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Upcoming Events at HPL

Good Yarn Knitters 5:30 – 7:00 pm, Wednesday, September 26 Meets in the Julia Hackley Room All levels of knitters are welcome, including beginners. Come to learn how to knit, have a problem solved, or just for camaraderie. If you are just starting out, bring a pair of size 7 or 8 needles and a light colored ball of worsted weight yarn, otherwise bring your latest project or your problem project. For more information call 231-722-7276 and ask for Jocelyn

WWII In their own words 6:00 PM, Thursday, September 27 “Larry Martin's World War II - In Their Own Words”is based on one man's firm dedication to bringing the stories of WWII to as many people as possible. The goal is to share with the world exactly what the heroes who fought for our freedom during the Second World War did, and to pay them tribute while educating everyone on the facts and the significance of this tragic and important event in our nation's history. Mr. Martin will be speaking specifically about Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, United States Army Air Corps. He was a Tuskegee Airman who flew 18 combat missions aboard the P-51 which was one of our finest fighter planes. He flew with the 15th Air Force out of Foggia Italy in 1944. He was shot down August 12th 1944 over Toulon France. He was put in Stalag Luft 3 (which was the same prison that the 1963 movie the Great Escape was set in.) He was in a force march out of Poland back into Germany ahead of the Russian Army. Upon arriving in the Munich area he was freed by Gen. George Patton's 3rd Army. He went to Dachau Death Camp because it was near and he had never heard of it, where he saw thousands of dead people. Mr. Martin will be able to answer questions on other WWII topics as well. His website is http://lmww2.com. Held at the USS LST 393: 560 Mart Street, Muskegon. Free and open to the public. Brought to you through the generosity of the PNC Foundation.

Fall Storytimes 6:45 pm, Monday, October 1 Ages 3-7 Registration Required. Storytelling, picture books, finger plays, holiday tales, and special fun. Each session ends with a craft project and treat. Call 231-722-7276 x 233 to register.

Myth and Magic of Plants 6:00 PM, Tuesday, October 2 Marcia Willbrandt returns with her popular program on the Myth and Magic of Plants. Learn about the historical and magical uses of plants, explore the symbols of Halloween, and make an herbal protection charm to keep safe over the spooky Halloween Season. Held in the Julia Hackley Room. Brought to you through the generosity of the PNC Foundation.

Good Yarn Knitters 5:30 – 7:00 pm, Wednesday, October 3 Meets in the Julia Hackley Room All levels of knitters are welcome, including beginners. Come to learn how to knit, have a problem solved, or just for camaraderie. If you are just starting out, bring a pair of size 7 or 8 needles and a light colored ball of worsted weight yarn, otherwise bring your latest project or your problem project. For more information call 231-722-7276 and ask for Jocelyn

Computer Class 11:00 am, Thursday, October 4 Computer classes return! De Ondra Pentecost will teach computer skills in the Julia Hackley Room every Thursday during October and November. Registration is required, and opens 2 weeks before the classes start. Oct 4 and 11: Basic Computers Oct 18 and 25: Word Processing Nov 1 and 8: Internet/Email Nov 15 and 29: TBA

Computer Class 2:00 pm, Thursday, October 4 Computer classes return! De Ondra Pentecost will teach computer skills in the Julia Hackley Room every Thursday during October and November. Registration is required, and opens 2 weeks before the classes start. Oct 4 and 11: Basic Computers Oct 18 and 25: Word Processing Nov 1 and 8: Internet/Email Nov 15 and 29: TBA

Fall Storytimes 6:45 pm, Monday, October 8 Ages 3-7 Registration Required. Storytelling, picture books, finger plays, holiday tales, and special fun. Each session ends with a craft project and treat. Call 231-722-7276 x 233 to register.

Ulysses Group 10:00 am, Tuesday, October 9 Led by Fran Fisher, this book discussion group meets in the Julia Hackley Room of the Library on the second Tuesday of each month at 10:00-11:30 am. For more information call 231-722-7276 x 222.

Shipwrecks with the staff from the Great Lakes Naval Museum 6:00 PM, Tuesday, October 9 Underwater Robots Explore Great Lake Shipwrecks Gary Reynolds and Mark Gleason of the USS Silversides Museum will share their 2012 expeditions to shipwrecks in the Straits of Mackinaw as well as exploring the Rouse Simmons. They will explain how they use underwater robots called remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to explore Great Lake shipwrecks. Two shipwrecks that will be featured are the 150 year old Sandusky and the Christmas tree schooner Rouse Simmons that sank in November 1912. This program will introduce everyone to the technology that is opening up the underwater world. Meets in the Julia Hackley Room. Free and open to the public

Tech Wednesday-Mobile Apps 2:30 pm, Wednesday, October 10 Tech Wednesdays are 30-60 minute long mini watch-and-learn classes on technical topics. They are held in the Julia Hackley Room twice a month at 2:30 pm and are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring your own laptop and follow along.

Good Yarn Knitters 5:30 – 7:00 pm, Wednesday, October 10 Meets in the Julia Hackley Room All levels of knitters are welcome, including beginners. Come to learn how to knit, have a problem solved, or just for camaraderie. If you are just starting out, bring a pair of size 7 or 8 needles and a light colored ball of worsted weight yarn, otherwise bring your latest project or your problem project. For more information call 231-722-7276 and ask for Jocelyn

Computer Class 11:00 am, Thursday, October 11 Computer classes return! De Ondra Pentecost will teach computer skills in the Julia Hackley Room every Thursday during October and November. Registration is required, and opens 2 weeks before the classes start. Oct 4 and 11: Basic Computers Oct 18 and 25: Word Processing Nov 1 and 8: Internet/Email Nov 15 and 29: TBA

Computer Class 2:00 pm, Thursday, October 11 Computer classes return! De Ondra Pentecost will teach computer skills in the Julia Hackley Room every Thursday during October and November. Registration is required, and opens 2 weeks before the classes start. Oct 4 and 11: Basic Computers Oct 18 and 25: Word Processing Nov 1 and 8: Internet/Email Nov 15 and 29: TBA

Friends of the Library Board Meeting 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Monday, October 15 Meets at the Torrent House

Saturday is National Public Lands Day, Admission is Free to National Parks

From the USA.gov Blog:



Saturday is National Public Lands Day, Admission is Free to National Parks:

Saturday, September 29 is National Public Lands Day. This is the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer event for public lands. Find a volunteer site if you want to help improve our public lands by planting trees and native plants, collecting trash, improving trails, and more.
In honor of National Public Lands Day, all national parks offer free admission. Plan your visit to a national park today.

The Reader's Shelf

From Library Journal

Sartorial Splendor:  Falling into Fashion

The Secret Lives of Dresses By McKean, Erin 2011-02 - 5 Spot 9780446555722 Check Our Catalog …More

The Dressmaker By Alcott, Kate 2012-02 - Doubleday Books 9780385535588 Check Our Catalog Just in time for the centennial anniversary of the sinking of the "Titanic" comes a vivid, romantic, and relentlessly compelling historical novel about a spirited young seamstress who survives the disaster only to find herself embroiled in the media frenzy left in the wake of the tragedy. …More

A Vintage Affair By Wolff, Isabel 2011-04 - Bantam 9780553386622 Check Our Catalog Digging for finds in attics and wardrobes, Phoebe knows that when she buys a piece of vintage clothing, she's not just buying fabric and thread--she's buying a piece of someone's past. But one particular article of clothing will soon unexpectedly change her life. …More

The Time in Between By Duenas, Maria Translator Hahn, Daniel 2012-07 - Atria Books 9781451616897 Check Our Catalog "Packed with engaging characters, flawlessly researched, and breathlessly paced" ("Booklist," starred review)--the internationally bestselling novel about a seamstress who becomes an undercover spy for the British Secret Service during World War II. …More

Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution By Weber, Caroline 2007-10 - Picador USA 9780312427344 Check Our Catalog In this dazzling new vision of the ever-fascinating queen, a dynamic young historian reveals how Marie Antoinettes bold attempts to reshape royal fashion changed the future of France. …More

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe By Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach 2012-03 - Harper Perennial 9780061732478 Check Our Catalog For fans of "Three Cups of Tea, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana," written by a former reporter for ABC News, tells the story of a fearless young entrepreneur who brought hope to the lives of dozens of women in war-torn Afghanistan. …More

New Books at HPL

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for: 2012.  To see new books from other years try:  2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

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Die a Stranger By Hamilton, Steve 2012-07 - Minotaur Books 9780312640217 Check Our Catalog The newest novel by two-time Edgar award-winner and "New York Times"-bestselling author Hamilton about a mysterious plane on a deserted Upper Peninsula airstrip filled with five dead bodies. …More

Full Figured 3: Carl Weber Presents By Hampton, Brenda Author Nikki-Michelle 2011-09 - Urban Books 9781601623157 Check Our Catalog …More

Full Figured 5 By Hampton, Brenda Author Jackson-Beavers, Rose 2012-08 - Urban Books 9781601623522 Check Our Catalog …More

Black Magic Sanction By Harrison, Kim 2010-12 - Harper Voyager 9780061138041 Check Our Catalog Rachel Morgan has fought vampires, werewolves, demons, and other supernaturaldangers as both witch and bounty hunter and lived to tell the tale. But she'snever faced off against her own kind--until now. …More

For a Few Demons More By Harrison, Kim 2007-11 - Eos 9780061149818 Check Our Catalog The author of the sexy Hollows series returns with a new supernatural adventure--a "New York Times" instant bestseller in hardcover--featuring the bewitching bounty hunter, Rachel Morgan. A fiendish serial killer is terrorizing the Hollows, and a mysterious relic in Rachels possession may be the key to stopping him. Includes a brand-new, original short story. …More

Pale Demon By Harrison, Kim 2011-11 - Harper Voyager 9780061138072 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"-bestselling author Harrison is back with the ninth electrifying adventure featuring contemporary witch Rachel Morgan. This time Rachel's leaving the Hollows on a cross-country road trip with a pixy, an elf, and a vampire, as she races to clear her blackened name at a California witches' convention. …More

The Dog Stars By Heller, Peter 2012-08 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307959942 Check Our Catalog A pilot survives a flu that kills everyone he knows. When a random transmission beams through his radio, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him. He follows the static voice on the radio, but what he encounters is both better and worse than anything he could have hoped for. …More

Blue Asylum By Hepinstall, Kathy 2012-04 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) 9780547712079 Check Our Catalog During the Civil War, a plantation owner's wife is arrested by her husband and declared insane for seeking justice for slaves. She is sent to a mental asylum and finds love with a war-haunted Confederate soldier. …More

Flint 1: Choosing Sides By Hernandez, Treasure 2008-02 - Urban Books 9781599831466 Check Our Catalog …More

Summer People By Hilderbrand, Elin 2012-06 - St. Martin's Press 9780312997199 Check Our Catalog It Was The Summer That Would Change Their Lives Forever. Every summer the Newton family retreats to their beloved home on Nantucket for three months of sunshine, cookouts, and bonfires on the beach. But this summer will not be like any other. When Arch Newton, a prominent New York attorney, dies in a plane crash on his way home from a business trip, his beautiful widow Beth can barely keep things together. Above all, though, she decides that she must continue the family tradition of going to Nantucket, and at the same time fulfill a promise that Arch made before he died. Beth invites Marcus, the son of Arch's final and most challenging client, to spend the summer with her and her teenage twins Winnie and Garrett, who have mixed reactions to sharing their special summer place with this stranger. Always a place of peace before, Nantucket becomes the scene of roiling emotions and turbulent passions as Marcus, Winnie, and Garrett learn about loss, first love, and betrayal. And when they stumble upon a shocking secret from Beth's past, they must keep it from destroying the family they've been trying so hard to heal. ""Summer People" is striking not only for the ingenuity of its riveting plot, but also for the acute sense of character and the finely tuned craftsmanship with which Elin Hilderbrand brings its every nuance to life." --Madison Smart Bell, author of "Anything Goes" …More

Dirty Little Angel By Hilton, Erica 2008-09 - Melodrama Publishing 9781934157190 Check Our Catalog Chao's life has been a whirlwind since the day her mother gave her up of foster care at the age of five. She grew up hard on the streets of the Bronx, but left to start up an new life in Philly with a pimp named Crown. Drown, a gorilla pimp who controls the mind of the girls with manipulation, abuse and influence--only wants his hoes to have eyes and love for him wihle continuing to make him top dollar on the seedy streets of Philly. Soon, YB, a hardcore street dealer with a soft sport for Chaos gets in the way of Crown's business and trouble ensues. With the help of Chaos, YB sets up Crown and his right hand man, Harlem, are not willing to forgive and frorget. With his pride and reputation on the line, Crown, along with Harlem travel to the Bronx in search of street justice! Crown wants to murder YB and have Chaos liv out the rest of her days in misery prostituting fo rhim--or maybe he might just kill her.... …More

Thief of Shadows By Hoyt, Elizabeth 2012-06 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455508327 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Winter Makepeace lives a double life. By day he's the stoic headmaster of a home for foundling children. But the night brings out a darker side of Winter. As the moon rises, so does the Ghost of St. Giles-protector, judge, fugitive. When the Ghost, beaten and wounded, is rescued by a beautiful aristocrat, Winter has no idea that his two worlds are about to collide. …More

The Survivor By Hurwitz, Gregg 2012-08 - St. Martin's Press 9780312625511 Check Our Catalog The #1 international bestselling author of "You're Next" unleashes his most accomplished, compelling thriller yet about a former soldier suffering from PTSD who takes on a group of bank robbers. …More

Lethal Rider By Ione, Larissa 2012-05 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446574501 Check Our Catalog Thanatos, the most deadly Horseman of the Apocalypse, has endured thousands of years of celibacy to prevent the end of days. But just one night with the wickedly sexy Aegis Guardian, Regan Cooper, shatters centuries of resolve. Yet their passion comes with a price. Original. …More

You Don't Want to Know By Jackson, Lisa 2012-08 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758258571 Check Our Catalog Bestselling author Jackson deftly takes readers to the edge of sanity--and back--in a gripping novel where a mother's worst fear is only the beginning of a terrifying nightmare, and the truth is more dangerous than she can imagine. …More

The Duke Is Mine By James, Eloisa 2012-05 - Center Point Large Print 9781611733945 Check Our Catalog …More

The Breakthrough By Jenkins, Jerry B. 2012-08 - Tyndale House Publishers 9781414309095 Check Our Catalog …More

Echoes of a Distant Summer By Johnson, Guy 2005-08 - One World 9780345478047 Check Our Catalog ""You done lived a tough life, boy, and I know I'm part responsible for that. I ain't askin' you to excuse me or forgive me. Just know I did the best I knew to do. I was just tryin' to make you tough enough to deal with the world. To stand tall among men, I knew you had to be strong and have yo' own mind." "You were preparing me for war, Grandfather." Guy Johnson, the author of the critically acclaimed debut "Standing at the Scratch Line, continues the Tremain family saga. Jackson St. Clair Tremain hasn't spoken to his grandfather King in nearly twenty years. Disgusted by the violence and bloodlust that seemed to be his grandfather's way of life, Jackson chose to distance himself from King and live a simpler life. But now King is gravely ill, and his impending death places Jackson's life--as well as those of his family and friends--in jeopardy. Reluctantly, Jackson travels to Mexico to see King. But after a brief reconciliation, his grandfather is assassinated, and Jackson suspects that his grandmother Serena may have had a hand in it. Jackson takes control of King's organization, and as he does, he reflects on the summers he spent in Mexico as a child and the lessons he learned there at the knee of his strong-willed, complex grandfather. In "Echoes of a Distant Summer, Guy Johnson introduces us to a new hero, Jackson St. Clair Tremain, who learns that, like his grandfather, he must be willing to protect those he loves--at all costs. "From the Hardcover edition. …More

Alone in the Ashes By Johnstone, William W. 2008-05 - Pinnacle Books 9780786019618 Check Our Catalog Ben Raines is fighting to rebuild a nation from the bitter chaos and smoldering ashes of nuclear war and anarchy. But in this hellish new order, there are devils leading armed gangs of marauders that bring destruction wherever they go. Reissue. …More

And You Call Yourself a Christian By Joy, E. N. 2012-03 - Urban Books 9781601628213 Check Our Catalog …More

The Perfect Christian By Joy, E. N. 2012-06 - Urban Christian Publishing 9781601628374 Check Our Catalog …More

Gun Games: A Decker/Lazarus Novel By Kellerman, Faye 2012-01 - William Morrow & Company 9780062064325 Check Our Catalog In the next exciting installment of Kellerman's "New York Times"-bestselling series, Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus face off against psychopath Chris Donatti and his son, Gabe. …More

Time Untime By Kenyon, Sherrilyn 2012-08 - St. Martin's Press 9780312546618 Check Our Catalog From #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Kenyon comes the next thrilling installment in her blockbuster Dark-Hunter series. …More