Because I Heart Lee Lefever

When you are looking for something on the Internet (and you don't have your trusty librarian sitting beside you) do you ever feel overwhelmed by the amount of information out there? Do you hit the ENTER key and get a results list that could rival War and Peace?

My computer guru Lee Lefever (remember him?) has put together a great video designed to help you get more from your web searches.

So watch it, then surf the world wide web with confidence!

Library Closed Sunday, May 10th

In observance of Mother's Day the library will be closed. We will reopen on Monday.

Have a wonderful Mother's Day!

Recommendation from the Librarian

Looking for a great document? I got one for you and it'll knock your knee socks off! It's totally tubular, dude!

Surfwise : The Amazing True Odyssey of the Paskowitz Family

Summary
Legendary surfer, Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, abandoned a successful medical practice to withdraw from the lifestyle of mainstream America. But unlike other American searchers such as Thoreau and Kerouac, Paskowitz took his wife and nine children along for the ride, all eleven of them living in a 24-foot camper. The family spent their days living by Doc's rules on health, fitness, sexuality, and above all surfing. The Paskowitzs' prove that America may be running out of frontiers, but it hasn't run out of frontiersmen.

Here's a recent article on Doc from Surfer Magazine.

COMING SOON! (On Order Now)

A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy by Charlotte Greig

Summary
Susannah’s official boyfriend, Jason, is the perfect foil for her student lifestyle. He is ten years older, an antiques dealer, and owns a stylish apartment that prevents her from having to live in the seedy digs on campus. This way, she can take her philosophy major very seriously and dabble in the social and sexual freedom of 1970s university life. But circumstances become more complicated than Susannah would like when she begins to have an affair with her tutorial partner, Rob. Soon she is dating two men, missing her lectures, exploring independence and feminism with her girlfriends, and finding herself in a particularly impossible dilemma: she becomes pregnant. Forced to look beyond her friends and lovers for support, she finds help and inspiration from the lessons of Kierkegaard and other European philosophers.

A Girl’s Guide to Modern European Philosophy is a delightfully insightful, bittersweet coming-of-age romp, in which love is far from platonic and the mind—body predicament a pressing reality. It even succeeds where many introductions to philosophy have failed, by effortlessly bringing to life the central tenets of the most important European philosophers of modern times.

Review
“A distinctive coming-of-age tale from a talented debut novelist based in the U.K…Susannah can be as dizzy as Bridget Jones, and her youthful confusion gives the novel much of its screwball charm. But she is also utterly serious about philosophy, and the author’s use of choice excerpts from great thinkers of the modern age sets this book apart…Women’s fiction that expects an intellectually adventurous and emotionally honest reader.”
–Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

What Is All This Twittering About?

Here's a fun word that seems to be on everyone's lips these days: Twitter. People are talking (and talking) about Twitter. They discuss how often they Twitter, who's feeds they follow and how they unabashedly love all things Twitter. Oprah Winfrey just dedicated an entire show to it. A lot of people are using Twitter and just as many are wonderin' what it is (I'm with these people).

One of my favorite web gurus who makes everything internet sound so simple is Lee LeFever. He posts these wonderful 3 minute videos that explain everything about anything.

Here's one he made about the phenomena that is Twittering:

Edward & Bella...& Catherine?

Are you obsessed with the film Twilight? Director Catherine Hardwicke has put together a book about the making of this popular teen horror/romance film.

Twilight Director's Notebook takes a look at the film through the eyes of it's director. The book is filled with never-before-seen pictures of the film and behind-the-scene's gossip!

Summary
In this intimate book, readers will follow visionary director Catherine Hardwicke through the creative process that went into transforming Stephenie Meyer’s breathtaking novel into box office gold. Designed to replicate the director’s own personal notebook that she kept on set, readers will discover the inside secrets on wardrobe, storyboard sketches, behind-the- scenes photographs, personal notes about Catherine’s favorite scenes, and much more.

Children's Room Closed Until Saturday

Let's file this little news item under good news/bad news. The bad news is that our wonderful Children's Room will close on Wednesday, April 29th and reopen on Saturday, May 2nd. (I know your disappointment moms and short people, 3 days without access to great books and videos?!) The good news? We are getting new lighting in the room (ah yes, no more eye strain).

The rest of the library will be open.