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September is Library
Card Sign-Up
Month.
This campaign was launched in 1987 to
answer
the challenge of Secretary of Education William J. Bennett
who said,
“Let’s
have a national
campaign…every child should obtain
a library card – and use it.”
Your library card is the best card in your
wallet, get
one, use it!
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In the years 434-454, the decaying
Roman empire was threatened by a new force, the barbarians. Attila
(V MANJ ATT A 04), the king of the Huns, helped crumble Rome’s
influence and splendor. This work of historical scholarship by
John Mann reads like an adventure story.
Charles Nicholl’’s The Lodger
Shakespeare
(V NICHC LS V 28) is a fresh and
original book about William Shakespeare. We see the author not in
the viewpoint of literary greatness, but in the context of the
humdrum daily life in London. Researching a court case in which
Shakespeare’s spoken words were
recorded, the author details the world in which
Shakespeare lived and worked.
Jacqueline L. Tobin presents compelling
portraits of the men and women who founded the Underground
Railroad and of the people who travelled it to find new lives in From
Midnight to Dawn (VTOBIJ FMD A 54).
Jack Weatherford’s Genghis Khan
and the Making of the Modern World
(V WEAT GHM D 11) is the true history
of one extraordinary man who created an empire that led to the
modern world. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they
brought a rise in cultural communication, expanded trade and
smashed systems of aristocratic privilege.
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Mold
Awareness Month
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The
Homeowners Guide to Mold
(NBNF 648.700) by Michael Publiese will help you recognize mold
and its hazards. Once moisture combines with dust or drywall, mold
can start growing and spreading in as little as 24-48 hours. This
book will show you how to inspect for mold throughout your home or
a house you might purchase.
It also includes maintenance tips for preventing mold and the best
construction
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October
is National Bake and Decorate Month
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There
is no better way to celebrate a month all about baking and
decorating than with a home-baked and decorated cake.
Family Fun Birthday Cakes
includes 50 cute and easy party treats. Learn how to use candy
decorations, cookies, toys and other novelties to create an erupting
volcano or a princess cake.
Cake decorating requires patience, time and
attention to detail. The Essential Guide to Cake Decorating
contains basic cake and icing recipes, in addition to illustrated
instructions for covering cake with sugarpaste, or marzipan.
If you love to bake and are willing to plan
ahead, you can make a spectacular wedding cake, without being a
pastry chef! Dede Wilson guides you through every layer of the
process in Wedding Cakes You Can
Make.
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Discover
how to make a cake from scratch, master creative techniques and
troubleshoot cake catastrophes with Cake Decorating for Dummies
by Joe LoCicero.
Think outside the cake box with Debbie
Brown’s Magical Cakes. From a labyrinth to a topsy turvy
village, there is an amazing variety of cakes to choose from. With
clear instructions and photographs, these cake designs will please
both beginners and experienced decorators.
Quick and Clever Party Cakes
by Lindy Smith has over 20 party cakes. Each design is divided into
easy stages to help you plan in advance and the step by step
instructions explain exactly what you need to do. Time saving tips
are included for those who need a spectacular cake on short notice.
All of these books can be found in
Nonfiction 641.865
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Mighty
Giants
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Mighty
Giants: An American Chestnut Anthology
(NF 583.460) is the inspiring story of an American symbol and the
struggle to save it from the brink of extinction.
The chestnut tree was an exceptional tree
that supported a way of life, fed and sheltered our ancestors, and
touched almost every phase of our existence. Copublished with The
American Chestnut Foundation, this book tells, in images and
words, the story of the once mighty monarch of the eastern forests
and the scientists who engaged in the
struggle against one of the deadliest
plant blights ever encountered.
It is also a story of hope, of small but
vital triumphs, as the secrets of the American chestnut and its
deadly nemesis are gradually revealed.
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Fiction
for the Fall Season
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Imagine
the crisp fall breezes with these books with a fall setting:
Waiting for Autumn
by Scott Blum (NBF)
The Paths of the Air
by Alys Clare (M)
It Happened One Autumn
by Lisa Kleypas (LPF)
Shiloh Autumn
by Bodie Thoene (F)
Early Autumn
by Robert B. Parker (M)
Drums of Autumn
by Diana Gabaldon (F)
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