Your tax dollars have been hard at work adding new books on compact disc to the Oswego Public Library collection. In the last two months over 100 CD audio books have made their first bow on the shelves. “We had to move the audio book collection to a new area on the main floor,” said Librarian Edward Elsner. “There were simply too many titles for where we had them shelved.”

All of the audio books are now farther in from the East 2nd Street entrance, near the donation box. Books on cassette and CD are filed by the author’s last name or their nonfiction Dewey Decimal number. Browse until you find a few to try while doing chores, driving, or otherwise occupied. With audio books, you don’t need your eyes or your hands, just your ears!

If you see any you MUST have, call the library at 341-5867 or log on to your library account at NorthCountryLibraries.org to place a hold. We’ll email or call YOU when the CD audio book is returned and ready for you.

FICTION

For One More Day by Mitch Albom
Death of a Gentle Lady by M.C. Beaton
The Amber Room by Steve Berry
Billy Budd by Herman Melville
Dark of Night by Suzanne Brockmann
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
A Whole New Light by Sandra Brown
One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
The Quilter’s Homecoming by Jennifer Chiaverini
Lovers & Players by Jackie Collins
South of Broad by Pat Conroy
Deep Black: Jihad by Stephen Coonts and Jim DeFelice
KnockOut and Tailspin by Catherine Coulter
The Lost World, Airframe, and Timeline by Michael Crichton
The Rosetta Key by William Dietrich
Motor mouth by Janet Evanovich
Wits End by Karen Joy Fowler
S is for Silence, R, and GHI by Sue Grafton
Nail Biter by Sarah Graves
The Appeal and The Associate by John Grisham
The Dark Tide by Andrew Gross
A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
Dying to Please, Killing Time, and To Die For by Linda Howard
Third Degree, The Footprints of God, Mortal Fear, and Spandau Phoenix by Greg Iles
Lost Souls by Lisa Jackson
The Sign by Raymond Khoury
Just After Sunset and The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
Sizzle and Burn: an Arcane Society novel by Jayne Ann Krentz
Treasure Mountain by Louis L’Amour
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Heir by Johanna Lindsey
Twenty Wishes: a Blossom Street book by Debbie Macomber
Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
The Marriage Game, Up Close and Personal, and Payback by Fern Michaels
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Good Wife by Stewart O’Nan
Brimstone and Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker
Sunday’s at Tiffany’s, Step on a Crack, and Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
The Paid Companion, Wait Until Midnight, and Lie by Moonlight by Amanda Quick
Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs
Blue Dahlia, Red Lily, The Villa, Midnight Bayou, and Three Fates by Nora Roberts
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
Rogue and A Good Woman by Danielle Steel
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner
Blood Orchid and Orchid Blues by Stuart Woods
The Shack by William P. Young

BIOGRAPHY

The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness by Karen Armstrong

The Soloist (about Nathaniel Ayers): a Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music by Steve Lopez

Southern Fried Divorce by Judy Conner

Mornings on Horseback (about Teddy Roosevelt) by David G. McCullough

NONFICTION

One Simple Act: Discovering the Power of Generosity by Debbie Macomber

The Complete Bitch: Skinny Bitch & Skinny Bitch in the Kitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin

You, On a Diet: the Owner’s Manual to Waist Management by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: the Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness by Daniel G. Amen

Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying by David Bach

Enough Already!: Clearing Mental Clutter to Become the Best You by Peter Walsh

A Prairie Home Companion Commercial Radio: Words from Our So-called Sponsors by Garrison Keillor

The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman “When Germany invaded Poland, bombers devastated Warsaw–and the city’s zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into the empty cages.”

The Monuments Men: Allied Heros, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel

Horse Soldiers: the Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan by Doug Stanton

Other happenings at the Library:

The Children’s Room at the Oswego Public Library is excited to announce that Santa will be visiting the Library on Saturday, December 19th at 1:30 PM.  Join the fun as we celebrate the holidays.  Children will have the chance to sing songs with Betty Moshier and make crafts.  Refreshments will be served.  The highlight of the festivities will be a visit from Santa!
The Library is located at 120 East Second Street.  For more information call 341-5867.

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The Oswego High School Class of  2011 is prepared to begin its march toward June 25 graduation exercises at the SUNY Oswego Campus Center. However, the members of the Class of 2010 have made their mark and are moving to their next life step.

Oswego Middle School Principal Bonnie Finnerty has proudly announced the final honor roll for the 2009-2010 school year.

Nathaniel V. Ellis graduated from the U.S. Army Warrant Officer Candidate School at Fort Rucker, Daleville, Ala., and was appointed to the rank of warrant officer one.

The Curse of the Silverback, the Enchanted Forest/Water Safari’s newest water ride, which debuted in 2009, is expected to continue to draw visitors with its unique purple and black appeal and daring silverback theme.  Riders experience a 100 foot drop into a large 40-ft diameter bowl where they circle the bowl dropping out the middle into the splash pool below.