Currie Library

Currie Library

 

Monday-Thursday:

9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

(9 a.m. to 1 p.m., June-August)

Friday::

9 a.m. to noon

Sundays:

9 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.

 

Location:

Shetler Building, room 101.

Parking is available behind the building.

 

Contact:

Circulation Desk: 478-4732

Currie Library

 

Currie Library is a space where you can read, relax and reflect. Choose from more than 19,000 books, tapes, CDs and DVDs that provide an engaging tranformative Christian education for all ages. Have a seat on the sofa and reach for some great reading.

 

Support the library by shopping at Barnes & Noble

 

Shopping at Barnes & Noble at Friendly Center May 28 through June 3 will help Currie Library if you use this voucher. You also can check with the cashier at the register to get a voucher.

 

New books in the library, Spring 2010

 

ADULT BOOKS

The 8th Confession by James Patterson
Apocrypha: Authorized (King James) Version

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Assegai by Wilbur Smith

Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner

Best Garden Plants for North Carolina by Pam Beck

Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell

The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand

Creation in Death by J.D. Robb

Crossroads by Belva Plain

Deeper than the Dead by Tami Hoag

Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus by Thomas Cahill

Eat, Pray, Love: A Woman’s Search for Everything across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

First Family by David Baldacci

The Fleet Street Murders by Charles Finch

Foreign Body by Robin Cook

Gardens of North Carolina: A Traveler’s Guide by Peter Loewer

The Great War for Civilization: The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg

Hothouse Orchid by Stuart Woods

In an Instant: A Family’s Journey of Love and Healing by Lee & Bob Woodruff

In the Company of Jesus: Finding Unconventional Wisdom and Unexpected Hope by Bill Donahue

Johann Sebastian Bach Had a Wife by William Peterson

Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell

Month-By-Month Gardening in the Carolinas by Bob Polomski

Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva

A Night Too Dark by Dana Stabenow

Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky

The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory

Polar Shift by Clive Cussler

Praying in Color: Drawing a New Path to God by Sybil MacBeth

Quicksand by Iris Johansen

Return to Sullivan’s Island by Dorothea Benton Frank

Run by Ann Patchett

S is for Silence by Sue Grafton

Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods

Serena by Ron Rash

Shadow Command by Dale Brown

Six Hours One Friday: Living the Power of the Cross by Max Lucado

Split Image by Robert Parker

Still Waters by Tami Hoag

Swimsuit by James Patterson

Tears of Pearl by Tasha Alexander

That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo

There Goes the Bride by M.C. Beaton

Trial by James Patterson

Trial by Fire by J.A. Jance

True Blue by David Baldacci

U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton

The Whole Truth by David Baldacci

Wicked Prey by John Sandford

Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament

 

CHILDRENS BOOKS

All the World by Liz Garton Scanioin

The Body Book for Girls by Valorie Lee Schaefer

The Easter Egg by Jan Brett

Happy Easter, Curious George by Margret Rey

Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester

I Need an Easter Egg! by Harriet Ziefert

The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

Praying in Color: Kids’ Edition by Sybil MacBeth

Raymond’s Adventures on Mendenhall Street by George Grill

Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman

A Smart Girl’s Guide to Manners: The Secrets to Grace, Confidence, and Being Your Best by Nancy Holyoke

Spring Is Here, Grumpy Bunny! And the Grumpy Easter Bunny by Justine Korman

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

 

BOOKS ON TAPE

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain

A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

 

BOOKS ON CD

Alphabet Juice by Roy Blount, Jr.

Beach Road by James Patterson

Bleeding Kansas by Sara Paretsky

Blue Gold: A Novel from the NUMA Files by Clive Cussler

A Certain Justice by John Lescroart

The Chase by Clive Cussler

Cold Service by Robert Parker

The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly

Corsair by Clive Cussler

Crisis by Robin Cook

Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In by Roger Fisher

The Godfather’s Revenge by Mario Puzo

Gone for Good by Harlan Coben

Hawkes Harbor by S.E. Hinton

High Noon by Nora Roberts

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The March by E.L. Doctorow

Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt by David McCullough

A Place of Hiding by Elizabeth George

The Queen of the South by Arturo Perez-Reverte

The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith

The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell

The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder

State of Fear by Michael Crichton

State of War by Tom Clancy

Timeline by Michael Crichton

Tomb of the Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters

True North by Jim Harrison

Turning Angel by Greg Iles

The Watchman by Robert Crais

The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve

Without Remorse by Tom Clancy

The World Is Flat: A brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Friedman

 

CD
Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor

 

 

 

Love Currie Library?

 

Here are three ways to help:

Volunteer your time.

Donate books, magazines, funds.

Visit and share the joys of reading with family and friends.

 

Programs:

Currie Library Book Club

 

Preschool Storytime

5 — 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays during the school year.

 

Weekday Storytime

for First School and Weekday Preschool.

 

Book Cart

at Friendship Day for senior adults and for Wednesday Academy dinner.