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If you haven't already, there's still time to register and participate in Adult Summer Reading. July 31 is the last day to register but reading logs may be returned until August 31. Register online (then pick up a reading log from GHCL) OR In the library at our circulation desk. Each registrant will be subscribed (opt-out is available) for a weekly (14 issues) email newsletter filled with reading recommendations and other fun articles. Winners are drawn Monday and announced every Thursday in the e-newsletter. Each prize package includes a Powell’s gift card, two Literary Arts tickets, a unique book-themed collectible coin from The Shire Post, a WCCLS Reads pint glass, and a WCCLS Reads book bag. Fill out a GHCL reading log for the chance to enter a drawing for more prizes. This year, adults log 5 books and do 3 reading challenges (read outside, read outside your comfort zone and choose your own challenge). Turn in a log for your chance to enter the GHCL prize drawing at the end of the year. Five grand prizes will be drawn at GHCL - each with WCCLS Reads tote, $15 Annie Blooms gift certificate, WCCLS Reads pint glass and a $5 Garden Home Growlers gift certificate. There will also be other mini-drawings for WCCLS Reads totes or print glasses. All drawings will be held in early September. Share books, reading selfies, and other summer reading content on social media using #wcclsreads. Younger readers can participate too. Kids and teens sign up in the library, so bring in children, grandchildren, niblings (nieces & nephews), neighbors, and/or other youngsters. Make reading a family affair.
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Events held at (unless otherwise noted): The Garden Home Community Library Annex 7306 SW Oleson Rd Our Annex is located across the street in the Garden Home Marketplace shopping center - 2 doors down from the Bulldog Deli. Look for the yellow garden gnome outside the door.
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Tuesday Night Nourishment DATE: Tuesday, July 9 TIME: 7-8:30 pm Selection: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Traces a night of solitary mourning and reflection as experienced by the sixteenth president after the death of his eleven-year-old son at the dawn of the Civil War.
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Film Night: Flight of the Butterflies (PG-13) DATE: Friday, July 19 TIME: 6-7 pm Flight of the Butterflies (PG-13, 2012, 40 min.) unveils the journey of millions of monarch butterflies as they make their ongoing multi-generational migration across North America.
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Documentary screening & discussion DATE: Tuesday, July 30 TIME: 6:30-8:30 pm In partnership with Washington County Solid Waste & Recycling, we’ll screen the documentary Just Eat It (74 minutes) with a brief discussion after. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash? Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping and survive only on discarded food. What they find is truly shocking. (description from imdb.com).
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Nerd Night: Trivia for Adults DATE: Wednesday, July 2 TIME: 6:30-8:30 pm On the first Tuesday of every month, come test your knowledge - solo or in a team – and find out who knows the most. Five varying sets of trivia, including current events and music. Prizes for most and least points at the end of the night.
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Crafternoon Tea! DATE: Wednesday, July 3 TIME: 2-4 pm Bring your own handcraft project (knitting, crochet, needlepoint, macramé, stamping, cardmaking, etc.) to work on, and enjoy the company of fellow craft enthusiasts! All levels are welcome. Tea is provided.
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Board Game Night DATE: Wednesday, July 10 TIME: 6:00-9 pm New selection and variety of board games provided each month. Participants are also invited to bring their own games to share.
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Crafternoon Tea! DATE: Wednesday, July 17 TIME: 2-4 pm Bring your own handcraft project (knitting, crochet, needlepoint, macramé, stamping, cardmaking, etc.) to work on, and enjoy the company of fellow craft enthusiasts! All levels are welcome. Tea is provided.
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Ukulele Jam DATE: Saturday, July 20 TIME: 11 am-12 pm Our ukulele jams are a relaxed and welcoming space, designed for musicians of all ages and abilities who enjoy creating music together. GHCL has a small selection of instruments available for use on a first-come basis; if you own your own ukulele please bring it to the jam. We also offer ukuleles for checkout, through our Library of Things.
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Garden Gnomes du Plume: A Writer's Group DATE: Tuesday, July 23 TIME: 6:30-8:30 pm Looking to join a writers' group? Try ours and see if it’s a good fit for you. Our small group (limited to 15 people) meets monthly on the 4th Tuesday of each month (except December). The group is led by group members and the topic changes monthly. In July the group will be critiquing writing. Agenda and a writing prompt is emailed 7 days before the meeting. RSVP is required.
If you are interested in attending or learning more, please email Heather or call 503-245-9932.
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America in space : NASA's first fifty years
by Steven J. Dick
A visual history of NASA's many achievements in manned and unmanned space travel, written by a team of experienced NASA staffers and illustrated with more than 400 images, many of which are previously unpublished photographs from NASA archives. The story of America's Space Age begins in the 1950s with intrepid test pilots venturing ever faster and higher, and opens out into the now-legendary Mercury and Apollo missions of the 1960s that made astronauts into national heroes. The Space Shuttle era shows us what everyday space travel might look like, while grand vistas of the universe expand our sense of wonder. The large format of the book captures both the human drama and the vast scale of NASA's projects.--From publisher description
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NASA/art : 50 years of exploration
by James D. Dean
Ranging from the establishment of NASA in 1958 to the present day, the history of space exploration is chronicled through the work of some of the world's most renowned artists, including Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Norman Rockwell, James Wyeth, Alexander Calder, Nam June Paik, William Wegman, and Annie Leibovitz, among others.
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The astronaut wives club : a true story
by Lily Koppel
"As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty. They had tea with Jackie Kennedy, appeared on the cover of Life magazine, and quickly grew into fashion icons. Annie Glenn, with her picture-perfect marriage, was the envy of the other wives; platinum-blonde Rene Carpenter was proclaimed JFK's favorite; and licensed pilot Trudy Cooper arrived on base with a secret. Together with the other wives they formed the Astronaut Wives Club, meeting regularly to provide support and friendship. Many became next-door neighbors and helped to raise each other's children by day, while going to glam parties at night. As their celebrity rose-and as divorce and tragic death began to touch their lives-they continued to rally together, and the wives have now been friends for more than fifty years. THE ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB tells the real storyof the women who stood beside some of the biggest heroes in American history"
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Astronaut wives club:Based on Lily Koppel's book "The Astronaut Wives Club" this limited series tells the story of the women who were essential players behind big events in American history. As astronauts embark on death-defying missions, Life magazine documents behind-the-scenes moments from the lives of their young wives and families. The attention transforms these military spouses into American royalty. While their celebrity status rises, tragedy also starts to touch their lives, bringing the women together to support one another.
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Apollo expeditions to the moon : the NASA history
by Edgar M. Cortright
Discover the thrilling inside story of the Apollo program with this new commemorative edition of an official NASA publication. This volume features essays by the program's participants—engineers, administrators, and astronauts—that recall the unprecedented challenges associated with putting men on the Moon. Written in direct, jargon-free language, this compelling adventure story features scores of black-and-white illustrations, in addition to more than 160 dazzling color photographs."
A triumph of organization as well as daring, the Apollo program reflects the success of a dedicated crew of gifted individuals. This well-rounded survey offers insights into the program's management challenges as well as its engineering feats. Contributors include NASA administrator James E. Webb; Christopher C. Kraft, head of the Mission Control Center; engineer Wernher von Braun; Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Shepard, and other astronauts.
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The right stuff
by Tom Wolfe
The moments of grandeur and weakness, the aspirations, and the problems of America's astronauts are revealed in an exploration of the dimensions of their inner lives in space, on the moon, and on the earth
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Right stuff /
This adaptation of the non-fiction novel by Tom Wolfe chronicles the first 15 years of America's space program. By focusing on the lives of the Mercury astronauts, including John Glenn (Ed Harris) and Alan Shepard (Scott Glenn), the film recounts the dangers and frustrations experienced by those involved with NASA's earliest achievements. It also depicts their family lives and the personal crises they endured during an era of great political turmoil and technological innovation.
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Mardi Gras murder
by Ellen Byron
When a flood unearths a dead body in the small town of Pelican, Louisiana, bed and breakfast owner Maggie Crozat is determined to identify the dead person and find the killer
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Glass houses : a novel
by Louise Penny
A suspicious figure that appears on the village green on a cold November day leaves a dead body in its wake, compelling Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec to pursue an investigation that has difficult consequences. By the Edgar Award-winning author of A Great Reckoning.
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A lady's guide to etiquette and murder
by Dianne Freeman
Enjoying unusual freedoms as a widow, the American-born Countess of Harleigh emerges from mourning to host her sister's first London season while navigating a chivalrous inspector's investigation into the scandalous circumstances of her husband's death.
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Curses, boiled again!
by Shari Randall
Recovering from an injury, prima ballerina Allie Larkin returns home to Mystic Bay where she encourages her Aunt Gully, the owner of the Lazy Mermaid Lobster Shack, to enter her lobster rolls into a televised cooking contest, but when the competition is taken out and foul play is to blame, Allie must catch the culprit before this case boils over. Original.
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Local Scene: Taylor Zajonc
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The maw : a novel
by Taylor Zajonc
Milo Luttrell never expected to step inside the mouth of an ancient cave in rural Tanzania. After all, he's a historian--not an archaeologist. Summoned under the guise of a mysterious life-changing opportunity, Milo suddenly finds himself in the midst of an expedition into the largest underground system in Africa, helmed by a brash billionaire-turned-exploration guru and his elite team of cavers. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to finally solve a century-old disappearance of the famed explorer Lord Riley DeWar, an enigmatic figure who both made--and nearly ruined--Milo's fledgling career.
Determined to make the most of his second chance, Milo joins the team and begins a harrowing descent into one of Earth's last secrets: a dangerous, pitch-black realm of twisting passages and ancient fossils nearly two thousand feet underground. But when a storm hits the surface base camp, stranding the cavers and washing away supplies, all communication to the outside world is lost. As the remaining resources dwindle and members of the team begin to exhibit strange and terrifying abilities, Milo must brave the encroaching darkness to unearth the truth behind DeWar's fascination with the deep--and why he never left.
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