Adult
Perfect Waves : The Endless Allure Of The Ocean
Not all who watch hurricanes are meteorologists. Surfers haunt the weather reports, check streaming video on-line from all over the world, and make their plans accordingly. The search for the perfect wave is eternal.
Perfect Waves : The Endless Allure Of The Ocean (2004. ANF 779.37 PER) is a feast for the [...]
Knife Skills Illustrated : A User’s Manual
Don’t take this book with you when you fly, at least not as carry on. Air marshals might be suspicious they see Knife Skills Illustrated : A User’s Manual by Peter Hertzmann (2007 ANF 642.6 HER).
I could have used this book during Centennial Year. One of my indelible memories of 1967 is of a self-inflicted [...]
Quiet, Please : Dispatches From A Public Librarian
Quiet, Please : Dispatches From A Public Librarian by Scott Douglas (2008. ANF 020.92 DOU) was recommended to me as a good read and a good insight into the non-public world of the library.
As I read about Scott and his impressions, I thought he had landed in a somewhat disfunctional situation where none of the [...]
The Jesus Family Tomb : The Discovery, The Investigation, And The Evidence That Could Change History
The Jesus Family Tomb : The Discovery, The Investigation, And The Evidence That Could Change History by Simcha Jacobovici and Charles Pellegrino (2007. ANF 232.964 JAC) is a fascinating book. Growing up, I attended Sunday School and learned about Jesus’ birth and his life, but nothing about his family. This book got me thinking.
Of course [...]
Craftsman Furniture Projects & Arts And Crafts Furniture
My husband told me the other day that he did not read my column because there was never anything interesting in it. I think I have found just the titles to lure him in.
He likes to read Woodworker’s Journal and Wood Magazine, and I happen to have in the branch Craftsman Furniture Projects from the [...]
The Knitting Experience Book 3: Color : The Power And The Glory
I understand knitting is all the rage now, but must say I haven’t noticed anyone sitting in the library quietly making a blanket, or the old standby scarf. I guess knitters are keeping their habit under wraps.
Here is a great book for those who love colour in their finished garment. The Knitting Experience Book 3: [...]
The Complete Book Of Wedding Crafts
I know young brides nowadays are always looking for ideas to make their wedding just a little bit different, memorable and enjoyable, and the library has lots of books to help.
The Complete Book Of Wedding Crafts (2005. ANF 745.5941 COM) begins almost at the beginning – no, not with the proposal, although there are probably [...]
More-With-Less
We are all trying to be good global citizens. The Mennonite Central Committee and its worldwide ministries “In the Name of Christ” have quietly done their work all over the world for more than seventy-five years.
The book More-With-Less by Doris Janzen Longacre (2000 ANF 641.566 LON 2000) was first published in 1976 as a way [...]
Enchanted Isles : The Southern Gulf Islands
Enchanted Isles : The Southern Gulf Islands by David A. E. Spalding with photographs by Kevin Oke (2007. ANF 971.128 SPA) is a gorgeous book full of pictures and stories about the islands we all love to visit.
At the beginning is a very good map showing the islands in the Strait of Georgia with the [...]
True Pleasures : A Memoir Of Women In Paris
Meet the French woman of history and of now in True Pleasures : A Memoir Of Women In Paris ( 2005. ANF 920.720944 HOL) by Australian writer Lucinda Holdforth.
Stories of Colette, George Sand, Nancy Mitford, Pamela Harriman, Queen Josephine, Madame Pompadour, Coco Chanel, Marie Antoinette, and many more French and adopted French women are woven [...]
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