New titles arrive at the library

Contributed Reports
Published: August 16, 2008

New titles at the Culpeper County Library through Aug. 5, 2008:
Adult Fiction:
“Cypress Nights,” Stella Cameron; “Collision,” Jeff Abbott; “Midwife of the Blue Ridge,” Christine Blevins; “Ambush,” Paul Carson; “It Only Takes a Moment,” Mary Jane Clark; “Stand the Storm,” Breena Clarke; “Bordeaux Betrayal: a Wine Country Mystery,” Ellen Crosby; “Forced Out,” Stephen Frey; “Good-Bye & Amen,” Beth Gutcheon; “Marsbound,” Joe Haldeman; “Riven,” Jerry B. Jenkins; “House of Daughters,” Sarah-Kate Lynch; “Trading Dreams at Midnight,” Diane McKinney-Whetstone; “Mage-Guard of Hamor,” L.E. Modesitt, Jr; “Winter Turns to Spring,” Catherine Palmer; “Turnaround,” George Pelecanos; “Illegal Action,” Stella Rimington; “Dear Neighbor, Drop Dead,” Saralee Rosenberg; “Off Season,” Anne Rivers Siddons; and “Month of Summer,” Lisa Wingate.

Adult Non-Fiction:
“Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn’t—and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger,” Daniel Gardner; “Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere,” Gabrielle Walker; “American Pests: the Losing War on Insects from Colonial Times to DDT,” James E. McWilliams; “Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated into What America Eats,” Steve Ettlinger; “Apples and Oranges: My Brother and Me, Lost and Found,” Marie Brenner; “Falwell Inc.” Inside a Religious, Political, Educational, and Business Empire,” Dirk Smillie; “Mutiny: the True Events That Inspired The Hunt for Red October,” David Hagberg; and “Empires in the Forest: Jamestown and the Beginning of America,” Avery Chenoweth.

Library adds resources for grant seekers
Nonprofit organizations in Fauquier County now have free access to a collection of resources for identifying funding sources from the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy.
The Bealeton Library 10877 Willow Drive North, 439-9728, recently received a cooperating collection from The Foundation Center of New York. The collection provides valuable information, training and strategies for successfully securing grants. Details on grant providers and information on how to apply for grants are notable features of the new collection.

The collection includes “The Foundation Directory Online Professional”, which profiles more than 80,000 U.S. grant markers; “Foundation Grants to Individuals Online”; print directories; and proposal writing guides. The Bealeton Library will also offer periodic training sessions on how to effectively use the collection and identify potential funding sources.

The Foundation Center of New York, established in 1956, serves grant seekers, grant makers, researchers policymakers, the media, and the public. Thousands of people visit the center’s Web site each day and are served in its five regional learning centers and national network of cooperating collections.

Contact Bealeton Branch Manager Natalie Swart, 439-9728, for more information on the benefit of the Bealeton Library’s Foundation Center resources.

Map of Culpeper nears completion
The revision to the “Historic Map of Culpeper” is nearing completion. The Culpeper County Library and the Museum of Culpeper History have draft copies available for public viewing and comments.  The drafts with comments will be sent back to Mr. Eugene Scheel on Aug. 20 for the final revision and printing.  After printing they will be available for sale at the Library and Museum.

The revision of the Map was made possible by generous funding from the Friends of the Culpeper County Library and the Culpeper Foundation.

Library closed for holiday
The Library will be closed Sunday and Monday, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 for Labor Day.

Third Thursday Book Club starts new year
The Third Thursday Book Club is starting a new year (Aug. 8 to July 9) with a new selection of books. The new reading list and meeting dates are available at the circulation desk. Join us on Aug. 21 at 10 a.m.  and 7 p.m. to discuss Harry Mulisch’s novel, “The Assault.” Chief Inspector Ploeg is shot and killed in the winter of 1945, in Nazi-occupied Holland. He was a cruel collaborator with the Nazi occupation force and was assassinated by Bolsheviks where four houses stand. “A psychological thriller probing the moral devastation between neighbors, fellow students, husbands and wives” … NY Times Book Review. Copies of this book are available at the circulation desk for a 10-day loan, or you may purchase it at a discount from The Corner Shelf bookstore. Don’t miss this exciting read and discussion … you are always welcome!

Introduction to Social Security Online Services
Discover how to access and take advantage of Social Security Online services at their user-friendly website, which can save you time and money. Learn how you can use socialsecurity.gov to plan and calculate your retirement, apply for benefits, report changes in your situation, and find answers to your questions. Find out how the Social Security Administration is making it easier for you to conduct your business online. This seminar will be conducted by employees of the Social Security Administration and is offered as a community service by the Culpeper Social Security Administration District Office is partnership with Culpeper County Library.