Under call number 305.42, you can find A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf, The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions by Gloria Steinem, and Crazy Salad: Some Things About Women by Nora Ephron. We honor WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH with these titles and more for your 305.42 shelves! Click for […]
What a wonderful opportunity to hear one of our favorite authors discuss her LONG awaited new novel, LUCKY US. Amy Bloom recently shared the most endearing and funny stories of her childhood spent reading at the library. “I wanted to grow up to be a reader.” We hope you enjoy the clip! [youtube KcZkUP2rSao&index=5&list=UU6aKZJ5BobqgmxQGLVBlVZw=] Click […]
Celebrated author, David Mitchell, addressed our gathering of librarians with humor, esteem, and the masterful storytelling for which we all adore him. Librarians have been “a guiding hand” throughout his life and career. And it all began with a lost little boy finding refuge in the library and The Very Hungry Caterpillar! [youtube lxq-FEyXl5U&list=UU6aKZJ5BobqgmxQGLVBlVZw=] […]
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Robin Black, author of the critically acclaimed short story collection If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This, returns this summer with her debut novel, LIFE DRAWING. A fierce and moving portrait of a couple’s life, LIFE DRAWING explores the betrayals and intimacies, the needs and regrets, the secrets that sustain love and the […]
This Friday, we’re excited to present Remember Me Like This, a gripping debut novel filled with both nuanced characterization and the pace of a thriller. Four years have passed since Justin Campbell’s disappearance, a tragedy that rocked the small town of Southport, Texas. Did he run away? Was he kidnapped? Did he drown in the […]
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This week’s #FridayReads is an exquisitely written new memoir from Pulitzer Prize winner Gail Caldwell—author of the beloved Let’s Take the Long Way Home. NEW LIFE, NO INSTRUCTIONS chronicles a dramatic turning point in Caldwell’s life, which unexpectedly opened up a world of understanding, possibility, and connection. Perfect for readers of Anne Lamott, Kelly Corrigan, […]
Andrew’s Brain is the newest novel from American master E. L. Doctorow. The author of Ragtime, World’s Fair, Billy Bathgate, and The March takes us on a radical trip into the life and mind of a man—his marriages, mistakes, dreams—as he thinks about how to make sense of his life, and times. Request an eGalley. […]
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Royals with big personalities have always fascinated the masses. Buckingham University historian Jane Ridley explores the life of Edward VII, known as the “Playboy Prince,” in her new book THE HEIR APPARENT. King Edward the VII, affectionately called “Bertie”, was fifty-nine when he took the throne in 1901, upon the death of his mother […]
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