Sunday, December 17, 2006

Long Term Care Seminar, January 23

The Hillsborough Library presents a Long Term Care Seminar. Successful retirement planning is part asset accumulation and part asset protection. Help protect the assets that you have worked so hard to accumulate. Consider how you will protect those assets if you need long-term care services due to a lengthy illness. Learn how you can help protect yourself against the potentially high costs of long-term care as you prepare for your retirement.
The program is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Please call or stop by the Adult Information Desk to sign up. 908-369-2200 ext. 13.
Date and Time: Tuesday, January 23, 2007, from 7:00 to 8:45 PM.
Place: Hillsborough Public Library, Main Program Room.

ADHD and Learning Disorders, Tuesday, January 9

The Hillsborough Public Library presents ADHD and Learning Disorders: Breakthrough Evidence Based Treatment, by Dr. Michael A. Tansey. Dr. Tansey has published in the best scientific journals and is acknowledged internationally thereby as the first psychologist to obtain proven long-term remediation of ADHD and Learning Disorders. Dr. Tansey will present on his treatment protocol and ongoing evidence-based results.

The program is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please call or stop by the Adult Information Desk to sign up. 908-369-2200 ext. 13.

Date and Time: Tuesday, January 9, 2007, from 7:00 to 8:45PM.

Place: Hillsborough Public Library, Main Program Room.

Saturday, December 02, 2006

2006 National Book Awards

The 2006 National Book Awards were announced in November. The winners are:

Fiction: The Echo Maker, by Richard Powers.
Nonfiction: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, by Timothy Egan
Poetry: Splay Anthem, by Nathaniel Mackey
Young People's Literature: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party, by M.T. Anderson

A list of all the nominees is available at the
National Book Foundation's website.