Non-Fiction Books Jumping From Shelf to Shelf During Renovation
Our anticipated renovation is well under way and our additional space should be ready in a month or so. The current plan is to move Large Print books to the new space. We will shift Books on Cassette to the original Large Print shelves and thus be able to spread out our new magazines and have more room for Books on CD. All plans are, of course, subject to change.
Fall is a wonderful time to travel-cooler temperatures, fewer crowds and beautiful scenery. We have added some travel books and memoirs to help plan your trip. Try Pennsylvania Wilds: Images from the Allegheny National Forest for inspiration, or Seasons on Harris: A Year in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides by David Yeadon. More traditional travel guides include Fodor’s Walt Disney World with Kids 2007; Rick Steves’ Best of Europe 2007; Mexico; DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Alaska; DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Washington, D.C.; Insider’s Guide to North Carolina Mountains; and Fodor’s Las Vegas. My vote would be for the North Carolina Mountains.
The history of wars is a topic of interest to many of our patrons. We have added some titles to consider. Try Donald Miller’s Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany; War by Other Means: An Insider’s Account of the War on Terror by John Yoo; A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII by Sarah Helm; Lynn Homan’s Black Knights: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen and The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright. Another title to consider is Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy by Ian Toll.
The conventional wisdom is that if one wishes to keep the peace, one should not discuss politics or religion. However, if you decide to bring up these topics, we have several new books to add to the debate.
In no particular order, we have The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by Francis Collins; Why the Christian Right is Wrong by Robin Meyers; Panja Idliby’s The Faith Club: A Muslim, a Christian, a Jew: Three Women Search for Understanding; Hugo Chaves: Oil, Politics, and the Challenge to the United States by Nikolas Kozloff; A Heretic’s Guide to Eternity by Spencer Burke; Daniel Dennett’s Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon; Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris; The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America; Richard Posner’s Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency; Robert Price’s The Reason-Driven Life: What Am I Here on Earth For?; and Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas Ricks. Several of these are bound to get the blood moving.
Stop by, between trips, to see how our renovation is progressing and to look over the new books and the older ones, too. We think you will be pleased by both.