Bambi vs. Godzilla

Bambi Vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business is the latest book by award-winning playwright and screenwriter David Mamet about the perils of artists working in the movie business.

The New York Times said about Mamet and the book "Somebody with a keen knowledge of gamesmanship knows exactly how Hollywood’s games are played. And refuses to play by the rules."

Elected Officials

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Today's links

Text of the State of the Union Address (New York Times)

Rapid Transit Challenge

Famous Presidential Speeches (infotrac)

Pictures of Every Ad in Times Square (Ironicsans.com)

Top 100 Cubs of all Time
(BleedCubbieBlue.com)

Books in this week's Chicago Tribune book section

The Castle in the Forest by Norman Mailer



The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak



Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy by Barbara Ehrenreich



The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power by James Traub



The Little Book of Plagiarism by Richard A. Posner

Five Cool Links

The 10 Most Expensive Books of 2006 (Forbes)

Fabric patterns taken from public transportation

Search passenger lists from 1890 to 1960

The used-car lot of the book world

The Case of the Non-Mystery Readers

Oscars!

The Oscars nominations are out and the library has the nominated movies that will help you get ready for Oscar Night.

Little Miss Sunshine
The Devil Wears Prada
United 93
Cars
Monster House
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Black Dahlia
The Illusionist
Flags of our Fathers
An Inconvenient Truth

Go Bears!

In honor of the Bears' trip to the Super Bowl, I give you the video of the Super Bowl Shuffle.

Go Bears!

Wasn't that game exciting on Sunday? Planning to watch the Bears face the Saints on Sunday?

It's been fun to watch the national media discover our bears. First case in point, today's Slate article: "My Recurring Nightmare About the Bears Quarterbacks".

If you're hungering for some Bears history, read out copy of Papa Bear: The Life and Legacy of George Halas.

New books on order at the Library

100 Knitting Projects



AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll: The Ultimate Story of the World's Greatest Rock-And-Roll Band

The Altered Object: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration



Cruciverbalism: A Crossword Fanatic's Guide to Life in the Grid



Sound Bites: Eating on Tour With Franz Ferdinand

Cool Google stuff you probably didn't know about

Google has a notebook? who knew?

Happy Birthday J.R.R. Tolkien!

J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the "Lord of the Rings" Trilogy among other books would have been 105 today. Tolkien died in 1973.

We have many Tolkien related items at the library including the Lord of the Rings books and Tolkien biographies.

Happy New Year!

Infoplease.com has a history of New Year's celebrations.