My LINKcat AccountLast week, rather suddenly, and without much notice the library was closed for a day and a half for relamping. We have a very high, architecturally beautiful, vaulted space with exposed beams and wooden ceiling. Canister and uplights are used to highlight the wood and beams. It’s all very beautiful but not all that practical. We had three lifts inside the library to get all those bulbs changed and we had to have the mullions removed from five of the six doorways in order for the lifts to get where inside and where they needed to go. In order for those lifts to have room to maneuver we had to move the shelving where the CDs are kept. We also had to move all the little book / blu-ray/software shelving units. We had to remove all the CDs so we could move the shelves. Have you ever moved one thing in your house and then can see how moving this one other thing will make the place look better or the traffic flow work better, or even that it will give the cats a better perch for watching the birds in the bushes outside the windows? Well, it was sort of like that. Since things were already moved and the CD collection was tight we decided to bring up another small shelving unit and then, one thing lead to another. We did make a map of things so if you can’t find something because it isn’t where it used to be, just ask. We should be able to tell you precisely where it is. Apologies for the short notice on closing. Hope you enjoy the brighter lighting which should help you track down some of these new books which should be hitting our new book shelves (Hint: new books are now shelved on a couple of those little black shelving units on the Market Street side on the NE side of the circulation desk.) any minute now. Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
The gatekeeper : Missy LeHand, FDR, and the untold story of the partnership that defined a presidency / by Kathryn Smith. A portrait of the influential FDR advisor widely considered the first American female presidential chief of staff examines the controversies attributed to her character and her relationship with the 32nd President, drawing on original source materials to offer insights to the challenges she met and the history she helped create.
Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy / by Cathy O’Neil. A former Wall Street quantitative analyst sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling—what he sees as a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality.
The kingdom of speech / by Tom Wolfe. Taking readers on a rollicking ride through history, a master storyteller and reporter, whose legend began in journalism, presents a paradigm-shifting argument that speech—not evolution—is responsible for humanity’s complex societies and achievements.
New Fiction
Closed casket : the new Hercule Poirot mystery / by Sophie Hannah & Agatha Christie. A follow-up to the internationally best-selling “The Monogram Murders” continues the adventures of Agatha Christie's beloved self-congratulatory sleuth.
The last days of night : a novel / by Graham Moore. When electric light innovator Thomas Edison sues his only remaining rival for patent infringement, George Westinghouse hires untested Columbia Law School graduate Paul Ravath for a case fraught with lies, betrayals and deception. By the best-selling author of “The Sherlockian”.
Razor girl : a novel / by Carl Hiaasen. Involved in a car accident with a young scam artist, a man helplessly watches his life spiral out of control in the wake of a sand-stealing company, a Hawaiian-shirt-clad NYC mafia capo, a reality show accordionist and other eccentric characters. By the best-selling author of “Bad Monkey”.
Revenge in a cold river : a William Monk novel / by Anne Perry. Unable to remember anything before the carriage accident he suffered years earlier, Commander William Monk is framed for murder by a man from his past and must rely on the help of his wife and close friend to prove his innocence. By the best-selling author of the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series.
Winter's child / by Margaret Coel. Investigating the hit-and-run death of a lawyer hired by a Native American couple to help them adopt an abandoned child, Vicky and Father John unravel a disturbing connection between the child, the lawyer's death, a missing Arapaho wanted for robbery and a dark Wind River secret.
Downfall / by Judith A. Jance. Juggling her pregnancy, family deaths, her daughter's imminent departure for college and a reelection campaign, Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady investigates two suspicious falling deaths that may be the work of a serial killer. By the best-selling author of the Ali Reynolds series.