@ your library (R)   ......by Paige Turner, April 14, 2005

 

Popular Class to Continue!

 

The free sign language classes that have been held at the Mammoth Lakes Library will continue, following a week of uncertainty.  The original instructor, Lucy Wooten, moved out of the area after teaching several of the classes.  New instructors have been found, and the classes will continue meeting every Tuesday at 5:30 PM at the Mammoth Lakes Library.  Our new teacher will be Carol Felt, who works for the library as the Early Literacy Specialist.  She is fluent in sign, and has agreed to volunteer to teach the classes at least until early May, at which point Rocky Scholl has offered to take up the reigns.  The library wants to thank Carol and Rocky, as well at the steadfast students in the class, for keeping sign alive at the library!  To summarize, the sign language classes will continue.  The classes are held every Tuesday night at 5:30 PM at the Mammoth Lakes Library, 960 Forest Trail.  For more information, call the library at 934-4777.

 

Since 9/11, the religion of Islam has been the focus of confusion, paranoia, and in some cases, bigotry.  In order to help educate the public, a major educational initiative was launched in September 2002 by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a national civil rights and advocacy group, to educate the American public about Islam and to counter anti-Muslim bigotry.  The year long campaign, called ?Explore Islamic Civilization and Culture,? involves the community sponsored distribution of books, videos and audio cassettes about Islam and Muslims to some 7500 public libraries nationwide.  As part of this, the library has received a free, multiple item resource package for use within Mono County which includes: 

 

For Children -  Ramadan by S. Ghazi

 

For Young Adults - Eyewitness Books: Islam by Philip Wilkinson, and Celebrating Ramadan by D. Goldsmith.

 

For Adults - Complete Idiot?s Guide to Understanding Islam, 2nd Edition, by Y. Emerick, Daughters of Another Path; Experiences of American Women Choosing Islam by Carol L. Anway, Silent No More; Confronting America?s False Images of Islam by Paul Findley, The Meaning of The Holy Qur?an by A. Ali, The Qur?an; A new translation, Muhammad by Y. Emerick, The Islamic Threat; Myth or Reality?, 3rd edition by J. Esposito, Gender Equity in Islam; Basic Principles by J. Badawi, Ph.D., and Servants of Allah; African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas by S. Diouf

 

For Teachers - Teaching About Islam and Muslims in the Public School Classroom; A Handbook for Educators, 3rd Edition.

 

On DVD - ABC News Nightline: The Hajj; One American?s Pilgrimage to Mecca (Friday, April 18, 1997), A Visit to a Mosque in America, Muhammad- Legacy of a Prophet, and PBS Empires- Islam; Empire of Faith.

 

In addition to the above material, we have lots of other new arrivals @ your library ®:

If I Should Die Before I Wake by Lurlene McDaniel; Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd; YaYas in Bloom by Rebecca Wells;  Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett; How I Became Stupid by Martin Page; The Last Season: A Team in Search of Is Soul by Phil Jackson; Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings; California Uncovered: Stories for the 21st Century edited by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, James Quay, and William E. Justice; The Romanov Prophecy: A Novel by Steve Berry;  Fat Girl: A Memoir of Gain and Loss by Judith Moore; Devil in the Mountain: A Search for the Origin of the Andes by Simon Lamb; The Fly in the Cathedral by Brian Cathcart;  After by Francine Prose; Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, by Deb Caletti.

Small business related materials recently received include:

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker (book on CD); Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham (book on cassette); The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham (book); All Your Worth, The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan by Elizabeth Warren & Amelia Warren Tyagi (book on CD);  Blink, The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (book on CD);  and The Money Book For the Young, Fabulous & Broke-[sound recording] by Suze Orman.

 

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:   What was the first novel ever written?

 

ANSWER TO LAST WEEK?S QUESTION:    What was the first novel written on a typewriter?  ?Tom Sawyer? by Mark Twain