Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, July 30, at noon in the Cumberland Room, when Mario Laborde, a music teacher at South Cumberland Elementary, will entertain you with a mix of pop, country, and rock tunes, ranging from the ’60s to now.
Join us on Wednesday, Aug. 6, at noon in the Cumberland Room for an unforgettable performance by Phil ‘n the Blanks featuring Phil Ciancio, Norman Suydam and the incomparable Terri Utsey
Great New Books
She Didn’t See it Coming by Shari Lapena. Bryden and Sam Frost live in a luxury apartment with their daughter, have successful careers, and by all accounts are living the dream life. So when Sam receives a call from his daughter’s school because Bryden hasn’t come to collect her, he knows something is terribly wrong. Bryden had worked from home that day and apparently disappeared into thin air. Her phone, purse, and car have all been left behind. Sam, Bryden’s true-crime enthusiast sister Lizzie, Bryden’s parents, and Bryden’s best friend Paige come together to figure out what happened. When law enforcement gets involved, Lizzie begins to take a disturbing interest, suggesting K-9 assistance and offering helpful suggestions to the detectives. Meanwhile suspicion around Sam grows, and Bryden’s parents are forced to take a closer look at their son-in-law.
On Power by Mark R Levin. Throughout history, from ancient civilizations to modern Western republics, power has been used to both oppress and liberate. To reward and exploit. To destroy and build. Monarchs, dictators, and elites who impose tyranny seek to consolidate power, stripping freedom from individuals to maintain control over societies. They use force and deception to ensure their rules remain unchallenged, claiming to act in the name of the common good while stripping individuals of their freedoms. In contrast, those who seek to use power for good–such as America’s Constitutional Framers–understand that strong societies are born not from force, but consent. Societies built on checks and balances, fair elections, and the preservation of individual rights not only survive, but thrive.
Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Escape by Brian Freeman. The amnesiac spy is dealt a devastating blow that returns the series to its roots. The novel opens in flashback, with a 20-something Bourne–using his birth name, David Webb–undergoing a deadly test from his brilliant and calculating mentor David “the Monk” Abbott. Bourne passes the test and is cleared to take assignments for Webb’s secret new espionage organization, Treadstone. In the present, Bourne is sailing in the Mediterranean with his girlfriend, fellow agent Johanna. The two are on the run from Russian assassins sent by Vladimir Putin and the head of Treadstone. One morning, Bourne wakes up floating alone on a piece of sailboat wreckage, suddenly wiped of all the memories he’d meticulously recovered over the series’ four-decade run. Again a blank slate, Bourne must relearn who he is while dodging those determined to kill him. Freeman keeps the plot’s hard reset from feeling too familiar by seizing the opportunity to fill in key questions about Bourne’s past. It’s a nostalgic treat for longtime series fans, and it sets up future entries for success.
Library Laugh I
What kind of car drives over water? Any kind of car if its on a bridge.
Stingy Schobel Says
Supermarkets often put “loss leaders” on both sides of their weekly circulars. These discounts can be so deep that the store actually loses money on them to entice you into the store
Library Laugh II
What kind of snakes are found on cars? Windshield vipers.
Libraries=Information
A simple way to save water and stay healthy is to wash your hands with cold water. The temperature of the water doesn’t really remove more germs; the most important thing is that you use enough soap and lather up. Simply wet your hands, turn off the faucet, and lather your hands for at least 20 seconds. Then rinse with cold water. Researchers at Vanderbilt University studied the impact of switching to cold water for hand-washing and found it would result in a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, too.
Summer Sizzler Bonus
Why did the bat miss the bus? Because he hung around for too long.