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Local Author Visit: Paul Hendrickson

Hemingway's Boat by Paul Hendrickson

Calling all lovers of Hemingway, biographies, and books! On Sunday, January 29 at 2:00pm, local author Paul Hendrickson will be discussing his newest critically acclaimed book, Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961.  Focusing on the years 1934 to 1961-from Hemingway's pinnacle as the reigning monarch of American letters until his suicide, Hendrickson traces the writer's exultations and despair around the one constant in his life: his beloved boat, Pilar. 

What do you think about our downloadables?

 The Delaware County Library System is seeking feedback about our downloadable services. This includes downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. If you've used the service, please let us know what you think by taking this short survey. Thank you!

Did you miss the eReader program?

Are you interested in learning how to download library ebooks but missed our recent program?  Have no fear!  The library will soon be hosting an eReader Extravaganza!  
 
From Monday, February 6 through Wednesday, February 15, we'll be offering visitors an opportunity to experience a variety of eReaders including the iPad, Nook, Nook Touch, Kindle Fire, Kobo and Sony Reader.  These interactive times will vary, so contact the Reference Department at 610-446-3082 x201 before stopping by.  
 
We'll also be hosting 3 additional programs: 2 repeats of Computer How-to: Download Library ebooks that was offered on January 23rd, and a new How to Find Free eBooks program.  To register for Computer How-to: Download Library ebooks on Monday, February 6 at 6pm, click here. To register for that same program on Tuesday, February 14 at 1:30pm, click here.  To register for How to Find Free eBooks on Wednesday, February 15 at 6pm, click here.  Space is limited, so register early! 

Staff Picks

If You're Feeling Sinister

  Whimsy and preciousness are an integral part of If You're Feeling Sinister, along with clever wit and gentle, intricate arrangements -- a wonderful blend of the Smiths and Simon & Garfunkel, to be reductive. Even if it's firmly within the college, bed-sit tradition, and is unabashedly retrogressive, that gives Sinister a special, timeless character that's enhanced by Stuart Murdoch's wonderful, lively songwriting. Blessed with an impish sense of humor, a sly turn of phrase, and an alluringly fey voice, he gives this record a real sense of backbone, in that its humor is far more biting than the music appears and the music is far more substantial that it initially seems. Sinister plays like a great forgotten album, couched in '80s indie, '90s attitude, and '60s folk-pop. 

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Republic, Lost

Republic, Lost : How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It

In an era when special interests funnel huge amounts of money into our government-driven by shifts in campaign, trust in our government has reached an all-time low. More than ever before, Americans believe that money buys results in Congress, and that business interests wield control over our legislature.  With heartfelt urgency and a keen desire for righting wrongs, Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig takes a clear-eyed look at how we arrived at this crisis: how fundamentally good people, with good intentions, have allowed our democracy to be co-opted by outside interests, and how this exploitation has become entrenched in the system.  

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