May Book Club: Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson

Book Club will meet on Monday May 20 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the National Bestseller "Isaac's Storm" by Erik Larson.

September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself submerged in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over six thousand people in what remains the greatest natural disaster in American history--and Isaac Cline found himself the victim of a devestating personal tragedy.

Using Cline's own telegrams, letters, and reports, the testimony of scores of survivors, and our latest understanding of the science of hurricanes, Erik Larson builds a chronicle of one man's heroic struggle and fatal miscalculation in the face of a storm of unimaginable magnitude. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.

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Remember when Run, Spot, Run was our primer of choice?

Using your library card you can check-out or borrow books for your Nook/Kindle/Computer/Laptop--however you want to read them and we can help you do that--just stop in and we can show you how!!

 

 

 

 

Please consider donating your gently used e-readers to us!

Is someone in your house upgrading to a new iPad, Nook or Kindle?  

Please consider donating the old one to the Leon-Saxeville Library.

The donated items will be incorporated into our library’s e-reader lending program.  The iPads will stay in house and be used to create a mobile discovery station connected with various themes/topics of interest to the kids. 

     

If you are interested, here’s what to do:

  • Check to make sure the device is in working order.
  • Gather up related power cords, chargers, cases, etc.
  • For Kindles and Nooks, deregister the e-reader from your Amazon or B&N account.
  • For iPads, go to settings, reset, and reset all settings to restore the device to factory settings.
  • Drop off the device, charger, cover, etc at the library during normal business hours.
  • Is your device broken?  Please don’t throw it in the trash – recycle it!  Amazon and Apple have recycling programs or check the WI Dept of DNR web site for options at www.dnr.state.wi.us.   

 

For more information, please call us at (920) 987-5110

 

New Online Tool Calculates How Far Your Library Dollars Go - Try It Out!

 “Ever wonder if you get more back in value than it costs you in taxes?”   This calculator does a great job of demonstrating your return on investment for each $1 of taxes you pay, and shows how much you’d pay out-of-pocket if the library didn't exist.

A new online tool lets you, Leon-Saxeville Library Patrons,  calculate how much you save by using the services and resources provided by the library.  The Library Use & Return on Investment Value Calculator – now available at

www.winnefox.org/roi.html

– shows the total dollar value received related to items & services used, and shows how much library customers get in return for each dollar of tax support.

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