This is the extraordinary story of a three-week-old kitten that lost his eyes from a severe infection and the women who saved him. Homer will change the way you think about cats, forever.
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Recommended by Darla, Adult Services
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Recommended by Luke, Library Page
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Recommended by Lynn, Adult Services
I enjoyed A Race Like No Other by Liz Robbins. It detailed the 2007 New York Marathon. It not only followed a couple of the elite runners but a few "regular" runners as well. It described the neighborhoods that runners ran through and the various receptions that the runners receive in different areas. I had no idea of what people have to go through to prepare for and run marathons. But now I have a much better idea.
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Recommended by Kathryn, Adult Services
If you like small town libraries and you like cats then you will probably like Dewey. A kitten was dropped into the book drop at the public library in Spencer, Iowa. When staff found him the next morning they didn't know if the cat would make it. As you can see by the photo on the cover, Dewey did make it and his personality made a difference in the town. I am not a cat lover. I probably would have been one of the patrons who insisted that the cat be locked in the office when I came to the library. However, I did enjoy reading about the cat's antics and how the library impacted that community.
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Recommended by Kathryn, Adult Services
A reconstructed recollection of one man's journey from citizen to ghetto to concentration camp as told to, and researched by, Andrea Warren. There's a lot there, even thought this book is for Young Adults. The book does a good job presenting not just what Jack went through, and the different attitudes of the other prisoners he came across. Jack tells his story well, and the photographs used help show what was going on. One of the best parts about this book for me, was that the author and Jack wrote about what life was like for Jack after the war, what he did and where he went and why. It is a powerful story that doesn't treat the subject with a heavy hand. Andrea Warren lets Jack tell his tale, filling in facts only when needed.
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When I heard that the essays in this book were written in the vein of David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell, I knew I couldn't pass this one up. In her first book, Sloane Crosley, a twenty-something New Yorker, shares her humorous take on being young in the city today. Whether skewering her experiences as an indentured bridesmaid to an estranged high school friend, baking an ill-advised cookie in her boss's likeness in a misguided attempt to gain favor at her first job, or managing to lock herself out of both her new and her old apartment on the same day in the process of moving, the essays are often hilarious and sometimes pathetic, but never dull. This book is a rare and original treat from a new voice in the genre of contemporary American humor-check it out!
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Recommended by Sara, Adult Services
Dorothy Hamill's A Skating Life is a very interesting and captivating book about "America's Sweetheart" - an Olympic gold medalist. Family depression, friction with her parents, two failed marriages, financial difficulties and other personal tragedies are some of the many difficulties Dorothy has faced, and she candidly describes them in this book. These difficult times are all intertwined along her journey to becoming an Olympic champion. I grew up in the same era as Dorothy Hamill and I was amazed at the roller coaster of a life that she has endured. From the outside looking in, all we see are the smiles and the medals around the necks of our Olympic heroes. I was quite saddened to learn that someone robbed her of her precious jewelry collection while she was staying at a hotel preparing for yet another competition. This book reveals many incidents that brought tears to my eyes - none moreso than the struggle that she had throughout the years with her mother. I was happy that Dorothy and her mother were able to talk about and resolve some of their past issues, and in the end have a more normal mother-daughter relationship. I really enjoyed his book - I couldn't put it down.
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Recommended by Kathy, Circulation Services
This book gives a comprehensive account of the life of Julia Child. There is so much biographical information packed into this brief account of life spanning several decades. One the many interesting tidbits about Ms. Child, is that she felt her life truly didn't find it's purpose until she reached her early thirties. So for all you late bloomers, there is hope. Aside from the biographical information, which is interesting enough, the arduous path of getting her first cookbook published is a revelation. It took a decade to bring "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" to the American's cook library. Her passion for the French way of cooking and the enjoyment of preparing and eating good food is contagious. It even got me to dust off my old copy of her cookbook and delight my family with one of her delicious recipes.
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Recommended by Dolores, Circulation Services
In this tour de force work of imagination and inference, Alan Weisman hypothesizes what would happen if the entire human population was suddenly swept off the face of the earth, leaving all the creations of mankind subject to the effects of the elements and the non-human creatures left behind on earth. Among other scenarios, Weisman imagines what would happen to the infrastructure of the New York subway, Texas petrochemical fields, and nuclear power plants, as well as how certain animal and microbial populations would be affected (both positively and negatively) by the disappearance of mankind. Grim, yes, perhaps a bit, but it is certainly intriguing to consider what parts of the human footprint will remain on the earth throughout the ages and what parts will disappear into the encroaching natural forces that will reclaim the land. The World Without Us is an instructive and cautionary tale about the effects of our daily lives upon the earth.
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Recommended by Sara, Adult Services
