A Reader's Advisory, readalike and new book blog. From Long Island with a Brentwood slant.
Can you imagine A Day Without News?
One year ago, legendary correspondent Marie Colvin and photojournalist Remi Ochlik were killed in Homs, Syria. Evidence from eye witnesses suggests that the journalists were targeted by the Syrian regime in an attempt to limit exposure of the war’s atrocities. Their deaths struck an industry still reeling from a string of tragic losses, including the deaths of photojournalists Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington in Misrata, Libya, in April 2011.
Watch the U.N. Secretary General’s message of support
“It is unacceptable that those looking to report objectively from conflict zones around the world are deliberately singled out, targeted and murdered with impunity, with those responsible for their deaths not facing any repercussions. Without these journalists bearing witness, atrocities committed in war would go unremarked and it is an equal cruelty that their deaths go without justice. This is a situation that has to change. We are heading towards a day when it will be too dangerous for journalists to enter into or report from war zones.” - Aidan Sullivan, Vice President, Photo Assignments, Editorial Partnerships and Development for Getty Images and founder of A Day Without News?
A Day Without News?, launching today, will raise awareness of the risks faced by journalists and photojournalists in war zones, and lobby governments and tribunals to pursue and prosecute those who harm members of the news media. Many media professionals find themselves deliberately targeted when attempting to cover conflicts, and, while it is considered a war crime to do so, there has been little to no enforcement of this international humanitarianlaw. Over the past decade, 945 photojournalists and correspondents have been killed while covering conflict zones, 583 of these without any resulting prosecutions as war crimes. Ninety journalists were killed in 2012 alone, the deadliest year on record.
Please visit A Day Without News? to learn more and to add your name in support.
The people who risked life and limb to tell you about the stories you care about. Learn more about them—along with the risks involved.
Books such as Arms against fury: Magnum Photographers in Afghanistan, Magnum: Fifty years at the Frontline of History, The Face of War by Martha Gellhorn, Steinbeck in Vietnam: Dispatches from the War, By-Line: Ernest Hemingway: selected articles and dispatches of four decades highlight the importance of free press and free speech which are integral to journalism and libraries. Pick up any of these books from your local library today.
Just because its the start of the holiday season doesn’t mean you can’t eat anything special. Do you have a food allergy? Or, do you know someone who is gluten-free? If so, the library is here to help make sure your holiday cooking satisfies everyone. Try Gluten-Free Cooking for Dummies to try your hand with either new recipes or old favorites. In fact, did you know we have over 25 gluten-free cookbooks? They include baking too! Food allergy cookbooks can help you prepare for any guest that may be allergic to eggs, dairy, nuts, etc. Why don’t you try Allergy Cooking with Ease?
Don’t forget, the library always has cooking events available! Check the newsletter, the website, or call the library and find out!
Did you know that the Brentwood Library has Ebooks available for you to check out? Most* of your favorite titles are available for you to enjoy, from the comfort of your own home right to your ereader! Visit Live-Brary.com to see our selection.
You will need the following technological things to download Ebooks:
- Adobe Digital Editions (Download here)
- Overdrive Media Console (Download here)
- The Internet (@ Your Library)
- A Computer (@ Your Library)
You will need the following Library related things to download Ebooks:
- A Library Card
*These publishers currently refuse to sell or license eBooks to libraries:
You can also write to or call each publisher to register your opinion. For your convenience, the addresses are provided below.
Macmillan Publishing
75 Varick Street
New York, NY 10013
(212) 226-7521
customerservice@mpsvirginia.com
Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
(212) 698-7000
http://simonandschuster.com/about/contact_us
Hachette Book Group
466 Lexington Avenue #131
New York, NY 10017
(212) 364-1100
customer.service@hbgusa.com
Penguin Group
375 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
(212) 366-2000
ecommerce@us.penguingroup.com
Brilliance Audio
1704 Eaton Drive
Grand Haven, MI 49417
(616) 846-5256
libsales@brillianceaudio.com
4 articles about libraries evolving to meeting user demands for wifi/tech access, learning, participation, community publishing, and intellectual stimulation among many other contributions they offer their communities.
Did you know the hottest Summer bestsellers are available as Ebooks from your library? Check out:
- Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn (Link to Ebook)
Just how well can you ever know the person you love? This is the question that Nick Dunne must ask himself on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. Mystery, Thriller (Goodreads)
- Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L. James (Link To Ebook)
When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms. Erotic Fiction, Formerly Twilight Fan Fiction (Goodreads)
- Friends Forever - Danielle Steele (Link to Ebook)
Five children meet on the first day of kindergarten. In the years that follow, they become friends and more than friends. Together, they will find strength, meet challenges, face life’s adventures, endure loss, face stark realities, and open their hearts. (Goodreads)
- Fallen Angels - Daniel Silva (Link to Ebook)
Gabriel learns that the dead woman had uncovered a dangerous secret—a secret that threatens a global criminal enterprise that is looting timeless treasures of antiquity and selling them to the highest bidder. But there is more to this network than just greed. A mysterious operative is plotting an act of sabotage that will plunge the world into a conflict of apocalyptic proportions… . (Goodreads)
Don’t know how to set up your Device for Ebooks? Click here for our handy tutorials! Or use OverDrive’s Tutorials as well.
