Chester County Public Library
The Library Lowdown
A Publication of the Chester County Library
"I cannot live without books." ~ Thomas Jefferson
January 2012
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WE ARE WINDING UP THE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT The Oral History Project was begun by the library in 2010 as a way to record the beginnings of our community for posterity. Currently, we have over two hours of recordings about one-room schoolhouses, life on the farm, community life, the beginnings of welfare assistance, and the 1952 tornado. One of the participants passed away last year, but her story is preserved on our digital voice file program. We plan to end the oral history project on February 29, 2012. If you have not yet told your story, call the library at 989-4673 and make an appointment to be recorded. When the voice files are placed on CD, we will give one, free of charge, to everyone who has made a recording. We plan to sell the rest for $10.00 each and all proceeds will be deposited in the library’s building fund. |
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The Brown Bag Book Club will meet on Wednesday, January 11, to discuss The Fifth Witness by
Michael Connelly. February’s book will be Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff. Join us!
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JANUARY CLOSINGS The library will be closed on Monday, January 16, in observance of Martin Luther King Day. Check out some of the great books we have about this remarkable life. |
BOOK GIVEAWAY There are still a few books left in our Book Giveaway box. Take whatever you want. |
New Arrivals
DVDS: Larry Crowne; Temple Grandin; One Day; Thor; Spy Kids: All the Time in the World; Crazy, Stupid Love; The Smurfs; The Conspirator; Ken Burns’ Prohibition; The Help; Sergeant York; Mr. Popper’s Penguins; Sarah’s Key; and Cowboys and Aliens
Juvenile Literature: The Forgotten Warrior; The Fire by James Patterson; Hugs From Pearl; and Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever
Teen ReadingThe Future of Us; Sapphique; Ruthless: A Pretty Little Liars Novel; and Bite Club
Adult Non-Fiction: Steve Jobs; Sniping: An Illustrated History; How to Clean Out Your Parents’ Estate in 30 Days or Less; I Am George Washington by Glenn Beck; and Rock City Barns: A Passing Era
Adult Fiction: The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon; The Drop by Michael Connelly; Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich; Whistlin’ Dixie In A Nor’easter by Lisa Patton; The Castaways and Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand; Longing by Karen Kingsbury; Valley of Dreams by Lauraine Snelling; The Forgotten Affairs of Youth by Alexander McCall Smith; Heartache Falls and Hummingbird Lake by Emily March; The Leopard by Jo Nesbo; and Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
In all this willful world of thud and thump and thunder,
Man’s relevance to books continue to declare.
Books are meat and medicine and flame and flight and flower,
Steel, stitch, cloud, and clout
And drumbeats on the air.
Gwendolyn Brooks