Stowe Free Library

A few new books on CD are here:

Death Comes to Pemberley, by P.D. James

10th Anniversary, by james Patterson 

Game of Thrones, by George R. R. Martin

The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty

Vermont author with nationally recognized new book comes to Stowe Free Library

We have some very current audio books in the usual CD format. Here is a list:

Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson

Micro, by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston

The Prague Cemetery, by Umberto Eco

Feast Day of Fools, by James Lee Burke

Shock Wave, by John Sandford

The Scottish Prisoner, by Diana Gabaldon

11/22/63, by Stephen King

Getting Off, by Lawrence Block

The Race, by Clive Cussler

Come in to browse!

We now have audio books available on MP3 CD's.  They are quite compact, requiring only one or two discs for an entire book.  You must have an MP3 compatible CD player to listen.

Here are the first titles:

The Prague Cemetery, by Umberto Eco

Shock Wave, by John Sandford

Feast Day of Fools, by James lee Burke

Micro, by Michael Crichton

Getting Off, by Lawrence Block

The Race, by Clive Cussler

11/22/63, by Stephen King

Through a gift from the Sandra Fearons estate, Stowe Free Library and Lamoille Valley Osher Lifelong Learning Institute offer a free program.  Join UVM Professor Emeritus Michael Atkinson, who will share some of the best poems ever written.

  Town and Country

Mt. Rd., Stowe

  Wednesday, October 26th.

1:30pm

Poet Julia Shipley will conduct a one day workshop on writing poetry. The focus is on kindling new ways to create poems.  Participants will experiment with five different writing exercises.  Whether you've just published your ninth volume or never written a poem at all, join Julia for a stimulating four hours of creativity.

Appropriate for older teens and adults

Class limited to 10

Registration a must

Call 253-6145

Saturday, November 12th from 10:00am - 2:00pm

Program for all age groups

We have 12 new audio books on the shelf!

 

The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka

The Cat's Table, by Michael Ondaatje

Destiny of the Republic, by Candice Millard

The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Nightwoods, by Charles Frazier

Following Atticus, by Tom Ryan

Becoming Marie Antoinette, by Juliet Grey

The Night Stranger, by Chris Bohjalian

Dexter is Delicious, by Jeff Lindsay

Caleb's Crossing, by Geraldine Brooks

The Vermont Ski Museum will present an author talk on Invasion on the Mountain: the Adventures of Will Ryan and the Civilian conservation Corps, 1933.  Writer Judith Edwards will discuss her book, meant for middle grade and older students.  Join the conversation about the young hero and the development of the ski area at Mount Mansfield State Park.

Program begins at 7 PM on Wednesday, October 19th.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection, under the aegis of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has asked public libraries to make available a CD-Rom.  Members of the public may use the CD in the library, or sign it out for a day. The purpose is to solicit comments on the potential environmental and socioeconomic effects associated with its security activiries along the border between the United States and Canada.  The CD will be available between September 16, 2011 and October 31, 2011.