Book of the week
Want to curl up with a good book while sipping a cup of hot cocoa? The Concord Public Library can help you out with that! For more information about the libary, visit concordpubliclibrary.net. Googled: The End of the World as We Know It Ken Auletta 2009, 384 pages Nonfiction Using extensive research, numerous interviews with present and former employees and access to Google-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, journalist Ken Auletta...
Book of the week
Curl up with a good book from the Concord Public Library – they have plenty! For more information about the library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net. A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True Brigid Pasulka 2009, 354 pages Setting: Southern Poland, 1939 to 1947 and mid-1900s Pasulka, a teacher and daughter of Polish immigrants, weaves together a messy family history in parallel tales of the Polish grandmother Nela (during World War...
Book of the week
The Insider staff is thankful for many things this year, and the Concord Public Library is certainly one of them! For more information about the library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net. Fire Date Kristin Cashore 2009, 461 pages Fantasy When an author’s first book is chosen as an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults, how does she follow it up? In Kristin Cashore’s case, she writes a companion novel to the one that...
Book of the week
For more information about the Concord Public Library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net. SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner 2009, 288 pages Nonfiction The authors who brought us the popular “Freakonomics” are back with another entertaining yet thoughtful book about microeconomics. While the questions they ask seem humorous on the...
Book of the week
In between trying the recipes from our pie contest, stop by the Concord Public Library to pick up a book. For more information about the library, visit concordpubliclibrary.net. Strategies for Successful Career Change Martha E. Mangelsdorf 2009, 213 pages Nonfiction Are you between jobs? Or is your current career getting stale? If you’re entertaining the idea of making a change, this book provides a good outline of things to consider...
