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Books for the Arden Fair:

We appreciate your support in donating books for us to sell at the Arden Fair. You have been so generous that our storage space is overflowing! Please hold all donations until August when we will have time and space to sort them all.

Now Active: Arden Library On-Line Catalog

Alton Dahl, with help from his son, Erik, and from Larry Strange, have succeeded in creating an on-line catalog for the Arden Library. Give it a try! Thousands of titles have been cataloged! You will be able to search by author, title, subject, etc. and in many cases see the covers.

Instructions: Click here to enter the catalog. Then click on the "Guest Account" button and then on the "Login" button. There is no need to enter an Account Name or Password. If you have problems, please contact Alton Dahl.

A new feature has been added to the Library Gild on-line catalog. Now, from your computer or from your mobile phone or maybe even from your cerebral implant, you can quickly view all the new books in the Arden Club Library.

Library Gild

Photo of LibraryThe Library Gild is a Club-sponsored and community-supported library open to the public. The library is a busy place and attracts readers of all ages. It is located at the Gild Hall. Below are listed many of our books. Use your browser's FIND or SEARCH feature to look for a particular title or author.

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Saturday (October-May)after Dinner Gild suppers

Recommended Books by Gordon Hesse Gordon recommends several books, most of which he's actually read!

The Arden Men's Book Group meets once a month to discuss books of fiction.

New Books, October, 2009:

Adult: Terry Goodkind, The Law of Nines •
Philippa Gregory, The White Queen • Dick Francis/
Felix Francis, Even Money • Stieg Larsson, The Girl
Who Played With Fire • James Patterson, Alex Cross’s
Trial • Katherine Stockett, The Help • Donald
Thomas, Sherlock Holmes and the King’s Evil

Adult Paperback: Charles Finch, The September
Society • Charles Todd, A Pale Horse

Junior Fiction: M.T. Anderson, Pals in Peril
(Delaware locations) • M.T. Anderson, Whales on Stilts
• M.T. Anderson, The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen

Junior Non-Fiction: ’80s&’90sMusic • Pet Dictionary
• Ashton Kutcher • Jacques Cartier in search of the
Northwest Passage • The life and times of Clara Barton

Young Adult Fiction: M.T. Anderson, The Astonishing
Life of Octavian Nothing (National Book Award
Winner) • M.T. Anderson, Feed (National Book
Award Finalist) • M.T. Anderson, Thirsty

New books in May, 2009

New fiction books include:
Dog On It by Spencer Quinn
Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark
Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear
Red Mandarin Dress by Qiu Xionlong
The Perfect Poison by Amanda Quick
Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper
A Person of Interest by Susan Choi (paperback)
The Third Circle by Amanda Quick (paperback)

New non-fiction includes:
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Dewey :The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations-One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

New books in March, 2009

For the kids we have:
The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett
The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster
From Head to Toe: the Amazing Human Body and How it Works by Barbara Seuling

For the young adults:
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Helen Keller: a photographic story of a life by Leslie Garrett

For the adults:
Master Book of Water Gardens: the Ultimate Guide to the Design and Maintenance of the Water Garden by Philip Swindells
The Tale of Hawthorn House: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter by Susan Wittig Albert
Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich

New Books, September, 2008

For the adults we have: Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows, Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva, Bourne Sanction by Eric Van Lustbader, The Last Lecture by Randy Paulson, Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddon, Silks by Dick Francis, The Laughter of Dead Kings by Elizabeth Peters, The Song of Everlasting Sorrow by Wang Anyi, Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand, A Good Indian Wife by Anne Cherian, Plum Lovin’ by Janet Evanovich, and In Hovering Flight by Joyce Hinnefeld.
For the young adults: Afterschock by Kelly Eason
For the kids: Artenis Fowl: the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer, Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart, and Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
And for the very young: Grumpy Cat, How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin, Up! Up! Up! It’s Apple Picking Time, Halloween Night, Bat Loves the Night, Hallo-Wiener, Mucumber McGee and the Half-eaten Hot Dog, Boogle Knights

New Books, July, 2008

Adult: Mexico Sketches: an illustrated travel memoir by Jeana Carey (Dick Lebeis’ sister); Love, Lies, and Liquor by M.C. Beaton; Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb, Planet Pirates by Anne McCaffery, Elizabeth Moon and Jody Lynn Nye, St. Dale by Sharyn McCrumb, and Cat’s Eyewitness by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown
Young Adult: Scarred by Monique Polk, Bull’s Eye by Sarah N. Harvey, and Afterschock by Kelly Easton.
Juvenile:
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick – the Caldecott Gold medal book for 2008; The Willoughbys by Lois Lowery
Easy:
A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker; Max’s Dragon by Kate Banks; First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger – a Caldecott honor book for 2008 and a Theodore Seuss Geisel honor book for 2008; Library Mouse by Daniel Kirk

New books, May, 2008, include:
Susan Wittig Albert - Nightshade
David Baldacci - The Whole Truth
Mary Higgins Clark - Where Are You Now?
Michael Griber - The Forgery of Venus
Marisa de los Santos - Belong to Me (author lives in Wilmington!)
Jhuma Lahiri - Unaccustomed Earth
Diane Wei Liang - The Eye of Jade
Arturo Perez-Reverte - The Painter of Battles
Laura Joh Rowlans - The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte
Anne Perry - Buckingham Palace Gardens
Paperbacks:
Kate Jacobs - The Friday Night Knitting Club
Dennis Lehane - A Drink Before The War
Dennis Lehane - Sacred
Jujata Massey - Girl in a Box (Rei Shimura mystery)
Laura Joh Rowland - Assassin's Touch
Laura Joh Rowland - Red Chrysanthemum

New books, April, 2008, include:
Wild women: crusaders, curmudgeons and completely corsetless ladies in the otherwise virtuous Victorian Era by Autumn Stephens. And for the kids - donated by Ellen Dolmetsch:
More stories Huey tells by Ann Cameron
I wish I had a pirate suit by Pamela Allen

New books for children in March 2008: by Mem Fox are: Hattie and the Fox; Time for Bed; Tough Boris; and Sleepy Bears. Also for kids is a new biography of Thomas Edison and one on Nelson Mandela.

New books, February 2008 include several that were special requests:
"My Dearest Friend", letters between Abigail and John Adams"
"Summer at Tiffany" by Marjorie Hart
"Gods Behaving Badly" by Maris Phillips
"T is for Trespass" by Sue Grafton
"Tree of Smoke" by Denis Johnson
"Diablerie" by Walter Mosely

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New books, November 2007
For Children: Bunny Money written and illustrated by Rosemary Wells and signed by the author. Comin’ on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated and signed by E.B. Lewis. The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyston and Bre’er Rabbit Captured! written and illustrated by Jean Cassels. This book is signed by the author.
And for the adults: The Wailing Wind by Tony Hillerman.

New Books, October, 2007
The Divided Crown, a fantasy by Isabel Glass; Adrian Mole: the cappuccino years by Sue Townsend; The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant, author of The Red Tent; Garden Spells  by Sarah Addison Allen; Artemis Fowl: the Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer; a wonderful new picture book by Graeme Base, Uno's Garden which is a counting book with a telling lesson about extinction. We are also pleased to share with you a signed copy of Henry George and the Single Tax by Ardentown Trustee and Georgist Bob DeNigris.

New Books, May, 2007
Adult: In an Instant: a Family's Jouney of Love and Healing by Lee and Bob Woodruff; The Portrait by Iain Pears; The Shadow Matrix: a novel of Darkover by Marian Zimmer Bradley; Teens: BecaNuse of Anya by Margaret Peterson Haddix; Children: Lucretia Mott: a Guiding Light by Jennifer Fisher Bryant; and The Cats in Krasinsky Square by Karen Hesse.

We were quite pleased two receive to very nice gifts in April, 2007. Preservation Delaware, Inc. gave us a copy of Monopoly: the story behind the game  by Jim Watzer. The book does pay homage to The Landlord’s Game created by Elizabeth Magie who was a follower of Henry George. "As early as 1910 some of the Arden "Single Taxers" were playing Lizzie Magie’s real estate game…" Come check it out and read more about early Arden.

Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection was donated by the author, Arden resident, Linda Eaton. Winterthur’s renowned quilt collection is presented through dazzling color photographs that showcase rich fabrics and skillful needlework techniques. The letters of twenty-three-year-old Mary Remington, a dedicated quilt maker, and the extraordinary whitework quilt she made in 1815 —the only known example of an American quilted coat of arms— provide themes for the book, which looks at the quilts through the lives of their makers.

Other new, and new to us, books include two by Alexander McCall Smith, Blue Shoes and Happiness, another in the Ladies Detective series; and Friends, Lovers, Chocolate, quite different but very enjoyable. A Dilly of a Death by Susan Wittig Albert, one of her "China Bayles" series and Death at Gallows Green by her and husband Bill Albert writing as Robin Paige.

Planing a trip by car? We have some great audio books to help you along your way, stop in and check them out.

March, 2007 - New books:
The Old Wine Shades by Martha Grimes
Scott Nearing: the Making of a Homesteader by John Saltmarsh
Lost in the Forest by Sue Miller
And new to us, a generous donation of audio books and videos including:
Video: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Audio (books on tape):
Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl, read by Erik Singer
Everywhere That Mary Went read by Lisa Scottoline, read by Kate Burton
Saving Faith by David Baldacci, read by Michael Kramer
Daddy’s Little Girl by Mary Higgens Clark, read by Jan Maxwell

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November, 2006. New books include:
Shakespeare in the Garden: a selection of gardens and an alphabet of plants by Mick Hales - a beautiful look at Shakespearean inspired gardens and plants mentioned in his works.
Saint Iggy by K.L. Going - for young adults, Faced with probable expulsion from school, sixteen-year-old Iggy comes up with a "Change-Everyone's-Mind-About-Me Plan."
Subira, Subira by Tololwa M. Mollel - Set in contemporary Tanzania, this variation on a traditional tale describes how a young girl learns a lesson in patience when a spirit woman sends her to get three whiskers from a lion.
Red Knot: a Shorebird’s Journey by Nancy Carol Willis - Teaches children about the 20,000-mile round-trip migration of the Red Knot Shorebird from the Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic regions of North America, and includes a glossary, range map, timeline, and Red Knot history.

September, 2006
New books include: Dark Tort by Diane Mott Davidson, Gone by Jonathan Kellerman, Dark Assassin by Anne Perry, The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult, Prior Bad Acts by Tami Hoag, The Tomb of the Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters, Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark, and Sour Puss by Rita Mae Brown & Sweetie Pie.

August, 2006
New adult books: Husband by Dean Koontz, Twelve Straight by Janet Evanovich, Bleeding Hearts by Susan Witteg Albert, Ironcrown Moon by Julian May and Divided in Death, and Glory in Death by Norah Roberts writing as J.D.Robb. Also: Pope Joan, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, and Tender at the Bone.
New kids books: Gossamer by Lois Lowery, When Lightening Comes in a Jar by Patricia Polacco, Lilly's Big Day by Kevin Henkes; also Too Much Picnic, Grandma's Pride, and Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons. When Lightening Comes in a Jar and Cookies are part of a donation in memory of Teresa Duffy.

May, 2006
New books continue to come into the library. One recent donation is a second copy of The Delaware Citizen co-authored by Cy Liberman. We also have a number of new-to-us fantasy tales on the paper-back exchange shelves. Stop in a browse around.

March, 2006
Do you like to listen to books as well as read them? Then we have just the thing for you at the library. There are many books on tape, among them these new donations: King of Torts by John Grisham and Runaway, a series of short stories by Alice Munroe. We also have videos for kids and adults and some DVDs (especially of Shakespeare Gild productions).

February, 2006
February means Valentines and here's an idea for you -- give a Valentine to yourself and the Library Gild ... look around the house for those very overdue library books and bring them back any day between February 12 and 19 and any fines will be forgiven.

For the teens and younger this month's new books are: Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix; High Rhulian by Brian Jacques; Dashing through the Snow by David Kirk; Red is a Dragon by Roseanne Thong and donated by the Delport family; Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkins; The Blizzard by Betty Ren Wright; The Far and Wide Travels of Winston Whitten by Joan Scott Candelmo, donated and signed by the author. Joan grew up here in Ardentown and wanted our library to have a copy of her book. One of the characters is named E.G. Scott after her father.

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December, 2005
For all you history buffs - native Ardenite Robert Roberts has written a memoir about his experiences as a medic during World War II. Thanks to Hugh Roberts for the information on this interesting book. We also have new holiday books for the kids, and the new Christopher Paolini Eldest and the new Cornelia Funke, Inkspell. We post new additions on the library door, so take a look and stop in, because by January there will be even more!

October, 2005
New releases from: Nora Roberts, Diana Gabaldon, Walter Mosley, Michael Connelly, E.L.Doctorow, Martha Grimes, Jennifer Weiner (author of In Her Shoes), Catherine Coulter, Anne Rivers Siddon, Ruth Rendell, Robert B. Parker. And of special interest, A Medic’s Story - An Autobiography of Experiences During World War II by Robert Roberts, who grew up here in Arden. Come in and check out a good read!

July, 2005
New books include, but are not limited to by any means, I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe and Survivor in Death by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb for the adults. For the kids we have The Anybodies by Julianna Baggott writing as N. E. Bode.

April, 2005
ADULTS: Poet of Tolstoy Park by Sonny Brewer, a mystery set in Fairhope, Alabama; Don't Look Back by Amanda Quick; Chainfire by Terry Goodkind; Naked Empire by Terry Goodkind; High Country by Nevada Barr; Calamity and Other Stories by Daphne Kalstay; Wolves Eat Dogs by Martin Cruz Smith; African Banjo Echoes in Appalachia: A Study of Folk Traditions by Cecilia Conway; An Alchemy of Mind : The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain by Diane Ackerman. FOR CHILDREN: The 2005 Caldecott Medal winner Kitten's First Moon by Kevin Henkes and the 2005 Newbery Medal winner Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata are also ready to be checked out as well as Chasing Vermeer by Blue Ballisett and for the older teens Green Angel by Alice Hoffman.

NEW BOOKS, March, 2005
Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard; The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad; two books by Bill Bryson: The Lost Continent and Notes From a Small Island.

NEW BOOKS, February 2005
Duncan Rumplemeyer's Bad Birthday by Alexander Stadler, Do You Have a Hat? by Eileen Spinelli, T is for Terrible by Peter McCarty, Hot-Cha-Cha! by Josephine Nobisso, The Scarlet Stocking Spy by Trinka Hakes Noble, My Teacher for President by Kay Winters, Brundibar by Tony Kushner with pictures by Maurice Sendak.
Especially for the young Shakespeareans: Shakespeare and Macbeth : the story behind the play by Stewart Ross,
And for the teens (so new they aren't even published yet!): Deliver Us From Normal by Kate Klise, The Secret Blog of Raisin Rodriquez by Judy Goldsmith, Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson.

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NEW BOOKS, December, 2004
New for adults: The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown, Our Lady of the Forest by David Guterson, The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom, The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin, Bleachers by John Grisham, The Wedding by Nickolas Sparks, The Teeth of the Tiger by Tom Clancy, The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahini, Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon. New for teens: Eragon by Christopher Paolin. Artemis Fowl: the Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer. And for children: We Gather Together...Now Please Get Lost! by Diane deGroat; This First Thanksgiving Day : A Counting Story by Laura Krauss Melmed; Feliz Navidad by José Feliciano, with illustrations by David Diaz .

NEW BOOKS, November, 2004
This month we are featuring new children's books: The Key to the Indian by Lynn Reid Banks, Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? by Martin Waddell, The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood, Double Trouble in Walla Walla by Andrew Clements, and I Am the Dog, I Am the Cat by Donald Hall.

NEW BOOKS, September, 2004
Works by James Patterson, Anne Tyler, Anne Lamott, and Dean Koontz.

NEW BOOKS, AUGUST, 2004
FOR ADULTS: Stop Your Cravings: a Balanced Approach to Burning Fat, Increasing Energy, and Reducing Stress by Jennifer Workman; Nickled and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehreneich. FOR CHILDREN: Winnie-the-pooh by A.A. Milne; The Prize Pig Surprise by Lisa Ernst; Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crabcakes Later) by Elizabeth Howard.

NEW BOOKS, JULY, 2004

Teaching Children Financial Literacy.
Jack Markell, Delaware State Treasurer, has given our library a set of books on financial literacy. These books are a great way for parents to start a discussion with their children about saving money.

Shakespeare Gild DVDs
We are also proud to announce a complete collection of DVDs showing the recent work of the Arden Shakespeare Gild. So if you need another look at those darling scene stealers from the Young Actors Workshop, or you missed Richard III, here is your chance to catch up.

NEW BOOKS, MARCH, 2004

NEW BOOKS, FEBRUARY, 2004
New is a book with a local connection. Inamorata is by Josephy Gangemi, whose grandparents were Ardenites.

NEW BOOKS, JANUARY, 2004

New books for adults include: The Good Wife Strikes Back by Elizabeth
Buchan, Truth or Dare by Jayne Ann Krentz, The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan, The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson, an Alex Cross novel, and The Murder Room by P.D. James

For teens: The Teen's Vegetarian Cookbook by Judy Krizmanic , Pendragon : the Reality Bug by D.J. MacHale, Surviving the Applewhite's by Stephanie S. Tolan, a 2003 Newbery Honor book

For kids: The English Roses and Mr. Peabody's Apples by Madonna , My Brother Martin: a sister remembers the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Christine King Farris, What a Great Idea: Inventions That Changed the World by Stephen Tomecek, And thanks to a timely donation, the 2004 Newbery Medal book, The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamilla.

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NEW BOOKS, DEC. 1, 2002
Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy, The Grave Maurice by Martha Grimes, Lovely Bones, The Club Dumas, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, They Went Whistling, Women Wayfarers, Warriors, Runaways and Renegades, and a large-print edition of The Cat Who Went Up the Creek. For the teens Understanding September 11th, and for the children Milly and the Macy's Parade, Runaway Dreidel!, and Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve?

NEW BOOKS, OCT. 1, 2002
The Lady Who Liked Clean Restrooms by J.P. Donleavy, A Traitor to Memory by Elizabeth George, Ornamental Grass Gardening by Thomas Reinhardt, Le Divorce by Diane Johnson, Sole Survivor by Dean Koontz, and in preparation for next month ... Haunt Your House for Halloween : Decorating Tricks and Party Treats,

The Complete World of the Dead Sea Scrolls by Philip R. Davies (Arden's Sarah Tanzer was one of the researchers of the scrolls and she is credited in the book), How to Read a French Fry and Other Stories of Intriguing Kitchen Science by Russ Parsons, I Have Landed by Steven J. Gould, No More Snoring: a proven program for conquering snoring and sleep apnea by Victor Hoffstein, MD; The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes.

New books for teens: Holes by Louis Sachar, The Wanderer by Sharon Creech, Bat 6 by Virginia Ewer Wolff;

For the younger set: Bloomers! by Rhoda Blumberg, Roxaboxen by Alice McClerran, My Place by Nadia Wheatley.

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