tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27915510236183432652011-07-29T00:47:00.846-07:00The Big Read has come to Park Forest/Olympia Fields. Join in the book discussion from home!Park Forest Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791434847066267571noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791551023618343265.post-11223636171050047482010-04-19T18:20:00.001-07:002010-04-19T18:23:08.902-07:00<div>We had our final Big Read program on Saturday, April 17th. Thanks to everyone who provided programs, venues, and insights on <em>The Maltese Falcon</em>. Thanks to all of our participants, too! Here's a picture of one of our speakers on Saturday, Gary Warren Niebuhr.</div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TFesG_hUzwg/S80B3MOPhdI/AAAAAAAAAFo/JIQlV0jfWj4/s1600/Photo2748.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462023970755675602" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TFesG_hUzwg/S80B3MOPhdI/AAAAAAAAAFo/JIQlV0jfWj4/s320/Photo2748.jpg" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2791551023618343265-1122363617105004748?l=bigreadpfpl.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Park Forest Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791434847066267571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791551023618343265.post-35355305146324187802010-03-31T13:41:00.000-07:002010-03-31T13:46:01.505-07:00Two male library staff members will lead a discussion for men on <em>The Maltese Falcon</em> on Wednesday, April 7th at 7 pm at Park Forest Village Hall in the conference room. This is an opportunity for the men in the community to show us what great readers they are!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2791551023618343265-3535530514632418780?l=bigreadpfpl.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Park Forest Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791434847066267571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791551023618343265.post-20211282479054924252010-03-31T13:38:00.001-07:002010-03-31T13:46:49.320-07:00<a href="http://www.movieactors.com/freezeframes5/maltesefalcon199.jpeg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 288px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 223px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.movieactors.com/freezeframes5/maltesefalcon199.jpeg" /></a><br /><div>Why does Sam Spade take the case, even though he suspects that "Miss Wonderly" is lying?</div><div></div><div>What do you think of Mary Astor's performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy?</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2791551023618343265-2021128247905492425?l=bigreadpfpl.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Park Forest Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791434847066267571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791551023618343265.post-54694465680035757682010-03-20T09:33:00.001-07:002010-03-20T09:48:55.780-07:00<div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TFesG_hUzwg/S6T5tsvktEI/AAAAAAAAAFY/dFNar1rYCjA/s1600-h/Murder+7.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450756012525270082" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TFesG_hUzwg/S6T5tsvktEI/AAAAAAAAAFY/dFNar1rYCjA/s320/Murder+7.jpg" /></a>Thanks to everyone who made Murder in Three Acts a success! The Mystery Shop put on a great performance.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TFesG_hUzwg/S6T5iXrvqpI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/80dW_6lqBjM/s1600-h/Murder3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450755817893505682" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TFesG_hUzwg/S6T5iXrvqpI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/80dW_6lqBjM/s320/Murder3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TFesG_hUzwg/S6T57W7ranI/AAAAAAAAAFg/emF1ZGd3xlI/s1600-h/Murder+1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450756247188630130" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TFesG_hUzwg/S6T57W7ranI/AAAAAAAAAFg/emF1ZGd3xlI/s320/Murder+1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2791551023618343265-5469446568003575768?l=bigreadpfpl.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Park Forest Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791434847066267571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791551023618343265.post-17745133519322576062010-03-09T17:15:00.000-08:002010-03-09T17:27:29.784-08:00<a href="http://noirjournal.typepad.com/.a/6a0120a5b9a8de970b0120a6a1fa8b970c-320pi"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 156px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 215px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://noirjournal.typepad.com/.a/6a0120a5b9a8de970b0120a6a1fa8b970c-320pi" /></a><u><span style="font-size:130%;">Main Writings<br /></span></u><br /><em>Red Harvest</em>, 1929<br /><em>The Dain Curse</em>, 1929<br /><em>The Maltese Falcon</em>, 1930<br /><em>The Glass Key</em>, 1931<br /><em>The Thin Man</em>, 1934<br /><em>Crime Stories and Other Writings</em>, 2001<br /><br /><u><span style="font-size:130%;">Available at the Park Forest Public Library</span></u><br /><br /><em>Complete Novels</em> - M HAM<br /><em>The Continental Op</em> - M HAM<br /><em>Crime Stories and Other Writings</em> - 813.52 HAM<br /><em>Dashiell Hammett: Five Complete Novels</em> - M HAM<br /><em>Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon</em> - CD M HAM<br /><em>Lost Stories</em> - M HAM<br /><em>The Maltese Falcon</em> - M HAM<br /><em>The Maltese Falcon</em> (Large Type) - LT M HAM<br /><em>The Maltese Falcon</em> (Digital Book) - Digital Book M HAM<br /><em>Woman in the Dark</em> - FIC HAM<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2791551023618343265-1774513351932257606?l=bigreadpfpl.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Park Forest Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791434847066267571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791551023618343265.post-79177602331634366542010-03-09T13:06:00.001-08:002010-03-09T13:10:16.362-08:00<a href="http://blog.syracuse.com/shelflife/2008/05/hammett.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 176px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 251px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://blog.syracuse.com/shelflife/2008/05/hammett.jpg" /></a><br /><div>If you would like to learn more about Dashiell Hammett, we will be showing a documentary about him at Park Forest Village Hall on Wednesday, March 10th at 2 pm. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2791551023618343265-7917760233163436654?l=bigreadpfpl.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Park Forest Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791434847066267571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791551023618343265.post-31636987793487785062010-03-09T13:00:00.001-08:002010-03-09T13:03:56.370-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TFesG_hUzwg/S5a3nWpgnSI/AAAAAAAAAFA/js51gxkkk2w/s1600-h/Rosemary%26Ray.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446742686073658658" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TFesG_hUzwg/S5a3nWpgnSI/AAAAAAAAAFA/js51gxkkk2w/s320/Rosemary%26Ray.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TFesG_hUzwg/S5a3OH3tERI/AAAAAAAAAE4/6qqPjLqsuJA/s1600-h/Rosemary%26Ray.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div>Thanks to everyone who made the Big Read Kickoff a success! Professor Rosemary Johnsen and Judge Raymond Funderburk appear in the picture with the elusive maltese falcon.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2791551023618343265-3163698779348778506?l=bigreadpfpl.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Park Forest Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791434847066267571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791551023618343265.post-64519496840075053552010-03-09T12:57:00.001-08:002010-03-09T12:59:44.201-08:00<a href="http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/02/13/mn_falcon01.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 254px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 184px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/02/13/mn_falcon01.jpg" /></a>Is Sam Spade a hero?<br /><br />I am intrigued by this question because he seems to be the hero of the story, but he also does some questionable things. What do you think?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2791551023618343265-6451949684007505355?l=bigreadpfpl.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Park Forest Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791434847066267571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2791551023618343265.post-10154846433214825522010-01-06T13:35:00.000-08:002010-01-06T13:41:20.695-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TFesG_hUzwg/S0UDWfgj6GI/AAAAAAAAAEo/ABA9zkT2anI/s1600-h/DHammett.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 183px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 232px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423745011187705954" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TFesG_hUzwg/S0UDWfgj6GI/AAAAAAAAAEo/ABA9zkT2anI/s320/DHammett.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Everyone in Park Forest and Olympia Fields is invited to read <em>The Maltese Falcon</em> by Dashiell Hammett. You can join us for book discussions and programs in person and participate in a discussion online on this blog. Pick up a copy of <em>The Maltese Falcon</em> at the Park Forest Public Library!<br /><br />Book disussion questions will be posted starting in March.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2791551023618343265-1015484643321482552?l=bigreadpfpl.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Park Forest Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16791434847066267571noreply@blogger.com0