fathers and sons

Savvy Seniors: September 2017

September 5, 2017 | madame librarian
The last word [videodisc]

A successful, retired businesswoman decides to write her own obituary with the help of a young journalist..

The bucket list [videodisc]

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common, except they both have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to make a Bucket List of all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die. In the process of completing the list, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find the joy in life.

What We're Reading: December 2013

December 26, 2013 | madame librarian

Books the Canton Public Library staff are reading and believe deserve a moment in the spotlight - fiction, non-fiction, old and new:

Dallas 1963 by Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis

No escape by Mary Burton

The particular sadness of lemon cake: a novel by Aimee Bender

The system: the glory and scandal of big-time college football by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian

Johnny Carson by Henry Bushkin

What We're Reading: May 2013

May 10, 2013 | madame librarian

We're not just reading, we're listening to audiobooks and watching videos.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society [sound recording] by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

The lost art of mixing by Erica Bauermeister

Peyton Place [videodisc] by Twentieth Century Fox presents a CinemaScope picture ; Jerry Wald's production

A wrinkle in time: the graphic novel by [Madeleine L'Engle] ; adapted and illustrated by Hope Larson ; [colored by Jenn Manley Lee]

Putumayo presents Jazz around the world [sound recording]

Canton Seniors Book Discussion July 26, 2012

June 18, 2012 | madame librarian

The Canton Seniors Book Discussion Group will meet on Thursday, July 26 in Group Study Room A from 2:00-3:00 PM to discuss Jamie Ford's haunting novel. Copies of this book will be available on Thursday, June 28.

Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet: a novel by Jamie Ford

Book Club Choices: June 2011

June 4, 2011 | madame librarian

Has your book group tried our Book Club in a Bag kits? Each kit has 8 books and a resource guide with book discussion questions, author information, and articles relating to the book. To reserve a Book Club in a Bag kit for your group, contact Adult Reference Desk at (734) 397-0999.

Prodigal summer: a novel [kit] by Barbara Kingsolver

The red tent [kit] by Anita Diamant

The road [kit] by Cormac McCarthy

The rule of four [Large print kit] by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason

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