By Carole Howard and the Library Staff

Christmas must be approaching quickly, because the Women’s Civic Club ladies will host their annual bazaar tomorrow -- Saturday, November 3 -- from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Community Center. This fun event marks the beginning of the holiday season for many locals, and this year’s bazaar will set records for the number and variety of vendors ready to meet your shopping needs.

In fact, there will be 65 booths featuring myriad vendors from all over the Four Corners area including artists, jewelers, weavers, pottery, woodwork, photography, embroidery, Christmas items, fall decorations, knitting, paintings and leatherwork.

The Civic Club ladies will have their incredible baked goods booth so you can purchase goodies to eat now or put in the freezer for holiday entertaining. They’ll also have lots of good food, including coffee for early shoppers and their famous Beef Brisket on a Bun for lunch if you want to take a pleasant break from your shopping.

Plus there are many wonderful raffle items – including money wreaths of 50 one-dollar bills and gift baskets with beauty products, wine and food -- to tempt you. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5, available at the bazaar.

For the first time, there also will be a silent auction. As well, the library will have our own booth where you can purchase almost new hardcover fiction and non-fiction. Most of these are donations of books read only once that duplicated titles we already had in the collection, so they are suitable for gifts as well as for your own reading.

The bazaar, now in its 33 rd year, is the Civic Club’s largest fundraiser of the year for the library. We hope you’ll come, enjoy yourself, do some holiday shopping and support a great cause – your library.

Lifelong Learning lectures

The free Lifelong Learning lectures continue at the library at 3 p.m. this Saturday, November 3 with “Birds of Archuleta County,” a presentation by Linda Newberry, Southwest Colorado Regional Director of Audubon Colorado. The last lecture is November 10, “A Comparison of Native American and European Worldviews,” when Raymond Dutton explores the Hopi/Dine comparisonof tribal and western views about values, relationships, land, property, rituals, myths, andthe supernatural.

Bestsellers on CD

Several bestselling novels have just arrived on CD. They include “Sweet Revenge” by Diane Mott Davidson, “The Sanctuary” by Raymond Khoury, “Bones to Ashes” by Kathy Reichs and “The Wheel of Darkness” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. We also have “Change Your Thoughts-Change Your Life” by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer with all 81 verses of the Tao. Most of these works on CD also are available at the library as hardcover books.

Non-fiction making news

“The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World” is the much-awaited memoir of former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan that has been generating headlines all over the world. “Power to the People” by Laura Ingraham, one of the most-listened to women in talk radio, offers her unique brand of advice for people who are fed up with a Hollywood that peddles profanity and pornography, schools that teach our kids more about condoms than the Constitution, and judges who think it is their job to legislate for us.

Natural resources

“Water in the West,” edited by Char Miller, is a primer on our region’s most precious and scarce resource, taken from the pages of High Country News. “Clay” by Suzanne Staubach covers 30,000 years of history of clay’s effect on civilization from the development of culinary arts, the rise of international trade, the invention of writing and the construction of towns and cities.

Mysteries and thrillers

“Suspect” by Michael Robotham is a murder mystery featuring a psychologist recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s who’s suspected of murdering a nurse he once worked with. “Spook” by William Gibson is a thriller involving a journalist, a young Cuban and a high-end junkie hooked on prescription anti-anxiety drugs. “Heart Sick” by Chelsea Cain explores the unusual relationship between a homicide detective and a serial killer. “Requiem for an Assassin” by Barry Eisler is the latest in the popular series featuring assassin John Rain, whose plans to leave the killing business are thwarted by the kidnapping of his friend.

Life in the mountains

“The God of Animals” by Aryn Kyle is a debut novel set on a horse ranch in small-town Colorado. “Bryson City Seasons” by Walt Laimore, M.D. contains more tales of a doctor’s practice in the Smokey Mountains.

Books by and about real people

Former President Bill Clinton’s “Giving” is a book about how each of us can change the world – and how individuals, companies and organizations are doing so. Actor Alan Alda’s latest humorous memoir is “Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself.” “Loving Frank” is a novel by Nancy Horan about the long-lived affair between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney.

Women growing older

“It’s Never Too Late To Look Hot” is a humorous novel by Heather Estay about a woman on the brink of turning 50. “No! I Don’t Want to Join A Book Club” is the fictionalized diary of a woman’s 60 th year by Virginia Ironside. “Song Without Words” by Ann Packer chronicles the complex friendship of two women from childhood to middle age as they face life’s difficult events.

How-to books

“Dan Poynter’s Self-Publishing Manual,” now in its 16 th edition. tells you how to write, print and sell your own book. “How to Brew” by John L. Palmer explains everything you need to know to brew beer right the first time. In “The Art of the Interview,” Lawrence Grobel takes you step-by-step through the interview process and also shares memorable stories and candid moments from his interviews with actors, Nobel laureates, sports figures and Pulitzer-Prize winning authors. In “The New New Journalism” by Robert S. Boynton, famous writers and reporters reveal the techniques and inspiration behind their acclaimed works.

Thanks to our donors

Our gratitude to Scottie and Ralph Gibson for their donation to the library. For books and materials this week we thank Denny Bell, Carole Bode, Lenore Bright, Ed Crutchley, Kerri Keazel, Anita Hinger, Karen Hoch, Beverly Johnson, Richard Pendleton and Ruth Read.

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