The Marin County Free Library promotes more sustainable lifestyles
by providing residents access to books, magazines, DVDs, and other resources
they might otherwise purchase and discard.
The Library provides free access to educational resources for students
of all ages and entertainment materials
The Library provides free access to the Internet and additional electronic
resources for all who hold a library card
Library cards are issued at no cost to California residents.
Replacements will be provided free of charge in September to
anyone with a lost or damaged card.
As part of our month-long celebration,
we encourage everyone to get
a card and check out one of our many branches. If you would like to apply
for a library card or request a replacement card, just visit one of the 11 Marin
County Free Library branches. Our circulation staff would be happy to offer
you assistance! Historical Screening of Marin's Salomy Jane
The Anne T. Kent California Room and the California Film Institute
present a rare
screening of the silent film, Salomy Jane first released in 1914
by the California
Motion Picture Corporation, whose studios were located in San Rafael. Based
on
the Story of Bret Harte, Salomy Jane stars Beatriz Michele in a western
melodrama
set in the era of the 1849 Gold Rush.
Exteriors were filmed in Marin County as well
as the Russian River area.
Preceding this historic screening will
be an illustrated presentation by silent film historians David Kiehn (Niles
Essany Silent Film Museum) and William Sagar (Fairfax Historical Society). Piano
accompaniment by Bruce Loeb.
• When: Saturday September 27, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
• Where: San Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth Street (between A & B)
San Rafael.
• Cost: $15/$12 California Film Institute Members
For additional information about
this event, contact the Library Reference Desk at 415-499-7419.
Did you know that MCFL serves one half of the County’s population? Did
you know that the average age of one of MCFL’s branch libraries is 36 years?
Did you know that the number of materials checked out from MCFL branches in
2006/07 was 1.5 million, 20% higher than in 1997/98? Did you know that library
shelves are so crowded that librarians need to remove one book for every new
book added? Did you know that 1 million people visited our branches in 2006/07
and that number continues to grow?
Did you know that we are excited to be such an integral part of our communities!
- Gail Haar
Director of County Library Services
Marin County Free Library
The Civic
Center Library has started a recycling program for used cell phones
and other small household electronic items. In addition to cell phones,
you can drop off empty inkjet and laser printer cartridges, digital cameras,
video games in their case, iPods, DVDs in their original case, laptop
computers and household batteries.
These items
do not need to be in working condition, but if you still have the power
cords and accessories please include them in your donation. You can drop
your electronic items off any time the library is open. There is a
donation box under the Green Living Library sign near the Check Out desk.
We regret that we are unable to accept large donations
such as monitors, televisions, fax machines or desk top computers, etc.
Such items can be taken to: ReNew Computers
1241 Andersen Drive, Suite J
San Rafael, CA
Phone: 415-457-8801
Hours: Monday-Friday 9-5 and the first Saturday of every month from 10-3.
If you have any questions, about the Library's New Green
Living Recycling Program or Green Living Library Collection, please contact
the Reference Desk at 415-499-6058.
The
Book Place is planning a 4 day blowout sale at its Novato location. Enjoy
50% off most everything in the store & help us clear our shelves for fresh
donations.
An added feature this time is our silent auction happening Friday, September
19th, at 6pm in the store. Advance listing is available on The
Friends website.
The sale begins on Opening Night, Thursday, September 18, 6-9pm and continues
through Sunday. Book are NOT on sale Thursday in the daytime & may not be
placed on advanced hold to be fair to everyone.
Sale Hours are Thursday, 9/18 6-9pm
Friday 9/19 10-7 (including silent auction)
Saturday 9/20 10-4
Sunday 9/21 Noon-4
Our store hours are Tues/Thurs/Sat 10-4, Wed and Sun Noon-4, and Friday 10-7;
we're closed Monday. For more information about the Friends
and The Book Place, visit our website: http://marinlibraryfriends.marin.org.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Smith Rafael Film Center
Salomy Jane (1914), Film Screening, in conjunction with the Anne T. Kent California Room
BRANCH
EVENTS
The Marin County Free Library hosts a wide variety of cultural and educational
branches responsive to the needs in our communities. In addition to special
events for adults, teens, and kids, the Library hosts regular book clubs,
storytimes, bilingual and Spanish language events. For further information
about specific Library
Events and Classes please visit our branch
event webpage or our online
calendar for a complete listing.
HOURS
and LOCATIONS
Marin County Free Library branches are located throughout East and West
Marin. Open days and hours of operation vary by branch. With 11 locations
to choose from as well as 24/7 access
on our website to reference
assistance, the online
catalog, databases,
and eBooks
you'll never be far from the information you need.
COMPUTER
AND INTERNET CLASSES
The Marin County Free Library offers classes and one-to-one tutoring in
computer basics, the Internet, e-mail, the Library’s online resources, Microsoft
Word, Excel, and more. Please check
our website for times, locations, and registration information.
BOOKCLUBS
Marin County Free Library branches host a wide variety of monthly reading
groups. Club members meet each month for a lively discussion about a particular
book or theme. Please check
our bookclub listing for locations, times, selections, and contact information.
STORYTIMES
The Marin County Free Library offers storytimes at each of the branches
for children in various age groups. Please check
our Storytimes page for times and ages.
BOOKMOBILE
The Marin County Free Library Bookmobile visits geographically isolated
communities throughout the County. Most stops are made twice within a four-week
period each month. Copies of the Bookmobile schedule are available at all
County Library branches and on the Bookmobile’s
webpage.
At last, Mickey Haller, hero of "The Lincoln Lawyer" Connelly's bestselling hardcover yet, meets the legendary LAPD Detective Harry Bosch. Mickey and Harry are flip-sides of the same coin, one for the prosecution and one for the defense. Each must work with the other before someone--namely Mickey--gets killed--Michael Connelly.
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Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession
By Rice, Anne 2008/10 -
Alfred A. Knopf
9780307268273
Check Our Catalog
Perfect for the holidays comes Anne Rice's intimate
memoir--riveting, moving, honest--of her Catholic girlhood; her unmaking
as a devout believer; and the path she found to a new confidence in her
faith. ...More
"Rollicking, brawling, gritty, political, and always completely absorbing, The Given Day is a rich and satisfying epic. Readers, get ready to feast. This is a big book you won't want to put down." Stewart O'Nan, author of Last Night at the Lobster, A Prayer for the Dying, and Snow Angels.
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Have a suggestion for a title that you think the library should purchase? You can offer your suggestion via the form on the MARINet website at http://marinet.lib.ca.us/acquire.
New Audio Books
The following are selected audio book titles from our collection. More
recorded book selections are available through BookLetters.
Each of our BookLetters
listings provides links to our online catalog, so you can check availability and
easily request materials be delivered to your local branch library. You can also
subscribe to one or more of these lists and have updated information send to you
via email
or RSS feed.
A complete list of the MARINet libraries' audio CD & cassette holdings
is available online via a quick
search.
Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life to the most deeply resonant human truths. Culminating in a brilliant account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, his sixth collection is a new masterpiece of comic writing. Unabridged.
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In Stalin's Soviet Union, it's a crime against the State to suggest that a murderer--much less a serial killer--is in their midst. Exiled from his home, a war hero must find and stop a criminal that the State won't admit even exists. Unabridged.
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Anyone who cares about an addict will find hope in Sheff's forthright, one-of-a-kind account of his struggle to overcome his sons methamphetamine habit.
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Have a suggestion for a title that you think the library should purchase? You can offer your suggestion via the form on the MARINet website at http://marinet.lib.ca.us/acquire.
The following DVD titles have recently been added to our
collection. Complete lists of the MARINet libraries' DVD and video holdings are
available online via a quick
search. You can also browse our BookLetters
Movie Database for descriptions and video clips of hundreds of new releases
and favorite classics. Each of our BookLetters
listings provides links to our online catalog, so you can check availability
and easily request materials be delivered to your local branch library.
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
This truly fabulous film chronicles Jerry Herman's rise from witty off-Broadway
revues during the 1950s to his first Broadway triumphs in the 1960s, Milk
and Honey, followed by Dolly and Mame through the 1970s, including Dear
World, Mack & Mabel to his triumphant smash hit in 1983, La Cage aux
Folles.
21
Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. Wanting to
transfer to the Harvard School of Medicine, he learns that he cannot afford
the $300,000 for the tuition. Then Ben is introduced into a small but secretive
club by his math professor, where he trains in skill of blackjack card counting.
As Ben makes hundreds of thousands of dollars winning blackjack at casino
after casino, his greed and arrogance put the group, on the radar of a brutal
security enforcer.
Cranford
Cranford, in 1842, is a market town in northwest England. It is a place
governed by etiquette, custom and above all, an intricate network of ladies.
It seems that life has always been conducted according to their social rules.
For spinsters Deborah Jenkyns, the arbiter of correctness, and Matty, her
demurring sister, the town is a hub of intrigue.
Sydney White
When tomboy Sydney is banished from the most popular sorority on campus,
she is taken in by seven socially challenged but endearing guys. With the
help of her new friends, Sydney stands up for outcasts everywhere and takes
on the reigning campus queen in a popularity showdown. Now, Sydney wants
to win the heart of gorgeous frat guy Tyler Prince.
We Own the Night
New York City, November 1988. Bobby Green is the manager of a Russian nightclub
owned by Marat Buzhayev. The club is frequented by gangsters like Buzhayev's
nephew Vadim. Despite Bobby's hedonistic and amoral lifestyle, he is committed
to his girlfriend Amada. Bobby has a secret, however, which he guards closely.
His brother is Police Captain Joseph Grusinsky and his father, Bert, is
a legendary Deputy Chief. Bobby's strained relationship with his father
and brother is tested when Bert warns his son that the police mean to clean
up the drugs and Bobby will have to have to choose a side. After Joseph
is badly wounded in an assassination attempt, Bobby finds that he can no
longer remain neutral. When he discovers his father could be next, Bobby
realizes they will only be safe when Nezhinski and his organization are
destroyed, so Bobby and Joseph join forces for an all-out assault.
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
The film is set in Communist Romania in the final years of the Nicolae Ceausescu
era. It tells the story of two students, roommates in the university dormitory,
who try to arrange an illegal abortion. - Wikipedia
License to Wed
Newly engaged couple, Ben Murphy and Sadie Jones can't wait to be married
and live their life together. The problem is that Sadie's family church,
St. Augustine's, is run by Reverend Frank, who won't bless them until they
pass his patented, "fool-proof" marriage-prep course. The course
consists of outrageous classes, outlandish homework assignments and some
outright invasion of privacy. Reverend Frank's rigorous curriculum puts
Ben and Sadie's relationship to the test.
The Fall
1920's, Los Angeles. In a hospital on the outskirts of town, Roy Walker,
an injured stuntman, begins to tell young Alexandria, a fellow patient with
a broken arm, a fantastical story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his
fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction
and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.
Bee Movie
Having just graduated from college, Barry B. Benson finds himself disillusioned
with the prospect of having only one career choice - honey. As he ventures
outside of the hive for the first time, he breaks one of the cardinal rules
of the bee world and talks to a human, a New York City florist named Vanessa.
He is shocked to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating
the bee's honey for centuries. He ultimately realizes that his true calling
in life is to set the world right by suing the human race. That is until
the ensuing chaos upsets the very balance of nature. It is up to Barry to
prove that even a little bee can spell big changes in the world.
Recount
Explores one of the most dramatic and controversial events in recent U.S.
election history, which shook a nation's faith in the ability to stage a
fair and open election.
Young@Heart
A story of the Young at Heart Chorus, a group of senior citizens who perform
contemporary and classic rock and pop songs. - IMDB
The Band's Visit
The Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra arrives in Israel from Egypt
for a cultural event. Once there, they find the expected delegation is not
there to meet them. Arrangements to get to their destination of Petah Tiqva
have not been taken care of either. They find their own ride and arrive
instead at the remote town of Beit Hatikva. Stuck there until the next morning's
bus, the band, lead by the repressed Tawfiq Zacharaya, gets help from the
worldly lunch owner, Dina, who offers to put them up for the night. As the
band settles in the best it can, each of the members attempts to get along
with the natives in their own way..
Bordertown
When a young girl is raped and left for dead in Mexico, she enlists the
help of an ambitious reporter and a local newspaper owner for help. Soon
their own lives are in danger as they try to uncover the terrors on the
border. Inspired by true events.
Smart People
Lawrence Wetherhold is a recently widowed literature professor who is a
numb and chilly intellectual. He rebuffs his students, ignores his own teenage
children, James and Vanessa, and spurns cries for financial assistance from
his ne'er-do-well but rather soulful adopted brother, Chuck. After an accident
and Lawrence goes to the hospital, he is deprived of the right to drive.
Janet is a physician and former student of Lawrence who remembers her disappointment
in him as a teacher and role model. But, Janet and Lawrence become romantically
involved. Meanwhile, Chuck and Vanessa try to come to terms with each other
and prove that their relationship is another sign that the Wetherhold clan
has become far too insular and self-referential.
War Dance
Dominic, Rose, and Nancy are three children whose families have been torn
apart, their homes destroyed, their innocence lost, and who currently reside
in a displaced persons camp in Patongo. These children attend a school where
they can momentarily forget the brutal realities of their lives, as they
participate in music, song and dance. When they are invited to compete in
an annual music and dance festival in their nation's capitol, their historic
journey is also an opportunity to regain a part of their childhood and to
taste victory for the first time.
Nim's Island
Nim Rusoe is a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist
father and communicates, via e-mail, with the reclusive author of the novel
she has been reading. Nim's existence mirrors that of her favorite literary
character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the
author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When
Nim's father goes missing from the island, Nim gets Alexandra to come to
her island. Now, the two must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex
Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer the island.
Under the Same Moon
Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario.
In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally
in the U.S. In Mexico, her mother cares for Carlitos. Unexpected circumstances
drive both Rosario and Carlitos to embark on their own journeys in a desperate
attempt to reunite. Along the way, mother and son face challenges and obstacles
but never lose hope that they will one day be together again.
Wall~e
In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks
on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind. -
IMDB
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Harold and Kumar take an ill-fated flight to Amsterdam, but Kumar's suspicious-looking
bong is mistaken for a bomb. Their arrest prompts a racist Homeland Security
official to send the boys to indefinite lockup at Guantanamo Bay. Once there,
they watch as beefy guards sexually subjugate 'enemy combatants.' The guys
manage to get away and make it back to the U.S., hoping the well-connected
fiancé of Kumar's old girlfriend, Vanessa, can get them out of their
mess. During a dangerous and grotesque odyssey to Texas, Harold and Kumar
have encounters with the Ku Klux Klan, a one-eyed, inbred monster, and old
friend Neil Patrick Harris, who swallows fistfuls of magic mushrooms and
drags the boys to a brothel stop that goes terribly wrong.
Step Up 2: The Streets
Andie is a spunky young woman who is from one of Baltimore's grittiest neighborhoods.
Her dance ability, which has been forged in fire on the streets, lands her
in a prestigious performing arts school. There, she struggles to fit in.
Her classmates are in awe of her talent and catches the eye of Chase, a
guy from a privileged family. He becomes captivated by Andie's street dance
moves and genuine heart.
Uncounted: The new math of American elections
This film shows how election fraud threatens the 2008 election. It examines
how easy it is to change election outcomes by manipulating vote counts.
Noted computer programmers, statisticians, journalists and election officials
provide evidence .
Sunflower
A look at the life of an urban Chinese family, and the battle of wills between
father and son to do what's right or to do what the heart wants.
Hum aapke hain koun
Two families are brought together by a marriage; when the wife dies, leaving
a child, the wife's sister is pressured to marry the widower and become
the mother of the child. However, the husband's brother has already fallen
in love with the sister.
Have a suggestion for a title that you think the library should purchase? You
can offer your suggestion via the form on the MARINet website at http://marinet.lib.ca.us/acquire.
Looking for bestsellers, fiction, non-fiction, mysteries
or audio books? Check out some of our most popular recommendations on BookLetters.
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