Books and More Oct/Nov/Dec Issue 19

Books and More

What’s in this issue?

Welcome Reviews from our Readers International Migrants Day Ronald Hugh Morrieson Invite 2015 Top Nonfiction Introducing New Books eBooks World Mental Health Day Fun & Games: Wordfind International Mountain Day Christmas with LibraryPlus LibraryPlus information

Welcome World Mental Health Day, on 10 October, is about Dignity in mental health. There’s been a lot in the media about the impact of stress, financial losses and so on for people in the farming sector. We were fortunate to have Sir John Kirwan (JK) visit South Taranaki recently as part of his work with depression.org.nz We’ve been involved in the Turn the Page campaign since 2011. Turn the Page books cover eight different areas of mental health including depression and anxiety. Statistics show one in five will experience mental illness at some time in their lives but only two out of three people will seek professional help. That’s because the stigma and discrimination of having a mental illness is seen as worse than having a mental illness itself. If you would like to find out more about the Turn the Page books look online or ask any of our staff – we’re here to help, not to judge.

The LibraryPlus are marking Migrants Day in December. Watching the news each night as Syrians pour into Europe, and seeing the increasing tension at some countries borders, I’m grateful we live in a safe country – and that New Zealand takes in migrants every year. Do we do enough as a nation? I don’t know. But I do know throughout New Zealand libraries play an important role in welcoming migrants and providing opportunities to assist them in settling into their new lives, and that has to be worth celebrating.

Of course, we’re still firmly in the books and information industry so if you’d like help finding a new author, a specific title, or information on anything from aardvark to zygotes, just ask – we’re always happy to help.

Reviews from our Readers

Last chance café written by Liz Byrski

Last Chance Cafe by Liz Byrski is a novel dealing with women ageing and their reactions to this.

Dot is a fire eating women’s rights campaigner of old and the story starts with her chaining herself to the escalator in a shopping mall.

Quite by chance an old friend sees this and rescues her from the guards called by management. As the two friends catch up we meet the rest of the characters and gradually see the links forming between them all. The novel also has a serious side as the issue of young girls being made into sexual objects by commercial interests turns into a campaign. There is also the ageism problem of older women feeling invisible.

Once again Liz Byrski caught me up in the story and I would recommend this to my friends and book club.

Reviewed by Lynne

The Bookseller

written by Mark Pryor A first book by this author and what a great start to his career.

Set in Paris with an American hero and a French heroine, this is a murder mystery and thriller combined with a low key romance.

Knooking

written by Veronica Hug I was really looking forward to this book. A whole different way to use my crohet hook.

But its not. It is a book about tuscian crochet. I found the pictures too small, and I already knew what I was looking at. It was good to have a book with patterns for that style of crochet though.

They are nice quick patterns.

Easy to read, it evokes the feel of Paris brilliantly, especially the café scene which is the life blood of that great city.

Interesting characters come to Nutbutters life and you get quite carried written by away (well, I did!) by the twists Mary Loudermilk and turns of the story which This is a great book. It shows covers drugs, book sellers and Parisians who collaborated with you how to make a basic nut butter, and then gives you the Nazis during WW2. lost of recipes for variations.

Clear, concise and with For a change, our hero and heroine (a journalist) both have plenty of pictures. If you want to try nut butters, this is the a conscience but this doesn’t stop the guy making a mess of book for you. some of the villains!

Both reviewed by Highly recommended.

Sharon

Reviewed by Roger

If you would like to see your reviews featured here, go to ils.stdc.govt.nz and add a comment on the book you are reading.

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l a n o i t a n r e t In y a D s t Migran On International Migrants Day, let us reaffirm our commitment to shape diverse and open societies that provide opportunities and lives of dignity for all migrants. The plight of migrants has been in the news a lot lately, so now is a good time to celebrate ur diverse and welcoming communities.

South Taranaki LibraryPlus has a wide range of books about different cultures and countries.

You can check out these books by visiting our online catalogue or popping in and browsing the shelves.

Come along to a shared lunch at Patea or Waverley LibraryPlus to celebrate the diverse communities.

Friday 18 December 12noon at both libraries

Presentation Night With competition Judges Mandy Hagar and Sue Wootten Wednesday 28 October at 6.30 pm Hawera LibraryPlus, High Street, Hawera RSVP Wednesday 21 October Pam Jones 0800 111 323 Librarycontact@stdc.govt.nz

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Introducing...

Pictured to the left: Nanette, Katherine Josephine, Ann-Louise, Julie, Ashunya Pictured below: Students Zade, Brigid

Hawera LibraryPlus Kia Ora and welcome from Ann-Louise, Katherine, Josephine, Julie, Nanette, Ashunya, Brigid and Zade.

Hawera Library is a great place to come for ideas, opportunities, learning and dreaming. Skilled, friendly and smart librarians are happy to help you find what you are after from a wide range of free resources.

The library offers great books plus ebooks, audio books, magazines, fun programmes and activities, study spaces, free WIFI, free computer, Xbox, Press Reader, book clubs and more. We are about helping our community through sharing knowledge.

If you have ideas on how we can provide you with a better service please share. Finally we are very excited Hawera is getting a community facility which includes a new library, and look forward to the bigger space.

New Books Postcards from the Middle East: How a family fell in love with the Arab World. written by Chris Naylor

An easy, engaging, and often funny introduction to Arab culture—its richness, humanity, and challenges—through the experiences of an English family.

The Middle East features regularly on our television screens, in ways that often lead to a simplistic and stereotyped view of the land and the people that live there.

Having moved to the Middle East, Chris Naylor and his wife set up a pioneering branch of the environmental agency A Rocha in Lebanon.

Over the years they found their prejudices and assumptions utterly overthrown. Their story is an insightful and informed introduction to Arab culture through the experience of an English family. Engaging and often funny, it explores themes of cross-cultural communication and environmental vision.

We Rock!: A Fun Family Guide for Exploring Rock Music History written by Jason Hanley

A hip, fun and culturally relevant series of music appreciation books, perfect for modern music-loving families who want to take advantage of this era of exploding musical access! Get a personal guided tour through an amazing historical back-catalog of music that was previously unavailable.

We Rock!: A Fun Family Guide for Exploring Rock Music History is a guided tour through thrilling corners of the musical universe that should not be missed! This book highlights great songs in rock history, shares insights and stories on the artists, details the social and historical influences at play, and offers fun activities for families to do together.

There really are no other books out there like this - that are music appreciation books for a general audience that focus on popular music.

These reviews are from the Good Reads website.

To view more reviews about other new books check out www.goodreads.com

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South Taranaki LibraryPlus have a number of books about Mental Health as well as a list of books on our catalogue that are apart of Turn the Page.

Turn the Page links people who have mild to moderate mental health issues to a set of self-help books recommended by psychologists and counsellors.

GPs ‘prescribe’ books to their patients, which can then be borrowed from the district libraries.

Scan this QR code with your smartphone to go directly to the books on the Turn the page list.

Hawera LibraryPlus are acknowledge World Mental Health Day with guest speaker, Shirley McGlinchey- Alzheimers Field Worker. Shirley will be talking about Dementia.

Hawera LibraryPlus Friday 23 October 10am

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International Mountain Day has been observed every year to create awareness about the importance of mountains to life, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development and to build alliances that will bring positive change to mountain peoples and environments around the world.

We are so lucky to have such a beautiful Maunga on our doorstep.

South Taranaki LibraryPlus have a wide range of books about Mountains and National Parks, as well other books about nature.

Scan the QR code below with your smart phone to find books about Mount Taranaki, or go to ils.stdc.govt.nz

Keep an eye out for the ‘Around the World in 60 Minutes’ quiz at Hawera LibraryPlus in the last week of November.

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Keep an eye out for other christmas themed events & activities at the LibraryPlus centres.

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Public Holidays Monday 26 October - Labour Day All LibraryPlus centres will be closed.

Information about Christmas and New Years hours will be out early December.

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