Page 10, The Herald. Friday. Ociober 27, 1978 New library books By Michael Collins The Terrace Public Library is always receiving new books. Here are just a few of them. The Amityville Horror, by Jay Anson. On December 18, 1975 a young family of five moved into their new home complete with furnished basement, swimming pool, and boathouse, Twenty-eight days later they fled in terror, leaving most of their belongings behind. This is the strange and much blicized story of a haunted use, which according to the author and people in- volved, is completely true. Night Flights: Stories BOOK REVIEW new and old, by Matt Cohen, One of Canada's finest writers has done it again with a collection of short stories that are bound to have you spellbound. Matt Cohen is an expert at drawing his characters ‘whether the setting be rural or urban, tragic or comic, Zip, by Max Apple. This book, subtitle ‘‘a novel of the Jeft and the right” is a comic look at contemporary life and politics. No matter what your political persuasion you are bound to be offended — and amused. Cat Catalog: The ultimate Cat Book, edited by Judy Fireman. This really is the Conservation book positive OTTAWA (CP) = As a breed, conservationists are a pretty pessimistic lot. Not without cause. ° Two-thirds of the species of animals and plants known to have existed in the world, it is estimatednow are & extinct. Since the white man came f to North America the mutilation that accompanied his .settement has sent at least 75 onceflourishing animals into extinction. But despite al) that, naturalist Darryl Stewart has written a generally up- beat book, From the Edge of Extinction, focusing on the dramatic, last-minute rescue of dozens of species. But it does not ignore the enormous task ahead or the grim past which, for in- slance, saw the near an- fa nihiliation of an estimated bison population of 60 million, Or the disap- pearance of the petite Labrador duck, pursued in the great “feather voyages” from New England for its feathers and down. Bison, or buffalo, so numerous ‘they un- doubtedly . formed the greatest large-mammal con- gregations that ever existed onearth,” were shot as sport from train windows and for. | oy theif“ hides and meat. Often only..the..chaice. tongue was. laken, the carcass aban- doned. “The plains bison might have disappeared from Canada had not an Indian by the name of Walking Coyote saved four bison calves from slaughter in 1873,"" Stewart writes. ‘Also, a Winnipeg fur dealer saved another five calves a year later.”’ Today about 30,000 bison exist in North America— “undoubtedly one of the tinest. victories for wildlife conservation on this con- tinent.”’ There are 23 other such B.C Tels weekend hate is realy cheap. Your can dial direct case histories of species snatched from the brink of oblivion - From the Edge of Ex- tinction, by David Stewart: 191 pp; $12.95; McClelland and Stewart. ultimate cat book. It con- tains just about everything concerning cats including chapters on their history, habits, relations to humans and each other, how to train cats and loads of pictures of all the different kinds of felines including many youve probably never heard of, : Conversations with Willie, by Robin Maugham. This is an intimate biography of W. Somerset Maugham written by his nephew and fellow novelist, Far from the usual stories of the starving artist. W. Somerset Maugham made millions and lived in a fabulous estate on the Riviera. Yet when the author asked him “What is the happiest memory of your life?"' he replied ‘I can’t think of a single moment.” The Encyclopedia of Tarot, by Stuart R. Kaplan. This book covers extensively the cards used by fortune tellers, There are hundreds of illustrations showing the cards themselves and long notes about how touse them. We have thousands of books at the Terrace Public Library. Come and see for yourself! SHOWBIZ IN BRIEF GUELPH, Ont, (CP) — Maureen Forrester, famed Canadian contralto and star of the Metropolitan Opera, will recreate the role of the witch in Humperdinck’s opera Hansel anu Gretel to mark International Year of the Child at the 1972 Guelph Spring Festival, the festival has announced, The festival under the artistic direction of Nicholas Goldschmidt also said a national organ competition will be part of the 1990 festival to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Healey Willan, in- ternationallyrecognized composer and fate organist of St. Mary Magdalene church in Toronto. The highest award given by the Edward Johnson Music Foundation will be named the Healey Willan Prize. BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) — Writer Norman Mailer held a baseball bat over the head of his fourth wife while she and another woman got into a knock- TICKET NUMBER t dewn brawl in the living room, says testimony in the couple’s divorce case. “I thought they were going to kill me,’ Beverly Rentz Bentley Mailer sald Wed- mesday. Seeking divorce on grounds of cruel and abusive treatment, she also said of the fight in Provincetown: “All thé time, Norman was standing over me with a baseball bat." Her lawyer, Brooks Potter, said Mrs. Mailer, a former actress from Atlanta, married Mailer in 1963 after having moved into his New York home. “Mailer has been carrying on for 12 to 14 years,”” said Potter, erring to other ‘women im Mailer’s life. Mailer’s lawyer, Monroe Inker, did not contest that Statemenf,. , "She li six mon married Campbell,’’ with him about while he was still Lady Jeanne Inker said. LONDON (AP) -- Elton John, the pop star who ap- peared to be well on the way to becoming a baldie, made his official bow with his new hair transplant Thursday. There is halr there once more, although a bit thin. Elton Johp, a former music publisher's errand bey whose multi-million sellers include Goodbye Yellow ‘Brick Road and Candle In The Wind, had hair transplanta in Paris in Sep- tember, 1977. He returned for more and will return once again. But the success of the transplants: so far was 50 pronounced that he agreed to be photographed at his home at Windsor, near Windsor Castle. : John's new album, A Single Man, has just gore on sale, : RSS ro F we a j Bi ; 5 os ratatasere,0_8,! See PES babeniairitarasaeatetetet par ata tesesedi sheets We’r titi sce eats atetatetate +: spasms: 2,8,5) Here! 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