Upcoming Events at HPL

KIDS' NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION 2:00 PM MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2013 FUN FOR ALL AGES! Celebrate the coming 2014 New Year with us at Hackley Public Library, in the Youth Services department, on the second floor. We will play games, enjoy treats, do crafts and have an all-around good time to top off the 2013 year.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH CALENDAR CONTEST STARTS JANUARY 1, 2014 & RUNS THROUGH FEBRUARY 1, 2014 Hackley Public Library's annual calendar uses student art work to celebrate African American achievements. Young artists in grades 1-12 are invited to submit drawings any time during library hours, January 1st through February 1, 2014. The Calendar follows a "quiz calendar" format. To enter, draw a picture from Black History and ask a question about it. The best pictures and questions will be published in a free calendar available throughout Muskegon. Each calendar page will feature a question (maybe yours!) about a famous person or event. Answers will be printed on the back. Pick up your entry form at the Library.

KIDS' BEGINNING CROCHET 12:30 PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2014 Kids -- want to learn to crochet? Join us for a series of four afternoons of crocheting with Miss Emma. Beginners ages 8 and up are invited to learn the basic crochet skills and make a simple craft article. Supplies will be available.

Hackley Handy Crafts 6:00 PM, Monday, January 6: Hackley Handy Crafts Join craft maven Nancy Harman on the first Monday of each month. Learn a new craft or practice one you already know. These are geared towards older teens and grownups. Call HPL for supply lists (most of the time supplies are provided). These are free, and open to the public. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

The Search for the Westmoreland 6:00 PM, Tuesday, January 7 “ On December 7, 1854, the Propeller Westmoreland foundered in Lake Michigan, near Sleeping Bear Dune, killing seventeen of her crew and passengers. Seventeen crew and passengers lived, however, and landed in lifeboats on the shore of Platte Bay. Soon after the passenger steamer’s sinking, rumors began circulating of $10,000 in gold coins in her safe and 280 barrels of whiskey in her hold. For the next 150 years the Westmoreland was one of the most sought after shipwrecks in all the Great Lakes, eluding salvagers, treasure-hunters and divers alike. Join author/shipwreck hunter Ross Richardson in exploring the legend, history and discovery of Lake Michigan's treasure shipwreck”. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

KIDS' BEGINNING CROCHET 12:30 PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2014 Kids -- want to learn to crochet? Join us for a series of three afternoons of crocheting with Miss Emma. Beginners ages 8 and up are invited to learn the basic crochet skills and make a simple craft article. Supplies will be available.

WINTER WONDERLAND MAGIC SHOW WITH MAGICIAN GORDON RUNN 2:00 PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2014 COME ONE, COME ALL--for the wonderful magical show with magician Gordon Russ' own special brand of comedy and magic with a winter theme. This show is fun for kids of all ages.

Upcoming Events at HPL

CHRISTMAS PLAYDATE & STORY FUN 11:00 AM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013 FOR AGES 3-7 Come to Hackley Public Library for Christmas fun. There will be a story, a game, fingerplay, music and a special Christmas treat.

VILLAGE PUPPETEERS 2:00 PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2013 Join us at Hackley Public Library for a funny, interactive puppet show that will make the kids giggle in their seats. Village Puppeteers will present "Lost in Storyland." This all-live show is fun for kids of all ages, is visually enchanting, and includes lots of audience participation.

FAMILY BOARD GAME DAY 2:00 PM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2013 KIDS! Are you "bored' yet? Bring in those new board games you received for Christmas, or play one of our games. "Head bandz", "Operation", "Connect 4" and other board games will be available during this drop in session. Come anytime between 2 and 4 pm. Snacks will be served.

WINTER ART 2:00 PM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2013 Hey, Kids--Drop in anytime between 2-4:00 pm and make your favorite winter scene of snowy days, fluffy, snow-coverd landscapes, or whatever you love about cold weather. Supplies will be provided so you can create a great winter scene.

FAMILY HOLIDAY LEGO MANIA 2:00 PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2013 What are you inspired to build? Kids, come be a part of our Holiday LEGO program. Come stretch your imagination and create something to celebrate the holiday season. And remember, we supply the LEGOs, you supply the ideas!

KIDS' NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION 2:00 PM MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2013 FUN FOR ALL AGES! Celebrate the coming 2014 New Year with us at Hackley Public Library, in the Youth Services department, on the second floor. We will play games, enjoy treats, do crafts and have an all-around good time to top off the 2013 year.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH CALENDAR CONTEST STARTS JANUARY 1, 2014 & RUNS THROUGH FEBRUARY 1, 2014 Hackley Public Library's annual calendar uses student art work to celebrate African American achievements. Young artists in grades 1-12 are invited to submit drawings any time during library hours, January 1st through February 1, 2014. The Calendar follows a "quiz calendar" format. To enter, draw a picture from Black History and ask a question about it. The best pictures and questions will be published in a free calendar available throughout Muskegon. Each calendar page will feature a question (maybe yours!) about a famous person or event. Answers will be printed on the back. Pick up your entry form at the Library.

KIDS' BEGINNING CROCHET 12:30 PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2014 Kids -- want to learn to crochet? Join us for a series of four afternoons of crocheting with Miss Emma. Beginners ages 8 and up are invited to learn the basic crochet skills and make a simple craft article. Supplies will be available.

HPL's New Books

elow is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for: 2013.  To see new books from other years try:  2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

Want to see all the staff picks?  In Encore (our catalog) search for HPL Staff Picks. To sign up for this, or any of our newsletters, check out our Newsletter sign up page.

Night Film By Pessl, Marisha 2013-08 - Random House 9781400067886 Check Our Catalog Seven years after Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Pessl returns with a novel as twisted and intelligent as that lauded debut. …More

White Fire By Preston, Douglas J. Author Child, Lincoln 2013-11 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455525836 Check Our Catalog Preston and Child (Two Graves, 2012, etc.) bring back FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast, expert in the psychology of serial killers and other criminal deviants. …More

The Wolves of Midwinter By Rice, Anne 2013-10 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780385349963 Check Our Catalog Rice, in her signature elegantly descriptive style, does not disappoint in this follow-up to 2012's "The Wolf Gift", slowly doling out details about recurring characters like an hourglass, one grain at a time. …More

The Whole Golden World By Riggle, Kristina 2013-11 - William Morrow & Company 9780062206459 Check Our Catalog …More

Thankless in Death By Robb, J. D. 2013-09 - G. P. Putnam's Sons 9780399164422 Check Our Catalog In the latest suspense thriller in the #1 "New York Times" bestselling series, the year 2060 is drawing to a close in New York City and loved ones are coming together for Thanksgiving. But sometimes the deepest hatreds seethe within the closest relationships, and blood flows faster than water. …More

Born in Ice By Roberts, Nora 2013-10 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425266106 Check Our Catalog Even though the harsh winters of western Ireland keep visitors away from Brianna's bed-and-breakfast inn, she expects Grayson Thane, a successful American mystery author, who plans to spend the winter alone writing his new novel. But sometimes fate has a plan of its own. Sometimes fire can be born in ice. The second installment of Roberts's Irish trilogy featuring the Concannon sisters. …More

Dark Witch By Roberts, Nora 2013-10 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425259856 Check Our Catalog From #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a trilogy about the land we're drawn to, the family we learn to cherish, and the people we long to love. …More

Summer Pleasures: Second Nature/One Summer By Roberts, Nora 2007-06 - Silhouette Books 9780373285464 Check Our Catalog Two classic yet sizzling tales of summer pleasures and unexpected love by "New York Times" bestselling author Nora Roberts are collected in this two-in-one volume. Includes "Second Nature" and "One Summer." Reissue. …More

Whispered Promises: The Art of DeceptionStorm Warning By Roberts, Nora 2013-09 - Silhouette Books 9780373281725 Check Our Catalog …More

The Terminal Experiment By Sawyer, Robert J. 2011-08 - Ace Books 9780441020805 Check Our Catalog Dr. Peter Hobson has created three electronic simulations of his own personality. But they all have escaped from Hobson's computer into the web-and one of them is a killer. …More

Accused: A Rosato & Associates Novel By Scottoline, Lisa 2013-10 - St. Martin's Press 9781250027658 Check Our Catalog "New York Times" bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Lisa Scottoline revolutionized crime fiction when she introduced her all-female law firm of Rosato & Associates, thrilling readers with her twisty, fast-paced plots and capturing their hearts with her cast of strong and relatable female characters. Now Bennie Rosato, Mary DiNunzio, Judy Carrier, and Anne Murphy are back with all cylinders firing in "Accused." …More

Bellman & Black By Setterfield, Diane 2013-11 - Atria Books 9781476711959 Check Our Catalog Caught up in a moment of boyhood competition, William Bellman recklessly aims his slingshot at a rook resting on a branch, killing the bird instantly. It is a small but cruel act, and is soon forgotten. By the time he is grown, with a wife and children of his own, William seems to have put the whole incident behind him. It was as if he never killed the thing at all. But rooks don't forget . . . …More

Stella Bain By Shreve, Anita 2013-11 - Little Brown and Company 9780316098861 Check Our Catalog An epic story, set against the backdrop of World War I, from bestselling author Anita Shreve. When an American woman, Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock in an exclusive garden in London, surgeon August Bridge and his wife selflessly agree to take her in. A gesture of goodwill turns into something more as Bridge quickly develops a clinical interest in his houseguest. Stella had been working as a nurse's aide near the front, but she can't remember anything prior to four months earlier when she was found wounded on a French battlefield. In a narrative that takes us from London to America and back again, Shreve has created an engrossing and wrenching tale about love and the meaning of memory, set against the haunting backdrop of a war that destroyed an entire generation. …More

Tatiana By Smith, Martin Cruz 2013-11 - Simon & Schuster 9781439140215 Check Our Catalog In "Tatiana," Martin Cruz Smith, the master of the international thriller "(The New York Times)" creates the most compelling heroine of his career and the most realistic, damning portrait of modern Russia in contemporary literature. …More

Still Candy Shopping By Swinson, Kiki Author McCall, Amaleka 2014-02 - Dafina Books 9780758293770 Check Our Catalog …More

The Valley of Amazement By Tan, Amy 2013-11 - Ecco Press 9780062107312 Check Our Catalog Amy Tan's The Valley of Amazement is a sweeping, evocative epic of two women's intertwined fates and their search for identity, that moves from the lavish parlors of Shanghai courtesans to the fog-shrouded mountains of a remote Chinese village. …More

Tom Clancy's Endwar By Clancy, Tom Author Michaels, David 2008-02 - Berkley Books 9780425222140 Check Our Catalog Based on the bestselling video game, this new series created by a #1 "New York Times" bestselling author takes readers onto the battlefields of World War III with the technical savvy and explosive action that Tom Clancy fans have come to expect. This first installment is available in a tall Premium Edition. Original. …More

The Supreme Macaroni Company By Trigiani, Adriana 2013-11 - Harper 9780062136589 Check Our Catalog In The Shoemaker's Wife Adriana Trigiani swept her readers across generations of an Italian family, from the Italian Alps at the turn of the twentieth century to the cobblestone streets of Little Italy. In The Supreme Macaroni Company, she weaves a heartbreaking story that begins on the eve of a wedding in New York's Greenwich Village, travels to New Orleans, and culminates in Tuscany. Family, work, romance, and the unexpected twists of life and fate all come together in an unforgettable narrative that Adriana Trigiani's many fans will adore. …More

Football Widows By Tucker, Pat 2011-10 - Strebor Books 9781593093150 Check Our Catalog When NFL coaches gear up for war on the gridiron, their wives are left to fend for themselves. NFL wife B.J. Almond has had enough. When she walks in to find her head coach husband in bed with one of his assistant coaches' wives, she is livid. But what really sets her off is when she discovers the other wives knew about the affair all along. Now she's furious and hungry for revenge. 240 pp. 15,000 print. …More

The Glamorous Life 2: All That Glitters Isn't Gold By Turner, Nikki 2013-11 - St. Martin's Griffin 9781250001443 Check Our Catalog At the top of her game, Bambi built EventsRUS, from the ground up, doing high end events for anybody who was somebody. Bambi's main goal was to stack more than enough money to ensure that her husband, Lynx, would never have to distribute illegal narcotics another day in his life. But once Lynx is released from prison, all her high hopes and dreams turn into a horrible nightmare. She sadly learns that Lynx has an insatiable love and growing appetite, for his mistress: gambling, that threatens to bring both of them to ruin. Caught between the venture capitalist bankers, the underground financers and having loyalty and love to her man, Bambi has to make life changing decisions and deceptions. And the wrong move could cost her everything. …More

Lover Reborn By Ward, J. R. 2012-10 - Signet Book 9780451238283 Check Our Catalog From a #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author. Tohrment, the Brother who had it all, but lost everything to the enemy, is destined for a second chance at love and life. But will the past and his bitterness hold him back? …More

Candlelight Christmas By Wiggs, Susan 2013-10 - Mira Books 9780778314745 Check Our Catalog As single father Logan O'Donnell prepares to give his son, Charlie, the best Christmas ever on the shores of Willow Lake, he just may be in for a Christmas surprise himself, in the form of sharp-witted and independent Darcy Fitzgerald. …More

Upcoming Events at HPL

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY FUN 2:00 PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2013 KIDS: Come to the library and create your special Wish List for Santa. (We will have special "Wish Lists" and pictures for you to use.) You can write a letter to Santa, too, and mail it in our special Santa Mail Box! Then, make a fun and tasty Christmas Tree to take home, using a sugar ice cream cone & goodies we will have at the library.

CHRISTMAS PLAYDATE & STORY FUN 6:45 PM MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2013 FOR AGES 3 - 7 Join us for some Christmas fun with a story, game, fingerplay, music and special songs. Finish up with a Holiday craft to take home and a special Christmas treat.

CHRISTMAS PLAYDATE & STORY FUN 11:00 AM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013 FOR AGES 3-7 Come to Hackley Public Library for Christmas fun. There will be a story, a game, fingerplay, music and a special Christmas treat.

VILLAGE PUPPETEERS 2:00 PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2013 Join us at Hackley Public Library for a funny, interactive puppet show that will make the kids giggle in their seats. Village Puppeteers will present "Lost in Storyland." This all-live show is fun for kids of all ages, is visually enchanting, and includes lots of audience participation.

FAMILY BOARD GAME DAY 2:00 PM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2013 KIDS! Are you "bored' yet? Bring in those new board games you received for Christmas, or play one of our games. "Head bandz", "Operation", "Connect 4" and other board games will be available during this drop in session. Come anytime between 2 and 4 pm. Snacks will be served.

WINTER ART 2:00 PM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2013 Hey, Kids--Drop in anytime between 2-4:00 pm and make your favorite winter scene of snowy days, fluffy, snow-coverd landscapes, or whatever you love about cold weather. Supplies will be provided so you can create a great winter scene.

FAMILY HOLIDAY LEGO MANIA 2:00 PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2013 What are you inspired to build? Kids, come be a part of our Holiday LEGO program. Come stretch your imagination and create something to celebrate the holiday season. And remember, we supply the LEGOs, you supply the ideas!

Library Journal's Reader's Shelf

From Library Journal

Cuyahoga County Public Library's Favorite Books of 2013

Life After Life By Atkinson, Kate 2013-04 - Reagan Arthur Books 9780316176484 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title In 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, and embarks upon a life that will be unusual. Does Ursula's infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny? …More

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves By Fowler, Karen Joy 2013-05 - Marian Wood Book 9780399162091 Check Our Catalog From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Jane Austen Book Club," the story of an American family, ordinary in every way but one--their close family relative was a chimpanzee. …More

Americanah By Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi 2013-05 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307271082 Check Our Catalog A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to starta new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected. …More

Kind of Kin By Askew, Rilla 2013-01 - Ecco Press 9780062198792 Check Our Catalog Dustin's grandpa has been raising Dustin, but is arrested for hiding migrant workers. After Dustin is bullied, he goes on the run, aided by an illegal the police didn't find. In a gripping and compelling narrative, a law exiles workers, turns friends into informers, and tears apart families. …More

The Woman Who Lost Her Soul By Shacochis, Bob 2013-09 - Atlantic Monthly Press 9780802119827 Check Our Catalog National Book Award--winning novelist Shacochis makes a long-awaited--indeed, much-anticipated--return to fiction with this stunning novel of love, innocence and honor lost. …More

The Son By Meyer, Philipp 2013-05 - Ecco Press 9780062120397 Check Our Catalog The acclaimed author of "American Rust," returns with an epic, multigenerational saga of power, blood, and land that follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family from the Comanche raids of the 1800s, to the border raids of the early 1900s. to the oil booms of the 20th century. …More

The Maid's Version By Woodrell, Daniel 2013-09 - Little Brown and Company 9780316205856 Check Our Catalog Alma DeGeer Dunahew, the mother of three young boys, works as the maid for a prominent citizen and his family in West Table, Missouri. Her husband is mostly absent, and, in 1929, her scandalous, beloved younger sister is one of the 42 killed in an explosion at the local dance hall. Who is to blame? Mobsters from St. Louis? The embittered local gypsies? The preacher who railed against the loose morals of the waltzing couples? Or could it have been a colossal accident? …More

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena By Marra, Anthony 2013-05 - Hogarth 9780770436407 Check Our Catalog Stegner Fellow, Iowa MFA, and winner of "The Atlantic"'s Student Writing Contest, Marra has written a brilliant debut novel that brings to life an abandoned hospital where a tough-minded doctor decides to harbor a hunted young girl, with powerful consequences. …More