Support the Friends by entering our monthly Silent Auction! Visit the library to view and bid on each month’s curated selection of exceptional books. Enter a bidder's slip with the amount of your bid and your contact info, and then write the amount of your bid on the list so everyone can keep track of the progress.
The Silent Auction theme for July is Build It! The offerings include books about local and global builds, along with the iconic building blocks of childhood.
<>A House Restored: the Tragedies and Triumphs of Saving a New England Colonial recounts the adventures of Lee McColgan who bought a neglected, antique house in Pembroke. He quit his job in finance and restored the house using primarily his own labor and authentic tools, methods, and materials. The Big Dig tells of the “most complex highway construction project ever undertaken in the history of this country,” celebrating its engineering and exploring the political and management problems that plagued the project.
<>Farther afield, Mission contains stunning pictures of the Spanish missions and discusses the architectural features and history of these southwestern missions. The Big Ditch tells the political, engineering, and human stories of the extraordinary endeavor known as the Panama canal. First envisioned in 1529, its ownership transferred from the US to Panama in 1999. We also have a beautiful, leather-bound edition of The Vision of Frank Lloyd Wright, perhaps the best-known American architect.
For more fanciful building, Star Wars Origami will teach you to construct miniature starfighters, the Death Star, a podracer and more. And for a single bid you can own both Lego Architecture, with photos of replicas of iconic buildings made from Legos, and Lego Creations, with instructions on making your own Lego masterpieces. The bidding on all items will end on Wednesday, July 31st, at 6 pm.
Friends of the Ventress Library
PO Box 298
Marshfield, MA 02050
