The following eaudio titles have recently been added to our OverDrive – eMedia Catalog. To access go directly to the eMedia Catalog or click on the links below.  The Library Catalog will not have the records for several weeks.

Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist by Liz Kessler

Ford County: Stories by John Grisham

Wrecker: Isaac Bell Series, Book 2 by Clive Cussler

Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi

Breathless by Dean Koontz

Kindred in Death: In Death Series, Book 29 by J.D. Robb

Alex Cross: Alex Cross Series, Book 16 by James Patterson

Wishin’ and Hopin’: A Christmas Story Wally Lamb

Carnegie Cadets: The MySecureCyberspace Game has successfully engaged students around the world with interactive missions that teach lessons about spam email, risky chat room behavior, and unsafe web pages. Today, the Carnegie Cadets are excited to announce the launch of a new mission on cyber bullying! To play, click the Games tab above and scroll down to Cyber Cadets.

The new mission is a Communications Level 2 challenge that dives into the tough ethical topic of how to get along responsibly with others on the Internet. The topic of cyber bullying is a critical lesson for youth, but one that can be difficult to teach. In The MySecureCyberspace Game, cadets learn how to identify bullying, why it’s a danger, and what they can do to handle it. After presenting talks from the characters at the Academy, the new mission pits cadets against a bullying robot to see if they remember how to ward off the bully’s attacks and deal with the situation responsibly.

For Apple users, the Carnegie Cadets are also pleased to announce that this latest version of the game is now compatible with Mac OS 10.5.

Please enjoy the following new features of The MySecureCyberspace Game:

- The newest mission that focuses on cyber bullying
- Three new Gold Badges to earn
- Three new ReQuests to complete and Rare Items to collect
- Three new characters to meet, including cyber villains Elvirus and Ms. Information
- Five new rooms to explore

Carnegie Cadets: The MySecureCyberspace Game is developed and maintained by Carnegie Mellon’s Information Networking Institute and Carnegie Mellon CyLab.

Studying Native American? Over the past two years this blog has done 13 articles on learning more about Native Americans. Performing a search in the blogs search on the keywords Native Americans will return all the blog articles. Some resources are just for Clark County, NV residents which require a valid Las Vegas – Clark County Library District card.  Other resources  are free to all.

Science Online - Now users can view the most popular records in a handy new box in the lower right hand corner of the home page. Tabs show the total most viewed, emailed, and saved records, and the most popular records can be viewed by record type, by month or year, or by most popular overall. In addition, new entries covering all aspects of life science include hot topics such as stem cells, cloning, and epigenetics, and core concepts in cell biology, genetics, microbiology, zoology, botany, ecology, and anatomy and physiology.

Native Americans are an integral part of American history, culture and character. Contributions and accomplishments of Native Americans permeate and impact many facets of American life, including art, music, literature, agriculture, spirituality and medicine. In the face of overwhelming adversity, Native Americans and their culture remain a vital component of the American experience.

National American Indian Heritage Month, designated as the month of November beginning in 1990, not only pays tribute to Native Americans’ historical and contemporary achievements and revolutionary role in the development of American culture and society, but recognizes the evolution of the Native American experience and the significance of preserving Native traditions and heritage.

Our SIRS Knowledge Source (SKS) Spotlight of the Month honors Native Americans and promotes cultural understanding in the following articles and online research tool destinations:

ARTICLES

1. Promises, Promises: Indian Health Care’s Victims

2. 24 Charged in Crackdown on Native American Artifact Looting

3. Nothing Shy About This Guy

4. Robert J. Conley Tells Cherokee Stories

5. For Tribes, Economic Need is Colliding With Tradition

6. An Indigenous Perspective on the Fairness Doctrine

WEB SITE

American Indian Heritage Month

QUOTE

“One of the very early proponents of an American Indian Day was Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian, who was the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, New York. He persuaded the Boy Scouts of America to set aside a day for the ‘First Americans’ and for three years they adopted such a day. In 1915, the annual Congress of the American Indian Association meeting in Lawrence, Kansas, formally approved a plan concerning American Indian Day… What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the United States has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose.”
“U.S. Honors Contributions of American Indians, Alaska Natives,” America.gov Press Release, Nov. 3, 2008

Featured Online Database: American Indian History Online

Perfect for National American Indian Heritage Month, American Indian History Online offers fast access to more than 15,000 years of culture and history through event and topic entries, biographies, images and videos, maps and charts, legends, primary sources, and timeline entries. This award-winning database allows for an interactive, multifaceted look at the indigenous peoples
of North and South America. The invaluable “Tribes and Culture Areas” section is easy to browse with a helpful tabbed list of tribes, representing more than 600 Native American groups, and a browse-by-culture-area feature.

On November 11, readers can celebrate Veterans Day with one of several history books that reassess battles where American service members fought and died. Try one of these downloadable audio books:

The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid – America’s First World War II Victory by Craig Nelson and Raymond Todd.

Immediately after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt sought to restore the honor of the United States with a dramatic act of vengeance: a retaliatory bombing raid on Tokyo itself. At his bidding, a squadron of scarcely trained army fliers, led by the famous daredevil Jimmy Doolittle, set forth on what everyone regarded as a suicide mission. Their extraordinary success led directly to what every historian now believes was the turning point in the war against Japan, and helped convince the nation and the world that the Allies might eventually triumph.

Into the Rising Sun by Patrick K. O’Donnell

Patrick K. O’Donnell has made a career of uncovering the hidden history of World War II by tracking down and interviewing its most elite troops: the Rangers, Airborne, Marines, and First Special Service Force, forerunners to Americas’s Special Forces.

Retribution The battle for Japan 1944-45 by Max Hastings

In his critically acclaimed Armageddon , Hastings detailed the last twelve months of the struggle for Germany. Here, in what can be considered a companion volume, he covers the horrific story of the war against Japan.

The Ghost Mountain Boys Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea–the Forgotten War of the South Pacific by James Campbell.

Lying due north of Australia, New Guinea is among the world’s largest islands. In 1942, when World War II exploded onto its shores, it was an inhospitable, cursorily mapped, disease-ridden land of dense jungle, towering mountain peaks, deep valleys, and fetid swamps. Coveted by the Japanese for its strategic position, New Guinea became the site of one of the South Pacific’s most savage campaigns. Despite their lack of jungle training, the 32nd Division’s Ghost Mountain Boys were assigned the most grueling mission of the entire Pacific campaign: to march 130 miles over the rugged Owen Stanley Mountains and to protect the right flank of the Australian army as they fought to push the Japanese back to the village of Buna on New Guinea’s north coast.

Flags  of Our Fathers by James Bradley

In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America.

November 8 – Michaelmas

November 11 – Veterans Day

November 18 – Morocco Independence Day

Early November to late January – Winter Festival of Lights

First Saturday in November – Sadie Hawkins Day

Fourth Thursday in November – Thanksgiving

November – December – Monkey Party