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What We Missed… (Fabulous Fiction Firsts)

The October 1st Library Journal lists the best and the brightest FFF of the past year. We hit most of them but admittedly; there were a few we just didn't get around to. Here are the ones that caught our eyes. We won’t want YOU to miss them. Look for them on our New Books shelves.

The fugitive wife by Peter C. Brown. “Enormously satisfying” (NYTimes) tale of a woman who remakes herself during the Alaskan gold rush.

Riley’s Fire by Lee Merrill Byrd. An accidental fire transforms Riley, an adventurous, inquisitive seven-year old boy. A 4-star “Critics’ Choice” in People Weekly.

The Dream Life of Sukhanov* by Olga Grushin. Soviet art critic’s disillusionment. A finalist for the LA Book Prize and short-listed for the Orange Prize.

Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow by Faïza Guène. Growing up in Paradise Estate - a Paris housing project for Muslim immigrants. Published when the author was a 19- yr.old university student. A bestseller in Europe.

Holmes on the Range* by Steve Hockensmith. Two Montana cowboys playing Holmes and Watson when all they expect is hard work, bad pay, and a comfortable campfire to read up on their hero, Sherlock. What fun!

The Blight Way: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery by Patrick McManus. Blight County, Idaho’s Sheriff Bo - smart, sneaky and relentless, is forced to put on his sleuthing hat in this very funny debut mystery.

The Natural History of Uncas Metcalfe by Betsey Osborne. "An unforgettable hero as he struggles to right himself and adapt to changing expectations, even as he approaches the end of his life".

Rose of No Man’s Land* by Michelle Tea. “A whirlwind exploration of dropouts, tattoos, and drugs, and the love story of two atypical girls” – gritty and disturbing.

* = Starred Review(s)

Evanescence Returns

As we get closer to the holiday season, more cds are coming out.
The Open Door by Evanescense debuts at number 1 on this week's Billboard 200. Will this cd be as popular as Fallen which spent 104 weeks on the big chart?

Steampunk Anime

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Are you a fan of Fullmetal Alchemist wondering what to watch next? Consider checking out some of the other steampunk anime—stories set in an alternate past with advanced technology, or that combine magic and machinery—in our anime dvd collection:

Steamboy
Last Exile
Howl’s Moving Castle
Escaflowne

Orhan Pamuk wins the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature

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Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk, 54, received the Nobel Prize for Literature yesterday. Never one to shy away from political controversy, the Nobel Prize brings Pamuk full circle in a tumultuous year – last year he was put on trial in his native country for insulting “Turkishness”. Bowing to international outrage, Turkey dropped the charges.
In recognizing Pamuk’s artistic courage, the Nobel Committee stated that the author, “…in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city [Istanbul] has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures.”
Pamuk, who wrote My Name Is Red, The White Castle, and Snow, will receive a $1.4 million purse, gold medal, and diploma, and a place of honor at the December 10 banquet in Stockolm honoring all the winners.

Knit Your Bit - For Others

Kick off Teen Read Week with a chance to knit a cap, a scarf, or a pair of mittens to be donated to a local charity. ALL AGES are welcome and no registration is needed. Bring your own needles and we'll supply all kinds of yarn and patterns. High School students can participate for community service!

Kid Bits - Trick or Treat

If you are planning for Halloween, here are some reads for costume inspirations, as well as fun for the Preschool Set. Fancy Nancy by Robin Preiss Glasser], How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long, or Skippyjon Jones by Judith Byron Schachner.

Domestic Violence in the Spotlight

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. Sponsored by a number of organizations, it is designed to raise awareness of the effort to end violence against women, children and within families. It is estimated that 20% of violent crimes against women are committed by their partners. Locally the effort to support and protect victims is led by the SafeHouse Center. Family violence, spouse abuse, and child abuse are all pervasive problems in American society which need our serious attention. If you are a victim, call the SafeHouse hotline at (734)995-5444 for assistance.

Kiran Desai wins the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006

If you believe that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, then you won’t be surprised to learn that Kiran Desai, daughter of acclaimed author Anita Desai, won the Man Booker Prize on Tuesday, October 10, 2006.

Kiran Desai, 35, is the youngest woman (and the first woman since 2000) to be awarded the UK’s most prestigious literary award in its 37-year history. She enchanted the jury with The Inheritance of Loss, an epice novel spanning the globe from India, home of Ms. Desai’s birth, to the tense world of Manhattan’s illegal immigrants.

The other authors on the shortlist for this year were: Hisham Mater (In the Country of Men), Kate Grenville (The Secret River), Edward St. Aubyn (Mother’s Milk), M. J. Hyland (Carry Me Down), and Sarah Waters (The Night Watch).

The Desai women are the first mother/daughter team to be nominated for the Booker. Anita Desai, (Baumgartner’s Bombay and The Zigzag Way), was a finalist three times.

What do opera and bebop have in common?

Not much, except that today, October 10, is the birthday of both Thelonious Monk and Giuseppe Verdi. Thelonious Monk, born in North Carolina in 1917, is best known as one of the prime inventors of bebop, a kind of jazz that uses repitition of sound to create a jumpy, irregular phrasing out of standard tunes. Monk played music with the likes of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and John Coltrane. His two most popular albums are Brilliant Corners and Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane.

Giuseppe Verdi was born in Parma, Italy in 1813. His first opera, Oberto, performed at La Scala, was a modest success. After the tragic death of his wife, Verdi vowed he would never compose again but after reading the brilliant libretto of Nabucco, he changed his mind. Verdi wrote a total of 26 operas, his most famous, Rigoletto, La Traviata and Falstaff.

Buck O'Neil, A Baseball Legend Dies

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John "Buck" O'Neil, age 94, passed away in a Kansas City hospital Friday night. A player and manager for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues as well as the first black baseball coach when hired in 1962 by the Chicago Cubs, O'Neil was known not only for his love of baseball but also for life.

Buck was a fabulous storyteller and was "discovered" in his 80's when he appeared in Ken Burns series, Baseball. Read some of those stories like why baseball great, Satchel Paige called him "Nancy" in the Kansas City Star.

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