U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, now the star of the TV show “Justified,” returns to confront gambling, mining and organ trafficking in Elmore Leonard’s latest.
Blue Rider Press has acquired "Siri & Me," a new work of fiction by David Milgrim, about a 29-year-old writer and blogger who falls in love with the woman living inside his iPhone.
This week, Judith Newman discusses the real world behind “Downton Abbey”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Liesl Schillinger talks about Elizabeth Taylor’s feminist credentials; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
A book about JFK falls off the list, but RoseMarie Terenzio’s “Fairy Tale Interrupted,” about her years as John F. Kennedy Jr.’s executive assistant, enters the nonfiction hardcover list at No. 8.
The Batesville Memorial Public Library is pleased to announce its purchase of the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL), a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. The GVRL can be accessed from the library’s home page (ebatesville.com/library) either at the library, or 24/7 from any remote location using your BMPL borrower’s card number. Students will find this database especially useful for its authoritative articles and information. Thanks to the Friends of BMPL for helping to fund this purchase.
The Batesville Memorial Public Library is pleased to announce its new, monthly book talk podcast series, "Books On The Fly," on TheFlyPod.com - New Media Network. Books On The Fly is available from the library’s homepage at ebatesville.com/library. Click the flying books icon, then click "play" on the QuickTime player on your screen.
In celebration of the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s first use of a telescope, the Cincinnati Observatory has started a bold program to bring telescopes into local communities. Called the "40 Galileos: Starry Messenger Project," the program attracted 145 applicants from the tri-state area. The Batesville Memorial Public Library is pleased to announce that they are one of the 40 finalists selected to receive a telescope from the observatory on September 11, 2009. In the meantime, a library representative must take part in two training sessions at the observatory, and conduct and report on two public programs using the telescope. Watch for future Star Parties and other fun events once we receive our telescope.
The Batesville Memorial Public Library is pleased to offer FREE foreign language lessons online to library card holders and library visitors. Mango Languages teaches actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages: Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Greek, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, and Mandarin Chinese, as well as English (ESL) for Spanish speakers, Polish speakers, and Brazilian Portuguese speakers. To get started learning a language with Mango, simply go to the library’s web site at ebatesville.com/library, and click on the Mango Languages icon in the Databases column. Anyone can access this program from a public computer in the library. For remote access, you must have a valid BMPL borrower’s card.
No more boring books! You can find your Next Good Book to read on the BMPL web site (ebatesville.com/library). Click on the Next Good Book link and you can discuss books with other people, build online bookshelves with your favorite books or books you want to read, share your favorite titles, or see who’s reading a book that you might like. It’s all free and it’s all from your friends at Batesville Memorial Public Library!
At the Batesville Memorial Public Library’s new Online Instruction Center, you will find a wide range of highly interactive courses that you can take entirely over the Internet. All of the courses include expert instructors, and are affordable, fun, fast, and convenient. Go to the library’s web site at ebatesville.com/library, click on Lifelong Learning, then click on the icon for the Online Instruction Center, or go to www.ed2go.com/a-batesville.