LIBRARY NEWS

Opera and other music CDs donated to library

By Carole Howard and the Library Staff

Alert to music lovers: Thanks to generous donors, we have a delightful selection of music CDs for your listening pleasure. Opera lovers will be especially pleased to know about a fun series of four opera CDs we recently received:

• “Opera Goes to the Movies” includes opera themes from films such as Fatal Attraction, Moonstruck, Apocalypse Now, Godfather III and Wall Street.
• “The Movies go to the Opera” contains great operatic melodies featured in some of the above films plus Raging Bull, Gallipoli as well as Hannah and Her Sisters.
• “Madison Avenue Goes to the Opera” includes great operatic and vocal melodies featured in memorable TV commercials for products such as Lee’s Jeans, British Airways, Little Caesar’s Pizza and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
• “Opera Goes to Hell” (yes, you read that correctly!) includes arias, choruses and ballet from underworld scenes in operas such as Faust and Mefistofele.

We hope you know that the library has a very fine collection of other types of music CDs as well – all thanks to donations from generous patrons, as we have no money for music CDs in the budget. In fact, there are more than 300 music CDs available for checkout, featuring almost every type of music you can imagine, every one of them contributed by generous people like you.

Virtually all the famous classical composers are represented. You’ll find symphonies, solo pieces and chamber music by Beethoven, Berliez, Chopin, Dvorak, Gershwin, Grieg, Hayden, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Schubert, Vivaldi and more. The collection includes some rare gems like a CD of Horowitz’ 1965 Carnegie Hall concert, and opera arias by Maria Callas.

There’s a nice selection of country music CDs by many stars including Garth Brooks, Chris DeDoux, Waylon Jennings and Reba McEntire. There are soundtracks from movies, including “Pure Country” with George Strait and “Beaches” with Bette Midler, plus musical themes from the Miami Vice TV show.

There are pop stars like the Carpenters, Whitney Houston and Tina Turner. There are rock stars like Phil Collins, Dire Straits, Kansas and Bruce Springsteen. You’ll also find Christian rock, gospel and rap – plus a 4-CD Reader’s Digest Mexican music collection called “Mi Mexico Lindo.”

We hope you’ll take a few minutes to come by the library to see which of the music CDs appeal to you. You’ll find the music collection on the side wall near the videos and DVDs.

Document on Sheep Creek

The library has received a copy of “Sheep Creek Bridge , Site No. 5AA2679, Archuleta County, Colorado” from the San Juan Public Lands Center. Sheep Creek Bridge is an example of a small suspension bridge. It originally was constructed as a make-shift bridge by herdsmen to get their livestock across the Piedra River. This publication gives the history of Sheep Creek Bridge and contains some wonderful old pictures. It is available for public use. Please ask for it at the circulation desk.

Novels: Romance and love

“In the Shade of the Jacaranda” by Nikki Arana is a love story about the challenges and the love of wealthy female defense attorney who marries a Mexican with a fledging landscape business. “A Lady of High Regard” is a love story by Tracie Peterson. “The Last Summer (of You and Me)” is an adult novel of love, loss and family bonds by the author of “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.”

Non-fiction: Historical voyages

“1421: The Year China Discovered America” by Gavin Menzies documents the story of Chinese ships reaching America 70 years before Columbus and circumnavigating the globe a century before Magellan. “Persian Pilgrimages: Journeys Across Iran” by journalist Afshin Molavi looks at the country through its culture rather than its politics.

New biographies: Hillary, Hollywood and Mao

“A Woman in Charge” by Carl Bernstein, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on Watergate, is a new biography of Hillary Clinton. The lives of two Hollywood heroes are chronicled in “Jimmy Stewart: A Biography” by Marc Eliot and “Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination” by Neal Gabler. “The Private Life of Chairman Mao” by Dr. Li Zhisui is a wide-ranging story of the Chinese leader’s life.

Thanks to donors

Our deep gratitude to a very special benefactor, William Wetzel, for his generous donation to purchase bilingual Spanish-English children’s books. We also are grateful to C.A.R.E. (Christian Adoption Resources & Encouragement) for a subscription to the monthly magazine “Adoptive Families.” For books and materials, this week we thank Maye Alley, Phyl Daleske, Jim Downing, Julie Gates, Carole Howard, Alta Kimble, Dave Krueger, Marie Leathers, Kate Lister, Stevie Noblitt, Lily Redmon, Lynne Stinehfield, Sue and C.J. Werth, and Bill Wetzel.

Quotable quote

“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen – the more select, the more enjoyable.” – American novelist Louisa May Alcott, author of “Little Women”

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