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knowDID you?

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The Gibbs Hill Lighthouse is the oldest cast iron lighthouse in the world. It was constructed in 1844.

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NewtoYou

Summer’s over and with the kids back in school you might find a minute or two

to sneak away and discover a good read. It’s the perfect time for you to sit back, relax and enjoy a few good books. No great books.

Reading is fun. There is nothing like a page turner from your bestselling author. Or having the ability to take a story and see it the way you imagine it. And that is the real joy of reading, taking a trip to a new place, or new world and exploring the possibilities that come with it. So if you’re craving a new

See NEW TO YOU, page 6

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Finish

Make your way through our winding maze as take a journey from start to finish.

know ?Bermuda’s promotion as a tourist destination was helped by the visit of Queen Victoria’s daughter Princess Louise in 1883. D

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- randy york - randy york

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T h e B N L : I N s I d e rSeptember 2011

A production of the Adult Services DepartmentPar-La-Ville • #13 Queen Street • Hamilton HM 11

Newsletter Committee

Nikki BowersKeith Caesar

ContributorsJulie Bean

Fredrina JamesDaurene AubreyRuth-Ella Smith

Randy YorkJoan Vidale

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knowDIDyou? The Talbot Brothers were the first to bring Calypso music

to Bermuda. They were the first major calypsonians of the island.

1001 smart travel tips. 910.202 OBertuzzi, Leandro. Kilimanjaro National Park : ascent to Kino peak through Machame Route. 796.522 BCape Verde Islands : the Bradt travel guide. 916.658 CCornish, Joe. Coast : a photographic tour of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 914.1 CDarke, Dana. Oman. 915.353 DDavies, Paul. The best of Cyprus. 915.693 DGarcia Oropeza, Guillermo. One hundred & one beautiful small towns in Mexico. 917.2 GHeilman, Carl. The Adirondacks. 917.475 HIngham, Bruce. Customs & Etiquette of Arabia & Gulf States. 915.3 ILamberti, Stefania. Maldives. 915.495 LMcGonigal, David. Antarctica. 919.89 MMozambique : the Bradt travel guide. 916.79 MPrince, Jan. Tahiti & French Polynesia guide. 919.62 PRandall, Glenn. The Outward Bound backpacker’s handbook. 796.51 Rhode Island : an explorer’s guide. 917.45 RRobbins, Tom. White weekends. 796. 93 R The good gardens guide. 914.1 GWoods, Sarah. 101 romantic weekends in Europe. 914 W

Travel plans...we’ve got the guides.

- randy york

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Staff Notes

How long Have you been employed at tHe bermuda national library?

I’ve been working at the Bermuda National Library since late 2004.

wHat is tHe best part of your job?

Honestly the history. In life, I think we get caught up in the now. But there was a time when everything was new. Finding about those little pockets of history inspires me. Especially when you discover the contribution our little Island has had on the rest of the world. If we as a people knew these things, i think we’d be a force.

KeitH is perHaps tHe most

recognized member of our team – He is also tHe Host of filmmaKer’s corner on citv. How do utilize your sKills as an information professional to Help you to perform in tHis role?

Research, I have this saying I like. To know your enemy, you must know everything about them... (Not that they are enemies). But going into the show I wanna know what they have worked on. I am interested in how

Name: Keith CaesarJoB TITLe: Information Desk Assistant

Years aT LIBrarY: Since 2004

they have honed their craft. What kind of stories they are looking to tell. It has been an exciting experience. Somewhere in the mix, we’ll get some great storytellers rising. I am fortunate in that I work in a place where I can apply those skills. It’s like hunting for buried treasure. When you find a lead to what you are looking for and it pans out, there is nothing like it.

you are a renaissance man of sorts…you are an emerging pHotograpHer, abstract artist and fiction writer. can you sHare a little about your passion? any future projects?

Everything I do is about telling a story. That is the narrative of my life. I have been fortunate to have the opportunities to create things I think lend to that story. It’s one thing to have a job and make money, it is totally another experience when you go into a gallery and people are looking at your work. Maybe you walk in the street and someone says

they appreciate something you have had a hand in. I think you do it for yourself and if other appreciate it then, you’ve done something right. Future projects. Yes, I have a lot of ideas. I think I am at my hap-piest when I am being creative, when I have put an idea to paper, or clicked the shutter. At this point in my journey this is who I am.

can you recommend any booKs to tHe aspiring creative artists tHat are currently a part of tHe bermuda national library’s collection?

The book I would recommend to anyone who falls under the bracket of a storyteller no matter what your medium is, is Joseph Campbell’s The Hero With A Thousand Faces. Life is about the journey, through this book I saw that there are things in my life which have been in the lives of many.

The true test will be how I interpret my experiences so that my jour-ney is fulfilled. And these creative endeavors can find their way to the world. Other books, anything on the Island’s history.

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NOTES, from page 2

- nikki Bowers

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Have you taken the time to read some of the litera-ture that comes out of the

Caribbean. This region bathed in beauty offers a literary tradition truly their own. A good portion of the stories that are center around America and England. A culture and heritage rich with stories and interesting characters, language, scenes and historical refer-ences which add to the mold of the world around us.

The Caribbean have produced Nobel laureates, and prize winners. And have left an indelible mark on the world around. Authors like Earl Lovelace, V.S. Naipaul, Derek Walcott, Jamaica Kincaid, and George Lamming to name a few. There is a wealth of interesting sto-ries to explore. From a culture rich in heritage. So as you look for a good book, you should consider stories from the Caribbean. Stories which will inspire you to learn and investigate what the Caribbean has to offer.

Caribbean

Literature

read. We have just the thing for you. For some the new book shelf may be your first and last stop for new books. But have you ever considered that there are thousands of books here you haven’t read yet. Which equals thousands of stories you can explore. Making these books, new to you. You can find titles and authors you might

never have given the time of day. Genres which you thought might not be of interest. For more information on how you can discover new titles and authors. Find us at the information desk. We also have a great resource in Novelist in which you can go online via our web site and look up your favorite author and look for authors who write similar to them. To do that visit our web site www.bnl.bm.

NEW TO YOU, from page 1

Summer reading, before child

consisted of lazy afternoons

leaning against the edge of

the pool, submerged to my armpits,

swizzle at my fingertips, savor-

ing the latest Stephen King or Jackie Collins. I worried about

accidentally dropping the book in the pool after one too many

“refreshments” or suntan lotion smeared pages. My books and

I toured beaches; returning home with sand in my

creases and sand in their spine. We travelled

the world, my books and I, visiting friends who

swapped authors and titles, heaping reading lists upon

us. This was before child. Afternoons by the pool, previ-

ously interrupted only by red birds harking, “greendoor, green-

door” are now punctuated with, “Mom! Look at me! I

jump! I swim! One arm band!” My books are soggy

and under-read. My cute beach bag discarded – I’ve upgraded

to a series of bags and buckets useful for hauling the unending

beach paraphernalia required by a four year old. My “leisure”

time at the beach is spent applying and reapplying sunscreen,

building castles and digging moats, finding shells and trying to

catch crabs, launching him into the air and catching him with an

exaggerated splash. I don’t pack a book anymore. After a day

at the beach, after a bubbly bath we retire to the perfect chill of

our air-conditioned room, snuggling down in our nest of blankets

and pillows. With the skills of a seasoned lawyer, he negotiates

to four books, “please mummy, PLEASE!” We

visit barnyards where fleas sneeze, witness a

hermit crab who accessorizes his new home, drive

a racecar at top speed and chant ABIYOYO! Sunned

and soaked his eyelids flutter and at last peace reigns! As he

snuggles closer to me, I can smell the salt in his hair. I smile

and reach for my book on the nightstand.

Summer Reading…B.C.(Before Child!)

By Nikki Bowers, Information Desk

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Hurricane One of the major drawbacks to living in Bermuda is the threat of hurricanes and tropical storms during the season. The season runs from June 1st to November 30th. The Island has experienced several bad storms most notably Hurricane Emily in 1987, and Hurricane Fabian in 2003. The end of the season is about two months away. It might still be necessary to have a plan and stock up on sup-plies should conditions change.

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Find more information about hurricanes in Bermuda via these books:

Cubbon, Alaina. North Atlantic hurricanes in the face of global warming. R BDA 551.552 CEmery, Llewellyn. The Fabian diaries. 363.3492 ETucker, Terry. Beware the hurricane! The story of the gyratory tropical storms that have struck Bermuda and the islanders’ folk-lore regarding them. R/BdaSect./551.5/T

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Gert Harvey

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Maria Nate

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PICKS

F RUSLuka and the fire of lifeSalman Rushdie

Young Luka travels to the Magic

World to steal the Fire of Life need-

ed to bring his storytelling father out of a

deep trance.

F SOUMidnight and the meaning of love.Sister Souljah

Midnight’s efforts to rescue his wife trig-ger unexpected consequences that mark

his journey into adulthood.

M PATNow You See HerJames Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

After building up a successful life in New York and hiding her past, Nina Bloom returns

to Florida to confront the terrible secret that shattered her life eighteen years ago and protect an innocent man who is framed for murder.

F LEELinda Francis Lee Emily and Einstein

Losing her beloved husband in a tragic accident only to be informed that she

must leave her comfortable Upper West Side home, Emily learns disturbing truths about her late husband’s true character and embarks on a journey for answers in the company of a scruffy little dog.

F FIEJoy FieldingNow you see her : a novel. 2011.

Fifty-year-old Marcy Taggart’s hus-band has left her for another woman. Devastating as that may be, it hardly

compares to the death of her 21-year-old daughter, Devon, in a canoeing accident. Her body was never found in the icy waters of Georgian Bay, andas a result Marcy has never fully accepted her death.

F MAC

A Turn In The Road.Debbie Macomber

Three women--Bethanne Hamlin, her daughter Annie, and her former mother-in-law Ruth--go on a road

trip across the country, in an adventure that changes all of their lives as they each contemplate taking different paths in their romantic lives.

F QUI

QuicksilverAmanda Quick

Historical romance novel fea-turing the Arcane Society, second in The Looking Glass

Trilogy

F PALDeliriousDaniel Palmer

Charlie Giles watches his life slowly unravel as he becomes the prime suspect in the murders

of his former employers, who are being picked off one by one, and, with nowhere else to turn, enlists the help of his schizo-phrenic brother to find the truth.

F ROBChasing FireNora Roberts

When a dark presence stalks female smoke-jumping firefighter Rowan Tripp in

Montana, she wonders if she can get help from rookie smoke jumper Gulliver Curry.

M EVASmokin’ SeventeenJanet Evanovich

When dead bodies start show-ing up in shallow graves near Vincent Plum Bail

Bonds, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum tries to find the killer before she is the next target, while working to choose between the two men in her life.

M PARSIXKILLRobert B. Parker

Investigating a suspicious charge against a notorious actor who has been accused of murdering a young

woman, Spenser forges a bond with the celebrity’s bodyguard, Zebulon Sixkill, who reveals secrets about both the actor and the victim.

F KASThe Raising.Laura Kasischke

After Nicole, a sorority girl, is seem-ingly killed in an accident, her boyfriend Craig is blamed for her

death by those close to her, but is not charged by police, while Nicole’s childhood friend, Perry, tries to work through his grief, and Shelly, the first person on the scene of the accident, is convinced that the girl she saw that night was not dead at all.

F MONMama RubyMary Monroe

After Othella--the daughter of the town tramp in Shreveport, Louisiana--convinces her to

give her baby away, fifteen-year-old Ruby Jean Upshaw runs away to New Orleans, where nothing can quell her simmering rage at Othella for persuading her to let her baby go.