Prospect Heights Public Library District Newsletter 1998 November

              The Elm Leaf
Prospect Heights Public Library District
Phone 259-3500 FAX 259-4602 TDD 259-9684 www.phl.alibrary.com Night Owl Reference 259-3501 E-Mail phlib@phl.alibrary.com
Lance Brown's Tribute to Will Rogers Honors a Timeless Hero
Sunday, November 1, at 2:00 PM
Brown performs the cowboy songs I and popular music of Will's day on guitar, banjo and ukulele as a backdrop to the performance. His production includes examples of Will's humor and wisdom, along with some historical perspectives on the man and his times. Will Rogers was born on November 4,1879, in Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). "My forefathers didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they met the boat." said Rogers.
Please register.
erapy
Monday, November 2, at 7:00 PM
Aromatherapy is the ancient art and science of using all-natural essential oils, extracted from plants, flowers, and many botanicals to promote good health and calm feelings. Cathy Bargenquast, a certified aromatherapist with a master's degree in psychological research, will help you discover the special scents that enhance your feeling of well-being. You'll also learn how to incorporate healthy alternatives into hectic lifestyles. This workshop provides a blend of the history of aromatherapy, practical information, hands-on experiential learning, and some fun while exploring this special subject.
The workshop size is limited to 15. Please register.
News From the Friends!
The Friends are selling Entertainment Books again this year. The North and Northwest books are combined into one this year for the same price of $35.00. The book contains hundreds of "Two-for- One" discounts. You can purchase your copy at the Information Desk. They make great holiday gifts!
Senior Citizens' Sack Lunch Travel Program
On Monday, November 16, we'll be going on a spectacular coast-to-coast journey aboard three of America's greatest passenger trains, The Broadway Limited, The California Zephyr and The Desert Wind. The Great Trans-American Train Ride will take you from "Sea to Shining Sea" on a romantic, nostalgic journey aboard the last great passenger trains of the U.S.A. as the sweeping panorama of America unfolds across 3,000 miles of silver rails.
This travel program will begin at 11:30 AM in the Borland Room and last 85 minutes. Patrons planning to attend are encouraged to bring a sack lunch; we will provide the beverage. This program is designed for our patrons 55 years of age and older. We look forward to seeing you!!! Please register.
High
Collection
New Non-Fiction Edith Wharton : her life's story by Ruth Turk. (The first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for her book Age of Innocence.) (921/WHA/High School)
Jack London : a biography by Daniel Dyer. (When Jack was 18 years old, he spent one month in the Erie County Penitentiary for the crime of vagrancy. When he turned 19, he began his writing career although his first attempts were rejected.) (921/LON/High School)
Rosalie Kendall, Head of the High School Collection
Circulation Info:
Again this year the library will be accepting non-perishable food items in lieu of fines beginning Sunday, November 22, and will continue until Friday, January 1. No matter how long overdue, all items will be cleared if brought in with non-perishable food items (at least one food item for each overdue book). Donated food cannot be accepted for lost items or overdue videos. All residents are invited to participate even if they don't have any overdue items. The food will be donated to the Wheeling Township food pantry.
Marsha Kremer, Head of Circulation
Youth Services
Happy Thanksgiving

Storytime Hours
Tuesday, 10:15 AM 3-5 year olds Tuesday, 1:15 PM 3-5 year olds
Booking with Baby
Every Tuesday at 11:00 AM 0 - 36 Months
Evening Storytime
Every Tuesday at 7:00 PM 3 years of age through kindergarten
Thanksgiving Crafts
Tuesday, November 10 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Preschool - 2nd grade
This is a drop-in craft, no registration required. We'll be making a Thanksgiving decoration. Parents are asked to assist their preschool through kindergarten aged children.
Thursday, November 12 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 3rd grade & up
You will be making something special to decorate your house with on Thanksgiving Day! Please register at the Information Desk or by calling 259-3500.
Students! Need information after our public library has closed? Call the Night Owl Reference Service. Hours: Monday-Friday 9pm-12 midnight
OCH orni Saturday & Sunday
JL 5pm-12 midnight
Library Holiday Hours:
In observance of Thanksgiving Day:
Close at 3:00PM on Wednesday November 25th. Closed Thursday November 26th.
November 16 - 22
Drop in this week to check out the many books that are waiting here at the library just for you! Whether you like adventure, suspense, fantasy or comedy, we have a book for you. We will also be voting for our favorite author during the week, so come on in and cast your vote.
Family Reading Night
Thursday, November 19 All Ages 7:00 PM
It's'the 7th year that the Illinois Stale
Library has sponsored this program. Join us for a night of fun as we hear a wonderful Reading Rainbow story, do a book-related craft and enjoy refreshments. All families are welcome! Please register at the Information Desk or by calling 259-3500.
W PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION
Book Drive
During the month of November, we will be collecting NEW books to be donated to the Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation. Through the combined effort of other disrict libraries, we hope to collect as many new books as possible for young cancer patients. Please look for our Bear Basket in the Youth Services Department, and we Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Rebecca Candill Award Winning Book
Try reading Junebug by Alice Mead. What's life really like for a kid who lives in an inner city housing project? Junebug (real name Reeve McLain Jr.) is almost 10 years old and worried he will be forced to join a gang on his birthday. Follow his struggle to avoid the gang and keep his dream of learning to sail alive. (J/Fiction/MEA)
Display Cases
We are pleased to announce that our locked display cases are filled with the art work of Marina Aliferakis' kindegarten class from St. Alphonsus School. Come see what they have created.
Adult Services
Book Discussion Group!
The next meeting of our Adult Book Discussion Group will take place on Wednesday, November 4, at 7:30 PM.
The title to be discussed will be Mary Todd Lincoln by Jean H. Baker. This biography, first published in 1987, has been acclaimed as an objective and empathetic work about an often misunderstood woman. It is also an excellent history of the era through which she lived.
Join us for an interesting discussion. Copies of the book will be available at the Information Desk four weeks before the meeting. Please register.
New Fiction
The Loop by Nicholas Evans. (A pack of wolves arouse old hatreds in a Montana town, as well as deadly passions in those who try to protect or slaughter them; by the author of The Horse Whisperer.)
The Aguero Sisters by Cristina Garcia. (Two estranged Cuban sisters share painful memories of their parents as they move towards reconciliation.)
82 Desire by Julie Smith. (Set in New Orleans, Police Detective Skip Langdon finds herself involved in a steamy case of corporate greed and lust for power.)
The Tonto Woman and Other Western Stories by Elmore Leonard. (The American frontier comes vividly alive in this gathering of the best of Leonard's western fiction.) Shiva in Steel by Fred Saberhagen. (The Berserker saga continues as the race of intelligent machines continues its effort to annihilate all humans; a must for all science fiction fans.)
The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty by Sebastian Barry.
(A powerful novel about Irish history, and one man's exile from his homeland because he sat opposite the IRA as a member of the British-led police force, the Royal Irish Constabulary.)
Dove in the Window by Earlene Fowler. (A witty mystery with ex-cowgirl Benni Harper piecing together clues as ably as she does her quilt patterns.)
Tomcat in Love by Tim O'Brien. (This novel about the battle between the sexes is at times hilarious, romantic, and deeply moving.)
30 Seconds by Sam and Bettina Giancana. (An electrifying high-tech thriller with an estranged son of Chicago's mafia godfather fighting to save his life and career.)
The Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett. (Based on an actual 19th century expedition to the Arctic, this exciting novel incorporates both fact and fiction; written by the 1996 winner of the National Book Award for Ship Fever.)
The First Horseman by John Case. (A Washington Post reporter comes face-to-face with a deadly secret in this gripping thriller; by the author of The Genesis Code.) Ruby by Ann Hood. (A recent widow is able to overcome her grief after befriending a wayward, pregnant teenager.)
New Fiction continued . . .
A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. King. (Full of charm, wit, and suspense, this mystery finds Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes investigating the death of a woman who possessed a letter seemingly written by Mary Magdalene.)
New Non-Fiction
Caught In The Net: how to recognize the signs of Internet addiction by Kimberly S. Young.
(616.86/YOU/Browsing)
High Crimes and Misdemeanors : the case against Bill Clinton by Ann Coulter. (973.929/COU/Browsing) Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy, a lost generation love story by Amanda Vaill.
(921 /MUR/Biography)
American Theaters : performance halls of the Nineteenth Century by David Naylor and Joan Dillon.
(725.822/ NAY / Browsing)
Overcoming the Pain of Inflammatory Arthritis : the pain-free promise of Pantothenic Acid by Phyllis Eisenstein and Samuel M. Scheiner.
(616.722/EIS/Health)
The Heart Disease Sourcebook by Roger S. Cicala.
(616.12/CIC/Health)
Migraine Headaches and the Foods You Eat: 200 recipes for relief by Agnes Peg Hartnell and G. Scott Tyler.
(616.857/ HAR/Health)
Casanova : the man who really loved women by Lydia Flem. (921 /CAS / Biography)
Healing Anxiety with Herbs : featuring a natural self-healing program to relieve stress, promote sleep & maximize performance by Harold H. Bloomfield. (616.85223/BLO/Health)
You've Only Got Three Seconds : how to make the right impression in your business and social life by Camille Lavington with Stephanie Losee. (650.1 /LAV/Careers)
The Women’s Estate Planning Guide : techniques for protecting yourself and your family by Zoe M. Hicks. (346.73052/HIC/Business)
Two Incomes and Still Broke : it's not how much you make but how much you keep by Linda Kelley. (332.024/KEL/Business)
Osborne & Little Style by Jackie Cole.
(747/COL /Around the House)
A Wild Kind of Boldness : the Chicago history reader editedby Rosemary K. Adams; foreword by Studs Terkel. (977.311/WIL/Browsing)
NSLS Literary Circle Series
Here are the dates for this year's authors' appearances at Glenbrook South High School, at 7:30 - 9:00 PM.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Tuesday, December 8;
Amy Tan, Thursday, February 4, &
Russell Banks, Tuesday, April 13. General Admission for this series of authors is $90 per person.
Beverly Roth , Head of Adult and Technical Services
New Titles in Large Print
The Cat Who Sang for the Birds by Lilian Jackson Braun. (Although it's spring in Moose County, dark deeds are afoot. An elderly woman's death in a fire, the art center break-in, and a local political scandal insure that Qwill, Koko, and Yum Yum are hard at work sleuthing to solve these mysteries.)
No Safe Place by Richard North Patterson. (It's the last seven days of the Presidential campaign in the year 2000, and whoever wins the California primary will likely win the election. Favorite to win, Senator Kerry Kilcannon must overcome massive obstacles before victory is assured.)
Sudden Mischief by Robert B. Parker. (Spenser agrees to help his girlfriend's ex-husband who's been accused of sexual harassment. Things get tricky when he finds himself fighting some very bad men and confronting his girlfriend's hidden past.)
The Klone and I by Danielle Steel. (After suddenly single Stephanie takes a spur-of-the-moment trip to Paris, her life turns upside down when she meets staid and serious Peter, a bionic engineer, and Paul, his wild and uninhibited clone.)
Betty Shubeck, Reference Librarian and Interlibrary Loan
New On The AV Front- Talking Books
Cities of the Plain / Cormac Me Carthy Coast Road / Barbara Delinsky Eleventh Commandment / Jeffrey Archer Firebird / Janice Graham ^ First Eagle / Tony Hillerman Ghost Country / Sara Paretsky Hit Man / Lawrence Block Lewis & Clark / Dayton Duncan Mars and Venus Starting Over / John Gray Moment to Moment / Barbara Delinsky ; " _ Monk Swimming / Malachy Me Court Moon Music / Faye Kellerman On The Occasion of My Last Afternoon / Kaye Gibbons Rainbow Six / Tom Clancy * Also on CD Secret Prey / John Sandford Singing in the Comeback Choir / Bebe M. Campbell
Slimmer Sisters / Judy Blume Sunset Limited / James Lee Burke Three Wishes / Barbara Delinsky Tuesdays With Morrie / Mitch Albom CD's
Across A Wire / Counting Crows Aria / Andrea Bocelli Ariadne Auf Naxos / Richard Strauss Armageddon [Soundtrack]
Backstreeet Boys / Backstreet Boys Complete Birth of the Cool / Miles Davis Cruel Summer / Ace of Base Embrya / Maxwell Fabulous Ballroom Collection / Arthur Murray Orchestra I Know / Luther Vandross Left of Cool / Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Les Brown Songbook / Les Brown Open Sky / Richard Stoltzman Oremi / Angelique Kidjo Perennial Favorites / Squirrel Nut Zippers Ragtime [Musical]
Stunt / Barenaked Ladies Time / Lionel Richie Totally Committed / Jeff Foxworthy Travellin' Kind / Big House Twelve's It / Ellis Marsalis Vertical Man / Ringo Starr We Ran / Linda Ronstadt When We Were The New Guys / Rod Stewart Where Your Road Leads / Trisha Yearwood Whitechocolatespaceegg / Liz Phair Videos
American Werewolf in Paris Big Lebowski Boxer
Good Will Hunting Krippendorf’s Tribe Matchmaker Mr. Nice Guy Postman ~ Szvitchback Ulee's Gold Van
Wedding Singer
Afterglow
Amistad
Borrowers
Fallen
Jackie Brown
Man In The Iron Mask
Merlin
Palmetto
Sphere
Titanic
U. S. Marshals Wag The Dog
Wings of the Dove

Prospect Heights Public Library District
12 N. Elm St. • Prospect Heights, IL 60070-1499
Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Prospect Hts., IL 60070 Permit No. 39
November 1998