Last Monday, the Los Angeles Times announced finalists for its book prizes, to be presented April 23rd: Biography Kirstin Downey, The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR’s Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience Linda Gordon, Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits Michael Scammell, Koestler: The Literary and Political Odyssey [...]
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The New Jersey judge whose ruling opened Little League baseball to girls, died Monday at the age of 75. Sylvia Pressler ruled in 1973 that 12 year old Maria Pepe should not have been barred from playing on a boys team. The organization’s national office had threatened to revoke the local league’s charter. Although Little League [...]
Friday, February 12, 2010
The Palos Verdes Library District catalog includes just about every Academy Award® honoree for Best Foreign Language Film since the award was first presented in 1948. You can check the availability of the movies right here (PDF file).
Thursday, February 11, 2010
In this motion picture awards season, we’d like to remind you that the Palos Verdes Library District catalog includes all Academy Awards® Best Picture winners from 1927 to 2008. You can see what’s available in this PDF file.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Scientist Temple Grandin was the subject of an HBO film which premiered last week. Grandin, who struggled early in her life with autism, believes an autistic ability to “think in pictures” led her to becoming an expert in animal behavior and livestock handling. Grandin believes that mildly autistic students can succeed in science and technology, [...]
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Lt. Col. Lee Archer, a member of the U. S. Army Air Forces fighter group of African Americans known as the Tuskegee Airmen, died last Wednesday at the age of 90. Archer flew 169 combat missions, and was considered the sole black American “ace” of World War II, having shot down five enemy aircraft. Archer [...]
Saturday, February 27, 2010
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