Upcoming Events at HPL

Saturday Computer Class-Powerpoint 11:00 am, Saturday, December 20 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. Todays topic is Powerpoint. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Saturday Computer Class-Powerpoint 12:15 pm, Saturday, December 20 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. Todays topic is Powerpoint. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

SEE SANTA CLAUSE---AND MAKE ICE CREAM CONE CHRISTMAS TREES 2:00 PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2014 Kids! Santa is visiting Hackley Public Library! Bring your Christmas list, sit on Santa's knee, and pose for a picture---parents, bring your cameras! Also make a delicious Christmas tree treat to eat!

Hackley Handicrafts-Arm Knitting 6:00 pm, Monday, December 22: Do you need a quick Christmas gift? Nancy Hartman will introduce you to the new craze, Arm Knitting and teach you how to make a scarf. Nancy will start by teaching how to finger knit using worsted weight yarn to make it bulky enough to use for arm knitting. Bring your own worsted weight or super bulky yarn. Class is limited to 10 people. Call 231-722-7276 to register. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Saturday Computer Class-Publisher 11:00 am, Saturday, December 27 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. Todays topic is Publisher. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Saturday Computer Class-Publisher 12:15 pm, Saturday, December 27 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. Todays topic is Publisher. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

HOLIDAY LEGO FAMILY FUN DAY 2:00 PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2014 Come join the family fun. See what holiday--themed creations you can make! You might win a treat! Display your fabulous creation to all Youth Services' library patrons for the rest of the year. Remember--we supply the LEGOS, you supply the imagination.

ORIGAMI WITH JEFF CLOSZ 2:00 PM MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2014 Join HPL for Holiday paper folding fun. Jeff Closz and the M jr Wrappers will teach us some fun new origami shapes.

THE "PATCHWORK PEAR" WITH DEB AND MAT EMERICK 2:00 PM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2014 Fun for the entire family!! See Deb and Mat put together a "patchwork" of performing art forms---mime, clowning, juggling, storytelling and singing---for a one-of-a-kind show.

Saturday Computer Class-Basic 11:00 am, January 3 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic-Basics. Learn how to use a keyboard and mouse. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Saturday Computer Class-Basic 12:15 pm, January 3 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic-Basics. Learn how to use a keyboard and mouse. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Staff Picks

We like to read, and we like to share what we read! This is a list of recent favorites. STAFF PICKS

The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure; The "Good Parts" Version By Goldman, William 2007-10 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P 9780151015443 Check Our Catalog What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be...well...a lot less than the man of her dreams? As a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the "S. Morgenstern classic, The Princess Bride. But as a grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of good old Dad's recitation, and only the …More

Panic By Oliver, Lauren 2014-03 - HarperCollins Publishers 9780062014559 Check Our Catalog In the poor town of Carp, New York, a group of teens enters a high-stakes game that involves a series of secretive, possibly deadly challenges throughout the summer, with the winner receiving more than $50,000--enough money to start a new life-- …More

Wolf Hall By Mantel, Hilary 2009-10 - Henry Holt & Company 9780805080681 Check Our Catalog Awards: Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2010), Costa Book Awards (2009), Indies Choice Book Awards (2010), Man Booker Prize (2009), National Book Critics Circle Award (2009), Orange Broadband Prize (2010), Women's Fiction AKA Orange Prize (2010) In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII's court, only one man, Thomas Cromwell, dares to gamble his life to win the king's favor and ascend to the heights of political power. HPL patron:  A personal and in depth treatment of Thomas Cromwell.  From child to adult.  A view more compassionate than history-well researched but still fiction-illuminating about the …More

The Secret Place By French, Tana 2014-09 - Viking Books 9780670026326 Check Our Catalog The sensational new novel from "one of the most talented crime writers alive" ("The Washington Post") The photo on the card shows a boy who was found murdered, a year ago, on the grounds of a girls' boarding school in the leafy suburbs of Dublin. The caption saysI KNOW WHO KILLED HIM. Detective Stephen Moran has been waiting for his chance to get a foot in the door of Dublin's Murder

What to read while waiting for...

All the Light We Cannot See By Doerr, Anthony 2014-05 - Scribner Book Company 9781476746586 Check Our Catalog Awards: National Book Awards (2014) From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. …More

Are you patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for that best seller?  Here are some suggestions!

Charlotte Gray By Faulks, Sebastian 2000-07 - Vintage Books USA 9780375704550 Check Our Catalog From bestselling author Sebastian Faulks comes Charlotte Gray, the remarkable story of a young Scottish woman who becomes caught up in the effort to liberate Occupied France from the Nazis while pursuing a perilous mission of her own. In blacked-out, wartime London, Charlotte Gray develops a dangerous passion for a battle-weary RAF pilot, and when he fails to return from a daring flight into …More

In the Wolf's Mouth By Foulds, Adam 2014-06 - Farrar Straus Giroux 9780374175825 Check Our Catalog A new novel by the author Julian Barnes called "one of the best British writers to emerge in the last decade" Set in North Africa and Sicily at the end of World War II, "In the Wolf's Mouth" follows the Allies' botched "liberation" attempts as they chased the Nazis north toward the Italian mainland. Focusing on the experiences of two young soldiers--Will Walker, an English field security …More

The Innocents Within By Daley, Robert 2004-12 - Ballantine Books 9780345482204 Check Our Catalog Based on a little-known true story, The Innocents Within offers a unique and untold view of wartime France and the Holocaust. The scene is the high plateau of the Massif Central. The time is the bitter winter of 1944. In Le Lignon, a Protestant village in a Catholic country, and in similar villages nearby, Jews both foreign and French have been given shelter, food, and false papers prepared by …More

Suite Francaise By Nemirovsky, Irene Translator Smith, Sandra, Dr 2007-04 - Vintage Books USA 9781400096275 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title An extraordinary novel of life under Nazi occupation--discovered and published 62 years after the author's tragic death at Auschwitz. Subtle, often fiercely ironic, and deeply compassionate, it is both a piercing record of its time and a brilliant, profoundly moving work of art. …More

Reader's Shelf

From Library Journal

Year-End Review:  Adult Readers' Round Table Favorites from 2014

The Enchanted By Denfeld, Rene 2014-03 - HarperTorch 9780062285508 Check Our Catalog Awards: Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize (2014) The enchanted place is an ancient stone prison, viewed through the eyes of a death row inmate who finds escape in his books and in re-imagining life around him. A female investigator searches for buried information from prisoners' pasts that can save those soon-to-be-executed. Digging into the background of a killer named York, she uncovers wrenching truths that challenge familiar notions of …More

On Immunity: An Inoculation By Biss, Eula 2014-09 - Graywolf Press 9781555976897 Check Our Catalog Why do we fear vaccines? A provocative examination by Eula Biss, the author of "Notes from No Man's Land," winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award Upon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear--fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what is in your child's air, food, mattress, medicine, and vaccines. She finds that you cannot immunize your …More

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage By Murakami, Haruki Translator Gabriel, Philip 2014-08 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780385352109 Check Our Catalog A "New York Times" #1 Bestseller "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" is the long-awaited new novel--a book that sold more than a million copies the first week it went on sale in Japan--from the award-winning, internationally best-selling author Haruki Murakami. Here he gives us the remarkable story of Tsukuru Tazaki, a young man haunted by a great loss; of dreams and …More

Dry Bones in the Valley By Bouman, Tom 2014-07 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393243024 Check Our Catalog In Wild Thyme, Pennsylvania, secrets and feuds go back generations. The lone policeman in a small township on the sparse northern border, Henry Farrell expected to spend his mornings hunting and fishing, his evenings playing old-time music. Instead, he has watched the steady encroachment of gas drilling bring new wealth and erode neighborly trust. The drug trade is pushing heroin into the …More

The Boy Who Drew Monsters By Donohue, Keith 2014-10 - Picador USA 9781250057150 Check Our Catalog From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Stolen Child" comes a hypnotic literary horror novel about a young boy trapped inside his own world, whose drawings blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Ever since he nearly drowned in the ocean three years earlier, ten-year-old Jack Peter Keenan has been deathly afraid to venture outdoors. Refusing to leave his home in a small …More

California By Lepucki, Edan 2014-07 - Little Brown and Company 9780316250818 Check Our Catalog "In her arresting debut novel, Edan Lepucki conjures a lush, intricate, deeply disturbing vision of the future, then masterfully exploits its dramatic possibilities." ---Jennifer Egan, author of "A Visit from the Goon Squad" The world Cal and Frida have always known is gone, and they've left the crumbling city of Los Angeles far behind them. They now live in a shack in the wilderness, working …More

Upcoming Events at HPL

Saturday Computer Class-Facebook 11:00 am, Saturday, December 13 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. Todays topic is Facebook. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

REINDEER ON THE LAWN 12:00 PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2014 Join us on the lawn at the library to see--and pet--a real reindeer! Expert "reindeerologist" Carol Borton will tell us all about reindeer and answer your questions about Santa's friends.

Saturday Computer Class-Facebook 12:15 pm, Saturday, December 13 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. Todays topic is Facebook. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Hackley Handicrafts-Arm Knitting 6:00 pm, Monday, December 15: Do you need a quick Christmas gift? Nancy Hartman will introduce you to the new craze, Arm Knitting and teach you how to make a scarf. Nancy will start by teaching how to finger knit using worsted weight yarn to make it bulky enough to use for arm knitting. Bring your own worsted weight or super bulky yarn. Class is limited to 10 people. Call 231-722-7276 to register. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Finances for Lunch-To your Credit 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Wednesday, December 17 Bring your lunch and learn about finances with employees from PNC Bank. This month’s topic is To Your Credit.

Trouble with Tablets 1:30 pm, Wednesday, December 17 Want help using your tablet? Hackley Public Library can help! Classes are held weekly at 1:30 pm and run about an hour They are held in the lower level meeting room (the former Local History space). Class size is limited to 15, so call 231-722-7276 to register. This program is sponsored by Hackley Public Library.

Tech Wednesday-YouTube 3:00 PM, Wednesday, December 17 Bring your laptop or tablet and follow along while we explain tech topics in an informal setting. Today we will look at Youtube.

Saturday Computer Class-Powerpoint 11:00 am, Saturday, December 20 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. Todays topic is Powerpoint. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Saturday Computer Class-Powerpoint 12:15 pm, Saturday, December 20 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. Todays topic is Powerpoint. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

SEE SANTA CLAUSE---AND MAKE ICE CREAM CONE CHRISTMAS TREES 2:00 PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2014 Kids! Santa is visiting Hackley Public Library! Bring your Christmas list, sit on Santa's knee, and pose for a picture---parents, bring your cameras! Also make a delicious Christmas tree treat to eat!

Hackley Handicrafts-Arm Knitting 6:00 pm, Monday, December 22: Do you need a quick Christmas gift? Nancy Hartman will introduce you to the new craze, Arm Knitting and teach you how to make a scarf. Nancy will start by teaching how to finger knit using worsted weight yarn to make it bulky enough to use for arm knitting. Bring your own worsted weight or super bulky yarn. Class is limited to 10 people. Call 231-722-7276 to register. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Saturday Computer Class-Publisher 11:00 am, Saturday, December 27 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. Todays topic is Publisher. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Saturday Computer Class-Publisher 12:15 pm, Saturday, December 27 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. Todays topic is Publisher. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

HOLIDAY LEGO FAMILY FUN DAY 2:00 PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2014 Come join the family fun. See what holiday--themed creations you can make! You might win a treat! Display your fabulous creation to all Youth Services' library patrons for the rest of the year. Remember--we supply the LEGOS, you supply the imagination.

HPL's New Books

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for 2014.  To see new books from other years try: 2013 , 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

Blue Labyrinth By Preston, Douglas J. Author Child, Lincoln 2014-11 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455525898 Check Our Catalog Special Agent Pendergast-one of the most original, compelling characters in all of contemporary fiction-returns in Preston and Child's new exhilarating novel BLUE LABYRINTH A long-buried family secret has come back to haunt Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast. It begins with murder. One of Pendergast's most implacable, most feared enemies is found on his doorstep, dead. Pendergast has no …More

Concealed in Death By Robb, J. D. 2014-02 - G.P. Putnam's Sons a Member of Penguin Group 9780399164439 Check Our Catalog The incomparable J. D. Robb presents the latest moving and suspenseful novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Eve Dallas series. In a decrepit, long-empty New York building, Lieutenant Eve Dallas's husband begins the demolition process by swinging a sledgehammer into a wall. When the dust clears, there are two skeletons wrapped in plastic behind it. He summons his wife immediately-and by the …More

Blood Magick By Roberts, Nora 2014-11 - Thorndike Press 9781410471161 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... Book Three of The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy "Blood Magick" County Mayo is rich in the traditions of Ireland, legends that Branna O'Dwyer fully embraces in her life and in her work as the proprietor of The Dark Witch …More

California Dreams By Roberts, Nora 2014-09 - Silhouette Books 9780373281831 Check Our Catalog From #1 New York Times bestselling author NORA ROBERTS come two classic stories about falling in love along the golden coast... Mind Over Matter Theatrical agent Aurora Fields has always kept her personal life separate from her professional one, but that changes the moment she meets David Brady. David can tell that Aurora's icy exterior is just a front, and he's determined to …More

Winds of Change: Island of FlowersUntamed By Roberts, Nora 2014-03 - Silhouette Books 9780373281787 Check Our Catalog From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author NORA ROBERTS come two classics about not letting your best-laid plans get in the way of life or love Island of Flowers Laine Simmons has travelled halfway around the world to make amends with her estranged father, not defend herself against his infuriating business partner. Dillon O'Brian seems convinced that Laine is only after her father's money. …More

The Name of the Wind By Rothfuss, Patrick 2008-04 - Daw Books 9780756404741 Check Our Catalog A high-action novel written with a poet's hand, this brilliant debut fantasy by Patrick Rothfuss is a powerful coming-of-age story of a magically gifted young man, told through a riveting first-person narrative that allows the reader to "become" the hero. HPL patron:  Riveting, enthrallment. …More

Dirty Red By Stringer, Vickie M. 2007-07 - Atria Books 9780743493635 Check Our Catalog A scorching new novel from the celebrated urban fiction author of "Let That Be the Reason" and "Imagine This." Stringer tells a provocative tale of love, lies, loss, and the indomitable spirit of a woman called Red. …More

The Reason Why By Stringer, Vickie M. 2009-08 - Atria Books 9781439166093 Check Our Catalog Stringer's debut novel "Let That Be the Reason" had launched her career as an "Essence"-bestselling author. Now comes "The Reason Why," which reveals how Pamela and Chino have become urban lit's Bonnie and Clyde. …More

Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless By Swinson, Kiki Author Noire 2011-12 - Dafina Books 9780758251800 Check Our Catalog Awards: Street Literature Book Award Medal (Slbam) (2012) Noire--the reigning queen of urban erotic fiction--and urban fiction star Swinson unite their talents in this too-hot-to-handle anthology that will appeal to fans of Wahida Clark and Nikki Turner. …More

Notorious By Swinson, Kiki 2009-09 - Dafina Books 9780758228376 Check Our Catalog The "Essence"-bestselling author of the Wifey series pens a scintillating tale of the rewards and risks of doing business on the wrong side of the law, in this sequel to "Playing Dirty." …More

Playing Dirty By Swinson, Kiki 2009-04 - Dafina Books 9780758228352 Check Our Catalog From "Essence"-bestselling author Swinson--one of the reigning stars of urban lit--comes a scintillating drama-filled tale about life on the streets. HPL patron:  Great author. …More

Citizens Creek By Tademy, Lalita 2014-11 - Atria Books 9781476753034 Check Our Catalog The "New York Times "bestselling author of the Oprah Book Club Pick "Cane River" brings us the evocative story of a once-enslaved man who buys his freedom after serving as a translator during the American Indian Wars, and his granddaughter, who sustains his legacy of courage. Cow Tom, born into slavery in Alabama in 1810 and sold to a Creek Indian chief before his tenth birthday, possessed an …More