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Long Hill Library News - Early Winter Edition
Things to Do
Movies @ 2:00 
  • Elf - Wed, Dec 21 
  • Twilight - Wed, Dec 28  
  • New Moon - Thur, Dec 29
  • Eclipse - Fri, Dec 30
  • Bridesmaids - Wed, Jan 4
  • The Help - Wed, Jan 11
  • Radio Days - Wed, Jan 18
  • Crazy Stupid Love  - Wed, Jan 25 

 
 
 Join us for Book Club on Mon, Jan. 9 from 7pm to 8 pm.  Copies of Cutting for Stone in Book, Large Print and Audio format are available at the Front Desk.

Game Night 
Wed, Jan 11 - 7:00 to 8:30 pm
 
Come on out for a friendly night of Scrabble, Wii, and other fun games! Bring your own games or use ours! This Game Night is for ages 18 and up. 
 
Radio Days: Early Broadcasting to The Golden Age of Radio & Beyond program
Sunday, Jan 15 @ 1:30
(The Radio Display will be at the Library throughout January)


 Free Hearing Screening Thursday, Jan 26 11:00am - 1:00 pm.
 
Have your hearing tested. We don't want you to miss any of the sweet sounds around us.
 

  Conquer Clutter
Sat, Jan 28 @ 1:00
Is your house, office, desk or life a mess? Have you made a New Years resolution to be more organized? Then this event is for you!

Coming This Winter
 @ the Library
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You're Invited:
  • to a Korean Wedding with wedding dinner!
  • our version of Antiques "Valley Road" Show
  • Live Butterflies!
  • Ghosts!
  • Bees!
  • Solar Energy
  • Movies!
  • More Game Nights!
We'll be updating the Library website & Facebook page with dates, times and more information.  Like Us on Facebook to get the latest and greatest news!
Happy Holidays
It's the time of year when we decorate our homes and wish friends and family all the best for the coming new year. It's no different here at the library.
 
We've decorated our house and invite you in to enjoy our holiday decorations and all the library has to offer to make your spirits bright during this season.
 
The Winter Solstice is on December 22 this year. Every day after that brings a little bit more daylight. That seems like a day worth celebrating so Happy Winter Solstice to you!
 
Whatever holidays you celebrate...all good wishes to you from your friends at the Long Hill Township Library! 
 
Kindles, Nooks & iPads, Oh My!
Have you got a Kindle, Nook, iPod, iPad, iPhone, e-reader or other digital device? Do you need some help downloading library e-books or audiobooks?
 
Stop in at the library on the following dates & times and we'll try to get you started.  (Or call MG to make an appointment for a one-on-one session. 908-647-2088)
  • Thursday, 12/29, 11 am-noon
  • Friday, 1/6, 1pm-2pm
  • Tuesday, 1/10, 1pm-2pm
  • Monday , 1/23, 7pm-8pm
New Year Resolutions
 
1. Meet new people
 
2. Join a book group

3. Attend fun events

4. Learn a new language

5. Enjoy yourself

Achieve all your New Year resolutions right here at the Library 

Get the Scoop! Read a Bio...
Why read a biography? There are probably a million reasons...but two really good ones are to learn interesting things about history, the world and the person...and to get the dirt. Find out what makes people tick...warts and all. Want to  get to know someone really well? Try reading a biography or memoir.

Here are a few biographies and memoirs that came out during 2011. Why not make a new best friend?
Gabby : a story of courage and hope - Gabrielle D. (Gabrielle Dee) Giffords, Mark E. Kelly and Jeffrey Zaslow
Publisher: Scribner
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/15/2011
Share Gabby %3a  a story of courage and hope ISBN-13: 9781451661064
ISBN-10: 1451661061
Congresswoman Giffords and her astronaut husband recount her early years, their marriage, the assassination attempt that left her gravely wounded and took the lives of six others, and her rehabilitation.
Joe Rochefort's war : the odyssey of the codebreaker who outwitted Yamamoto at Midway - Elliot Carlson
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/15/2011
Share Joe Rochefort ISBN-13: 9781612510606
ISBN-10: 1612510604
This first biography of the U.S. naval officer responsible for breaking the Japanese Navy's code prior to the Battle of Midway follows his frustrations and success in tracking the enemy fleet and his disagreements with top brass over Yamamoto's intended invasion target.
Season to taste : how I lost my sense of smell and found my way - Molly Birnbaum
Publisher: Ecco
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/21/2011
Share Season to taste %3a  how I lost my sense of smell and found my way ISBN-13: 9780061915314
ISBN-10: 0061915319
Combining expert advice and science, the author, robbed of her sense of smell after a debilitating car accident, chronicles her epic quest, from a pioneering New Jersey flavor lab to perfume school in the South of France, to understand and overcome her condition and rediscover the joy of smell. 20,000 first printing.
Tough without a gun : the life and extraordinary afterlife of Humphrey Bogart - Stefan Kanfer
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/01/2011
Share Tough without a gun %3a  the life and extraordinary afterlife of Humphrey Bogart ISBN-13: 9780307271006
ISBN-10: 0307271005
An all-encompassing profile of the golden age icon includes coverage of everything from his childhood and friendships to his four marriages and working relationships with directors and actors, evaluating his achievements against a backdrop of historical and cultural events.
Van Gogh : the life - Steven (Steven W.) Naifeh and Gregory White Smith
Publisher: Random House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/18/2011
Share Van Gogh %3a  the life ISBN-13: 9780375507489
ISBN-10: 0375507485
The Pulitzer Prize-winning team of Jackson Pollock presents an in-depth, accessible profile that has already been praised by Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum as a "definitive biography," drawing on newly available primary sources to provide revisionist assessments of the influential artist's turbulent life and genius works.
Midnight rising : John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War - Tony Horwitz
Publisher: Henry Holt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/25/2011
Share Midnight rising %3a  John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War ISBN-13: 9780805091533
ISBN-10: 080509153X
Chronicles the 1859 raid by radical abolitionist John Brown, his children and a guerilla band on Harpers Ferry, revealing how his acts, deemed terrorism by the South, prompted a counterattack by Robert E. Lee and galvanized Northern supporters during Lincoln's election campaign. 125,000 first printing.
My year with Eleanor : a memoir - Noelle Hancock
Publisher: Ecco
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/07/2011
Share My year with Eleanor %3a  a memoir ISBN-13: 9780061875038
ISBN-10: 0061875031
In the year leading up to her 30th birthday, the author, a former media blogger, turns to Eleanor Roosevelt for guidance as she spends the last months of her 20s pursuing a "year of fear" during which she embarks on many harrowing and hilarious adventures. 30,000 first printing.
The Oprah Winfrey show : reflections on an American legacy - Deborah Davis
Publisher: Abrams
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/15/2011
Share The Oprah Winfrey show %3a  reflections on an American legacy ISBN-13: 9781419700590
ISBN-10: 1419700596
An official visual retrospective that spans the 25 years that The Oprah Winfrey Show was on the air includes behind-the-scenes photos, a narrative text and essays by such celebrities as Ellen DeGeneres, Nelson Mandela, Julia Roberts, Bono, Maya Angelou and many more.
My life, deleted : a memoir - Scott Bolzan, Joan Bolzan and Caitlin Rother
Publisher: HarperOne
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/04/2011
Share My life, deleted %3a  a memoir ISBN-13: 9780062025470
ISBN-10: 0062025473
Part autobiography, part love story, the author, after suffering from permanent amnesia--losing all of his memories of his past, his wife and children and the imprint of a lifetime of learning--shares how he, with a new outlook on the world, reinvented himself with the help of his wife and family. 50,000 first printing.
Elizabeth and Hazel : two women of Little Rock - David Margolick
Publisher: Yale University Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/04/2011
Share Elizabeth and Hazel %3a  two women of Little Rock ISBN-13: 9780300141931
ISBN-10: 0300141939
Looks at the lives of the two women at the center of a famous historic photograph taken during the Little Rock school desegregation crisis in 1957--one, a black girl being harrassed by a mob; the other, a white teen at the center of the mob--in a book that discusses how each dealt with the fallout from that fateful day.
Shaq uncut : my story - Shaquille O'Neal and Jackie MacMullan
Publisher: Grand Central Pub.
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/15/2011
Share Shaq uncut %3a  my story ISBN-13: 9781455504411
ISBN-10: 1455504416
This autobiography from the four-time NBA champion describes his life and colorful career, from his sports victories to acting and rapping and offers his thoughts on fellow luminaries including Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson. 150,000 first printing.
How the hippies saved physics : science, counterculture, and the quantum revival - David Kaiser
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/27/2011
Share How the hippies saved physics %3a  science, counterculture, and the quantum revival ISBN-13: 9780393076363
ISBN-10: 0393076369
Describes how a quirky band of misfit science students at Berkley in the 1970s altered the course of modern physics while studying quantum theory alongside Eastern mysticism and psychic mind reading while lounging in hot tubs and dabbling with LSD. 17,000 first printing.
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