The Holiday Book Sale by The Friends of the Russell Library November 16-18

A photo of last year's Holiday Book Sale by the Friends of the Russell Library. 

From Friday, November 16 through Sunday, November 18, The Friends of the Russell Library will be selling books in the Activity Room of the library. The sale is open when the library is open, 9:00am - 6:00pm Friday, 9:00am - 2:00pm Saturday, and 1:00pm - 5:00pm Sunday.

The Holiday Book Sale is unique among book sales, since it includes puzzles, card games, DVDs, CDs and other materials. People looking for those "stocking stuffers" or something for the hard-to-buy-for person may find a great bargain.

In addition to new titles,  the sale offers a range of collectible and antiquarian books. For example, a set of books by Mary C. Crawford, including the The Romance of Old New England Roof Trees are on sale for a fraction of what they would cost online.

For the bibliophile interested in Connecticut history, there's a first edition of Ella: A Biography of Governor Ella Grasso by Susan Bysiewicz. Other history buffs may enjoy the History of the Democratic Party from Jefferson to Cleveland by Chandos Fulton, offered on Amazon for $75, but available at the book sale for much, much less.

The prices for the newer books are $3, DVDs are $2, Music CDs are $1, and Children's Books are 75 cents!

One of the collectibles on sale at the Holiday Book Sale!

Readers Theater Presents The Sunset Limited by Cormac McCarthy at Russell Library

On Thursday, November 17 at 7:00 pm, in the Hubbard Room of Russell Library, Readers' Theater will present The Sunset Limited by Cormac McCarthy. Readers Theater is live drama enacted by local actors, directed by Richard B. Kamins and Anne Cassady.  

This is a dramatic dialogue between a white professor and a black ex-convict who deliver opposing views of life and human nature; competing voices of empirical reasoning and world-wearying experience;  and, on the other hand, hope and the transcendent spirit.

A review by Niall Griffiths states:

"Both men are prisoners, White of logic and Black of felt moral duty and need of Higher Power approval. Both experiences – of mystical hope, and of destructive despair – have been mediated through cultural symbols, which render them less powerful.
This is simplification, of course, and The Sunset Limited cannot be accosted with a demand for ready meaning; nor can atheistic or spiritual epiphanies. Such events, and such books, are too rich for and blessedly resistant to that."

This presentation is funded by The Friends of the Russell Library. 

The Friends of the Russell Library is a non-profit organization composed of citizens who believe that an excellent library is essential to a community, and who work to promote and assist Russell Library. They do this primarily through book sales. Their next book sale is the Holiday Book Sale, which begins Friday, November 18th at 10:00am, and runs through Sunday, November 20, at 4:00pm, in the Activity Room of the library.