About former Lantana Public Library Director Sid Patchett
Good morning!
I’m belatedly posting the obituary from the Coastal Star (for October 2019) for former Lantana Public Library Director Sid Patchett, who sadly passed away in September.
Sid was our Library Director from 1996 until mid 2019 — about 23 years! Sid’s professionalism, commitment, and wealth of knowledge and experience in libraries and of the world helped found a larger, independently unique library that will serve the town and the larger community well into the 21st century. For a written history of the Library by Sid, please visit Lantana Public Library’s website at www.lantanalibrary.org, under About Us/Library’s History.
The Coastal Star also featured Sid and the Lantana Public Library in an earlier article, “Lantana: Library is here for the cerebral, not the Stephen King fan” by Chris Felker on February 4, 2015.
Our Library was originally founded in 1947 by the Lantana Women’s Club and for many years was located at our intracoastal bridge in the Bridge Tender’s House(now an historic building found at Yesteryear Village at the PB County Fair Grounds). Our Library is now located at 205 West Ocean Avenue, in Lantana. Please stop in and visit us!
The Zika Virus in Florida
Zika is in the Flaviviridae family and belongs to the genus Flavivirus. Cases have now been reported in South Florida and also on the Gulf coast of Florida. Protect yourself, family, and friends with information, precautions, and updates.
The CDC has helpful resources here:
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/geo/index.html
The Merck Professional Manual also has comprehensive information:
http://tinyurl.com/hrerdm
Medline at https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007666.htm
The State of Florida’s website also has info at http://www.floridahealth.gov/diseases-and-conditions/zika-virus/index.html
The Miami Herald is also tracking Zika here in Florida:
http://www.miamiherald.com/…/health-ca…/article66790817.html
Kid’s Summer Reading 2016
Kids, check out the following books to keep up with your summer reading!
Delighting in books…a’ mire ri leabhraichean
Attention Game of Thrones, The Last Kingdom, and Outlander TV show fans!
After the cable Watchathon Week free viewing these popular shows ends, I’m hoping to (re)read some of these…please come check them out or head over to our e-book Overdrive to find them! (Overdrive users, select Lantana Public Library and enter in your library card number.)
We’ve got several of George Martin’s Game of Thrones series (all in Overdrive):
*Game of Thrones *A Dance with Dragons (also in the library)
*A Clash of Kings *A Storm of Swords
*A Feast for Crows *A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
*A world of fire and ice:the untold history of Westeros and Game of Thrones — on the history (in the library under F Mar)
*Rogues (an anthology of 21 stories) (edited with Gardner Dezois)
Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series (all under F Gal):
*Outlander (F Gal) (in the library and Overdrive) *Dragonfly in Amber (in Overdrive)
*Voyager (Overdrive) *Drums of Autumn (in Overdrive)
*The Fiery Cross (in Overdrive) *A Breath of Snow and Ashes (in Overdrive)
*An echo in the bone (in the library and Overdrive)
*Written in my own heart’s blood (in the library and Overdrive)
In addition, we’ve some of Gabaldon’s Lord John Grey Series –a subset of the Outlander series:
*Lord John and the Private Matter, a novel (in the library)
*Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade (in the library)
*The Scottish Prisoner (in the library)
Bernard Cornwell has written a series of Saxon Chronicle books, following Uhtred Ragnarson of Bebbanburg, a young Saxon kidnapped and raised by raiding Danish Vikings, and who eventually comes to fight for King Alfred of Wessex. All are available in the library (under F Cor):
*The Last Kingdom *The Pale Horseman
*Lords of the North *Sword Song
*The Burning Land *The Empty Throne
*Warriors of the Storm
New Fiction Spring 2016 at Lantana Public Library
New Fiction Spring 2016
at Lantana Public Library
205 West Ocean Ave, Lantana, FL
Ph: 561-540-5740
www.lantanalibrary.org
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (F Zev)
About a bookstore and its ups and downs, as well as those of its owner, who unexpectedly gains the chance to make his life anew.
Zebra Crossing by Meg Vandermerwe (F Van)
Young Chipo and her brother George flee from Zimbabwe to Cape Town and its infamous Long Street, as illegals, and soon get entangled with the sinister Dr. Ongani and his get-rich-quick schemes.
Rules for a Knight: The Last Letter of Sir Thomas Lemuel Hawke by Ethan Hawke (F Haw)
A knight writes a letter to his children to leave a record on all of what he knows, including morals, ancient teachings, political and spiritual writings.
The Swede by Robert Karjel (F Kar)
Swedish security officer Ernest Grip gets sent, along with American counterpart Shauna Friedman, to interrogate a detainee and find his true identity, only to uncover a strange network of international, unrelated suspects.
An Irish Doctor in Love and at Sea by Patrick Taylor (F Tay)
Continuing the story of Irish Dr. Fingal O’Reilly, returning to Ballybuckleboo in Northern Ireland after serving in World War II on the HMS Warspite, to face challenges in a new medical partnership. With real and fictional characters, this is a must-read for James Herriot fans.
The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
A novel about Babe Paley, a glamorous New York socialite of the 1950s, and her relationship with literary legend Truman Capote.
A Strangeness in My Mind by Orhan Pamuk (F Pam)
An unforgettable tale of Istanbul street vendor, Mevluut Karatas, the love of his life, his coming of age in a great city, and the differences of his mind and feelings.
The Last September by Nina de Gramant (F Gra)
Charlie and Brett are living in Cape Cod with their daughter, tenuously married, until a tragic turn of events tests their loyalty and love.
Shanghai Redemption by Qui Xialong (F Qui)
Inspector Chen Chao of the Shanghai Police has been promoted to a new position with little power, and placed in charge of a doomed, dangerous investigation of a ruthless, powerful, high-level Party figure.
Great Leaders at Lantana Public Library Spring 2016
Great Leaders
at Lantana Public Library
205 West Ocean Ave, Lantana, FL
Ph: 561-540-5740
http://www.lantanalibrary.org
Deng Xiaoping: A Revolutionary Life by Alexander Pantsov with Steven Levine (B Den)
On Deng’s long and extraordinary career, from the 1920s until his death in 1997, and how he helped set in motion changes that would transform China to the world’s second largest economy of the world.
Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush by Jon Meacham (B Bus)
Drawing on his personal diaries, wife Barbara, personal interviews and extraordinary access to his family, readers learn of Bush 41’s extraordinarily varied life in the Texas oil industry, the navy and Pacific War, the United nations, China, the CIA, and eventually the presidency, as well as his candid assessments of many famous figures of his time.
The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin by Steven Lee Meyers (B Put)
A new in-depth account of the Russian leader’s origins from childhood, to his service in the KGB, to his rise in the political landscapes of St. Petersburg and the Kremlin, as well as his policies to cut taxes, expand property rights, and curtail dissent.
The Residence by Kate Andersen Brower (975.3 Bro)
An inside look at the very human, private, day to day lives in the fishbowl residence of recent presidents in the White House, including Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, and Obama.
Ben Gurion: Father of Modern Israel by Anita Shapira (B Ben)
Focusing especially on the period after 1948, during the first years of Israel, with fascinating and original insights into Gurion’s personal qualities and political leadership.
Margaret Thatcher at her zenith: in London, Washington, and Moscow by Charles Moore (B Tha)
The authorized second volume of biography of Britain’s first woman prime minister, who led the West out of the Cold War along with Gorbachev and Reagan, while courting danger over the Brighton bomb just hours before her courageous Conservative Party conference speech, as well as criticism, isolation, and opposition with Queen, country, and Commonwealth over a controversial poll tax, arms deals, South Africa, and the IRA.
Pope Francis Among the Wolves by Marco Politi (282 Pol)
With scandals, financial misdeeds, and power struggles facing the Catholic Church and the Roman curia, Pope Francis and his supporters remain locked in indefinite conflict with traditional hardliners and ecclesiastical corruption.
