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Zoom: How Everything Moves, From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees by Bob Berman

11/24/2014

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Hi!  This is Rachel Malay, director at the Port Library in Beloit.   I’d like to wish everyone listening a Happy Thanksgiving, and remind our patrons that the library will be closed next Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Are you moving right now, as you listen to this radio spot?  Even if you’re just sitting comfortably in your favorite chair, you are actually moving. Author Bob Berman explains how in Zoom: How Everything Moves, From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees. It might be a no-brainer to realize that even when the human body is at rest we are still breathing and blood is still moving in our bodies. Even on a perfectly still day (although rare in Kansas!) dust is moving on tiny air currents. Movement all around us creates an intricate machine, working together to make the world we live in. And author Berman explores movement in all aspects of science, from astronomy, geology, biology, and meteorology, to finding how so much water can stay aloft as clouds, how every baseball pitch is really a bit of a curve ball thanks to the earth’s rotation, and even why a mosquito's’ whine can sound like that familiar telephone dial tone. But lest the reader think that this book will be boring, I can tell you it is not.  Within the first few pages the author assures you that this ride through almost every corner of science will be fast paced, and indeed in the first few pages we’re off venturing into how famous 19th and 20th century industrialist Andrew Carnegie contributed to the science of motion. Each chapter is less than 20 pages long, so even if you want to take your science lessons in small doses, this is a great read.

You can get the book reviewed here and more great titles to watch, read, listen to, or play with at the Port Library at 1718 N. Hersey in Beloit.  This is director Rachel Malay, saying “Thanks for checking us out!”


Zoom: How Everything Moves, From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees by Bob Berman
ISBN: 9780316217408, 336 pages
Adult Non-Fiction, Math and Science 

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Jason Shepherd's Learn Guitar in 8 Weeks

11/17/2014

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Hi!  This is Rachel Malay, director at the Port Library in Beloit.   Next Thursday the 20th of November the library will have a program for families starting at 6 pm. We’ll watch the classic 1980s movie Karate Kid and everyone can make candy sushi from rice krispies, Swedish fish, and other candies. Call the library by Wednesday to sign up.

Playing the guitar is a skill and talent many people pick up when they are young, or have time to learn. Lessons with an instructor face to face are usually the best way to learn, if you have the time and an instrument. However, if your schedule is tricky, or you don’t have the money for a private lesson learning can go slowly. The library now has three instructional DVDs on mastering the guitar (electric and acoustic), bass, and fingerstyle (or classical) guitar. Each DVD boasts that the learner can master the basics and some advanced techniques in only 8 weeks, though of course one can go slower than that. The 8 week method is intended for students who can practice 30-40 minutes, 3-4 days a week. Lessons start with tuning the instrument, then show how to read tab style musical notation, before going into various techniques. Further support can be found online at an accompanying website. Instructor Jason Shepherd has taught guitar for the past 15 years, though in 2001 he realized that many aspiring guitar players had the drive but not the money for traditional lessons. He created his video series and now the library has available for checkout the 2013 version. The checkout time for videos is one week at the library, although any DVD can be checked out again the day after it is returned.

You can get the book reviewed here and more great titles to watch, read, listen to, or play with at the Port Library at 1718 N. Hersey in Beloit.  This is director Rachel Malay, saying “Thanks for checking us out!”


Jason Shepherd's Learn Guitar in 8 Weeks [DVD]
1 disc
Non-fiction DVDs

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William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ivan Doescher

11/10/2014

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Hi!  This is Rachel Malay, director at the Port Library in Beloit.   This Tuesday November 11th is Veteran’s Day, and the library would like to remind all patrons that we will be closed all day, but will reopen Wednesday at 10 am.

“A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…” is a pretty famous opening line, and if you immediately identified it as being from the Star Wars movies, you’re right! Fans of the franchise are eagerly awaiting the seventh movie installment in just over a year. If you want to immerse yourself in the story in a slightly different way in the meantime, give this book a try. William Shakespeare’s Star Wars:Verily, a New Hope by Ivan Doescher re-imagines episode four as a classical play and is written all in iambic pentameter in homage to the famous playwright. If you’re wondering how well Shakespeare and Star Wars go together, the answer is just great! The heroic plotlines and standard character types in the Star Wars universe translate almost seamlessly into the epic storylines Shakespeare was famous for in his tragedies. A few minor changes have been made to the Star Wars story though. For example, a chorus moves the narrative along where a movie would just depict it visually. And while R2-D2 does speak in beeps and whirrs most of the time, asides to the audience are in standard speech and translate the nuanced robotic movements into something that is easily understood on the written page. And, lest you feel part of the story is missing the library also has Shakespeare Star Wars: The Jedi Doth Return and The Empire Striketh Back.

You can get the book reviewed here and more great titles to watch, read, listen to, or play with at the Port Library at 1718 N. Hersey in Beloit. This is director Rachel Malay, saying “Thanks for checking us out!”

William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily A New Hope by Ivan Doescher
ISBN: 9781594746376, 174 pages
Adult Science Fiction

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Heaven Sent Rain by Lauraine Snelling

11/3/2014

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Hi!  This is Rachel Malay, director at the Port Library in Beloit.  

This week’s selection is a new title from our large print collection. Lauraine Snelling is a well-known name to readers of Christian Fiction. She writes mostly in series, but today’s book, Heaven Sent Rain, is a stand-alone novel. So, if you’ve wanted to try out this author but don’t want to commit to a series, this would be a good opportunity!

 Dr. Dinah Taylor has worked hard as the CEO of her own dietary supplement company and likes the single life.  So it is strange, even to her, when she buys a hungry looking little boy named Jonah and his dog Mutt breakfast one rainy morning.  Soon one breakfast turns into a series of breakfasts, and the two develop a friendship. Then, when the dog needs emergency vet help in the middle of the night, Dinah discovers the boy’s mother is dying and becomes a new parent. To add to her busy life, Dinah can’t get the image of the vet who helped them out of her head. Dr. Garrett Miller is single and works with his sister in law at their family vet clinic. He leads a busy life, without a significant other, and likes it that way. On the side he draws cartoons and caricatures for his patients. After attempting to draw Jonah and Mutt three times, he has to admit that something about that case has stuck with him. With both Garrett and Dinah frosty towards each other, and Jonah and Mutt in need of support the three people and one dog keep running into each other. Through time, many rainy fall mornings, and prayers their relationship begins to change.            

You can get the book reviewed here and more great titles to watch, read, listen to, or play with at the Port Library at 1718 N. Hersey in Beloit. This is director Rachel Malay, saying “Thanks for checking us out!”

Heaven Sent Rain by Lauraine Snelling
ISBN: 9781628991727, 500 pages
Adult Large Print

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