Welcome Steve Karlson - Princeton Branch Librarian

The Great Courses are DVDs put together for lifelong learners who want to experience an engaging, immersive learning experience that you can't get in a lecture hall. There are many categories that makeup the great courses subject matter:  science, mathematics, history, fine arts, music, religion, literature, language and many more. Great Courses is celebrating their 25th year of being the leader in lifelong learning. Below are some of the new DVDs recently added to the ECRL catalog :

*Discovering Your Roots: An Introduction to Genealogy
*Everyday Gourmet: the Joy of Mediterranean Cooking
*How to Grow Anything: Container Gardening Tips & Techniques
*How to Stay Fit as You Age
*Museum Masterpieces: the Louvre
*National Geographic Masters of Photography
*Optimizing Brain Fitness
*Secrets of Mental Health
*Understanding Investments
*Yoga for Healthy Mind and Body  

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell (print, eAudio, DVD)

You may have seen the 2010 movie How to Train Your Dragon, but did you know it's a book? The series follows Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (also called Hiccup the Useless by some) on his quest to become a hero. While the print version is wonderful, and has humorous illustrations, the audio version is narrated by David Tennant (of Dr. Who and Harry Potter Fame) and filled with music, accents, and dragonese.

Elizabaeth Shirek, Chisago Lakes Branch Librarian

Perfect Quilts for Precut Fabrics: 64 Patterns for Fat Quarters, Charm Squares, Jelly Rolls and Layer Cakes (Oversize 746.45 P)

One of my most cherished possessions is a handmade winter quilt from my mother. Mom has agreed to make three more -- one for each season -- so I have been on a quest to find the perfect patterns for what will most certainly become family heirlooms. Nothing caught my eye until the book this book came across my desk. It contains so many beautiful patterns and ideas, the new difficulty will be narrowing it down to only three!

Donna Larson, Rush City Public Library 

Strength in What Remains: a Journey of Remembrance and Forgetting by Tracy Kidder (305.896 K):

In Strength in What Remains, Tracy Kidder tells an inspiring story of a young man named Deo who having survived a civil war and genocide in Burundi, lands at JFK airport with two hundred dollars, no English, and no contacts. Homeless and living in Central Park, he begins to meet the strangers who will change his life, pointing him eventually in the direction of Columbia University, medical school, and a life devoted to healing the people of his native country.

Nancy Dunbar, Cambridge Branch Librarian