My LINKcat AccountOne of the problems with writing this weekly column is that I am writing it days before the publication date and sometimes, when I’m putting exciting and interesting information in this part of this, well, I fail to look far enough ahead. I fail to turn the page on the weekly calendar as it were or scroll ahead if you’re digitally inclined. So today, the things I will be reporting on shall have already happened. The summer solstice occurred on June 20th at 11:24 p.m. which means among other things that the days will begin getting incrementally shorter and summer is about to heat up. It was also the date we choose to launch the library’s app. Yes. We are firmly entrenched in the digital age now. This app (available for Android and Apple) lets you check the catalog with a powerful search engine, place holds, renew items, see what events are happening at the library, and use our databases (such as Mango so now you can learn a foreign language on your phone). You can connect to Overdrive through this app as well, read magazines, and even connect to the Summer Reading Program, or with us on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. It is so cool and right on your phone! On June 20th we launched our app by inviting people to come in for an app (appetizer) and to learn about our app – DAPL Portal. Imagine if you will that you are noshing on an appetizer (think cheese and crackers) and go to Google Play or Apple and search for “DAPL Portal” – you’ll know you’ve found the correct app because it has our library dragon on it. Download (It’s free!) it and try it out. Why, you might even try putting holds on some of the tittles listed below. Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
Runnin' with the devil : a backstage pass to the wild times, loud rock, and the down and dirty truth behind the making of Van Halen / by Noel Monk. The rock-and-roll veteran best known for his work with the Sex Pistols and Van Halen shares behind-the-scenes, previously untold stories about David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen and the legendary band that strongly influenced 1980s rock music.
Cattle kingdom : the hidden history of the cowboy West / by Christopher Knowlton. A revolutionary appraisal of the Old West and its role in shaping post-Civil War America retraces the pivotal evolutions of open-range cattle, the boom-and-bust cycle, the Depression, the invention of the assembly line and the dawn of the conservation movement.
Theft by finding : diaries (1977-2002) / by David Sedaris. An anthology of personal favorite diary entries by the best-selling author of Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls features excerpts that have inspired his famed autobiographical essays and shares insights into the intimate arenas of his life.
Anatomy of terror : from the death of Bin Laden to the rise of the Islamic State / by Ali Soufan. The New York Times best-selling author of The Black Banners provides an account of how and why Osama bin Laden’s radical ideology keeps rising from the dead.
New Fiction
Becoming Bonnie / by Jenni Walsh. A young woman determined to escape poverty secretly takes a night job in a 1927 speakeasy while maintaining her wholesome-girl identity by day, an endeavor that reveals her fiancé's licentious nature and introduces her to convicted felon Clyde Barrow, who entices her to become his partner in crime.
House of names : a novel / by Com Toibin. A retelling of the story of Clytemnestra and her children in the legendary Greek city of Mycenae, describes how at the side of her lover she plots to murder her long-absent husband for his betrayals and infidelities. By the award-winning author of “The Master”.
Anne Boleyn, a king's obsession : a novel / by Alison Weir. A follow-up to Katherine of Aragon finds Henry VIII risking his marriage and the political strategies of Cardinal Wolsey in his obsession to marry Anne Boleyn, who does not welcome the king's advances and loathes the cardinal for breaking her betrothal to Harry Percy.
Mr. Rochester / by Sarah Shoemaker. A literary retelling of Charlotte Bronte's beloved classic, Jane Eyre , is presented from the perspective of the dashing and mysterious Mr. Rochester.
Aunt Dimity and the widow's curse / by Nancy Atherton. Staying happily at home with Bess while her husband and sons go camping during spring break, Lori joins a local widow's quilting bee and learns a startling secret about the woman's first husband's death.
Heat Storm / by Richard Castle. Nikki Heat and Derrick Storm team up for the first time to save Nikki's mother, Cynthia, who has been in hiding and presumed dead for 17 years, a cold case that is challenged by a nefarious group of Chinese businessmen.
A hiss before dying : a Mrs. Murphy mystery / by Rita Mae Brown. The popular characters from Tail Gait and Tall Tail return in a contemporary mystery that explores the dangers of a wild animal poaching ring with historical ties to America's post-revolutionary past. By the award-winning author of the "Sister" Jane Arnold Outfoxed series.
Less than a treason / by Dana Stabenow. Native Aleut private investigator Kate Shugak finds her and her trusty half-wolf, half-husky dog Mutt in trouble in the Alaskan wilds when they both wind up shot.