Book Recommendations

Summer Reading (Fiction)

A Library Lover's Mystery Series

Books Can Be Deceiving (2011)

By Jenn McKinlay
Newly single Lindsey Norris, the director of the Briar Creek Public Library, tries to help her best friend Beth, a children's book author and librarian, prove her innocence when she is accused of murdering her boyfriend Rick, a local celebrity.

Due or Die (2012)

By Jenn McKinlay
When Friends of the Library president Carrie Rushton is accused of murdering her husband, library director Lindsey Norris and the Briar Creek crafternoon club launch their own investigation during a nor'easter that has left the police otherwise occupied.

Book Recommendations

Summer Reading (Nonfiction)

World War II History

Hell Above the Earth (2012)
By Stephen Frater

Werner Goering a United States B-17 pilot during World War II for the Mighty 8th Air Force, had a hurdle to overcome - his uncle is Reich Marshal Hermann Goering, head of the Luftwaffe and Hitler's second in command. Unbeknown to him, Goering's co-pilot, Jack Rencher had a standing order from J. Edgar Hoover to kill Werner in case they got shot down or if he was trying to commit an act of treason. Jack, a poor boy with a difficult childhood, found Werner to be a soul mate, his only friend in life. The author's research brings this decades old secret, which is profound and deeply personal, to light.


Stalin's General: Georgy Zhukov (2012)
By Geoffrey Roberts

A man of indomitable will and fierce determination, Georgy Zhukov was the Soviet Union’s indispensable commander through every one of the critical turning points of World War II. Drawing on the latest research from recently opened Soviet archives, including the uncensored versions of Zhukov’s own memoirs, Roberts offers a vivid portrait of a man whose tactical brilliance was matched only by the cold-blooded ruthlessness with which he pursued his battlefield objectives.

Digitization Statistics

Long Island Memories Digitization Statistics

May 2012

Since 2004, the Freeport Memorial Library and the Freeport Historical Society have been scanning and making historical material pertaining to Freeport available online through the Long Island Memories Digitization Project: www.longislandmemories.org

Items Available as of May 2012 for Freeport

4,343 Pictures/Pamphlets
7 Newspapers
50 Years - Village of Freeport Newsletters

Hits for May 2012

28,464 Freeport Leader
13,323 Nassau County Review
8,882 Nassau Post
6,143 Photographs/Pamphlets
4,495 South Side Messenger
3,541 Daily Review of Nassau County
2,990 Queens County Review
1,575 Village of Freeport Newsletters
587 Freeport News

70,000 Total Hits

Reader's Advisory

Farewell to Ray Bradbury

August 22, 1920 to June 6, 2012

Books by Ray Bradbury

Books about Ray Bradbury

Freeport History Book

A new book on Freeport history is now available for purchase ($21.99) at the Freeport Memorial Library.  Some of the proceeds from the Library sales will go to support the Friends of the Library.  This book was written by Freeport librarians Cynthia Krieg and Regina Feeney.

Digitization Statistics

Long Island Memories Digitization Statistics

April 2012

Since 2004, the Freeport Memorial Library and Freeport Historical Society have been scanning and making historical material pertaining to Freeport available online through the Long Island Memories Digitization Project: www.longislandmemories.org

Items Available as of April 2012 for Freeport

4,341 Pictures/Pamphlets

7 Newspapers

50 Years - Village of Freeport Newsletters

 

 

Hits for April 2012:

 

6,491 Freeport Leader

5,738  Nassau County Review

5,401 Nassau Post

5,400 Photographs/Pamphlets

2,252 Daily Review of Nassau County

1,987 South Side Messenger

1,233 Queens County Review

364 Freeport News

174 Village of Freeport Newsletters

29,040 Total Hits

New Book Available on the History of Freeport
by Cynthia J. Krieg and Regina G. Feeney



A book signing will be held  at the Freeport Memorial Library on May 14, at 7 pm.  Email the Freeport Historical Society to reserve your copy today!  freeporthistoricalsociety@yahoo.com