Mar / Apr 2004 Vol. 5 / Issue 2
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the same way. They also come to do homework, for book & From the computer resources & space. Director’s Mostly they come to the library to socialize and use the Inter- Desk ... net.
Do you get what's Into A Good Book! needed? Focus group members were able to get what they needed. Many commented about our local, statewide and national LOOKING AT THE PRESENT resource sharing. A few sug- TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE gestions for specific subject Inside this issue: and format needs were made. - Part 1 Do you find the staff help- Although the financial woes of ful and friendly? Foodology 3 2002 continued through 2003, By in large the response to causing our material budgets staff was excellent. A few to be slashed and staff sacri- teens complained. Garden Memories 4 ficed work time voluntarily; we turned to our communities to Why don’t you use the help us plan for the future. library? A few adults mentioned job Chile Peppers 5 Last spring we conducted fo- and career keeping them from cus group meetings (a session the library. The teens (talking for adults and another for chil- about their friends) mentioned Dying to Know 7 dren/teens) at each location. after school and summer ac- New Titles in Mysteries We learned how our libraries tivities. are used now. Do you have Internet New in Romance 8/9 access from elsewhere? How often do you visit the At least 50% of the attendees library? have outside Internet access. The Alamo 10/11 With few exceptions, those Some children/teens reported who participated use the li- their parents had access at brary at least monthly. Many home, but they did not. come weekly or daily. Color: Fear Not 12
Why do you come to the In my next column I will fea- library? ture the recommendations Adults use the library for con- made by the focus groups and Arts & Crafts 13 ventional purposes. Mostly to our changes to date. borrow books, etc. The children/teens, with few Susan Kendall, Library Director New in Inspirational 15 exceptions, use the library in Fiction 2
Large Print Books Guide Posts Books ‘Guide Posts Church Letter From Home / Carolyn Hart: In the summer Choir Mystery Series’ of 1944, Gretchen Gilman was working as a reporter at It's a recipe Guideposts edi- the local newspaper. Her assignments weren't very ex- tors have created just for you citing, but it was a good opportunity for a young – a series of cozy mysteries woman with talent and ambition to spare. That summer that will put a smile on your everyone was talking about Faye Tatum, who was face and a glow in your soul. Church Choir Mysteries intro- found dead in her own living room. Gretchen had duces Gracie Parks, a fiery known Faye, and she'd known that the circumstances 62-year-old widow with bright of Faye's life and death were much different than peo- red hair and an attitude that ple imagined. Gretchen was determined to uncover the truth once makes her a magnet for may- and for all-even if it meant writing a story that would haunt her for hem and mystery. She's a the rest of her life... steadfast parishioner of the Eternal Hope Community The Saints and Sinners of Okay County / Church and a devoted mem- Dayna Dunbar: In the tradition of Fannie Flagg and ber of their choir, where most Lorna Landvik, The Saints and Sinners of Okay County is of the action takes place. From a suspicious poisoning a heartfelt and compelling debut novel with an unforget- to an alleged arson, and from table heroine. It’s the story of a woman whose ability to snipped-off hydrangea heads see the futures of others leads her right back into her to secret stashes of missing own troubled past. money, Gracie is usually knee-deep in trouble. Thank Idyll Banter: Weekly excursions to a very small goodness she's surrounded by town / Chris Bohjalian: These pieces, written weekly a colorful collection of true- for twelve years and collected here for the first time, blue friends, a steadfast fam- ily, a mischievous cat, and a serve as a diary of both this writer's life and how Amer- church-choir full of solace and ica has been transformed in the last decade. Rich with inspiration. With intriguing idiosyncratic universals that come with being a parent, plots, great characters, and a child, and a spouse, Chris Bohjalian's personal obser- loads of delicious fun, each vations are a reflection of our own common experience. light-hearted, faith-fortifying
volume is sure to satisfy and For Your Health keep you coming back for SuperFoods RX: fourteen foods that will change more. Titles include: The your life / Steven Pratt & Kathy Matthews: This Highly Suspicious Halo, The Comatose Cat, The Missing book is based on a simple but profound premise: some Hydrangeas, The Wicked foods are dramatically better than others for our health Step-Twister, and more. Editorial and longevity. Steven Pratt, M.D., witnessed the positive Review results that occurred when his patients with age-related New at the Library macular degeneration changed their diets to include cer- tain powerhouse foods -- those he has identified as Super- The Comatose Cat / Foods...Whether you're 63 or 23, now is the right time to start eating Sandy Dengler the SuperFoods way. By making these foods part of your regular eat- ing habits, you can actually change the course of your biochemistry and stop the incremental changes in your body that lead to diseases such as type II diabetes, hypertension, certain cancers, obesity, and Alzheimer's. 3
Featured Web Site: Asparagus Festival Cookbook / Culinary Cafe Jan Moore, et al.: If ever a vegeta- www.culinarycafe.com ble deserved a cult following, the asparagus is it. Packed with vitamins Culinary Café offers many useful features: and minerals, high in fiber, and low Recipes: Nice range of recipe categories that doesn’t in sodium, the asparagus is as overwhelm you with endless lists. healthful as it is flavorful. To cele- Featured Recipe brate this versatile veggie, Stockton, Spice Encyclopedia California, launched its first three- Hints and Tips day Asparagus Festival in 1986 and has attracted thou- Kitchen Necessities sands of ardent asparagus aficionados during the fourth Bulletin Boards and Food Chat weekend in April ever since. The highlight of the festival is the big-top tent, affectionately known as Asparagus Alley, It also offers conversion charts, a culinary dictionary, where gourmet favorites featuring this edible cousin to product reviews, recipe substitutions, culinary tech- the lily are prepared and served up to the discerning niques, and more. crowds. THE ASPARAGUS FESTIVAL COOKBOOK high- You can also link over to a sub- lights the prize-winning recipes from cook-offs past and site called Culinary Teas, a site present, with dishes to please even the pickiest vegetable devoted to all things tea. eaters. Need more ideas for asparagus? Try online at: www.asparagus.org Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board
Dinner & A Movie In the Kitchen Movie Menus: Recipes The Kitchen Detective / Christopher Kimball: A for Perfect Meals with Culinary Sleuth Solves Common Cooking Mysteries Your Favorite Films / With 150 Foolproof Recipes Francine Segan: Movie The Best Kitchen Quick Tips: 534 Tricks, Tech- Menus pairs classic movies niques, and Shortcuts for the Curious Cook (On order) with easy recipes updated The New Creative Crock-Pot Cookbook / Robin from historic cookbooks to Taylor Swatt: A handbook for slow cooking! Features help you create a sensational dining experience for any tons of enticing recipes from around the world. And film genre. Both foodies and film buffs will find their pas- hints and tips for your crock-pot. Plus special low fat sions fulfilled in this deliciously cinematic cookbook, recipes for healthy living. which gathers authentic recipes from the cultures and
Perfect Vegetables: Here are 350 exhaustively eras portrayed in your favorite films: Old-Fashioned On order tested recipes using our 53 favorite vegetables. Southern Fried Chicken with Gravy to savor with Gone with the Wind; Spaghetti and Meatballs with Eggplant for The Godfather; Pan-Seared Steak and Onions with The Alamo; a Victory Garden Salad for Patton. The chapters are organized into ten distinct film genres-- everything from Pharaohs and Philosophers, Knights and Kings to The Wild West and Romantic Dinner for Two.-- with a dozen or so recipes each. Treat your family to a complete meal served in popcorn bowls while watching Shrek, or enjoy a Renaissance feast with Shakespeare in Love. Spiced with film factoids, black-and-white movie stills, famous lines, and bloopers, Movie Menus is as fun to read as it is to use, and promises to be a classic. On order 4
The Sweet Pea Book / I spent There were many impromptu pic- Graham Rice: This is the many a nics at my grandmother’s, made first comprehensive book on summer up of tomato and peanut butter sweet peas for over thirty day at my sandwiches, sweet, wild strawber- years. This beautifully illus- grand- ries, sun-warmed peaches, and trated book features an in- mother tart, fresh-picked rhubarb. Her triguing historical overview LaDonna’s property was flower and fruit-filled which discusses the origins house. It and never once did I give thought of our favorite flower, fol- stood in to how it all grew, or the work lowed by an accessible ac- count of all the practicalities - seed raising, the coun- involved in taking care of it all… preparation and planting, and care of the plants. try on that is until I began doing my own Using sweet peas to create attractive plant pic- Lewis- gardening! It was during my first tures in the garden is covered in unusual detail burg- season as a gardener that I real- with specific advice on the best planting part- Western ized my grandmother must have ners...on how to raise your own new varieties. Road in had a green thumb. Plants and The comprehensive descriptive list provides LaDonna (Smyer) Bierly scent ratings for most varieties and the prob- Green thumb extraordinaire Lewisburg, flowers just grew for her -- and in 1913-1985 Ohio. Her abundance. She didn’t tweak or lems that can plague sweet peas. home was spray or worry over her plants like Life’s Little Rhubarb a white, two-story farmhouse that I do. She could grow anything by Cookbook: 101 Rhu- offered a knobby-kneed tomboy simply tossing a seed to the wind. barb Recipes / Joan many places to play -- a gnarly Her flowers and plants were al- Bestwick: Besides offer- apple orchard perfect for a game ways lush and healthy -- espe- ing recipes for pies and a of cowboys and Indians, a cattail- cially the hollyhocks that grew host of other old- filled pond brimming with toads every year along the entire side of fashioned desserts, Joan and tadpoles just waiting to be the house. This was a virtual for- Bestwick shows how to caught, and Price’s Creek, the est of lacey blooms on thick, serve rhubarb from place for swimming and pretend- prickly stalks, and contained every breakfast to dinner--before dessert. She offers cinnamony muffins with a dollop of peach and ing to be marauding pirates. color a hollyhock can produce -- rhubarb filling in the center, easy Rhubarb Chut- pinks and yellows, lavenders and ney to serve with cottage cheese at lunch, re- But what I remember the most corals. I think of her hollyhock freshing Rhubarb and Lemon Punch sweetened are the sights, smells and sounds ’forest’ with envy every time I with pineapple juice, and for a midafternoon that surrounded my grand- tend my own skimpy patch. treat, a "pizza" of rhubarb puree on a flattened mother’s house -- the sweet pie crust dotted with strawberry "pepperoni," scents of honeysuckle and sweet I didn’t inherit the mysterious dried black cherry "olives," and a shower of peas as they grew in great cas- green thumb -- though my sister grated white chocolate "cheese." On order cading mats of ambrosia along the did, drat her! I have to tend my Learn more Online: fence row. Being awakened bright garden carefully, weeding, dead- Rhubarb and early on pleasant summer heading, coaxing, and making full- www.rhubarbinfo.com/ mornings to the sound of out battle plans in an effort to “Bobwhite, bobwhite” chirped just thwart rabbits, squirrel, slugs, and Honeysuckle / Hollyhock outside the opened window by the grubs. My flowers and vegetables Plant Database hungry northern birds. I especially grow, but not with that same jun- http://plants.usda.gov/index.html remember my grandmother teach- gle-like lushness my grandmother ing my sister and me how to was able to achieve with seeming make fairy-like hollyhock dolls ease. I don’t know what was in using the beautiful pastel-colored that thumb of hers, but it sure bloom as a skirt and a tight bud was something to envy. And every for the head. We would put them spring I whip out my thumb in together with toothpicks and play hopes of seeing that touch of dolls for hours. green, but alas, I never do. Oh, well...maybe next year. Cheryl Richter, 2004 5
Selected Reading List: Learn through MORE Interlibrary Loan Dave DeWitt, editor & publisher of Fiery-foods.com and The Whole Chile Pepper Magazine, is known as the Pope of Peppers. He has written many books on his favorite subject -- chile peppers!
Too Many Chiles! Growing, using and preserving peppers
Hot Spots: Spicy recipes from America's celebrated fiery-food restaurants
The Chile Pepper Encyclopedia
The Pepper Garden
The Habanero Cookbook
The Whole Chile Pepper Book
BOOKS BY OTHER AUTHORS: The Great Chile Book / Mark Miller Great Bowls of Fire / Jay Solomon The Edible Pepper Garden / Rosalind Creasy
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Chile Pepper Hot Chile Pepper Tidbits Links In 1912, Dr. Wilbur Scoville devised the Scoville Test, a method for determining the heat of hot peppers. The test was conducted by people who would rate the pepper’s www.fiery-foods.com heat by taste. Dave Dewitt’s fiery food & barbeque sause supersite. Although, this is a com- Later, he improved this method by creating the Scoville Organoleptic Test. This mercial site, it offers all kinds of solid method entailed subjects tasting a chile sample and recording the heat level. The information about chiles from identifying samples were then diluted until heat could no longer be detected. This dilution is called to growing to cooking them. the Scoville Heat Unit. Both methods measure the pungency of a chile. www.chilepepperinstitute.org Capsaicinoids: The chemical compound responsible for the heat in a chile This site recognizes itself as ‘The There are seven known capsaicinoids, the major being capsaisin and dihydrocapsai- World’s Leading Research Based Re- cin. They occur in the highest concentrations. source Center for Chile’. The institute is The first bottled cayenne sauces appeared in Massachusetts around 1807. based in New Mexico. In 1849, Colonel Maunsell White grew the first recorded crop of Tabasco chiles on his www.mohotta.com/terms.php Deer Range Plantation in Louisiana. He manufactured the first hot sauce from the To- This is a commercial site, but it offers a basco chiles in 1859. wealth of info on peppers from the his- tory of peppers to pepperolgy terms. What causes the burning sensation when you eat or touch a chile? An oil called cap- saicin which is concentrated in the veins in the membrane of the pepper. www.hotsauce.org Christopher Columbus was the first European to officially discover chile peppers and International Society of Hot Sauce Aficio- transport them from their native Caribbean habitat to the Old World. nados:ISHSA. Because chiles cross-pollinate easily, there are now over one hundred different types http://cosmics.tripod.com/hot/ of chiles -- thus the confusion in trying to tell them apart! index.html Blister Site. This site covers a multitude of pepper topics. Check it out! www.chiletoday.com 6
Mysteries set in quilt shops: Coming Soon! Author: Lizbie Brown 3rd Degree / James Patterson : Detec- Character: Elizabeth Blair, American quilt shop tive Lindsay Boxer and Assistant District owner in Bath, England Attorney Jill Bernhardt are enjoying a quiet ♦ Broken Star * afternoon in San Francisco when a town- ♦ Turkey Tracks*: When Elizabeth Blair's quilting house across the street explodes in flames. shop is targeted by an animal rights campaign, A sinister note signed "August Spies" is and a corpse is discovered in Bath's Wetherburn found at the scene of the disaster, and the Museum, Elizabeth calls on her private-eye body of an infant who was asleep in the neighbor, Max Shepard, to uncover the truth house at the time of the explosion cannot be found. about the Animal Liberation Front's all-out war. Soon a wave of violent incidents, all with links to political terrorism and involving "August Spies," sweeps through Dark Road Home* / Karen Harper (non-series mystery set in an the city. An upcoming economic summit of the world's Ohio Amish community. Character Brooke Benton works in a quilt shop) most powerful nations will surely be a target. And it's up to the Women's Murder Club to get to the bottom of the Quilt Maker Mysteries: violence before it's too late. Series: Women’s Murder Club Author: Earlene Fowler Series order: #3 Character: Benni Harper, folk-art museum curator/quilt maker/ detective Bad Business / Robert Parker: A cheat- Note: The Benni Harper mysteries all have quilt patterns for their ing husband and a wayward wife provide titles, and quilts figure prominently. Spenser with an unconventional and dan- ♦ Fool’s Puzzle gerous surveillance job. ♦ Irish Chain Series: A Spencer Novel ♦ Kansas Troubles Series order: #31 ♦ Goose in the Pond ♦ Dove in the Window* ♦ Mariner’s Compass Reckless Abandon / Stuart Woods: ♦ Seven Sisters Cop-turned-lawyer Stone Barrington tracks a mobster hiding deep inside the witness ♦ Arkansas Traveler protection program. ♦ Steps to the Altar Series: Stone Barrington ♦ Sunshine and Series order: #10 Shadow ♦ Broken Dishes (5/04)
Quilt figures in plot: Deep Pockets / Linda Barnes: Harvard professor Wilson Chaney's position in life is ♦ Death on the Drunkard’s Path / Jean Hager hanging by a thread; his marriage, his ♦ The Body in the Kelp / Katherine Hall Page* reputation, not to mention his tenure at Knitting Mysteries: Harvard are in the hands of a blackmailer, someone threatening to sell Chaney's se- ♦ A Farewell to Yarns / Jill Churchill* crets at very high prices...So he hires Bos- ♦ Died in the Wool: A Knitting Mystery / Mary Kruger (On order) ton private investigator Carlotta Carlyle to
track down the blackmailer and put a stop to the
scheme. Can she do it? Of course, but should she? The
professor doesn't inspire much loyalty-after all, he did
commit adultery with one of his own students-but Car-
lotta agrees. Digging into the case, nosing around Har-
vard and the possible suspects from the rest of Dr.
Chaney's life, she uncovers a suspicious death as part of
the backstory to Dr. Chaney's situation. Suddenly Car-
lotta's sixth sense is telling her the case might be more
complicated-and more dangerous-than it first seemed.
Series: Carlotta Carlyle
Series order: #10 *Order these books through M.O.R.E. interlibrary loan 7
These mysteries are being released in March and April, Mystery Forecast 2004. If you see a title that interests you, request it and Psst! These mysteries are in your future! we’ll see what we can do! ♦ is taking March Edna Buchanan a break from her Britt Montero mystery Murder by Design / Jon P. Bloch series to deliver a stand-alone novel enti- The Alpine Pursuit / Mary Daheim tled, Cold Case Squad. It combines sus- Murder Can Botch Up Your Birthday / Selma Eichler pense, humor, and some fascinating fo- rensics. Cold Case Squad will be published Fudge Cupcake Murder / Joanne Fluke in June, 2004. Mallets Aforethought / Sarah Graves ♦ New mystery series to try: At First Hallowed Bones / Carolyn Haines Sight / Jodie Larsen introduces psy- Into the Fire / Jessica Hall chologist/handwriting specialist Kaycee Murder Walks the Plank / Carolyn G. Hart Miller. Dead Hot Mama / Victoria Houston Firestorm / Iris Johansen An Enjoyable Mystery Series Death in Hyde Park / Robin Paige AKA Susan Wittig Albert Guardian of the Horizon / Elizabeth Peters Nancy Martin has writ- ten book three in her Weeping / Shelly Reuben Blackbird Sisters Mys- The Promise of a Lie / Howard Roughan tery series. In Some Death in a Beach Chair / Valerie Wolzien Like It Lethal, Nora Blackbird is as surprised April as anyone when the Whisker of Evil / Rita Mae Brown husband of a wealthy An Inconvenient Wife / Megan Chance dog food heiress is found bludgeoned to Nighttime is My Time / Mary Higgins Clark death at an exclusive hunt club. Worse It Had To Be You / Jill Churchill still, the evidence points toward a devious Full Blast / Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes blackmail scheme-with Nora's sister, Radio Activity / Bill Fitzhugh Emma, as the main suspect. Investigating with the help of friend and foe alike, Nora Last Lullaby / Denise Hamilton uncovers the secrets of some of Philadel- The Magyar Venus / Lyn Hamilton phia's high-and-mightiest-and attracts the First Class Killing / Lynne Heitman unwanted attentions of the real killer... Release date April, 2004 (On order) The Serpents Trail / Sue Henry
Putt To Death / Roberta Isleib Sunset and Stardust / Joe R. Lansdale Twice / Lisa Miscione The Shifting Tide (William Monk) / Anne Perry
For more NEW title suggestions go online to: www.fictiondb.com or www.bloodstainedbookshelf.com Books 1 and 2 in the series. 8
In the Historical Romance Spotlight New Trilogy from Author Jane Feather
Shadowheart / Laura Kinsale: Readers #2 The Bride Hunt: In this second were first introduced to Allegreto, the elegant book in her dazzling new trilogy, assassin, in For My Lady's Heart. Now, he is a Constance, Prudence, and Chastity charismatic, dangerous man who will stop at Duncan, London’s most charming nothing to regain his rightful place in the rich young matchmakers, are faced with a Italian principality of Monteverde. And the ruinous lawsuit—and it’s up to the perfect tool has just fallen into his hands, in brainy, beautiful middle sister to ex- the lovely form of Lady Elena--the long-lost tricate them. No sooner had the Dun- Monteverde princess. On order can sisters’ Personals service turned a profit than their controversial news- paper, The Mayfair Lady, offended a powerful earl—who is now deter- mined to ruin them with a lawsuit. In dire need of coun- Miss Wonderful / Loretta Chase: Beloved sel, the women turn to England’s most-sought-after author Loretta Chase offers her long-awaited young barrister.Sir Gideon Malvern is notorious for his new novel--the tale of a bluestocking and a aggressive style—and his love of a challenge. Spirited reformed rake who clash over a matter of busi- Prudence, with her beauty unsuccessfully hidden behind ness, and soon find themselves facing an en- spectacles and frumpy clothes, provides him with exactly tirely different, and delicious, sort of tension. that. But how in the world will the Duncan sisters be able to afford Gideon’s fee? Prudence proposes a barter: Gideon defends their case; they find him a bride. It’s an exchange of services even this most cynical, single bar- These Historical Romances are being released in rister can’t refuse. On order March and April, 2004. If you see a title that interests you, request it and we’ll see what we can do! #1 Bachelor List: A trio of spirited sisters secretly run a thriving match- March -- making service. But these three good A Useful Affair / Stella Cameron catches of impeccable pedigree have The Sherbrooke Twins / Catherine Coulter little interest in matrimony them- Legendary Warrior / Donna Fletcher selves—until, one by one, they meet A Wild Pursuit / Eloisa James their matches. Constance Duncan England’s Perfect Hero / Suzanne Enoch may be the eldest of three sisters, The Ideal Bride / Stephanie Laurens but she has more important things on Thief of Hearts / Kate Silver her mind than finding a husband—for April -- herself, at any rate. Through the Per- Slightly Sinful / Mary Balogh sonals services of her popular news- Devil Takes a Bride / Gaelen Foley paper, The Mayfair Lady, Constance connects lonely The Last Rogue / Connie Mason hearts. But her own heart lies in her work, and nothing Kiss of the Night / Sherrilyn Kenyon will distract her from it—until she finds herself irresistibly drawn to a man of disastrously different views. Max En- sor is a politician whose outmoded attitudes outrage her—even as his powerful presence intrigues her. Clearly there is only one thing to do with such an exasperating man: convert him! Little does Constance know that Max has the same plan in mind for her.... What follows is a fiercely passionate duel in which two headstrong people discover that, differences or not, sometimes one gender cannot—will not—do without the other. On order
Book #3 will be released in April! ISBN: 0553586203 9
Starting from Square Two / Caren Lissner: Is it possible to find that perfect once-in-a- Elm Creek Quilts Series lifetime love twice? Gert Healy
thought she was done with dat- ing. She thought she’d never again have to worry about what to wear and what to say and whether she’s pretty enough. She thought that she’d be pick- The Master Quilter / Jennifer Chia- ing out strollers and booties for verini: The book opens with the sound of the children she and her husband were planning to wedding bells ringing in the ears of the have. Instead, she’s mourning his loss and coming Elm Creek Quilters. The close-knit group to terms with being a widow at 29. It’s been over a can hardly believe that their own Sylvia year now, and her friends...have convinced her it’s time to get back into the swing of things...Although Compson planned her holiday wedding to they’ve developed many a dating rule between sweetheart Andrew in complete secrecy, them, now that Gert’s a part of their single-girl without the help of even one of her crew, she’s beginning to realize they don’t know friends. Eager to honor the newlyweds, the Elm Creek Quilters the first thing about men. Of course, Gert doesn’t hasten to stitch a bridal quilt for their favorite Master Quilter. Un- know the first thing about dating, since she mar- til the time comes to unveil the surprise gift, they reason, Sylvia ried her college sweetheart, so maybe joining will be one in the dark. forces will work out after all. But does Gert have it Such little white lies seem harmless enough, especially in service in her to fight her way through the leather-jacketed of future happiness. Yet Elm Creek Manor, and the quilting re- and mini-skirted crowds in search of a second mira- cle? It’s back to square one on everything. Well, treat established there by the Elm Creek Quilters, thrives on the actually she’s done it all before. Square two, then. strength of women sharing their creativity, their challenges, and their dreams. Somehow, in their race to commemorate in Sylvia's bridal quilt all that they hold dear about her wisdom, skill, and devotion, they forget to give honesty its pride of place. As the quilt blocks accumulate, the Elm Creek Quilters celebrate Jinxed / Beth Ciotta: Since the the joy of new beginnings and the ongoing success of their busi- day beautiful socialite Afia St. ness -- until forces conspire to threaten their happiness and pros- John was born, her life has been perity. Two among them falter in their personal relationships, yet plagued with bad luck. She lost her father and two older hus- are too proud to share their pain. The financial problems of an- bands in freak accidents and now other leave the quilt project vulnerable to a malicious act that her business manager has stolen may prevent its completion. And as two others weigh the comfort her fortune. Vowing not to rely on of the present against dreams of a future far from Elm Creek another man to guide her life, Manor, closely guarded secrets strain the bonds of friendship with Afia refuses her godfather's help, those who may be left behind. and jumps at an unexpected job with Leeds Inves- tigation. With a pregnant, broke, sister, and an investigation agency in the red, control-freak, Jake Leeds, can't Hot Stuff / Elaine Fox: Love is for Losers. Or so turn down the hefty but secret retainer offered by Laurel Kane believes. After wasting too many years Afia's godfather for hiring her. Quickly seeing be- looking for "the One," the attractive, level-headed yond her poor business skills, wacky superstitions journalist for the Washington tabloid DC Scene is con- and sensationalized personal history, he realizes vinced that mad, passionate, crazy love is an impossi- that Afia is as generous in the heart as she is mis- bility past thirty. A practical, sensible system's the only understood. way to choose a spouse. And she's willing to argue her But, life is never easy for a woman born on Friday theory with anyone -- including the criminally gorgeous the 13th. Will the sexy P.I. be the good luck charm coffee guy, Joe, who supplies her with her daily caf- that puts her on a winning streak, or, like every- feine fix. It turns out Joe has strong opinions of his thing else in her life, will their relationship wind up own on the subject, and Laurel figures her readers JINXED? On order might enjoy sharing their fiery exchanges of ideas. But once the coffee cart debates become the hottest thing in print, Laurel finds herself in hot water -- because sexy Joe is suddenly determined to prove to her that head-spinning, knees-weakening love is possible. And in this particular battle of the sexes, the loser might actually win . . . if she ends up losing her heart! 10
Remember the Alamo! Touchstone To learn more about the film go online to:
Pictures plans to thrill movie-goers this http://alamo.movies.go.com/intro.html spring with the release of the feature Learn about the cast and crew, read a synopsis, get free film, The Alamo. The cast includes downloads including (teachers are you listening?) an educa- Dennis Quaid as Gen. Samuel Houston, tor’s guide for your learning pleasure! Jason Patric as Col. James Bowie, Patrick Wilson as Lt.
Col. William Barret Travis, Billy Bob Thornton as David Also try out the official Alamo web site at: Crockett, and Emilio Echevarria as Gen. Antonio Lopez http://www.thealamo.org/ de Santa Anna. Here you will find: “...This new action-packed retelling of the American legend shows there are at least two sides to every • Plans to build a scale model of the Alamo story…” Excerpted from the film’s Synopsis • History, trivia & more Trivia: The siege of the Alamo lasted 90 minutes. In retribution for the slaughter there, six weeks later Gen. Samuel Houston led the charge at the Battle of San Jacinto -- it lasted only 18 minutes. It took director John Lee Hancock 101 days to stage these two battle for the film! The film opens in theaters April of 2004!
Materials available from our shelves
Fiction:
The Gates of the Alamo / Stephen Harringan: A huge, riveting, deeply imagined novel about the siege and fall of the Alamo in 1836-an event that formed the consciousness of Texas and that resonates through American history
The Alamo Trail / Kent Conwell: Acting as a decoy for a man carrying a message to Sam Houston, Bob Walker finds himself smack in the middle of the marauding Mexican army.
Nonfiction:
Duel of Eagles: the Mexican and U.S. fight for the Alamo / Jeff Long: The myths began before the first wall crumbled of that for- tress ennobled by the rallying call "Remember the Alamo." Duel of Eagles gives us the true story, as dramatic as any legend, of the people and events on both sides of the border that led to the battle for Texas.
Documentaries about the Alamo:
Alamo: Drawing upon rare archival materials, eyewitness battle accounts, and stirring re-enactments, the video takes us inside the Alamo itself, were we relive the devastating battle and examine its lasting legacy. From A&E Network, narrated by actor, Tom Ber- enger. VHS format / 2 volume set
The Alamo -- From the History Channel: Includes The Real West: The Battle of the Alamo; The Real West: The Texas Rangers; Biography: Davy Crockett - American Frontier Legend; Remember the Alamo. Special features include Introduction and conclusion to Remember the Alamo with Dennis Quaid. Remember the Alamo behind-the-scenes featurette. DVD format on order
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Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and A Line in the Sand: The Alamo in Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie and blood and memory / Randy Roberts William Barret Travis / William C. Davis: This is & James S. Olson: Here, the au- the definitive book about the lives of David thors use a wealth of archival Crockett, James Bowie and William Barret Travis- sources, including the diary of José -the legendary frontiersmen and fighters who Enrique de la Peña, along with im- met their destiny at the Alamo in one of the most portant and little-used Mexican famous and tragic battles in American history-- documents, to retell the story of the and about what really happened in that battle. Alamo for a new generation of Americans. They explain what hap- pened from the perspective of all The Alamo (1960) Movie Trivia: parties, not just Anglo and Mexican soldiers, but also Tejano allies and
bystanders. They delve anew into The huge Alamo set took two years to construct the mysteries of Crockett's final During the battle sequence, one of the cannons rolled over 'Laurence hours and Travis's famous rhetoric. Harvey' 's foot, breaking it at the instep. He continued on with the scene, Finally, they show how preserva- eventually treating the injury himself tionists, television and movie pro- Tagline for the film: The Mission That Became a Fortress, The Fortress ducers, historians, and politicians That Became a Shrine have become the Alamo's major Listen carefully when everyone is singing "Happy Birthday" to the Dickin- interpreters. Walt Disney, John sons' daughter. They call her Lisa, but you can hear one voice sing, Wayne, and scores of journalists and cultural critics have used the "Happy birthday, dear Aissa." Aissa is John Wayne's daughter, who is Alamo to contest the very meaning playing "Lisa" Angelina Dickinson. of America, and thereby helped us all to "remember the Alamo…."
Musical memories on CD The Alamo in feature films:
Asleep at the Wheel Remembers the Alamo: This CD offers a compilation of songs related to Texas and the history and events of The Man from the Alamo (1953) VHS Glenn The Alamo. Includes such songs as: Ford is cast as John Stroud, a man who, before Remember the Alamo the end of battle for the Alamo, is chosen by lot to Green Leaves of Summer go for help, but gets back too late. Branded a coward, he must now prove his bravery by saving Ballad of the Alamo a wagon train of refugees from Wade's Guerillas. Yellow Rose of Texas VHS format
Ballad of Davy Crockett
The Alamo (1960) John Wayne plays Col. Davy Crockett, who, together with Colonels Jim Bowie (Richard Widmark) and William Travis (Laurence Harvey) and 184 hardy Americans and Texicans, defends the Alamo mission against the troops of Mexican general Santa Ana. The film was di- rected by John Wayne. VHS format. 12
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Patience / Lori Copeland: In the continuing story of mail-order Series Spotlight: Ginny Aiken
brides in the successful Brides of the West series, Patience is ab- Previous Trilogy: Bellamy’s Blossoms: A ducted in a case of mistaken identity. But everything changes when contemporary series centered around the she escapes her kidnapper and stumbles onto a gold mine. Can Pa- ladies of the Bellamy Garden Club. tience make her fortune without losing her heart to Sheriff Jay Longer? Copeland's readers will delight in this rollicking story of ro- ♦ Magnolia: Southern belle Magnolia mance and danger. Bellamy has hired a Yankee contractor to
restore a Confederate treasure-- Desert Star / Linda Chaikin: Beautiful Callie Halliday shines on- Ashworth Mansion. This unlikely pair stage in Virginia City, Nevada's theater. Her career is on the rise, and teams up to solve the mystery of break- now she wants a rich and respectable husband. But when somebody ins at the mansion and learn about love tries to harm her, she turns to gunslinger Rick Delance for help. Will and forgiveness along the way. Magnolia Callie follow her heart---or become just another glittering star in the is light-hearted, entertaining reading that desert? will help readers face the obstacles from The Heavens Before / Kacy Barnett-Gramckow the past, recognize their worth to God, (Genesis Trilogy): Annah hasn't spoken a word since she witnessed and realize the need to forgive. her father's murder 15 years ago. Seeking escape from her harsh ♦ Lark: Lark has come home to Bellamy, existence and cruel brother, she weaves a veil to hide beneath. Then Virginia, to launch a successful maga- a gentle young man who trusts in the Most High penetrates her silent zine. When she runs into her old high world. Will her newfound faith and happiness with Shem, son of school sweetheart, Rich Desmond, she Noah, be enough to face the chaos to come? sees that he's still as handsome as ever. Ekaterina (Heirs of Anton) / Susan K. Downs & Susan May As Lark works on her magazine and tries Warren: When she receives an unusual package in the mail, to improve her relationship with her sis- Ekaterina "Kat" Moore travels to Russia, her ancestral home, seeking ters, the other two Bellamy's Blossoms, answers. Thrust into a perilous web of family secrets, she finds her- can she solve the mystery of Rich's self falling in love with FSB captain Vadeem Spasonov, a man trying "other" identity and find true love? to forget his own past. Will Kat's investigation lead to the answers ♦ Camellia: The youngest of the three Vadeem needs? Southern belles clashes with the hand- some new town doctor. Independent The Gate of Heaven (Lion’s of Judah) / Gilbert Morris: This Camellia learns to rely on God's strength book bring to life the dramatic journey of Jacob, from deceiving his rather than her own capabilities. brother and being deceived in his choice of wife, to his life-changing encounter with God. Meanwhile, Jacob's only daughter, Dinah, buys a New Trilogy: Silver Hills slave who is actually an aristocrat from Crete. Will he come to love ♦ Light of My Heart: When Dr. Letty Jacob's God as well as his daughter? Morgan arrives in 19th-century Hartville, Colorado, some folks call her a Once Upon A Gulf Summer / Susan Oliver: Once Upon a Gulf "ministering angel." Others are less en- Coast Summer is about the complex relationship between Josephine thusiastic---especially when she starts Green and her grown daughter, Katy. Issues bear down from Jose- "rescuing" young girls from Hartville's phine’s troubled and rigid childhood and the enigmatic mother who thriving brothel. Newspaper editor Eric was preoccupied with her own secret disappointments. Jo and Katy Wagner admires Letty's idealism---but continue to war with each other, especially after Jo is diagnosed with how can he keep her safe when she lung cancer...Jo and Katy work to find their redemption, both to- seems determined to make so many gether and individually, even as flood waters threaten their home... powerful enemies? Land of My Heart (Heirs of Montana, Bk 1) / Tracie Peterson: When Dianne Chadwick urges her family to move west to her uncle’s ranch in the Montana Territory, she has no idea that her new life in the rugged frontier—and even within her uncle’s home—will not be the idyllic adventure she expects. But first she has to survive the ar- duous wagon journey with the help of guide Cole Selby, whose heart seems to be as hard as the mountains he loves. One More Sunrise / Al & JoAnna Lacy (Frontier Doctor Trilogy): Countless perils menaced the early settlers of the Wild West - and not the least of them was the lack of medical care. Dr. Dane Logan, a former street waif who has been adopted by a doctor's family in Cheyenne, puts his lifelong dream to work filling this need. His re- nown as a surgeon spreads throughout the frontier, even while his love grows for the beautiful Tharyn, an orphan he lost contact with when he left New York City as a child... 15
Ella Enchanted From Book to Film British author M. M. Kaye (Mary Margaret Kaye), died on January 29, 2004. She was best known for her epic novels
Trade Wind and The Far Pavillions, but she also wrote a Miramax Films will release the film adaptation of series of six suspense novels, all Death In... In the title. Ella Enchanted, the Newberry Honor Book by author Gail Carson Levine. Directed by Tommy M.M. Kaye’s gift was in her ability to truly transport the O’Haver, it is slated for release in theaters on reader to far and exotic settings such as India and Africa. April 9, 2004. It stars Anne Hathaway (of Prin- She was 95 years old at the time of her death. cess Diaries fame), Hugh Dancy, Joanna Lum- ley, and Cary Elwes. MPAA Rating: PG The Novels: To watch the trailer go online to:
www.ellaEnchanted.com ♦ Shadow of the Moon -- 1956
♦ Trade Wind -- 1963 Ella Enchanted / Gail ♦ Far Pavilions -- 1978 (This novel was Carson Levine: How adapted into a six-hour miniseries star- can a fairy's blessing be ring Ben Cross and Amy Irving in 1984.) such a curse? At her
birth, Ella of Frell was the Death In...series: unfortunate recipient of a
foolish fairy's gift--the Death in Berlin -- 1956 "gift' of obedience. Ella Death in Cyprus -- 1956 must obey any order Death in Kenya -- 1958 given to her, whether it's Death in Zanzibar -- 1959 hopping on one foot for a Death in Andamans -- 1960 day and a half, or chop- Death in Kashmir -- 1984 ping off her own head!
But strong-willed Ella does not tamely accept The Autobiographies (penned in 3 volumes): her fate. Against a bold backdrop of princes, ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, and fairy god- ♦ The Sun in the Morning: My early years in India and mothers, Ella goes on a quest to break the England curse--once and for all. ♦ Golden Afternoon: Volume II of the autobiography of In this incredible debut novel comes the richly M.M. Kaye entertaining story of Ella of Frell, who at birth ♦ Enchanted Evening: Volume III of the autobiography was given the gift of obedience by a fairy. Ella of M.M. Kaye soon realizes that this gift is little better than a *Order titles in orange through MORE interlibrary loan curse, for how can she truly be herself if at any- time anyone can order her to hop on one foot, or cut off her hand, or betray her kingdom and she'll have to obey? Against a bold tapestry of princes, ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, and fairy godmothers, Ella's quest to break the curse once and for all and discover who she really is as sharply funny as Catherine, Called Birdy and as richly poignant as Beauty, and has all the marks of a classic in the making.
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