Biblioteca
Cierre de la biblioteca por festividad local
La biblioteca permanecerá cerrada del día 15 de mayo pero estará abierta el viernes 16 y sábado 17 de mayo en el horario habitual.
Los libros preferidos de nuestros lectores
“Dinorella: a prehistoric fairy tale” by Pamela Duncan Edwards & Henry Cole “Dinorella’s dreadful stepsisters, Doris and Dora, say that Dinorella is too ugly and dull to go to the dance, until Fairy-dactyl comes to her aid and bedecks her with dazzling diamonds, but on the way to the ball, Dinorella witnesses a dastardly deed.”
Las novedades destacadas de la semana
“American dream machine” by Matthew Specktor “American Dream Machine is the story of two talent agents and their three troubled boys, heirs to Hollywood royalty. It’s a sweeping narrative about fathers and sons, the movie business, and the sundry sea changes that have shaped Hollywood and, by extension, American life.” Extraido de Amazon. Ver además:
Los libros preferidos de nuestros lectores
“Norman Mailer: a double life” by J. Michael Lennon “Michael Lennon knew Mailer for thirty-five years, and in writing this biography, he has had the cooperation of Mailer’s late widow, Norris Church, his ex-wives, and all of his children, as well as his sister, Barbara. He also had access to Mailer’s vast, unpublished correspondence and
Recomendación cultural para la semana
Exposición “Josef Albers: medios mínimos, efecto máximo” “Organizada por la Fundación Juan March, en colaboración con The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation en Bethany, Connecticut, esta exposición se presenta, por su extensión y coherencia, como la primera retrospectiva completa sobre Josef Albers (1888-1976) en España.” Extraído de La Guía del Ocio. Ver además: http://www.march.es/arte/madrid/exposiciones/josef-albers/?l=1
Las novedades destacadas de la semana
“La egoísta” dirigida por Curtis Bernhardt “Ha pasado mucho tiempo desde los inicios en los que David Ramsey era un abogado sin clientes. Ahora, gracias a la manera de proceder de su mujer Joyce, han conseguido una sólida reputación. Pero el matrimonio de David y Joyce ha tocado fondo.” Extraido de Fnac. Ver además: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_on_Demand
Octava lectura del ciclo 2013-2014 del Círculo Literario de la Biblioteca
Participa leyendo el libro recomendado y asistiendo al coloquio que habitualmente se celebra el último jueves de cada mes. Sesión dirigida por Jacqueline Cruz, Ph.D. Ciclo “Representaciones de la sociedad estadounidense en las literaturas extranjeras” Entrada libre y gratuita previa inscripción en biblioteca@iie.es Libro del mes: “Hot Sur” de Laura Restrepo “María Paz es una
Los libros preferidos de nuestros lectores
“Introducing Chomsky” by John Maher and Judy Groves “Linguist Noam Chomsky maintains that the human brain has an innate language faculty, and that part of this biological endowment is a ‘universal grammar’, a theory of principles common to all languages. Thus, all human languages and the ways in which children learn them are remarkably similar.
Library Storytelling Morning activity for May 2014
Come to the “tellebration” with us! Monthly Saturday morning meetings from October to June where kids can enjoy selected stories in English, this time with Marcus and Alito as storytellers. Recommended for children between the ages of 4 – 8.Forty children per session and two adults per child maximum. 45 minutes approx. The activity forms
Reader’s Theater at the Library May Session
Activity at the library to learn and have fun at the same time using dramatic reading of scripts based on children’s stories. Kids will hear the story, do some drama exercises, and practice reading the scripts with intonation and expression. This activity is for 9 to 12 years-old (4º-6º Primaria) with a high-intermediate or advance
