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The BNL: INsIderVo l 2, i s s u e 4April/May 2013

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Newsletter CommitteeNikki BowersKeith Caesar

ContributorsFredrina JamesAshley StoneRandy York

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Why LibrariesNeed

FriendsBy Joanne BrangmanHead Librarian, Bermuda National Library

head’s up

In 1839, Governor William Reid, seeking to improve the quality of life and educational standards of the people of Bermuda, founded the Bermuda Library. The importance of a library in the community was once again recognized in 1897, when Governor

Lyons suggested that “a fitting tribute for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations would be a purpose-built library. Last year, we celebrated Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee and we still do not have a purpose-built library; one which could house the Youth and Adult Libraries in one facility. In this new Digital Age for Bermuda to remain competi-tive, we need to provide value for money and ensure that the people of Bermuda have the essential skills and knowledge. To do this a quality library facility, which is adequately fund-ed and staffed is essential. Unlike public libraries in the US, UK or Canada, the Bermuda National Library is not part of a network where each library can choose the role it wishes to play in the Community, the Bermuda National Library must be all things to all people.

Like other government departments, our library is being chal-lenged to do more with less—less money, less staff, and less time. It has never been more important for Library staff, the Library Committee, the Friends and others with an interest in the Library to become advocates and to convey the value of the library. Advocacy, the process of acting on behalf of the library to increase public funds and ensure that it has the resourc-es need to be up to date, is critical to the success of the Bermuda National Library. While one of our dreams is still to have a purpose-built library, as the quote above reminds us, a library is more than a building. A library needs to have adequate resources to ensure that users have access to the up-to-date and correct information. In the past, libraries have existed exclusively as physical spaces, but this is changing as content moves online. So become a Friend and assist us in our efforts to become a real 21st Century Library with a significant physical and vir-tual presence that better meets our community needs.

“More than a building that houses books and data, the library has always been a win-dow to a larger world--a place where we’ve always come to discover big ideas and pro-found concepts … Libraries remind us that truth isn’t about who yells the loudest, but who has the right information. --Barack Obama

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cover photo by Keith Caesar

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OUR HISTORY AND MOREWhat is it that makes us who we are? Is

it our white rooves and pastel colored houses? Could it be that no matter where you go in the world, you’ll never find a people that at their hearts mean the best

and are warm and friendly? From our sandy shore, and deep blue seas to the rain-

fall into our tanks on a rainy night. There are reasons why we are you we are. As we celebrate Heritage Month, The Bermuda National Library would like you to consider becom-ing reacquainted with your island home through our Bermudiana collection and Bermuda History and Cultural Studies Room (BHCSR). Stop by for a visit to see what we have to offer! Whether it is a paper, project, or just general informa-tion - we have what you are looking for. Start your visit on the second floor at the Information Desk and let a helpful staff member introduce you to our Bermuda Reference Collection. There you will discover just about everything in print related to Bermuda. From architecture, to cooking, politics, sports, history, music… the lists goes on. If we cannot find it on the shelf there might be a chance it is in the closed collection. To access materials from the closed collection, simply fill

By Keith Caesar

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The first book about Bermuda was written in 1610 by Sylvester Jordain, one of the survivors of the ‘Sea Venture’. It included descriptions about the abundant wildlife they found when they arrived on the island. Within only a few short years the early settlers so depleted certain species, that in 1619 an act was passed against the killing of young turtles. This is considered to be the New World’s earliest written conserva-tion legislation. The settlers unfortunately did not know that sea turtles take up to 50 years to mature.

On June 4 1944, the U.S. captured the U-505, a long range German IX-C type submarine operated from Lorient France, and was based in the South Atlantic was captured by the U.S. near the Cape Verde islands. This was the first time that a German submarine was ever captured at sea. Because allied leadership was worried that if the Germans found out that one of their submarines had been captured, they would know that the allies had broken the Enigma code. It was therefore decided to tow U-505 to Bermuda. The prize was towed into Bermuda on June 19, 1944. Shrouded in secrecy, U-505 remained in Bermuda until the end of the war. To fur-ther protect the secret, the prisoners from U-505 were kept in Bermuda for several weeks and later sent to a prison camp in Louisiana, while the Germans were told that they were killed in battle.

Produced by Universal Studios at the then huge cost of $35,000 ‘Neptune’s Daughter’ was filmed in Bermuda. The filming largely took place at Crystal Caves and the Hamilton Princess Hotel where the company stayed. Underwater scenes were filmed at the Bermuda Biological Station, which at that time was located on Agar’s island. This film was produced in 1914 and is classified as a silent-movie classic.

By Randy York

out a closed collection request form and we will be happy to have them retrieved for you. One of the most commonly used areas in the ref-

erence section is the genealogy section. Looking for a long lost relative? Want to discover your roots? Stop by the Information Desk and we can get you started on your fam-ily history journey. There is bound to be something intrigu-ing tucked away on the shelves of the

Bermudiana Collection. Don’t forget to visit the Bermuda History and Cultural Studies Room located on the ground floor oposite the Circulation Desk. Opened in 2010, here you will find the lending col-

lection of Bermuda books, cultural studies resources and authentic artifacts. There is also a collection of local DVD’s available are for professional use only, i.e. schools and institutional loan. However you can arrange for a private on site viewing. But what makes this room a gem are the displays which tell some of the island’s stories through paintings, pictures and crafts. So if you are looking to find out what makes us who we are then stop on by... ...you might be amazed by what’s come before.

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F GReFamily pictures

By Jane Green

Living on opposite coasts and pre-paring to see their children depart for school, two women, the wives

of frequently traveling husbands, are shat-tered by a devastating secret that brings them together and tests their beliefs about forgive-ness.

the house Girl

By tara conklin

A novel of love, family, and jus-tice follows Lina Sparrow, an ambitious first-year associate

in a Manhattan law firm, as she searches for the “perfect plaintiff” to lead a his-toric class-action lawsuit worth trillions of dollars in reparations for descendants of American slaves.

F KINsee now then

By Jamaica kincaid

In a haunting novel about marriage and family, a mother and father and their two children, living in a small vil-

lage in New England, move, in their own minds, between the present, the past and the future.

F KOCthe dinner : a noVel / herman koch ; translated From the dutch By sam Garrett

Meeting at an Amsterdam restaurant for dinner, two couples move from small talk to the wrenching

shared challenge of their teenage sons’ act of violence that has triggered a police inves-tigation and revealed the extent to which each family will go to protect those they love..

F I C T I O NFRESHLYP I C K E DF COLthe power trip

By Jackie collins

On a state-of-the-art luxury yacht off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Aleksandr Kasianenko, a billionaire Russian oligarch, his sexy super-

model girlfriend and their guests--five powerful and famous couples--are all held hostage by a master pirate who is working for a Russian mobster with a grudge.

F LOVdiVine interVention

By lutisha loVely

When disaster leaves her lavish wedding and her life in sham-bles, Princess is thrown into

marital mayhem, while her mother, Tai, trying to keep it all together, deals with menopause and other issues that show her

that God is all you need to get you through

the tough times.

F pICthe storyteller : a noVel

By Jodi picoult

Becoming friends with Josef Weber, an old man who’s par-ticularly loved in her commu-

nity, Sage Singer is shocked when one day he asks her to kill him and reveals why he deserves to die, causing her question her beliefs--and to wonder if his request would be murder or justice.

F ROBthe perFect marriaGe

By kimBerla lawson roBy

Watching her parents strug-

gle with their drug addic-

tions, their loss of control,

and diminishing family unity, Mackenzie

Shaw takes matters into her own hands.

F MeYthe comFort oF lies : a noVel

By randy susan meyers

Traces the intersections of three women five years after a fateful love affair, including a searching

woman who gave up her baby for adop-tion, an adoptive mom who questions her suitability as a parent and a married woman who views her husband’s affair differently upon learning about the baby.

F OaTthe accursed

By Joyce carol oates

After a lynching in a nearby town is covered up, a horryfing chain of events begins to happen in

early twentieth-century Princeton, New Jersey.

F TItrouBle & triumph : a noVel oF power & Beauty By tip “t.i.” harris with daVid ritz

Leaving behind Power, the boy she’s come to love, Tanya “Beauty” Long makes a name for

herself in New York City’s fashion indus-try, while Power becomes trapped in a world of drugs, women, and money where he makes a shocking discovery that brings Tanya back to him..

F MILthe sonG oF achilles

By madeline miller

Patroclus, an awkward young prince,

follows Achilles into war, little

knowing that the years that fol-

low will test everything they have learned,

everything they hold dear. And that, before

he is ready, he will be forced to surrender

his friend to the hands of Fate. Set during

the Trojan War.

F sOua deeper loVe inside : the porsche santiaGa story By sister soulJah

Natural-born hustler Porsche Santiaga refuses to accept her new life in juvenile detention after her family is

torn apart and fights to regain what she has lost.

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F WeLhaBits oF the house

By Fay weldon

The award-winning writer for Upstairs Downstairs presents a first entry in a new trilogy about

the shared lives of masters and servants at the turn of the 20th century, tracing the family life of Cabinet hopeful Lord Robert, who hopes to alleviate financial woes by marrying his son to a disgraced Chicago heiress.

M KeLGuilt : an alex delaware noVel

By Jonathan kellerman

When he is consulted on a cold case involving the discovery of infant

remains in a neglected fixer-upper Tudor mansion, psychologist-investi-gator Alex Delaware, tracing the long history of past residents, is led down a bloody path littered with unprecedented narcissism and unspeakable cruelty.

M paTalex cross, run

By James patterson

In the aftermath of a disgraced plas-

tic surgeon’s release from prison,

Detective Alex Cross investigates the

murder of a young mother whose newborn

has disappeared, a case that is further

complicated by two additional killings.

M Beadeath oF yesterday

By m.c. Beaton

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth pays no

mind to a bothersome woman who

had been out drinking and forgot all

the events of the previous evening, until she

turns up murdered.

M hILa question oF identity : a simon serrailler crime noVel

By susan hill

A particularly unpleasant murder, that of a very old woman in a housing project, rocks the town of Lafferton. The mur-

derer has left a distinctive “sign” on the body and at the scene of the crime. A couple of weeks later, a similar murder occurs, and a month or so later, so does another. Initial investigations discover that the mysterious “sign” left on the body was the call-ing card of a suspect who was charged with several murders in the northwest of the country, tried but acquitted on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

M WeBthe man in 3BBy carl weBer

When their attractive, dash-

ing new neighbor turns

up dead, everyone in the

apartment building becomes a suspect .

the sound oF Broken Glass

By deBorah cromBie

While investigating the murder of a well-respected barrister who was found dead at a seedy

hotel in Crystal Palace, Detective Inspector Gemma James and her partner, Detective Sergeant Melody Talbot, begin to question everything they think they know about their world and those they trust most.

M ROBcalculated in death

By J.d. roBB

When Marta Dickenson, a well-off accountant and a beloved wife and

mother, is murdered, Lieutenant Eve Dallas, using herself as bait, immerses herself in her billionaire husband Roarke’s world of big business to figure who hired a hit on an innocent woman.

F BaNrush

By maya Banks

Gabe Hamilton enters into an

intense, secretive relationship

with her older brother’s best

friend, as they both leave themselves open

to risk and betrayal.

F ROWthe younG and the ruthless

By Victoria rowell

The Young and the Ruthless con-

tinues the adventures of soap

diva Calysta Jeffries who has

survived a drug rehab and returned to the

set to resume her role as lead actress in

the Rich and the Ruthless.

F peTthe icecutter’s dauGhter

By tracie peterson

Unconventional woman Merrill

Krause and carpenter Rurik

Jorgenson find their chance at

love threatened by a major scandal in their

Minnesota community.

F BILFriends & Foes

By reshonda tate BillinGsley & Victoria christopher murray

Two female rivals in the American Baptist Coalition continually try to one-up each other, until one of

them is accused of murder and the other

may be the only one who can help hunt

down the real killer.

F OhLsilenced

By kristina ohlsson

A teenage girl is assaulted and raped on a midsummer’s eve fifteen years ago. Cut to present, and a man is

killed in a hit and run. He has no identifi-cation on him, he is not reported missing nor wanted by the police. Simultaneously a priest and his wife are found dead in an apparent suicide. Fredrika Bergman and her colleagues are assigned to the seemingly unconnected cases…

M Casa land more kind than home

By wiley cash

Jess Hall, growing up deep in the heart of an unassuming mountain town that believes in protecting its

own, is plunged into an adulthood for which he is not prepared when his autistic older brother, Stump, sneaks a look at something he isn’t supposed to, which has catastrophic repercussions.

F MuRa Good man

By J.J. murray

Former professional athlete Sonya

Richardson agrees to appear on

a reality dating program to show

America what a real black woman is like,

but she is thrown off her game by former

pastor John Bond, the show’s “designated

white guy.”

F WILashenden

By elizaBeth wilhide

A saga of the upstairs and down-stairs residents of an English country house spans more than

two centuries and includes the stories of its original architect, soldiers billeted in the house during World War I, and a young couple who restores the house in the 1950s.

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e n d - o f - m o n t h w i n n e r s a n d p r i z e s : January: Antonette Furbert$29 dinner gift card to a choice of one of four fine restaurants (value: $33.35 with gratuities)

February: Lyn Vaughan $30 Gibbons Co. gift card

March: Judith Alexander $30 Brown & Co. gift card

And the Winners are...By keith caesar

On the heels of a successful Summer Reading Programme, we decided to try something differ-ent to keep our customers excited

over the long cold months and came up with the Winter Reading Fever. The aim of our programme was to encour-age readers to read outside of their comfort-able genre and discover new favorites. It was an opportunity to challenge yourself, while enjoying a good book with the added incentive of prizes! Theresa Bean was the top winner of our Winter Reading Fever Programme. She took the challenge and made reading an active part of her routine. Congratulations to our grand prize winner and also to the monthly winners along the way.

t h i s s u m m e r hav e Bo o k

WI L L Tr av e L

October 2012 Library Card

sign-up Month

Deborah Swan New Member IPod

Brian Perry Renewing Member IPod

pictured from left to right: Head Librarian Joanne Brangman, Winter Reading Fever winner Theresa Bean and Circulation Librarian Daurene Aubrey.

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Are you interested in helping your library?

Are you interested in making sure that the Library continues to be an important resource for the Bermuda Community?

Do you have spare time on your hands?

T h e F r I e N d s o F T h e B e r m u d a N a T I o N a L L I B r a r y

Missed our meeting? You can still become our Friend

The Friends of the Bermuda National Library, Charity #309 is actively seeking volunteers and

new Executive members.

The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs and the Bermuda National Library in collaboration with Bermuda Library independent Poets (BLiP) present:

International Festival of Poetry

Saturday, 18 May • 4pm – 6pm • Queen Elizabeth Park (formerly Par-la-Ville) Readings by BLiP Poets, and open mic.

P o e t ry a n d P e ac e , P e ac e a n d P o e t ryTHE W RD IN THE W RLD

“We are calling upon all peoples to join our Poetic Assembly! Let us sow Poetry to reap Peace. May neighbours gather in every community, every city, wherever such a meeting is possible or impossible. May poets assume the word, and in this ritual, may this good bread be passed from hand to hand, illuminating every circle. May our flames end the night of war and greed, creating a long day in which our children can play. Open the windows to the collective song that will unite all peoples in this urgent task of creating fraternity. Our response to the merchants of hate is to join hands, sing, and open their eyes, to affirm the immense power of Love that expresses brotherhood and sisterhood in every language. And may the Tree of Peace, the fruits of poetry be shared in the great banquet of the Future that humanity yearns for so urgently. May the word in the world keep growing in each and every one of us, reaching out to meet all the needs of all peoples!”

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GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDAMinistr y of Community and Cultural DevelopmentDepartment of Community and Cultural Affairs

GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDAMinistr y of EducationBermuda National Library

blogger: palabraenelmundo.blogspot.com | space: festivalpalabraenelmundo.spaces.live.comFor more information, contact the Bermuda National Library on 295-3104 or the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs on 292-1681.

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If you are interested: please contact; friends@transact.bm or call 799-9042

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4 small green paw paw (peeled, seed-ed and sliced)

1 onion (chopped)2 Tablespoons flour2 Tablespoons butter

1 ¼ cups milk3 cups cheddar cheese (grated)2 Teaspoons prepared mustard

Salt & pepper to tasteBreadcrumbs

Parmesan cheese

Cook paw paw until tender. Drain and set aside

meLT butter and sauté onion for about 1 minute. Add flour and blend until smooth.

GraduaLLy add mILk and stir well. Just before milk reaches boiling point; add mustard, 2 cups of grated cheese, salt and pepper. Remove from heat immediately.

PLaCe paw paw slices in a casserole dish. Cover with cheese sauce.

Cover the top with remaining cheese, Parmesan cheese and bread crumbs.

Bake at 300°F until cheese melts on top.

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Gratin

erFeCTaIrINGs

Lucy Langston’s marriage is failing when her husband Darrell is suddenly offered a new job as CFO for an American insurance firm in Bermuda. With their twelve-year-old son Peyton, they leave their affluent Connecticut life to start anew in a paradise of pink beaches and quaint British decorum. All too soon, a darker reality emerges, and each of them becomes secretly entangled with Marcus Passjohn--a charismatic opposition leader known for his defense of the island’s underclass--and Marcus’s alienated son Zef, a budding

anarchist. Darrell slips into an intrigue to destroy Passjohn’s credibility. Peyton, bullied at school, takes refuge in a frightening delinquency with Zef. And Lucy, seeking to reclaim her son before it’s too late, enters a compelling alliance with Marcus Passjohn, one that quickly escalates into a powerfully transforming love affair.

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