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New books by David Baldacci and Stephen King will be available on Tuesday, NOVEMBER 9.

"Hell's Corner," by David Baldacci, is the fifth book in the Camel Club series. On the night of a State Dinner honouring the British Prime Minister, there is an explosion as the Prime Minister's motorcade leaves the White House. Oliver Stone witnesses the event. In the aftermath of the explosion, British MI-5 agent Mary Chapman, an operative with an agenda of her own, is sent to assist and coordinate the investigation along with the American authorities. Stone, along with the rest of the Camel Club, is drawn into the investigation. Everything is not what it appears and what happened may not have been the actual plan.

"Full Dark, No Stars," by Stephen King, is a collection of four stories linked together by the theme of retribution. In the first tale, when James' wife Arlette proposes selling off the family homestead and moving to Omaha, it sets in motion a gruesome train of murder and madness. In the second story a cozy-mystery writer named Tess is violated and left for dead and decides to seek her revenge. In the third tale, making a deal with the devil saves Harry Streeter from a fatal cancer and provides recompense for a lifetime of resentment. In the final story, when her husband is away on a business trip, Darcy Anderson looks for batteries in the garage. When her toe knocks up against a box under a worktable, she makes a horrifying discovery.

You can reserve these or any books by calling or stopping by the reference desk or using your online library account.

The month before Chanukah is Jewish Book Month, celebrated this year from November 2-December 2.

The tradition of celebrating Jewish books began in 1925 at the Boston Public Library where librarian Fanny Goldstein exhibited books for Jewish Book Week. This event became so popular that in 1943, it was extended to a month and has been celebrated in America every year since.

Here are four excellent lists of recent books with a Jewish theme - for both adults and children - prepared by chapters of the Association of Jewish Libraries.

Greater Cleveland Chapter - Adults

Greater Cleveland Chapter - Children and Teens

Southern California Chapter - Adult

Southern California Chapter - Children and Teens

Singer Dionne Warwick will be at the Barnes & Noble in Carle Place on Tuesday, NOVEMBER 9, at 7 p.m. to sign her book, My Life As I See It.

In her autobiography, Dionne tells the stories of her life from her childhood in East Orange, New Jersey, in a two-family home with her parents, brother, and sister, to now, as she celebrates her 50th year in show business.

For more information, call Barnes & Noble at 516-741-9850.

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and his co-author William R. Forstchen, will be at the Book Revue in Huntington on Tuesday, NOVEMBER 9 at 7 p.m. to speak about the sign their new book, Valley Forge.

The novel opens in 1777, as Washington's demoralized army retreats from Philadelphia. After arriving at Valley Forge, they discover that repeated requests for a food, clothing, and building tools have been neglected or ignored by Congress. For weeks the army lives under tents in the bitter cold. Food runs out. Their luck finally turns when a volunteer from Germany, Baron von Steuben, joins Washington at Valley Forge and begins the task of recasting the army as a professional fighting force capable of facing the British head-on.

For more information, call the Book Revue at 631-271-1442.

There are currently over 5 million Americans and 35 million people worldwide living with Alzheimer's, according to the Alzheimer's Association.

Alzheimer's is a brain disease that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. It is the most common form of dementia. The majority of those with the disease are 65 years and older. It is a progressive disease; symptoms worsen over time. Currently, there is no cure, but treatments are available. Research is ongoing.

For further information, contact the Alzheimer's Association at their 24/7 Helpline:
1-800-272-3900 or visit their website: www.alz.org

The West Hempstead Public Library has many resources related to Alzheimer's disease. Here are just a few.

Books
James, Vaughn E. The Alzheimer's Advisor: A Caregiver's Guide to Dealing with the Tough Legal and Practical Issues. [NEW] 616.831 J

Kind, Viki. The Caregiver's Path to Compassionate Decision Making. [NEW] 649.8 K

Carper, Jean. 100 Simple Things You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's and Age-Related Memory Loss. [NEW] 616.831 C

Reference
Alzheimer's Disease: Directory of Services for Long Island. R 616.83 A

DVDs
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. [NEW] DVD 616.831 A
Alzheimer's Disease for ALFs. Level 1. [NEW] DVD 616.831 A
Alzheimer's Disease: Is It Delirium of Dementia? [NEW] DVD 616.831 A
Alzheimer's Today: A Caregiver's Guide. [NEW] DVD 616.831 A

Children's Room
Check [Parent Shelf H] for books related to Alzheimer's Disease.

Experience the magic of New York City dressed to the nines for the holidays. The New York Botanical Garden's annual Holiday Train Show has become a cherished seasonal tradition for families not just in New York, but across the country. Marvel as G-scale model trains puff along a half-mile of track in and around the 140 landmark buildings constructed entirely of natural materials: nuts, tree bark, fruits, pinecones, and leaves, housed within the warmth of the historic Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.

The Holiday Train Show with Gingerbread Adventures is on display from Nov. 1 through Jan. 9. Timed tickets can be ordered online or by phone, but if you order them by phone, you must pay an $8 processing fee. Plan to arrive 30 min. - 1 hour in advance of your ticket time, and don't forget to bring the Library's free Museum Family pass.

Call us at 481-6591 to reserve the Family pass and get free entry to this holiday treat!

The following titles were recently added to our Large Print collection:

Diabetes is a group of diseases characterized by high blood glucose levels which result from defects in the body's ability to produce and/or use insulin. Nearly 24 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes.

For more information on this disease, go to the American Diabetes Association website: www.diabetes.org.

Here is a sampling of what's available in the West Hempstead Public Library related to diabetes:

Books
Books can be found in the adult, young adult and children's collections with the call number 616.462.

Cookbooks
The Diabetes Cookbook. [NEW] 641.56314 D
Diabetic Living Quick and Easy Meals. [NEW] 641.56314 Q
D'amore, Joseph. Just What the Doctor Ordered Diabetes Cookbook. [NEW] 641.56314 D
Hughes, Nancy S. 15-Minute Diabetic Meals. [NEW] 641.56314 H
Riolo, Amy. The Mediterranean Diabetes Cookbook. [NEW] 641.56314 R
Rubin, Alan L. Diabetes Cookbook for Dummies. [NEW] 641.56314 R
Shapiro, Howard M. Eat and Beat Diabetes With Picture Perfect Weight Loss. [NEW] 641.56314 S

Spanish Collection
Rubin, Alan L. Diabetes Para Dummies [SPANISH] 616.462 R

Online Resources
To access, go to www.whplibrary.org/research
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Health Reference Center Academic
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
UXL Encyclopedia of Diseases and Disorders (Gale Virtual Reference Library)

New books by James Patterson and Clive Cussler will be available in the middle of November.

James Patterson's new book, Cross Fire, is the 17th book in the Alex Cross series. It will be available on Monday, NOVEMBER 15th. Detective Alex Cross's wedding plans are put on hold when he is called to the scene of the assassination of a dirty congressman and an underhanded lobbyist. Next, the gunman begins killing off other crooked politicians. The FBI assigns agent Max Siegel to the investigation. As Alex and Siegel battle over jurisdiction, the murders continue. It becomes clear they are the work of a professional who has information that only a Washington insider could possess.

Cussler's latest book, Crescent Dawn, is the 21st book in the Dirk Pitt series. It will be available on Tuesday, NOVEMBER 16. In A.D. 327, a Roman galley barely escapes a pirate attack with its extraordinary cargo. In 1916, a British warship mysteriously explodes in the middle of the North Sea. In the present day, a cluster of mosques in Turkey and Egypt are destroyed by explosions. Does anything tie them together? NUMA director Dirk Pitt is about to find out. Roman artifacts are discovered in Turkey and Israel and are connected to the rise of a fundamentalist movement determined to restore the glory of the Ottoman Empire. Add to that the existence of a mysterious "manifest," which if discovered, may change the history of the world.

You may reserve these or any other books by stopping by or calling the reference desk or using your online library account.

Robert Louis Stevenson, a British novelist and poet, was born on November 13, 1850 in Scotland. His novels include Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped and The Black Arrow. He was a sickly child and spent much time indoors. He died on December 3, 1894 at the age of 44.

Treasure Island first appeared serially beginning in 1881 in Young Folks magazine under the pseudonym of Captain Geroge North. It was published as a book in 1883 and became a bestseller. It is a classic adventure story about young Jim Hawkins and his escapades with pirates who are trying to locate an abandoned treasure trove.

His works can be found in many formats in the library - print, large print, abridged, CD, VHS.

New books by Brad Thor and Larry Bond will be available on Tuesday, NOVEMBER 23.

Thor's new book, The Athena Project, focuses on a top-secret, all-female program codenamed The Athena Project. When a terrorist attack in Rome kills more than 20 Americans, Athena Team members Gretchen Casey, Julie Ericsson, Megan Rhodes, and Alex Cooper are assigned to hunt down the arms dealer responsible for providing the explosives. But there is more to the story. In South America, a U.S. intelligence officer makes a grisly discovery. And simultaneously in Colorado, a foreign spy is close to discovering the secret the U.S. government has hidden beneath Denver International Airport. As the four women close in on their target, they will learn that another attack has already been set in motion, and the greatest threat they face may be the secrets kept by their own government.

Larry Bond's new book, Edge of War, is the second in the Red Dragon Rising series. It's 2014 and China has invaded Vietnam. CIA officer Mara Duncan must get scientist Josh MacArthur and a 7-year-old witness to the Chinese atrocities in Vietnam out of the country safely. Mara and Josh are pursued by a Chinese monk turned commando, Jing Yo, who has the entire Chinese secret service helping him. Meanwhile in Hanoi, Maj. Zeus Murphy, at the president's request, is doing what he can to prevent the Chinese from defeating Vietnam.

You can reserve these or any other books by callling or stopping by the reference desk or by using your online library account.

Bestselling author Adriana Trigiani will be at the Book Revue in Huntington this Saturday, NOVEMBER 20, at 7 p.m.

She will be speaking about and signing her new non-fiction book, Don't Sing at the Table : Life Lessons from My Grandmothers. In her book she reveals how her grandmothers' values have shaped her life. Both her grandmothers were working women who juggled careers and families. She shares their entrepreneurial spirit and their resilience in the face of tragedy.

The Book Revue is located at 313 New York Avenue. For more information, call the Book Revue at 631-271-1442.

New bestsellers by Anita Shreve and Patricia Cornwell will be available on Tuesday, NOVEMBER 30.

In Rescue, by Shreve, a rookie paramedic pulls a young woman alive from her totaled car. Sheila Arsenault is streetwise and tough-talking with a never-look-back determination. Peter Webster falls for her instantly. Soon Sheila and Peter are married and have a baby daughter. Eighteen years later, Sheila is long gone and Peter is raising their daughter, Rowan, alone. But Rowan is veering dangerously off track. Sheila's sudden return may be a godsend--or it may be exactly the wrong moment.

Port Mortuary, by Cornwell, is the 18th book in the Kay Scarpetta series. As the chief of the new Cambridge Forensic Center in Massachusetts, Scarpetta is confronted with a case that could shut down her new facility and ruin her personally and professionally. A young man drops dead, apparently from a cardiac arrhythmia, close to Scarpetta's new Cambridge home. But when his body is examined, there are indications that he may have been alive when he was zipped inside a pouch and locked inside the Center's cooler. Various 3-D scans reveal more shocking details about internal injuries unlike any Scarpetta has ever seen. She must race against time to discover who is behind this death and why before more people die.

You can reserve these or any books by calling or stopping by the reference desk or by using your online library account.

Have you tried reading our downloadable books on your laptop or desktop computer? Are you thinking about getting an eReader for more readability and portability?

If so, check the Overdrive website to find out which devices currently allow you to use our library's free downloadable audiobooks and eBooks.

Andrew Carnegie, noted businessman and philanthropist, was born on November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland. He immigrated to the United States with his family in 1848.

He is referred to as the "patron saint of libraries" because between 1886 and 1919, he donated over $40 million to establish 1,679 libraries in the United States. Most of the buildings were unique, constructed in a variety of architectural styles. In total, he founded 2,509 libraries worldwide.

Why were libraries important to him? By utilizing a library, anyone can educate themselves and be successful. Colonel Anderson, a retired merchant, lent his own books to young boys, including Carnegie. This is how Andrew Carnegie educated himself. According to Carnegie, "It was from my own early experience that I decided there was no use to which money could be applied so productive of good to boys and girls who have good within them and ability and ambition to develop it, as the founding of a public library".

Carnegie died on August 11, 1919. He had given away $350 million, almost ninety percent of his fortune.

Al Roker, long-time meteorologist for NBC, will be at the Book Revue in Huntington on Friday, DECEMBER 17, at 7 p.m. to talk about and sign his new book The Midnight Show Murders.

Professional chef turned amateur sleuth Billy Blessing finds himself in trouble when a killing cancels a TV show - and its host - during its debut. A beautiful female TV producer convinces Billy to find the culprit himself and do it on camera. This book is a follow-up to Roker's first mystery, The Morning Show Murders.

For more information, contact the Book Revue at 631-271-1442.