Bar- bara Myers. “We think that it is important to support schools and libraries,” John Pictured (L-R): Abby Noland, Barbara Myers, John Winters, and said. Mindy Enicks

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www.pcdl.lib.oh.us The Friends of the West Alexandria needed funds to support the W. Alex- Library sure knows how to throw a andria Library. Thank you to all those library fundraiser! On Sunday, May 17 who donated! the Miami Nation of Indiana presented The Friends and the Library would an afternoon of Native American-style also like to thank the local businesses fun that included dance, music, and that donated to the event: Burger songs performed by the very talented King of Eaton, First Brethren Church Twigh Twee Singers. (W. Alex), I Dream of Cakes, Kiwanis The children really enjoyed partici- Club of W. Alexandria, Liberty Equine This year, we’ve already taken a 16% funding cut in services and materials. OUCH! pating in the dance demonstrations -- Supply, especially when they learned the Rumpke, Shirley Friendly VOLUNTEERS who love their library and “sneaky dance” - used, they were told, Belcher, Dayton can donate a few hours are needed September - when hunting prey. Daily News, October to: Over 200 people attended the fund- Twin Valley raiser with the Friends earning much Schools (School • Place follow-up phone calls Librarian, Katie • Make door to door visits Kelly Green, • Stuff envelopes • Place campaign flyers around town Industrial Tech. • Advocate through a connection to a group Teacher, David or organization. Maddox & the Students who Let us know how many hours made the Dona- you’d like to volunteer! tion Boxes), Twin Creek Tea Please contact you local PCDL branch for Room, and the details on becoming an AFC volunteer! W. Alexandria Church of Christ. Photographs submitted by Paula Byers

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The Summer Reading program presented the skit “Colors Everywhere” at the Eaton branch in June. After the show, the children got to stretch their legs by dancing to lively tunes!

If you would like to learn more about Summer Reading visit or call any PCDL branch, or visit the our Summer Reading pages available at our website: pcdl.lib.oh.us EEE A few simple words from you The library visits all the schools to promote Summer veryone has a story to tell could open the door for some- Reading because reading when school is out prevents and your library is no excep- one who has no idea of all the summer set-back! According to the National Center for tion. Except OUR story can library can do for them! Summer Learning: only be told by YOU -- people “Contrary to popular opinion—including many educa- who have discovered the many Tell your story today! Visit any tors’—most students, even those “at-risk,” make decent ways the library has positively branch of the Preble County progress during the school year! It’s summer when they affected their everyday lives. District Library and fill out a fall behind. “Tell Us” slip. Or visit our Web- Surprised? Scientifically-based research shows that “On Do you have a story to tell site at www.pcdl.lib.oh.us to average, children from low-income families lose nearly about a service the library pro- submit your story online. three months of grade-level equivalency during the sum- vided that really helped you? mer months each year, compared to an average of one Would you be willing to share month lost by middle-income children.”* that story with us? *To learn more visit the Center for Summer Learning Tell us how the library helped or changed your life - www.summerlearning.org/index.html at Johns Hopkins your story could inspire someone who has no idea of all University. that awaits them at their library! Summer is all about read- ing for fun!

OOO ver the next several months, three PCDL branches will take turns hosting Wild About Eyes

Kiosk, a FREE interactive display that teaches Pictured (L-R): Barbara Duncan, Karole Moore, Brenda Michael, Teresa children and adults the importance of good eye Deaton, Cheryl Richter, and Jennifer Arling. health and safety.

The kiosk consists of four learning stations that use bowling balls, handheld paddles, and an eye safety matching game to Library Program Note! provide hands-on learning.

Wild About Eyes will be featured at a Family Fun Wild About Eyes was developed by Prevent Blindness Ohio and the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery in Dayton. It is funded by Night scheduled on Monday, August 17, from the Ohio Department of Heath, Bureau of Child and Family 6:30-7:30 PM at the Eaton Branch . Families Health Services, and the Save Our Sight Program. are invited to come for an evening of laughter, learning, hands-on activities, storytelling, and The kiosk will be displayed at the following branches: FREE gift bag giveaways! Eaton: Aug. 8 - Sept. 8 Eldorado: Sept. 8 - Oct 6 West Alexandria: Oct 6 - Nov 11 Your library has its finger on the pulse of entertainment! TV DVD DVDs Thin Ice: Based on the popular Robert B. Parker mystery series featuring Jesse Stone, this fifth installment finds the Paul Blart: Mall Cop Mass. Police Chief dealing with the fallout from a shootout He’s Just Not That Into You he was involved with during a visit to Boston. Tom Selleck Australia stars. American High School The Thief Lord Confessions of a Shopaholic Army Wives: Follows the deepening conflicts and com- The Devil’s Tomb plications of the wives as the army fights its battles Inkheart abroad and the wives fight the battle at home. First and Killshot second seasons. Music - Soundtracks

Confessions of a Shopaholic: Acces- sory / Jordyn Taylor; Fashion / Lady Supernatural, season 3: The yellow-eyed demon is GaGa; Blue Jeans / Jessie James; Uncon- trollable / Adrienne Bailon; Calling You / vanquished, but at a terrible price. The battle that Kat DeLuna; Stuck with Each Other / brought him down released hundreds of demons from Shontelle; Unstoppable / Kat DeLuna; Big Hell into an unsuspecting world. And it cost Sam his life. Spender / Adrienne Bailon; Bad Girl / The But a grief-stricken Dean made a deal...his soul for Sam's Pussycat Dolls; Again / Natasha Bedingfield; Takes Time to Love / Trey Songz; Girls Just Want to Have Fun / Greg resurrection. Now Dean has just one year to live. One Laswell; Don't Forget Me / Macy Gray; Shopaholic Suite / year to fight the unholy, the twisted, the ghoulish...And James Newton Howard. ON ORDER one year for Sam to search desperately for some way to save his

brother. Mind-bending adventure awaits as the Winchester brothers He’s Just Not That Into You: I'd Like To / Corinne Bailey Rae; I'm Amazed / My continue their odyssey into the supernatural. Morning Jacket; Don't You Want Me / The Human League; Supernatural Superseri- ous / R.E.M. Madly / Tristan Prettyman; This Must Be From Book to Film Forecast the Place (Naive Melody) / Talking Heads; Hollywood continues to turn to classic and popular children’s fiction By Your Side / The Black Crowes for inspiration. 2010 will be no exception with 6 book-adapted pro- I Must Be High / Wilco; You Make It Real / James Morrison; jects set for release beginning in January. If I Never See Your Face Again / Maroon 5; Can't Hardly Wait / The Replacements; Fruit Machine / The Ting Tings Cirque du Freak (1/15/10): Based on the twelve book series by Smile / Lily Allen; Somewhere Only We Know / Keane; Darren Shan Love, Save the Empty / Erin McCarley; Friday I'm in Love / The Cure; Last Goodbye / Scarlett Johansson Ramona and Beezus (3/19/10): Based on the books by Beverly Cleary that follow the misadventures of school-age Ramona Quimby, beginning in kindergarten.

How to Train your Dragon (3/26/10): Based on the book How to Train Your Dragon: Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III by Cressida Cowell.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (4/2/10): This popular series for tweens was written by Jeff Kinney. Book four is coming out on October 12. Mouse on over & check it out ! It is, as yet, untitled.

BookBrowse.com: Your Guide to Exceptional Books Gulliver’s Travels (6/4/10): The film adaptation of the Jonathan www.bookbrowse.com/ Swift classic will star Jack Black.

Coming Soon: Forecasts for Films, TV, DVD Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow, Pt. 1 (11/19/10): Warner www.comingsoon.net/ Bros. is, indeed, breaking the last installment of J.K. Rowling’s wildly popular series into two parts. Part 2 is slated for a release date in Movieweb.com: The best seat in the house 2011! www.movieweb.com Retro TV on DVD Unabridged Audio CDs Take a simple premise - alien comes to The Last Place / Laura Lippman (2003) 11 CDs 13.25 hrs. Earth - give it to producer Garry Marshall Tess Monaghan Mystery #7 Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat

who adds a pinch of Robin Williams and a The Neon Rain / James Lee Burke (1987) 7 CDs 8.50 hrs. dash of Pam Dauber and you get a crazy Dave Robicheaux series #1 Narrator: Will Patton situation comedy Mork & Mindy which ran from 1978-82. Defending Angels / Mary Stanton 8 CDs 9.50 hrs. Narrator: Julia Gibson Mork and Mindy

(season 3, 1978): The Day of Atonement / Faye Kellerman 10 CDs 11 hrs. season begins with Narrator: Mitch Greenberg the threat of Mork The Sign / Raymond Khoury 13 CDs 16.25 hrs. (Robin Williams) being Narrator: Richard Farrone recalled to his home planet Ork after he undergoes a personality change from too Lover Eternal / J.R. Ward much Earth exposure. Includes: "Mork the Narrator: Jim Frangione

Prankster," "Mindy Gets a Job," "Reflections and Regrets," "Dueling Skates," "Gunfight at the Mork-ay Corral," "Mork Meets Audio Spotlight Robin Williams," "Alas, Poor Mork, We Knew Him Well”.

Go space-age crazy with The Jetsons! The first season of this ABC TV series ran from If you’re a fan of 1962-63. It was rerun on Saturdays for dec- ades. Due to its continuing popularity with Janet Evanovich and viewers, new episodes were produced and ran from 1985-87. This space-age animated Carl Hiaasen, sitcom is still popular today. The Jetsons, Season Two: Meet George you’ll love Jetson and his quirky family: wife Jane, son Elroy and daughter Judy. Living in the automated, push-button world of the future Marshall Karp! hasn't made life any easier for the harried husband and father, who gets into one comical misadventure after another! Both DVDs are on order and coming soon! Synopsis: Nora Bannister is a bestselling mystery novelist who buys run-down houses in LA. While her business partners turn the house into a showpiece, Nora makes it the scene of a grisly murder in her Inspirational Audio CDs House To Die For series. As soon as the new book goes on sale, so • The Returning / Ann Tatlock does the house — and the bidding frenzy begins. It seems a lot of Narrator: Scott Sowers people are willing to pay a lot of money to live in a real house where • A Promise for Spring / Kim Vogel Sawyer a fictional character has died a violent death. Narrator: Barbara Caruso • The Apothecary’s Daughter / Julie Klassen Just before Nora’s latest book hits the market, one of her house- Narrator: Davina Porter flipping partners is murdered. LAPD Detectives Mike Lomax and • Shattered Justice / Karen Ball Terry Biggs are assigned the case, but this one is a hot potato – the Narrator: Stevie Ray Dallimore dead woman is also the wife of one of their fellow cops. As Mike and • The Hope Chest / Wanda E. Brunstetter Terry dig into the victim’s private life, more bodies turn up . . . Narrator: Christina Moore Is someone stalking the house flippers or is the murderer after cops’ • The Brush Stroke Legacy / Lauraine Snelling wives? Either way, Mike and Terry have to track down the killer be- Narrator: Suzanne Toren fore he murders his next logical target — Marilyn Biggs, Terry’s wife. • An Unexpected Love / Tracie Peterson & Judith Miller Narrator: Tom Stechschulte Narrator: Linda Stephens Details: 6 CDs 7hr. 25 min. • Let Them Eat Cake / Sandra Byrd 2009 Narrator: Corine Montbertrand Hardcover Publication: These titles have arrived and will be available soon! Laura Caldwell introduces Izzy McNeil, hot shot A Southern Sewing Circle Mystery Chicago Attorney in a back-to-back trilogy! Sew Deadly / Elizabeth Lynn Casey: Ever since she moved to Sweet Briar, South Carolina, Tori’s been Red Hot Lies: Lead entertainment lawyer at Pickett Enterprises, Izzy McNeil has her hands full as she investigates the murder of the talk of the tiny town. But she’s been so busy add- Pickett, the disappearance of her fiancée and tries to locate $30 mil- ing a children’s corner to the library, winning over the lion worth of Panamanian real estate bonds. women of the sewing circle, and trying to forget her Izzy McNeil’s adventures continue with Red Blooded Murder cheating ex that she hasn’t had time to even baste together a pillow, never mind pay attention to the (release date 7/1 and Red, White and Dead (release date local gossip. Then she finds the town sweetheart dead at her back 8/1). ON ORDER door, and everything else falls by the wayside…Everyone believes the police investigator, who’s just fixin’ to link Tori to the murder in a love triangle gone bad through a handsome third-grade teacher.

To clear her name, Tori will have to rely on her new sewing sisters

and stitch together the truth–or else she’ll be darned…

Maternal Instincts Mystery Bundle of Trouble / Diana Orgain: First-time mom Kate Connelly is bringing up baby— and bringing

down a killer...Kate Connelly may have found the per- fect work-from-home Mommy job: private investiga- Jane Stanton Hitchcock Delivers! tor. After all, the hours are flexible, she can bring the A riveting tale of murder, money, and high society, set in the glamor- baby along on stake-outs, and if you're going to be up ous, politics-fueled world of the nation's capital. all night anyway, you might as well solve some Mortal Friends: When the latest victim of the crimes. But when a body is pulled from San Francisco Bay that may "Beltway Basher" is found in the woods of Mon- be her brother-in-law, Kate must crack the case faster than you can trose Park, Reven Lynch's favorite jogging spot, say "diaper rash" in order to keep her family together. her crime-loving antenna goes up. The murder A Witchcraft Mystery makes Reven and her best friend, Violet Bolton, reconsider their running route—but that's not the Secondhand spirit / Juliet Blackwell: Lily Ivory only change in Reven's routine. Her chic George- feels that she can finally fit in somewhere and conceal town neighborhood isn't accustomed to brutal slay- her “witchiness” in San Francisco. It’s there that she ings, and when the smooth, enigmatic Detective opens her vintage clothing shop, outfitting customers Gunner shows up in her antique shop, asking pointed questions, both spiritually and stylistically. she’s left wondering how close to home the killings are. Just when things seem normal, a client is murdered and children start disappearing from the Bay Area. Lily Gunner is convinced the murderer is a society bigshot hiding in plain has a good idea that some bad phantoms are behind it. Can she sight. But he is out of his element in the rarefied world of embassy keep her identity secret, or will her witchy ways be forced out of dinners and symphony balls, and Reven is perfectly positioned to the closet as she attempts to stop the phantom? feed him the inside information he needs. She throws herself into her role as the detective's "ersatz Mata Hari," only to discover that the All are ON ORDER prominent skirt-chasing businessman for whom she's fallen tops Gun- ner's shortlist of suspects. And that's not the half of it: a philanthropic Readers’ Advice for bombshell named Cynthia Rinehart has taken the city by storm, and Mystery Fans Violet's steady marriage is suddenly encountering some major turbu- lence. . . . Prime Crime Mystery Site http://berkleysignetmysteries.com/ During the course of the investigation, the social world will unravel, an old friendship will be put to the test, scandalous secrets will be unleashed, and Reven will discover that nothing old or new, in high culture or low life, is what it appears. ON ORDER. 7

Dying to Know. You Choose! See a title you like? Request it at the library or from our website @ www.pcdl.lib.oh.us These mysteries will be available from publishers in July & August. Author Title Sleuth ISBN #

July

Madelyn Alt Where There’s a Witch Bewitching Series Stormy Mills, mystical antique shop owner 978-0425228715 7/7 5

Juliet Blackwell Secondhand Spirits A Witchcraft Mystery Lily Ivory, amateur sleuth / witch 978-0451227454 7/7 1

Elizabeth K. Dead Floating Lovers Emily Kincaid, journalist / mystery writer 7/09 2 978-0738712659 Buzzelli Laura Caldwell Red Blooded Murder Izzy McNeil, Hot shot Chicago attorney 978-0778326588 7/1 2

Paul Christopher The Sword of the Templars Thriller Army Ranger Lt. Col. John Holliday 7/7 NA 978-0451227409 Sheila Connolly Rotten to the Core An Orchard Mystery Meg Corey, orchard owner 978-0425228760 7/7 2

Thomas H. Cook The Fate of Katherine Carr George Gates, retired travel writer 978-0151014019 6/23 NA

Dorothy Howell Purses and Poison Haley Randolph, student / depart. store clerk 978-0758223760 7/1 2

J.A. Konrath Cherry Bomb Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels, Detective 978-1401302818 7/7 6

Julie Kramer Missing Mark Riley Spartz, TV reporter 978-0385524773 7/14 2

David Levien Where the Dead Lay Frank Behr, brooding private investigator 978-0385523677 7/7 2

Steve Martini Guardian of Lies Paul Madriani, defense Attorney 978-0061230905 7/7 10

Kaye Morgan Killer Sudoku Liza Kelly, newspaper Sudoku Creator 978-0425228395 7/7 3

Karen Olson The Missing Ink Tattoo Shop Mystery Debut Brett Kavanaugh, tattoo shop owner 978-0451227461 7/7 1

August

Susanne Alleyn Cavalier of the Apocalypse Aristide Ravel, freelance undercover police 978-0312343637 7/21 3 agent and investigator - 1700’s Paris Donna Andrews Swan for the Money Meg Langslow, craftswoman 978-0312377175 7/21 11

Michael Atkinson Hemingway Deadlights Debut Ernest Hemingway, celebrity sleuth (1956) 978-0312379711 8/18 1

Jennie Bentley Spackled and Spooked Do-It-Yourself Avery Baker, designer turned home renovator 978-0425229132 8/4 2

Annette Blair Larceny and Lace Vintage Magic Mystery Madeira Cutler, vintage clothing shop owner 978-0425229118 8/4 2

Elizabeth L. Casey Sew Deadly Southern Sewing Circle Mystery Tori Sinclair, Yankee librarian 978-0425229101 8/4 1

Chris Cavender A Slice of Murder Debut Eleanor Swift, pizzeria owner 978-0758229489 8/1 1

J.A. Jance Fire and Ice Beaumont & Brady Mystery Arizona Sheriff Joanna Brady & Homicide In- 978-0061239229 7/21 14 vestigator J.B. Beaumont Faye Kellerman Blindman’s Bluff Peter Decker, LAPD Lt. & wife Rina Lazarus 978-0061702327 8/11 18

Sophie Littlefield A Bad Day for Sorry Debut Stella Hardesty, sewing shop owner / battered 978-0312559205 8/4 1 women’s advocate Sheila Lowe Dead Write A Forensic Handwriting Mystery Claudia Rose, handwriting expert 978-0451228123 8/4 3

Diana Orgain Bundle of Trouble Kate Connelly, new mom / fledgling PI 978-0425229248 8/4 1 Beach-Worthy Reads

Beach-worthy: What makes a book beach-worthy? Follow these simple guidelines: Gotta Read It! 1. You should be able to hold the book with one hand (so you can hold a treat in the other!) No hefty tomes on this beach! Sorry Harry Potter ! Sorry War and Fans of Sophie Kinsella’s Shopaholic series are Peace ! sure to enjoy: 2. The storyline has to be exciting and interesting, but not “lofty” - too much think-

Twenties Girl: Lara Lington has al- ing could cause sunstroke - maybe even a heat rash! ways had an overactive imagination, 3. The book must be one you will enjoy, not something you feel pressured to read but suddenly it seems to be in over- by a list. Who cares if you prefer Nora Roberts to Barbara Kingsolver, or Nicholas drive. Normal professional twenty- Sparks to John Grisham. It’s your time! Spend it reading what you like! something young women don’t get 4. “Fluffy Fiction” and “Beach Book” don’t have to be synonymous! There are visited by ghosts. Or do they? When plenty of titles out there that contain the perfect balance between ‘weighty’ and the spirit of Lara’s great-aunt ‘fluffy’ - such as: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, a fascinating Gothic Sadie...dance–mysteriously appears, -style ghost story that pays tribute to Brontë and du Maurier; The Lace Makers she has one last request: Lara must find a missing of Glenmara by Heather Barbieri in which a young American woman helps a necklace that had been in Sadie’s possession for group of lace makers change their lives—and, ultimately, her own, set against more than seventy-five years, and Sadie cannot rest the backdrop of an idyllic Gaelic village; or Sunnyside Blues by Mary Carter without it. Lara, on the other hand, has a number of which gives readers the satisfying tale of twenty-five-year-old Andes Lane who ongoing distractions. Her best friend and business must “...confront the secrets she tried to leave behind and the lies that have partner has run off to Goa, her start-up company is kept her running…” floundering, and she’s just been dumped by the Other Beach Book Suggestions: “perfect” man... • Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire / Margot Berwin: In the Lara and Sadie make a hilarious sparring duo, and at heart of New York City, hidden in the back room of an old Laundromat, are nine first it seems as though they have nothing in com- rare and valuable plants. [This book] tells the story of this legendary garden, mon. But as the mission to find Sadie’s necklace and the distance one woman must travel—from the cold, harsh streets of Man- Getting leads to intrigue and a new romance for Lara, these hattan to the lush jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula—to claim what is hers. great buzz in reviews! very different “twenties” girls learn some surprising truths from each other along the way. • Summer House / Nancy Thayer: Charlotte is 30, rebelling against her fam- Sarah Strohmeyer & romance economy-style! ily’s goals for her life, and privately atoning for a terrible mistake she made. Helen, 60, has overheard a conversation that brings her agony—and a chance to The Penny Pincher’s Club: Living in understand her place in the family. And Nona, at 90, knows the time has come New Jersey—the state that boasts the to reveal the most profound secret of all. As summer progresses, all three most malls per capita—Kat's favorite Wheelwright women must come to terms with decisions they have made. Revis- recreational activity is a no-brainer: iting the lives and loves that have crossed their paths and the possibilities of the shopping. But when she discovers that roads not taken, they may just discover that what they’ve always sought was her husband, Griff, has been hiding a right in front of them all along. secret bank account, her joyful con- • Best Friends Forever / Jennifer Weiner: Best Friends Forever is a grand, sumerism suddenly loses its appeal. Are their fights hilarious, edge-of-your-seat adventure; a story about betrayal and loyalty, family about money more serious than she understood? Is history and small-town secrets. It's about living through tragedy, finding love he, as her friends suggest, preparing for a divorce? where you least expect it, and the ties that keep best friends together. Just in case, Kat decides it's time to start saving.

Readers’ Advice for Romance Readers

Paranormal Romance: http://paranormalromancewriters.com

YOU CHOOSE! 9 Romance Novels available from publishers in July & August. See something you like? Request it at the library or online at www.pcdl.lib.oh.us

Author Title Subgenre, Series, or FYI ISBN Pub #

July Susan Andersen Bending the Rules Contemporary / Sisterhood Diaries Trilogy 978-0373773930 7/1 2 D.D. Barant Dying Bites Debut Paranormal / Vampire / Bloodhound Files 978-0312942588 6/30 1 Kate Brady One Scream Away Debut Suspense Thriller 978-0446541527 7/1 NA Jaci Burton Taken By Sin Paranormal / Demon Hunters series 978-0440244554 6/23 4 Loretta Chase Don’t Tempt Me Historical 978-0061632662 6/30 NA Nicola Cornick The Scandals of an Innocent Historical 978-0373773893 7/1 NA Victoria Dahl Start Me Up Contemporary 978-0373773909 7/1 NA Dorothea Benton Frank Return to Sullivan’s Island Contemporary / Women’s Fiction 978-0061438455 6/30 2 Barbara Freethy Suddenly One Summer Paranormal / Angels / Angel’s Bay Series 978-1439101568 6/30 1 Dorothy Garlock The Moon Looked Down Americana Romance / WWII 978-0446695350 7/16 NA Heather Graham Dust To Dust Suspense / Prophecy Series 978-0778326540 7/1 1 Sabrina Jeffries Wed Him Before You Bed Him Historical / School for Heiresses Last in series 978-1416560821 6/23 6 Leslie Langtry I Shot you Babe Greatest Hits Romance / Family of assassins 978-0843962918 6/30 4 Tracy Madison A Stroke of Magic Contemporary / Witchcraft 978-0505528117 6/30 NA Susan Mallery Straight From the Hip Lone Star Sisters / Contemporary 978-0373773831 7/1 3 Mary Jo Putney Loving a Lost Lord Lost Lord series debut 978-1420103281 7/1 1 Jullia Quinn What Happens in London Historical 978-0061491887 6/30 NA Patricia Rice Mystic Warrior Mystic Isle Trilogy / Fantasy 978-0451227478 7/7 3 Nora Roberts Black Hills Suspense 978-0399155819 7/7 NA Shannon Stacey Becoming Miss Becky Historical American West 978-1605043142 7/1 NA August Elizabeth Bevarly Neck and Neck Contemporary 978-0425229033 8/4 NA Susan Carroll Twilight of a Queen Dark Queen series / Literary Historical 9780449221099 7/21 5 Maureen Child Beguiled Queen of the Otherworld / Paranormal 978-0451227720 8/4 2 Christina Dodd Storm of Visions Chosen Ones series / Paranormal 978-0451227638 8/4 1 Jeaniene Frost Destined for an Early Grave Night Huntress series / Paranormal 978-0061583216 7/28 4 Karen Hawkins Sleepless in Scotland MacLean series / Historical 978-1416560258 7/21 1 Rita Herron Dark Hunger Demonborn Trilogy / Paranormal 978-0446199483 7/28 2 Lisa Jackson Chosen to Die Suspense 978-1420102772 8/1 NA Sherrilyn Kenyon Bad Moon Rising Dark-Hunter series / Paranormal 978-0312369491 8/4 14 Stephanie Laurens Mastered by Love Bastion Club Novel - Historical 978-0061246371 7/28 8 Linda Lael Miller The Bridegroom Stone Creek - Amer. West Historical 978-0373773886 8/1 8 Shelley Munro Tea for Two Contemporary 978-1605043425 8/1 NA Elizabeth Naughton Stolen Heat Stolen Trilogy - Adventure 978-0505527943 7/28 2 Brenda Novak The Perfect Couple Suspense 978-0778326670 8/1 NA

Luanne Rice Deep Blue Sea for Beginners Women’s fiction 978-0553805147 8/4 NA Staff Recommendation WWII Real Life Thriller Jim Corson, Assistant Librarian at the Eaton Branch, would like to make At All Costs: How a Crippled Ship and Two the following recommendation: American Merchant Mariners Turned the Tide

of World War II / Sam Moses: This is the as- Wild Hoofbeats / Carol Walker: An tonishing untold account, with original histori- emblem of the American West and once cal reporting, of how two men faced unfa- numbering in the millions, the wild horses thomable danger to help save the island of is considered by some today as a resource Malta, Churchill’s crux of the war. to be exploited or a pest to be eliminated.

Now the wild horse is on the verge of In 1942, the tiny island of Malta was the most heavily bombed being removed entirely from our nation's place on earth. Hitler needed Malta as a stepping-stone to get public lands. Wild Hoofbeats takes us to the oil in Iraq and Iran (Persia at the time). Blockaded by deep into "Adobe Town" in Wyoming's Red Desert and one of the largest sea, Malta was running on empty, in food, fuel and ammuni- remaining wild herds in America. In passionate prose, but above all in tion. Axis U-boats and dive-bombers made supply convoys to stunning photographs...Carol Walker convinces us to take the future of Malta more like suicide missions. In this last-hope convoy, 50 these elegant, exceptional animals to heart. warships escorted 13 freighters...along with a single critical Why Jim recommends it: Wild Hoofbeats is the story of Cloud, a tanker, the SS Ohio, with 107,000 barrels of oil… Relentlessly beautiful white stallion. The book and story was developed and inspired dive-bombed and repeatedly torpedoed, the Ohio suffered huge by a PBS series about this magnificent animal and his family. The author hits and was abandoned. Two young American merchant mari- has created a foundation to raise moneys to protect and save many of ners–pulled from the sea after their own ship went down in these beautiful, marvelous creatures. The photography, scenery, and flames–boarded the ravaged tanker, repaired her guns and animals [depicted in this book] reveal why we need to do what we can fought off German and Italian dive-bombers, as the sinking to save the wildness, the wilderness, and our vanishing planet. Ohio was towed at 4 knots toward Malta with a tiny crew of Highlights: volunteers.  Gorgeous photography and a Captivating story Thrilling Tales of Man vs. Nature Recommended Techno Thriller Suzanne Pontius (MORE Librarian) & her husband Clark recommend this Near Death in the Arctic / Cecil Kuhne: high-tech underground sensation for the wireless age! ...astonishing tales of man versus nature, all set against the bleakly beautiful backdrop of Daemon / Daniel Suarez: Technology controls almost the poles of the earth. On foot, by ship, or everything in our modern-day world, from remote entry by dog-powered sledge, these adventurers on our cars to access to our homes, from the flight con- brave the most savage and desolate envi- trols of our airplanes to the movements of the entire ronment on earth, their instinct for self- world economy. Thousands of autonomous computer preservation and survival exceeded only by programs, or daemons, make our networked world pos- their desire for excitement and discovery. sible, running constantly in the background of our lives,

trafficking e-mail, transferring money, and monitoring power grids. For the most part, daemons are benign, but the same can’t America’s Storyteller: Louis L’Amour always be said for the people who design them. Matthew Sobol was a legendary computer game designer...His prema- The Collected Short Stories of Louis ture death depressed both gamers and his company’s stock price. But L’Amour: The Crime Stories: L’Amour Sobol’s fans aren’t the only ones to note his passing. When his obituary takes readers beyond the frontier with is posted online, a previously dormant daemon activates, initiating a thirty-three gripping stories of crime, chain of events intended to unravel the fabric of our hyper-efficient, in- sports, and the murky world where the two terconnected world...it’s up to an unlikely alliance to decipher his intri- often meet. From suspenseful whodunits to cate plans and wrest the world from the grasp of a nameless, faceless rueful tales of fortunes gained and lost, this enemy—or learn to live in a society in which we are no longer in control. remarkable collection will enthrall and en- tertain L’Amour fans old and new. Backyard Homestead by Carleen Madigan was • Organizing your Day / Sandra Felton highly praised on amazon.com, earning a five-star rat- • The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide: Protect your sav- ing from 6 reviewers! If you are interested in home- ings, boost your income, and grow wealthy even in the steading and want to become more self reliant through worst of times / Martin D. Weiss: home gardening, beekeeping and raising small farm • The Ultramind Solution: Automatically boost your brain animals this book is for you! Synopsis: Put your back- power, improve your mood and optimize / Mark Hyman yard to work! Enjoy fresher, organic, better-tasting food all the time. • Conquering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder / Victoria Lemle The solution is as close as your own backyard. Grow the vegetables and Beckner fruits your family loves; keep bees; raise chickens, goats, or even a • Master Your Metabolism / Jillian Michael cow. [This book] shows you how it's done. And when the harvest is in, • Hungry Girl 200 Under 200 / Lisa Lillien you'll learn how to cook, preserve, cure, brew, or pickle the fruits of • your labor. 10001 Ways to Live large on a Small Budget • Learn how to make the most of small outdoor spaces. The Youth Equation: Take 10 Years Off Your Face / Jeffrey Try the All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Dover Bartholomew: ...there are ten new features in this all- • How to Say It On Your Resume / Brad Karsh new, updated book...even simpler than it was be- • Clean Home, Green Home / Kimberly Delaney fore...anyone, anywhere can enjoy a Square Foot gar- • Homeowner’s Guide to Managing a Renovation / Susan E. den -- Children, adults with limited mobility, even com- Solakian plete novices can achieve spectacular results. Make the most of your property by becoming an “urbanite gardener”. The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City by Kelly Coyne & Erik Knutzen: [This] is the essential handbook for a fast-growing new movement: urbanites are becoming gardeners and farmers. Rejecting both end-times hand wringing and dewy-eyed faith that technology will save us from ourselves, urban homesteaders choose instead to act...If you would like to harvest your own vegetables, raise city chickens, or convert to solar energy, this practical, hands-on book is full of step-by-step projects that will get you started homesteading immediately, whether you live in an apart- ment or a house.

Food of a Younger Land / Mark Kurlansky: In the 1930s, with the country gripped by the Great Depres- sion and millions of Americans struggling to get by, FDR created the Federal Writers' Project under the New Deal as a make-work program for artists and authors. A number of writers, including Zora Neale Hurston, Eu- dora Welty, and Nelson Algren, were dispatched all across America to chronicle the eating habits, traditions, and struggles of local people. The project, called "America Eats," was abandoned in the early 1940s because of the World War and never completed. [This book] unearths this forgotten literary and historical treasure... captures these remarkable stories, and combined with authentic reci- pes, anecdotes, photos, and his own musings and analysis, evokes a bygone era when Americans had never heard of fast food and the gro- cery superstore was a thing of the future. Your library keeps your changing needs in mind

Reminders… For more information regarding these programs, contact Outreach Librarian Marlene Ressler, PCDL at 937-456-4376 or Juanita Moore, Preble County Council On Aging, at 937-456-4947. An interactive program for

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group meets nursing home residents the 2nd Friday of every month at 10 AM at the Senior Center in Eaton -- 800 East St. Clair St. If you or someone you know is in the From Marlene Ressler’s Desk: “For Be- position of raising their grandchildren, give this unique and suppor- yond Books, Outreach hosted a Luau tive group at try. at each of our area nursing homes. We Care: A Caregiver’s Support Everyone received a lei and Becky Group meets the first Monday of every Rogers made frozen fruit cups -- that month at 2 PM at the Senior Center in everyone loved! We talked about Ha- Eaton. The programs last 1 – 1-½ hours. Volunteer caregivers waii and what they grown, the state flower, bird, etc. will provide on-site assistance with your loved one. The Senior Everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves! A couple Center will provide FREE handicapped accessible transportation. people, who had been to Please call the Senior Center one week before the meeting to Hawaii, shared their experi- schedule transportation (456-4947). We Care is sponsored by the ences. Preble County Council on Aging, Preble County District Library, We decided we would love Heartland, Vancrest, Greenbriar, and Pheasant Run Village. to go as a group to visit!

The Latest in Nonfiction Large Print Titles Biography that Inspires Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir For Sur- vival / Norman Ollestad: From the age of The Horse Boy: A Father’s Quest to Heal His Son / three, Norman Ollestad was thrust into the Rupert Isaacson: When his son Rowan was diagnosed world of surfing and competitive downhill ski- with autism, Rupert Isaacson was devastated, afraid he ing by the intense, charismatic father he both might never be able to communicate with his child. But idolized and resented...Yet it was these exhila- when Isaacson, a lifelong horseman, rode their neighbor's rating tests of skill that prepared "Boy Won- horse with Rowan, Rowan improved immeasurably. He was der," as his father called him, to become a fearless cham- struck with a crazy idea: why not take Rowan to the one pion—and ultimately saved his life. place in the world where horses and shamanic healing intersected? This is the dramatic and heartwarming story of that impossible adven- Flying to a ski championship ceremony in February 1979, the ture...This is a deeply moving, truly one-of-a-kind story--of a family willing chartered Cessna carrying Norman, his father, his father's girl- to go to the ends of the earth to help their son, and of a boy learning to friend, and the pilot crashed into the San Gabriel Mountains connect with the world for the first time. and was suspended at 8,200 feet, engulfed in a blizzard. "Dad Fiction and I were a team, and he was Superman," Ollestad writes. But now Norman's father was dead, and the devastated eleven • The Scarecrow / Michael Connelly -year-old had to descend the treacherous, icy mountain alone. • Fatally Flaky / Diane Mott Davidson: Colorado caterer Set amid the spontaneous, uninhibited surf culture of Malibu Goldy Schulz encounters Bridezilla--and murder--in her 15th and Mexico in the late 1970s, this riveting memoir, written in outing. crisp Hemingwayesque prose, recalls Ollestad's childhood and • Mothers and Daughters: An Anthology / Deborah Brad- the magnetic man whose determination and love infuriated ford & Linda Goodnight: Two inspirational short stories - and inspired him—and also taught him to overcome the in- domitable. The Hair Ribbons and Unforgettable . • Eve: A Novel of the First Woman / Elsa Elliott 13

Getting to Know You… Nonfiction Celebrity Biographies Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes: 175 Inspired Ideas for Everyone's Favorite Treat / Martha Stewart Paul Newman: A Life / Shaun Levy: Film critic and pop culture historian Shawn Levy gives readers the ultimate Excuses Be Gone: How to Change Lifelong, Self- behind-the-scenes examination of the actor’s life, from his Defeating Thinking Habits / Wayne W. Dyer: reveals merry pranks on the set to his lasting romance with Joanne how to change the self-defeating thinking patterns that Woodward to the devastating impact of his son’s death from have prevented you from living at the highest levels of a drug overdose. This definitive biography is a fascinating success, happiness, and health. portrait of an extraordinarily gifted man who gave back as much as he got out of life and just happened to be one of the most celebrated movie stars of the 20th century.

Prairie Tale: A Memoir / Melissa Gilbert: A fascinating, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting tale of self-discovery from the beloved actress who earned a permanent place in the hearts of millions when she was just a child. Interesting Characters -- Coming Soon!

Mennonite in a Little Black Dress / Rhoda Janzen: A From Better Homes and Gardens: Or Christmas is hilarious and moving memoir—in the spirit of Anne Lamott Just Around the Corner! and Nora Ephron—about a woman who returns home to her close-knit Mennon- Christmas From the Heart ite family after a personal crisis. Heirloom Christmas Stockings in Cross Stitch America’s Girl: The Incredible Story of How Swimmer Gertrude Ederle Changed the Nation / Tim Dahlberg: America’s Girl is an inti- mate look at the life and trials of Gertrude Ederle, who in 1926 not only became the first woman to swim across the English Channel, but broke the record set by men. Born to Play: My Life in the Game / Dustin Pedroia: Red Sox MVP Dustin Pedroia's feel-good story about his love of baseball, overcoming the naysayers, and winning a world series in his first season. The Duchess of Death: The Biography of Agatha Christie / Rich- Highly Recommended! ard Hack: Although she is the most popular novelist in history, with over two billion books sold worldwide, I read “The Duchess of Death” over Agatha Christie lived a life shrouded in secrecy and the week-end and enjoyed it im- fueled by curiosity. Nearly as notorious for her mensely! Agatha Christie was a very aversion to the press as she was for her 80 interesting lady! books and collections of short stories, Christie made I especially enjoyed the author’s take no secret of her need for privacy. Utilizing over 5,000 previously un- on how he thought her mysterious published letters, notes, and documents, award-winning biographer Richard disappearance REALLY played out! Hack allows Christie to write again, 33 years after her death. Duchess of Cheryl Richter Death is her story, as full of romance, travel, wealth, and scandal as any mystery Christie ever crafted, and revealed in a style equal to her most fa- mous detective, Hercule Poirot. Stories of Love and Faith

Joyce Meyer’s First Fiction Title! Gail Fraser’s Lumby Series Fourth book in the acclaimed series Co-authored with Deborah Bedford Any Minute: Sarah Harper is driven to achieve suc- The Promise of Lumby: What happens when cess no matter what the cost. She wants to do good Lumby’s only vet, Dr. Ellen Campbell, sells her practice to shy, sensitive animal doctor Tom and not hurt the people she loves--especially children Candor? Some easily accept the change, while and her husband, Joe--but her desire to succeed in her others aren’t so trusting - especially newspaper career too often leaves little time for family. owner Dennis Beezer, who is determined to One cold, autumn afternoon, all of that changes when expose Tom’s secrets. The repercussions lead to an unpredictable, over-the-top adventure, and a Sarah's car plunges off a bridge and into a river. She is lesson the people of Lumby won't soon forget... presumed dead by those on the "outside," but Sarah's spirit is still very much alive. What she discovers on the other side transforms everything about Sarah's view of life--past, present, and New in Series Inspirational Romance future. Heartsong Presents When Sarah is revived, she is a changed woman. And the unsuspect- The Petticoat Doctor / Paige Winship Dooly ing world around her will never be the same again. Val’s Prayer / Terry Fowler For the Love of Books / Donna Reimel Robinson Debut Series by Mary Connealy Dream Chaser / Becky Melby & Cathy Wienke Copper and Candles / Amber Stockton Montana Marriages #1 Aloha Love / Yvonne Lehman Out of the Ashes / Rachel Druten Montana Rose: Left pregnant and widowed in the The Superheroes Next Door / Andrea Boeshaar unforgiving west, Cassie is forced into an unwanted marriage to rancher Red Dawson. Love Inspired No decent man could turn away from Cassie and leave A Ring and a Promise / Lois Richer A Soldier’s Reunion / Cheryl Wyatt her to the rough men in Divide, Montana. Red Dawson Small Town Brides / Janet Tronstad & Debra Clopton can't turn his back on the spoiled, snooty, beautiful woman. Now he's got himself a wife he's sure God Love Inspired Suspense never intended. And when he informs her there'll be no No Alibi / Valerie Hansen Her Last Chance / Terri Reed more silk dresses and she has to do some work around the ranch he's Blackmail / Robin Caroll surprised she immediately tries to help with everything. Too bad she's Scent of Murder / Virginia Smith a walking disaster. His ranch may not survive her efforts to pitch in. Love Inspired Historical Crescent City Courtship / Elizabeth White The Preacher’s Wife / Cheryl St. John Family Inspiration First Things First / Kurt & Brenda Warner, Kurt Warner is the two-time NFL MVP–winning quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals. Brenda Warner is an ex- Marine turned stay-at-home mom who collects coats for low-income kids and rocks babies to sleep at a hospital for chronically-ill infants. Together they’re the parents of seven, going into their 12th year of mar- riage, and founders of a foundation that helps disad- Question: How is a series romance different from a single title vantaged children and families. Their formula for success? They put romance? First Things First —family, faith, and giving to others—it’s their family motto, and it drives everything they do. First Things First is an honest, Answer: According to Romance Writers of America: “Series or insightful, and entertaining look at life inside the Warner household. “category” romances are books issued under a common imprint/ Kurt and Brenda speak candidly about their marriage, the values they series name that are usually numbered sequentially and re- are working to instill in their kids, things they’ve done right, mistakes leased at regular intervals, usually monthly, with the same num- they’ve made, the importance of giving back, and the legacy they ber of releases each time.” Page length is also much shorter hope to leave behind. than that of single title romances.

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Teri Edwards have achieved super- Hungry Girl: 200 Under 200: 200 Reci- success, winning fans everywhere with pes Under 200 Calories / Lisa Lillien: their creativity and family-friendly food Hungry Girl mania is sweeping the nation! and craft projects. In just a few short years, they've estab-

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Hungry Girl recipes all under 200 calories. Endangered Recipes: too good to be Recipes include: H-O-T Hot Boneless Buffalo Wings, Sassy forgotten / Lari Robling: Great recipes Southwestern Roll-Ups, Cheesy-Good Cornbread Muffins, Holy are family treasures and America’s culinary Moly Guacamole, HG’s So Low Mein w/Chicken, Cheeseburger legacy. But what should be enduring heir- Lettuce Cups , Chocolate Chip Cookie Crisp Puddin’ Shake, looms are easily lost—gone out of fashion, or Swirls Gone Wild Cheesecake Brownies, Personal Pretzel- locked up in one cook’s recipe box. Endan- Bottomed Ice Cream Pie!, and many more! gered Recipes showcases dishes in danger of extinction—homey favorites, the kind of food eaten on the summer porch, at the neighbor's house, or with your grandparents. Lari Robling unearths almost- forgotten classics such as Welsh Rare- bit, Green Goddess Dressing, and French Onion Dip.

Weber’s Way to Grill / Jamie Purviance: With indispensable tips and insights for get- Celebrity Chefs! ting better every step of the way, Weber's Way to Grill™ is an all-in-one master class in every aspect of outdoor cooking. It not only explains in clear, confidence-building recipes, it also contains hundreds of color photographs showing you exactly how to get the best re- sults every time. Each chapter takes you through successful techniques for grilling every item imaginable. The triple-tested recipes are wonderful by themselves, but even more valuable as delicious examples of how to put new skills to use. Next to the recipes, you will find variations on all sorts of grill- ing methods, seasonings, and sauces. This book features hundreds of step-by-step photographs detailing every important moment in Paula Deen's The Deen Family Down Home with the Neelys / the process of grilling, along with captions about exactly how and Cookbook / Paula Deen Patrick & Gina Neely why the techniques work as well as they do. It doesn't get more Includes dozens of Includes 120 recipes! comprehensive than this. ON ORDER colored photographs ON ORDER Summer Reading Program “Summer Days” “Dance” at the Eaton Branch Based on “Tessa’s Tip-Tapping Toes” by Carolyn Crimi Word Search Call or visit any PCDL branch to find out more about Summer Reading. Or visit www.pcdl.lib.oh.us S R E P B T Z E U S W G C Q P

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