Readers’ advisor extraordinaire Nancy Pearl has come up with this list of mysteries some readers may have overlooked. The following are in the Palos Verdes Library District collection: The Manual of Detection, by Jedediah Berry The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley [...]
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Edward Kennedy, the senior U.S. senator from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, died yesterday at the age of 77. Kennedy had been ailing with a malignant brain tumor since last year. During his long Senate career, the Democrat championed such issues as health care, and rights for women, minorities, and the disabled. But he was also vilified [...]
Monday, August 24, 2009
Heathrow Airport in London hired a writer-in-residence to spend a week inside the massive facility. Alain De Botton began his stint last Tuesday, observing and interviewing travelers. The writer sees the airport as a place where technology, globalization, consumerism, and the environment all converge. De Botton was given full access to Terminal 5 by airport [...]
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
In conjunction with the Obama family visit to Yellowstone and Grand Canyon, the National Park Service announced Monday that visits to national parks are up nearly 4% from last year. These public lands were described as providing “affordable and accessible recreational opportunities.” While some of the increase is due to a fee waiver on three [...]
Friday, August 14, 2009
For the past few months, you may have noticed a book cart near the circulation desk at the Peninsula Center Library with a selection of topical materials. We see you’ve been helping yourself to them, just as we hoped you would. Phil Wesley, one of our adult services librarians, has gathered together books and other [...]
Monday, August 10, 2009
Budd Schulberg, who wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for “On the Waterfront,” died last week at the age of 95. Schulberg first gained acclaim in 1941 with the publication of the novel What Makes Sammy Run?, a devastating portrait of Hollywood ruthlessness. Testifying before Congress in 1951, Schulberg garnered attention of another sort by “naming names” [...]
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Statisticians at Oregon State University have concluded that the impact of a child is almost 20 times more important than the earth-friendly actions a person takes over a lifetime. Exponential population growth has an effect on the environment many times beyond the influence of a single individual. Although developing nations have higher birth rates, the [...]
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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