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This
week is National Garden Week, National Week of the Ocean, and Holy Week.
Today is National Siblings Day, which honors and remembers all brothers
and sisters. Today is also the
anniversary of the day in 1849 when Walter Hunt patented the first safety pin.
Wednesday
is Barbershop Quartet Day, and Saturday is International Moment of Laughter Day,
which reminds us that laughter is a potent and powerful way to deal with the
difficulties of life. Speaking of
which, Monday is Income Tax Pay-Day; we get an extra day this year because April
15 falls on a Sunday.
WHAT'S
HAPPENING?
Wednesday's 10:00 a.m. and 3:30 story times
and Saturday morning’s 10:00 story time feature Easter stories and crafts.
The library will be closed on April 15 in observance of Easter.
BOOK
TALK
Librarian
Rosie Klopfer provides this week's book information.
“The American Heritage Encyclopedia of American
History” was put together by seven prominent historians led by John Faragher
with the sponsorship of American Heritage
Magazine. Three thousand entries
are arranged in alphabetical order for ease of reference, with see-also
citations, bibliographies, an extensive index and appendixes, along with the
full text of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and a Time Line
of American History.
Besides
the usual entries of political topics, history, and law, you will find entries
on community and urban history, religion, education, art, and literature.
What makes this book different is that it covers family life, gender,
popular culture, and immigration. You’ll
also find biographical sketches of Americans, including Supreme Court Justices
and the Court’s most fundamental rulings.
This book gives you a taste of today with the nation’s history as the
main course. The illustrations and
photos are the garnishes to this useful text.
For
example, you’ll learn that the Gadsden Purchase in 1853 cost $10 million, and
the U.S. gained approximately 29,000 square miles of Mexican territory, which is
now Arizona and New Mexico, to secure the best route of the Transcontinental
railroad.
If
you have a hunger for American history, these books may fill your need. “Great
Events form History American Series” is a three-volume set starting with the
arrival of the Indians, the first Americans and ends with the lunar landing in
1969. The “Annals of America”
has more than twenty volumes starting with “1493 Discovering a New World” to
“1974-1976 The Challenge of Interdependence.”
This series has an in-depth index.
“Album
of American History” is a six-volume set starting with the Colonial Period and
ending with the Apollo 8 mission in December 1968.
An in-depth index and unique illustrations and photos make this a great
history text as well as a pictorial of American history.
“American Heritage” is also a magazine the library has in book form
going back to 1954. Other
historical magazines are “American History,” “NM Historical Review,”
“History Today,” and “The Journal of the Southwest.”
DID
YOU KNOW?
If you’re dieting (and who isn’t?),
here’s a tip from Pennsylvania State University nutritionist, Barbara Rolls,
PhD. Many dieters drink water
before a meal in an attempt to eat less, but research shows water has to be
incorporated into a food to subdue appetite.
Start meals with a light broth-based vegetable
soup. This will decrease your
appetite, and you should feel satisfied after the meal.
However, keep on drinking the water (at least 8 glasses a day) for other
health benefits!
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: "A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.” (unknown)
JUDY ARMSTRONG, 624-7276
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