By Dorothy Ethridge
Guest writer
Moss Memorial Library in Hayesville offers a diverse range of new arrivals each week. The library is open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday.
The latest non-fiction on the library shelves:
• Michael Finkel's "The Stranger in the Woods." The extraordinary story of a the last true hermit, who lived in the Maine woods for 27 years from 1986-2013 not out of anger at the world but simply because he preferred to live on his own. This gripping story of survival asks fundamental questions about solitude, community and what makes a good life.
• Durenda Wilson's "The Unhurried Homeschooler" will lighten your load while helping you learn how to raise life-long learners and enjoy the home-school years with your children.
• Tom Clavin's "Dodge City" takes us into the lives of Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson and the wickedest town in the American West.
• Bill Merritt's "Where The Rivers Ran Backward" is an account of this author's experiences in the Vietnam War set against a background of rock and roll.
• Marty Goldstein, D.V. M.'s "The Spirit of Animal Healing" is chocked full of the latest integrative medical knowledge that he has gained from his past 45 years in practice.
• Kim Trevanthan's "Against The Current." Paddling upstream on the Tennessee river describes the life of the river before and after the dams, the sometimes daunting condition of its environment and the joys and follies of having a new 65 pound puppy for a shipmate.
• Gary Cassel, M.D.'s "The Eye Book." The complete guide of eye disorders and health.
• Chris Bolgiano's "Living In the Appalachian Forest." True stories of sustainable forestry.
• James Costa's "Darwin's Backyard." How small experiments led to a big theory.
• Diana Beresford-Kroeger's "To Speak for the Trees." A Canadian botanist, biochemist and visionary's insights into the hidden life of trees, trauma and the very purpose of life.
• Matthew Brzezinski's "Isaac's Army." The story of courage and survival in Nazi occupied Poland.
• Janice Nimura's "The Doctors Blackwell." How two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women and women to medicine.
• Barbara Brown Taylor's "Holy Envy." Finding God in the faith of others.
• Andrew Steele's “Ageless." The new science of getting older without getting old.
• Simon Welfare's "Fortune's Many Houses." How one of Victorian Britain's golden couples rose to preeminence then lost everything. An extraordinary window into Victorian society.
• Paulina Bren's "The Barbizon." The hotel that set women free.
Moss Memorial Library also offers books on CD as well as DVD movies.
For details on events at the library call 389-8401.
If you or someone you know for any reason are unable to get to the library and would like bookmobile service, call the Nantahala Regional Library at (828) 837-2025.