Crosslands Library
A source of recreational reading, reference material, newspapers, magazines, and assorted other material for use by residents and employees of all 4 communities open all day every day. The library is funded by the CRA and operated by volunteers who are available as follows:
Hours when Library staff are available:
| Monday – Friday | Wednesday & Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| 10 am – 12 Noon | 10 am – 12 Noon | |
| 3 pm – 5 pm |
The KCC Library Catalog that comes up in a full color window on your computer is called “Alexandria Researcher”. This site gives you the opportunity to search the catalog of books and DVDs available at Crosslands, the Nature Library and Kendal. You can learn details about an item and find out if a book or DVD is available.
You may access the library Researcher directly by clicking on the green rectangle to the right (or to find it on small screen devices, scroll down).
Books and CDs of audio books are available for checkout for 21 days; DVDs for 7 days.
For more information about how to use the “Researcher” you can pick up a copy of “The KCC Library Catalog” on the counter by the public computer in the Library. The researcher is up and running 24/7 on the public computer. A link is also available to the Chester County Library catalog on the public computer, or by clicking on the blue rectangle to the right.
The library stocks an extensive collection of magazines and newspapers. All the magazines are donated. Subscriptions provide copies of local and national newspapers (for example: the Daily Local, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Times, Wall Street Journal). Back issues are held for up to one week. Ask if you don’t find what you are looking for.
If you want to recommend a book or DVD for the Library, click here.
After you fill out the form be sure to click the “Submit” button.
Chair: Allison Butler
Deputy Chair: Charmaine Gates
Click here for prior Display Archives
Click here for Annual Reports – 2020-2021
Crosslands Library—New Books
January, 2022
FICTION
Cornwall, Bernard Sharpe’s assassin : Richard Sharpe and the…
Gilbert, Elizabeth City of girls
Le Tellier, Herve The anomaly
Nors, Dorthe Mirror, shoulder, signal
Prose, Nita The maid
MYSTERY
Griffiths, Elly The midnight hour : a Brighton mystery
Morris, Wanda M. All her little secrets
Spotwood, Stephen Murder under her skin
NON FICTION
Donner, Rebecca, All the frequent troubles true story of the American woman… resistance to Hitler
Mowat, Farley. The dog who wouldn’t be
Orlean, Susan On animals
BIOGRAPHY
Applegate, Debby, Madam : the biography of Polly Adler, icon of…twenties
Tomalin, Claire The young H.G.Wells
THE DISPLAY TABLE – In the Bleak Midwinter
New Books December, 2021
Fiction
Barnes, Julian The Sense of an Ending
Cussler, Clive Wrath of Poseidon
Erdrich, Louise The Sentence
Haig, Matt The Midnight Library
Hoffman, Alice Practical Magic
Itami, Emily Fault Lines
King, Laurie Rivera GoldLe Carre John Silverview
Schlink, Bernhard Olga
Shafak, Elif. The Island of Missing Trees
Large Print Fiction
Krueger William Kent This Tender Land
Mysteries
Connelly, Michael The Darkest Hours
Cotterill, Colin The Second Biggest Nothing
Lovesey, Peter Diamond and the Eye
Priest, Cherie Grave Reservations
Non- Fiction
___________. The 1619 Project
Buck, Rinker The Oregon Trail
Gates, Melinda The Moment of Lift
Goodall, Jane The Book of Hope
Graeber & Wengrow The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
Haupt, Lyanda Lynn The Urban Bestiary
Proust, Marcel. Letters to the Lady Upstairs
Renkl, Margaret Late Migrations
Biography
McGowan, James A Station master on the Underground Railroad
Roberts, Steven V. Cokie
Woodward, Bob Peril
Audio Books on CD
Osman, Richard The Man Who Died Twice
WINTER NEW DVDs IN THE LIBRARY
Let Him Go – Diane Lane & Kevin Coster star. Following the loss of their son, retired sheriff George Blackledge (Kevin Costner) and his wife Margaret (Diane Lane) leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from a dangerous family living off the grid. They soon discover that the Weboy family has no intention of letting the child go, forcing George and Margaret to fight for their family.
Martin Eden, Luca Marinelli stars. A vibrant, award-winning lead performance from Luca Marinelli dominates this drama about education, class status and the spirit of socialism. Based on Jack London novel of the same name.
Together Together, starring Ed Helms – An endearing and clever anti-romantic comedy about the meaning of family and the chance encounters that change lives forever.
In the Heights – a musical – The creator of “Hamilton” invites you to the event of the summer, where the streets are made of music and little dreams become big… “In the Heights.” Lights up on Washington Heights.
What Maisie Knew starring Julianne Moore based in the novel by Henry James with the same name. he offspring of a hot-headed musician (Julianne Moore) and an art dealer (Steve Coogan), little Maisie (Onata Aprile) learns the hard way about how difficult divorce can be on a youngster. The quiet, obedient child gets caught in the middle as her self-absorbed parents use her as a pawn in a bitter custody battle.
Some Kind of Heaven, The Villages residents – Director Lance Oppenheim cracks the manicured facade of The Villages, America’s largest retirement community — a massive, self-contained utopia located in Central Florida. Behind the gates of this palm tree-lined fantasyland, Some Kind of Heaven invests in the dreams and desires of a small group of Villages residents — and one interloper — who are unable to find happiness within the community’s pre-packaged paradise.
Best Summer Ever, a musical romance. A high school football player is shocked to discover that the new girl in school is the same girl he fell in love with at a summer dance camp.
Fisherman’s Friends – drama and comedy. This British rom-com features a sweet story about community and an idyllic seaside town full of characters you can’t help but love. Ten fishermen from Cornwall achieve a Top 10 hit after they are signed by Universal Records.
Fall 2021 DVD’s -Donated
Call # Title Year Barcode DVD 42nd 42nd Street 2000 120023095 DVD AMO Amores perros 2001 120023088 DVD BEA Beatles: Yellow Submarine 1999 120023087 DVD CUC The Cuckoo – Kukushka 2003 120023097 DVD DAL Dalziel & Pascoe 2010 120023093 DVD DAM Dames 2006 120023090 DVD DRS Dr. Strangelove 2004 120023089 DVD EUG Eugene Onegin, Opera NONE 120023092 DVD LAW Lawrence of Arabia 1962 120023096 DVD LEW DOC Lewis & Clark : great journey West / 2003 120023085 DVD MER The merry widow, Opera 2003 120023091 DVD NOM BLU… Nomadland BLU-RAY DISC 2021 120023100 DVD OFF The Office 2003 120023094 DVD RED Red Desert 1964 120023084 DVD SEC DOC
DVD SOLSecrets of Antarctica
Solaris1957
2002120023099
120023098SUMMER DVD’s – New and Donated
News of the World
Five years after the Civil War, Captain Kidd moves from town to town as a storyteller. In Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna, a ten-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier. She is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search for a place that either can call home.
Upstairs Downstairs
Complete First Season – originally produced for Television 1971. 4 video discs.
3 Inspector Morse Sets
Inspector Morse is a melancholy, enigmatic and romantic man who never uses his first name and who find solace in real ale, classical music, and difficult crosswords. Together with his able sergeant Lewis, Morse uses his considerable intellect and passion for truth and justice to investigate death and murder in the English university town of Oxford.
Iris
A film about Iris Murdoch based on the memoirs of John Bayley – recounting his courtship and marriage to her.
Romantic Favorites Collection
Includes 4 popular movies: Bridget Jones, Love Actually, Notting Hill and About A Boy.