Welcome
Upcoming Holidays
Monday, February 15: We will be OPEN on President’s Day
We are now open Fridays from 1-5!
You asked, we listened….
We will now be open four extra hours each week. From January 8 through July 30, 2010, we will be open each Friday from 1-5.
Adult Book Discussions
Join us for a lively chat the second Wednesday of the month from 6:30-8:00. Sign up for each session; there’s no need to commit to the entire program. The library has multiple copies of each title so come on in and start reading!
Wednesday, February 10: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Wednesday, March 10: Waiting by Ha Jin
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Chick Lit Book Group starts in February!
What is Chick Lit? It’s one of the fastest growing genres of fiction, featuring stories of women of various ages as they deal with relationships, jobs, marriage, children, and life in general. Starting in February, this group will meet the fourth Monday of the month at 4pm. The library will have multiple copies of each title.
Monday, February 22: The Penny Pincher’s Club by Sarah Strohmeyer
Monday, March 22: The Lacemakers of Glenmara by Heather Doran Barbieri
Monday, April 26: In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
New Materials
These are some of the items that have arrived recently.
FICTION
- Death of a Valentine by M.C.Beaton
- 13 1/2 by Nevada Barr
- Honor of Spies by W.E.B. Griffin
- Deeper than Dead by Tami Hoag
- Burning Land by Bernard Cornwell
- Iron River by T. Jefferson Parker
- The Professional by Robert B. Parker
- U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton
- Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
- Under the Dome by Stephen King
- Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
- The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
- A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
- An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
- The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
- Port City Shakedown by Gerald Boyle
- I, Alex Cross by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
- The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
NON-FICTION
- All Things at Once by Mika Brzezinski
- Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
- Lit by Mary Karr
- Committed by Elizabeth Berg
- Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson
- Have a Little Faith
- Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin
- Going Rogue by Sarah Palin
- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
- Superfreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen Dubner
- NurtureShock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
- Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
- The End of Overeating by David Kessler
- True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy
- Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
- Not Becoming my Mother by Ruth Reichl
DVDs
- Madmen, Season 2
- Glee
- Julie and Julia
- He’s Just Not that Into You
- Last Chance Harvey
- My Life in Ruins
- (500) Days of Summer
- Mad Men, Season Two
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency (HBO)
- Inglourious Basterds
- Taking Woodstock
- Man on Wire
- Public Enemies
- Revolutionary Road
- Food, Inc.
- Slumdog Millionaire
Museum Passes Aren’t Just for Kids
The Fogg Library offers a host of museum passes to our patrons. Please click here to learn about our offerings.
Downloadable Audio Books are here
The Fogg Library is a subscriber to a new state-wide program offering downloadable audios through Overdrive. Simply go to download.maineinfonet.organd have your library card ready to access a huge selection of audiobooks.
Renew borrowed items online!
Just go to our website and click on either “Search Adult Catalog” or Search Children’s Catalog” and follow the instructions. You will need your patron I.D. number, which is on the barcode) and your items can not already be overdue. If they are, please call us and we’ll be happy to help.
We’re Wireless!
And, thanks to the efforts of Eliot resident Dave Emery, our wireless signal is strong throughout the library.
The History Book Club
Meets on the second Monday of every month, alternating between the Fogg Library and the Rice Library, Kittery.