Author of Dancing at the Piggly Wiggly to Visit Moorhead Campus Oct. 28

Mississippi author Robert Dalby is coming to speak at Mississippi Delta Community College on Wednesday, October 28, at the invitation of the Stanny Sanders Library. Dalby, a native of Natchez, currently lives in Oxford, Mississippi.

Dalby was born into a large, extended Southern family, consisting of nearly two-dozen first cousins, two uncles, four aunts, two sets of grandparents and any number of ‘further-removed’ among the cousinly. Dalby grew up in Natchez, Mississippi, and obtained a B.A. at the University of the South (Sewanee).

His previous novels, Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly and Kissing Babies at the Piggly Wiggly grew out of his own fascination with the eccentricities of the small-town South he grew up with and loved. As a native and resident of Natchez, Mississippi during his formative years, Dalby learned to expect eccentricity and quirky behavior as par for the course – he often only had to look as far as his own family and friends for inspiration.

A Piggly Wiggly Wedding, the third novel by Robert Dalby, was published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons on August 6, 2009. Readers were introduced to Second Creek, Mississippi in Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly and Kissing Babies at the Piggly Wiggly, which was awarded the Best Fiction of 2008 by the Mississippi Library Association. Small-town living is always an adventure in Second Creek, where life is full of second chances, quirky neighbors and the odd – and oddly funny – events that bring people together.

Dalby will be speaking to students during the 10:50 class period.  Instructors are encouraged to bring their students.  Also, Dalby will be speaking to the public at 2:00 p.m. He will be signing his new book, and the public is cordially invited to attend. The library will host a reception afterwards. Turn Row Books of Greenwood will be on campus to sell copies of Dalby's three books.

For more information on Dalby go to http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/writers/robert-dalby.html

For details regarding Dalby’s visit to MDCC contact: Audrey Beach, 662-246-6235. Email: abeach@msdelta.edu

New Purchases

Over the summer we received and processed new purchases. Here are few:

DVDs
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
All the King's Men
Seven Pounds
Wanted
Slumdog Millionaire
Fireproof
The Secret Life of Bees

BOOKS
Dr. Mary's Monkey by Edward Haslam. The 1964 murder of a nationally known cancer researcher sets the stage for this gripping exposé of medical professionals enmeshed in covert government operations over the course of three decades. Following a trail of police records, FBI files, cancer statistics, and medical journals, this revealing book presents evidence of a web of medical secret-keeping that began with the handling of evidence in the JFK assassination and continued apace, sweeping doctors into cover-ups of cancer outbreaks, contaminated polio vaccine, the arrival of the AIDS virus, and biological weapon research using infected monkeys.

Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer. Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Isabella, the person Edward holds most dear. The lovers find themselves balance precariously on the point of a knife -- between desire and danger.

Anatomy of a Job Search by Jeanna Bozell. Anatomy of a Job Search provides the absolutely essential information you need to find - and land - the most rewarding jobs in nursing. Whether you're a nursing student looking for your first job or a veteran nurse planning career advancement, this book will take you step-by-step through the job search.

Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience. Over the past five years, the United States has provided nearly fifty billion dollars for the relief and reconstruction of Iraq. This unprecedented rebuilding program, implemented after the March 2003 invasion, was developed to restore Iraq’s essential services, build Iraq’s security forces, create a market-based economy, and establish a democratic government—all in pursuit of U.S. interests in a stable and free Iraq. Did the U.S. rebuilding program achieve its objectives? Was the money provided well-spent or wasted? What lessons have we learned from the experience?

Where Are You Now by Mary Higgins Clark. It's been ten years since twenty-one-year-old Charles "Mack" MacKenzie, Jr. went missing. A Columbia University senior, about to graduate and already enrolled in Duke University Law School, he walked out of his room in Manhattan's Upper West Side without a word to his roommates and has never been seen again. However, he makes one ritual phone call to his mother every year, on Mother's Day. Each time, he assures her he is fine, refuses to answer her frantic questions, and hangs up. Even the death of his father on 9/11 does not bring him home. Mack's sister Carolyn, now twenty six, is a law school graduate applying to work as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan. She has endured two family tragedies: her brother's inexplicable disappearance and the loss of her father. Realizing that neither she nor her mother will ever get on with their lives without some answers, she sets out to discover what happened to Mack, and why he finds it necessary to hide from them.

BOOKS-ON-TAPE
The Way the Crow Flies by Ann Marie McDonald
Instant Immersion Spanish
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. Lee