Pember Library – Page 113 – Tuesday 10-5, Wednesday 1-5, Thursday 1-5, Friday 10-5 and Saturday 10-1

Pember Presents: Dealing with Bullies

Have you ever been bullied? Chances are you have. Nearly all of us run into a bully at some point; name-calling, harassment, rumor spreading, etc. Combating bullies may feel overwhelming. New York State Trooper Phil Poitier will present a program at the Pember Library on Friday, July 17 at 6 PM about dealing with bullies. He will give an overview of what bullying is, how bullies target their victims, and different types of bullies. He will offer strategies for dealing …

New videos added

In June we added these new videos: 30 Seconds over Tokyo Cary Grant – Indiscreet Operation Petticoat The Grass is Greener That Touch of Mink Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Lethal Weapon 1, 2, 3, & 4 (on two discs) Stagecoach Wall-E

Dear Reader Online Book Club

The following books will be featured at next week’s Dear Reader: Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming, audio How to Castrate a Bull by Dave Hitz with Pat Walsh, business The Night Villa by Carol Goodman, fiction Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin, good news The Stolen by Jason Pinter, mystery Gangleader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Venkatesh, nonfiction The Fitzgerald Ruse by Mark de Castrique, pre-pub Just One of the …

Day 2 of Friends’ book sale

There is still plenty to choose from! Don’t miss the $1.00-a-bag sale from 1-3 PM.

Friends’ Book Sale – Starts Today!

The annual Friends of the Pember Library Book Sale will take place at the Mary J Tanner School on Route 22 in Middle Granville. There will be thousands of books available. Most hardcover books will be $1.00 and paperbacks for $.25. Newer or special books will be individually priced. On Saturday from 1pm to 3 pm will be our $1.00 per bag sale using bags we provide.

Best Selling Books of the Twentieth Century

The fourth installment of best selling books of the Twentieth Century as detailed in Publisher’s Weekly: * 1930 Cimarron, Edna Ferber *1931 The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck * 1932 The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck * 1933 Anthony Adverse, Hervey Allen *1934 Anthony Adverse, Hervey Allen * 1935 Green Light, Lloyd C. Douglas * 1936 Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell * 1937 Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell * 1938 The Yearling, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings * 1939 The …

Dear Reader Online Book Club

What do you think of DearReader so far? If you have a Pember Library card you can reply to this post or send me an email and be entered into a drawing for a copy of the new Dean Koontz book Relentless. This contest will remain open until July 9. The books that will be featured next week are : Barack, Inc. by Barry Libert & Rick Faulk, business The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick, fiction Lying on Sunday …

New downloadable audiobooks

The following new titles are available on the Salon website, our link to OverDrive audio books. Just click on the icon to the left of the blog that says “Download audiobooks OverDrive” for these and many more. If you’re reading by listening, let us know which title(s) you have enjoyed recently. Children’s eaudiobooks: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo; read by Cherry Jones Hatchet by Gary Paulsen; read by Peter Coyote Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos; read …

2009 New York Statewide Summer Reading Program

To commemorate the New York State Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial, the New York State Library, in partnership with the New York Library Association’s Youth Services Section and School Library Media Section, has created four selected reading lists that celebrate the history, culture, and diversity of New York State. Each of the four lists covers one reader age group: Picture Books; Elementary; Tween; and Teen and up. This summer, our Pember Presents programming will go along with the NYS summer reading program theme, …

Book Club

The book club will be discussing “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak. “Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel–a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.”

Fifty Books for Our Times

Newsweek has an interesting feature on What to Read Now. And Why. They say “The fact is, no one needs another best-of list telling you how great The Great Gatsby is.” These books “open a window on the times we live in, … help us see ourselves in new and surprising ways.” The list of 50 titles starts with Anthony Trollope’s 1875 book The Way we Live Now, and includes books by William Faulkner, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, and Mary …