Holistic Health Fair, January 7

Winter Reading = Holiday Book Bundles

Just in time for your holiday reading. Come by and check out holiday book bundles. Below is just a sample of the book bundles we have available.

Thrills and Chills
• A Winter Haunting by Dan Simmons

• The Hounds of Winter by James Magnuson

• Blood and Ice by Robert Masello

Cold Hard Facts (nonfiction bundle)

• The Ultimate Storm Survival Handbook by Marren Faidley

• The Longest Winter by Alex Kershaw

• Halfway to Heaven by Mark Obmascik

Winter Lit

• Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
• Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay

Bundle Up for Christmas
• Christmas Present by Jacquelyn Mitchard

• All Through the Night by Suzanne Brockman
• Lakeshore Christmas by Susan Wiggs

At the Library: Books in * Korean *

Find books in Korean in the Foreign Language Collection.

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Shack by William Paul Young

Masumiyet Müzesi by Orhan Pamuk

Outliners: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Atemschaukel by Herta Müller

Wrap Up the Holidays!

Location Change for the Holiday Farmers Market

Holiday Farmers Market
Saturday, Dec 3rd from 8am-12 Noon

Location has been changed from the Carl Levin Park to Room A in the Library and Activities Center - 400 Indian Trail Harker Heights, Tx 76548
254-953-5493

Enjoy hand crafted holiday items, fresh fall veggies, and homemade pies and treats. Cash only.

Holiday Farmers Market- Dec. 3

For Your Reading and Cooking Pleasure

Fiction

1Q84- Haruki Muakami

A Dublin Student Doctor- Patrick Taylor

The Wedding Quilt- Jennifer Chiaverini

The Prague Cemetery- Umberto Eco

City of Whispers- Marcia Muller

Phobos Mayan Fear- Steve Alten

1225 Christmas Tree Lane- Debbie Macomber

Zero Day- David Baldacci

Prince of Ravenscar- Catherine Coulter

The Ares Decision- Kyle Mills

Non Fiction

Why Read Moby-Dick?- Nathaniel Philbrick

A History of the World in 100 Objects- Neil MacGregor

No Buddy Left Behind- Terri Crisp

Seriously…I’m Kidding- Ellen Degeneres

The Family Meal, Home Cooking with Ferran Adriá

Essential Pepin- Jacques Pépin

Cook Without a Book, Meatless Meals- Pam Anderson

Menu Cookbook- Editors at America’s Test Kitchen

Holiday Raw Foods Workshop in November

The best scary stories ever!

The Harker Heights Public Library is compiling a list of the best scary stories ever. Help us by adding your favorite to the list in the comment box.

Edgar Allen Poe and other scary stories

Throughout the month of October our adult book club will be reading spookie stories. What is your favorite scary story? What do you enjoy about thrill and chills in your reading?

For Your Reading, and Listening, Pleasure

Books
Martha Stewart’s Handmade Holiday Crafts
Your Medical Mind by Jerome Groopman
US National Parks West from Insight Guides
Our Bodies, Ourselves from the Women’s Health Book Collective
The Apple Lover’s Cookbook by Amy Traverso

Books on CD

Haiti read by Meryl Streep
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana read by Sarah Zimmerman
Burnt Mountain read by Kate Reading
Merciless read by Phil Gigante

Skin Care for Winter!

Book SaleThis Weekend!

Friends of the Harker Heights Public Library Book Sale

The Friends of the Harker Heights Public Library Book Sale

The Friends of the Harker Heights Public Library are having their annual book sale! Come one, come all for some great deals on books, DVDs, and more! Friday, Sept. 30th from 4pm-7pm Saturday, Oct 1st from 8am-3pm

New Arrivals--Foreign Language Material

We just received a new addition to our collection, books in Spanish! We are also in the process of receiving material in German and Korean, those titles will be posted as they arrive.

Libros en Español--Books in Spanish

Veinte Peomas de Amor y una Canción Desesperada y Cien Sonetos de Amor – Pablo Neruda

Las Valkirias – Paulo Coelho
La Receta de la Felicidad – Deepak Chopra
90 Minutos en el Cielo – Don Piper con Cecil Murphey
La Guía de Buena Salud para un Corazón Sano – Jane L. Delgado
Vivos Bajo Tierra – Manuel Pino Toro
Cocina Vegetariana – Sandra Figueroa de Castro y Consuelo Bodoya de Acuna
Cautiva, Testimonio de un Secuestro – Clara Rojas
Don Quijote de la Mancha – Miguel de Cervantes
La Sombra del Viento – Carlos Ruiz Zafón
La Reina del Sur – Arturo Pérez- Reverte

Libros de Stieg Larsson:

Millennium 1: Los Hombres que no Amaban a las Mujeres
Millennium 2: La Chica que Soñaba con un Cerillo y un Galón de Gasolina
Millennium 3: La Reina en el Palacio de las Corrientes de Aire

Great Grains Workshop

Next week the Library will be hosing a two-part workshop about whole grains. Sue Dorn from the Family Food Network will be leading this informative workshop.

Celebrate Whole Grains Month by calling 254-953-5491 to register!

Monday & Tuesday

September 19 & 20

5:30-7:30

For Your Reading Pleasure

NEW FICTION

     Trust by Janet Dailey

     Chihuahuas of the Baskervilles by Esri Albritten

     Cold Vengeance by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston

     Ghost Story by Jim Butcher

     Now You See Her by James Patterson

NEW NON-FICTION

     100 Natural Remedies for Your Child by Jared M. Skowron

     The Kimchi Chronicles by Marja Vongerichten

     On the Origin of Tepees by Jennie Hughes

     River Monsters by Jeremy Wade

     What I Wore by Jessica Quirk

Get It! Use It!

Bring a photo ID and proof of local residency and get the smartest card in your wallet.

Celebrate September!

September is full of wonderful and interesting events! To kick-off the month, we celebrated National Couponing Month by hosing a couponing class. We had an excellent response for the workshop; it was a great money-saving morning!

In two weeks we will be celebrating Whole Grains Month with our Great Grains 2-day workshop. Mark your calendars for September 19 and 20 and call us to make your reservation,254-953-5491.

Thinking about trying yoga? Well, September is National Yoga Month and there are all sorts of yoga-related activities abound. Visit Yoga Month, Yoga Journal and Yoga Basics.

Interesting observances in September:

AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Month

Baby Safety Month

Coupon Month

Happy Cat Month

National Honey Month

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

Pleasure Your Mate Month

National Sickle Cell Month

Women’s Friendship Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month

Skin Care Awareness Month

For Your Cooking Pleasure

Five new cookbooks have arrived!

Vegan Family Meals by Ann Gentry
The Kimchi Chronicles by Marja Vongerichten
Can It, Bottle It, Smoke It by Karen Solomon
Everyday Raw Express by Matthew Kenney
Microgreens by Eric Frank and Jasmine Richardson (new to our library)

Online Book Club- Tuesday 8/30

This quarter's selection is Drawing in the Dust by Zoe Klein. Join is for our quarterly online book club on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 @ 12 noon. To participate online, sign-up for a Meebo account.

Save the Date! Programs in September

Sign up for one, or both, of these fun and interesting programs.

Couponing!

Saturday, September 3, 11 am—12 noon

Envious of extreme couponers saving lots of money? Want to bring your grocery bill down? Join our new couponing club and learn how to start saving! Learn some basics of how couponing works, how to organize your coupons and shopping trips. Make the most of your shopping trip by attending this workshop lead by coupon enthusiast, Ms. Renee Sharper.  Call 254-953-5491 to register.

Great Grains 2-day workshop  

Monday and Tuesday, September  19 & 20   5:30– 7:30 pm

September is Whole Grains Month so celebrate it by learning more about the health benefits of cooking with whole grains. Sue Dorn from Family Food Network will be leading this informative workshop. Call 254-93-5491 for more information and to register.  Class size is limited

Monday

Come and learn what is so great about whole grains.  Ms. Dorn will provide valuable information and lead a discussion on the health benefits of whole grain fresh flour and the hazards of eating only white flour.  We will learn about the uses and flavors of the different varieties of wheat.

Tuesday

See a demonstration of milling, mixing and baking bread from fresh flour.  We will discuss the benefits of the healthy ingredients included in our freshly baked bread.  Enjoy tasting the finished product!

For Your Reading Pleasure

FICTION

     A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin

     Darling Dahlias & the Naked Ladies by Susan Wittig Albert

     The Devil’s Colony by James Rollins

     Leaving by Karen Kingsbury

     An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin.

NON-FICTION

    Bird Cloud by Annie Proulx

    Girl’s Guide to Homelessness by Brianna Karp

    Men’s Health Big Book of Food & Nutrition by Joel Weber

    Show Me How to Survive by Joshua Pred

    Super Body, Super Brain by Michael Gonzalez-Wallace

This Saturday - Tour of the Gault Archeology Dig Site

Saturday, July 23 from 8:00 - 11:30 am

Explore archeology in action with a tour of the Gault archeological site near Florence. The Gault site is considered to be one of the premier archeological sites in North America and boasts one of the largest Clovis sites. 

Attendees will meet at the Harker Heights Public Library at 8:00 am and caravan to the Bell County Museum and then to the Gault Site itself.

Bring your hat and plenty of water! Space is limited. Call 254-953-5491 to reserve your spot. $10.00 per person.

Art Beyond Borders: A Night in Paris Art Exhibit Opening!

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, the traveling exhibit "Art Beyond Borders" will include over twenty international, multi-cultural art pieces for various across the world.

Celebrate the "Art Beyond Borders  Exhibit by joining us in a fun and festive evening that includes jazz music and light, Parisian themed snacks. Music will be performed by the Jazz Addicts.

Friday, July 8 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm

Become Someone Else!

These ingenious posters were found on the Swiss Army Librarian blog. The blog is the 2011 Blog Award Winner in the Public Library Blog category.  The posters were created for Mint Vinetu, a used bookstore in Lithuania, by the Love Agency. Cool advertising for bibliophiles!

Become Someone Else!

These ingenious posters were found on the Swiss Army Librarian blog. The blog is the 2011 Blog Award Winner in the Public Library Blog category.  The posters were created for Mint Vinetu, bookstore in Lithuania, by the Love Agency. Cool advertising for bibliophiles!

For Your Reading Pleasure

FICTION

     Prophecy by S. J. Parris

     Miss Julia Rocks the Cradle by Ann B. Ross

     The Bride’s House by Sandra Dallas

     The Complaints by Ian Rankin

     Quicksilver by Amanda Quick

NON-FICTION

     The Great White Bear by Kieran Mulvaney

      Innocent Spouse by Carol Ross Joynt

      I’ve Never Met an Idiot on the River by Henry Winkler

      The Convert by Deborah Baker

       50 Jobs in 50 States by Daniel Seddiqui

Travel Writing According to Paul Theroux

Read what travel writer Paul Theroux has to say about travel books. Also, listen to a podcast or read the transcript about his latest book, The Tao of Travel: Enlightenments from Lives on the Road.

Enjoy Summertime Reading with Overdrive Tutorials!

Just in time for summer reading! Join is in tutorial and question and answer session about Overdrive. Be sure to bring your device and library card. Call 254-953-5491 to sign up.

June 4, 10:00 am– 11:00 am               July 2, 10:00 am– 11:00 am

June 7, 6:00 pm– 7:00 pm                  July 5, 6:00 pm– 7:00 pm

Westerns, Westerns, Westerns!

are the theme of our book club this month. Choose any western that you would like to read, and participate in our online, live book discussion.

What exactly is a western? Westerns tend to take place between the Civil War and the 1900s. Generally characters either live in or travel to the American West in search of a better life, adventure, gold, love, etc. The main characters tend to live by a code, though that code will not necessarily fit the code of society.

Have you ever read a western before? Here's your chance...let us know what you think regarding this genre. The book discussion will be held on Tuesday, May 31 at 12 noon at the library and on our new live discussion option.

Need help finding a Western, visit Kent District Library.

For Your Reading Pleasure

FICTION

     Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris

     10^th Anniversary by James Patterson.

     Doc by Mary Alice Russell

     Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi

     Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson

NON-FICTION

    Alone Together by Sherry Turkle

    I Beat the Odds by Michael Oher

    In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson

    A Most Dangerous Book by Christopher B. Krebs

    Transition by Chaz Bono

Meditation Mondays Continue!

That's right! There are three more weeks left of Meditation Mondays in May. Don't miss this opportunity to reach zen-like relaxation.

May 9, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
May 16, 12 noon - 1:00 pm
May 23, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Please wear comfortable clothes and a blanket, towel or mat. Call 254-953-54951 to reserve your spot. See you there!