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October 15, 2009 at 5:48 pm
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Have you checked out the “Scary Movies” display at the McGraw Branch? With Halloween right around the corner, now’s the time to get in the spirit with classic horror like John Carpenter’s The Thing, Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead trilogy or the original The Blob with Steve McQueen. There’s also plenty of new releases like the Friday the 13th remake, Let the Right One In and Saw V.
All of these items can be reserved by calling the McGraw Branch at 336-6060 or by using the online catalog.
A Partial Sampling of the Scary Movie Collection at McGraw
Army of Darkness
Black Sheep
Bubba Ho-Tep
Eight Legged Freaks
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Night of the Living Dorks
Severance
Shaun of the Dead
Slither
Stupid Teenagers Must Die!
Day Watch
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
The Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Exorcist: The Beginning
Final Destination 2
Final Destination 3
Frailty
In the Mouth of Madness
Night Watch
The Omen (2006)
Phantasm
The Reaping
Rosemary’s Baby
The Stand
1408
An American Haunting
Asylum
The Eye
The Fog (2005)
Gothika
The Grudge
The Grudge 2
The Grudge 3
One Missed Call
The Orphanage
The Return
Return to House on Haunted Hill
The Ring
The Ring Two
The Tattooist
The Blob (1958)
The Blob (1988)
The Call of Cthulu
The Cave
Cloverfield
Creature From the Black Lagoon
The Descent
The Fly (1986)
The Fly II
The Host
The Mist
The Monster Squad
The Ruins
Snakes on a Plane
Saw II
Saw III
Saw IV
Saw V
Death Proof
High Tension
Dance of the Dead
Duel
Vacancy
Ginger Snaps
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
An American Werewolf in London
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
Cemetery Man
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Day of the Dead (2008)
Diary of the Dead
Flight of the Living Dead
House of the Dead
I Am Legend
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dorks
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Extinction
Shaun of the Dead
30 Days of Night
Friday the 13th (1980)
Friday the 13th (2009)
Behind the Mask
Black Christmas (2006)
Freddy vs Jason
Halloween (1978)
Halloween (2007)
Halloween H20
Hatchet
The Hitcher
House of Wax
May
Prom Night (2008)
Rest Stop
Scream
Scream 2
Scream 3
Severance
The Signal
Carrie
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April 27, 2009 at 4:37 pm
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With winter on the run and summer teasing us this weekend, now’s the perfect time to dig into books and movies about snowstorms and heatwaves. All of these items can be reserved by calling either library (McGraw: 336-6060 & Evans: 336-6062) or by using the online catalog.
Books
Crimson Snow by Jeanne Dams
White Corridor by Christopher Fowler
The Winter Soldier by Diana Palmer
Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher
A Week in Winter by Marcia Willett
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Summer Morning, Summer Night by Ray Bradbury
The Summer I Dared by Barbara Delinsky
The Stand by Stephen King
Movies
30 Days of Night
The Thing
High School Musical 2
The Sandlot
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January 27, 2009 at 6:40 pm
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The American Library Association has announced the winners of the Newbery, Caldecott and Printz Awards for 2009, along with their other annual youth awards. Here are the winners:
John Newbery Medal Winnerfor the most distinguished contribution to children’s literature:
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean
Newbery Honor Books
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle
Savvy by Ingrid Law
After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
Randolph Caldecott Medal Winner for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson, illustrated by Beth Krommes
Caldecott Honor Books
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, written and illustrated by Marla Frazee
How I Learned Geography, written and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults:
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Printz Honor Books
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Nation by Terry Pratchett
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Coretta Scott King Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults:
We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson (Author Award)
The Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper (Illustrator Award)
King Author Honor Books
The Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Keeping the Night Watch by Hope Anita Smith, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
Becoming Billie Holiday by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
King Illustrator Honor Books
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Before John Was a Jazz Giant by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Sean Qualls
The Moon Over Star by Dianna Hutts Aston, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award. Shadra Strickland, illustrator of “Bird,” written by Zetta Elliott
Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody the artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences:
Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum written and illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker (Young Children Category)
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor (Middle-School Category)
Jerk, California by Jonathan Friesen (Teen Category)
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished book for beginning readers:
Are You Ready to Play Outside? written and illustrated by Mo Willems
Geisel Honor Books
Chicken said, “Cluck!” by Judyann Ackerman Grant, illustrated by Sue Truesdell
One Boy written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Stinky written and illustrated by Eleanor Davis
Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator by Sarah C. Campbell, photographs by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell
Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults: Laurie Halse Anderson (author of Catalyst, Fever 1793, and Speak)
Pura Belpré Awards honoring Latino authors and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children’s books:
Just in Case illustrated by Yuyi Morales (Illustrator Award)
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle (Author Award)
Belpré Illustrator Honor Books
Papá and Me” by Arthur Dorros, illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez
The Storyteller’s Candle / La velita de los cuentos by Lucía González, illustrated by Lulu Delacre
What Can You Do with a Rebozo? by Carmen Tafolla, illustrated by Amy Córdova
Belpré Author Honor Books
Just in Case by Yuyi Morales
Reaching Out by Francisco Jiménez
The Storyteller’s Candle / La velita de los cuentos by Lucía González
Robert F. Sibert Medal for most distinguished informational book for children:
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
Sibert Honor Books
Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and Rediscovery of The Past by James M. Deem
What to Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! by Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham
Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children’s video.
March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World
Mildred L. Batchelder Award for the most outstanding children’s book originally published in a language other than English
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi and translated by Cathy Hirano
Batchelder Honor Books
Garmann’s Summer by Stian Hole, translated by Don Bartlett
Tiger Moon by Antonia Michaelis, translated by Anthea Bell
Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, written and narrated by Sherman Alexie
Odyssey Honor Audiobooks
Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady by L.A. Meyer, narrated by Katherine Kellgren
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis, narrated by Mirron Willis
I’m Dirty! by Kate & Jim McMullan, narrated by Steve Buscemi
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale, written and narrated by Carmen Agra Deedy
Nation by Terry Pratchett, narrated by Stephen Briggs
Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences:
City of Thieves by David Benioff
The Dragons of Babel by Michael Swanwick
Finding Nouf by Zoë Ferraris
The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
Just After Sunset by Stephen King
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
Over and Under by Todd Tucker
The Oxford Project by Stephen G. Bloom
Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow
Three Girls and Their Brother by Theresa Rebeck
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, established in 1954, honors an author or illustrator whose books are published in the United States and have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children:
Ashley Bryan, his numerous works include “Dancing Granny,” “Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum,” and “Beautiful Blackbird.”
William C. Morris YA Debut Award, which is awarded for the first time in 2009, honoring a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens:
A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
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November 17, 2008 at 2:53 pm
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The fiction phenomenon known as the Twilight saga is moving to movie theaters this Friday when the film adaptation of the first book in Stephenie Meyer’s series is scheduled to open. Several different trailers for the movie can be found here.
If you want to catch up with the story, both branches own all four books in the series: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn along with Stephenie Meyer’s non-Twilight novel, The Host. And if you want more vampire stories, we’ve got plenty of those as well.
Adult/Young Adult Novels
Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz
Sweet Blood by Pete Hautman
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
You Suck by Christopher Moore
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles
Interview With the Vampire
The Vampire Lestat
Queen of the Damned
Tale of the Body Thief
Memnoch the Devil
The Vampire Armand
Merrick
Blood and Gold
Blackwood Farm
Blood Canticle
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter by Laurell K Hamilton
Guilty Pleasures
The Laughing Corpse
Circus of the Damned
The Lunatic Cafe
Bloody Bones
The Killing Dance
Burnt Offerings
Blue Moon
Obsidian Butterfly
Narcissus in Chains
Cerulean Sins
Incubus Dreams
Micah
Danse Macabre
The Harlequin
Blood Noir
Cirque Du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan series by Darren Shan
Cirque Du Freak
The Vampire’s Assistant
Tunnels of Blood
Vampire Mountain
Trials of Death
The Vampire Prince
Hunters of the Dusk
Allies of the Night
Killers of the Dawn
The Lake of Souls
Lord of the Shadows
Sons of Destiny
Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris
Dead Until Dark
Living Dead in Dallas
Club Dead
Dead to the World
Dead as a Doornail
Definitely Dead
All Together Dead
From Dead to Worse
DVDs
30 Days of Night
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter
Lost Boys: The Tribe
Rise: Blood Hunter
Underworld
Underworld Evolution
Van Helsing
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August 11, 2008 at 6:41 pm
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The 2008 Summer Olympics are in full swing, the baseball season is inching it’s way towards the World Series and the NFL preseason is happening right in our own backyard. Yes, it’s a good time to be a sports fan. So why not kick back, relax and have a look at some of these books. All of these items can be reserved by calling either library (McGraw: 336-6060 & Evans: 336-6062) or by using the online catalog.
Sports Illustrated Almanac 2008 (796.05)
Outtakes by Dan Patrick (796.0922)
The Greatest Sports Arguments of All Time by Christopher Russo (796.097)
Not Till the Fat Lady Sings by Les Krantz (796.0973)
Operation Yao Ming by Brook Larmer (796.323)
Yao: A Life in Two Worlds by Yao Ming (796.323)
Do You Love Football?! by Jon Gruden (796.332)
My Life In and Out of the Rough by John Daly (796.352)
Who’s Your Caddy? by Rick Reilly (796.352)
Get in the Game by Cal Ripken Jr. (796.357)
The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty by Buster Olney (796.3576)
Faithful by Stewart O’Nan & Stephen King (796.3576)
The Bad Guys Won by Jeff Pearlman (796.3576)
The Olympic Games (796.48)
100 Greatest Moments in Olympic History by Bud Greenspan (796.48)
Swifter, Higher, Strong by Sue Macy (796.48)
The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics by David Wallechinsky (796.48)
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May 8, 2008 at 8:05 pm
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The “Summer Movie Season” has begun. So if you want to get in the right mood for movies like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Dark Knight and others, be sure to check out our suggestions below.
All of these items can be reserved by calling either library (McGraw: 336-6060 & Evans: 336-6062) or by using the online catalog.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (5/16)
Be sure to watch…
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (5/22)
Be sure to watch…
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
National Treasure
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
The Happening (6/13)
Be sure to watch…
The Sixth Sense
Unbreakable
Signs
The Village
The Incredible Hulk (6/13)
Be sure to watch…
Hulk
Wanted (6/27)
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Sin City
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
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Hellboy
Hellboy: Storm of Swords
The Dark Knight (7/18)
Be sure to watch…
Batman Begins
Batman: Gotham Knight (On DVD on 7/22)
Batman: The Animated Series
Step Brothers (7/25)
Be sure to watch…
Anchorman
Talladega Nights
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (7/25)
Be sure to watch…
The X-Files: Fight the Future
The X-Files television series
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (8/1)
Be sure to watch…
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
The Scorpion King
Van Helsing
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March 26, 2008 at 2:36 pm
· Filed under Library Website, News, Reading Suggestions
We’ve gathered together a collection of resources to help you explore your favorite authors and genres. You’ll find lists of bestsellers, award winners, and read-alikes. We’ve also compiled a list of authors by style of book. If you’re looking for a new author, this is the place to start. We’ve even linked you directly to the catalog so you can see what’s available with one click of the mouse! And, as always, if you don’t find what you need, feel free to stop by and ask our librarians for a suggestion.
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March 20, 2008 at 4:09 pm
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Arthur C. Clarke, one of the greatest science fiction writers of all-time, died earlier this week at the age of 90. Clarke was best known for writing the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey along with the screenplay to the Oscar-nominated movie. If you’d like to dive into Clarke’s work, many of his novels are available to check out at both branches.
All of these items can be reserved by calling either library (McGraw: 336-6060 & Evans: 336-6062) or by using the online catalog.
2001: A Space Odyssey
2010: Odyssey Two
2061: Odyssey Three
3001: The Final Odyssey
Childhood’s End
The Hammer of God
Rendezvous with Rama
Time’s Eye
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February 28, 2008 at 6:53 pm
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Fight back against the recent snap of cold weather with some warm thoughts. Like planning a vacation to a warmer climate by checking out the 2008 editions of travel guides like Fodor’s and Let’s Go.
Belize (917.282)
Bermuda (917.299)
California (917.9404)
Caribbean (917.2904)
Florida (917.5904)
Hawaii (919.69)
Mexico (917.2)
New Mexico (917.89)
All of these items can be reserved by calling either library (McGraw: 336-6060 & Evans: 336-6062) or by using the online catalog.
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February 22, 2008 at 4:18 pm
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The 80th Annual Academy Awards will take place this Sunday so be sure to check out all of the nominees at the library to catch up on any you may have missed. Here are the nominees for Best Picture:
Atonement (coming soon)
Juno (coming in April)
Michael Clayton (now available)
No Country For Old Men (coming in March)
There Will Be Blood (coming in April)
More nominees that are available at the library can be found below. All of these items can be reserved by calling either library (McGraw: 336-6060 & Evans: 336-6062) or by using the online catalog.
Across the Universe (Best Costume Design)
American Gangster (Best Supporting Actrss – Ruby Dee)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Best Supporting Actor – Casey Affleck)
Away From Her (Best Actress – Julie Christie)
The Bourne Ultimatum (Best Editing)
Eastern Promises (Best Actor – Viggo Mortensen)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Best Actress – Cate Blanchett)
Gone Baby Gone (Best Supporting Actress – Amy Ryan)
In the Valley of Elah (Best Actor Tommy – Lee Jones)
La Vie En Rose (Best Actress – Marion Cotillard)
Once (Best Original Song)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Best Visual Effects)
Ratatouille (Best Animated Film)
Transformers (Best Visual Effects)
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