Adult
Department
Homebound
The staff will be happy to deliver library materials to Stafford residents who are homebound. Contact the library at 684-2852.
Free Computer Classes
Do you own a small business? Or maybe you just want to learn how to use a spreadsheet for home use? Whatever the reason, Intro and advanced Microsoft Excel classes are being offered at the Stafford Library in addition to Basic Computer Concepts, The Internet, Microsoft Word, Basic Troubleshooting and E-bay. Contact Bruce to sign up.
New Adult Books
America's Game : The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation
by Michael Maccambridge
Football is the professional sport of choice in America today, evidenced by the fact that its championship game, the Super Bowl, is an undeclared national holiday. MacCambridge, author of the extraordinarily informative and very entertaining The Franchise: A History of Sports Illustrated (1997), picks up the struggling National Football League immediately after World War II, when the team owners were a ragtag collection of squabbling entrepreneurs.
Shane Comes Home
by Rinker Buck
Shane Childers, First Lieutenant, U.S. Marines, and his "homecoming." Childers was extraordinary--dedicated and intense about whatever he undertook as well as possessed of a vocation to be a warrior--and he became an extraordinary marine.
The Gourmet Cookbook
by John Willoughby, Zanne Early Stewart, Ruth Reichl (Editor)
Through pictures and intelligent articles by noted food and travel writers, Gourmet made its readership aware of refined food traditions that made everyday American fare seem narrow.
Who We Are Now : The Changing Face of America in the 21st Century)
by Sam Roberts
This work contains demographic nuggets relevant to almost any social issue that becomes a political issue, such as homelessness. Roberts shows, for example, that the numbers demonstrate that the mid-1990s overhaul of the welfare system succeeded in increasing employment among welfare recipients while also noting what critics say about the quality of the jobs they obtained. Muting any political view he may have, the author permits the demographics to speak pristinely and readers to interpret them as they will.
NEW DVD TITLES – November, 2006
If you can’t find the DVD you’re interested in, you may reserve it online. If you need help, ask at the circulation desk.
| American Beauty |
The Andy Griffith Show |
Bewitched |
Broken Flowers |
| Cahill : United States Marshal |
Corpse Bride |
Flightplan |
Footsteps of Goliath (630) |
| The Girl from Monday |
A History of Violence |
The Ice Harvest |
In Her Shoes |
| Kidnapped |
Match Point |
Men at Work |
Memoirs of a Geisha |
| Monster House |
Mr. Christmas |
The Old Curiosity Shop |
Practical Magic |
| Pride & Prejudice |
Red Eye |
7 Men from Now |
The Staircase (345.02) |
| Stargate |
A Thousand Acres |
Three Kings |
Under the Greenwood Tree |
| An Unfinished Life |
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MacGuffin Guide to Detective Fiction
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