December 23, 2013 | kimba
Every year CPL's Lunch and a Book Club picks our favorite reads of the year. These are our favorite reads for 2013. Feel free to join us! We meet on the second Thursday of every month at noon in CPL's Community Room.
And the mountains echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor
The aviator's wife: a novel by Melanie Benjamin
The birth house: a novel by Ami Mckay
The cutting season: a novel by Attica Locke
June 17, 2013 | kimba
The beautiful edible garden: design a stylish outdoor space using vegetables, fruits, and herbs by Leslie Bennett and Stefani Bittner ; photography by David Fenton and Jill Rizzo
Dead snails leave no trails: natural pest control for home and garden by Loren Nancarrow and Janet Hogan Taylor
High-impact, low-carbon gardening: 1001 ways to garden sustainably by Alice Bowe
Homegrown harvest: a season-by-season guide to a sustainable kitchen garden by Rita Pelczar, editor in chief
I garden: urban style by Reggie Solomon and Michael Nolan
March 25, 2013 | kimba
We're celebrating Earth Day from April 14-27 and want you to join us! There will be events for everyone including:
January 16, 2013 | kimba
The Nature Conservancy announced a first-of-its-kind television and Web special, designed to convene a discussion on the solutions to the threats posed by dangerous invasive species in the Great Lakes. This special event "Great Lakes Now Connect: Invasive Species" broadcast on January 15, but you can still view it as an archive. For more information on invasive species search CPL's Science in Context database for "invasive species" or "biological invasions."
[Goby by Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory is licensed by CC BY-NC 2.0]
December 18, 2012 | kimba
Every year CPL's Lunch and a Book Club picks our favorite reads of the year. These are our favorite reads for 2012. The picks are as eclectic as our group! Feel free to join us. We meet on the second Thursday of every month at noon in CPL's Community Room.
Amadeus: a play by Peter Shaffer
Defending Jacob: a novel by William Landay
The dog stars by Peter Heller
Don't Let Me Go by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Fall of giants by Ken Follett
Gone girl: a novel by Gillian Flynn
November 27, 2012 | kimba
Send your old incandescent holiday lights to HolidayLEDs.com and not only will they recycle them for you but they will also send you a coupon for 15% off anything on their website. You can also drop them off at Whole Foods Market in Ann Arbor. For more green holiday ideas, check out "I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas: Gifts, Decorations, and Recipes that Use Less and Mean More" by Anna Getty. [Fairy City Lights by Joseph Nadler is licensed under CC BY 2.0]
October 9, 2012 | kimba
100 simple things you can do to prevent Alzheimer's and age-related memory loss by Jean Carper provides some simple tips that you can add to your everyday routine now that may help prevent dementia in the future. Some tips are basic to all-around good health, but others might surprise, like consuming apple juice and vinegar. Readers young and old will likely feel motivated to make some simple lifestyle changes to help push mental decline even further into the future.
July 20, 2012 | kimba
Birdhouses: from castles to cottages—20 simple homes and feeders to make in a weekend by Alison Jenkins
The bat house builder's handbook by Merlin D. Tuttle & Donna L. Hensley
The complete guide to decks: plan & build your dream deck: includes complete deck plans
July 14, 2012 | kimba
According to the NOAA National Climatic Data Center's State of the Climate: National Overview June 2012 Report the last 12 months have been the warmest on record for the mainland United States. Although alarming, this does not come as a surprise to most people with the extremely high temperatures experienced over the last several weeks. But what is going on? To help you understand this crazy weather, you may want to check out CPL resources on climate change and in particular:
Waking the giant: how a changing climate triggers earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes by Bill McGuire
June 18, 2012 | kimba
Fifty places to sail before you die: sailing experts share the world's greatest destinations by Chris Santella
The sailing bible: the complete guide for all sailors from novice to expert by Jeremy Evans, Pat Manley, Barrie Smith
We, the drowned by Carsten Jensen; translated from the Danish by Charlotte Barslund with Emma Ryder
Further offshore: a practical guide for sailors by Ed Mapes
Sustainable sailing: go green when you cast off by Dieter Loibner
