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J III Y }4 LIBRARY NEWS Sunday opening has ended and will resume on October 2. The SUMMER READING CLUB - with a Commonwealth Games connection - is racing along in the Youth Services Department. Yes, there*s still time to register. Our special vacation loan period of 6 weeks is now in effect, on books normally available for 28 days. This is a once-a-year option to allow you to take a good selection of reading along when you head out on vacation travels. As usual we've brought in lots of new paperbacks for your summer reacting pleasure. As essential as the sunscreen - should be a gjreat vacation! WEST VANCOUVER MEUORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Maiiae Drive We« Vaaconver, BC. V7V 118 Td:(604) 926-3291 FaK(604) 926-6895 On-liiie otalotae: 926-2594 REFERENCE SERV Two legal texts have been added to the Reference collection due to popular demand. The Quebec Civil Code is useful to students and those needing or wishing to understand the unified codes of legal principles used in Quebec. The only Canadian province that did not adopt British Common Law practice, Quebec has patterned its civil and commercial laws after the French Napoleonic Code of 1804, adopted in Canada in 1865, and this latest edition amended in 1987. The other The Law of Contracts has often been requested by patrons involved in what seems to be a world swelling with personal and commercial contracts. The complexities of contract law and its subtle legal precedents are discussed in this text. An interesting recently-published title acquired by the Reference department is the Dictionary of the Avant- Gardes. Included are those ideas and a small minority of people "ahead of their time," and often ridiculed and even ostracized for their aesthetic and creative convictions. Included are such personalities as Buckminster Fuller, Lucy Lippard, El Lissitzky, Gyorgy Ligeti, Carolee Schneemann, and defined are such ideas as cybernetics, typewriter literature, copy culture, dada lettrism, etc. If you’re bewildered or just curious, you may wish to consult this Reference dictionary. SOME DAY YOUR SHIP WILL COME IN AND, WITH LUCK, YOU’LL PROBABLY BE AT THE AIRPORT. (Sign posted at the Vancouver Seaman’s Club) ADULT SERVICES IN THE GALLERY ... drawings and watercolours by West Vancouver artist Houchang Seyhoun will be on display in the library June 27 to Jufy 31. Professor Seyhoun, a prominent architect and painter, has lectured worldwide and has had exhibitions in many major cities and museums including an exhibition in 1972 with Salvador Dali and Picasso at the University of Massachusetts. His paintings are found in collections in Europe and North America. Reception, artist in attendance, Monday, June 27, 7:30 - 8:30 pjn. JULY ... delight in the fi’eedom of summer and carefree outdoor living ... bask in the sun with a picnic by the sea, a moveable feast in the park or dine al fresco at home on the patio. Wherever you tote a picnic basket or however elaborately you may serve at home, your Library has just the book to help make dining outdoors a special pleasure. We offer a few suggestions ... (595.7002 SET) SETTEL, JOANNE How Do Ants Know When You’re Having A Picnic? A fun read after the picnic ... answers all children’s questions about insects and creepy crawlies. (641.578 PIC) PICKFORD, LOUISE Picnics: Outdoor Dining For The Patio. Park. Beach Over 90 recipes and accompanying photographs of easy to prepare interesting dishes suitable for the most casual or elegant outdoor meal.