Friends of Sedona Library book sale kicks off Apr 29

By David W. Keeber | Sedona Public Library

Sedona, AZ - April 25, 2008 - It's that time again! Twice a year, the Friends of Sedona Library hold a massive book sale with loads of great deals – one in the spring and on in the fall. Well, the spring FOL Book Sale is at hand and you shouldn't miss it. April 29th is the official opening and it runs through May 8th. The hours of the sale are the same as the Library's hours.

You may not want to wait until the doors open on the 29th to search for those bargains. If that is the case, if you are a card-carrying member of the Friends of the Library, you can get into the preview sale on the evening of April 28th, from 5:00 – 8:00 PM. Simply show that card at the door and you will have first shot at the deals that are sure to be inside.

Don't yet have a Friend of the Library membership card? Come into the Library anytime before the opening of the doors on the 28th and become a Friend. Applications are available at the front desk at the Library. Your contribution supports the FOL and also gives you some "Get Out of Jail" no overdue fines opportunities, the Friends' newsletter and the warm feeling of knowing you are supporting one of the oldest and most effective support organizations in Sedona.

With summer close at hand, you will surely want a selection of reading to take along on vacation, or to just hunker down with during the hottest part of the days. You'll find fiction, nonfiction, coffee table type books, video and audiotapes, DVD's and music CDs and children's books. The selection of cook books is always large and will offer you recipes to serve throughout the year. The prices are good and the quality is great. Don't miss this twice-a-year chance to restock your bookshelves and help out the Library. Mark your calendar!

Moving to another topic entirely, the great weather inspires me and many others to head outside and partake of one of a myriad sports activities. The Sedona Public Library has many books that will introduce you to a sport, improve your game, recount the history of one of our national pastimes or reveal little known secrets that will amaze and shock you. If you know the Dewey Decimal Classification system, you can find these books in the 700s and the Library has lots to offer. Check out the newest titles on sports in the New Books section. Here are a few titles that we have added to the collection recently.

Baseball fans, and especially Arizona Diamondbacks fans, take heed! Steven Travers has written Diamondbacks Essential: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Real Fan. It offers stories, statistics, facts, figures, anecdotes, trivia and more on our state's baseball team. Their early success at the World Series hasn't been repeated and the reasons may well be in this book.

Every sport has its controversies, conspiracies, and downright lousy scandals. If you can bear to read this parade of bad behavior, pick up The 25 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All Time, by Elliot Kalb. He writes about sports' notorious fixes, cover-ups, and scandals. Trust me, the baseball doping scandal is nothing new. Its muckraking at its best!

Do you fish, especially fly fish? Try the new book by Mark D. Williams, So Many Fish, So Little Time. If offers information on "1,001 of the world's greatest backcountry honeyholes, trout rivers, blue ribbon waters, bass lakes and saltwater hot spots. Being a fly fisher, myself, I look at this book and think, "Retirement plan!"

Not much of an outdoorsy type? Fancy a game of billards? If you enjoy this game of skill that doesn't require any aerobics, you can improve your game with the tips and tricks in Gerry Kanov and Shari Stauch's Precision Pool. You can learn key skills, shots and strategies for eight ball, nine ball, one pocket and straight pool. Maybe you can even get a few free beers out of those skills.

Please remember that with the FOL Book Sale, the 50th Anniversary Author Series will be held off until May 16th when Arizona Grand Canyon artist Bruce Aiken presents. Here are the particulars.

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