Literary World Mourns~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez 

 

The literary world mourns the passing of Columbia author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He was the writer of numerous novels, short stories, novellas and non-fiction.  He also won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1982. 

His most notable works:

• Love in the Time of Cholera
• One Hundred Years of Solitude 
• Autumn of the Patriarch

 You can locate some of his works by searching the Destiny Catalog at your library.

February~ A good time to fall in love with a good book

February is a good time to celebrate your love of a good book. 

New in Fiction: 

•  Divergent by Veronica Roth 
• Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
• Legend by Marie Lu
• The 5th Wave by Rich Yancey
• Thousand Words by Jennifer Brown

New in Non-Fiction:

•  The 50 Most Dynamic Duos in Sports History by Robert W. Cohen
• Trauma Junkie: Memoirs of an Emergency Flight Nurse by Janice Hudson

Read an ebook from our collection

Brrrrrrr!  The cold is keeping most of us inside these days.  Did you get a new e-Reader (Kindle, Nook) or tablet during the holidays?  Check out our growing e-book collection of fiction and non-fiction titles.  They are all FREE!
 

And we have an App for that!  Contact your school librarian if you would like instructions for downloading our e-book app (Follett Shelf Enlight).  Directions for downloading public library e-books are also available.  

You can also access our e-books through the Internet using the school's Destiny Library Services.

1. Go to Destiny Library Services located on the left side of the Three Village Home Page
2. Click on Ward Melville High School
3. Click on Ward Melville Library e-books
4. Browse the collection by author, subject, genre, etc. 
5. Access a selected item with your network log in and password.

Happy Birthday ~ Author Zora Neale Hurston

Celebrate the birthday of author Zora Neale Hurston through her writings. 

Novels and Stories by Zora Neale Hurston:

• Their Eyes Were Watching God
• Jonah's Gourd Vine
• Moses, Man of the Mountain
• Seraph on the Suwanee
• Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography

There are numerous other stories, essays, and folklore by this foremost writer of African-American literature

See our library collection for available titles.

Nelson Mandela ~ Long Walk to Freedom

The world mourns the passing of an icon in history, Nelson Mandela.   Ward Melville HS library has a collection of books about his life and times.

Books on Nelson Mandela:

• Mandela: An Illustrated Autobiography (call # 921 Man)
• Nelson Mandela (call # 921 Man)
• Nelson Mandela: A Biography (call # 921 Man)
• Nelson Mandela:  A Life in Photographs (call # 968.06 Coh)
• No Bread for Mandela: Memoirs of Ahmed Kathrada, prisoner no. 468/68

A copy of Mandela's book "Long Walk to Freedom" will be added to the collection shortly.

The "best of" in 2013

And the winner is.........

It's that time of the year again when we get the "best of" lists.  See what was voted the best in fiction, non-fiction, horror, science fiction and............

Best Books of 2013 (Goodreads Choice Awards)

 Best Young Adult Fiction (NPR's Book List)

New Books at Your Library

Check out the new arrivals at your school library.

New Fiction Titles: 

• Beautiful Creatures by Kim Gardia & Margaret Stohl
• When We Wake by Karen Healey
•  Rotten by Micael Northrop
• Slated by Teri Terry
• The Miracle Stealer by Neil Connelly
• The Obsidian Blade by Pete Hautman

New Non-Fiction Titles: 

• Future Shock by Douglas Rushhoff
• Half A Life: a Memoir by Darin Strauss
• Sharpen Your Debate and Speech: Writing Skills 
• Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts by Emily Anthes
• The Yankee Years by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci