STOCK UP! at the Library Friday July 1st 2011

Get first pick of new books, CDs and DVDs. Be among the first to take home some great new holiday reading, listening and viewing. Meet staff, take the opportunity to tell us what you think of the collections and what you'd like to see more of. We'll show you how to make suggestions and requests.
Find out about our new eLibrary where you can download audio and e-books from home.

Hurstville City Library
cnr Queens Rd & Dora Street,
Hurstville
9.30am - 9pm

Penshurst Branch Library
630 Forest Rd, Penshurst
10am - 1pm, 2pm- 6pm

Nigel Marsh : from Overworked and Underlaid to work-life balance nirvana

Marsh is a British expatriate living in Sydney and working a high-profile job. Like any hard-working man with a family, he finds himself struggling with that old chestnut of work-life balance.
Marsh first recounts how he re-discovers himself in Fat, Forty & Fired and goes on to share more snippets of his life in Observations of a Very Short Man. Now in the follow-up book Overworked and Underlaid he tackles head-on the challenges of juggling his commitments to work and family.

His books are unlike the garden-variety self-help books. They are memoirs of contemporary life from a male point-of-view with ideas and inspirations distilled from personal encounters and innermost feelings. Marsh is also a guest motivational speaker. In the same vein, he punctuates his flowing narrative style with wit, humour and insights which make his books quick, easy and so enjoyable to read.

Nigel Marsh: How to make work-life balance work

Who wants to be an outlier? Malcolm Gladwell tells us how ...

In his book, Outliers : the story of success, Malcolm Gladwell tells us that a high IQ is not enough. We need our family, friends, culture, hard work (the 10,000 hour rule) and even a bit of luck in order to become an extraordinary successful person, an outlier.

Is he just stating the obvious? Rather, I think it is his impassioned plea to the community to look after each other. The individual just cannot make it alone.

Writing as a "pop social psychologist", he is at once controversial, but immensely popular with the mass reading public. If you want to read about his contrarian views on success, you probably need to reserve his book - it's always on loan - or save the reservation fee and read his eAudiobook. His two other runaway bestsellers, Blink and Tipping Point are also available from Hurstville eLibrary 24/7 to download.

Stock Up! Get first pick of new stock for your holiday reading

Just in time for your holiday reading! Hurstville and Penshurst libraries will have a

great selection of new books, CDs and DVDs available for loan. Everyone is welcome
Bring your library card or join on the spot (ID with your current address required). Membership is free.
Staff will also be available to show you how to make a request, listen to and show you how to make suggestions and recommend some great holdiay reading. So tell us what you think! We'll also show you our new eLibrary where you can download audio-books and e-books from home.

Hurstville City Library
cnr Queens Rd & Dora Street, Hurstville
Wednesday 8th December
9.30am - 8.30pm

Penshurst Branch Library
630 Forest Rd, Penshurst
Thursday 16th December
10.30am - 12.30am, 2pm - 5.30pm