LIBRARIAN'S PICKS
Nettie's Pick
A Bend in the Road
By Nicholas Sparks

A Bend in the Road is a story filled with
tragedy, love, hope and heart-breaking
secrets that will keep you reading to find
the answer!
It starts off with Miles Ryan trying to get
on with his life after the senseless hit-
and-run accident that killed his wife and
leaves his young son Jonah motherless.  
As a deputy in the North Carolina town
of New Bern, he not only misses his wife
terribly, but also wants to bring the
unknown driver to justice.

When 2 years have passed, Miles finally
meets Sarah Andrews.  She is the new
2nd grade teacher to his son…trying to
get on with her life after a painful
divorce.  Maybe it’s because they have
both been hurt that they find some
comfort with each other and learn how to
enjoy life again.  Neither can guess how
closely linked they are to a shocking
secret… one that will force them to
question everything they have come to
believe is their life and future together.  

In A Bend in the Road, Nicholas Sparks
writes about life’s bitter turns that seem
to affect everybody at some time or
another.  His writing lets you know that
everyone makes mistakes but it’s the way
you handle the mistakes that decide what
your life will eventually be.  Don’t miss
this wonderful love story that not only
has love and tragedy in it, but also a
mystery that will keep you turning the
next page!
JEAN'S PICK
Nada’s Picks
The Total Money Makeover by Dave
Ramsey
Are you caught in the common debt
spiral that consumes millions of
Americans?  While consumer debt is at
an all-time-high and the economy
struggles with the rising cost of fuel and
housing, Dave Ramsey, author of The
Total Money Makeover, gives hope to
those caught in this treacherous cycle.
This book will change the way you
perceive money and allow you a look
and feel for what ?debt-free? means.
Sprinkled throughout are the testimonies
of people just like ourselves that have
buckled down and become debt free.
While it is not a ?quick fix? to all of
your money troubles, if you apply the
principles faithfully, you could be on
your way to wealth in no time! Many of
the families in the book did just that
within just a few short years.
Of course, leading the way, is getting rid
of the credit cards. Next Dave focuses
on establishing an emergency cash fund
so that you don?t revert to the cards
and from there establishing a debt
snowball. There are many other
principles along the way and Dave
writes in such a way that anyone willing
can understand and apply his teachings.
If you want to be able to help your
children through college, give to
charitable causes that are important to
you and be free from the stress-filled
life of bills, bills, bills, I encourage you
to read (and APPLY) Dave Ramsey?s
money makeover strategies. I copied his
worksheets just the other day so that I
may begin NOW!

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1. DUMA KEY, by
Stephen King

2. PLUM LUCKY, by
Janet Evanovich

3. PEOPLE OF THE
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Brooks

4. A THOUSAND
SPLENDID SUNS, by
Khaled Hosseini

5. WORLD
WITHOUT END, by
Ken Follett

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NONFICTION
Top 5 at a Glance
1. IN DEFENSE OF
FOOD, by Michael
Pollan

2. AN
INCONVENIENT
BOOK, by Glenn
Beck and Kevin
Balfe

3. TOM CRUISE, by
Andrew Morton

4. REAL CHANGE,
by Newt Gingrich
with Vince Haley
and Rick Tyler

5. FREE LUNCH, by
David Cay Johnston

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1. FLAMINGOS ON
THE ROOF, written
and illustrated by
Calef Brown

2. GALLOP!,
written and
illustrated by Rufus
Butler Seder

3. SMASH! CRASH!,
by Jon Scieszka

4. GIMME
CRACKED CORN
AND I WILL
SHARE, written and
illustrated by Kevin
O’Malley

5. STAR WARS POP-
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GALAXY, by
Matthew Reinhart
RESCUING DA VINCI - Robert M. Edsel
After hearing the author interviewed on one of the
television news programs, I was interested in finding
out more about a special multinational group of more
than 350 men and women formerly known as the
"Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFAA)
section.  This military unit served during and after
WWII to preserve, protect and restore millions of
priceless Art treasures including masterpieces by Da
Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Vermeer.

As the Nazi armies marched across Europe,
museums such as the Louvre worked feverishly to
crate and move their treasures to a safer location.  
When possible, monuments were disassembled and
evacuated to underground mines.  Tapestries were
removed from their frames, rolled up in canvas and
often transported long distances outside the city to
ensure their preservation.  Mega sculptures like the
impressive Michelangelo's "Moses" were wrapped in
protective cloth and entombed in brick to protect
them from damage.

The coffee table-size book uses nearly 500
photographs to illustrate, not only the extensive
efforts to protect Europe's art treasures, but to
reveal the magnitude of the Nazi looting of more
than 5,0000 to 8,000 stolen or confiscated treasures
which were transported to Germany and hidden in
numerous salt mines.  Hitler's objective was to build
the world's greatest museums within the Third Reich
and furnish them with the plundered artworks.

This collection commemorates the heroic efforts of
the countless men and women who worked to rescue,
catalog, restore and if possible return these priceless
works of art to their rightful owners or museums.  
This daunting task continues yet today partially
financed by the author who is selflessly involved
with the project.