Thomas County Public Library System News - April 25, 2022

From: Thomas County Public Library System
April 26, 2022

“A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.”.
-Lemony Snicket

Beginner Flow Yoga
Wed, April 27, 9.45am

An intro yoga class that moves slowly through a simple vinyasa sequence while focusing on alignment and breath while working on strength, balance and flexibility.  Gr

Friends of the Library Book Sale
Tues, April 26, 10-5pm

Browse these gently used books and support the library!  All proceeds go toward programming and materials at all our branches.  Books, DVDs, puzzles, children & young adult books, music and more!

For the Teens:

Graphic Novel Book Club
Tues, April 26, 4pm

Dig graphic novels and interested in meeting others that are into them too? Join our Graphic Novel Club where we read and share a some of our favorite or ‘currently reading’ graphic novels each month. Snacks will be present during each meeting.

Intended for ages 12-17.

For the Kids:

At the branches:

Boston Library -
Quiddler Club
Tues, April 26, 2.00pm

Join the card game that challenges you to make words out of the letters from your hand of cards faster than your opponents.  A great space to meet and mingle with others from the community.  Intended for ages 18+.

Coolidge Library -
Story Time
April 25-28

Drop in anytime during open hours (1.30-6.00pm) for a read-aloud story and craft! A great space to meet other parents and kids. Intended for ages 2-4 with their caregivers.

Recommended Reads:

TED Talk speakers suggest: If you want to read something beautiful.

Fisherman's Blues, by Anna Badkhen
— Pierre Thiam (TED Talk: A forgotten ancient grain that could help Africa prosper)
"This work of nonfiction is a beautiful story that takes place in Joal, a Senegalese fishing village facing the challenges of overfishing and climate change. With humor and poetry, the reader is taken on a cultural voyage full of myths, humanity and love."
It's not often that non-fiction reads like magical realism, but this text does. If you believe in dipping your hands in an ocean of plenty and with bare hands pulling out a meal, or if you believe in making offerings to the djinn that reside in a termite mound...this magical text will bring West Africa to life. But not all is a romantic vision of the lives of fishermen. Their very real lives end with tremendous frequency. With a penchant for a lyrical voice, Badkhen weaves together magic, culture, horror, marine biology, nautical language, climate change, migration, religion, economics, and history.

All That Is, by James Salter
— Nabila Alibhai (TED Talk: Why people of different faiths are painting their houses of worship yellow)
"I can’t help but recommend this last book by Salter, who died this year. A man comes back to New York from World War II to face the unremarkable cruelty of normal life — melancholy, the pursuit of love and passing seasons. It’s all described in language that is alive, elegant, precise and satiating."
Beneath the deceptively straightforward coming-of-age and growing-old narrative--boy meets girl, loses girl; meets, loses; meets, loses--lurks the deeply personal story of what it meant to be a 20th century man. Phillip Bowman is the archetype of the flawed, ambitious, lust-filled American male. He’s Don Draper. He’s Rabbit Angstrom. He’s your dad. He’s my dad. (Also named Phil; also from New Jersey.) What’s truly astounding here is the writing, from a master who happens to be an octogenarian. Salter crafts beautiful sentences. He creates characters, lives, entire worlds in just a page or two. He’s also capable of some blushingly evocative sex scenes--again, impressive for a man approaching 90. Profound and lush, this is a book to savor. It’s the sweeping story of a complicated, error-filled, fully wrung-out life. A guy’s life. A good life

Mathematics + Art, by Lynn Gamwell
— Roger Antonsen (TED Talk: Math is the hidden secret to understanding the world)
"The fields of mathematics and art are deeply and profoundly interconnected. This beautiful book is an irresistible and impressive tour through mathematically inspired art, the philosophical force of seeing things from different perspectives, and the essence of mathematics."
This is that rarest of things: A beautiful coffee table book that contains a text that is not only a pleasure to read but also covers intriguing new ground. Ostensibly about the history of the connection between mathematics and visual art, the book moves quickly from the influence of platonism in classical and Renaissance art to a sophisticated discussion of how mathematicians such as Cantor, Hilbert, Gödel, and Brouwer inspired artworks in the first half of the twentieth century. Sure to impress thanks to the author's ability to make connections as well as her clear prose when explaining obtuse topics.

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