Elizabeth Taber Library

Sippican Historical Society & Elizabeth Taber Library Present:

Frances Perkins – First Female Cabinet Secretary

Special Lecture by David Prentiss

Fri., May 24th ~ 7pm ~ Marion Music Hall

The public is cordially invited to attend a special lecture presentation:  Frances Perkins – First Female Cabinet Secretary, co-sponsored by the Sippican Historical Society and ET Library.  To be held on Friday, May 24^th at the Marion Music Hall at 7pm, the presentation will feature a lecture by David Prentiss, Adjunct Professor of Political Science for UMass-Dartmouth and President/CEO of the New Bedford Symphony.  Mr. Prentiss received a B.A. in Philosophy at Assumption College, a J.D. from New England School of Law and the Thomas P. O’Neill Fellowship for graduate studies in political science at Boston College. A popular speaker, he has given talks on Abraham Lincoln and other presidential leadership topics at the New Bedford Civil War Roundtable, the Lincoln Study Group of Boston, the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, and the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center.  Mr. Prentiss is currently writing a book on presidential leadership and the nature of democratic politics.

The Marion Music Hall is located at 164 Front Street.  Ample parking is available across the street at Island Wharf.  The presentation will be offered free of charge, though donations are gratefully accepted. No reservations are necessary.  Light refreshments will be provided.  For more information, please call the SHS at (508)748-1116.

Last night the Elizabeth Taber Library was delighted to host fashion blogger and PR agent for Boston’s hottest new Boutique Haven, Michelle Michaud for a discussion on Spring Fashion.

Michelle spoke to a crowd of men, woman and children of all ages and body types on what to incorporate into their wardrobes this Spring.  This list is in no particular order:

• Neon (no you can’t recycle your Ocean Pacific stuff left over from the 80′s)
• Little Jackets
• Colored Pants (even floral and prints!)
• Sundresses
• Sunnies (sun glasses)
• Ballet Flats
• Nautical inspirations
• Cute clutches (she shared an adorable one from J. Crew that was pink and woven)

Michelle also took a few moments to tell us about her blog, Pink Champagne, a platform she uses to showcase fashion, interiors and lifestyle.  The blog is a celebration of all things beautiful and colorful – I think you will like it!

A newly launched project for Michelle is a collaboration with other fashion bloggers that she met while attending an industry event in NYC.  This is a fashion blogging throwdown, each week, six fabulous bloggers (three up north, three down south) will select one of their favorite Spring trends and style an outfit.

Week 1: Black & White, you can see more of Michelle’s looks in her North vs. South kick off post and then those of the other women participating:

• The Right Shoes
• Lex What Wear
• Julie Leah
• Glitter & Gingham
• Pearls & Twirls

Thank you Michelle!  Please visit our calendar and register for future upcoming events, like How to Get on TV!

Today at the Elizabeth Taber Library we held a class on using your Kindle to download library books from the SAILS network onto your Kindle device.  Several questions and interesting points came out of the class and I want to share and recap as much as possible.

• Kindle is owned by Amazon; the arrangement between borrowing library books and reading them on a Kindle device took a few years of negotiating.
• Your Elizabeth Taber Library card gives you access to the SAILS network, when you download a book onto your Kindle, it is not coming from the Elizabeth Taber Library, but the SAILS network.
• The Elizabeth Taber Library has multiple Kindle’s and eReaders with a very large collection of titles that are for use by our patrons.  If you don’t see a title that you want to read available for the Kindle through SAILS, please contact Judith Klevin and ask her if it is possible to borrow a device with the book on it.
• Access the SAILS network to download books at: http://sails.lib.overdrive.com or http://sailsinc.org/
• You will need your Elizabeth Taber Library card number and PIN and have already set up your Amazon account and registered your Kindle device.
• A Kindle device could include: a Kindle or a free Kindle App

This video will give you the steps to download the books:

Check Out Library Book for Kindle from eileen lonergan on Vimeo.

I have also found how you can search the catalog for Kindle only books:

Or watch this video:

How to Search for Books Available on the Kindle from eileen lonergan on Vimeo.

To return a book early:

Return a Kindle Book Early from eileen lonergan on Vimeo.

TED is dedicated to ideas worth spreading. And that leaves many wondering exactly which ideas have been spread the most widely in the six years that TEDTalks videos have been available online. Here, a list of the 20 most-watched talks on all the platforms we track: TED.com, YouTube, iTunes, embed and download, Hulu and more, as of November 2012.

From education to brain function to inspiring messages to techno-possibilities, this list represents quite a breadth of topics.

1. Sir Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity (2006): 14,850,200 views
2. Jill Bolte Taylor stroke of insight (2008): 11,225,783
3. Pranav Mistry on the thrilling potential of SixthSense (2009): 9,897,347
4. David Gallo underwater astonishments (2007): 8,204,051
5. Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense (2009): 7,747,690
6. Tony Robbins asks Why we do what we do (2006): 7,564,235
7. Simon Sinek on how great leaders inspire action (2010): 7,539,516
8. Brene Brown talks about the power of vulnerability (2010): 5,861,510
9. Steve Jobs  on how to live before you die (2005): 5,444,022
10. the surprising science of motivation (2009): 5,534,123
11. Hans Rosling shows the best stats you’ve ever seen (2006): 5,249,928
12. Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing your creative genius (2009): 5,020,869
13. Arthur Benjamin does mathemagic (2005): 4,951,918
14. 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm (2009): 4,793,334
15. Dan Gilbert asks: Why are we happy? (2004): 4,759,217
16. Keith Barry does brain magic (2004): 4,475,303
17. Stephen Hawking asks big questions about the universe (2008): 4,470,236
18. Johnny Lee shows Wii Remote hacks for educators (2008): 3,997,174
19. Jeff Han demos his breakthrough multi-touchscreen (2006): 3,982,775
20. Barry Schwartz  explores the paradox of choice (2005): 3,836,350

The Elizabeth Taber Library congratulates local author Tim Sperry on his new book, Lazarus World Voyage.

In 1992, five friends in their twenties joined forces to buy and fix up a 40-foot ketch that was wrecked during Hurricane Bob. The goal? Leave their everyday lives behind and sail her around the world as equal partners.

Their adventure spanned two and a half years, 30,000 ocean miles, and three oceans. Milestones included passing through the Panama Canal, making landfall on five different continents, rounding the Cape of Good Hope, and tying the circumnavigation “knot” in Grenada.

This account by crewmember Tim Sperry takes readers along for the ride, from the early days of messy fiberglass repairs and choppy Atlantic sailing to temporary jobs in New Zealand to the final sprint for home from Bermuda. He spares no detail in recounting all of the weather, gear mishaps, and mood swings experienced at sea and all of the cultures, landscapes, and new friends encountered on land.

>Read more about Lazarus World Voyage

Congratulations to local author and friend of the Elizabeth Taber Library, Peter C. Stone, on the publication of his latest book, Waltzes with Giants, The Twilight Journey of the North Atlantic Right Whale which is a selection of the Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club!

Waltzes with Giants, The Twilight Journey of the North Atlantic Right Whale (Science/Nature) is a moving portrait of one of earth’s largest endangered mammals. Mystical and provocative, it is inspired by a real North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) and her threatened migrations from Atlantic Canada, to her calving grounds off the coasts of Georgia and Florida.

Praise for Waltzes with Giants  (Skyhorse, September 2012)

“I am just blown away by Peter C. Stone’s Waltzes with Giants. He has captured the story all so well, so tragically, so beautifully…”
- Amy Knowlton
North Atlantic Right Whale Research Scientist, New England Aquarium

“In Waltzes with Giants, Peter C. Stone uses the capacity of human imagination, the power of poetic language, and the tactile beauty of paint to convey the heartbreaking story of the North Atlantic right whale. It vividly beckons us to learn through the heart as well as the mind.”
- Virginia K. Freyermuth, M.F.A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Art Education, Rhode Island College

 Read more about Peter and Waltzes with Giants.

If by any chance you have an old or unused Kindle, please consider donating it to the Elizabeth Taber Library. We would be delighted to expand the number of devices that we have the ability to circulate among our patrons.

To discuss please contact Judie Kleven.  Thank you!

I wanted to bring to your attention a new book that I co-authored with Massachusetts resident Frank Terrazzano. “Life, with Cancer – the Lauren Terrazzano Story” is a biography about his daughter, a remarkable woman and social journalist.

Briefly, Lauren grew up outside Boston and graduated of B.U., where she studied journalism before moving to NewYork. She shared a Pulitzer Prize with her colleagues at Newsday newspaper for coverage of the TWA Flight 800 crash off the shores of Long Island in 1996, and numerous other awards for her social journalism, including the Anna Quindlen Award for Excellence in Journalism for her work on stories about Children and Families. Because of this connection, we are fortunate to have had Anna Quindlen write a foreword for this book.

As a non-smoker, Lauren was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2004 at the age of 36. For three years she battled the disease, several rounds of cancer treatment, the removal of a lung, and from October 2006 until her death in May 2007, she wrote a weekly column in Newsday, titled, Life, with Cancer. In it, she shared her experiences with cancer, the treatment, the higher incidence of the disease in women, the research being done, personal reflections, as well as the stigma associated with the disease.

“Life, with Cancer – the Lauren Terrazzano Story” / October 2, 2012 / ISBN 0757316638
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7573-1663-0

Co-Author Paul Lonardo is a freelance writer based in Lincoln, Rhode Island. He also also worked on the Documentary Film and web series about the Station nightclub fire, Individuals stories of tragedy, triumph and inspiration.

Be sure to buy your tickets this week for “Women, Words and Power: An Evening with Marge Piercy” and other poets at The Zeiterion Theatre in New Bedford. This event is being held Thursday, November 15th at 7 pm. A book signing will follow the reading. Tickets are only $10 and parking is free.

Support the Zeiterion’s collaboration with SAILS Library card holders to offer discounts on select events throughout the year. Please see the press release on the SAILS web site or call the box office for more information: 508-994-2900.

You can purchase tickets online at www.zeiterion.org, by calling the box office (508-994-2900) or by visiting the box office at 684 Purchase Street, New Bedford (see the website for hours open).

Look at this super cool digital bookshelf that Google has in its NYC office! Read more behind the scenes of Google’s Manhattan Headquarters.