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Conan Doyle's Wallet: The Secrets Within - Patrick McNamara
McNamara, a psychic-medium advisor and consultant, says that he has had spirit contacts since he was a child, including the spirit of a man with a moustache and a pleasant smile. He says it was many years later that he realized the spirit that he saw was Arthur Conan Doyle. McNamara believes that Conan Doyle's spirit gave him guidance and support through the years.
This spiritual connection encouraged his interest in items from Conan Doyle's estate when they came up for auction in London. He attended the auction and was able to purchase a wallet that had been packed up and left largely untouched since Conan Doyle's death in 1930. In his book, McNamara examines the personal items he found in the wallet and shares the information he obtained from them. He also gives a history of Conan Doyle and the author's belief in spiritualism, as well as discussing his own beliefs. McNamara helps readers understand that how we live our lives on earth determines our path in the afterlife.
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Supreme Courtship - Christopher Buckley
Christopher Buckley's satire is trained on that most hallowed of legal institutions - the U.S. Supreme Court.
The President of the US is hated by Congress for refusing to sign any spending bill sent to him. The Senate has retaliated by refusing to confirm his Supreme Court nominees - his arch-nemises implies that one of the nominees is a racist because the review of "To Kill A Mockingbird" that he wrote in the elementary school newspaper said "Though the picture overall is OK, it's also kind of boring in other parts." The President one-ups the Senate by nominating a judge so popular with the American people that confirmation is assured - Judge Pepper Cartwright, star of "Courtroom Six," the most popular reality TV show in the country. Can the President, the Judge, and the Court survive?
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Silent Justice - William Bernhardt
"Silent Justice" is the ninth book in Bernhardt's series featuring Tulsa attorney Ben Kincaid. Against his better judgement, Bernhardt has agreed to represent a group of suburban families in a suit against the massive Blaylock Industrial Machinery Corporation. 11 children in the small community have died from leukemia, and they believe Blaylock is responsible for dumping toxic waste that ends up in the water supply. While Kincaid is trying to make his case, his friend Mike Morelli, Tulsa homicide detective, is trying to unravel a series of murders of former and current Blaylock employees. Are the murders related to the lawsuit, or is a bizarre coincidence?
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The Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal is given yearly by the Association for Library Service for Children, a division of the American Library Assocation. It is named for eighteenth century British bookseller John Newbery, and is given to the author of the book the group determines has made the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
The Newbery Award was the first children's book award in the world, and has been awarded since 1922. The purpose of the medal was stated: "To encourage original creative work in the field of books for children. To emphasize to the public that contributions to the literature for children deserve similar recognition to poetry, plays, or novels. To give those librarians, who make it their life work to serve children's reading interests, an opportunity to encourage good writing in this field."
The ALSC also sometimes recognizes other books. These books are termed Newbury Honor Books.
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Stout, Rex
Stout was a prolific writer known for the Nero Wolfe mystery series. He was born in Indiana in 1886, and was a math prodigy that studied at the University of Kansas. He quit school to enlist in the Navy. After his service, he tried a variety of jobs, and perhaps most importantly, he began to write. He published three well-received novels before turning to mysteries, and published the first Nero Wolfe novel in 1934.
Stout wrote more than 70 Nero Wolfe books and stories. In 1959, he won the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. He published the last Nero Wolfe book, "A Family Affair," shortly before his death in 1975.
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The Darby Free Library
Located in the Philadelphia area, the Darby Free Library is the first continuously-operated public lending library in the United States. Benjamin Franklin helped set up the library, which received its first 45 volumes from London in November 1743. Some of these original books are still on display at the library, while others are at the Library Company of Philadelphia (founded by Franklin in 1731 as a subscription library).
Because of budget cuts, the library faces closure in 2009. The library is accepting donations to assist with operating costs on its website.
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