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The Book of the Week newsletter highlights a different title from the Greene County Public Library each week which is featured on LITE 99.9 and MIX 107.7.



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Book of the Week - 11/30/09

Request a copy of The Root Cellar

The Root Cellar
by Janet Lunn

Twelve-year-old orphan Rose, sent to live with unknown relatives on a farm in Canada, ventures into her aunt's root cellar and finds herself making friends with people who lived on the farm more than a century earlier. Read More... | Request a copy »

 
Book of the Week - 11/23/09

Request a copy of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: The Illustrated Edition: An Indian History of the American West

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: The Illustrated Edition: An Indian History of the American West
by Dee Brown

Now in a special 30th anniversary edition comes the classic bestselling history "The New York Times" called "Original, remarkable, and finally heartbreaking. . . . Impossible to put down." Includes an incisive new Preface by the author. 56 illustrations. Read More... | Request a copy »

 
Book of the Week - 11/16/09

Request a copy of Owl in Love

Owl in Love
by Patrice Kindl

Part bird of prey, part teenage girl in love, and now part stalker, Owl Tycho's life is complicated. It becomes even more so when an inept new shape-shifter appears on the scene. Funny, smart, and supernatural, Owl is a young woman worth getting to know. Read More... | Request a copy »

 
Book of the Week - 11/09/09

Request a copy of Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife

Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
by Mary Roach

In an attempt to find out what happens when people die, the author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers brings her tireless curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that there is an afterlife. Read More... | Request a copy »

 
Book of the Week - 11/02/09

Request a copy of The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment

The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment
by A. J. Jacobs

A book of essays on all of A.J.'s hilarious adventures as a human guinea pig, including My Outsourced Life and My Life as a Hot Woman.
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Book of the Week - 10/26/09

Request a copy of Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences

Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences
by Andrew Chaikin

Using never-before-published quotes taken from his in-depth interviews with 23 of the 24 Apollo lunar astronauts, Chaikin has created an extraordinary account of the lunar missions. 160 color photographs throughout. Read More... | Request a copy »

 
Book of the Week - 10/19/09

Request a copy of sTORI Telling

sTORI Telling
by Tori Spelling

Stori Telling is Spelling's chance to set the record straight and let readers experience the unique life she's led--with its undeniable childhood privileges, successes, and regrets.
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Book of the Week - 10/12/09

Request a copy of The Bean Trees

The Bean Trees
by Barbara Kingsolver

Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky. She escapes by buying a '55 Volkswagon and heading west. By the time she reaches Tucson, Arizona, she's "inherited" a three-year-old Indian girl named Turtle. A memorable novel about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging. Read More... | Request a copy »

 
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