Friends of Atchison Library Annual Meeting
Join us at the Library on Sunday, September 25th from 2 – 4 p.m. for our Annual Meeting. After a brief business meeting and election of officers, a panel will discuss one-room schoolhouses. Following the panel discussion, the film “One-Room Schoolhouse” will be shown. The documentary features several Atchison County teachers including Vera Hurst, the Atchison County expert on the subject.
Friends of the Atchison Library (FoAL) is a volunteer organization whose purpose is to:
- Build support in the community for the Atchison Library.
- Enhance the image, materials, services and facilities of the Atchison
Library by undertaking specific projects on its behalf. - Maintain an association of individual, civic organizations, businesses, and
other groups interested in the Atchison library. - Create public awareness of the activities of the Friends of the Atchison
Library and encourage participation in the organization.
Essay Contest
The Jagged Corner Writers are sponsoring an essay contest this fall. All entries are welcome and must adhere to the guidelines below (click on Read More.) Contact Don Carlson at dcarlson25@kc.rr.com for more information. Read more
New Book in the News
National Public Radio hosted a great interview earlier this week with the authors of That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World it Invented and How We Can Come Back. Click the following links to place holds on the print and audio CD versions of the book.
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New Fiction- New DVDs
- Bedlam. , [videorecording] /, Season 1, a Red Production Company ; written and created by Neil Jones, David Allison and Chris Parker ; directed by John Strickland and Alrick Riley ; produced by Matthew Bird.
- 1Q84 , [sound recording] /, Haruki Murakami ; translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel.
- The Civil War , [videorecording] /, a production of Florentine Films and WETA-TV ; producers, Ken Burns and Ric Burns ; writers, Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns, Ken Burns.
- Tales of terror, the pit and the pendulum, the raven , [videorecording] .
- Ghost hunter collection , [DVD videorecording] /, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.
- New Nonfiction
- Then again / , by Diane Keaton.
- What's a homeowner to do? / , Stephen Fanuka and Edward Lewine.
- The price of civilization : , reawakening American virtue and prosperity /, Jeffrey D. Sachs.
- Westmoreland : , the general who lost Vietnam /, Lewis Sorley.
- Folks, this ain't normal : , a farmer's advice for happier hens, healthier people, and a better world /, Joel Salatin.
- New Large Print
- New Young Adult
- New Audiobooks
- Private , [sound recording] :, #1 suspect /, James Patterson [and Maxine Paetro].
- Seriously-- I'm kidding , [sound recording] /, Ellen DeGeneres.
- 77 Shadow Street , [sound recording] :, (a novel) /, Dean Koontz.
- 1861 , [sound recording] :, the Civil War awakening /, Adam Goodheart.
- Mr. Fox , [sound recording] /, Helen Oyeyemi.
- New Children’s