After Henry
by Joan Didion
One of the premier essayists of our time shows herself to be an excellent geographer of the landscape of American culture.  In this group of essays on a wide variety of topics, published in the early '90s, she reveals the mythic narratives that other commentators miss: the culture of our cities and the complicity of the media.  The essays are about the stories in which Americans enshroud the news and, pertinent to everything today, about how journalism works.  This is a collection to savor. Sponsored by Carmel Public Library Foundation.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010   4:00 p.m.
Sunset Center - Babcock Room
Call 624-2811 for more information

Do you know the difference between a Quileute and a Volturi? Need to catch up on the happenings at Hogwarts before Deathly Hallows hits theaters? Check out the new Teen collection at the Main Library!

Mark your calendars for the Friends of Harrison Memorial Library annual book sale, which will be held on a different weekend and in a different location in 2010!

Dates: Thursday, August 19th, Friday August 20th and Saturday August 21st, 2010

Location: Murphy Center (the gym) at Carmel Mission's Junipero Serra School, 2992 Lasuen Drive, Carmel

We are starting to send out email notifications for hold notices. If you would like to get your hold notices by email, give us a call at 624-4629, or send us an email, hml.reference@gmail.com to let us know what your email address is. You'll get your notices faster, and save paper too! To prevent e-mails from being marked "SPAM" or "JUNK" by your email service, please add sirsi@astrid.sirsi.net to your contact list, adjust your spam settings, or follow the instructions from your e-mail provider or system administrator on how to prevent our emails from being marked "Spam" or "Junk Mail".

We have a lot of special programs in February, including a very special visit with author and illustrator Jim LaMarche on Thursday Feb. 25th, at 1pm.

The Friends of Harrison Memorial Library have recently established an addition to their annual August book sale at the Heritage Society’s First Murphy House.  A wide variety of donated, gently read books are for sale. The proceeds go to the library for the purchase of new books and materials.

The First Murphy House is open Wednesday through Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Knowledgeable docents are ready to share information about early Carmel. Stop by and enjoy one of Carmel’s first homes and the Friends’ ongoing book sale. The house is located on Lincoln at 6th. For more information call 831-624-4447.

Did you know that Harrison Memorial Library offers audiobooks, e-Books and music, all through the click of your mouse? Download thousands of titles to your computer or portable device, or burn to CD. Click on the "E-Books & Audio Books" link to the left for more information.

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