New Books on their Way to Presque Isle

Pleased to review and fulfill requested materials for our patrons! Here is another list ordered for January 2010.

Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter
By: Grahame-Smith, Seth
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0446563080 / 9780446563086
Date: 3/2/2010
Dewey: 813/.6

Anthropology of an American Girl
By: Hamann, H. T.
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0974026670 / 9780974026671
Pub.Date: 9/1/2003
Dewey: 813

Blue-Eyed Devil
By: Parker, Robert B.
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0399156488 / 9780399156489
Pub.Date: 5/4/2010
Dewey: 813

Crack in the Lens
By: Hockensmith, Steve
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0312379420 / 9780312379421
Pub.Date: 7/21/2009
Dewey: 813/.6

Devil's Star
By: Nesbo, Jo
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0061133973 / 9780061133978
Pub.Date: 3/9/2010
Dewey: 839.82/38

Every Last One
By: Quindlen, Anna
ISBN / ISBN-13: 1400065747 / 9781400065745
Pub.Date: 4/13/2010
Dewey: 813

Executive Intent
By: Brown, Dale
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0061560855 / 9780061560859
Pub.Date: 4/27/2010
Dewey: 813/.54

False Mermaid
By: Hart, Erin
ISBN / ISBN-13: 1416563768 / 9781416563761
Pub.Date: 3/2/2010
Dewey: 813/.6

Freeze Frame : The Fourth of the Enzo Files
By: May, Peter
ISBN / ISBN-13: 1590586948 / 9781590586945
Pub.Date: 3/1/2010
Dewey: 813

God of the Hive : A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
By: King, Laurie R.
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0553805541 / 9780553805543
Dewey: 813/.54
4/27/2010

Imperfect Birds
By: Lamott, Anne
ISBN / ISBN-13: 1594487510 / 9781594487514
Pub.Date: 4/6/2010
Dewey: 813/.54

Innocent
By: Turow, Scott
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0446562424 / 9780446562423
Pub.Date: 5/4/2010
Dewey: 813

Island Beneath the Sea : A Novel
By: Allende, Isabel
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0061988243 / 9780061988240
Pub.Date: 4/27/2010
Dewey: 863/.64

Lake Shore Limited
By: Miller, Sue
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0307264211 / 9780307264213
Pub.Date: 4/6/2010
Dewey: 813/.54

Matterhorn : A Novel of the Vietnam War
By: Marlantes, Karl
ISBN / ISBN-13: 144174231X / 9781441742315
Pub.Date: 4/1/2010
Supplier: Blackstone Audio Inc
Dewey: 813

Next
By: Hynes, James
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0316051926 / 9780316051927
Pub.Date: 3/9/2010
Dewey: 813/.54

Reckless
By: Gross, Andrew
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0061655953 / 9780061655951
Pub.Date: 3/30/2010
Dewey: 813/.6

Sherlock Holmes and the King's Evil : And Other New Adventures of the Great Detective
By: Thomas, Donald
ISBN / ISBN-13: 1605980439 / 9781605980430
Pub.Date: 5/27/2009
Dewey: 823/.914

Southern Storm
By: Blackstock, Terri
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0310235936 / 9780310235934
Pub.Date: 5/1/2003
Dewey: 813/.54

Storm Prey
By: Sandford, John
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0399156496 / 9780399156496
Pub.Date: 5/18/2010
Dewey: 813

Struggle to Limit Government : A Modern Political History
By: Samples, John
ISBN / ISBN-13: 1935308289 / 9781935308287
Pub.Date: 4/1/2010
Dewey: 321

Surrendered
By: Lee, Chang-rae
ISBN / ISBN-13: 1594489769 / 9781594489761
Dewey: 813/.54

This Body of Death : An Inspector Lynley Novel
By: George, Elizabeth
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0061160881 / 9780061160882
Pub.Date: 4/20/2010
Dewey: 813/.54

New Books Ordered in January 2010!

It's a new year and with that comes a group of newly published books on our shelves! Here is the latest book order placed for eager patrons and members of the library. Enjoy!

Alice I Have Been
By: Benjamin, Melanie
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0385344139 / 9780385344135
Pub.Date: 1/12/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Supplier: Random House Inc
Dewey: 813/.6

Art of Choosing : The Subtext of Life
By: Iyengar, Sheena
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0446504106 / 9780446504102
Pub.Date: 3/1/2010
Dewey: 153.8/3

Bloodroot
By: Greene, Amy
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0307269868 / 9780307269867
Pub.Date: 1/12/2010
Dewey: 813/.6

Checklist Manifesto : How to Get Things Right
By: Gawande, Atul
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0805091742 / 9780805091748
Pub.Date: 12/22/2009
Dewey: 610.28/9

Committed : A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage
By: Gilbert, Elizabeth
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0670021652 / 9780670021659
Pub.Date: 1/5/2010
Dewey: 306.81

Dead in the Family
By: Harris, Charlaine
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0441018645 / 9780441018642
Pub.Date: 5/4/2010
Dewey: 813/.54

Drive : The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
By: Pink, Daniel H.
ISBN / ISBN-13: 1594488843 / 9781594488849
Pub.Date: 12/29/2009
Dewey: 153.1/534

Empathic Civilization : The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
By: Rifkin, Jeremy
ISBN / ISBN-13: 1585427659 / 9781585427659
Pub.Date: 12/31/2009
Dewey: 901

First Rule
By: Crais, Robert
ISBN / ISBN-13: 1423375505 / 9781423375500
Pub.Date: 1/12/2010
Dewey: 813/.54

Flirt
By: Hamilton, Laurell K.
ISBN / ISBN-13: 042523567X / 9780425235676
Pub.Date: 2/2/2010
Dewey: 813/.54

Food Rules : An Eater's Manual
By: Pollan, Michael
ISBN / ISBN-13: 014311638X / 9780143116387
Pub Date: 12/29/2009
Dewey: 613.2

Happiness Project : Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
By: Rubin, Gretchen
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0061583251 / 9780061583254
Pub.Date: 12/29/2009
Dewey: 158

House Justice : A Joe Demarco Thriller
By: Lawson, Mike
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0802119379 / 9780802119377
Pub.Date: 7/1/2010
Dewey: 813

House Rules
By: Picoult, Jodi
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0743296435 / 9780743296434
Pub.Date: 3/2/2010
Dewey: 813/.54

House Secrets
By: Lawson, Mike
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0802118852 / 9780802118851
Pub.Date: 7/8/2009
Dewey: 813/.6

I, Sniper : A Bob Lee Swagger Novel
By: Hunter, Stephen
ISBN / ISBN-13: 1416565159 / 9781416565154
Pub.Date: 12/29/2009
Dewey: 813/.54

Impact
By: Preston, Douglas
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0765317680 / 9780765317681
Pub.Date: 1/5/2010
Dewey: 813/.54

Last Train from Hiroshima : The Survivors Look Back
By: Pellegrino, Charles; Morey, Arthur (NRT)
ISBN / ISBN-13: 1400165636 / 9781400165636
Pub.Date: 1/29/2010
Dewey: 940

Secrets of Eden
By: Bohjalian, Chris
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0307394972 / 9780307394972
Pub.Date: 2/2/2010
Dewey: 813/.54

Shadow Tag
By: Erdrich, Louise
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0061536091 / 9780061536090
Pub.Date: 2/2/2010
Dewey: 813/.54

Split Image
By: Parker, Robert B.
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0399156232 / 9780399156236
Pub.Date: 2/23/2010
Dewey: 813/.54
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Strange Maps
By: Jacobs, Frank
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0142005258 / 9780142005255
Pub.Date: 10/29/2009
Binding: Paperback
Dewey: 912

Terror Dream : Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America
By: Faludi, Susan
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0805086927 / 9780805086928
Pub.Date: 10/30/2007
Dewey: 306.2/40973090511

When Everything Changed : The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present
By: Collins, Gail
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0316059544 / 9780316059541
Pub.Date: 10/14/2009
Dewey: 305.40973/09045

Winter Garden
By: Hannah, Kristin
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0312364121 / 9780312364120
Pub.Date: 2/2/2010
Dewey: 813/.54

Worst Case
By: Patterson, James; Ledwidge, Michael
ISBN / ISBN-13: 0316036226 / 9780316036221
Pub.Date: 2/1/2010
Dewey: 813/.54

Art Reception & Opening At the Library

You are Cordially Invited to an Opening and Art Reception for the works of

Frank Sullivan

new paintings & pastels

November 7, 2009

through

December 31, 2009

Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library

39 Second Street, Presque Isle, ME

Opening Reception

Saturday November 7, 2009 at

3:00pm to 6:00pm

For more information, please see Frank Sullivan's blog, http://rainbarrowstudio.blogspot.com

Behind the Easel by Artist Jeffery St. Peter

The Sky Takes A Visit, 22x30 Pastel on Paper, Wallagrass, Maine

You are cordially invited to attend an

Opening Reception for

Behind the Easel with Artist Jefferey St. Peter

September 12, 2009 from 3:00-6:00PM

at the

Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library

39 Second Street

Presque Isle, Maine 04769

Exhibit will remain through October 30th, 2009 and can be viewed during normal business library hours. For more information, please call 207.764.2571 or see the artist's blog at http://jefferyonline.blogspot.com

Sponsored by Full Circle Healthcare

Website Being Reworked

I like to think that even the most inconvenient things happen for a reason, and I am applying that optimism toward the sudden hiatus that our official library website has suddenly decided to take. It gives me a chance to resurrect this sorely neglected blog, and hopefully gives us a chance to explore how we want our website to look and act in the future. Do please stay tuned for updates on that.

Meanwhile, we are pleased to report an excellent turnout for our annual book and bake sale at Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library in Presque Isle. Peter Rabbit visited, and we had a book signing by noted local author Wendy Koenig. The weather has been dicey all summer, as we who live in Maine know, and we eventually moved the sale into the Multi-Purpose Room, which allowed us to run it a little longer. Much of this year's success is also largely due to the efforts and time of our volunteers, and we cannot thank them enough.

Much has been happening here at the library:

Children's Librarian Sue McPherson and Assistant Children's Librarian Dr. Richard Asam recently received a Barbara Bush Foundation Literacy Grant which will enable the library to provide literacy services to families in our area. Already we have two trained and certified tutors on staff. Please contact Sue or Rick at (207) 764-2571 with quewstions about this program.

We have also received notification of a grant award from the AAAS Skin Deep Project, thanks to efforts from Young Adult Librarian Dianna Leighton, which will allow the library to partner with local agencies in presenting a Public Library Skin Health Program. This program is still in its planning stages, so please do watch this site for updates on this. The program will take place in the fall.

Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance are once again partnering for The Big Read, scheduled for Thursday, October 1, 2009, at 6:00 pm in our library's Multi-Purpose Room. This even helps to promote awareness for Banned Books Week, which is September 27 - October 3, 2009. Details will be posted as available.

Look for the library to make an appearance in the city of Presque Isle's Sesquicentennial Parade on Saturday, August 15th. Happy 150th, Presque Isle, Maine!

Follow Presque Isle Library for updates on Twitter at http://twitter.com/PresqueIsleLib and on Facebook (search Presque Isle Library).

Turner Memorial Library Expanding Outreach in New Year

For those of you familiar with Twitter, you can find regular real-time updates about events at Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library on Twitter. If not, it is a quick, easy and free sign-up at www.twitter.com.

The library has electricity usage meters available for check-out to library card holders thanks to the Kill-A-Watt program. Patrons may check out a meter for up to a week and measure the energy usage in their homes to help keep their electricity bills in check.

January 11 through 17 has been officially recognized as Maine Libraries Week. Celebrate free and open access at your local library and ward off the cold by joining us at Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library on Wednesday, January 14, for hot apple cider all day.

The library received news this week that the Citizens Energy Initiative heating assistance program has been re-funded. Beginning January 19, 2009, people in need of help with heating costs may apply by telephone or online at http://www.citizensenergy.com/english/pages/OilHeatProgram. This is not a LIHEAP program. It is separate funding and very easy to apply for. Those approved receive a coupon for 100 gallons of heating oil from their regular oil dealer.

Tax forms are now available at the library. If you need additional forms or instructions from the IRS, please see Reference Librarian Lisa Shaw for assistance.

The library is still processing passport applications. Days for application through the library are Sunday through Thursday, regular hours. Please do call ahead at (207) 764-2571 if you need to make sure the processing agent will be here, as meetings and appointments do occur. Remember also that the library offers notary services (including weddings!) during these same hours.

We have posted an opening for an Assistant Youth Services Librarian, part-time. The position includes evenings and weekends, and the successful candidate will be very comfortable with Web 2.0 applications. If you have questions about this position, please contact City of Presque Isle Human Resources at (207) 764-2522. The listing closes January 14, 2009.

We look forward to another year of service to our community. There are many more exciting events coming up, so please keep checking back!

Holiday Season at Turner Memorial Library

Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library has had several activities going on to help pass the winter months. Recently, Stew Libby from Stew's Downtown Sight & Sound held an information meeting in our multi-purpose room about the upcoming digital television conversion. He has offered to return in February when the changeover goes live in case anyone is still having problems. Author Dr. Mark Varnum gave a very well attended reading and signing of his book Hawk's Cross. The Turner Book Club is meeting twice monthly. The Turner Writers Group meets one Monday per month. A local bell-ringing group will be performing Christmas songs at the library in our multi-purpose room on Thursday, December 18, at 6 pm. And there will be a reception for artist Cheryl Lovely on Friday, December 19, at 6 pm in our art gallery.

For those of you who follow our library's activities in Second Life, we recently has a reading by author Mark Budman from his book My Life at First Try. We have copies of this excellent novels available at our physical library on 39 Second Street in Presque Isle as well. We also have two new virtual libraries going up in Cybrary Square, one dedicated to the music of the Big Band Era and one to help job seekers and employers access some helpful services available on the Internet.

The library will be closed on Thursday, December 25, and again on Thursday, January 1. We will also be closing at 1:00 on Wednesday, December 24.