The Hugo Awards, awards for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy, have announced the 2011 nominations. The nominees for Best Novel are:
The Hugo Awards, awards for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy, have announced the 2011 nominations.
The nominees for Best Novel are:
All Clear by Connie Willis
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald
Feed by Mira Grant
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Celebrate Earth Day 2011: A Billion Acts of Green.
Celebrate Earth Day 2011: A Billion Acts of Green.
American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau edited by Bill McKibben
Cooking Green: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint in the Kitchen–The New Green Basics Way by Kate Heyhoe
Cut Your Energy Bills Now: 150 Smart Ways to Save Money & Make Your Home More Comfortable & Green by Bruce Harley
Do One Green Thing: Save the Earth Through Simple Everyday Choices by Mindy Pennybacker
Earth: The Operator’s Manual by Richard B. Alley
Go Green, Live Rich by David Bach
Green Interior Design by Lori Dennis
Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys To Sustainability by David Owen
No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process by Colin Beavan
Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology by Alexis Madrigal
The 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning books are:
The 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning books are:
FICTION
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
HISTORY
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner
BIOGRAPHY
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
POETRY
The Best of It: New and Selected Poems by Kay Ryan
GENERAL NONFICTION
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Orange Prize for Fiction, the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written by a woman, announced the 2011 shortlist. The Prize celebrates excellence, originality, and accessibility in women’s writing from throughout the world.
The Orange Prize for Fiction, the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written by a woman, announced the 2011 shortlist. The Prize celebrates excellence, originality, and accessibility in women’s writing from throughout the world.
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
Grace Williams Says it Loud by Emma Henderson
Great House by Nicole Krauss
The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht
Annabel by Kathleen Winter
Celebrate National Poetry Month!
Celebrate National Poetry Month!
American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology of New Poetry edited by Cole Swensen & David St. John
The Best American Poetry 2010 edited by Amy Gerstler & David Lehman
Essential Pleasures: A New Anthology of Poems to Read Aloud edited by Robert Pinsky
The Greek Poets: Homer to the Present edited by Peter Constantine
The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within by Stephen Fry
100 Essential American Poems edited by Leslie M. Pockell
Poetry Speaks: Hear Great Poets Read Their Work from Tennyson to Plath edited by Elise Paschen & Rebekah Presson Mosby
The Poets Laureate Anthology edited by Elizabeth Hun Schmidt
Young Romantics: The Tangled Lives of English Poetry’s Greatest Generation by Daisy Hay
This year’s Long Island Reads selection is Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead.
Each April, during National Library Week, book lovers in Nassau and Suffolk come together to read the same book, participate in discussions of the selection, and enjoy related events in their public libraries.
This year’s Long Island Reads selection is Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead.
The time is 1985. Benji, the son of a lawyer and a doctor, is one of the only black kids at an elite prep school in Manhattan. He spends his falls and winters going to roller-disco bar mitzvahs and trying desperately to find a social group that will accept him.
But every summer, Benji and his brother, Reggie, escape to the East End of Sag Harbor, where a small community of African American professionals has built a world of its own. Except Benji is just as confused about this all-black refuge as he is about the white world he negotiates during the school year.
In this deeply affectionate and fiercely funny coming-of-age novel, Colson Whitehead—using the perpetual mortification of teenage existence and the desperate quest for reinvention—beautifully explores racial and class identity, illustrating the complex rhythms of the adult world.
SAG HARBOR BOOK DISCUSSIONS AT THE LIBRARY
Tuesday, April 12, 11:00 a.m.
Thursday, April 28, 7:00 p.m.
COLSON WHITEHEAD AUTHOR EVENTS
Colson Whitehead will be speaking on Thursday, April 14 at the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton at 3:00 p.m. and at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are not required. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Books and movies featuring Elizabeth Taylor.
BOOKS
Elizabeth by J. Randy Taraborrelli
Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger
MOVIES
YOUR VOTE COUNTS!
The annual Budget Vote and Trustee Election will be held on Tuesday, April 5, from 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. at the library. Please plan to attend the Meet the Candidates and Budget Information Meeting on Monday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m.
YOUR VOTE COUNTS!
The annual Budget Vote and Trustee Election will be held on Tuesday, April 5, from 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. at the library. Please plan to attend the Meet the Candidates and Budget Information Meeting on Monday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m.
College and High School Students
Have your voice be heard! You are eligible to vote if you are 18 or older and a registered voter. Register at the Cold Spring Harbor School District Office, 75 Goose Hill Road.
Out of town April 5th?
Come into the library for an absentee ballot application!
Books & DVDs featuring Ireland.
Books & DVDs featuring Ireland.
BOOKS–FICTION
The Banyan Tree: A Novel by Christopher Nolan
The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes
Civil & Strange by Cláir Ní Aonghusa
Eye of the Law by Cora Harrison
The Lace Makers of Glenmara: A Novel by Heather Barbieri
The Midnight Choir by Gene Kerrigan
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
Shannon: A Novel by Frank Delaney
Troubles by J. G. Farrell
BOOKS–NON-FICTION
A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee by Tom Coyne
Ireland in Mind: An Anthology edited by Alice Leccese Powers
Irish Puddings, Tarts, Crumbles, and Fools: 80 Glorious Desserts by Margaret M. Johnson
The Irish Spirit: Recipes Inspired by the Legendary Drinks of Ireland by Margaret M. Johnson
St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography by Philip Freeman
The Táin: A New Translation of the Táin bó Cúailnge translated by Ciaran Carson
The Transformation of Ireland by Diarmaid Ferriter
The Village by Alice Taylor
U2 by U2 by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, & Larry Mullen Jr., with Neil McCormick
DVDs
The 2010 National Book Critics Circle award winners are:
The 2010 National Book Critics Circle award winners are:
Fiction
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Biography
How to Live, or, A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell
Poetry
One with Others: A Little Book of Her Days by C.D. Wright
General Nonfiction
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
Autobiography
Half a Life by Darin Strauss
