Thayne Branch Library
February–Brunch & Book Club
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ALL OTHER NIGHTS by Dara Horn
Monday, February 22 10:00AM
How is tonight different from all other nights? For Jacob Rappaport, a Jewish soldier in the Union army during the Civil War, it is a question his commanders have already answered for him — on Passover, 1862, he is ordered to murder his own uncle in New Orleans, who is plotting to assassinate President Lincoln.
After this harrowing mission, Jacob is recruited to pursue another enemy agent, the daughter of a Virginia family friend. But this time, his assignment isn’t to murder the spy, but to marry her. Their marriage, with its riveting and horrifying consequences, reveals the deep divisions that still haunt American life today.
Bring your morning snack and join us for a lively book discussion.
Ask or call us if you need an interlibrary loan!
Thayne Branch Library
883-7323
Brown Bag Brunch & Book–JANUARY 2010
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Join us at the Thayne Branch Library on MONDAY, JANUARY 25 at 10:00AM for the first book group of the new year!
Bring your mid-morning snack and join us for a lively book discussion. Everyone is welcome.
JANUARY SELECTION:
The Betrayal: The Lost Life of Jesus (A Novel)
by Kathleen O’Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear
There is an alternate story of the life of Jesus. One the early Church fathers found so menacing they outlawed the books that documented it, ordered them burned, and threatened anyone 
found copying them with death.
4th-century Biblical scholar Barnabas flees for his life while protecting these ancient holy texts that reveal Christ’s more radical and heretical side.
International bestselling Wyoming authors and award-winning archaeologists Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear put more than 30 years of exhaustive research into this fascinating novel.
Ask or call us if you need an interlibrary loan!
Thayne Branch Library
883-7323
Thayne Branch Library One Book, One Community (2009)
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Are you reading Olive Kitteridge?
The 2009 Pulitizer Prize for Fiction was awarded to “Olive Kitteridge,” by Elizabeth Strout.
“This collection of 13 short stories set in small-town Maine packs a cumulative emotional wallop, bound together by polished prose and by Olive, the title character, blunt, flawed and fascinating.”–The Pulitzer Prizes, Columbia University
Lincoln County has chosen Olive Kitteridge for the 2009 “One Book, One Community” event.
“One Book, One Community” encourages Lincoln County residents to read and discuss the same book during the fall of 2009. Free paperback copies are available at the Thayne Branch Library and an audiobook version is available for check-out.
Thayne Branch Library will hold their community discussion on Monday, November 9 at 6:30pm in the Thayne Library. Hope to see you there!
To enrich your reading and discussion, print out these discussion questions:
Olive Kitteridge Discussion Questions
November Book Discussion
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Monday, November 23 at 10AM
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
by Katherine Howe
Forced to set aside her Ph.D. research in order to help settle her grandmother’s home, Connie Goodwin discovers a hidden key among her grandmother’s possessions linked to a darker chapter in Salem witch trial history.
Bring your mid-morning snack and join us for a lively book discussion.
September–Brown Bag Brunch & Book
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Letters from Yellowstone by Diane Smith
In the spring of 1898, a spirited young woman with a love for botany is invited to join a field study in Yellowstone National Park.
The study’s leader assumes she is a man, and is less than pleased to discover the truth. Once the scientists overcome the shock of having a woman on their team, they forge ahead on a summer of adventure, forming an enlightening web of relationships as they move from Mammoth Hot Springs to a camp high in the backcountry.
But as they make their way collecting amid Yellowstone’s beauty the group is splintered by differing views on science, nature, and economics.
Bring your mid-morning snack and join us for a lively book discussion.
Reading Guide available.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 at 10:00AM
AUGUST–Brown Bag Brunch & Book
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Lottery by Patricia Wood
A funny, poignant, and wise novel about a very rich underdog who shows everyone just how little his IQ says about his smarts.
Bring your mid-morning snack and join us for a lively book discussion.
MONDAY, AUGUST 17 at 10:00AM
Reader’s guide and discussion questions available.
Ask or call us if you need an interlibrary loan! 883-7323
Adult Summer Reading Program
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@ the Thayne Branch Library
The Thayne Branch Library is offering a free and exciting
Adult Summer Reading Program.
“Master the Art of Reading” runs from
June 15 through August 14, 2009.
- Participants read or listen to books of their choice.
- One book earns one punch on your Reading Card.
- Each completed punch card becomes your entry in a prize drawing.
- Pick up YOUR card TODAY!
Song writers workshop
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a Wyoming cowboy who writes songs about living life under the big sky
Join us for a free song writing workshop and performance by Bryan Ragsdale at the Thayne Branch Library, Tuesday July 28th 10:00am-11:00am. Everyone invited.
Thayne–Used Book Sale
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June Brown Bag Brunch & Book Club
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Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Genova gives us a hauntingly accurate portrayal of a young woman’s descent into Alzheimer’s Disease from the prime of life and the loftiest of cerebral heights.
MONDAY, JUNE 29 at 10:00am
Also available as a CD Book or in Large Print
Taking Lincoln County Libraries to the next step…
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…the Endowment Fund Challenge
To date, the Lincoln County Library Endowment Fund has received $31,253 in donations and $62,367 in matching dollars from the state . Because of your generosity, we have made great progress in our first year of fundraising for the endowment…but we have a ways to go. We are eligible to receive 2:1 matching dollars on donations up to $147,826. Our goal is to take full advantage of this unprecedented opportunity to receive two dollars for every dollar donated. Thank you & best wishes for 2010! Updated 01/05/10
The 2008 Wyoming State Legislature set aside $9.1 million in matching funds to encourage establishment and growth of library endowments. Lincoln County libraries are eligible to receive a 2:1 match on donations up to $147,826. Every dollar donated, up to that amount, will be matched by the state with an additional two dollars.
When libraries statewide have raised $2.3 million cumulatively, each of the state’s 23 county library systems will receive an additional $100,000. At the end of the fundraising period, June 30, 2013, we could have an endowment of over $550,000.
Tax deductible contributions may be made online by clicking on the “Foundation” tab at the top of the page or by mailing your check to Lincoln County Library Foundation (LCLF) Endowment Fund, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, WY 83101.
Picturing America at the Thayne Branch Library
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Thayne Branch Library is the proud recipient of The National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) new Picturing America initiative. Picturing America provides an innovative way for citizens of all ages to explore the history and character of America through some of our nation’s great works of art.
As one of the over 56,000 schools and public libraries nationwide to receive the program, we now have access to this high quality, free resource that we are using to engage our patrons with discussions of our nation’s art, history, civics, literature, and more!
The images of people, places, and events illustrating American history give our patrons a chance to better understand our country’s past and its ideals. What better way to see the courage of a great leader than through Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware?
Washington Crossing the Delaware
How better to appreciate the power of American democracy than through Norman Rockwell’s Freedom of Speech?
Freedom of Speech
These masterpieces are opening our community members’ eyes to America’s rich history and culture while also providing an introduction to the broader world of the humanities.
For more information on the program, you can visit the Picturing America Web site at: www.PicturingAmerica.neh.gov. Feel free to peruse the site, and check out the images and the great links included. Sit down with your kids and start conversations about the beautiful masterpieces!
Picturing America is distributed by the NEH in cooperation with the American Library Association (ALA).
Brown Bag Brunch & Book at Thayne
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Thayne Branch Library
Brown Bag Brunch & Book
The God of Animals
by Aryn Kyle
Bring your mid-morning snack and join us for a lively book discussion. No need to sign up. Drop-ins welcome!
Reader’s guide and discussion questions available at the Thayne Branch Library circulation desk.
Call or ask us if you need an interlibrary loan!
883-7323(READ)
Also available as an audiobook or try downloading it through NetLibrary.
Thayne Branch Library “Let it Snow Somewhere Else” Open House
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Did you participate in Thayne Branch Library’s “Let it Snow” Adult Reading Program?
- Have you read or listened to 10 library books? TUESDAY, MARCH 31 is the deadline!
- If you completed the program, come in after Tuesday and claim your recyclable tote bag!
- Then, mark your calendars for THURSDAY, APRIL 16! That’s the day for the GRAND PRIZE DRAWING!
If you took the “Reading Challenge” and read 5 more books from the “Let it Snow” book list, then your name will go into a drawing for a First-Class Reader’s basket of goodies! Plus a $25 Barnes & Noble’s Gift Certificate! (You do not need to be present to win.)
What a great way to chase away the winter blues! See you there!
