Have London Hydro's new Time-of-Use rates got you casting a suspicious eye at some of your appliances? Are you wondering just what it costs to run that space heater or beer fridge?

For the first time, the Charles Taylor prize for literary nonfiction has produced a longlist. It seems the competition was too fierce to simply declare the shortlist. The 11 contenders for the $25,000 prize are as follows:

And everything in between.  If you can think of the subject or the question you can find the information you need and the answer to your questions in this most amazing database MasterFILEPremier.

The Holidays are fast approaching and it’s time to get started on all of that baking!

“Tumblebooks are the best! You’ve got to try them.” On any given day in the Children’s Library, you may overhear this enthusiastic recommendation by LPL staff, Donna.

Missing Lisbeth Salander? Meet Vanessa Monroe.

If you are like me, you've been burned by cookbooks before. You know the ones - the cover looks great, lots of hype, the pictures are glossy and delicious-looking, but after buying it you only end up liking one or two of the recipes. So, now I rarely buy a cookbook without first test-driving a library copy. My most recent test drive was fabulous, and not only will I buy a copy for myself, but I may gift a few copies too.

I recently read a blog post on the Audiobook Blog that mentioned an article about research done with stroke patients and audiobooks. According to the abstract provided, the patients who listened to audiobooks recovered their auditory sensory memory faster than those who listened to music instead of books, and much quicker than those who did not listen to either.

NPR recommended this summer's best science books, "five engrossing summer releases that will satisfy anyone from a curious nonscientist to a biochemist eager to refresh her mind with new ideas in neuroscience."

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