Here is another reading pick from the Logan Library Staff.


Book: Henry Clay: The Essential American by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler
Recommended by: Ronald Jenkins, Library Director
For most of us, when we hear the name Henry Clay, we think of the Great Compromiser.  We would be correct, but he was much, much more than that.  He served in Congress for 49 years, served as the Secretary of State under John Quincey Adams, and ran for President on five different occasions.  He was also very much a family man, married to Lucretia Hart, having eleven children, seven of whom died while young.   This new biography by David and Jeanne Heidler captures the life of Henry Clay like no other.  A truly fascinating look back at a man whose influence on American history was profound.



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Here is another reading pick from the Logan Library Staff.


Book: Hamlet's BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age by William Powers
Recommended by: Joseph, Nonfiction Librarian
Feeling overwhelmed by society's pressure to stay constantly connected? Whether it be through mobile phones, email, text messaging, or social networking, today's digital tools present great benefits as well as disturbing side effects. With personal anecdotes and historical examples from some of the worlds best thinkers, the author provides ways we might overcome this pressure and return our "screens" to their proper place in our lives.


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Book: Night and Day by Robert B. Parker
Recommended by: Jason, Fiction Librarian
Jesse Stone, the loveable but totally human police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts, is back. In this book, Jesse is playing cat and mouse with a Peeping Tom, helping abused wives, and finding justice for teenage girls, but it's just business as usual for Jesse.


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