Like all libraries we do a ton of book displays so we thought we would give all of you a taste of what you’ll find on our displays this month. All of these are done by members of our staff who put a lot of time and thought into them.
The Pyramid
If you’ve walked in the front door of the library you’ve probably walked past this display. This month Charlotte has given the Pyramid a movie theme to go along with our program The Academy Awards: The Good, The Bad & The Outrageous!
Some of the books:
Moments That Made the Movies by David Thomson
“In his first fully illustrated work, David Thomson breaks new ground by focusing in on a series of moments—which his readers will also experience in beautifully reproduced imagery—from seventy-two films across a 100-year-plus span.” GoodReads
French Cinema by Charles Drazin
“The respected film critic Charles Drazin has written what will become the definitive history of French cinema. Drazin examines France’s role as the inventor of cinema and its pivotal influence over the language of cinema across the past century. Along the way, he highlights the influence of Hollywood directors such as Hitchcock, Ford, and Hawks on Truffaut’s generation, as well as the impact of British directors such as Ken Loach and Mike Leigh on current filmmakers.” GoodReads
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War by Mark Harris
“In Pictures at a Revolution, Mark Harris turned the story of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967 into a landmark work of cultural history, a book about the transformation of an art form and the larger social shift it signified. In Five Came Back, he achieves something larger and even more remarkable, giving us the untold story of how Hollywood changed World War II, and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the prism of five film directors caught up in the war: John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens.” GoodReads
Second Floor Display
If you ever get off the elevator on the second floor this display is literally right in front of you. Carol took the last season of Downton Abbey as her inspiration for this display.
Some of the Books:
Upstairs & Downstairs: The Illustrated Guide to the Real World of Downton Abbey by Sarah Warwick.
“This beautifully illustrated book takes readers on a guided tour of a single day in an upper-crust English home of the Edwardian era. Starting with the servants hard at work while the family is still abed, and culminating in a lavish dinner party, Upstairs & Downstairs lifts the curtain on this fascinating period, as well as its historical bookends, the Victorian and post-World War I eras.” GoodReads
Habits of the House by Fay Weldon.
“As the Season of 1899 comes to an end, the world is poised on the brink of profound, irrevocable change. The Earl of Dilberne is facing serious financial concerns. The ripple effects spread to everyone in the household: Lord Robert, who has gambled unwisely on the stock market and seeks a place in the Cabinet; his unmarried children, Arthur, who keeps a courtesan, and Rosina, who keeps a parrot in her bedroom; Lord Robert’s wife Isobel, who orders the affairs of the household in Belgrave Square; and Grace, the lady’s maid who orders the life of her mistress.” GoodReads
Servants’ Hall: A Real Life Upstairs, Downstairs Romance by Margaret Powell.
“Margaret Powell’s Below Stairs, a servant’s firsthand account of life in the great houses of England, became a sensation among readers reveling in the luxury and subtle class warfare of Masterpiece Theatre’s hit television series Downton Abbey. In Servants’ Hall, another true slice of life from a time when armies of servants lived below stairs simply to support the lives of those above, Powell tells the true story of Rose, the under-parlourmaid to the Wardham Family at Redlands, who took a shocking step: She eloped with the family’s only son, Mr. Gerald.” GoodReads
Sylvan Street Display
This display is located on the landing of the Sylvan Street Stair Case. This month Linda has done an All Things February theme.
Some of the Book:
George Washington and the Founding of a Nation by Albert Marrin
“Esteemed historian Albert Marrin offers an absorbing account of our first president’s life and times in this biography, which was named a Booklist Editors’ Choice and a School Library Journal Best Book.” GoodReads
The Maple Sugar Book: Together with Remarks on Pioneering as a Way of Liv
ing in the Twentieth Century by Helen and Scott Nearing
“A half-century ago, the world was trying to heal the wounds of global war. People were rushing to make up for lost time, grasping for material wealth. This was the era of “total electric living,” a phrase beamed into living rooms by General Electric spokesman Ronald Reagan. Environmental awareness was barely a gleam in the eye of even Rachel Carson.
And yet, Helen and Scott Nearing were on a totally different path, having left the city for the country, eschewing materialistic society in a quest for the self-sufficiency they deemed ‘the Good Life.'” GoodReads
The Magic of Groundhog Day: Transform Your Life Day by Day by Paul Hannam
“Now The Magic of Groundhog Day reveals how you can transfer the magic of the movie into your own life at home and work. You too can break free from repetitive thoughts and behaviors that keep you stuck in a rut, and transform a mundane day into a magical day by simply changing your attitudes. You too can wake up to the ever-present magic and discover the extraordinary in the ordinary. You too can create the Life you want to live, not the one you were conditioned to live” GoodReads