Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Discuss The Nine here
Have you read Jeffrey Toobin's The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court? Stop by the library to pick up a copy, and share your thoughts in the comments here or at open book discussions on Thursday, January 14, at 7 p.m., and Tuesday, January 19, at 10:30 a.m. See the full schedule of events here!
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Supreme Court Week
Now that we've announced our Cover to Cover title for 2009, C-SPAN is adding to the excitement with Supreme Court Week. Check out programming every night on the history and current role of the court, its current judges, and more behind the scenes information. Or start reading The Nine and other recent books on the Court, like these:
Secret lives of the Supreme Court : what your teachers never told you about America's legendary justices / Robert Schnakenberg.
The Oxford guide to United States Supreme Court decisions / edited by Kermit L. Hall, James W. Ely, Jr.
The great decision : Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the battle for the Supreme Court / Cliff Sloan and David McKean.
Secret lives of the Supreme Court : what your teachers never told you about America's legendary justices / Robert Schnakenberg.
The Oxford guide to United States Supreme Court decisions / edited by Kermit L. Hall, James W. Ely, Jr.
The great decision : Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the battle for the Supreme Court / Cliff Sloan and David McKean.
Monday, September 28, 2009
The Supreme Court comes to Carlisle: Cover to Cover 2010
The votes are in, and Carlisle readers have selected The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, by Jefrey Toobin, for Carlisle's next Cover to Cover Community Read, coming in January 2010. Copies are available for checkout or purchase at the library, and planning is underway for public events around this title. Stop by the library, visit our website for updates, or email covertocover@mvlc.org to share ideas today.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Butterfly in the sky
Reading Rainbow with Levar Burton has ended its 26-year run - check out this complete list of books featured over the years for something great to read with the children in your life.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Starship Adventure - Summer Reading for Everyone
This year's summer reading program has something for everyone - kids, teens, and adults (why should kids have all the fun?). Log your reads at the library or at readsinma.org. Relax with a good book, challenge others to read as many pages as possible, and be eligible to win prizes just for participating.
Want to share your opinions on what you've read? Add your reviews at readsinma.org or in the comments here. Have a great summer!
Want to share your opinions on what you've read? Add your reviews at readsinma.org or in the comments here. Have a great summer!
Monday, June 08, 2009
Recommended Reads
When I was in college, a few friends had a lovely tradition of emailing everyone they knew at the end of spring semester to solicit reading recommendations for the summer, then sending out a compiled list. They're restarting that tradition this year; here's what I sent them - not an all-time favorites list, but a few titles I've liked recently. Share your suggestions for the summer in the comments! -Martha
The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell - I have a feeling a lot of people have read this already, but I didn't think it looked like my kind of thing until my book group decided to read it, and it turned out to be totally my thing. A Jesuit-organized mission makes first contact with an alien society; this was marketed as science fiction for people who don't read science fiction, but definitely very much science fiction (think Ursula K. le Guin). A heavy read; I loved the tone.
The Spellman Files and sequels, by Lisa Lutz - if my family decided to jointly write a detective series, it would look like this. A family of private eyes has wacky shenanigans, narrated by the slacker 27-year-old daughter, with footnotes and pop culture references!
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz - a nerdy Dominican, a family curse - people I've talked to either loved or hated this one; the voices and the plotline completely grabbed me, but the language and cultural references are definitely not for everyone.
What the Dead Know, by Laura Lippman - a woman claims to be one of two sisters who disappeared from a shopping mall 30 years earlier. Switches between the investigation of her story, and earlier flashbacks. More psychological suspense and exploration of character, rather than an action-packed page-turner, but compelling enough to read in a couple of sittings.
The Inn at Lake Devine, by Elinor Lipman - opens with 12-year-old Natalie Marx's family receiving a letter from an inn in Vermont, in response to an inquiry about summer openings, stating that Gentile guests feel most comfortable there; the inn goes on to play a large part in Natalie's life over the years. A funny, sweet family novel, with romance and cooking.
The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell - I have a feeling a lot of people have read this already, but I didn't think it looked like my kind of thing until my book group decided to read it, and it turned out to be totally my thing. A Jesuit-organized mission makes first contact with an alien society; this was marketed as science fiction for people who don't read science fiction, but definitely very much science fiction (think Ursula K. le Guin). A heavy read; I loved the tone.
The Spellman Files and sequels, by Lisa Lutz - if my family decided to jointly write a detective series, it would look like this. A family of private eyes has wacky shenanigans, narrated by the slacker 27-year-old daughter, with footnotes and pop culture references!
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz - a nerdy Dominican, a family curse - people I've talked to either loved or hated this one; the voices and the plotline completely grabbed me, but the language and cultural references are definitely not for everyone.
What the Dead Know, by Laura Lippman - a woman claims to be one of two sisters who disappeared from a shopping mall 30 years earlier. Switches between the investigation of her story, and earlier flashbacks. More psychological suspense and exploration of character, rather than an action-packed page-turner, but compelling enough to read in a couple of sittings.
The Inn at Lake Devine, by Elinor Lipman - opens with 12-year-old Natalie Marx's family receiving a letter from an inn in Vermont, in response to an inquiry about summer openings, stating that Gentile guests feel most comfortable there; the inn goes on to play a large part in Natalie's life over the years. A funny, sweet family novel, with romance and cooking.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Consumer Reports online
Now available for Gleason Library cardholders: consumerreports.org! Log in here or through the Gleason Library website (click on the Consumer Reports logo at the bottom of the page). Enter your library card number and choose ConsumerReports.org for full access to the Consumer Reports website and reviews. This is an EbscoHost product. Questions? Ask a librarian.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
New at the Library
Here are a few of our most recent additions, along with some related older titles - what have you been reading lately?
New Books:
Joe Torre's look at The Yankee Years was released today - or read about the Red Sox in Red Sox Rule: Terry Francona and Boston's Rise to Dominance or Faithful to Fenway : believing in Boston, baseball, and America's most beloved ballpark
The Last Dickens, the latest by Matthew Pearl, author of The Dante Club
Audiobooks:
Try Laura Lippman's latest, Another Thing to Fall, or the winner of the Printz Award for young adult literature, Jellicoe Road
New on DVD:
Australia, or Baz Luhrmann's earlier movies, like Strictly Ballroom or Moulin Rouge
High School Musical 3: Senior Year, or check out the original High School Musical or the first sequel
Music on CD:
The Meanest of Times, by the Dropkick Murphys, in time for St. Patrick's Day, or check out some more traditional Irish music like Boys of the Lough
New Books:
Joe Torre's look at The Yankee Years was released today - or read about the Red Sox in Red Sox Rule: Terry Francona and Boston's Rise to Dominance or Faithful to Fenway : believing in Boston, baseball, and America's most beloved ballpark
The Last Dickens, the latest by Matthew Pearl, author of The Dante Club
Audiobooks:
Try Laura Lippman's latest, Another Thing to Fall, or the winner of the Printz Award for young adult literature, Jellicoe Road
New on DVD:
Australia, or Baz Luhrmann's earlier movies, like Strictly Ballroom or Moulin Rouge
High School Musical 3: Senior Year, or check out the original High School Musical or the first sequel
Music on CD:
The Meanest of Times, by the Dropkick Murphys, in time for St. Patrick's Day, or check out some more traditional Irish music like Boys of the Lough
Monday, January 05, 2009
Fareed Zakaria online
Check out these interviews, reviews, and more information on Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post-American World:
www.fareedzakaria.com, his official website, has an archive of Zakaria's articles published in Newsweek, the New York Times, and more; links to interviews and reviews, and information on other publications and appearances.
Fareed Zakaria's GPS on CNN: Zakaria hosts this weekly foreign affairs program on CNN; the website includes video from the show and downloadable podcasts.
Interviews
"A conversation with Fareed Zakaria", Charlie Rose (online video)
Zakaria on The Daily Show on Comedy Central (video):
May 6, 2008 and January 14, 2008
and on The Colbert Report on Comedy Central (video):
October 19, 2005 and October 20, 2008
"Thomas Friedman and Fareed Zakaria: Author One-to-One"
The Village Voice, "The Interpreter"
Playboy interview: Fareed Zakaria
Links to more reviews and interviews
www.fareedzakaria.com, his official website, has an archive of Zakaria's articles published in Newsweek, the New York Times, and more; links to interviews and reviews, and information on other publications and appearances.
Fareed Zakaria's GPS on CNN: Zakaria hosts this weekly foreign affairs program on CNN; the website includes video from the show and downloadable podcasts.
Interviews
"A conversation with Fareed Zakaria", Charlie Rose (online video)
Zakaria on The Daily Show on Comedy Central (video):
May 6, 2008 and January 14, 2008
and on The Colbert Report on Comedy Central (video):
October 19, 2005 and October 20, 2008
"Thomas Friedman and Fareed Zakaria: Author One-to-One"
The Village Voice, "The Interpreter"
Playboy interview: Fareed Zakaria
Links to more reviews and interviews
More by Fareed Zakaria
Read The Post-American World and interested in more? Here are more books by the author, available in Carlisle or through other MVLC libraries:
The future of freedom : illiberal democracy at home and abroad, Fareed Zakaria (2003) – available in regular and large print. Newsweek International's editor exposes the down side of democracy, i.e., the assumption that what's popular is right.
From wealth to power : the unusual origins of America's world role, by Fareed Zakaria (1998) - Fareed Zakaria, the managing editor of Foreign Affairs, tries to understand why the United States decided in 1898 that it was time to start acting like a world power.
Democracy : opposing viewpoints, Mike Wilson, book editor (2006) – chapter on "Spread of democracy does not always result in more freedom" by Zakaria.
The right war? : the conservative debate on Iraq, edited by Gary Rosen (2005) – chapter on "Like it's 1999: how we could have done it right" by Zakaria.
The road to 9/11 (DVD, 2005) - "...this dramatic documentary chronicles the deep historical roots of Al-Qáida, examining the years of political oppression, economic stagnation, religious fanaticism, and violence that gave rise to the attacks of September 11, 2002. It features rare footage, and insightful commentary by leading scholars and journalists including Bernard Lewis, Fareed Zakaria, Thomas Friedman, Irshad Manji, Azar Nafisis, Kanan Makiya, Fawaz Gerges, and David Fromkin."
Inside Islam : the faith, the people, and the conflicts of the world's fastest-growing religion, edited by John Miller & Aaron Kenedi ; introduction by Akbar S. Ahmed. – chapter on "Why they hate us" by Zakaria (2002)
Globalization [sound recording] : what's in it for you? - Lecture delivered 08-09-2001 at the Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York by Fareed Zakaria.
The American encounter : the United States and the making of the modern world : essays from 75 years of Foreign affairs, edited by James F. Hoge, Jr., and Fareed Zakaria (1997)
The future of freedom : illiberal democracy at home and abroad, Fareed Zakaria (2003) – available in regular and large print. Newsweek International's editor exposes the down side of democracy, i.e., the assumption that what's popular is right.
From wealth to power : the unusual origins of America's world role, by Fareed Zakaria (1998) - Fareed Zakaria, the managing editor of Foreign Affairs, tries to understand why the United States decided in 1898 that it was time to start acting like a world power.
Democracy : opposing viewpoints, Mike Wilson, book editor (2006) – chapter on "Spread of democracy does not always result in more freedom" by Zakaria.
The right war? : the conservative debate on Iraq, edited by Gary Rosen (2005) – chapter on "Like it's 1999: how we could have done it right" by Zakaria.
The road to 9/11 (DVD, 2005) - "...this dramatic documentary chronicles the deep historical roots of Al-Qáida, examining the years of political oppression, economic stagnation, religious fanaticism, and violence that gave rise to the attacks of September 11, 2002. It features rare footage, and insightful commentary by leading scholars and journalists including Bernard Lewis, Fareed Zakaria, Thomas Friedman, Irshad Manji, Azar Nafisis, Kanan Makiya, Fawaz Gerges, and David Fromkin."
Inside Islam : the faith, the people, and the conflicts of the world's fastest-growing religion, edited by John Miller & Aaron Kenedi ; introduction by Akbar S. Ahmed. – chapter on "Why they hate us" by Zakaria (2002)
Globalization [sound recording] : what's in it for you? - Lecture delivered 08-09-2001 at the Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York by Fareed Zakaria.
The American encounter : the United States and the making of the modern world : essays from 75 years of Foreign affairs, edited by James F. Hoge, Jr., and Fareed Zakaria (1997)
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