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Crossing Boundaries: The Pleasures of Blended Genres

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The City & the City By Mieville, China 2010-04 - Del Rey Books 9780345497529 Check Our Catalog 2010 Hugo Award Winner-Best Novel "New York Times"-bestselling author Mieville delivers his most accomplished novel yet, an existential thriller set in a city unlike any other--real or imagined. …More

Mister Slaughter Mister Slaughter By McCammon, Robert R. Illustrator Chong, Vincent 2010-01 - Subterranean Press 9781596062764 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title The world of Colonial America comes vibrantly to life in this masterful new historical thriller by Robert McCammon. …More

Who Fears Death By Okorafor, Nnedi 2010-06 - Daw Books 9780756406172 Check Our Catalog An award-winning literary author ("The Shadow Speaker") presents her first foray into supernatural fantasy with a novel of post-apocalyptic Africa. …More

Angelology By Trussoni, Danielle 2011-02 - Penguin Books 9780143118466 Check Our Catalog Rich in history and wondrously conceived, "Angelology" blends biblical lore, the myth of Orpheus, and the Miltonic visions of "Paradise Lost" into a riveting tale of ordinary people engaged in a battle that will determine the fate of the world. …More

The Postmistress By Blake, Sarah 2011-02 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425238691 Check Our Catalog Filled with stunning parallels to today's world, "The Postmistress" is a sweeping novel about the loss of innocence of two extraordinary women--and of two countries torn apart by war. …More

The Passage By Cronin, Justin 2010-06 - Ballantine Books 9780345504968 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title "Every so often a novel-reader's novel comes along: an enthralling, entertaining story wedded to simple, supple prose, both informed by tremendous imagination. Summer is the perfect time for such books, and this year readers can enjoy the gift of Justin Cronin's "The Passage." It has the vividness that only epic works of fantasy and imagination can achieve. What else can I say? This: Read this book and the ordinary world disappears."--Stephen King. …More

Upcoming Events at Hackley Public Library

Spring is here!

	Evening Storytime Monday, March 28 6:45 pm Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun.  Each session ends with a craft project.  Signup required.  Call 231-722-7276 x 230 to register.

	Morning Toddler Storytime Monday, March 28 11:00 am Toddlers and care givers attend Toddler Time together.  The simple books and activities are just right for kids under 3.  Signup is required.  Call 231-722-7276 x 230 to register.

	Lost on the Lady Elgin Tuesday, March 29 6:00 pm Valerie VanHeest, a noted scuba diver and shipwreck specialist, will present a program based on her book Lost on the Lady Elgin.   Free and open to the public. For more information call HPL at 231-722-7276.

	Morning Storytime Tuesday, March 29 11:00 am Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun.  Each session ends with a craft project.  Signup required.  Call 231-722-7276 x 230 to register.

	Paper Pieced Quilt Block Wednesday, March 30 6:00 pm Nancy Hartman returns with this class on pieced quilts.  Seating is limited to 15.  Registration opens March 16.   This is a repeat of the March 9th class. For more information call HPL at 231-722-7276.

	Evening Storytime Monday, April 4 6:45 pm Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun.  Each session ends with a craft project.  Signup required.  Call 231-722-7276 x 230 to register.

	Morning Toddler Storytime Monday, April 4 11:00 am Toddlers and care givers attend Toddler Time together.  The simple books and activities are just right for kids under 3.  Signup is required.  Call 231-722-7276 x 230 to register.

	Butterfly Gardens Tuesday, April 5 6:00 pm Joe Hill, Advanced Master Gardener, will explain how to attract butterflies to your garden.  Free and open to the public. For more information call HPL at 231-722-7276.

	Morning Storytime Tuesday, April 5 11:00 am Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun.  Each session ends with a craft project.  Signup required.  Call 231-722-7276 x 230 to register.

	Muskegon County Genealogical Society Tuesday, April 5 6:30 - 9:30 pm.  Meets at the Torrent House

Tech Wednesday-Storing Pictures Wednesday, April 6 Tech Wednesdays   2:30 pm Each class will cover a specific topic and run from 30 – 60 minutes. No registration is required, just show up! All classes will start at 2:30 pm in the Julia Hackley Room. If you have your own laptop feel free to bring it along, otherwise these are watch and learn classes.   March 9:  Overdrive eBooks March 23:  Ebay April 6:  Storing Pictures online (Flickr, Picasa) April 20:  Learning Express Library (MeL practice tests) May 11:  Chat Rooms May 25:  Surfing the Internet

	Twirly Day Wednesday, April 6 2:00 PM Unusual twirly fun for young children, age 2 - 6.   They’ll make a variety of toys that spin, flutter and fly.   Projects include Streamers, Magic Wands, Mini-Helicopters, and a “Twirly Thing on a String.” Please call the Youth Services Department at 231-722-7276 x 230.

Time Travel to ANCIENT EGYPT! Saturday, April 9 2:00  PM Enjoy hands-on activities that help kids experience Ancient Egypt.  Write your name in hieroglyphics.   Play “Senat,” the ancient board game.  Taste Egyptian Barley Bread and learn how mummies were made.   For ages 5 and up. Please call the Youth Services Department at 231-722-7276 x 230.

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HPL's New Books

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for: 2011 . To see new books from other years try: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

Though Not Dead By Stabenow, Dana 2011-02 - Minotaur Books 9780312559113 Check Our Catalog Kate Shugak and the rest of the Park rats are stunned by the death of Old Sam, Kate's 87-year-old uncle and foster father. In his will, he leaves almost everything to Kate, including a homestead deep in gold mining country that no one knew he had and a letter that reads simply, "Find my father." …More

The Nomination: A Novel of Suspense By Tapply, William G. 2011-01 - Skyhorse Publishing 9781602399907 Check Our Catalog The last novel of the beloved author of the Brady Coyne mystery series. …More

The Marrowbone Marble Company By Taylor, Glenn 2010-05 - Ecco 9780061923937 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Moving from the hills of West Virginia to the islands of the Pacific and back, "The Marrowbone Marble Company" is a sweeping novel of love and war, power and oppression, faith and deception, from the author of "The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart." …More

The Rum Diary By Thompson, Hunter S. 1999-11 - Simon & Schuster 9780684856476 Check Our Catalog Based on Thompson's own experiences as a reporter in Puerto Rico in the late '50s and early '60s, this "long-lost coming-of-age novel" ("San Francisco Chronicle") tells a brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent alcoholic lust in a Caribbean boom town. Maps. …More

Larger Than Lyfe By Thornton, Cynthia Diane 2011-02 - Strebor Books 9781593093198 Check Our Catalog Beautiful, Wharton-educated, recording industry mogul Keshari Mitchell is leading a double life. As owner of Larger Than Lyfe Entertainment, a multimillion-dollar record label specializing in platinum-selling hip-hop, R&B and jazz, she is undeniably the most powerful woman in the American music industry. As second-in-command in The Consortium, one of the most powerful, Black organized crime rings on the West Coast, she is, undoubtedly, one of the most powerful and most feared women in the United States' criminal underworld. But ... she wants OUT ... out of an organization that does not accept resignations--P. [4] of cover. …More

A Lonely Death: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery By Todd, Charles 2011-01 - William Morrow & Company 9780061726194 Check Our Catalog Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge returns in his most exciting and shocking case yet. …More

Just Say No! By Tyree, Omar 2002-06 - Simon & Schuster 9780684872940 Check Our Catalog From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "For the Love of Money" comes this hip, high-octane journey through the world of hip-hop and R&B. …More

The Last Street Novel By Tyree, Omar 2008-06 - Simon & Schuster 9781416541929 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"-bestselling sensation Tyree applies his signature passion and flair for the romantic to a thrilling new novel about a writer who returns to the Harlem streets of his youth in search of a new story to tell. …More

Pecking Order By Tyree, Omar 2009-08 - Simon & Schuster 9781416541943 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"-bestselling author Tyree returns with the thrilling story of an ambitious young accountant who jumps into the high-stakes business of celebrity party promotions in Southern California. …More

While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction By Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. 2011-01 - Delacorte Press 9780385343732 Check Our Catalog Featuring more than a dozen pieces of artwork done by Vonnegut himself, this collection contains 16 never-before-published pieces of short fiction--long-buried, brilliant short stories dating from early in the author's career. …More

The Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer By Weston, Lucy 2010-12 - Gallery Press 9781439190333 Check Our Catalog A Tudor-era vampire novel told from the point of view of Queen Elizabeth, framed by Lucy Weston, who appears in Bram Stoker's "Dracula." …More

To Account for Murder By Whitbeck, William 2010-11 - Permanent Press 9781579622060 Check Our Catalog To Account for Murder demands our attention as much as any great work of literature. It offers a complicated, compelling, and honest vision of the past while maintaining a tight pace and proffering memorable characters. Equal parts thriller and historical novel, it s a page-turner with an eye for the nuances of all that makes us human. In other words, it s a stunning debut. --New York Journal of Books …More

Home Fires By Wolfe, Gene 2011-01 - Tor Books 9780765328182 Check Our Catalog Returning home from her tour of duty in the military, a young woman finds that years have passed on Earth, and her husband is in his forties. Still in love, they go on a cruise to resume their marriage, but their vacation rapidly becomes a complex series of challenges. …More

Strategic Moves By Woods, Stuart 2011-01 - Putnam Adult 9780399157110 Check Our Catalog Stone Barrington's undercover dealings with MI6 have brought in a big new client for the Woodman & Weld law firm, and the firm is willing to pay Stone a huge bonus and make him a partner. But Stone gets wind of an impending scandal that might torpedo his big promotion. …More

Highly Effective Detective Crosses By Yancey, Richard 2011-02 - Minotaur Books 9780312383107 Check Our Catalog In this fourth installment of the Teddy Ruzak mystery series, our earnest detective is faced with an impossible dilemma when a vicious psychopath targets his beloved Gal Friday. Can he save her without sacrificing everything he believes in? …More

Battles for Atlanta: Sherman Moves East By Bailey, Ronald H. With Time-Life Books 1999-05 - Time Life Medical 9780809447732 Check Our Catalog A gripping, comprehensive account of the Civil War, including eyewitness testimony, profiles of key personalities, period photographs, illustrations and artifacts, and detailed battle maps. Fully researched, superbly written. …More

Brother Against Brother: The War Begins By Davis, William C. 1999-05 - Time Life Medical 9780809447008 Check Our Catalog The decade of the 1850s brought the United states exceptional growth and prosperity. the population increased by 35 per cent, to more than 31 million. Railroad trackage more than trebled, reaching 30,000 miles. the production of all kinds of foodstuffs and manufactured goods rose dramatically. …More

From the Chronicle

Muskegon County emergency notification system set to go, but authorities urge citizens to register their cell phone numbers

Published: Sunday, March 20, 2011, 7:31 PM

By Heather Lynn Peters | The Muskegon Chronicle  

 

MUSKEGON COUNTY — Muskegon County residents now can receive emergency notifications of small or large-scale disasters in their area on their cell phones.
All they have to do is register their cell phone numbers with the FirstCall Emergency Notification Service and an automated message will alert them to Amber Alerts, water emergencies, chemical spills or other incidents that would directly affect them, authorities say.

Dan Stout

The free service offered through Muskegon Central Dispatch is something all residents should take advantage of, said Muskegon County Undersheriff Dan Stout.
“We want to get to as many people as we can by using the notification system,” Stout said.
For years, Muskegon County used an automated emergency notification system that alerted people by telephone via land lines of natural or man-made disasters that occurred in their area.
Then in 2007, a federal "homeland security" system replaced the service. Although it didn't cost the county anything, it wasn’t as effective, said David McCastle, executive director of Muskegon Central Dispatch.
Now authorities are back to the former system operated by FirstCall Emergency Notification Service that allows people to receive digital emergency notifications by cell phones or by e-mail as well as notifications over land lines.
The system went into effect in Muskegon County on Jan. 1 and will cost the county about $8,000 a year. Muskegon Central Dispatch will cover the bulk of the expense and Muskegon County will pick up about $2,000 of the annual cost, McCastle said.

TO REGISTER FOR "FIRSTCALL"

Citizens need to register their cell phone and address information with FirstCall Network Emergency Notification Service which will handle emergency notifications for Muskegon County.

Those interested should go to www.alertregistration.com or if they have no access to the Internet can contact Central Dispatch at 231-722-3524, ext. 222.

But McCastle said in order for the system to be thorough, people need to register their cell phone numbers because many people no longer use land lines.
McCastle said cell phone numbers entered into the FirstCall database won't be "shared" with telemarketers or others entities.
“This is not a published list (of cell phone numbers) so they don’t have to worry about that. FirstCall doesn’t share them,” McCastle said.
The database is able to pinpoint who to notify based on the address entered into the system. The jurisdiction that handles that disaster or emergency call would be the jurisdiction notified, McCastle said.
“It’s selective, determined by the requesting agency,” he said.
Stout said the FirstCall operation “worked very well over the years” and trusts it will continue to do so.
E-mail: hpeters@muskegonchronicle.com

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Upcoming Events at Hackley Public Library

	Evening Storytime Monday, March 21 6:45 pm Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun.  Each session ends with a craft project.  Signup required.  Call 231-722-7276 x 230 to register.

	Friends of the Library Board Meeting Tuesday, March 21 4:00 - 5:00 pm.  Meets at the Torrent House

	Morning Toddler Storytime Monday, March 21 11:00 am Toddlers and care givers attend Toddler Time together.  The simple books and activities are just right for kids under 3.  Signup is required.  Call 231-722-7276 x 230 to register.

	Business Plans Tuesday, March 22 5:30 pm Allen Wilson, a SCORE volunteer, will go over how to write a business plan.  Free and open to the public.  The first twenty people will be seated. For more information call HPL at 231-722-7276.

	Morning Storytime Tuesday, March 22 11:00 am Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun.  Each session ends with a craft project.  Signup required.  Call 231-722-7276 x 230 to register.

	Hackley Coffee House Wednesday, March 23 6:30 pm Winners of the Off the Wall Writing and Drawing contest for teens will be honored.  Winners will read their works, and artists will be featured  in the Hackley Gallery.  Coffee, eats, and music. Please call the Youth Services Department at 231-722-7276 x 230.

Tech Wednesday-EBay Wednesday, March 23 Tech Wednesdays   2:30 pm Each class will cover a specific topic and run from 30 – 60 minutes. No registration is required, just show up! All classes will start at 2:30 pm in the Julia Hackley Room. If you have your own laptop feel free to bring it along, otherwise these are watch and learn classes.   March 9:  Overdrive eBooks March 23:  Ebay April 6:  Storing Pictures online (Flickr, Picasa) April 20:  Learning Express Library (MeL practice tests) May 11:  Chat Rooms May 25:  Surfing the Internet

	Evening Storytime Monday, March 28 6:45 pm Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun.  Each session ends with a craft project.  Signup required.  Call 231-722-7276 x 230 to register.

	Morning Toddler Storytime Monday, March 28 11:00 am Toddlers and care givers attend Toddler Time together.  The simple books and activities are just right for kids under 3.  Signup is required.  Call 231-722-7276 x 230 to register.

	Lost on the Lady Elgin Tuesday, March 29 6:00 pm Valerie VanHeest, a noted scuba diver and shipwreck specialist, will present a program based on her book Lost on the Lady Elgin.   Free and open to the public. For more information call HPL at 231-722-7276.

	Morning Storytime Tuesday, March 29 11:00 am Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun.  Each session ends with a craft project.  Signup required.  Call 231-722-7276 x 230 to register.

Paper Pieced Quilt Block Wednesday, March 30 6:00 pm Nancy Hartman returns with this class on pieced quilts.  Seating is limited to 15.  Registration opens March 16.   This is a repeat of the March 9th class. For more information call HPL at 231-722-7276.