Week: 12-13 through 12-19
Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30 and 5:30 Holiday Gift Books Ideas from our Valley Librarians
Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday 11:30 and 7:30 Holiday Gift Books Ideas from our Valley Librarians
Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday 8:30 and 4:30 Rapid Reviews of Books at the VT Library Conference (our own Betty Howlett is one of the reviewers)
MORETOWN MEMORIAL LIBRARY
SUGGESTED GIFT LIST OF BOOKS
Bruchac, Joseph and James
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes $6.99
Bruchac, Joseph and James
Turtle’s Race With Beaver $5.99
Carnahan, Paul and Bill Fish
Montpelier: Images of Vermont’s Capital City $19.99
Hilferty, John and Ellie
The Mad River Valley $19.99
Medeiros, Tracey
Dishing Up Vermont $19.95
Miller, Peter
Nothing Hardly Ever Happens in Colbyville, VT $22.00
Pasanen, Melissa with Rick Gencarelli
Cooking With Shelburne Farms $34.95
Wilson, Robert F
Vermont Curiosities $15.95
Winslow, Mike
Lake Champlain: a Natural History $18.95
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Holiday Books – Fiction for Adults
Joslin Memorial Library – Waitsfield
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson $24.95
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows $22.00
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane $27.95
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson $14.00
A Mercy by Toni Morrison $23.95
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld $26.00
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Holiday Books – Biography and Self-Help
Warren Public Library
The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport by Carl Hiaasen $22.00
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews $26.95
The Majesty of Your Loving: A Couple’s Journey Through Alzheimer’s by Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle $16.95
So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can do to Protect Their Kids by Diane E. Levin and Jean Kilbourne $25.00
and from our Library Book Sale Shelf (in the hall)
Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever: The Making of a Happy Woman by Judge Judy Sheindlin $1.00
The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav $1.00
Reader’s Digest Successful Grandparenting: The Essential Guide to One of Life’s Most Rewarding Relationships $1.00
And we have seven copies left over from our last book discussion: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle (price negotiable)
Warren books:
New–
Touchstone by Laurie R. King
Trouble the Water by Nicole Seitz
When You Were Me by Robert Rodi
The Bush Tragedy by Jacob Weisberg
Great escapes found in the stacks:
Life Skills by Katie Fforde
Lie Down with Lions by Ken Follett
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Waitsfield books (new) -
The Fruit Hunters by Adam Gollner
Palace Council by Stephen L. Carter
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Time Is a River by Mary Alice Monroe
Not-so-new wonderful reads:
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
Backcountry Skiing Adventures: Vermont & New York: Classic Ski and Snowboard Tours in Vermont and New York by David Goodman (796.93)
Wetland, Woodland, Wildland: A Guide to the Natural Communities of Vermont by Elizabeth H. Thompson and Eric R. Sorenson (917.43)
The Complete Tracker: Tracks, Signs and Habits of North American Wildlife by Len McDougall (599)
The Green Mountain Club Long Trail Guide (917.43)
Best Loop Hikes: New Hampshire’s White Mountains to the Maine Coast by Jeffrey Romano (796.51)
Vermont Off the Beaten Path: A Guide to Unique Places by Lisa Shaw (917.4304)
Vermont Backroads by Mollie Yoneko Matteson (917.43)
All-Terrain Skiing: Body Mechanics and Balance from Powder to Ice by Dan Egan (796.93)
The All-Mountain Skier: The Way to Expert Skiing by R. Mark Elling (796.93)
The Essential Guide to Skiing: 201 Things Every Skier Must Know by Ron LeMaster (796.43)
The New Guide to Skiing by Martin Heckelman
The Essential Cross-Country Skier: A Step-by-Step Guide by Paul Petersen & Richard A. Lovett (796.93)
The Ultimate Smowboarding: The All-Action Guide to the World’s Most Exciting Sport by Billy Miller (796.9)
The Story of Modern Skiing by John Fry
All titles are available at the Warren Public Library, unless otherwise indicated.
Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth and Society in Early Times by Elizabeth Wayland Barber [stacks 305.4]
No Idle Hands: The Social History of American Knitting by Anne L. Macdonald [available via inter-library loan only]
Tasha Tudor’s Heirloom Crafts by Tovah Martin, photos by Richard W. Brown [Regional library, on loan until February at Warren]
Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall, illustrated by Barbara Cooney [picture books]
Sweaters from New England Sheep Farms: 26 Original Patterns in Hand-Dyed & Natural Colored Yarns by Candace Eisner Strick [stacks 746.43]
Mothers and Daughters at Home: 35 Projects to Make Together [Regional library, on loan until February at Warren]
Hands on Spinning by Lee Raven [stacks 746.1]
A Dyer’s Garden: From Plant to Pot Growing Dyes for Natural Fibers by Rita Buchanan [stacks 633.8]
Indigo Madder and Marigold: A Portfolio of Colors from Natural Dyes by Trudy Van Stralen [stacks 667]
Big Book of Knitting by Katharina Buss [stacks 746.43]
Mason Dixon Knitting: The Curious Knitters’ Guide by Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne
The Crochet Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You’ll Ever Face, Answers to Every Question You’ll Ever Ask by Edie Eckman
