Two New Biographies on the New Adult Nonfiction Rack

We have recently added two biographies to our library collection about two very different men.

The first is Leonard : My Fifty-year Friendship with a Remarkable Man by William Shatner with David Fisher.

In this memoir about his Star Trek costar, William Shatner shares his memories and interesting tidbits of other information about the late Leonard Nimoy.

This book is a touching tribute to the well-loved actor/director/singer/author that we lost last year.







When Breath Becomes Air ia about and by Paul Kalanithi, a neurosurgeon who found out at the age of thirty-six that he had stage IV lung cancer.  This book is a chronicle of how life changed for he and his wife as he went overnight from doctor to patient, facing mortality while also facing becoming a new father.

Published posthumously, with a foreword by Abraham Verghese and an epilogue by Lucy Kalanithi, the story of Doctor Kalanithi is a touching affirmation of life.

Refresh Your Home for Spring!

     Spring is in the air and it's time to dust off those flower pots and clean out the cobwebs. We have a number of resources here at the library to help you with your spring cleaning and sprucing up. One resource that you may not have considered is our magazine collection. We have magazines available for check-out and digital magazines that can be viewed anywhere you have an internet connection.

     Thinking of starting a garden for the spring or want new ideas for your existing garden space? We have Mississippi Gardener, Southern Living, and Garden & Gun. Thinking of repainting and redecorating a room or two in your home? Why not check out House Beautiful, Traditional Home, or Country Living? Want to learn some new recipes to for that spring cocktail party. Why not check out Food Network Magazine, Rachael Ray Everyday, or Good Housekeeping?

     While the library offers a wide array of home decorating and improvement books, sometimes you want the latest styles and ideas to help you refresh your home. Magazines are a great way to do that. If you don't feel like coming into the library to check one of these out, then why not check out our online magazines? You can find them by following this link:
https://www.rbdigital.com/warrenms/service/zinio/landing?

New Picture Books for the Easy Reader Section

We have added quite a few new books to our Children's Department including some new picture books for the reading and viewing pleasure of our youngest patrons.

Abracadabra, It's Spring! celebrates the magic of the season.  Written by Anne Sibley O'Brien and illustrated by Susan Gal, the book contains eleven foldout pages with illustrations in full color.

In Buddy and Earl Go Exploring, Buddy the dog and his buddy, Earl the hedgehog, go exploring without even leaving home thanks to Earl's over-active imagination.  Written by Maureen Fergus with pictures by Carey Sookocheff.

Finally, in Strictly No Elephants, a boy is barred from the meeting of the neighborhood Pet Club for having an unusual pet.  They don’t understand that pets come in all shapes and sizes, just like friends. The boy and his tiny pet elephant to show them what it really means to be a true friend.  Written by Lisa Mantchev and illustrated by Taeeun Yoo.





Enjoy these and many other selections from our Easy Reader section in the Children's Department.

A Few New Additions to the Local History and Mississippi Collections

     We have two new additions to our Local History Collection and one to the Mississippi Collection that may be of interest to our patrons.

     The two books for Local History are biographies entitled "Invocation to Death: The Final Hours of Col. Alexander Keith McClung" by H. Grady Howell, Jr. and "Bond of Friendship: Legacy of Grand Chancellor, Sir William H. 'Tillmon' Jones and the Knights of Pythias North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia" by Patricia Hureston Lee. The first of these discusses the last days of a disgraced colonel prone to drunkenness who ultimately chose to take his own life after being turned down for a position that would have greatly improved his circumstances both financially and socially. The second book tells the story of how a group of friends--and leaders of their communities--sought prosperity for persons of color during the period of reconstruction by adhering to the Pythian Code of benevolence and charity.

     The final book, located in the Mississippi Collection, is called "Weapons of Mississippi" by Kevin Dougherty. This comprehensive tome discusses the "arsenal of interesting, lethal, and imaginative weapons" wielded by Native Americans, frontier outlaws, duelists, lawmen, protestors, and hunters from pre-history through the present day in Mississippi. The author informs us of the importance weapons have played in war time and times of peace--how they did and didn't help people's causes.

     For history buffs these books will surely enlighten and inform. While these books cannot be checked-out of the library, you are more than welcome to come to the Local History room and take a look!