More New eBooks

New Hampshire Downloadable Books has a ordered a big batch of new eBooks!

Title	Author(s)
The 19th Wife	David Ebershoff
Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters	Lenore Look, LeUyen Pham
Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances	Lenore Look, LeUyen Pham
Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things	Lenore Look, LeUyen Pham
Allergic to Science Projects, Birthday Parties, and Other Man-made Catastrophes	Lenore Look, LeUyen Pham
Anne Perry's Christmas Vigil	Anne Perry
The Appeal	John Grisham
At Last Comes Love	Mary Balogh
Bad Taste in Boys	Carrie Harris
Barrel Fever	David Sedaris
Big Nate	Lincoln Peirce
Big Nate Out Loud	Lincoln Peirce
Bite	Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, MaryJanice Davidson, Angela Knight, Vickie Taylor
Black Notice	Patricia Cornwell
Blackout	Connie Willis
Blow Fly	Patricia Cornwell
Blue Nights	Joan Didion
Bones	Jonathan Kellerman
Book of the Dead	Patricia Cornwell
The Bourne Betrayal	Eric Van Lustbader
The Bourne Deception	Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader
The Bourne Objective	Eric Van Lustbader
The Bourne Sanction	Eric Van Lustbader
The Boy in the Suitcase	Lene Kaaberbol, Agnete Friis
The Broker	John Grisham
The Butcher's Theater	Jonathan Kellerman
Catherine the Great	Robert K. Massie
The Charm School	Susan Wiggs
The Client	John Grisham
A Cold Heart	Jonathan Kellerman
Compulsion	Jonathan Kellerman
Crave	Melissa Darnell
Deception	Jonathan Kellerman
Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend	Linda Wisdom
Dive Right In	Matt Christopher
Dockside	Susan Wiggs
Don't Look Back	Amanda Quick
Eleventh Grade Burns	Heather Brewer
Empire Falls	Richard Russo
Eragon	Christopher Paolini
Evidence	Jonathan Kellerman
Explosive Eighteen	Janet Evanovich
A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents	Liza Palmer
Finding Somewhere	Joseph Monninger
The Firebrand	Susan Wiggs
The Firm	John Grisham
First Kill	Heather Brewer
Fledgling	Mark A. Cooper
Flesh and Blood	Jonathan Kellerman
Future Perfect	Suzanne Brockmann
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest	Stieg Larsson
The Heart of Christmas	Mary Balogh, Nicola Cornick, Courtney Milan
Highland Heat	Mary Wine
Home Again	Kristin Hannah
Horrid Henry	Francesca Simon, Tony Ross
The Hostage	Susan Wiggs
The House on Tradd Street	Karen White
Ice Magic	Matt Christopher
In Bed with a Highlander	Maya Banks
Inheritance	Christopher Paolini
The Iron Daughter	Julie Kagawa
The Iron Queen	Julie Kagawa
Judas Horse	April Smith
Juliet	Anne Fortier
Larklight	Philip Reeve, David Wyatt
The Last Precinct	Patricia Cornwell
Late for the Wedding	Amanda Quick
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid	Bill Bryson
The Litigators	John Grisham
The London Eye Mystery	Siobhan Dowd
The Lost Symbol	Dan Brown
Many Bloody Returns	Charlaine Harris
Mercy	Jodi Picoult
The Midwife's Confession	Diane Chamberlain
Millie's Fling	Jill Mansell
Mistletoe Mine	Emily March
The Mistress	Susan Wiggs
Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One	Sharon Lathan
Mrs. Jeffries and the Mistletoe Mix-Up	Emily Brightwell
My Name Is Mina	David Almond
Mystery	Jonathan Kellerman
Nanjing Requiem	Ha Jin
Never Love a Highlander	Maya Banks
The Next Always	Nora Roberts
The Night Circus	Erin Morgenstern
Obsession	Jonathan Kellerman
The Paid Companion	Amanda Quick
Pearl Harbor Christmas	Stanley Weintraub
The Perfect Poison	Amanda Quick
Picture Perfect	Jodi Picoult
A Plain & Fancy Christmas	Cynthia Keller
Point of Origin	Patricia Cornwell
Poppy Done to Death	Charlaine Harris
Predator	Patricia Cornwell
"Q" is for Quarry	Sue Grafton
"R" is for Ricochet	Sue Grafton
Roses	Leila Meacham
Run for Your Life	James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
The Runaway Jury	John Grisham
"S" is for Silence	Sue Grafton
Sally's Bones	MacKenzie Cadenhead
Scarpetta	Patricia Cornwell
The Scarpetta Factor	Patricia Cornwell
Scored	Lauren McLaughlin
The Shadows	Jacqueline West
Shopaholic & Baby	Sophie Kinsella
The Sight	David Clement-Davies
Simply Love	Mary Balogh
Simply Magic	Mary Balogh
Simply Perfect	Mary Balogh
Skellig	David Almond
Skipping Christmas	John Grisham
Slightly Shady	Amanda Quick
Snowfall at Willow Lake	Susan Wiggs
Spellbound	Cara Lynn Shultz
Staying at Daisy's	Jill Mansell
Step on a Crack	James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
Summer at Willow Lake	Susan Wiggs
Survival of the Fittest	Jonathan Kellerman
"T" is for Trespass	Sue Grafton
To the Moon and Back	Jill Mansell
Tout Sweet	Karen Wheeler
Trace	Patricia Cornwell
The Trouble with Mr. Darcy	Sharon Lathan
Twelfth Grade Kills	Heather Brewer
Twelve Drummers Drumming	C. C. Benison
"U" is for Undertow	Sue Grafton
Unleashed	Nancy Holder, Debbie Viguie
Unnatural Exposure	Patricia Cornwell
A Walk in the Woods	Bill Bryson
Water Wars	Cameron Stracher
White Shotgun	April Smith
A Wicked Lord at the Wedding	Jillian Hunter
The Winter Lodge	Susan Wiggs
Wish You Were Here	Phillipa Ashley
Wolfsbane	Andrea Cremer
The Year of Magical Thinking	Joan Didion

Thanks to Merrily for compiling the list of titles.

Holiday Spirit

Help us to help others during this holiday season. The Library is once again sponsoring Food for Fines to benefit local Dover food banks. We will take $.50 off your fines for each item donated. Donations will be accepted through 4pm, December 20th. Sorry, donations may not be used to pay for "lost" items or as credit towards future fines. Don't have any fines? You can always just donate items!

Read Early, Read Often

Reading aloud to children has been called the single most important activity. The best time to begin reading to your child is when he or she is an infant. Did you realize if you spend an average of 1 hr. reading and talking to your child daily, their vocabulary will increase by 8,000 to 10,000 words?

Here are a few of our favorite board books:
Tickle, Tickle by Helen Oxenbury
Trains by Byron Barton
Do you want to be my friend? by Eric Carle
My First Mother Goose by Tomie Depaola
Time for Bed by Mem Fox
I Like it When by Mary Murphy

Happy Thanksgiving

The Library will be closed Thursday and Friday in celebration of Thanksgiving. We are open on Saturday from 9-5. We will be showing a free Saturday matinee, Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, in the lecture hall at 2pm.

Putting It in Perspective

I read an interesting tidbit in this month's Food Network Magazine that may be of interest to those of you cringing at the thought of having to prepare huge holiday feasts. Food historian Kathleen Wall says the first Thanksgiving wasn't easy. "If you think your turkey dinner is a lot of work, try re-creating the first one: you'd have to feed 140 people over 3 days with no electricity." And your kitchen would be so dark and smokey that you would hardly be able to see the food.

Kind of puts it all in perspective, doesn't it?

The End of the World...Again.

So just when we think it is all over for the freaky little old preacher of doom in California, I mean, come on, he got the end date wrong twice this year; the Mayans step in. I am reading a book called Mayan December by Brenda Cooper. According to the Mayan calendar, the end of the world is December 21, 2012. Cooper's novel is an account of the odd events leading up to Dec 21 that happen to Archeoastronomer Dr.Alice Cameron and her 11 yr old daughter Nixie. Cameron is visiting the Yucatan Peninsula  for a conference. While she is there, time seems to be overlapping. Her daughter Nixie appears to be a catalyst. Why is this happening? I don't know yet- I haven't finished the book. What I do know is that we've go another year to prepare and I hope that's it for doomsday predictions. These end of the world celebrations are hard on my liver.

Listen Up!

If you are looking for a good listen, try The Bucolic Plague by Josh Kilmer-Purcell. This audiobook tells the amusing story of two guys from Manhattan that fall in love with a beautiful old mansion in upper New York State and try to create a Martha Stewart style working farm out of it. Brent actually worked for Martha Stewart and has accordingly high standards that often clash with the dirty reality of life on a farm. Josh is a former drag queen with a great sense of humor who really brings the story of the two men, their goats, a cow named cow, and their occasionally conflicting visions and dreams to life.

Then Again

Diane Keaton's new memoir "Then Again" is being released today. There was a very poignant interview with her on NPR--did you know her real name is Hall? Did you know that Woody Allen told her to wear what she wanted as the character in Annie Hall? There are already holds on our copy so put your name on the list today!

What Would You bring to the End of the World?

I was watching The Walking Dead last night when one of the characters uttered a line that just cracked me up. I know, who would expect humor in a zombie series. The man, upon receiving his book back from another character apologized, saying, " Sorry, I would have brought better books if I had known it was the end of the world."

Kind of makes you think; what books would you bring to the end of the world?

Veterans, We Salute You

The staff of the Dover Public Library would like to thank veterans, active duty military personnel, and their families, for their service to our country.

Wanted: Morning Library Page

Have you been wondering what to do with your mornings? Would you love to work with the friendly staff at the Library? Then today is your lucky day because the Library is look for a Morning Library Page.

Hours: 15.5 hours per week : Monday 8:30-12; Tuesday through Friday 8:30-11:30
Wage: $9.94 per hour (City of Dover, DMEA Grade 7)
Starting date: November 28, 2011

Duties include:
1. Reshelving library materials in their proper places in adult and children's departments.
2. Logging on and off computers and performing duties related to closing the building.
3. Reading the shelves in order to keep them neat and orderly.
4. Assisting patrons in finding materials.
5. Retrieving books returned to the book drop.

Requirements: Must be at least 16 years old. Must be able to stand and walk for 3-4 hour shifts, and able to lift and carry loaded bookbags. Must be able to work independently, accurately, and efficiently.

To apply: Download an Employment Application from the City of Dover’s website:
http://bit.ly/tNTwYv and return the completed form to the City Manager’s office.

Browser Battles

Long, long ago, when the Library first began offering free internet access, we used Mozilla as the internet browser. Most people were using Internet Explorer, it came already installed on PCs. We ended up switching over to Internet Explorer because people were used to it. I stubbornly resisted, sticking to Mozilla which eventually became Firefox. Google developed its own internet browser called Chrome and many people switched over to that. I came across this interesting article which stated that in October "Internet Explorer's share of global browser usage dropped below 50 percent for the first time in more than a decade". Most people I know are still using Internet Explorer. What browser do you use?

Oh Pooh

Our Saturday Matinees will recommence this Saturday at 2:00pm in the Lecture Hall with a showing of Cars 2. Here is the line up for November and December:

***Sat., Nov. 12 @ 2:00pm: Cars 2, rated G
***Sat., Nov. 19 @ 2:00pm: Winnie the Pooh, rated G
***Sat., Nov. 26 @ 2:00pm: Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, rated PG
***Sat., Dec. 3 @ 2:00pm: Smurfs, rated PG
***Sat., Dec. 10 @ 2:00pm: Mr. Popper's Penguins, rated PG

Free and open to the public. BYOP! (popcorn)

New Audiobooks Available at NH Downloadable Books

These audiobooks were just added to NH Downloadable Books.

The Affair by Lee Child, Dick Hill

An Amish Christmas by Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller, Barbara Cameron

The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks

The Big Year by Mark Obmascik, Del Roy

Cemetery Girl by David Bell, Fred Lehne

A Christmas Homecoming by Anne Perry, Terrence Hardiman

The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson, Richard DiLallo

Clear and Convincing Proof by Kate Wilhelm, Anna Fields

Damned by Chuck Palahniuk, Tai Sammons

Deadline by Mira Grant, Chris Patton, Nell Geislinger, Seanan McGuire

Deep Down True by Juliette Fay, Robyn Rodriguez

Destined by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Caitlin Davies

Dream Dark by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, Kevin T. Collins, Kami Garcia

Feed by Mira Grant, Jesse Bernstein Paula Christensen, Mira Grant

Heat Rises by Richard Castle, Johnny Heller

Lethal by Sandra Brown, Victor Slezak

The Litigators by John Grisham, Dennis Boutsikaris

Mastiff by Tamora Pierce, Susan Denaker

The Memory of Water by Karen White, Susanna Burney

Nightwoods by Charles Frazier, Will Patton

A Plain & Fancy Christmas by Cynthia Keller, Susan Denaker

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater, Steve West, Fiona Hardingham

The Secret in Their Eyes by Eduardo Sacheri, John Cullen, Mark Bramhall

The Secret Language of Girls by Frances O'Roark Dowell, Michele Santopietro

The Secret to Lying by Todd Mitchell, Nick Podehl

Seizure by Kathy Reichs, Cristin Milioti

Seriously...I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres

Snuff by Terry Pratchett

The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan, Joshua Swanson

Steampunk!by Kelly Link, Julia Sarah Coomes, Nico Evers-Swindell, Shannon McManus

Stranger in My Arms by Lisa Kleypas, Rosalyn Landor

Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn, Rosalyn Landor

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Patrick Egan

Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck, Annika Boras

Triple Crossing by Sebastian Rotella, Frankie Alvarez

Twelve Drummers Drumming by C.C. Benison, Steve West, Jean Gilpin

Vanishing Act by Thomas Perry, Joyce Bean

The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman, Jay Bonansinga, Fred Berman

Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas, Rosalyn Landor

Zero Hour by Joseph Finder

Thanks to Danielle for compiling the list of titles.

New eBooks Available at NH Downloadable Books

These eBooks were just added to NH Downloadable Books.

Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
Gauntlgrym by R.A. Salvatore
The Girl Who Played with Fire by  Stieg Larsson
The Girls by Lori Lansens
The Gray Man by Mark Greaney
His Mistress by Christmas  by Victoria Alexander
Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
The Innocent  by Harlan Coben
It Happened One Christmas by Kaitlin O'Riley
The Killer of Little Shepherds by Douglas Starr
Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish by Grace Burrowes
Legally Dead by Kevin Flynn, Rebecca Lavoie
The Litigators by John Grisham
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman
Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden
The Maid by Kimberly Cutter
A Maiden's Grave by Jeffery Deaver
A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
Mastiff  by Tamora Pierce
Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock
The Memory of Water by Karen White
Naked Heat by Richard Castle
Neverwinter by R.A. Salvatore
New England White by Stephen L. Carter
The Night Strangers by  Chris Bohjalian
An O'Brien Family Christmas by Sherryl Woods
A Plain & Fancy Christmas by Cynthia Keller
Plain Perfect & Quaker Summer 2 in 1by Beth Wiseman
Prayers and Lies by Sherri Wood Emmons
Praying for Sleep by Jeffery Deaver
Running Blind by Lee Child
Season for Temptation by Theresa Romain
The Secret Servant by Daniel Silva
The Sense of an Ending  by Julian Barnes
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Short Straw by Stuart Woods
A Simple Winter by Rosalind Lauer
The Soldier by Grace Burrowes
Still Midnight by Denise Mina
Taken by Midnight by  Lara Adrian
Terrier by  Tamora Pierce
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Tis the Season to Be Sinful  by Adrienne Basso
Trading Christmas by Debbie Macomber
Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce
Under The Mistletoe by Mary Balogh
Whistling In the Dark by Lesley Kagen
The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin, Andrew Bromfield
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
The Woods by Harlan Coben
Zone One by Colson Whitehead

Thanks to Danielle for compiling the list of titles.

Downloading Audiobooks after Upgrading to IOS 5

Advice from the Tech Librarian at NHSL for those of you who have upgraded your Apple products to ios 5:

If you have upgraded to ios5 things work just a little differently now with the WMA audiobook to iPhone/iPod transfer.

Uninstall and reinstall the OverDrive Media Console software before beginning. You may also want to update iTunes.

Check out, download, and start the transfer from the OverDrive Media Console as usual. Make sure your iPhone/iPod is plugged into your computer, iTunes is running and your device is recognized by iTunes before starting the transfer with the OverDrive Media Console.

The transfer will place the WMA audiobook directly onto your iPhone/iPod and into its own playlist. You should see the author listed as the name of the new playlist.

The file is already marked as an audiobook and should resume playback and not be shuffled into your music.

Find the audiobook under your iPod's playlists, not in the music or audiobook folder.

That time of year...

It's that time of year again when some museums change their visiting hours to their "off season" schedule. Here in the Children's Room, we want you to be aware of the following changes when planning your visit and reserving the membership passes:

The New Hampshire Farm Museum closed for the season on October 16. However, the museum and country store will be open on Saturdays from 10 am to 4 pm through November 19.

From November through March, The Seacoast Science Center is open Saturday-Monday only from 10 am to 5 pm and "most days that school is out during the winter months". With the library's membership pass, patrons can visit any day of the week, year-round; just call ahead to let them know you are coming (they need to turn lights on!).

Strawbery Banke Museum ended their general museum hours on October 31. They will remain open for guided tours of four historic houses on Saturdays & Sundays, November 5-6, 12-13, 19-20, 26-27 and on Friday, November 25 from 10 am-2 pm.

From December 1-30, the museum will be open weekdays for guided tours of five decorated historic houses from 10 am to 2 pm. Tours begin on the hour with the last tour leaving at 2 pm.

Also, in December the museum's popular Candlelight Strolls will be held Saturday and Sunday, December 3-4, 10-11, & 17-18. Saturdays from 5:00pm-9:00pm & Sundays from 4:00pm-8:00pm you can stroll through life in a simpler time as the history of New England's holiday traditions, sounds, & smells unfold around you.

From December 31-April 30 the museum will be closed.

Register Now!

Dont forget...Registration begins today for all groups--Monday 1:30p.m., Monday Bedtime (7:00p.m.) and Tuesday 9:30a.m. groups for 3-6 year-olds and Thursday and Friday (9:30 a.m.) toddler groups for children ages 21-36 months.In addition to our "registered groups", we offer a "drop-in" story time (for all ages). This story time is open to all (visitors and non-resident card holders included)! Children and their caregivers are welcome to drop-in for any or all of these story times on Wednesdays @ 9:30 a.m.For more information, pick up one of our 2011-2012 story time brochures, visit our website @ http://library.dover.nh.gov/, or call the Children's Room (516-6052).

A Tale of Two Zombies

I am listening to a terrific zombie book right now called The Reapers Are Angels by Alden Bell. DPL has the book, I downloaded the audio from NH Downloadable books. It is an intense story of a young woman making her way across an America remade by a zombie plague. It's hard to get out of the car when Temple is trying to escape a clan of mutants or running from the vengeful brother of a man she killed. Gripping and occasionally gory. Another book just came in for me, Zone One by Colin Whitehead. Zone One is a much more literary examination of what happens to society when a plague decimates most of its members, and sad to say, it is just not as enthralling as Temple's story. It seems like zombies are the new vampires. Since it is almost Halloween I  have to esquire, which creature do you prefer to read about; vampires, zombies, werewolves or ghosts?

Gigantic Book Sale This Year

We finally got all the books into position up on the third floor and there is not an inch of room to spare. The Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale starts this Friday at 9 for card holders and is open to the general public Saturday morning at 9. We have loads of paperbacks, children's books, novels, non fiction books, DVDs, videos. The sale runs approximately two weeks with price reductions every few days-- don't miss it!

A Tale Told by Trees

I took my dogs for a walk yesterday by one of the schools in Lee which has a series of trails behind it. I noticed a tree had a piece of paper stapled to it so I went closer to see what it said. To my surprise, I found it was a page from Fairy Houses by Tracy Kane. I saw that trees all down the trail all had their own pages. As I walked along the path I was able to read the story. I envisioned children being led through the woods and being told the enchanting story of how fairy houses came to be. What a wonderful and creative idea. You don't need to find this magical forest path if you want to learn how to make your own fairy house, just check out our copy of the book.

The Big, Big, Big Book Sale

Donations of books have been pouring in for our annual Friends of the Library Book Sale which begins Friday, October 28 for DPL cardholders, and Saturday, October 29 for the general public. Thousands of items; books, movies, music cds, children’s books, and paperbacks, priced from .50 and up. The sale runs approximately two weeks with price reductions every few days. If you have never been it is truly an amazing sale!

C'est La Vie

While one of our lovely librarians vacations in Paris this week the rest of us are left here in the dreary fall weather to feel sorry for ourselves. And since I wasn’t quite envious enough I decided to read Lunch in Paris: A Love Story with Recipes by Elizabeth Bard. Now the Paris travel memoir/love story/ recipe book has been done to death, I know, and in some ways this book is not all that different but in other ways it is a breath of fresh air. Bard does fall for a Frenchman but she doesn’t necessarily fall for France or Paris for that matter. As a writer, art historian, and foodie she loves the idea of Paris but as a true blue New Yorker the slow walk through life that the French thrive on almost drives her nuts. When her father-in-law is diagnosed with stage IV cancer the cultural differences between her and her husband and his family are heartbreaking. As you watch her take back seat, after all this is not her father, and let them do things their way you feel her frustration and realize how different we face life’s challenges in our American culture. In the end this is a happy story about love, family, acceptance, and food (but of course) and an excellent departure from the “life is perfect over there” tradition.

Ballet @ your Library!

Ballet fun for your entire family will be held in the Lecture Hall of the Dover Public Library on Wednesday, October 19th at 4 PM when Edra Toth, founder and Director of Edra Toth's Academy of Dance & Music, brings her dancers to join the author, David Rottenberg, in a special reading & ballet performance of Gwendolyn, the Graceful Pig.

Born in Budapest, Hungary, Edra Toth immigrated to Boston, MA when she was a small child, during the Hungarian uprising in 1956. E. Virginia Williams, the founder of the Boston Ballet, offered Toth a scholarship to attend her school of dance. Toth became Williams’s protégé and made her dance debut at the age of 13. She became prima ballerina at age 15 and danced with Rudolph Nureyev when she was 18. Toth performed at the White House at the invitation of the Johnson administration, and since her retirement as a dancer, has dedicated herself to dance education through her dance academies and the ballet company, NorthEastern Ballet Theatre, of which she is the artistic director.

David Ira Rottenberg, who lives in Natick, MA, has published three business books with business professor, Jeffrey Shuman, and a poetry book, Soldiers of Beauty. Gwendolyn, the Graceful Pig is his first children's book.

Following the performance, Ms. Toth will teach the children in the audience some dance steps in a mini-ballet class, and Mr. Rottenberg will be available to answer questions and sign copies of his book. Wear your tutus & dancing shoes (optional) & bring your camers! All are welcome!

Do You Collect Things?

Join us tomorrow, Oct. 18, 2011 in the Library Lecture Hall for Collections with Hetty Startup.

Want a comprehensive look at the fun, weird and wonderful history of the history of museums, collectors and collecting habits? This talk also invites you to think about your own collecting interests. Why do you collect certain things and not others? Is there a theme? If possible, bring a sample of your collection with you to this program.

Hetty Startup is an adjunct professor of art history and architectural history at the University of New Hampshire Manchester. Professor Startup’s research has focused on late 19th and early 20th century British and American women’s leadership in cultural organizations, with specific emphasis on the arts and crafts and settlement house movements. She has also written and lectured on modern architectural and design history with a special emphasis on Frank Lloyd Wright and his American and European contemporaries. Educated in the UK, Hetty has worked in museums and non-profit settings as well as teaching for over twenty years at the college level. She serves on two non-profit boards in NH, works with the NH Humanities Council in their Connections program. She likes to garden and make watercolor and felted paintings.

Free Movies On Saturdays at 2

Join us this Saturday at 2:00pm in the Library Lecture Hall for our free Saturday Matinee: Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer. This summer, Judy Moody is planning the most super-duper, double-rare summer vacation ever with best friends Rocky and Amy. Except that it turns out Rocky is going to circus camp to learn to tame lions, Amy is headed off to Borneo with her mom to save a lost tribe and Judy is stuck home with her pesky little brother Stink and second-best friend Frank Pearl. Just when she thinks things are as rotten as they can be, her parents announce that they will be going to California and Judy will have to stay behind with her Aunt Opal, who she's never even met! It looks like Judy's best summer ever has just become her way worst summer ever. But feisty, fearless Judy Moody never gives up. With help from some unexpected sources, she's headed for a summer full of surprises.

Curious as to what else we will be showing? Make sure to watch the DPL's Movie Page for updates.

National Book Award

The finalists were announced for the National Book Award. Here are the fiction finalists:

Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman

The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht

We have them all in our collection so put them on hold today!

Autumn at the Library

I was inspired by the sun and glorious fall colors to document Autumn at the DPL.

Hidden Treasures

I was shelving books in the Historical Room when I noticed a pile of papers hidden away in the dark recesses behind the histories of Maine. I pulled the row of books forward so I could reach the papers. It was a stack of banquet advertisements and receipts from the Strafford County Republican Club circa 1880s. I love this advertisement for dinner and "jollification". Dinner includes such treats as cold ox tongue and escaloped oysters. I hoped I had discovered a lost copy of the U.S. Constitution, or an unpublished Edgar Allan Poe manuscript. Turned out to be nothing so valuable, but it was interesting.

The Library will be closed Monday

The Library will be closed this Monday, October 10th, in honor of Columbus Day. We will be open our normal hours ( 9 - 5) on Saturday the 8th. Don't miss the 2PM free matinee; we will be showing Africans Cats, a Disney documentary.

Teen Loft

The Teen Loft, located on the mezzanine level of the library, has expanded! This collection, which includes teen fiction, nonfiction, poetry, short stories, graphic novels, and comic books, has been growing more popular each year, and so it needed a bit more space. We are extremely happy that Dover kids are bucking the national trend towards reading less. We welcome you to come in and take a look around.

Museum Passes Available

It looks like its going to be a beautiful weekend if the weather forecasters can be believed. Why not get out and enjoy New England's most splendid season by taking a day trip? The Library has many museum passes available for the holiday weekend. The Shaker Farm in Canterbury should be lovely this time of year. Give  us a call and reserve your museum pass.

Museum passes which can be borrowed from the library are:
The Currier Museum of Art, Manchester
Historic New England (SPNEA houses throughout New England)
Isabella Stuart Gardner
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Museum of NH History, Concord
The Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
The Portland (ME) Museum of Art
The Children's Museum of NH, Dover
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center
The Museum of Science, Boston
New England Aquarium
The NH Farm Museum, Milton
The Seacoast Science Center at Odiorne State Park, Rye
Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth

Choose Your Own Adventure...

Do you remember those books? Well, last night when I was stumbling around the web, I came across SF Signal's Guide to Navigating NPR's top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books. They have made an awesome flowchart to lead you down the path to the adventure of your choice. Check it out athttp://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2011/09/flowchart-for-navigating-nprs-top-100-sff-books/.

Get Creative With Your Pumpkin

Come check out our Halloween display which has a number of books devoted to the art of pumpkin carving. You don't need to be an expert with a knife to carve most of these pumpkins. There are funny pumpkins as well as scary pumpkins. When I used these books last year the neighbors voted the puking pumpkin their favorite.

Unburied Treasure

Thanks to Dr. Charles D. Cohen, author of The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing but the Seuss and collector of all things related to Dr. Seuss, a "buried treasure" has been unearthed for all to enjoy.

From 1948-1959, Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss) published a series of short stories that appeared in magazines and mostly forgotten when the magazines were tossed. Charles found references to these stories and began a mission to find them. After traveling to libraries to research old magazine collections (yay for libraries), he found them and was able to track down and purchase the original magazines through the Internet (yay for the Internet).

The result of his efforts is the new book, The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories by Dr. Seuss---a collection of seven rarely seen stories written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss.

My favorite story in the book is "Tadd and Todd", a story about identical twins and the need for an individual as well as a shared identity. I will be sharing this with my identical twin grandsons!

Fanatic Readers

There was a great article yesterday on the CNN web site titled "How to Get Your Kid to be a Fanatic Reader". The article was written by James Patterson and it stressed how important it is for parents to be involved in their kids reading by both helping them to find books they will love and by being reading role models. Mr. Patterson goes on to describe how he and his wife helped their son find books that he gobbled up and his reading skills improved dramatically. "Here's a simple but powerful truth that many parents and schools don't act on: The more kids read, the better readers they become." Of course, if your father is James Patterson he probably knows a lot about books and authors and can easily find titles that will interest you. However, most parents probably aren't as aware of current trends in fiction for kids. As luck would have it I happen to know a few people who are up on it--yes I am talking about the librarians at your local library. Please give us an excuse to talk about good books and reading!

Downton Abbey

If you fell in love with the  fabulous Masterpiece Theater series, Downton Abbey, like I did, you will be delighted to know that the Library has purchased the DVDs of  the historical drama. The series takes place before World War I in England. Downton Abbey is the splendid country estate of the Crawley family. The stories revolve around their lives as well as the turbulent lives of the servants below stairs. The indomitable Maggie Smith enlivens the cast with withering zingers and crisp comments. After being startled by a swivel chair she makes a comment about new-fangled gadgets. The lawyer she is visiting explains that actually Thomas Jefferson invented the swivel chair quite awhile ago. Not one to be rebuked Dame Smith responds, "Can't one day go by without a fight with an American?"

The cast is stellar, the clothes magnificent, the story-line is involving, and the dialogue is lovely. Don't miss Downton Abbey.

A Must See

We now have 2 passes to The Seacoast Science Center at Odiorne State Park which means 2 families a day can enjoy this local treasure. Our Membership Pass allows 2 adults and children FREE admission to the Center. "The Seacoast Science Center is a must see for anyone wishing to discover the natural treasures and rich history of coastal New Hampshire. The Center's dramatic seaside setting, interpretive exhibits, and commitment to creating a memorable, personalized experience for each visitor sets it apart from other museums, aquariums and attractions." Still lots of wonderful weather to be had so that you could enjoy their outside resources as well as inside! Give us a call today, at 516-6052, to reserve a pass.

Steig Who?

If you've read the "Girl Who" trilogy by Steig Larsson, try some of these other great Scandinavian mystery writers.

Denmark:
Adler-olsen, Jussi
Blaedel, Sara
Hoeg, Peter
Kaaberbøl, Lene and Agnete Friis

Finland:
Thompson, James

Iceland:
Bates, Quentin
Indridason, Arnaldur
Sigurdardóttir, Yrsa

Norway:
Dahl, Kjell Ola
Enger, Thomas
Fossum, Karin
Holt, Anne
Nesbø, Jo

Sweden:
Alvtegen, Karin
Dahl, Arne
Edwardson, Åke
Ekman, Kerstin
Eriksson, Kjell
Jungstedt, Mari
Kepler, Lars
Läckberg, Camilla
Lapidus, Jens
Larson, Åsa
Larsson, Steig
Lindqvist, John Ajvide
Mankell, Henning
Markland, Liza
Nesser, Håkan
Roslund, Ander and Börge Hellström
Segerberg, Ebba
Sjöwall, Maj and Per Wahlöö
Theorin, Johan
Tursten, Helene

Smart is Beautiful

One of our sharp eyed Librarians spotted this unintended irony in a Candies ad. The caption reads "Candie's Girls Know Smart Is Beautiful". Too bad no one noticed the book cover says "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austin.
Perhaps it is a parody?

Bumble-ardy

Want to feel like a kid again? Take a look at Maurice Sendak's latest picture book Bumble-ardy. This book evolved from a segment that aired on Sesame Street in the early 1970s. The story is about "a mischievous pig who has reached the age of nine without ever having had a birthday party. But all that changes when Bumble throws a party for himself and invites all his friends, leading to a wild masquerade that quickly gets out of hand." We just have to see if the "wild masquerade" can compete with the "wild rumpus"!

Need to Test Yourself?

Did you know you can practice taking tests like the SAT, Praxis, and Real Estate Brokers exam from home? Simply log onto the Library’s web page and click on Online Resources. Next, choose Learning Express and you will be prompted to enter your 14 digit library card number and to choose a password. Select your test from the 300 tests available and begin practicing. You can also explore the Job Search and Workplace Skills section for help on interviewing and writing resumes.

Every Thing On It

Do you have fond memories of reading Shel Silverstein books such as Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic? Today a new title is being released, Every Thing On It, which has 130 previously unpublished poems. This is the second book to be published since Mr. Silverstein's death in 1999. Did you know that Mr. Silverstein was also a songwriter and wrote the song A Boy Named Sue which was performed by Johnny Cash? This song is quite different from his children's poetry. :)