A Cheeky Guide to Getting Fit in the New Year                             By Nancy Ashbrook  It is a New Year’s resolution for many of us – to exercise, eat healthy food, and lose some weight. And your Glenview Public Library can help! Here are a few extreme ideas to try in the New Year:   1.       Park in the Library’s parking lot across the street. Avoiding traffic to get to the front door keeps you nimble and on your feet! 2.       Return your books, videos, DVDs, and more inside the lobby alternating return slots to get your heart pumping and eyes moving! 3.       Walk quickly to the back stairway, sprinting up to the Mezzanine level to check the online catalog for all items related to exercise, fitness, and nutrition. 4.       Go to the 613’s and 641’s. Reach for books and DVDs on the top shelf and lower shelves only, stretching on your tippy toes and bending at your waist. 5.       Go carefully down the stairway to the lower level of the Library to pick up some books and music on CD and tape to energize your “walk off pounds” workouts!   For a more realistic approach to reducing in the New Year, check out the Glenview Public Library materials with “the smartest card in your wallet” – the Glenview Public Library card.   Lifestyle changes in what and how we eat, exercising for fun or to accommodate specific challenges, tips and strategies to motivate us – books, DVD’s, CD’s, audiotapes and more can help you stay focused on your goals. Looking for workout programs to use at home? Try Fabulously Fit Moms: The New Mom Workout at 613.71/FAB/DVD; Dancing With the Stars: Cardio Dance at 613.71/DAN/DVD; or Fat-Burning Kickboxing Workout for Dummies at 613.71/FAT/DVD.     How about books to guide you in eating well like Eat, Drink & Be Gorgeous: a Nutritionists’ Guide to Living Well While Living It Up at 613.2/BLU; Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food at 641.5622/SEI; or Complete Idiot’s Guide to Vitamins & Minerals at 613.28/PRE. Listen to audiobooks from NetLibrary such as You, On a Diet; UltraMetabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss; or The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom. Find out more about NetLibrary online.    Stop at any of the public service desks at your Glenview Public Library for assistance. We’re here to help you find the answers to your questions!

On Display in the Library Look for these displays in the library in January Tables of Contents  Fiction about Food, Restaurants, etc. Weight, Weight, Don't Tell Me Selling It! Salesmanship Ties That Bind (&Gag)-- Family Sagas Look for these author displays: Richard Brautigan W. Somerset Maugham Isaac Asimov In the Teen Corner: Short Stories and the YA Experience Dear Diary ... And Other Emotional Distresses

TRAVEL WITH ME BOOK CLUB FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, AT 7:00 PM   Would you like to travel the world without leaving the comfort of your home? Join staff member Jean Goetzke as she leads a lively discussion on the book Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux.    Theroux takes readers the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle truck, armed convoy, ferry, and train to meet with natives, aid workers, occasional tourists, and missionaries. Along the way, readers get an insightful view of the history, politics, and beauty of Africa and its people.   Did You Know? Magazines Available @ GPL  by Iva Freeman  Poetry Poetry, founded by Harriet Monroe in 1912, and published by the Poetry Foundation in Chicago, is the oldest independent magazine devoted to verse.  The size of a trade paperback, and published eleven times per year, it continues to serve its mission, "to print the best poetry written today, in whatever style, genre, or approach". A typical issue will contain poetry by known and new poets, poetry in translation, themed poetry, letters to the editor and essays. The first to publish William Carlos Williams and Carl Sandburg, the work of  contemporary poets such as Li-Young Lee,  Joy Harjo, Marie Ponsot, Sharon Olds, and Charles Bukowski provide a taste of the richness inside each issue.  Each issue of Poetry magazine will provide a way to discover a new favorite poet.

E-Mail Services for Book Lovers   BookNews   This service creates specific electronic newsletters about a wide variety of books posted to the library's Web site or delivered to your desktop email. Select the newsletters of  your choice via the BookNews link and receive your e-newsletter on the 15th of each month. The newsletters highlight four different books in a specific genre and have reviews, descriptions and author commentaries. What's your favorite category? Whether it's new non-fiction, new fiction, home & garden books, or something else, the Glenview Public Library's BookNews can help you decide what to read next!              Online Book Clubs   Each day, Monday through Friday, the library   emails a portion of a book that takes about five minutes to read directly to your email. You can read two or three chapters each week. If you like the book, check it out from the library. A new selection of books is provided each week. Choose from 11 different Online Book Clubs like  Fiction, Non-Fiction, Business, Teen, Mystery, Science Fiction, or Horror. You can also listen to Audio Books in your email, or subscribe to the Pre-Publication Club. You can start reading books in your email before they're even published! And best of all, you can forward the emails to your friends and family. This month's Audio Book Club subscribers will receive: A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny Chief Inspector Armand Gamache investigates the murder of a woman electrocuted in the middle of a frozen lake, in front of an entire village, as she watched the annual curling tournament. And yet no one saw anything. What secrets will he uncover in this traditional murder mystery set in the small Canadian community of Three Pines?   Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger Bette Robinson is a twenty-something out of a job. Her uncle scores her a job at an up-and-coming PR firm, where her entire job seems to revolve around staying out late partying and providing fodder for clandestine gossip columns – all at the expense of her friends, family, and the one guy who actually seems worth pursuing.   Sign up for the Online Book Club service here: http://www.supportlibrary.com/su/su.cfm?x=44521

Forthcoming Books By Kim Comerford   FICTION  Homecoming by Bernard Schlink The first novel released since his bestselling novel The Reader revolves around similar themes involving the aftereffects of war and redemption. The Painter of Battles by Arturo Perez-Reverte This literary thriller by the author of The Club Dumas is the story of a war photographer who finds himself face to face with a visitor from the past who wants revenge. The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky Family relationships are pushed to the limit when Deborah Monroe decides to take the responsibility for a car accident that occurred with her daughter Grace at the wheel. The Appeal by John Grisham When a chemical company is convicted for dumping toxic waste, the owner seeks to win an appeal by planting a judge of his choice on the Supreme Court. Standard of Honor by Jack Whyte The second book in the Templar Trilogy Series covers Richard the Lionhearted's crusade. NON-FICTION Memo to the President Elect: How to Restore America's Reputation and Leadership by Madeline Albright The first woman to ever hold the position of U.S. Secretary of State offers her recommendations to the eventual winner of the 2008 presidential election. Why Mars and Venus Collide by John Gray Gray offers strategies to help women and men communicate more effectively and lower stress levels. The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life by Ellie Krieger Recipes, techniques and tips by the host of Food Network's Healthy Appetite that include nutritional breakdowns and all the foods you crave.

Literary Happenings @ the Library Friday, January 4 Travel With Me Book Discussion GPL Conference Room, 7:00 pm Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux. Monday, January 14, 2008 Monday Night Book Discussion Maynard Room, Downstairs, 7:30 pm Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Friday, January 25 Mother-Daughter Book Club Maynard Room, Downstairs, 7:00 pm The Trolls by Polly Horvath. For girls in grades 4-7 and their mothers or other special adult. Register at the Youth Services desk now. Monday, February 4 Monday Afternoon Book Discussion Maynard Room, Downstairs, 1:00 pm The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman. Monday, February 11, 2008 Monday Night Book Discussion Maynard Room, Downstairs, 7:30 pm The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean. In Glenview and Beyond Tuesday, January 8, 2008  Bleeding Kansas, Sara Paretsky Author visit at Barnes & Noble, 55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie, IL   7:30 pm Sunday, January 13 Michael Lowenthal Interview for Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman Each month, the featured author is the subject of a brief Q & A in Chicago magazine, accompanied by announcements in the magazine and on 98.7 WFMT for the interview, which takes place on Sundays at noon at the Lookingglass Theatre. The public can also tune in to 98.7 WFMT to hear the interviews broadcast live, and books are sold at the events.  Lookingglass Theatre, 821 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago or via 98.7 WFMT Radio   12:00 pm Thursday, January 17 Book Club American Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa  Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, 2600 Central Park Avenue, Evanston   2:00 pm     847-475-1030 Tuesday, January 29  The Venetian Betrayal, Steve Berry Author visit at Barnes & Noble, 55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie, IL   7:30 pm Friday, February 1  Fantastico! Little Italian Plates and Antipasti, Rick Tramonto Author visit at Barnes & Noble, 920 N. Milwaukee Ave., Lincolnshire, IL   7:00 pm Friday-Sunday, February 1-3 Love is Murder Tenth Annual Mystery Conference For readers, writers, librarians -- any and all fans of mystery who enjoy sharing the inside scoop on favorite books and authors. Featured authors include Lee Child, Tess Gerritsen, William Kent Krueger, Carolyn Haines, Barry Eisler, Melinda Wells, and the local guest of honor, J.A. Konrath. For additional information and program schedule, check out www.loveismurder.net or call 847-891-6588. Wyndham O'Hare Hotel, 6810 N. Mannheim Rd, Chicago  Sunday, February 10 Russell Banks Interview for Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman Each month, the featured author is the subject of a brief Q & A in Chicago magazine, accompanied by announcements in the magazine and on 98.7 WFMT for the interview, which takes place on Sundays at noon at the Lookingglass Theatre. The public can also tune in to 98.7 WFMT to hear the interviews broadcast live, and books are sold at the events.  Lookingglass Theatre, 821 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago or via 98.7 WFMT Radio   12:00 pm Monday, February 11 How to Read the Bible, James Kugel  Is the Bible the literal word of God or a collection of stories, poems, and prohibitions whipped into shape by a team of editor-priests? Jame Kugel enters the fray, exploring different perspectives in his new book.    Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago    6:30 pm     Saturday, February 16 Storytelling Festival - Noon, 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm, Concert at 8:00 pm  Three veteran storytellers -- the loveable, absurdist humor of Willy Claflin, the southern Appalachian charm of Gay Ducey, and the soul-searching honesty of Megan Wells -- return to share funny, pensive and dramatic stories and teaching workshops.   Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts, 201 Schaumburg Court, Schaumburg     847-895-3600 Thursday, February 21 Book Club The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman  Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, 2600 Central Park Avenue, Evanston   2:00 pm     847-475-1030