Holiday Closings

Barr Memorial Library will be closed on Tuesday, December 25 in observance of Christmas Day. 

The Library will also be closed on Tuesday, January 1 in observance of New Year's Day. 

The Library will close at 5PM nightly beginning on Monday, December 24 and running through Friday, January 4.

Authors at Your Library Lineup for January - May 2013

New York Times Bestselling suspense author Lisa Gardner headlines our January - May 2013 Authors at Your Library schedule, which also includes a motivational speaker, a local historian, authors who’ve compiled an oral history of women in World War II, a local television personality, and the acclaimed author of the book Army Wives.   2013 is shaping up to be our most exciting lineup to date, with at several more programs planned for later in 2013, including an appearance by another international and New York Times bestselling author.

Ms. Gardner, the author 16 bestsellers, including two series: the Detective D. D. Warren novels and the FBI Profiler series, will discuss and sign her newest thriller Touch & Go Thursday, February 7, at 12 noon.  

Authors at Your Library events
January – May 2013

SGT Steve

Thursday, January 24, 6 PM

Meet Fort Knox Soldier SGT Steve, who will be discussing Operation: Motivation, which provides insight into how to adopt better life choices and sticking with them.

Lisa Gardner

Thursday, February 7, 12 noon

The #1 New York Times Bestselling suspense author visits Fort Knox to discuss and sign her just released 28^th novel, Touch & Go.

Ron Elliott

Thursday, February 28, 6 PM

Author and historian Ron Elliott turns his attention the local area in his new book American El Dorado, which tells the story of Hardin County native Philip Arnold, who turned the Gold Rush to his benefit in 1872, successfully swindling people out of nearly $500,000 with an elaborate hoax.

Jeffrey & Jeanne Suchanek

Thursday, March 28, 6 PM

Join the authors for a special Women’s History Month author program. They will discuss his book Star-Spangled Hearts: American Women Veterans of World War II, which is a collection of oral histories of women who served in various capacities during World War II.

Barry Bernson

Thursday, April 11, 6 PM

Local TV personality Barry Bernson discusses his Bernson's Corner: A Reporter's Notebook, which recounts his 47 years in broadcast journalism.

 

Tanya Biank

May, 9, 6 PM

Tanya Biank, the nationally known author of Army Wives: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage, visits Fort Knox as part of Spouse Appreciation Month.   Her newest book, Undaunted: The Real Story of America's Servicewomen in Today's Military, will be published February, 2013.  Her work is acclaimed by Army spouses for its realistic, unflinching, and inspiring look at being a member of a military family.  In addition to her work drawing critical acclaim of major national newspapers, Booklist, and Publishers' Weekly, Army Wives was adapted into the long-running television series broadcast by the Lifetime network.

New York Times Bestselling Author Lisa Gardner to visit in February

Lisa Gardner, the New York Times bestselling author of thrillers such as Love You More and Catch Me, will speak about her work, including her newest novel Touch & Go, Thursday, February 7, 2013, at 12 noon.  

 

This is a special, lunch time Authors at Your Library program.

 

Books will be available for sale at the event.

 

More details will be available in advance of the event.

New Nook Color Titles!

Barr Library is pleased to announce the addition of 21 new titles to our Nook Colors. This brings the total number of titles on the devices to nearly 100! 

Here's a list of the new titles:

A Child Called It - Dave Pelzer

Animal Farm - George Orwell

Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe - Edgar Allen Poe

Cracking the ACT, 2012

Deep Down: A Jack Reacher Story - Lee Child

Divergent - Veronica Roth

Hannah's List - Debbie Macomber

Heaven is for Real - Todd Burpo

How to Meditate - Eknath Easwaran

Insurgent - Veronica Roth

Jane Austen Collection (7 Titles) - Jane Austen

John Doe (Rizzoli and Isles Series) - Tess Gerritsen

Kaplan's Asvab

Lord of the Rings Trilogy - J.R.R. Tolkien

Team of Rivals - Doris Kearns Goodwin

The 5 Love Languages (4 Titles) - Gary Chapman

The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien

Three Tales from the World of Cotton Malone - Steve Berry

Tidewater - Antoniette Stockenberg

William Shakespeare's Complete Collection - William Shakespeare

Reserve a Nook Color today!

Database Highlights

Barr Library is pleased to bring you a new monthly series highlighting different databases available through the Library's Databases webpage. 

This month will focus on the Gale Virtual Refernce Library.

This is a nice aggregator for encyclopedias and other reference type materials covering a wide variety of topics including: •Arts •Biography •Business •Education •Environment •General Reference •History •Law •Literature •Medicine •Multicultural Studies •Nation and World •Religion •Science •Social Science •Technology •Travel.

This database could be particularly useful for Travel as you don't usually find travel guides in databases as well as Medicine because it includes several books in the Health Reference Series as well as books on specific ailments that you're not going to find as easily in one of the more serious medical databases.  The History section is also quite well rounded.

Delayed Opening

Barr Memorial Library will be closed on Thursday, November 29, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.  The Library will reopen at 12:00 PM and close at 7:30 PM.

Thanksgiving Closure

Barr Memorial Library will close at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, November 21.  The Library will also be closed on Thursday, November 22, in observance of Thanksgiving. The library will reopen on Friday, November 23, at 9:00 AM.