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The Written
Word
| October 7 |
Len Turner - Review of The Last Chinese Chef, by
Nicole Mones |
| October 14 |
Thack Dyson - Review of The Shack, by William P. Young |
| October 21 |
Jay Qualey - Review of A View of the Ocean, by Jan De
Hartog |
| October 28 |
Pete Gleszer - Review of Sweet and Low: A Family Story,
by Rich Cohen |
| November 4 |
ELECTION DAY - NO BOOK REVIEW |
| November 11 |
Donna Esslinger - "Hoopskirts and Hangings: Mary Surratt, the
Assassin's Accomplice" |
| November 18 |
Martin Schnitzer - Review of In My Hands: Memories of a
Holocaust Rescuer, by Irene Gut Opdyke with Jennifer Armstrong |
| November 25 |
THANKSGIVING WEEK - NO BOOK REVIEW |
| December 2 |
Mike Dixon - "Choice, Providence & Deliverance: An
Examination of the Life of Robinson Crusoe" |
| December 9 |
Mary Jane Skinner - Review of Stealing Athena, by
Karen Essex |
| December 16 |
Martin Lanaux - Review of Holt Collier: His Life, His
Roosevelt Hunts, and the Origin of the Teddy Bear, by Minor
Ferris Buchanan |
| January 6 |
Jim Ellis - Review of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde,
by Robert Louis Stevenson |
| January 13 |
Pam Turner - TBA |
| January 20 |
Program Chairman's Open-Mike Event |
| January 27 |
Lew Toulmin - "The Mysterious Disappearance of Adventurer
Steve Fossett" |
| February 3 |
Matt McCollum - Review of Gilead, by Marilynne
Robinson |
| February 10 |
Sue Beard - Review of A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest
Hemingway |
| February 17 |
Janice Charles - Review of The Forger's Spell: A True
Story Of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth
Century, by Edward Dolnick |
| February 24 |
MARDI GRAS - NO BOOK REVIEW |
| March 3 |
Frances Robb - "Sacred Harp Music and the North Alabama
Densons" (Sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Foundation) |
| March 10 |
Steve Thomas - Review of Amazing Grace in the Life of
William Wilberforce, by John Piper |
| March 17 |
Cori Yonge - Review of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our
Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, by Richard Louv |
| March 24 |
Thomas Lakeman - Discussing his third novel,
Broken Wing |
| March 31 |
Joe Bullington - Review of American Lion: Andrew Jackson
in the White House, by Jon Meacham |
| April 7 |
Sallie Hunter - Review of Sandra Day O'Conner: How the
First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice,
by Joan Biskupic |
| April 14 |
Brenda Huchingson - "Murder as a Fine Art: A Brief History of
Crime Fiction" |
| April 21 |
Ilse Krick - Review of The Guernsey Literary
and Potato Peel Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows |
| April 28 |
Tom Morley - Review of With fiddle and Well-Rosined Bow: A
History of Old-Time Fiddling in Alabama, by Joyce Cauthen |
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Computer classes are offered free of charge to the public in our
computer lab. For types of classes, dates and times please check the
list below. Class sizes are limited and registration is required. If you
are interested please stop by the library or call 928.7483 and press
option #5.
Classes without the minimum of 2 registered patrons will be cancelled!
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Computer Learning for Seniors
Meet the
Mouse
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is offered the first Tuesday of every month, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
For anyone who does not know how to use a mouse or
keyboard. Excellent beginning class for senior citizens who have no
computer experience.
Basic Computer - is offered the first Wednesday of every
month, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Slow-paced class developed for senior citizens who have
no computer experience, but want to learn basic computer skills.
Basic Internet – is offered the second Wednesday of every
month, 2p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Slow-paced class developed for senior citizens who have
completed the basic computer class, and want to learn how to surf the
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Computer Classes
Basic Computer
- Class is offered the third Wednesday of every month, 2 p.m. to 3:30
p.m.
Are you eager to learn how to
use a personal computer? This one hour basic computer class is an
excellent starting point. Learn how to save files; cut, copy and paste;
change desktop settings and other basic computer functions that will
help you operate your own PC.
Basic Internet
- Class is offered the
fourth Wednesday of every month, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Learn the basics of "surfing
the Net," including getting on line typing Web addresses, links, basic
terminology and toolbar buttons. How to use search engines to find
information and websites, using the library's catalog and the AVL.
Basic Email
- Class is offered the
fourth Tuesday of every month, 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.
Learn how to check your
e-mail, send messages, download and upload attachments, and use the
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Q&A/Help Sessions for Microsoft Word Users
If you use Microsoft Word (as millions of
Americans do), you may love it or hate it. If you hate it, it could be
that you just haven’t learned to use it properly. Word is an immensely
powerful application with such a wide range of features that most users
never learn to use all of them. The trick to learning to love Word is to
learn to use the features that you need.
Most Word users suspect that there must be an
easier way to do whatever it is they’re trying to do—if someone would
just show them what it is.
You can get free help with your Word problems at
the Fairhope Public Library. At 11 a.m. on the third Thursday of every
month,
Microsoft MVP
Suzanne Barnhill will be in the library’s computer lab to answer
users’ questions and demonstrate Word techniques.
Here’s all you have to do:
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Come to the library’s computer lab at 11 a.m. on the third
Thursday of any month.
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Bring your question or problem. For example, bring a
question such as “How do I print labels for my Christmas cards?” Or
bring a printed copy of a document you’re having a problem with or a
layout you’re trying to copy. Better still, bring the document file on a
floppy disk or USB flash drive. If you use a laptop, bring it along with
the document on it.
Suzanne will stay as long as necessary to answer
all users’ questions, but she will not stay if no users show up. If
she’s alone in the computer lab at 11:15, she’ll go home! |
The Written Word
Schedule for 2009
Sundays - 3 p.m. - Giddens Conference Center
January 25th
George Talbot
Scoop, by Evelyn Waugh
February 22nd
Art White
A Mathematician's Apology, by G. H. Hardy
March 29th
Jackie Robinson
In a Temple of Trees, by Suzanne Hudson
April 26th
Donna Soto
The Monsters of Templeton, by Lauren Groff
May 31st
Lee Turner
World Without End, by Ken Follet
June 28th
Maggie Mosteller
Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady, by Florence King
July 26th
Alan Samry
"Lost Limbs in Literature"
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
August 30th
Anne Morrison
The Third Angel, by Alice Hoffman
September 27th
Matt McCollum
What is the What, by David Eggers
October 25th
Ilse Krick
The Master Butchers Singing Club, by Louise Erdrich
Informal Reception After Program
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