Saratoga Library News

Popular Picks at Saratoga Library - Browse our Bestseller collection in the library to find copies! Find all 20 top picks A few highlights: Cold Days The Beautiful Mystery The Bone Bed This Is How You Lose Her The Road to Cardinal Valley How to Ravish A Rake . . . more »

The Saratoga Library is celebrating trees this April in honor of National Arbor Day. Peruse our leafy display in the front of the Library. The City of Saratoga will celebrate Arbor Day at the Library on Wednesday April 24th at 3 pm. Students in Kindergarten through 12th grade are invited to enter the Arbor Day poster contest sponsored by the City of Saratoga. The first . . . more »

The Last Dragonslayer Jasper Fforde, author of the excellent Thursday Next mystery series, now tries his hand at YA fantasy. Professional magician-wrangler Jennifer Strange has fallen on hard times, now that Big Magic is leaving the world. Her clients are reduced to delivering pizzas on flying carpets and re-wiring old houses. How will they survive if all the magic dies along with the last dragon? . . . more »

Teens: interested in meeting some real artists and making a new art work for Montalvo Arts Center? Join international artists Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan (Philippines/Australia) for a drop in art-making workshop. Make houses from recycled cardboard moving boxes that will be integrated into a large-scale sculpture and exhibited at Montalvo Arts Center. All participants will be invited to a celebration of the art work at . . . more »

The Little Book of Behavioral Investing James Montier is one of the top writers on behavioral finance, and in The Little Book of Behavioral Investing he applies the subject to individual investors. With humor and wit, Montier’s book examines common biases that cause individuals to make irrational decisions. Although the book is written for individual investors, many of the concepts should also appeal to small . . . more »

Conclave Have you been following the papal election news? Are you interested in reading more about the Pope, the Vatican or papal history in general? Find lots of interesting resources on our Popes in History and Fiction list. . . . more »

A few recent additions to our collection: Recent Bestsellers Tenth of December The Last Runaway Standing in Another Man's Grave The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Find all of these (and more) in our catalog. . . . more »

The Saratoga Library and the Santa Clara County Library District invite you to exhibit on the Saratoga Library Art Wall. Thousands of people come through the library doors each year and see the 50 foot Art Wall. Your art will be in a highly visible area and will enhance the library surroundings, benefiting our more than 700 visitors a day. The Art Wall offers you . . . more »

Business Model Generation Business plans for startups should be versatile. Business Model Generation presents a new method for creating business plans that is adept, flexible, and creative. The main focus of the book is in on the concept of the canvas, which is an innovative way of structuring the major components of a new business, while allowing room for changes in the future. This is . . . more »

Wartorn 1861-2010 Date: March 2, 2013 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Saratoga Library Community Room. This HBO documentary chronicles the lingering effects of combat stress and post-traumatic stress on military personnel and their families throughout American history, from the Civil War through the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. It shares the personal stories of soldiers through letters and journals, photos and combat footage, and first-person . . . more »