Greenwich Library
Meeting Room
101 W. Putnam Avenue
Thursday, July 29, 2010
7:00pm-9:00pm

British author and Tudor England expert  Alison Weir will be here discussing her novel CAPTIVE QUEEN. She will also talk about her recent biography of Anne Boleyn’s final days, The Lady in the Tower. Free and open to all. Program starts at 7:00pm doors open at 6:40pm.

Contact: Marianne Weill 203-622-7922

Greenwich Library
101 W Putnam Ave
Saturday, July 17, 2010
11:00am-12:00pm

Karen Romano Young, author of Across the Wide Ocean: The Why, How, and Where of Navigation for Humans and Animals at Sea, shares her amazing adventures in the mini submarine, Alvin. Appropriate for ages 8-12. For more information, please call the Children’s Room at 203-622-7940.

Contact: Deirdre Sullivan – 203-622-7940

Greenwich Library
at Bruce Park Playground
July 14,2010
10:30am-11:00am

Story Time in Bruce Park playground across from the Bruce Museum. Meet in the Gazebo. In case of inclement weather, story time will be held in Greenwich Library Children’s Room (decision made by 9:30am).

Families welcome. For information, please call the Children’s Room 203-622-7940.

Contact: Deirdre Sullivan – 203-622-7940

Greenwich Library
101 W. Putnam Ave
Summer Reading Program

Casey Carle’s Bubblemania kicked off Greenwich Library’s 2010 Summer Reading Program in the Cole Auditorium.  Stay tuned for more information and summer events.

Just Books
28 Arcadia Road
Old Greenwich
Sat, June 19, 2010
10am

THE RAGE OF ACHILLES
Terence Hawkins “THE RAGE OF ACHILLES”

Book Signing – Open to the public

Blood. Guts. Pride. Wrath.
The ancient clash of armies outside the walls of Troy is a cornerstone of Western literature. In The Rage of Achilles, Terence Hawkins brilliantly reimagines that titanic encounter. His stunningly original telling captures the brutality of the battlefield, the glory and the gore, in language that never relents. Raw and compelling, The Rage of Achilles tells the story of Achilles, a monstrous hero, by turns vain and selfish, cruel and noble; of Paris, weak and consumed by lust for his stolen bride; of Agamemnon, driven nearly to insanity by the voices of the gods; and of Trojans and Achaeans, warriors and peasants, caught up in the conflict, their families torn apart by a decade-long war. The Rage of Achilles is an exhilarating story that has captured the imaginations of readers for thousands of years restored to immediacy.

About the Author:

Terence Hawkins was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, into a family of coal miners. He graduated from Yale, where he was publisher of the Yale Daily News. After a year as a VISTA volunteer, he attended law school at the University of Wisconsin, and now works as a trial lawyer in Connecticut. Since 1995, his work has appeared in
Keyhole, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), Pindeldyboz, Eclectica, Megaera, and Ape Culture. He is a frequent contributor to the New Haven Register, and his work has appeared on Connecticut Public Radio. The Rage of Achilles is his first novel.

Bryam Library Book Sale
at St Paul’s Lutheran Church
286 Delavan Avenue

Come Get Books!

The Friends of the Byram Shubert Library will be holding its popular Book & Media Sale inside St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on June 11-13.

Just Books
at Arcadia Cafe
28 Arcadia Road
Old Greenwich
Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Ken McAdams “Bon Courage”

Rediscovering the Art of Living in the Heart of France
Ken McAdams

Two years and one home-renovation from hell into their marriage, Ken McAdams and Marian ‘Bing’ Bingham, head to the French countryside in an effort to renew their sanity and to celebrate their long-delayed honeymoon. Their destination: an off-season two-month rental tucked in the small village of La Montagne Noire (the Black Mountain) not far from Toulouse.

BON COURAGE is the story of that trip – one that extended way beyond two months and would change their lives in a way that two people already a ways down the road of life could not possibly have imagined.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Ken McAdams is a graduate of Yale and a former Marine Corps Naval Aviator who broke four world records and received decoration as the first civilian volunteer to fly Marines into Iraq. Pan Am’s youngest Divisional Chief Pilot, he was later appointed national Transportation Safety Board investigator and became Chief Operating Officer KIWI International Airlines before retiring to write full time. He lives in Greenwich, CT and France.

Cos Cob Library
Community Room
5 Sinawoy Road
Cos Cob
Saturday, June 5, 2010
2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Our own local celebrity, Mary Ann Hoberman, named Children’s Poet Laureate of the United States, will read from her two latest books, Strawberry Hill and The Tree That Time Built. Books will be available for purchase and can be signed by the author.

Mary Ann says “I knew I was going to be a writer even before I knew how to write! I was about four years old when I first understood that many of the stories I loved so much had been made up by real people, with real names, rather than having always been here like the moon or the sky.” And wow, did she write! With over forty books to her credit she will have a lasting legacy in the world of children’s books.

Just Books
at Arcadia Cafe
28 Arcadia Road
Old Greenwich
Monday, May 24, 2010
7:00pm

Dennis Vaughn “The Price of Revenge”

David Fox has a life anyone would envy-a flourishing career as a lawyer, a condo in Denver, and a beautiful girlfriend, Ellen-until he begins investigating a lawsuit against the Denver City Ballet. It seems like a commonplace allegation of misspent funds at first, but soon David finds himself caught in a web of blackmail, betrayal, and dark secrets. To escape, he’ll have to answer some uncomfortable questions: Who was responsible for the embezzlement, and how far will they go to cover it up? What precisely is Ellen discussing in those sessions with her psychiatrist? And is telling the truth worth losing everything? The Price of Revenge follows David across boundaries both professional and personal as he tries to find his way out of the maze of intrigue into which he has stumbled.

Greenwich Library
Cole Auditorium
200 W. Putnam Avenue
May 25, 2010
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves

Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times Chief Mergers & Acquisitions Reporter and author, Too Big To Fail at 7 p.m. Book sale and autographing following the event. 6:15 p.m. Advance book sales. Co-sponsored with the World Affairs Forum

Free admission. Reservations not required.
Contact: Wynne Delmhorst, 203-622-7921

For more information visit http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/