The One Book, One Community is a community-unifying program that was developed to bring people together through reading! Beginning in 2003, the Allegheny County Library Assocation has chosen a book each year to encourage readers to share the same literary experience.
The newest book selection is:
I'm Proud of You by Tim Madigan 
Click here to find out more or ask your librarian! 
Political Fiction
Sammy's House by Kristin Gore
Act of Treason by Vince Flynn
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
The West Wing: The complete seventh season
more fiction...
www.votesmart.org
Political Non-Fiction
Now It's My Turn : a daughter's chronicle of political life by Mary Cheney
The Way to Win : taking the White House in 2008 by Mark Halperin and John F. Harris
Too Close to Call : the thirty-six-day battle to decide the 2000 election by Jeffrey Toobin
William Henry Harrison by Steven Otfinoski
more non-fiction...
Need some help with your New Year's resolutions?
Don't forget to check out a few books for the upcoming season! Browse the front-wall display in the library for holiday items, including:
Holiday baking : treats filled with cheer for a magical time of year.
Healthy holidays : total health entertaining all year round 
Christmas with Paula Deen : recipes and stories from my favorite holiday
Searching the Catalog and looking for suggestions? Try "Featured Booklists"!
While searching the Library's online catalog, click on the Featured Booklists link at the top of the webpage. Here you will find links to a variety of ideas for both fiction and non-fiction titles.
Best sellers, Caldecott award winners, and mysteries are examples of the types of lists you can find. Click on a booklist and the Catalog will automatically perform a search providing you with the location, call number and availablity of the book!
You can also access the booklists by following the link below:
http://catalog.einetwork.net/screens/featured.html
Meet the local author, actor and award-winning playwright here at the Bethel Park Public Library on Saturday, Sept. 29th at 1pm! She will discuss her new novel The War Against Miss Winter.
Kathryn Miller Haines is an actor, mystery writer, and award-winning playwright. She grew up in San Antonio, Texas, and received her BA in English and Theatre from Trinity University in San Antonio and her MFA in English from the University of Pittsburgh. She's a member of The Mary Roberts Rinehart Chapter of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. She lives in Western Pennsylvania with her husband, Garrett, and their three dogs.
Register at the front desk today!
