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Considering the prevalance of diabetes in America today, I suspect the disease has touched many, many families in the Evansville and tri-state area. It is certainly a topic near and dear to my heart since I have had family members and friends afflicted with both Type 1 and Type II. For those who have...
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Halloween is almost here and new books for Halloween have been arriving at the library over the past month. Here are the two that have me most excited: Ghoulish Goodies by Sharon Bowers is a whole 150-page cookbook just for Halloween! Extreme Halloween by Tom Nardone covers a broader range of Halloween...
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10-01-2009
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Filed under: nonfiction, Food, holiday, cookery, cooking, recipes, decorating, Tom Nardone, Sharon Bowers, Halloween, pumpkins
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The Ripest Moments is a simple pleasure to read. While reading this memoir of growing up in the 40s and 50s in Jasper and rural Dubois County, Indiana, I found myself reminded over and over again of my own childhood in northern Indiana, and the cousins, aunts, and uncles we'd often visit in Ohio...
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09-15-2009
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Filed under: nonfiction, reviews, books, Food, Agriculture, memoir, farming, small town, Indiana, Framilies, Norbert Krapf
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When they found he r fossilized bones in 1974, the scientists had a tape recording of the Beatles' Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds . They were so excited at their discovery that they played it over and over. So the hominid uncovered in Hadar, Ethiopia, has come to be called Lucy. Catherine Thimmesh...
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Here's my dirty little secret; I've been doing that all summer. To look at me no one would say I have a weight problem, but thanks to sports injuries and other medical issues this summer, I've been sidelined from my normal active lifestyle. Sprawling on the chaise lounge and reading instead...
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09-10-2009
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Filed under: nonfiction, health, useful web sites, food, useful websites, websites, U. S. Government, U.S. government, United States Government, diet, calories, U.S. department of Agriculture
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Did you have to turn over almost your entire bank account to get your textbooks? Well, come check out our books! We have Broke! A College Student's Guide to Getting By on Less edited by Supurna Banerjee to help you with the money you have left. The College Student's Guide to the Law by C. L....
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When I decided to become a vegetarian in the fall of my third year at University of Southern Indiana, Carole Raymond's Student's Vegetarian Cookbook quickly became a favorite of mine. It isn't intimidating like a lot of the vegetarian cookbooks I'd looked at before it. Its recipes generally...
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09-02-2009
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Filed under: nonfiction, Food, Vegetarianism, cookery, cooking, recipes, college students, college, Megan Carle, Jill Carle, Dede Hall, Carole Raymond
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If you're ready to try cooking something more than Hamburger Helper, check out these books: College Cooking: Feed Yourself and Your Friends by Megan & Jill Carle, The Healthy College Cookbook by Alexandra Nimetz, Jason Stanley & Emeline Starr and The Everything College Cookbook: 300 Hassle...
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09-01-2009
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Filed under: nonfiction, Food, cookery, cooking, recipes, college students, college, Megan Carle, Emeline Starr, Alexandra Nimetz, Jill Carle, Jason Stanley, Rhonda Lauret Parkinson
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So far, I have recieved tomatoes from three different gardens this year, which is great because I love tomatoes! They're beautiful and taste good with almost anything; one of my favorite, simple things to do is put them on a grilled cheese sandwich. Yum! Last week, a new cookbook, The Too Many Tomatoes...
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Yes, that's the subtitle of the book I just finished. Wesley the Owl is a must for anyone who has ever been in love with an animal. The story is written by Stacey O'Brien, who was a lab assistant at Cal Tech when she adopted a 4-day-old barn owl after he suffered permanent nerve damage and could...
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08-07-2009
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Filed under: nonfiction, humor, reviews, books, dogs, oprah, memoir, love stories, nature, recommended, animals, love, friends, Grizzly bears, Elephants, owls
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This spring and summer, I've been working on making my yard a nice place to spend time. I grew up spending time in the yard at home or at my grandparents' house and I learned a lot from watching my mom and my grandparents take care of their yards. Now I'm checking out a lot of library books...
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Every Evansville Vanderburgh Pulic Library location has an oversize collection-- books from the whole dewey decimal subject range that are too big in some way to fit properly on the regular shelves. These big books can be a real treat, but they are often overlooked since they aren't in with the rest...
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Indiana 24/7 is a beautiful collection of photographs from all over our state. It is a modern photo essay of our day-to-day lives as Hoosiers. The variety the photographers have managed to capture is just amazing. There are many familiar sights in Indiana 24/7 , but there are also many surprises. I found...
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This morning I noticed an interesting new book on jewelry making called Kilobyte Couture: Geek Chic Jewelry to Make from Easy-to-Find Computer Components by Brittany Forks. I was curious to see if there are any other books on jewelry making with unusual items in our library system and found Beyond the...
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The Reference Department at Central Library often gets questions regarding animal behavior. One recent question was "Can a giraffe lick its ear with its tongue?" On any given day, we have to be prepared for those perplexing questions that need to be answered. One of you out there may be wondering...