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Music Catalog

Submitted by Jason V on Thu, 01/17/2013 - 10:44am

Do you listen to music?  Did you happen to know that the HCPL audio catalog is quite expansive?  We have everything from classical composers including Beethoven, Handel, and Mozart to much more contemporary artists.  Not sure where to start looking?  Through our new titles page, you can find out what are the most recent, most requested, or most circulated music titles we have to offer.

January is National Soup Month!

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 12/31/2012 - 11:21am

 

Did you know that January is National Soup Month?  Makes sense, right?  January is the first full month of Winter, and aside from cold soups like gazpacho, soups are traditionally craved, crafted, and consumed during the colder months of the year.

If you want to celebrate National Soup Month by trying your hand at making soup, HCPL has got you covered!  You may know that the Dewey Decimal number for general cookbooks is 641.5, but did you know that soup cookbooks have their very own Dewey number?  It's 641.813.  Of course, many general cookbooks have soup recipes in them, but if you're looking exclusively for soup recipes, you should start at 641.813.  Here are a few of the titles you'll find there:

Northwest Library's Most Popular Reads of 2012

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 12/17/2012 - 2:42pm

You've seen my list, now let's take a look at yours.  What were the most popular titles at the Northwest Library in 2012?  What follows are your ten most-circulated Adult Fiction titles and five most circulated Adult Non-Fiction titles for the year.  Take a look:

Northwest Library's 10 Most-Circulated Adult Fiction Titles for 2012:

(1)

The Drop by Michael Connelly

(2)

Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson

(3)

'V' is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton

(4)

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

(5)

The Litigators by John Grisham

20 Books for 2012

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/05/2012 - 3:48pm

I'm a big fan of lists, and particularly year-end lists.  A simple Google search will probably direct you to several different personal blogs on which I have published my end-of-year favorite music lists over the past eight years or so.  For me, lists are intended both as a form of self-analysis and as recommendations for my (modest, random) readership. 

I am also a bit unconventional with these lists.  I care less about the year that something was made than the year that I first experienced it.  So, on the following list, you will find my 20 favorite books that I read (for the first time) in 2012.  Some of the titles were published this year, others were written over a half-century ago.  But they are all great books that you should read, and they are all, incidentally, in HCPL's catalog.  So without further ado,

20 Books for 2012:

(1)

White Teeth by Zadie Smith (a gateway book if there ever was one, see below)

(2)

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

(3)

Cathedral by Raymond Carver

(4)

Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney

(5)

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

So Funny You Should Read It.

Submitted by Anna G on Sat, 12/01/2012 - 5:10pm

If you are looking for a great chapter book to read with your children or to listen to on a long drive I’ve got a few you might want to check out.


The Best Christmas Pageant Ever written by Barbara Robinson.Book cover to The Pageant Ever
The Herdman kids are bad, really the worst kids you could imagine.  They have personalities and idiosyncrasies that make everyone laugh out loud.  The story goes that the Herdman kids have decidedly become interested in the school Christmas pageant. So they begin to bully their way into filling in the lead roles of Mary, Joseph, the Angel and the Wise men.  Their mission is madness but, at the end of the day there is a warm fuzzy feeling that reminds us of how special Christmas can be. I’ve recommended this to many adults with no children at home and they loved it too.
This book is available in print, CD, also in downloadable electronic audio. 

Book cover of Aliens on Vacation Aliens on Vacation written by Clete Barrett Smith
David, more commonly referred to as Scrub is a little disenchanted with his summer vacation plans. He’s staying with his grandma who runs The Intergalactic

Bed & Breakfast. This vacation gets a little more interesting with every minute.  Scrub really earns his strips after picking up the slack in unique needs of the Bed & Breakfast customers.   Unlike the Herdman’s, Scrub is a stand up guy though he does face some interesting dilemmas. ( to continue click read more below)

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