A sampling of titles from the Green Zone:
Native Treasures
M. Nevin Smith
A compilation, 20 years in the making, of the reflections and advice on growing California native plants, by one of the state's most respected horticulturalists.
The Homeowner's Handbook to Energy EfficiencyJohn Krigger
Remake, Restyle, Reuse
Sonia Lucano
Offers over 40 projects for adorning glass, ceramics, linens, and small furniture pieces for do-it-yourselfers.
Style, Naturally Summer Rayne Oakes
The ultimate fashion and beauty bible for women who want to feel good about looking good.
Linda Sivertsen
If you text your friends or chat with them online, download music to your iPod, or toss bottles and papers into recycling bins, you're already more eco-savvy than you think.
Create an Oasis with GreywaterArt Ludwig
Choosing, building, and using greywater systems, includes branched drains.
Looking for something to read or listen to in your favorite subject areas? Subscribe to these popular eNewsletters or choose others to help you discover what to check out next.
- Audiobooks
- Biography & Memoir
- Fantasy
- Fiction A-Z
- Mind & Body Fitness
- Mystery
- Nature & Science
- Teen Scene
- Thrillers & Suspense
- NYTimes Hardcover Fiction
- NYTimes Hardcover Nonfiction
Moraga
September 30 - Women Yesterday: Living in Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome
October 28 - Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs
Concord
October 24 - Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs
October 28 - Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma
Practical Business Management Training
Hercules
October 5 - Getting the Banker to Yes
San Ramon Libraries
October 20 - Marketing More Effectively
Clayton Library
November 5 - 2009 Tax Incentives fro Individuals & Businesses
Pleasant Hill Library
November 21 - Simple Steps to Sales Success
Recommendations for Book Lovers
Presented by Ron Shoop, Random House Representative
Clayton Library
October 5 - Book Club Forum
Orinda Books
November 19 - Book Club Forum
El Cerrito Library
October 22 - Velvet Underground
Yganacio Valley Library
October 27 - Health, Healing & Happiness
Oakley Library
October 28 - Slightly Scary Storytelling
Moraga Library
November 4 - Junkology
November 14 - The Alternate Woodstock
You can find more upcoming library programs and events at the online Event calendar or at the community library pages:
- Antioch
- Bay Point
- Brentwood
- Clayton
- Concord
- Crockett
- Danville
- El Cerrito
- El Sobrante
- Hercules
- Kensington
- Lafayette
- Martinez
- Moraga
- Oakley
- Orinda
- Pinole
- Pittsburg
- Pleasant Hill
- Rodeo
- San Pablo
- San Ramon - Dougherty Station
- San Ramon - Market Place
- Walnut Creek - Park Place
- Walnut Creek - Ygnacio Valley
Green Zone
It's Now Easier Being Green
Are you interested in learning more about what is recyclable and how simple it is to compost food scraps and yard trimmings? Looking for resources to your Green life?
The Green Zone is coming to the Pleasant Hill Library later this month and will house an extensive collection of books, magazines, video, and other resources that cover a wide range of topics, including conservation, green building, hazardous waste disposal and pest management. All of these resources are selected to help adults, teens, children, seniors, and businesses do their own research and reading on environmental concepts and solutions.
Upcoming Program: Learn about the small things you, your friends, and family can do that will make a big difference. Attend Travel Greener, the first of many green-related programs at the Pleasant Hill Library.
Online Resource: The Library's Go Green Guide lists recommended titles, useful websites, and other information to help you conserve energy and water.
The Green Zone is a program designed to promote reuse, to increase recycling, and to assist the City of Pleasant Hill divert usable materials from landfills. The State of California mandates that all cities in California continue to increase the diversion of solid waste from landfills, and the Green Zone is designed to show us all how we can be part of the solution.
One City, One Book 2009
October in Lamorinda means Lamorinda Reads!
October 5 - October 25
The Lafayette,
One of the true favorites of American literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was first published in 1900 and has stirred the imagination of young and old alike for over four generations. The story has enjoyed a resurgence of attention, thanks to popular spin-off books, Broadway shows, a new biography on L. Frank Baum and books that seek to tell the story behind the story, and a re-release of the classic movie this fall.
Brentwood CityRead
Brentwoodians are Invited to Read Firoozeh Dumas’ Funny in Farzi 
7th Annual Brentwood CityRead
October 12 - November 21
In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California, arriving with no first-hand knowledge of this country beyond her father's glowing memories of his graduate school years here. More family soon followed, and the clan has been here ever since. Funny in Farsi chronciles the American journey of Dumas's family: her engineer father, a sweetly quixotic dreamer who first sought riches on Bowling for Dollars and in Las Vegas, and later lost his job during the Iranian revolution.
Firoozeh Dumas
December 5 at 2:00 p.m.
Los Medanos College/Brentwood Center
101A Sand Creek Road
Shared Humanity Through Humor
Find out more information about Brentwood CityRead.
CityRead Closing Event
Saturday, October 17 at 7:00 p.m.
Dougherty Valley Performing Arts Center
CityRead concludes with a special presentation featuring the author of Assassination Vacation, contributing editor for NPR’s This American Life and a character voice in the Academy Award-winning Pixar film, The Incredibles.
Reserve your seat at 925-973-ARTS (2787) or at the San Ramon Performing Arts website. Tickets are free, but must be reserved prior to the event. Two tickets per person and you must arrive at least 10 minutes before to ensure seating.
2nd Annual Clayton Reads Festival October 19 - November 19
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Describes the author's decade-long odyssey to build schools (especially for girls), throughout the region that gave birth to the Taliban and sanctuary to Al Qaeda. His Central Asia Institute has established 130 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Read to children in a preschool setting during the school year. This program is conducted on a weekday morning and volunteers must be 18 years or older and able to drive or find transportation to their preschool site.
Training sessions will be held on the following dates:
Friday, October 16 at the Pittsburg Library
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Friday, October 23 at the Concord Library
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Friday, October 30 at the San Pablo Library
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Learn more about volunteering for the Stories to Go program.
Registration for the following workshops is required, please go to the links below for more details.
Danville Library
October 6 - Getting into College
November 3 - Princeton Review SAT Strategy Session
Pleasant Hill Library
October 15 - Super Student Secrets Workshop
Concord Library
October 17 - SAT Practice Test
Moraga Library
October 15 - College Admission: Getting into College
October 29 - Paying for College
Adult Learning Center
HelpNow Online Homework Help now offers live one-on-one tutoring help for adults. The Adult Learning Center includes test preparation for the GED and the U.S. Citizenship course (additional tests will be added); resume and other writing assistance; skills building for math, reading, and writing; help on learning to use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; a 24 hour question center; and an English as a Second Language Center.
Holiday Hours & Closures
An updated list of holiday hours and scheduled closures for the 2009 -2010 calendar year is now available.
All community libraries will be closed on Monday, October 12. The community libraries regularly closed on Mondays: Moraga, Oakley, Pleasant Hill, and Pittsburg, will also be closed on Tuesday, October 13.
Lafayette Library & Learning Center
The Moment is Here!Lafayette Library and Learning Center
Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening
November 14 - 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
For more information on reserving and returning items at the Lafayette Library, please view our flyer.