The author of Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children's Literature will speak of the history of the editors, authors, librarians, booksellers and others whose passion for books has transformed American childhood and American culture in the past 300 years.
Co-sponsored by the library and Cotsen Children's Library at Princeton University. Books will be sold for signing.

Jack Armstrong, owner of FranNet and an attorney from Stark and Stark, will describe the differences between owning a business and owning a franchise.

Initiated by Edward R. Murrow and Ward Wheelock in the early 1950s and an NPR feature since 2005, This I Believe is an opportunity to listen to the personal beliefs of others and explore your own credence. Keith Wheelock, Ward Wheelock's son, has created a four-session program designed for those 55 and older. Participants will hear recordings of contemporary and past essays and are encouraged to share their own feelings with those in the course.
Space is limited; please call the Reference Desk and 924-9529 x220 to register.

Karen D'Antico, economic development specialist from the SBA, will show how to secure an SBA-guaranteed loan from a bank and what types of loans are available.

The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama: Obama engages themes raised in his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, shares personal views on faith and values and offers a vision of the future that involves repairing a political process that is broken and restoring a government that has fallen out of touch with the people.

Swindled: The Dark History of Food Fraud, from Poisoned Candy to Counterfeit Coffee: Bad food has a history, and food writer Bee Wilson tells it. Through a fascinating mix of cultural and scientific history, food politics and culinary detective work, Wilson uncovers the many ways swindlers have cheapened, falsified and even poisoned our food throughout history. Arguing that industrialization, laissez-faire politics and globalization have all hurt the quality of food, but also that food swindlers have always been helped by consumer ignorance, Swindled ultimately calls for both governments and individuals to be more vigilant and suggests that our best protection is to reeducate ourselves about the joys of food and cooking.
Bee Wilson writes a weekly food column for London's Sunday Telegraph and is a former food critic for the New Statesman. She has been named Food Journalist of the Year by the Guild of Food Writers and Food Writer of the Year by BBC Radio 4.

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri:
Eight stories by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they enter the lives of sisters and brothers, fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, friends and lovers.

Considered a revolutionary in contemporary Galician literature, Rivas was a founding member of Greenpeace Spain and played an important role during the Prestige oil spill near the Galician coast. Rivas began his career in the Spanish newspapers and was the sub-editor of Diario 16 in Galicia. Some of his works, such as The Language of Butterflies and The Carpenter's Pencil, have been adapted to cinema. Rivas has been the recipient of the more than a dozen major Spanish literary awards.

Frances Fowler Slade, music director of Pro Musica, will present a symposium on Haydn's Creation titled Words, Music, History: Let There Be Light

Are you a member of a book group or looking to begin a group or join one? Celebrate National Reading Group month with us as we share favorite (and not-so-favorite) book group picks, provide tools for researching books that will inspire a lively discussion, discuss things that make or break a club and offer free advanced readers copies of books. For more information, please contact Kristin Friberg at 609.924.9529, x257 or by e-mail kfriberg@princetonlibrary.org

If you love to scrapbook and are looking for space to spread out and work, these three -hour sessions are for you. Bring your own scrapbooks, photos, and other supplies; the library will supply a cropping station. A scrapbooking expert will be on hand to offer advice and will also lead a make and take session, where you can make a seasonal border or other accent for your pages.
To ensure adequate supply of materials, registration is requested. Please call the library reference desk at 609-924-9529 x220 or e-mail refstaff@princetonlibrary.org

Sedotta e Abbandonata (Seduced and Abandoned):Director Pietro Germi once again proves himself as a master of satirical farce and tongue-in-cheek humor in the story of a father's plight to restore his family's honor after his 16-year-old daughter, Agnese, is seduced by her older sister's fiancé.

Cole, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will speak on "Picturing America: America's History Through Our Nation's Art." The eighth chairman of the NEH, Cole is the author of 14 books, many of them on the Renaissance. His most recent book is The Informed Eye: Understanding Masterpieces of Western Art. Cole's connection with the NEH dates back to his receiving a fellowship from the agency to research early Florentine painting. His subsequently served as a panelist in the Endowment's peer review system, and then as a member for seven years of the National Council on the Humanities. As chairman of the agency, Cole launched We the People, a program to encourage the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture. The program includes summer seminars at historic landmarks and the distribution of classic children's books to libraries and schools across the country.

Participants share a short piece of their own writing and/or a short selection from a book they have read in a relaxed atmosphere. Francesca Benson will lead these no-pressure sessions, where the focus will be on the pleasure of reading and writing in community.

Combining online and offline marketing
David Spivak and Marion Renison of To The Point Consulting show how to run a campaign that utilizes both online and offline marketing.

Initiated by Edward R. Murrow and Ward Wheelock in the early 1950s and an NPR feature since 2005, This I Believe is an opportunity to listen to the personal beliefs of others and explore your own credence. Keith Wheelock, Ward Wheelock's son, has created a four-session program designed for those 55 and older. Participants will hear recordings of contemporary and past essays and are encouraged to share their own feelings with those in the course.
Space is limited; please call the Reference Desk and 924-9529 x220 to register.

History Databases:
Fascinating history and historical documents can be found in several of the library's databases. From the actual news coverage of Custer's Last Stand to an article written by Albert Einstein to a video of Marian Anderson singing at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 to a depiction of daily life in ancient Rome, there is much for both the researcher and the casual history buff. Jane Brown, manager of the Adult Services Department will demonstrate what our historical databases have to offer.

Short story discussion in Spanish

Evan Thomas, Newsweek Editor-at-Large and Princeton UniversityFerris Professor of Journalism offers insights on the race for the White House. Followed at
7:30 p.m. by dinner and Quintessentially Princeton Silent Auction. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A PAID EVENT REQUIRING TICKETS $15-$250

The veteran journalists teamed up to write The New York Times best seller The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption. In which they cover corruption at all levels of New Jersey government from the Byrne administration of the ‘70s through Gov. Corzine's current administration. Mixing familiar accounts with material not covered before, this book details the you-couldn't-make-this-up true story of the corruption that has pervaded New Jersey politics, government, and business for the past 30 years. Ingle has worked for The Associated Press, The Atlanta Constitution and Gannett Company, Inc., for which he is Trenton Bureau chief. McClure is a multiple award-winning reporter whose New Jersey Statehouse stories, first for The Trentonian and then for the Gannett State Bureau, span three decades.

In the spirit of Socrates' belief that the unexamined life is not worth living, participants pose questions, listen to others, raise challenges, and consider alternative answers. All are invited and no preparation is necessary.

De battre mon cÅ“ur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped):
Jacques Audiard has adapted and updated James Toback's 1978 cult noir film Fingers to come up with this memorable character study about a young man torn between a life of crime and classical music.
De battre mon cÅ“ur s'est arrêté won a BAFTA Award in 2005 for Best Picture not in the English Language and swept the Cesars in 2006, winning awards for Best Picture and Best Director.
Tuesday, October 28, 7:30
In French with English subtitles
1 hour and 48 minutes

Presented by Henry Morse, The Old Time Radio Man
On the eve of the seventieth anniversary of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds, Henry Morse will deliver a lecture on the creation, broadcast, and aftermath of this historic radio event. On Oct. 30, 1938, this radio play sent the east coast, and especially central New Jersey, into a panic as listeners believed that Earth was being invaded by Martians. At the end of the lecture, you'll hear the exciting, original Mercury Theater of the Air broadcast of War of the Worlds.

Short story discussion in Spanish

Princeton-area poets will read poems from around the world in their original language in this event organized by Carlos Hernández Peña. A reading of its English language translation will follow each poem, and both texts will be projected on the screens as the poets read them. Past Readings have included Akkadian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Japanese, Latin, Polish, Russian, Scotts, Spanish, Urdu and Vietnamese.

Pane e Tulipani (Bread and Tulips) In Silvio Soldini's enchanting comedy, a woman who becomes accidentally separated from her husband and teenage son while on vacation impulsively hitchhikes to Venice. There she meets an unusual and heartwarming cast of characters and enjoys a sense of independence, friendship and self-expression that were missing from her marriage and home life.

Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
Unbeknownst to Lady Julia Gray, her husband hires a private detective to discover the source of threatening letters he has been receiving. When Edward dies suddenly, his wife believes it is due to a lifetime of ill health, until the detective turns up on the doorstep saying it was murder.

Participants share a short piece of their own writing and/or a short selection from a book they have read in a relaxed atmosphere. Francesca Benson will lead these no-pressure sessions, where the focus will be on the pleasure of reading and writing in community.

The community gathers to hear the returns of this historic race for the presidency. Ingrid Reed, policy analyst and director of the New Jersey Project at Rutgers' Eagleton Institute of Politics, will offer expert commentary throughout.

Initiated by Edward R. Murrow and Ward Wheelock in the early 1950s and an NPR feature since 2005, This I Believe is an opportunity to listen to the personal beliefs of others and explore your own credence. Keith Wheelock, Ward Wheelock's son, has created a four-session program designed for those 55 and older. Participants will hear recordings of contemporary and past essays and are encouraged to share their own feelings with those in the course.
Space is limited; please call the Reference Desk and 924-9529 x220 to register.

The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken: a search for food and family by Laura Schenone ----featuring the author.
Join us at Whole Foods Market for this special edition of Book Journeys featuring a taste or two of food from the book and a discussion by author, Laura Schenone.

Catherine Sprague, musician and Mozart expert, returns to the library with a musical slideshow that features selections of Mozart's music considered by scholars to be masterpieces. Sprague will introduce each piece and include a discussion of Mozart's personal circumstances at the time of each masterpiece. Clips of live performances will be embedded in the slide selection. Some of the many works that will be included in the talk are The Jupiter Symphony, The Clarinet Quintet, Turkish music and selections from Magic Flute, Marriage of Figaro and several other operas.

If you love to scrapbook and are looking for space to spread out and work, these three -hour sessions are for you. Bring your own scrapbooks, photos, and other supplies; the library will supply a cropping station. A scrapbooking expert will be on hand to offer advice and will also lead a make and take session, where you can make a seasonal border or other accent for your pages.
To ensure adequate supply of materials, registration is requested. Please call the library reference desk at 609-924-9529 x220 or e-mail refstaff@princetonlibrary.org

This 90-minute workshop offers an opportunity to hear directly from members of the Central Jersey Authors Alliance, a group of diverse self-published authors united with a mission to bring exposure to their work. Learn why they decided to self-publish, and the pros and cons you can expect if you do the same, from costs and copyrights to marketing and profits. CJAA will offer personal insights and lessons learned while encouraging you to fulfill your personal dreams of being an author.

This playful, game-like alternative to ordinary conversation is designed to enrich interpersonal relationships. Moderated by Alan Goldsmith, Noodle Talks begin with a container filled with 400 fettuccini-like paper strips being passed around. On each strip, there are one or two questions covering the full gamut of life experience. Some questions refer to the past, others to the future; some are concrete, others metaphorical; some invite us to laugh at our foibles while others bring us to tears. There are no right or wrong answers, just the truth of our own inner or outer experience.

Initiated by Edward R. Murrow and Ward Wheelock in the early 1950s and an NPR feature since 2005, This I Believe is an opportunity to listen to the personal beliefs of others and explore your own credence. Keith Wheelock, Ward Wheelock's son, has created a four-session program designed for those 55 and older. Participants will hear recordings of contemporary and past essays and are encouraged to share their own feelings with those in the course.
Space is limited; please call the Reference Desk and 924-9529 x220 to register.

The dreamy words of poets Ruben Dario and Humberto Costantini (in Spanish and English) read to the steamy tangos of composer Astor Piazzolla. Poetry will be read by Dr. Hernan Fontanet, author of the recently published Fervor y Exilio and an authority on Argentinean poetry and Dr. Daria Cohen, whose most recent publication Demystifying the Female Body translates Nicaraguan poetry. Dick Swain will provide accompaniment.

La sombra del viento por Carlos Ruiz Zafón:
Una novela que combina el poder insospechado de los libros, la motivación imparable de la juventud, la capacidad del amor para derribar barreras, la fidelidad incondicional de la amistad y el triunfo del bien sobre el mal, en una narrativa de misterio con ambiente histórico.

Health Databases:
This session will give you an overview of the health databases that the library subscribes to. Ji Hae Ju, Reference Librarian, will guide in how to choose the best database for your query and will give you tips and tools on how to search them.