ROTORUA DISTRICT LIBRARY Te Whare o te Maatauranga February 2013 Hui Tanguru February Calendar Thursday 14 Feb 1pm. Rotorua Newcomers’ Group—how we can help you Come and join us for any of these FREE INSIDE THIS ISSUE: if you have recently moved to Rotorua/NZ Have you seen this library information sessions, delivered to you customer? • BorrowBox ‐ new by groups, organisations and Tuesday 19 Feb 10am. Staff from businesses in our community. Kiwibank explain their services and app! products. • Rotorua Forestry Tuesday 5 Feb 10am. Settlement Support. Tuesday 19 Feb 1pm. Naturopath Sue history Heather will display info of interest to explains her way to enhance health. recent immigrants and also to Kiwis • What’s moving here from other parts of New Thursday 21 Feb 10am The Rock Shop – happening for NZ Zealand. Making music on a budget Book Month Thursday 21 Feb 1pm. Creative Fibre Joseph Delaney Tuesday 5 Feb 1pm. Judy from English Group demonstrate their crafts. • Language Partners outlining their group is coming services including one‐on‐one tuition in Tuesday 26 Feb 10am. English Language English for speakers of other languages. Partners – helping to match up would‐be • Find out @ new English speakers with a volunteer LibraryLive Thursday 7 Feb 10am. Noel Lemmings. tutor. Tips, tricks & tweaks for your cellphone • New titles, book Tuesday 26 Feb 1pm. Budget Advisory reviews and Service talk to interested people about Thursday 7 February 1pm. more... Len Pemberton ‐ assessing your home’s their free budgeting service. Great news! You can now easily download our value on today’s market. Thursday 28 Feb 10am. Judith from the eAudiobooks via a new app called BorrowBox. This Library demonstrates ebooks and helps means you can go straight to the app to download Tuesday 12 Feb 10am. Handicrafts with people show their new device who’s boss. Bunnings. eAudiobooks instead of going via our catalogue. Thursday 28th Feb 10am. Mary from Plus it has a built‐in, dedicated eAudiobook player, Tuesday 12 Feb 1pm. Aidan Pargeter – Literacy Rotorua outlines what the usable straightaway without leaving the app. Find Health issues simplified – Naturally organization can do for you – one‐on‐one out more inside this issue. tuition with literacy for young people and Thursday 14 Feb 10am. Selwyn from the adults. ROTORUA DISTRICT LIBRARY LIKE us on Facebook Te Wananga o Aotearoa showcasing free courses for students based at home. Free Thursday 28 February 1p.m. Margie 1127 HAUPAPA STREET resources. Bishop‐Funnell from Funnell Family ROTORUA Chiropractic will do free spinal screens. Ph. 07 348 4177 For any enquiries about LibraryLive or if you would like to host a session, please contact www.rotorualibrary.govt.nz us at Ph 07 348 4177. Looking at Rotorua Forestry on the 2nd floor Hottest Reads in HOT PICKS! $6 to borrow for 10 days Mamaku : 100 years This book is a compilation of stories and history as told by the people of Mamaku. “The Kusab brothers were among the first settlers to arrive in Mamaku in 1894. They bought 2000 acres of land, heavily timbered with Rimu and Totara, and built a mill in the thick of the bush…” 993.423z MAM — New Zealand History/Travel section Tall Trees & Tramways By Bryon Somervell A record of the major operators of sawmills and tramways based in the Mamaku area. Rotorua, Minginui and Te Whaiti sawmills have also been included. A history of forestry in and around Rotorua with historic photographs and maps. 993.423z SOM ‐ New Zealand History/Travel section Horohoro Forest, Rimu Photographs donated Other resources : • Cutting edge : a history of Waipa sawmill 1939 –2010 by Kevin O’Connor with Kevin Lyall 993.423 OCOz — New Zealand History/Travel section. • Hindsight : Series Two, DVD with 2 discs ‐ Don talks about the history of Forestry in Rotorua area. See Also in the Don Stafford Room, Don’s research notes in the “Timber Industry” folder. Grammatically Speaking NEW TITLES Don't Confuse "Utmost" with "Upmost" Valerie by Valerie Adams “We cried. For one minute we were all so very happy and An error I often see in my students' papers and sometimes even in newspaper and nobody could say one word at this time. It was one of the most magazine articles is the use of "upmost" where the word "utmost" is wanted. I recently fantastic moments of my life, to have so much joy.” Coach came across this comment on a political message board: "The people in power in Bush's Jean‐Pierre Egger, when Valerie told him she had won gold in administration are the ones who are responsible for the torture of Iraqi prisoners at London. Abu Ghraib. Therefore, they should be punished to the upmost extent of the law. In Sports, first floor. 796.435z ADA The word wanted there is, of course, "utmost." This word comes from the Middle English word utmest, which itself comes from the Old English utmest. The Old English adverb ut means "out," and mest is the ancestor of our word "most." "Utmost" (or In Pursuit of Glory by Bradley Wiggins "outermost") is a superlative, meaning situated at the farthest, most distant point. Thus This is the story of the boy with bikes in his blood, of a son it designates the extreme, the greatest or highest degree. This idea, of the highest abandoned by his father and of the journey from the council degree, is probably what leads to the erroneous use of "upmost" in this sentence. estate to the very pinnacle of his sport. In pursuit of glory is a compelling, no‐holds barred account of Wiggin’s rise to to The word "upmost" is actually a form of "uppermost," and it does not fit into the same global success and an extraordinary insight into the world of sort of sentence that calls for "utmost." In fact, you will seldom find it at all in modern cycling. American usage, though I do not know whether that form is still common in British English. In Sports, first floor. 796.62 WIG "Uppermost" means in the highest or most prominent position, power or rank, EXAMPLES: Uppermost in his mind were the risks of doing business with such a crook. Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Cookery Course by Gordon The sweetest fruit was found in the uppermost branches. Ramsay “I want to teach you how to cook good food at home. By In other words, be careful not to use "upmost" (position) when you mean stripping away all the hard graft and complexity, anyone "utmost" (degree), and if you should decide that "upmost" is the word you actually can produce mouth‐watering recipes. Put simply, I’m need, you should probably consider substituting the more commonly used going to show you how to cook yourself into a better "uppermost." cook.” Reprinted with the kind permission of the author, Tina Blue at www.grammartips.homestead.com In Food & Drink, first floor. 641.5 RAM Plan & launch a successful Pop Up Business Fresh and Light by Donna Hay This book is the answer to that constant juggle for the perfect What is a Pop Up business? To truly qualify as a pop up, a project balance. Full of new recipes that combine fresh ingredients, should: pantry staples and a few tricks for the lighter touch, it’s • Use an empty or under‐used space focussed on ease and flavour, leaving room for the little indulgences in life. • Be time limited, with clear start and end dates • Not aim for permanence In Food & Drink, first floor. 641.5 HAY • Be designed for demountability and ease of removal • Be in some way exclusive, distinct or special FEATURED AUTHOR From the master of the legal thrillers, John Grisham’s The Racketeer is described as “brilliant”, “entirely gripping” and “a superbly plotted thriller”. His body was found in the small basement of a lakeside Thanks to everyone who participated in teeNZown’s TWEBFACE cabin he had built himself and frequently used on over the summer break and to Aimee who submitted this great weekends. There was no forced entry, no struggle, just book review! two dead bodies ‐ Judge Fawcett and his young secretary. Title of Book: Noughts & Crosses Author: Malorie Blackman Type of Book: Novel Summary Black people (Crosses) are on top of the world, they are better than the white people (Noughts). A female Cross and male Nought are best friends, and are struggling to keep their friendship lasting. There's lots of pressure on both of them. They've fallen apart A Time to Kill but years later brought back together and then the Cross girl gets pregnant and then The Firm the Nought has to either be hanged or he loses the child he'll never meet. The Pelican Brief The Client Would you recommend this book to others? Why/Why not? The Chamber Because it's such a easy read and it's unpredictable. It has racism, violence, sex, war, love, hatred, confusion. It's so powerful and un‐put‐downable. I loved it so much, I The Rainmaker loved all the characters so much ‐ and these characters were weak, pathetic, stupid, The Runaway Jury lazy, horrible, disturbed and just plain selfish ‐ yet they all had a good side to them that The Partner made you understand and love them. Some of them really cared for each oher and With a string of best‐sellers behind him, the Arkansas were hurt and angry by the things that happened to them. I cried for about two weeks born author who had dreamed of being a pro baseballer, The Street Lawyer after I read Noughts & Crosses.