The Word About Town Coolidge Public Library Volume 3, Issue 9 September 2015 A Wealth of Information Awaits You Your Health; Your Money; Your Goals Are you having the “how are we going to pay for Lead Navigator with Sun Life Family Health health insurance?” conversation? Centers. Choosing a healthcare plan that meets the needs Join us on Saturday, September 19th at 10:00 of you and your family can be an overwhelming a.m. or Friday, October 2nd at 11:00 a.m. for task. There is help and resources available to as- a free information session. sist you in making the best decision. We encourage registration. You can email us We will host one workshop in September and at [email protected] or call (520) 723- one in October with Maria Villalobos, Regional 6030. Refreshments will be provided. Raising Chickens There are many reasons why you might pany goes over the benefits of raising chick- consider raising chickens! Perhaps you ens, how to care for them, some useful do’s already bought one and would like to and don’ts, and more! learn more or you are just thinking Registration is encouraged. You can email us about this as a future possibility? at [email protected] or call (520) 723- Join us Saturday, September 12th at 11:00 as An- 6030. Refreshments will be provided. nabelle Pattison from the Tractor Supply Com- Inside this issue: Special Points of Interest... Win a Coolidge Days Bracelet 2 National Library Card Sign-up Month Adult Book Discussion 2 Lego Club—Sept 4 & 18 Gardening in Cooler Temperatures 2 Library Closed—Sept 7th Local Author Spotlight 6 Adult Book Discussion—Sept 8 Tween Titans—Sept 11 & 25 Tween Titans 7 Raising Chickens—Sept 12 Lego Club 7 Your Health; Your Money—Sept 19 Fun Van 8 Captain Hook Party Hour—Sept 23 Captain Hook Story & Party Hour 8 Library Closed — Oct 3rd Banned Books Week 9 Master Gardener —Oct 8th PagePage 2 2 TheThe Word Word About About Town Town Coolidge Public Library Win a Coolidge Days Bracelet! September is National Li- ing a replacement, it will cost $1.00 and we brary Card Sign-Up Month. will need to see photo identification. If you open up your first ac- A library card is the smartest card in your wal- count or purchase a library let because you have access to endless card replacement, you will be entered in a raf- amounts of information in a variety of formats fle to win a Coolidge Days pass! Names will be to suit your needs. pulled on September 23rd. Check out books in print as well as electroni- Coolidge Days runs through October 2nd-4th cally. Listen to audio books and watch popular at San Carlos Park (300 W. Central Avenue). movies. Log onto a public computer to work on To receive your first library card, please bring your homework, resume, or other research. in proof of your current Pinal County residen- You can use our online research tools for an- tial address and a photo ID. If you are purchas- cestry research, car repair, and much more! Adult Book Discussion The September Book Club title is The Innocent Man by John Grisham The Book Club will meet Tuesday, September 8th from 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. To sign out a book club selection, simply visit the library before the scheduled meeting date. You need to have a valid contact number prior to sign out and should have a library card. Snacks and drinks are provided. Gardening in Cooler Desert Temperatures Join us on Thursday, October 8th at 2:00 p.m. as well as how to better prepare soil. There will we welcome back Master Gardener Deborah be a Q & A to follow. Refreshments will be pro- North to the Coolidge Public Library. vided. As the months start to get a little cooler here in We encourage registration. You can email us at Arizona, some gardening techniques may need [email protected] or call (520) 723- to change in order to better maintain a suc- 6030. cessful garden. Deborah plans to go over how to prepare for those cooler temperatures as Volume 3, Issue 9 Page 3 The Marriage of Opposites - Adult Fiction By Alice Hoffman This is a forbidden love story set on the tropical island of St. Thomas about the ex- traordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro; the Father of Im- pressionism. Growing up on idyllic St. Thomas in the early 1800s, Rachel dreams of life in fara- way Paris. Rachel's mother, a pillar of their small refugee community of Jews who escaped the Inquisition, has never forgiven her daughter for being a difficult girl who refuses to live by the rules. Growing up, Rachel's salvation is their maid Adelle's belief in her strengths, and her deep, life-long friendship with Jestine, Adelle's daughter. But Rachel's life is not her own. She is married off to a widower with three children to save her father's business. When her husband dies suddenly and his handsome, much younger nephew, Fréderick, arrives from France to settle the estate, Rachel seizes her own life story, beginning a defiant, passionate love affair that sparks a scandal that affects all of her family, including her favorite son, who will become one of the greatest artists of France. ~ Provided by publisher Trap - Adult Fiction By Robert Tanenbaum In the next courtroom drama in the New York Times bestselling Karp-Ciampi series, Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi get tangled up in a web of misdirection and must unravel it in time to solve a mass murder. When a tremendous blast rocks an old school building in East Harlem during a meeting of the New York Charter Schools, killing six and wounding a dozen others, it’s initially blamed on a natural gas explosion. However, as Butch Karp digs a little deeper, he discovers the explosion was the work of a mysterious serial arsonist in the employ of the teacher’s union president, who is angry at the unqualified successes of the charter school movement in New York City and worried for the corrupt public school system. Also involved in the planning and cover-up is a major law enforcement player and a political hack who panders to the union for financial support and gets caught up in the homicidal scheme. ~ Provided by pub- lisher Page 4 The Word About Town Summer Secrets - Adult Large Print Fiction By Jane Green When a shocking family secret is revealed, twenty-something journalist Cat Coombs finds herself falling into a dark spiral. Wild, glamorous nights out in London and rag- ing hangovers the next day become her norm, leading to a terrible mistake one night while visiting family in America, on the island of Nantucket. It's a mistake for which she can't forgive herself. When she returns home, she confronts the unavoidable re- ality of her life and knows it's time to grow up. But she doesn't know if she'll ever be able to earn the forgiveness of the people she hurt. ~ Provided by publisher Modern Romance - Adult Non Fiction By Aziz Ansari At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share a deep connection. This seems standard now, but it’s wildly differ- ent from what people did even just decades ago. Single people today have more romantic options than at any point in human history. With technology, our abilities to connect with and sort through these options are staggering. So why are so many people frustrated? This is a hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern ro- mance from one of this generation’s sharpest comedic voices. ~ Provided by publisher Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship - Adult Non Fiction By Robert Kurson Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But two men—John Chatterton and John Mattera—are willing to risk everything to find the Golden Fleece, the ship of the infamous pirate Joseph Bannister. At large during the Golden Age of Piracy in the seventeenth century, Bannister should have been immortalized in the lore of the sea—his exploits more notorious than Blackbeard’s, more daring than Kidd’s. But his story, and his ship, have been lost to time. If Chat- terton and Mattera succeed, they will make history—it will be just the second time ever that a pirate ship has been discovered and positively identified. Soon, however, they realize that cutting-edge technology and a willingness to lose everything aren’t enough to track down Bannister’s ship. They must travel the globe in search of historic documents and ac- counts of the great pirate’s exploits, face down dangerous rivals, battle the tides of nations and governments and experts. It’s only when they learn to think and act like pirates—like Bannister—that they become able to go where no pirate hunters have gone before. ~ Provided by publisher Volume 3, Issue 9 Page 5 Ringo: With a Little Help - Adult Non Fiction (Memoir) By Michael Seth Starr Born in 1940 as Richard Starkey in the Dingle, one of Liverpool's most gritty, rough- and-tumble neighborhoods, he rose from a hardscrabble childhood marked by seri- ous illnesses, long hospital stays, and little schooling to emerge, against all odds, as a locally renowned drummer.