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FORTHCOMING BOOKS
         
Click here to see a list of forthcoming books.

FEATURED BOOKS FROM PREVIOUS MONTHS
         
Click here to see a list of featured books.

July 6, 2003
New York Times
Hardcover Best Sellers
Click on title for cover art and book reviews from
Library Journal, School Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly

FICTION Our Call No. NONFICTION Our Call No.
1. The Da Vinci Code
   
Dan Brown
FIC/BRO 1. Living History
    Hillary Rodham Clinton
973.929/CLI
2. The Lake House
   
James Patterson
FIC/PAT 2. A Short History of Nearly Everything
      Bill Bryson
500/BRY 
3. White Death
   
Clive Cussler
FIC/BRO 3. Moneyball
    Michael Lewis
   
4. The Devil Wears Prada
    Lauren Weisberger
FIC/WEI 4. Beyond Belief
    Elaine Pagels
   
5. The Lovely Bones
   
Alice Sebold
FIC/SEB
LT/SEB
5. An Unfinished Life
    Robert Dallek
973.922/DAL
6. The Face
   
Dean Koontz
FIC/KOO 6. Who's Your Caddy?
    Rick Reilly
796.352/REI
7. Die in Plain Sight
   
Elizabeth Lowell
FIC/LOW 7. The Teammates
      David Halberstam
796.357/HAL 
8. The Guardian
   
Nicholas Sparks
FIC/SPA
LT/SPA
Audio/SPA
8. Open
     John Feinstein
796.352/FEI
LT/796.352/FEI
9. The King of Torts
   
John Grisham
FIC/GRI
LT/GRI
Audio/GRI
9. Dereliction of Duty
    Robert Patterson
355.03/PAT
10. The Dogs of Babel
     
Carolyn Parkhurst
    10. Charlie Wilson's War
      George Crile
   

New York Times Paperback Best Sellers

FICTION Our Call No. NONFICTION Our Call No.
1. East of Eden
    John Steinbeck
FIC/STE 1. Seabiscuit
    
Laura Hillenbrand
798.4/HIL
2. The Beach House
    James Patterson
FIC/PAT
PB/FIC/PAT
LT/PAT
2. Fast Food Nation
    Eric Schlosser
394.1/SCH
3. Trading Places
    Fern Michaels
    3. Running With Scissors
    Augusten Burroughs
362.7/PEL
4. The Secret Life of Bees
    Sue Monk Kidd
FIC/KID 4. Lucky
    Alice Sebold
364.1532/SEB
5. Sunset in St. Tropaz
    Danielle Steel
FIC/STE 5. Small Wonder
    Barbara Kingsolver
   
6. Hard Eight
    Janet Evanovich
FIC/EVA
Audio/EVA
CD/EVA
6. A Child Called "It"
    Dave Pelzer
362.7/PEL
7. When the Wind Blows
    James Patterson
FIC/PAT
PB/FIC/PAT
Audio/PAT
7. Tuesdays With Morrie
    Mitch Albom
378.12/ALB
8. Fire Ice
    Clive Cussler
FIC/CUS
LT/CUS
8.The No. Spin Zone
    Bill O'Reillyy
973.92/ORE   
9. Engaging the Enemy
    Nora Roberts
PB/FIC/ROB 9. The Lost Boy
    Dave Pelzer
362.7/PEL
10. Always a Thief
      Kay Hooper
    10. The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
       Greg Palast
   


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REFERENCE

            The Reference collection is located on the 2nd floor of the library.
            The Reference Department will answer questions in person,  
                  over the phone, fax, or email at whitet@worthlibrary.com


PROGRAMS

          For a calendar of upcoming programs please click here.

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The Reading Roundtable is held on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM
The Reading Roundtable is held in the library's Meeting Room.

           The following books will be discussed in the upcoming months:
                    June 18, 2003: One For The Money by Janet Evanovich
                   
July 16, 2003: The Naked Detective by Laurence Shames
                  Click here for a full list of discussed books. pdf

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"Sold" Out! The Worth Public Library is out of Tickets for Ravinia.
Thank you for making this program such a success. Please check back next summer.
             
        

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The next AARP 55-Alive Classes will be held on 
Saturday, September 6th and September 13th.
The class time will be 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Please register at the Library or call 448-2855.


SERVICES

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Holds  - The library will place holds on materials that the library owns for all  Suburban Library System cardholders.

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Interlibrary Loan - The library will Interlibrary loan materials owned by other libraries for Worth Public Library cardholders only.

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Reciprocal Borrowing - Worth Public Library cardholders are able to use their library card at libraries that are members of the Suburban Library System. Members of any Suburban Library System library are able to use their library card
at Worth Public Library.


NEW MATERIALS

           Check out the Forthcoming Books Page!
           New materials are added to our collection almost every day. 
   
      Please check the New Book Shelves at the front of the library.

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This page was last updated on June 28, 2003
Tim White whitet@worthlibrary.com                                                                                                 Hit Counter 6/6/03