Stop by and look over our Black History Month display in the front lobby of the Marion Library. It depicts many landmark events and noted heroes and heroines from an important part of American history.
Archive for January, 2015
Celebrate Black History Month @ Your Marion Library!
Posted in News on January 31, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Today’s Birthdays: Portia De Rossi!
Posted in News on January 31, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Actress Portia De Rossi was born on January 30, .1973. She may be best known for her role of Nellie Porter on “Ally McBeal” or for her time as the spoiled daughter Lindsay Bluth on “Arrested Development.” Stop by your Marion Library and pick up the first two seasons of Portia’s sitcom “Arrested Development,”
Become the Modern Scholar Without Ever Leaving the Couch!
Posted in News on January 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Learn something while curled up on the couch!
Are you eager to learn something new? Would you like all the benefits of hearing a college professor or expert talk about his or her specialty without having to leave home, pay tuition, fit into someone else’s schedule or even change out of your pajamas? If so, have we got a perfect plan for your leisure time learning! Your local Marion Library owns many volumes from the highly respected Modern Scholar audio CD lecture series. With these CDs you may listen and learn at your own pace from the comfort of your home! If you get bored or busy, you may just eject the CD and pick up another one or resume listening at a better time. ( Helpful Hint: Don’t try this at college!)
Some of the many titles we own include:
Masterpieces of Western Music
Monsters, gods, and heroes!
The Literature of C.S. Lewis
Winston Churchill
Astronomy
Young Adult Graphic Novel Spotlight: The Green Hornet!
Posted in News on January 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
A wealthy man decides to fight crime and help ordinary people by using his money to equip himself for the role of a masked vigilante. He acquires a technologically advanced car, creates a secret HQ, and is joined in his crusade by a loyal partner. He soon attracts a variety of colorful and lethal enemies.
This description may make you think of Batman and Robin….(or of the Crimson Avenger and Wing, the Green Arrow and Speedy, or of any of a number of costumed heroes and their sidekicks). In this case, I’m referring to the Green Hornet and Kato. If you aren’t familiar with this hero from the thirties, stop by the Marion Library’s Young Adult Graphic Novel Collection and pick up Kevin Smith’s The Green Hornet: Sins of the Father. Because Smith’s story was originally meant to be the screenplay for a feature film that was never made, this collection contains some frank language that might make it better suited for older teens or adults. With this content warning in mind, you might enjoy meeting a hero from the Golden Age of radio and pulp fiction and see how he and his sidekick have been modernized for today’s world. Trivia: The Green Hornet was the Lone Ranger’s great nephew! The 1960’s television version of the Green Hornet and Kato (Van Williams and Bruce Lee) made a guest appearance on the popular Batman series which featured Adam West and Burt Ward.
Your “Mutts” Weather Report … and What to Do About It!
Posted in News on January 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Mooch is right. It is still winter but you can forget the cold weather by stocking up on books and DVDs from your local library.
I’m sure that Mooch and Earl would say “Yesh!” to that idea!
New Books @ Marion!
Posted in News on January 27, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Burning Room by Michael Connelly
Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya Parmar
The High Divide by Lin Enger
Descent by Tim Johnston
The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Waking the Merrow by Heather Rigby
Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm
West of Sunset by Stewart O’Nan
Moriarty Returns a Letter by Michael Robertson
Love’s Enduring Promise by Janette Oke
Plain Killing by Emma Miller
The Beekeeper’s Son by Kelly Irvin
The Girl on the Trail by Paula Hawkins
Bonita Avenue by Peter Buwalda
The Last American Vampire by Seth Grahame-Smith
Done in One by Gran Jerkins and Jan Thomas
The Carrier by Sophie Hannah
The Magician’s Lie by Greer McAllister
A Pleasure and A Calling by Phil Hogan
The Bishop’s Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison
How To Be Both by Ali Smith
Something Rich and Strange by Ron Rash
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
Quiet Time in the Snow!
Posted in News on January 27, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Tuesday’s Birthdays: Rosamund Pike!
Posted in News on January 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Actress Rosamund Pike was born on January 27, 1979. She appeared as Jane in the Keira Knightley version of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” She also appeared in “Jack Reacher”, “Wrath of the Titans” and “Gone Girl” all of which are available on DVD at your Marion Library!
Bland Library News: Try a Blind Date with a Book!
Posted in News on January 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
This February our Bland Public Library will hold a special “Blind Date with a Book” event in which patrons will be given an opportunity to try a book without judging it by its cover or other routine information. You may be pleasantly surprised and meet the book of your dreams! Fall in love with a new book!
Jenna Bush Hager’s Current Favorite Book!
Posted in News on January 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Author and broadcaster Jenna Bush Hager says her current favorite book is the popular Young Adult novel We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. Come by your local Marion Library and try this suspenseful tale of amnesia and danger! If a First Daughter likes it, it has to be good!
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