Books

Everything You Need to Know About Computers

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The Cheshire Library has approximately 80 computers and lately it seems like they’re all acting like cranky two year olds!  So if you see an out of order sign, or a frustrated Librarian, please bear with us!  Luckily, we have a great Library Technology Coordinator to trouble shoot for us.  We also have a great selection of books about computers to help educate our patrons.  Do you want to know how to trouble shoot, program or just turn on a computer?  Would you like to know a little history, or benefits of computers?  Check out our computer section (.004-.006.78) downstairs in the Reference Department.

Here’s a small sample of what you can find:

Computing Before Computers

The Plug-In Drug:  television, computers, and family life

Most Human Human: What Talking to Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to be Alive

Dogfight: how Apple and Google went to war and started a revolution

Is This Thing On? : a computer handbook for late bloomers, technophobes, and the kicking & screaming.

Degunking Windows

 

 

 

 

Ahoy, It’s International Talk Like A Pirate Day Again!

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Here is it, September 19 and my favorite holiday, International Talk like a Pirate Day! It is a day that always inspires the wearing of pirate hats and much shouting of ‘Ahoy! Matey’ and ‘Shiver me Timbers’ in my house. Thankfully my kids get into the day along side me, and so do a number of my friends and coworkers.
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Last year I created a list of picturebooks and related non-fiction children’s books to celebrate the day. We can revisit that post here. This year I am going to take a different look at pirates, and offer up a selection of adult non-fiction about pirates that will sate your desire for adventure and travel, and perhaps whet your appetite for even more information. If you are still looking for more after reading this post, we do have a display in the lobby, near the adult fiction, of pirate related books that just might catch your eye!

 

empireofbluewater1. The Pirate Hunter: the True Story of Captain Kidd by Richard Zacks

2.The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire by Susan Ronald

3.The Pirates of Somalia: Inside their Hidden World by Jay Bahadur

4.Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan’s Great Pirate Army, the Epic deadmenBattle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe that Ended the Oulaws’ Bloody Reign by Stephan Talty

5.Dead Men Tell No Tales: the Lives and Legends of the Pirate Charles Gibbs by Joseph Gibbs

6.Blackbeard: the Real Pirate of the Caribbean by Dan Parry

7. Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How blackbearda Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved out an Empire in the New World in their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom–and Revenge by Edward Kritzler

For even more pirate information you might want to explore; The World Atlas of Pirates: Treasures and Treachery on the Seven Seas, in Maps, Tall Tales, and Pictures by Angus Konstam, The Pirate Coast: Thomas thepiratecoastJefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805 by Richard Zacks, Expedition Whydah: the Story of the World’s First Excavation of a Pirate Treasure Ship and the Man Who Found Her by Barry Clifford with Paul Perry, The Honourable Company: a History of the English East India Company by John Keay, Savage Kingdom: the True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America by Benjamin Woolley or A Pirate Looks at Fifty by Jimmy Buffett.

 

Do You Want To Blog Like Us?

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Since you are reading this blog, you are at least partially aware of how many people, businesses, organizations, and so on have started blogging. Some people blog about their daily life, parenting, working, crafting, reading, or whatever interests they have. Others are blogging to promote themselves, their business, or a cause important to them. It is hard to making blogging fun while still reaching the desired audience.  Striking the balance of hard work and fun is hard, especially when you are hoping that others read and find value in your efforts.

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I find myself, at least on my personal blog, often ignoring the technical advice about SEO, algorithms, and all the important stuff that helps readers find your blog,  and writing what I would like to read. However, knowing the best tools and information, even if you do not necessarily subscribe to it, can only help your efforts. If you are interested in learning more about blogging or trying it out for yourself here are some books you might want to consider checking out.

 

 

 2. The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging by the editors of the Huffington Post

 

 

 

 

  6.Food Blogging for Dummies by Kelly Senyei

 

 7.Blogging for Dummies by Susannah Gardner and Shane Birley

 

 8.Mom Blogging for Dummies by Wendy Piersall

 9.Sams Teach Yourself WordPress 3 in 10 minutes by Chuck Tomasi, Kreg Steppe

 

 10.WordPress for Dummies by Lisa Sabin-Wilson

 

 And for even more information on social media, writing for the web, and blogging in general you might also want to check out; Writing for the Web : Creating Compelling Web Content Using Words, Pictures, and Sound by Lynda Felder, Social Media Marketing all-in-one for Dummies by Jan Zimmerman and Deborah Ng, New Media  edited by Albert Rolls, Get Rich Blogging by Zoe Griffin, Freedom is Blogging in your Underwear by Hugh MacLeod, Blogging by David L. Hudson Jr., Creative Blogging: Your First Steps to a Successful Blog by Heather Wright-Porto, or Blogging America: the New Public Sphere by Aaron Barlow.

10 Books We’re Looking Forward to in September

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As the weather starts to cool and the leaves start to turn, what’s better than curling up with a good book and a cup of tea? Fortunately, there are a lot of great books coming out soon that are perfect companions for the crisp days ahead.

 

Every month, librarians from around the country pick the top ten new books they’d most like to share with readers. The results are published on LibraryReads.org. One of the goals of LibraryReads is to highlight the important role public libraries play in building buzz for new books and new authors. Click through to read more about what new and upcoming books librarians consider buzzworthy this month. The top ten titles for September are:

  1. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
  2. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
  3. The Secret Place by Tana French
  4. Rooms by Lauren Oliver
  5. The Children Act by Ian McEwan
  6. The Distance by Helen Giltrow
  7. Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
  8. The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
  9. The Witch with No Name by Kim Harrison
  10. Season of Storms by Susanna Kearsley

Hand-made Gifts For the Holidays

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giftsThe holidays are just 4 short months away!  If you like to make gifts for family and friends, now is a good time to get started – or at least, get planning.  The Cheshire Library has a vast assortment of books on all types of hand-made crafts located downstairs in the Reference Department.

Most popular are books on knitting (located in 746.432) and crocheting (located in 746.434).  Quilting (located in 746.46) is also very popular.

Jewelry is another popular item for gift-giving.  You can choose from books on beading, or soutache, or just general jewelry making.  All are located in the 745 area of Reference.

 

Books on beaded jewelry:

Take a look at all the library has to offer on crafting and have fun with whatever you choose!