Wednesday, October 22, 2008
The Pinckney Community Public Library invites you to “A Day in Detroit/Casinos for a Cause” on:
• Thursday, October 16, 2008—bus leaves Pinckney @ 9:00 am (First Drop Off—Detroit Institute of the Arts; Second Drop Off—Greektown Casino)
• Friday, October 24, 2008—bus leaves Pinckney @ 4:00 pm (First Drop Off—Detroit Institute of the Arts; Second Drop Off—Greektown Casino)
• Thursday, November 13, 2008—bus leaves Pinckney @ 9:00 am (First Drop Off—Detroit Institute of the Arts; Second Drop Off—Greektown Casino)
• Saturday, November 22, 2008—bus leaves Pinckney @ 10:00 am (First Drop Off—Detroit Institute of the Arts; Second Drop Off—Greektown Casino)
• Friday, November 28, 2008—bus leaves Pinckney @ 11:00 am (First Drop Off—Detroit Institute of the Arts; Second Drop Off—Greektown Casino)
Join us for a trip to Downtown Detroit at the Detroit Institute of the Arts or Greektown Casino for an evening of fine arts or gambling, food and fun! Tickets are $30 per person. Price includes round-trip transportation and $20.00 Greektown credit for play at the casino.
For more information, call the Pinckney Public Library (734-878-3888) . Proceeds benefit the Pinckney Community Public Library and other various organizations throughout mid-Michigan.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
New York Times Bestsellers List for Hardcover NonFiction for October 12, 2008
Hardcover Nonfiction
Published: October 12, 2008
Pinckney Library Owns
On Order
| This Week | | Last Week | Weeks on List |
| 1 | HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED, by Thomas L. Friedman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.95.) How a green revolution can renew | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY, by Bill O’Reilly. (Broadway, $26.) The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career. | | 1 |
| 3 | PIECES OF MY HEART, by Robert J. Wagner with Scott Eyman. (William Morrow, 25.95.) The movie star offers a memoir of his life, his marriages and his work. | | 1 |
| 4 | THE WAR WITHIN, by Bob Woodward. (Simon & Schuster, $32.) White House debates over the | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | DEWEY, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. (Grand Central, $19.99.) The kitten left freezing in the returned-book slot of an | 13 | 2 |
| 6 | BAD MONEY, by Kevin Phillips. (Viking, $25.95.) How the financial sector has hijacked the American economy, aided by | | 3 |
| 7 | THE LIMITS OF POWER, by Andrew Bacevich. (Metropolitan/Holt, $24.) A retired Army colonel argues that Americans themselves are responsible for the country’s woes. (†) | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | MOTHER WARRIORS, by Jenny McCarthy. (Dutton, $24.95.) The battles of the author and other mothers against their children’s autism. | | 1 |
| 9 | BOYS WILL BE BOYS, by Jeff Pearlman. (Harper, $25.95.) A chronicle of the Super Bowl-winning Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s. | 7 | 2 |
| 10 | THROUGH THE STORM, by Lynne Spears with Lorilee Craker. (Nelson, 24.99.) Britney Spears’s mother gives her perspective on her family’s perils. | | |
New York Times Bestsellers List for Hardcover Fiction for October 3, 2008
Hardcover Fiction
Published: October 3, 2008
Pinckney Library Owns
On Order
| This Week | | Last Week | Weeks on List |
| 1 | THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, by David Wroblewski. (Ecco, $25.95.) A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | HEAT LIGHTNING, by John Sandford. (Putnam, $26.95.) Virgil Flowers investigates murder cases linked by a lemon in the mouth of each victim. | | 1 |
| 3 | THE GIVEN DAY, by Dennis Lehane. (William Morrow, $27.95.) A policman, a fugitive and their families persevere in the turbulence of | | 1 |
| 4 | HOT MAHOGANY, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) A Stone Barrington mystery set amid the intrigues of the world of antiques and old and new money in | | 1 |
| 5 | | | 1 |
| 6 | THE OTHER QUEEN, by Philippa Gregory. (Touchstone, $25.95.) The story of Mary, Queen of Scots, in captivity under Queen Elizabeth. | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $24.95.) A hacker and a journalist investigate the disappearance of an octogenarian’s niece 40 years ago. | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | TSAR, by Ted Bell. (Atria Books, $26.95.) The Kremlin has a brutal killer working for it in | | 1 |
| 9 | THE | 5 | 9 |
| 10* | THE HOST, by Stephenie Meyer. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) Aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won’t surrender. | | |
