YAAC members will staff a sale table on several dates throughout the month - ask in the YA room for details or call the Young Adult department at 721-2665. You can find additional information about Bead for Life and how you can help at www.beadforlife.com.
Tax forms online
We have it: staff reviews
"Power, Freedom and Grace: Living from the Source of Lasting Happiness" by Deepak Chopra. San Rafael, California: Amber-Allen Publishing, 2006. 294.54 CHOPRA
Readers familiar with Chopra's other writings and materials on spirituality, holistic health and human potential will find that Chopra delves deeper into the Vedanta. The Vedanta is one of the world's most ancient philosophies based on India's sacred scriptures from the Vedas and Upanishads. In "Power, Freedom and Grace," Chopra asserts that happiness seems to be the goal of all other goals. Most people seek happiness in material goals and possessions: fame, wealth, power, automobiles, houses, relationships. According to Vedanta, this kind of happiness is a form of misery because these things can be taken away at any time. To be happy for no reason is the happiness we want to experience.
To reach this state of happiness, Chopra guides us on a journey through a series of questions answered in 12 chapters. For example: Why do I forget who I am? How can I live in effortless ease? What is grace and how do I live it? The chapters are arranged into three parts: the "Problem," the "Prescription" and the "Practice." Old and new paradigms are offered in an appendix and show us ways to perceive ourselves as a body-mind expression of a unified field of intelligence/consciousness.
Reviewed by Christine Jorgenson
Library closed on Easter
The Missoula Public Library will be closed Easter Sunday, March 23. We will reopen at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 24. Our catalog and e-resources will remain available online at www.missoulapubliclibrary.com. The library's regular hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Sunday 1-5 p.m.
Hot happenings
Here's a sampling of upcoming events at the library. For more information, call the library at 721-2665 or visit our Web page at www.missoulapubliclibrary.org. If anyone attending a program needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 721-BOOK (2665).
Missoula author to discuss smokejumping: Mark Matthews will visit Tuesday, March 18, at 7 p.m. to discuss the early history of smokejumping and the Mann Gulch tragedy. Matthews is the author of two books, "Smoke Jumping on the Western Fire Line: Conscientious Objectors During World War II" and "A Great Day to Fight Fire: Mann Gulch, 1949." Reel Books: The Reel Books Club, for ages 13 and up, returns Wednesday, March 19, at 6 p.m. to chat about Mats Wahl's novel "The Invisible," and watch the movie. Pick up a copy of the book at the Young Adult desk. Snacks provided. Read the book, watch the movie! Cheap Date Night: Friday night is the perfect night for a movie - and even better when it's free. Cheap Date Night returns Friday, March 21. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. and close at 7:15 p.m.for this after-hours event. Enter from the parking lot side of the building. No reservations required. Cheap Date Night offers free movies at the library every third Friday of the month. A full schedule of library events can be found at http://www.missoulapubliclibrary.org.
Teen Writing Group: Young people, 15-18, are invited to join our small group of writers who share words, ideas and energy every Friday, 4:30-6 p.m.
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