Highland County Public Library E-Newsletter February 2008

This Sunday, March 2nd at 2:00 p.m., as part of the library’s Local Author’s Series, Chris Scott will be talking about and signing copies of his new book, “Highland County, Images of America.” To quote the book description on the jacket, “With photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries and into the new millennium, this volume tells the rich, fascinating story, both rural and modern, of the county and its people.” Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. Chris will also be opening an exhibit of old photos of Highland County in the Mountain View Room. The photos are being provided by the Highland Historical Society, The Recorder, and private collectors. The Highland Arts Council will be sponsoring the art exhibit and providing refreshments. The book talk is at 2:00 p.m. and the reception for the photo exhibit will last until 4:00 p.m. The photo exhibit will be on display in the Mountain View Room of the library for the month of March.

The library recently added some fascinating new documentary DVD’s on a variety of topics which should be of interest to our patrons. We’ve added Ken Burn’s acclaimed PBS series “The War,” The History Channel’s “The Vietnam War,” and a PBS American Experience production “Reconstruction: the Second Civil War.” For context in understanding complex current issues we have “The Road to 9/11,” “China From the Inside” and “Six Days in June, the War That Redefined the Middle East.” If you’re more interested in social issues we have two new films on addiction and recovery, HBO’s documentary “Addiction,” and PBS’s “Crank: Darkness on the Edge of Town.” We also have “Raising Cain: Exploring the Inner Lives of America’s Boys” and “Fat: What No One is Telling You.” Our DVD’s are available for a two week check out and may be put on hold.

I’d like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that the library is closed both Saturdays of the Maple Festival, March 8th and March 15th.

We have many new books to help you fight cabin fever. Check out Nora Robert’s J. D. Robb novel “Strangers in Death,” Lisa Scottoline’s “Lady Killer,” John Grisham’s “The Appeal,” James Patterson’s “7th Heaven,” Martha Grimes’s “Dakota,” Jack Higgins’s “Killing Ground,” Kristin Hannah’s “Firefly Lane,” Robert B. Parker’s “Stranger in Paradise,” Stephanie Laurens’s “Where the Heart Leads,” T. Jefferson Parker’s “L. A. Outlaws,” Luanne Rice’s “Light of the Moon,” and Jayne Ann Krentz’s “Sizzle and Burn.” In new non-fiction we have Gary Wills’s “What the Gospels Meant,” Alan Weisman’s “The World Without Us,” and Chris Scott’s “Highland County, Images of America.” Check them out!