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Library Hours Monday, Thursday, Friday 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Tuesday, Wednesday 10 a. m. to 7 p. m. Saturday 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Sunday closed

Please note that the library will be closed on Monday, April 20th to observe Patriots Day.

It’s all about the ‘base, Database – it’s no trouble! HPL Database of the Month

ancestry.com Come into the Hyannis Library to access the world's largest online history resource for free! Bring in your own laptop or mobile device, or use our public computers to discover your family history and start your family tree. Also, check out the Ancestry blog at http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/. Here you'll find informational -- and sometimes fun -- posts from the folks behind the scenes at ancestry.com! We are grateful that a grant from The Kirkman Trust Fund enables us to provide ancestry.com to you.

Free program

“ADHD: A Parent’s Overview” Does your child

have difficulty starting or completing homework? Does he seem “addicted” to video games? Does she struggle with organization and focus? Has your child been diagnosed or treated for ADHD, or do you or his teachers strongly suspect that he might have symptoms? Join us at The Hyannis Public Library on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 11 a. m. when neuropsychologist Dr. David Nowell will present “A Parent’s ADHD Overview: 11 Strategies for Common Home and School Challenges.” This program is free and open to the public but registration is required no later than April 10 by emailing [email protected] or by calling 508-775-2280. This interactive, high-energy, and practical introduction to ADHD will help parents and others discover practical solutions for managing some of the more common ADHD-related problems at home and school. Dr. Nowell will tell you about current brain research and its impact on pharmaceutical and other interventions for ADHD, and you are encouraged to bring your specific questions to the program. David D. Nowell, Ph.D., is a clinical neuropsychologist who teaches workshops internationally. His passion for teaching has its roots in his work with disorders that may limit an individual’s ability to apply self-understanding to day-to-day organization and planning. A unique aspect of David’s clinical work is his attention to body-based felt experience – what success or happiness “feel like.”

Preschool Every Friday at 10:30 a. m.

For children ages 2 ½ to 5 and their caregivers. Stories, craft-making, and a snack!

Every Saturday play Family Board Games

INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 11 AM

10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Bring in your favorite to share or use one of ours! Snacks & Prizes! Barnstable Public Schools vacation is April 20 – 24 Make your plans to explore! Call to reserve: Cahoon Museum of Art Pass

WITH DANCE MASTER MARILYN WEISSMAN Join the fun! Learn easy, lively dances from different countries Wear comfortable shoes- Sneakers are fine

Sign up in person in the Children’s Room

Cape Cod Museum of Art Pass

or by calling 508-775-2280

Heritage Museum & Gardens Discount Pass Massachusetts Parks Pass NE Aquarium Discount Coupon

This program is free and open to the public

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April 1st

The Virtual Catalog Make your

direct requests once again!

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Caper The Lobster, HPL’s Reading Ambassador the World

The CLAMS Libraries Network has joined a new statewide project to ensure that all residents have equal access to digital resources through libraries. The project, Commonwealth eBook Collections (CEC), gives cardholders access to an expanded eBook collection that includes popular fiction, non-fiction, academic research, historical documents and more. One of the most important features of the Commonwealth eBook Collections (CEC) is that it allows libraries to share eBooks in the same way that they do print materials. Explore the collections at eBooks.masslibsystem.org. Do you need assistance in getting started? Bring your device into the library for hands-on support. The Commonwealth eBook Collections is brought to you by the Massachusetts Library System in partnership with the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and your local library, funded, in part, by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Record crowd at program held March 24

there is so special and finds herself reconnecting with the island folk and their simple way of life. Her Yia-Yia opens up to reveal stories of her past- including her touching personal memories of bravery and tragedy that occurred during World War II.

When the Cypress Whispers by Yvette Manessis Corporon When the Cypress Whispers is a beautifully written debut novel celebrating the powerful bonds between a modern American woman and her traditional and beloved Greek grandmother Yia Yia.

Daphne learns some valuable life lessons through her Yia-Yia: that security is not the same as love; that life can be filled with meaning again even after tragedy; and it is never too late to believe in the magic of yourself. With lush descriptions of the beautiful island of Erikousa, and an eccentric cast of characters, this heartwarming story is one you won’t soon forget.

Daphne, the daughter of Greek immigrants, has grown up in America, and has many happy memories of summers she spent on Erikousa, a magical Greek island where her grandmother still lives. When Daphne’s husband Alex died, she is left with baby Evie, and she channels all her energy into opening a Greek restaurant. It is wildly successful, and Daphne feels she has finally achieved the American Dream. An important part of that dream is becoming engaged to Stephen, handsome and wealthy. Her loving Yia- Yia taught Daphne the joys of cooking, and shared with her ancient Greek myths and legends, stories that have been passed down for generations. Her grandma always knows her deepest thoughts and feelings, and her unconditional love always surrounds and protects Daphne. With her wedding fast approaching, Daphne and her 5-year old daughter Evie travel to Erikousa to visit Yia- Yia and make final plans for her wedding day. As they spend time together on the mystical island, Daphne remembers why life

Cheryl wears many hats at HyPubLib: Circulation Assistant Home Bound Services Coordinator Inter-Library Loan Administrator Periodicals Cataloger And of course, Writer

Betty Bunny Loves Easter by Michael B. Kaplan and illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch

Nobunny does an Easter egg hunt quite like Betty Bunny! For fans of Ladybug Girl and Fancy Nancy, check out the loveable handful from the creator of Disney's T.V. series Dog with a Blog. Yes, Betty Bunny loves Easter. She loves it so much that she just knows when she grows up, she will be the Easter Bunny. So it comes as quite a shock when she learns that her brothers and sister have been helping her in the egg hunt every year. Determined to find eggs on her own, this time, Betty Bunny also finds out a thing or two about the satisfaction of accomplishment. Going it alone, Betty Bunny strikes again in the latest in her series, a funny Easter tale of independence. (J Picture Book)

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Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johan Hari

It is now one hundred years since drugs were first banned in the United States. On the eve of this centenary, journalist Johann Hari set off on an epic three-year, thirty-thousand-mile journey into the war on drugs. What he found is that more and more people all over the world have begun to recognize three startling truths: Drugs are not what we think they are. Addiction is not what we think it is. And the drug war has very different motives to the ones we have seen on our TV screens for so long. Hari reveals his discoveries entirely through the stories of people across the world whose lives have been transformed by this war. They range from a transsexual crack dealer in Brooklyn searching for her mother, to a teenage hit-man in Mexico searching for a way out. It begins with Hari's discovery that at the birth of the drug war, Billie Holiday was stalked and killed by the man who launched this crusade--and it ends with the story of a brave doctor who has led his country to decriminalize every drug, from cannabis to crack, with remarkable results. Chasing the Scream lays bare what we really have been chasing in our century of drug war--in our hunger for drugs, and in our attempt to destroy them. This book will challenge and change how you think about one of the most controversial--and consequential--questions of our time. (Non-fiction)

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Empire of Mud: the Secret History of Washington, D. C. by Jeff Dickey

Washington, DC, gleams with stately columns and neoclassical memorials today, but for decades it was one of the worst excuses for a capital city the world had ever seen. Unfilled swamps, filthy canals, and rutted horse trails littered its landscape. Beneath pestilential air, the town's muddy roads led to a stumpy, half-finished Washington Monument and the wasteland of the national Mall. Boarding houses and slums lined the streets, and opposing factions of volunteer firefighters battled one another in gang warfare. Legendary madams entertained clients from all stations of society, duelists killed one another and mobs ran riot, and political bosses dispatched hooligans and thugs to conduct the nation's affairs. Featuring a rich cast of characters from radical journalists and political demagogues to corrupt policemen and insidious slave traders, Empire of Mud unearths and untangles the roots of our capital's beginnings and explores how the city was tainted from the start, its turbulent history setting a precedent for the dishonesty and mismanagement that have prompted generations to look suspiciously on the deeds of Washington politicians ever since. (Non-fiction)

Evan Help Us! by Rhys Bowen

Evan Evans is settling into his role as Constable of Llanfair, a small town nestled in the mountains of North Wales. Here, he has been a mediator of the minor disputes of the locals, between competing ministers, country merchants, and seemingly every Welch eccentric throughout the region. But an unusual series of events brings unseen hostilities to light, and Evan realizes just how deep the townsfolk's passions and hostilities lie. While the village of Llanfair has always been at odds with the neighboring town of Beddgelert, an intriguing archeological find in the nearby hills brings that rivalry to dangerous extremes, and creates a circus of local enthusiasm and gossip. The circus quickly turns deadly, however, when Llanfair's prodigal son, Ted Morgan, announces plans to erect an amusement park over the site's excavation. Soon Constable Evans is drawn into a whirl of cultural pride, deception, and greed, and while he's at it uncovers the town's undaunted ambition - to earn the right to the longest name in the world. (Mystery)

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Horrorstör: a novel by Grady Hendrix, designed by Andie Reid, illustrated by Michael Rogalski, cover photography by Christine Ferrara. The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman

Elizabeth has a new job at an unusual library -- a lending library of objects, not books. In a secret room in the basement lies the Grimm Collection. hat's where the librarians lock away powerful items straight out of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales: seven-league boots; a table that produces a feast at the blink of an eye; and a sinister, riddle-talking mirror, just to name a few. When the magical objects start to disappear, Elizabeth embarks on a dangerous quest to catch the thief before she can be accused of the crime -- or captured by the thief. Polly Shulman has created a contemporary fantasy with a fascinating setting and premise, starring an ordinary girl whose after-school job is far from ordinary -- and leads to a world of excitement, romance and magical intrigue. (J Fiction)

QUICK PICK! Everyone has a memoir in miniature in at least one piece of clothing: over sixty of these clothing-inspired narratives from cultural figures and talented storytellers. (Non-fiction)

Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring bookshelves, shattered Glans water goblets, and smashed Liripip wardrobes. Sales are down, security cameras reveal nothing, and store managers are panicking. To unravel the mystery, three employees volunteer to work a nine-hour dusk-till-dawn shift. In the dead of the night, they'll patrol the empty showroom floor, investigate strange sights and sounds, and encounter horrors that defy the imagination. A traditional haunted house story in a thoroughly contemporary setting, Horrorstör comes packaged in the form of a glossy mail order catalog, complete with product illustrations, a home delivery order form, and a map of Orsk's labyrinthine showroom. (Fiction)

QUICK PICK! During June 1998, Tori McClure set out to row across the Atlantic Ocean by herself in a 23foot plywood boat with no motor or sail. (Non-fiction)

How About Never – Is Never Good For You? My Life in Cartoons by Bob Mankoff

People tell Bob Mankoff that as the cartoon editor of The New Yorker he has the best job in the world. With the help of myriad images and his funniest, most beloved cartoons, he traces his love of the craft all the way back to his childhood, when he started doing funny drawings at the age of eight. After meeting his mother, we follow his unlikely stints as a high-school basketball star, draft dodger, and sociology grad student. Though Mankoff abandoned the study of psychology in the seventies to become a cartoonist, he recently realized that the field he abandoned could help him better understand the field he was in, and here he takes up the psychology of cartooning, analyzing why some cartoons make us laugh and others don't. He allows us into the hallowed halls of The New Yorker to show us the soup-to-nuts process of cartoon creation, giving us a detailed look not only at his own work, but that of the other talented cartoonists who keep us laughing week after week. For desert, he reveals the secrets to winning the magazine's caption contest. Throughout How About Never--Is Never Good for You?, we see his commitment to the motto "Anything worth saying is worth saying funny." (Biography)

Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League by Jonathan Odell

Set in pre-Civil Rights Mississippi, and inspired by his Mississippi childhood, Odell tells the story of two young mothers, Hazel and Vida - one wealthy and white and the other poor and black - who have only two things in common: the devastating loss of their children, and a deep and abiding loathing for one another. Embittered and distrusting, Vida is harassed by Delphi's racist sheriff and haunted by the son she lost to the world. Hazel, too, has lost a son and can't keep a grip on her fractured life. After drunkenly crashing her car into a manger scene while gunning for the baby Jesus, Hazel is sedated and bed-ridden. Hazel's husband hires Vida to keep tabs on his unpredictable wife and to care for his sole surviving son. Forced to spend time together with no one else to rely on, the two women find they have more in common than they thought, and together they turn the town on its head. It is the story of a town, a people, and a culture on the verge of a great change that begins with small things, like unexpected friendship. (Fiction)

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Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil by James Runcie The Passage by Justin Cronin

FBI agent Brad Wolgast is a good man haunted by what he's done in the line of duty. Six-year-old orphan Amy Harper Bellafonte is a refugee from the doomed scientific project that has triggered apocalypse. He is determined to protect her from the horror set loose by her captors. But for Amy, escaping the bloody fallout is only the beginning of a much longer odyssey--spanning miles and decades--towards the time and place where she must finish what should never have begun. Awardwinning author Justin Cronin has written both a relentlessly suspenseful adventure and an epic chronicle of human endurance. Inventive storytelling, masterful prose, and depth of human insight mark it as a crucial and transcendent work of modern fiction. (Fiction) QUICK PICK! A gorgeous literary debut about unlikely heroes, lifelong promises, and last great adventures. Eighty-threeyear-old Etta will be walking 3,200 kilometers to see the ocean, but somehow, Otto understands.

Four longer mysteries in which one of our our favorite clerics, Canon Sidney Chambers, attempts to stop a serial killer with a grievance against the clergy; investigates the disappearance of a famous painting after a distracting display of nudity by a French girl in an art gallery; uncovers the fact that an "accidental" drowning on a film shoot may have been something more sinister; and discovers the reasons behind the theft of a baby from a hospital just before Christmas 1963. In the meantime, Sidney wrestles with the problem of evil, attempts to fulfill the demands of his faithful Labrador, Dickens, and contemplates, as always, the nature of love. (Mystery) QUICK PICK! Complete building

plans for two cradle boats along with photos, drawings of many more, new and antique, dories to speedboats. Charming, inspirational.

Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Jacobson

The Soldier’s Wife by Margaret Leroy

Jack's mom is gone, leaving him all alone on a campsite in Maine. Can he find his way back home before the authorities realize what happened? Ever since Jack can remember, his mom has been unpredictable, sometimes loving and fun, other times caught in a whirlwind of energy and "spinning" wildly until it's over. But Jack never thought his mom would abandon him in Acadia National Park with no way to reach her and barely enough money for food. Any other kid would report his mom gone, but Jack knows by now that he needs to figure things out for himself -- starting with how to get from the backwoods of Maine to his home in Boston before DSS catches on. With nothing but a small toy elephant to keep him company, Jack begins the long journey south, a journey that will test his wits and his loyalties -and his trust that he may be part of a larger herd after all. (J Fiction)

As World War II draws closer and closer to Guernsey, Vivienne de la Mare knows that there will be sacrifices to be made. Not just for herself, but for her two young daughters and for her mother-in-law, for whom she cares while her husband is away fighting. What she does not expect is that she will fall in love with one of the enigmatic German soldiers who take up residence in the house next door to her home. As their relationship intensifies, so do the pressures on Vivienne. Food and resources grow scant, and the restrictions placed upon the residents of the island grow with each passing week. Though Vivienne knows the perils of her love affair with Gunther, she believes that she can keep their relationship-and her family--safe. But when she becomes aware of the full brutality of the Occupation, she must decide if she is willing to risk her personal happiness for the life of a stranger. Includes a reading group guide for book clubs. (Fiction)

PATRON PICK! The Deerslayer is the culmination of James Fenimore Cooper's "Leather-Stocking" novels, featuring Natty Bumppo, the young frontiersman, and the Mohican chief, Chingachgook.

QUICK PICK! Jennifer Paganelli shows readers how to whip up twenty-one beautiful accessories to transform a plain space into a sunny, happy home. Each project features Jennifer’s fresh, whimsical style.