Read in Ned – Nederland Community Library

On to New Frontiers

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GREAT TRAVEL RESOURCES AT NCL In my last coIumn I thought it appropriate to encourage everyone to take advantage of the great travel resources available through NCL’s print collection and our e-resources in Overdrive and 3M. ...by Roberta Brown-Jones

Reading Playground

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READING PLAYGROUND Incorporating interesting and fun things into reading is as old a trick as reading itself. ...by Michael Sivcovich

Himalaya Bound

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HIMALAYA BOUND The pace of our cultural evolution seems to be speeding up. This book provides a rare glimpse into a culture that has managed to preserve its identity in a shifting world. ...by Jay Mann

First Person Singular

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FIRST PERSON SINGULAR Why aren't more book reviews aren’t written in the first person, given that so many books are written from the standpoint of an omniscient first person character? ...by Tom Lambrecht

Read in Ned: Red in Ned

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THE HUNT FOR RED BOOKS I thought it would be fun to consider ….. RED BOOKS! I combed our Nederland Community Library shelves and found several old book friends — and one new title — that fit the bill. ...by Cathy Grace

Pondering love and relationships

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LOVE LESSONS The Course of Love provides an honest, wise, and hilarious depiction of love and relationships.. ...by Roberta Brown-Jones

When a book’s story, characters, or tenor resonates with what is going on in your life

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SYNCHRONICITY Have you ever experienced book synchronicities? When a book’s story, characters, and/or tenor resonates with what is going on in your life? It can happen in a number of ways, including by chance. ...by Jay Mann

Robert Reich’s Economics Lessons

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ECONOMICS LESSONS Economics in Wonderland is a hybrid work that combines short explanatory segments on different issues like wealth inequality, free trade, and student debt, accompanied by cartoons visually amplifying the same subjects. ...by Roberta Brown-Jones

From Page to Screen

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FROM PAGE TO SCREEN While it is nearly always true that a book will have richer language and detail, deeper character development, and as Anne of Green Gables might say “more scope for the imagination,” I maintain that movies offer strengths of their own. ...by Cathy Grace

New Crop of Cookbooks

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NEW CROP OF COOKBOOKS These days, cookbooks have more background about food origins, selecting ingredients and of course, the action-packed lives of their celebrity chef authors. ...by Tom Lambrecht