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Working Man
It is with sadness that we note the passing of a great American author, Studs Terkel. Mr. Terkel died on October 31st, at the age of 96. He was the author of the books, Working, Hope Dies Last:...
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Long Island Reads 2010
The Rogers Memorial Library is joining with libraries across Long Island to participate in this year’s Long Island Reads! Every year, a group of librarians from Nassau and Suffolk Counties pick one...
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Henrietta Lacks was a poor, black tobacco farmer. She was born in 1920, had her first child at 14, and by the age of 30 her body was riddled with cancer. She was treated in the “black section” of...
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The Life of Audrey Hepburn
What do Elizabeth Taylor, Princess Diana, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Audrey Hepburn have in common? Author Donald Spoto has written a biography of each of these elegant and influential women....
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American Rose, by Karen Abbott
It may seem that the title of Karen Abbott‘s new book, American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee is long. But if the title was a true representation of the book’s...
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Bossypants, by Tina Fey
My drive to work is 40 miles each way. Books on CD are the reason I still have my sanity and still love my job. With most recorded books running around 10 hours, I average a book a week. Luckily,...
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Escape from Camp 14, by Blaine Harden
Shin Dong-hyuk was born in 1982 within the confines of a North Korean labor camp, thirty miles long and fifteen miles wide. With 15,000 prisoners, he subsisted on a diet of corn, cabbage and salt. He...
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Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child, by Bob Spitz
Beyond the voice, beyond the French cooking, Julia Child was a brave and passionate woman with a razor sharp sense of humor. To really get to know this icon of popular culture, read Dearie: The...
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