Adult

News, useful tips, and fun information from the adult librarians

New Spanish Fiction

New titles recently added to the Spanish Fiction collection include:

Click here: for a full list of titles.

Recorded Books OneClickdigital Audiobooks

Attention downloadable audiobook users: If you have been downloading your audiobooks from netlibrary or ebscohost, you will now need to start using Recorded Books OneClickdigital.  You must create a new account, but you do not need to come in to the library to create your account.  You will be asked for your library card number, and then you should be able to create a new account.  You may use the same username and password you used on the other sites if you wish. 

The Gales of November, 36 years ago today

Here's a link to a good article on the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which happened on this day (November 10) in 1975. For even more information about this tragic event in Michigan's history, we have quite a few books, plus a DVD in our collection.

11/11/11

We will be closed Friday November 11 in honor of Veterans Day, a day to honor American veterans of all wars. Before 1954, Veterans Day was known as Armistice Day.  A few ideas of things you could do in honor of Veterans Day:

Read this year's Veterans Day proclamation by the President of the United States.

Decide to read a book from this list: Honoring and Remembering Veterans and Soldiers

Attend the ceremony at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly.

Visit the Waterford Township Veterans Memorial.

Your Nook and eBooks from the Library Program

Our upcoming program on the Nook and library ebooks has been rescheduled for Wednesday, October 19th at 6:00 pm. This is a great program for those that are thinking about delving into the world of ebooks. We still have open slots, so please call the Adult Reference Desk at 248-618-7693 to register. Hope to see you there!

Fiction set in Japan

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Summer Reading booklists

Looking for a Novel Destination for Summer Reading? Get out of the heat with books set in Alaska or travel the globe, from South African Fiction to a Touch of the Orient. Curious about Mysteries with a Foreign Setting or Fancy a Trip to England?: there are countless novel destinations awaiting you at the library this summer.

Find out more about the Adult Summer Reading Program.

Fancy a Trip to England?

 

Brick Lane
by Monica Ali
Fiction Ali Monica
Nanzeen travels to England from Bangladesh to enter an arranged marriage.

 

 

 

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
Mystery Bradley Alan
An 11 year old super sleuth solves crimes in 1950s England.

 

 

 

Little Bee
by Chris Cleave
Fiction Cleave Chris
A friendship blooms between a Nigerian refugee and a recent widow from London.

 

Mysteries with foreign settings

double comfort safari club covercoroner's lunch coverfinding nouf coverdeath at la fenice cover  bruno chief of police cover still life cover case of the missing servant

 

 Here are some of my favorite mysteries set in foreign countries. If you like mysteries, try these, and as a bonus, you'll learn a little something about people in another culture.  All are the first book of a series, except for the Double Comfort Safari Club.

Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon
Set in Italy Read more

Fiction set in South Africa

       

Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor

Skinner's Drift by Lisa Fugard

The Madonna of Excelsior by Mda Zakes Read more
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