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Show By Evan L. Baker, Director " " " ' READING RAINBOW: "Reading Rainbow" continues daily on KUED channel 7. Showings are at 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m (the afternoon showing is a repeat of the morning morn-ing show). Join LaVar Burton of "Roots" fame as he uses dramatizations, animations and music to encourage young readers to make books a part of their everyday lives. Books being reviewed this week include: Monday, July 18 Digging up Dinosaurs by Aliki Tuesday, July 19 Bea and Mr. Jones by Amy Schwartz Wednesday, July 20 Arthur's Eyes by Marc Brown Thursday, July 21 Laing and the Magic Paintbrush by Demi Friday, July 22 Ty's One-Man Band Monday, July 25 Miss Nelson is Back by Harry Allard Tues. July 26The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hales Noble Wednesday, July 27 Gregory, the Terrible Eater by Mitchel Sharmat Each program will spotlight one featured title and then review two or three other titles of interest. Turn this opportunity into a fun learning experience ex-perience for your children and help them gain a desire to read and learn! NEW ARRIVALS: LEGION by William Peter Blatty (novel) When a small, deaf-mute boy is found horribly murdered in a mock crucifixion, Lieutenant Kinderman wonders whether or not God can exist if he tolerates such monstrous evil. As he follows a trail of murders, he discovers each of the victims suffered the same dreadful multilations. Why are two of the victims priests? Is there a connection between these crimes and another series of crimes in San Francisco? Sequel to the Exorcist. For the strong of stomach. CHRISTIE BRINKLEY'S OUTDOOR BEAUTY BOOK by Christie Brinkley (nonfiction613.042 Bri) everything you need to make your time in the sun not only fun, but healthy and beautiful as well, is found in this book by model Christie Brinkley. She tells how to protect skin and hair from the damaging effects of sun, sea and wind, but still tan; how to choose the right bathing suit, sunglasses and makeup and how to apply it; and includes exercise that can be done on the beach or in a pool. GODPLAYER by Robin Cook (novel) pathologist Cassandra Cassidy, who is also the wife of a brilliant surgeon, is convinced someone is killing terminal patients at Boston Memorial Hospital. Against her husband's vehement vehe-ment objections, Cassandra takes it upon herself to stop the killings even as she fights to save her failing marriage. Only after she stumbles on a terrifying discovery is she forced to realize that her dreams have turned into nightmares and that her search for the truth has brought about unimaginable horror. CORSICAN by William Heffernan (novel) a saga of honor and betrayal that traces three generations of the Sartene family, a family that created a legendary financial empire on a foundation of crime. Heading the dynasty dynas-ty is Bounaparte Santene, monarch of an international crime syndicate based in Southeast Asia. When he is betrayed, and his only son killed, Sartene sends his young grandson, Pierre, to safe exile in America. Fourteen Four-teen years later, Pierre returns to hunt down the man who killed his father. EAST WIND by Julie Ellis (novel) proud, beautiful Constance Levy is sent to live with relatives in Hong Kong after her parents' untimely death. She falls in love with a complex young man which compels her to come face-to-face with her own abiding faith as a Jew. After a tragic misunderstanding tears the lovers apart, she builds a family of her own, silently enduring loneliness and anger... and emerges to embrace her one true love, as well as her faith. ALL OR NOTHING by Stephen Longstreet (novel) born in a small Italian village, Grego Fiore dreams of the wealth of 19th-century America. Arriving in San Francisco with little more than his father's curse and his sister's blessing, he is rescued from starvation by Moses Kendrick, a shrewd, enterprising Mormon. As Grego's fortunes improve, Grego the immigrant im-migrant becomes George the entrepreneur. But the strands of his old and new lives catch him in a net of conflicting loyalties and personalities. THE COMPLETE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL DIET by Maria Simonson, PhD, ScD. with Joan Rattner Heilman (nonfiction613.25 Sim) this medically proven multi-disciplinary method to lose weight and keep it off was developed and tested at John Hopkins University. It is a personal, scientifically scien-tifically based plan that makes you aware of why you eat, and tells you how you can change your eating habits. There is a step-by-step regiment for losing weight and keeping it off through diet and exercise, and hundreds hun-dreds of other techniques that have helped thousands of people solve their weight problems. LIBRARY HAPPENINGS The library will be closed Monday, July 25 to help the community celebrate Pioneer Day and the settling of Utah. July 21 through the 26, the library will co-sponsor with the Intermoun-tain Intermoun-tain Association of Artists an Art Show on the library lawn. We would like to invite everyone to come out and support this unique opportunity. |