DVDs on hold

New DVDs at the Library. You'll find numerous new releases, black & white classics, and much more at the library. We have Adventure, Action, Childrens, Christmas, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Inspirational, International, Musical, Mystery, Science Fiction, War & Westerns, along with a large non-fiction collection. Don't forget you can place up to 50 items on reserve! New DVD titles available to place on hold as of November 18th, 2009 are: Aliens in the attic--Angels & demons--Away we go--Battle for Terra--Brothers Bloom--Cheri--Crank 2--Dance flick--Drag me to hell-Easy virtue--Four Christmases--Funny people--G.I. Joe: the rise of Cobra--Ghosts of girlfriends past--Goods: live hard, sell hard--Ice age: dawn of the dinosaurs--Imagine that--Is anybody there?--Land of the lost--Management--Monsters vs. Aliens--My life in ruins--My sister's keeper--Next day air--Nothing like the holidays--Observe and report--Orphan--Proposal--Shorts: the adventures of the wishing rock--Star Trek--Taking of Pelham 123, Tinker Bell and the lost treasure--Transformers: Revenge of the fallen--Ugly truth--Up--Whatever works--X-men origins. Wolverine--Year one.

A word-lover's delight!

Browse full-text English-language poems and fiction from any Internet PC!

From FHCPL's Databases page, click on "American and English full text literature collections" to explore this vast resource.

You'll find poems by Yusef Komunyakaa, Robert Frost, Rita Dove, Allen Ginsberg, Sylvia Plath, Lucille Clifton, James Dickey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Gary Snyder, Anne Sexton, and so many more!

There's also fiction by Herman Melville, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, and the list goes on.

For those late-night, late-Autumn yearnings for literature, now you've got another resource to use.

Great tastes for the Holidays

The holiday season is here, and with it come delicious dinners, cookie swaps and parties galore. The library has cookbooks full of delicious recipes that will amaze friends and guests alike. Try one of Martha Stewart's trusted cooking compendiums, like Martha Stewart's Cooking School, for a dish sure to add class to your holiday table. Baked: New Frontiers in Baking, the first cookbook from Brooklyn bakery owners Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito, is full of treats with a twist, like Sweet and Salty Cake, which will add pizzazz to your holiday table. Looking for more traditional tastes? The classic recipes in Dorie Greenspan's Baking are sure to please.

Veterans Day

November 11th is Veterans Day, the Library will be closed. Readers can celebrate Veterans Day with one of several recent history books that reassess battles where American service members fought and died. New and recommended titles includes The Remains of Company D: A Story of the Great War by James Carl Nelson, whose grandfather was a World War I vet and Antony Beevor's D-Day, a comprehensive look at the greatest amphibious landing in history.

Fly Away with us

During the month of November, not only is it acceptable to have your head stuck in the clouds, it's actually encouraged! Stop by the library and celebrate National Aviation History month by checking out some books on flight. Whether it's brushing up on your mythology (Daedalus and Icarus attempted to fly using wax wings), learning more about the two American brothers who pioneered the first powered airplane or reading the recently released autobiography by Captain Chesley Sullenberger, who successfully navigated the emergency landing of a passenger plane in the Hudson River (Highest Duty: My Search For What Really Matters), your reading this month is sure to transport you up, up and away.

Ohio Memory Project

Tens of thousands of primary historical sources are available to you for free at www.ohiomemory.org. The Ohio Memory Project is a joint effort of the Ohio Historical Society and the State Library of Ohio. Browse a specific collection, or search all collections by entering a keyword. You might be surprised by what's hiding in Ohio's past!

Basket Weaving Opportunity

On Saturday, November 21st from 11 am to 4:30pm, the
Findlay-Hancock County Public Library will be hosting
a basket weaving class. Partipants will be making
a twin based basket with a handle. With the finishing
stain of autumn orange this basket resembles a pumpkin.
There is a $15 material fee due the day of the class.
Call 419-422-1712 ext 245, or go to
www.findlaylibrary.org to register.

DVDs on hold

New DVD's at the Library You'll find numerous new releases, black&white classics, and much more at the library. We have Adventure, Action Films, Comedy, Drama, Horror, International Cinema, Musicals, Mystery, Science Fiction, War and Westerns. Do not forget that you can put up to 50 items on hold! DVD titles available to place on hold September 17, 2009 Adventureland, Aliens in the attic, Away we go, Battle for Terra, Brothers Bloom, Cheri, Crank 2, Dance flick, Drag me to hell, Duplicity, Earth, Easy virtue, Fighting, Ghosts of girlfriends past, Hannah Montana the movie, I love you Beth Cooper, I love you man, Ice age: dawn of the dinosaurs, Imagine that, Land of the lost, Last house on the left, Management, Monsters vs. Aliens, My life in ruins, Next day air, Nothing like the holidays, Observe and report, Orphan, Proposal, 17 again, State of play, Sugar, Sunshine Cleaning, Taking of Pelham 123, Tinker Bell and the lost treasure, Transformers - revenge of the fallen, Whatever works, X Men origins: Wolverine, Year one