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Author Steve Brass Book Talk and Book Signing
A Wealth of Information Awaits You
February 2014 Volume 2, Issue 2
The Word About Town Coolidge Public Library
Arizona author Steve Brass will visit the library on Friday, Febru-ary 14th at 4:00 p.m. to talk about his new book Love Match: 50 Ques-tions to Find Your Mate.
Love Match gets to the core of a relationship by defining and ex-ploring 50 questions within the
Five Pillars of Compatibility: chemistry, cash, communication, caring, and commitment. Each pillar provides the key questions for every per-
son who is in a relationship or who wants to be in a long-lasting relationship.
Steve identified the Five Pillars and devel-oped the 50 Questions while interviewing over 100 people.
You will have the opportunity to purchase and have a signed copy of Love Match.
Call (520) 723-6030 or email [email protected] soon to register for this free event!
Workshops for Job Seekers!
Need help with that resume? Unsure where to start?
We are excited to offer two workshops for job seekers in February. These workshops are of-fered free of charge, by former Intel HR em-ployee, Barbara Plante, who enjoys helping those in the community get back to work!
On Tuesday, February 4th from 9am-12pm, at-tend a workshop on resume writing.
On Tuesday, February 11th from 10am-1pm, come on over to learn about interview tech-niques!
You are not required to attend both sessions, however if you do, Barbara will allow follow up assistance over the phone following the classes! Be sure to register by noon on the day before the workshop. Call (520) 723-6030 or email [email protected].
Special Points of Interest...
Health Insurance 101—Feb 1
Workshops for Job Seekers—Feb 4, Feb 11
Free Oral Screenings (see details) - Feb 10
Affordable Care Act Info Session—Feb 13
Tween Titans—Feb 13
Steve Brass Book Discussion & Signing—Feb 14
How to Talk to Your Doctor—Feb 27
Inside this issue:
ACA and Health Insurance Sessions 2
How to Talk to your Doctor 2
hoopla on the iPad 2
Teen Friday Flix 6
Tween Titans 6
Fun Van & Weekly Storytime 7
Oral Health Screenings 7
hoopla 8
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13th at 12:00 p.m., Maria will discuss the Affordable Care Act and Health Insur-ance Marketplace. This in-formation session is ideal for people who are curious about the ACA, the enroll-ment process, and how it might affect them. She will also go over some helpful resources available to eve-ryone.
Maria Villalobos, the Re-gional Lead Navigator with Sun Life Family Health Cen-ters, will visit the library twice in February.
On February 1st at 9:00 a.m., Maria will discuss Health Insurance 101 and what questions to ask when picking a coverage plan.
On Thursday, February
All sessions are free. Please call us at (520) 723-6030 or email us at [email protected] to register.
Refreshments will be pro-vided.
Health Insurance and Affordable Care Act Info Sessions
We are excited to introduce hoopla Digital. Hoopla allows
you to borrow movies, TV shows, and music digitally (full details on the last page of this newsletter).
Join us on Thursday, February 20th at 9:00 a.m., as we go over the hoopla app, how to browse for and temporarily download movies, television shows, and music onto your iPad.
This Month’s iPad Class: hoopla Digital
If you don’t have an iPad, we will loan you one while you’re in the class so you can see how it would work!
Space is limited. Please call (520) 723-6030 or email us at [email protected] to register for this free class.
Please check to see if your library card is in good standing and is not expired. We might use it in the workshop.
doctors organize their time with patients and how we can come prepared with infor-mation and questions to make the visit a mutually rewarding experience.
This is a free program and is presented by
Talking with your doctors can seem a bit daunting at times.
Join us on Thursday, February 27th at 1:00 p.m. as we learn how to benefit the most from a doctor’s visit.
We will learn how
Hospice of the Valley.
Please register in ad-vance. You can call the library at (520) 723-6030 or you can email us at [email protected].
Refreshments will be available for all.
How to Talk to Your Doctor: Benefit the Most From Your Visit
First Love — Adult Fiction (also available in audio format) By James Patterson, Emily Raymond, and Sasha Illingworth
Axi Moore is a "good girl": She studies hard, stays out of the spotlight, and doesn't tell anyone that what she really wants is to run away from it all. The only person she can tell is her best friend, Robinson, who she also happens to be madly in love with. When Axi impulsively invites Robinson to come with her on an unplanned cross-country road trip, she breaks the rules for the first time in her life. But the adventure quickly turns from carefree to out-of-control.
A remarkably moving tale with its origins in James Patterson's own past, First Love is testament to the power of first love--and how it can change the rest of your life. The Husband’s Secret— Adult Fiction (also available in 3M eBook format) By Liane Moriarty
Imagine that your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret—something with the potential to destroy not just the life you built together, but the lives of others as well. Imagine, then, that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive. . . Cecilia Fitzpatrick has achieved it all—she’s an incredibly successful businesswoman, a pillar of her small community, and a devoted wife and mother. Her life is as orderly
and spotless as her home. But that letter is about to change everything, and not just for her: Ra-chel and Tess barely know Cecilia—or each other—but they too are about to feel the earth-shattering repercussions of her husband’s secret. Innocence: A Novel— Adult Fiction (also available in large print, audio, and 3M eBook) By Dean Koontz
He lives in solitude beneath the city, an exile from society, which will destroy him if he is ever seen. She dwells in seclusion, a fugitive from enemies who will do her harm if she is ever found. But the bond between them runs deeper than the tragedies that have scarred their lives. Something more than chance—and nothing less than destiny—has brought them together in a world whose hour of reckoning is fast approaching.
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Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War—Adult Non Fiction By Robert M. Gates
From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In relating his personal journey as secretary, Gates draws us into the innermost sanctums of government and military power during the height of the Iraq and Af-ghanistan wars, illuminating iconic figures, vital negotiations, and critical situations
in revealing, intimate detail. Offering unvarnished appraisals of Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Presidents Bush and Obama among other key players, Gates exposes the full spec-trum of behind-closed-doors politicking within both the Bush and Obama administrations. Hands Free Mama: A Guide to Putting Down the Phone, Burning the To-Do List, and Letting Go of Perfection to Grasp What Really Matters! —Adult Non Fiction By Rachael Macy Stafford
We check our email while cooking dinner, send a text while bathing the kids, and spend more time looking into electronic screens than into the eyes of our loved ones. With our never-ending to-do lists and jam-packed schedules, it's no wonder we're distracted. But this isn't the way it has to be. Hands Free Mama is the digital society's answer to finding balance in a media-
saturated, perfection-obsessed world. It doesn't mean giving up all technology forever. It doesn't mean forgoing our jobs and responsibilities. What it does mean is seizing the little moments that life offers us to engage in real and meaningful interaction. The Butler: A Witness to History—Adult Non Fiction (also available in audio book format) By Wil Haygood
When acclaimed Washington Post writer Wil Haygood had an early hunch that Obama would win the 2008 election, he thought he'd highlight the singular moment by exploring the life of someone who had come of age when segregation was so widespread, so embedded in the culture, as to make the very thought of a black president inconceivable. He struck gold when he tracked down Eugene Allen, a but-ler who had served no fewer than eight presidents, from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan.
Are you reading this on your computer or tablet? Click on any hyperlinks and you will be redirected
to the online catalog so you can view item availability and place a request!
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Check out these new romances!
Thanks For Sharing—DVD Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, and Joely Richardson
Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Josh Gad and Alecia "Pink" Moore shine in an unconventional romantic comedy that follows the topsy-turvy lives and loves of three obsessive characters: an overachieving environmental consultant (Ruffalo), a stubborn small- business owner (Robbins) and a wisecracking ER doctor (Gad). They meet in a support group and set into motion a life-changing journey filled with laughter and surprises.
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion Don Tillman, a professor of genetics, sets up a project designed to find him the perfect wife, starting with a questionnaire that has to be adjusted a little as he goes along. Then he meets Rosie, who is everything he's not looking for in a wife, but she ends up his friend as he helps her try and find her biological father. The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott Tess, an aspiring seamstress, is hired to be a personal maid on the Titanic's doomed voyage. On board, Tess meets a rough-hewn but kind sailor and an enigmatic Chicago businessman. On the fourth night of the voyage, disaster strikes. Dark Wolf (Carpathian Novel) by Christine Feehan Already tasked with shielding half of his soul, Skyler must save Carpathian Dimitri after he is marked for extermination by the Lycans. No Place for a Dame by Connie Brockway Avery dresses as a man in order to join the Royal Astronomical Society, a plan helped along by Lord Giles, who agrees to take her on as a prodigy in exchange for her help searching for a missing col-league. The Dancing Master by Julie Klassen Dancing master Alec Valcourt moved his mother and sister to remote Devonshire, hoping to start over. But he is stunned to learn the village matriarch has prohibited all dancing, for reasons buried deep in her past. With an unlikely ally in Julia Midwinter, the matriarch's daughter, he comes to real-ize her bold exterior disguises a vulnerable soul-- and hidden sorrows of her own. Can they uncover old secrets and restore life to the somber village ... and to her mother's tattered heart?
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Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children— Young Adult Fiction By Ransom Riggs
This second novel begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine’s island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. Along the way, they en-counter new allies, a menagerie of peculiar animals, and other unexpected sur-prises. Complete with dozens of newly discovered (and thoroughly mesmerizing) vintage photographs, this new adventure will delight readers of all ages.
Rooftoppers — Juvenile Fiction By Katherine Rundell
Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from the shipwreck which left baby Sophie floating in the English Channel in a cello case, but Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help. Her guardian tells her it is almost impossible that her mother is still alive, but that means still pos-sible. You should never ignore a possible. So when the Welfare Agency writes to her guardian threatening to send Sophie to an orphanage, she takes matters into her own hands and flees to Paris to look for her mother, starting with the only clue she has - the address of the cello maker.
The library hosts Teen Friday Flix on the third Friday of every month. You are in-vited to come over to watch a movie and eat snacks with your friends.
Each month, we will have an exciting movie that is sure to grab your attention.
Our next showing will be Friday, February 21st
These movies are rated PG-13. If you are just under that age, please ask us in ad-vance about parent permission.
To find out what this month’s movie selec-tion is, please visit the library or call us at (520) 723-6030.
Are you between the ages of 9 and 12? Do you like to do fun, crafty projects? We have just the thing for you!
On the second Thursday of each month, the library hosts Tween Titans at 4:00 p.m. Come in on February 13th and you will get to make some really neat crafts (like a pi-ñata!)
You don’t have to register. Just bring your-self, enjoy a snack, and make a cool craft af-ter school.
Questions? Email [email protected] or call us at (520) 723-6030.
Teen Friday Flix
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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore— Easy Fiction (Children’s Picture Book) By William Joyce and Joe Bluhm (Illustrator)
Morris Lessmore loved words. He loved stories. He loved books. But every story has its upsets.
Everything in Morris Lessmore’s life, including his own story, is scattered to the winds. But the power of story will save the day.
KID’S KORNER
The Fun Van, sponsored by
First Things First, is an Early
Literacy Program for families
with children ages 1-5. This
program is on Mondays from
9:30-11:30 a.m. It uses the
“parents as teachers” cur-
riculum to help parents as
they prepare their children
for learning. There will not
be any Fun Van on Febru-
ary 17th or February 24th.
The library hosts Weekly
Storytime on Wednesday
mornings at 10:15 a.m.
Children ages 1-4 can
come and listen to a story,
sing songs, and do a fun
craft.
We will have a Special
Lovebug Storytime on
February 12. Come
by for a story,
songs, and a sweet
treat!
Registration is not re-
quired. Parents must
remain with children at
these events.
Fun Van and Weekly Storytime
FREE Oral Screenings
Children under 18 as well as expectant mothers are invited to come by the library on Monday, February 10th at 9:30 a.m. Skilled hygienist Jeanine will be here to do
general education, fluoride varnish rinses, and a non-invasive (pain free!) screening for you. If necessary, she will give you a referral to a dentist.
Registration is not required.
The + Your 2nd Favorite Color + Your Favorite Drink
Example:
The Green Egg Nog
Comstock Read Aloud
Winner 2013!
The Coolidge Public Library helps all residents address the desire for self-directed personal growth and development opportunities throughout their lives by providing materials, programs, and services to meet the citizen’s recreational needs.
Email: [email protected] to subscribe to our monthly newsletter and events calendar!
A Wealth of Information Awaits You
A Word About Town
Coolidge Public Library 160 W Central Ave Coolidge, AZ 85128
Phone: 520-723-6030 Fax: 520-723-7026 E-Mail: [email protected]
We’re on the Web
www.coolidgeaz.com/library
The Pinal County Library District offers thousands of movies, television shows, and music albums, all available for mobile and online access through a new partnership with hoopla digital. All you need is a valid library card!
You can now begin enjoy-ing thousands of titles– available to borrow for instant streaming or tem-porary downloading to smartphones, tablets, and computers.
Hoopla digital has a sim-ple sign-up, and easy-to-use interface. There’s no waiting to borrow popu-lar movies, TV shows, and albums. And with the
automatic return feature, there’s no late fees.
To access the system on your mobile device, you will need to first download the FREE hoopla digital app from the App Store on your An-droid or IOS device. Once you have downloaded the app to your device(s) and/or clicked on the hoopla digital link on our website (coolidgeaz.com/library) you will be prompted to enter your email address, a password, your library card number, and your library card PIN number.
Once you borrow a title on one device it is auto-matically available via all
devices with the hoopla digital app and via your PC web browsers (IE 8+, Firefox 12+, Safari 5+, Chrome 19+).
When using hoopla you will be able to begin streaming the content im-mediately. You can also download content to view at a later date (in case you won’t have Wi-Fi on that camping trip).
You will be allowed to borrow 5 titles each month.
Video lends for 3 days.
Music lends for 7 days.
