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Currently Available Library Services
Visit the "COVID-19 Services" page on our website for an up-to-date summary of currently available services, including our schedule for contactless pickup and outdoor book browsing, and information on contactless printing: www.vhlibrary.org/Covid19.shtml

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A Funny Program about Funny Programs




Join us online on Friday November 27th at 6 pm for a presentation by author Martin Gitlin, based on his book The Greatest Sitcoms of All Time. Marty is the the only author to have actually ranked the greatest sitcoms ever (the top six: SeinfeldAll in the FamilyM*A*S*HI Love LucyThe Mary Tyler Moore ShowCheers) based on wide-ranging criteria. 
 
This presentation will be a blast! Marty will show really funny snippets of sitcoms chronologically, from I Love Lucy and The Andy Griffith Show to Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory, and explain how they have evolved over the years in relevance, content, and humor. He will engage and challenge patrons with sitcom trivia, and will  impart a lot of information about sitcom history. Most of all, this will be fun! 
 
Please register for this fun event at:  https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEud-ugpzgjE9UNDKmptSBeB_kihJOVgKta

Upcoming Virtual Library Events


While the library building is closed we'll be offering online workshops using the video meeting platform Zoom. To register or for more information, contact our Program Coordinator Anne McDonough at amcdonough@clamsnet.org. Attendance for all programs may be limited and you will need internet access to participate.

10 am Monday November 16th
Online: Advance Care Planning with Healthy Aging MV

Sharing your wishes for end-of-life care can bring you closer to the people you love. It’s critically important. We know that no guide and no single conversation can cover all the decisions that you and your family may face. What a conversation can do is provide a shared understanding of what matters most to you and your loved ones. This can make it easier to make decisions when the time comes. Join the conversation to gather the toolkit! Please register at:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwodeqvrjIuHdzv0UQGXKXZmqD0soadJmy5

9 am Tuesday November 17th
Online: Conversation en Francais

Join our weekly French conversation group. All levels are welcome. For more language learning support try Mango Languages, an online language-learning system available to library cardholders. 

1:30 pm Thursday November 19th
Online: Library Book Group
Come enjoy a lively discussion online! Monthly book selections are available as Overdrive eBooks as well as in print format via request. Everyone is invited to join us. November selection:  'Prairie Fires: the American dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder' by Caroline Fraser. 

10 am Monday November 23rd
Online: Nancy Star, Author of "Rules for Moving"

Nancy Star, bestselling author of Sisters One, Two, Three (2017), returns with another poignant examination of a family’s secrets and confessions in her newest book Rules for Moving. In this novel, Star writes with heart about a woman’s struggle to reconcile her success at work—she’s a beloved advice columnist—with her troubles at home; her son has stopped speaking to everyone but her.

6 pm Tuesday November 24th
Online: Martha's Vineyard Haiku Club 

The MV Haiku Club will meet monthly through December, led by author and teacher Caroline Joy Adams. Each session will have a specific theme, and participants will receive a helpful, explanatory PDF file ahead of time with suggested reading and writing assignments for the week’s meeting. The theme for this session will be Haiku as Tribute: Theme – Appreciation. 

6 pm Tuesday December 1st
Online: Dr. Michael Fine, Author of "The Bull"

A bull gets loose in Tennessee. A black sergeant stops the murder of a Trump supporter in North Carolina. The third husband of a nurse in Pawtucket wins the lottery. A schizophrenic woman who lives on Kennedy Plaza discovers that Social Security thinks she is dead. Ten stories -- people whose lives are transformed, who struggle and survive, who see their world through lost hopes, inappropriate loves, and irrational dreams. Dr. Michael Fine is a writer, community organizer, family physician, public health official and author of Health Care Revolt: How to Organize, Build a Health Care System, and Resuscitate Democracy – All at the Same Time.

For information on virtual library programs being offered statewide, visit the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners calendar of virtual programs!

Learn how to use Zoom on the Zoom Channel on Youtube! (If you need more help, contact the library to set up a Zoom practice session with one of our librarians.)

Toni Morrison Series Now on Vimeo




Professor Philip Weinstein's six part seminar on the works of Toni Morrison will conclude on Wednesday, December 2nd at 5:30 pm, with a discussion of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel "Beloved." Copies of the book are available for pickup at Vineyard Haven Library, and the eBook is available from our Overdrive collection.

Previous sessions in this series can be viewed on-demand on the library's Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/showcase/7730267

Philip M. Weinstein is Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor of English Emeritus at Swarthmore College. He has been offering literary seminars in cooperation with the Vineyard Haven Public Library since 2012. 

This year's seminar has been sponsored by Vineyard Haven Public Library Building Fund, Inc. (VHPLBFI), a nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization dedicated to improving the library building. VHPLBFI is undertaking a capital campaign to support the addition of a multipurpose meeting space at the library, without the use of taxpayer funding. For more information including images of the proposed design and how you can support the project, visit https://vhplbfi.weebly.com

Discover Massachusetts Authors!




This weekend on November 14–15, the Boston Book Festival is teaming up with Massachusetts Center for the Book for a bonanza weekend of local literature, featuring authors from across the Commonwealth, in all genres, introducing readers to their latest books in a fast-paced series of bite-sized videos.

Register just once and you'll be all set to attend all three sessions: 
Fiction and Poetry: 1pm Saturday 11/14
Books for Young Readers: 3pm Saturday 11/14
Nonfiction and Memoir: 1pm Sunday 11/15


Visit the Book Festival website for complete schedule and registration information:
https://bostonbookfest.org/year-round-events/ma-book-bites/

Backyard Book Browsing


On Tuesday and Saturday mornings from 10 am to noon, library patrons are invited to browse and checkout a selection of new books outdoors in the courtyard behind the library (weather permitting). No appointment is needed, but it's a good idea to call and confirm since our schedule for outdoor events is subject to change. (If you are looking for a particular item, please call the library to arrange for pickup during our scheduled daily pickup hours.) 

Entry is by the path behind the building from Greenwood Avenue. For everyone's safety and in keeping with state and local guidelines, participants are required to wear a mask, sanitize hands prior to browsing, practice social distancing, and limit handling of books they do not intend to check out. Browsing may be limited to 15 minutes per person.

New Books Available This Week


Here's a sample of the new fiction and nonfiction titles recently added to the library's collection! Visit the new books page on our website, updated weekly, to keep up with what's new.
 
Moonflower Murders Moonflower Murders
By Horowitz, Anthony
2020-11 - Harper
9780062955456 Check Our Catalog

Featuring his famous literary detective Atticus Pund and Susan Ryeland, hero of the worldwide bestseller Magpie Murders, a brilliantly complex literary thriller with echoes of Agatha Christie from New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz.

Retired publisher Susan Ryeland is living the good life. She is running a small hotel on a Greek 
…More

The Arrest The Arrest
By Lethem, Jonathan
2020-11 - Ecco Press
9780062938787 Check Our Catalog

From the award-winning author of The Feral Detective and Motherless Brooklyn comes an utterly original post-collapse yarn about two siblings, the man that came between them, and a nuclear-powered super car.

The Arrest isn't post-apocalypse. It isn't a dystopia. It isn't a utopia. It's just what happens when much of what we take for granted--cars, guns, …More

The Kingdom The Kingdom
By Nesbo, Jo
Translator Ferguson, Robert
2020-11 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780525655411 Check Our Catalog

Roy and Carl have spent their whole lives running from the darkness in their past, but when Carl finally returns to make peace with it, the two brothers are inexorably drawn into a reckoning with their own demons.

Roy has never left the quiet mountain town he grew up in, unlike his little brother Carl who couldn't wait to get out and escape his troubled past. Just like everyone …More

Fortune and Glory Fortune and Glory
By Evanovich, Janet
2020-11 - Atria Books
9781982154837 Check Our Catalog

The twenty-seventh entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series isn't just the biggest case of Stephanie Plum's career. It's the adventure of a lifetime.

When Stephanie's beloved Grandma Mazur's new husband died on their wedding night, the only thing he left her was a beat-up old easy chair...and the keys to a life-changing fortune.

But as Stephanie and Grandma Mazur …More

White Ivy White Ivy
By Yang, Susie
2020-11 - Simon & Schuster
9781982100599 Check Our Catalog

***LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION'S FIRST NOVEL PRIZE***

A dazzling debut novel about a young woman's dark obsession with her privileged classmate and the lengths she'll go to win his love--from prizewinning Chinese American author Susie Yang.

Ivy Lin is a thief and a liar--but you'd never know it by looking at her.

Raised outside of Boston, Ivy's immigrant …More

Head Wounds: A Kevin Kerney Novel Head Wounds: A Kevin Kerney Novel
By McGarrity, Michael
2020-11 - W. W. Norton & Company
9781324002857 Check Our Catalog

Given a chance to salvage his law enforcement career, Dona Ana County Sheriff's Detective Clayton Istee catches a bizarre late-night double homicide at a Las Cruces hotel. Both victims, a man and a woman, have been scalped with their throats cut.

The murders show all the signs of a signature hit, but national and state crime databases reveal no similar profiles. Digging into the victims' …More

Tsarina Tsarina
By Alpsten, Ellen
2020-11 - St. Martin's Press
9781250214430 Check Our Catalog

Makes Game of Thrones look like a nursery rhyme. --Daisy Goodwin, New York Times bestselling author of The Fortune Hunter

" Alpsten] recounts this remarkable woman's colourful life and times. --Count Nikolai Tolstoy, historian and author

Before there was Catherine the Great, there was Catherine Alexeyevna: the first 
…More

Secret Agent Double Agent
By Bradby, Tom
2020-11 - Atlantic Monthly Press
9780802157645 Check Our Catalog

Kidnapped in Venice by a Russian defector, Kate knows she's in trouble. But when he offers her conclusive evidence that the British Prime Minister is a live agent working for Moscow, Kate's holiday quickly becomes the start of her next mission.

The defector has proof of the PM involved in a sordid scandal--a video supposedly used to blackmail him into Russian service decades prior--and a …More

Collected Stories Collected Stories
By Hazzard, Shirley
Editor Olubas, Brigitta
Foreword by Heller, Zoë
2020-11 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
9780374126483 Check Our Catalog

Collected Stories includes both volumes of the National Book Award-winning author Shirley Hazzard's short-story collections--Cliffs of Fall and People in Glass Houses--alongside uncollected works and two previously unpublished stories

Shirley Hazzard's Collected Stories is a work of staggering breadth and accomplishment. Taken together, these …More

The Law of Innocence The Law of Innocence
By Connelly, Michael
2020-11 - Little Brown and Company
9780316485623 Check Our Catalog

Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller must defend himself against murder charges in the heart-stopping new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.

On the night he celebrates a big win, defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a former client in the trunk of his Lincoln. Haller is immediately charged with 
…More

Marauder: The Oregon Files Book 15 Marauder: The Oregon Files Book 15
By Cussler, Clive
Author Morrison, Boyd
2020-11 - G.P. Putnam's Sons
9780593087916 Check Our Catalog

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are back with a new adventure in this thrilling suspense novel in Clive Cussler's #1 New York Times-bestselling series.

Juan Cabrillo and his team of expert operatives return in this latest entry in Clive Cussler's Oregon Files series. Aboard the Oregon, one of the most advanced spy ships ever built, they face new …More

The Alpha Enigma The Alpha Enigma
By Gear, W. Michael
2020-11 - Daw Books
9780756414467 Check Our Catalog

A thrilling new science fiction mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of the Donovan novels

Dr. Timothy Ryan, head of the military psychiatric unit at Grantham Barracks, is meeting a new patient, a woman known as "Prisoner Alpha." As she is being transferred, they are attacked by assassins, barely escaping with their lives. One shooter vanishes, leaving behind a dead …More

The Fires of Vengeance The Fires of Vengeance
By Winter, Evan
2020-11 - Orbit
9780316489805 Check Our Catalog

In order to reclaim her throne and save her people, an ousted queen must join forces with a young warrior in the second book of this"relentlessly gripping, brilliant" epic fantasy series from a breakout author (James Islington).

Tau and his Queen, desperate to delay the impending attack on the capital by the indigenous people of Xidda, craft a dangerous plan. If Tau 
…More

Murder in Old Bombay Murder in Old Bombay
By March, Nev
2020-11 - Minotaur Books
9781250269546 Check Our Catalog

In 19th century Bombay, Captain Jim Agnihotri channels his idol, Sherlock Holmes, in Nev March's Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award-winning debut.

In 1892, Bombay is the center of British India. Nearby, Captain Jim Agnihotri lies in Poona military hospital recovering from a skirmish on the wild northern frontier, with little to do but re-read the tales …More

Murder by Milk Bottle Murder by Milk Bottle
By Truss, Lynne
2020-11 - Bloomsbury Publishing
9781635575965 Check Our Catalog

The quirky and charming third crime novel from New York Times bestselling author Lynne Truss.

In the wake of two extremely high-profile murder cases, and with the summer of 1957 finally winding down, Constable Twitten is eagerly anticipating a quiet spell at work. But his hoped-for rest is interrupted when he and his colleagues find a trio of bodies, all murdered with the …More

The Living Is Easy The Living Is Easy
By West, Dorothy
Afterword by Cromwell, Adelaide M.
Foreword by Jerkins, Morgan
2020-11 - Feminist Press
9781936932979 Check Our Catalo

The captivating first novel by Dorothy West--author of "The Wedding." …More

Aphasia Aphasia
By Cardenas, Mauro Javier
2020-11 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
9780374257866 Check Our Catalog

Mauro Javier C rdenas, the critically-acclaimed author of The Revolutionaries Try Again--"an original, insubordinate novel" (New York Times)--pens a profound story of literature about a man coming to terms with his dysfunctional Colombian family, as well as his own behavior, as an immigrant in America.

Antonio wants to avoid thinking about his sister--even though he …More

Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
By Clark, Heather
2020-10 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780307961167 Check Our Catalog

"Finally, the biography that Sylvia Plath deserves . . . A spectacular achievement." --Ruth Franklin, author of Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

The highly anticipated new biography of Sylvia Plath that focuses on her remarkable literary and intellectual achievements, while restoring the woman behind the long-held myths about her life and art.

With a wealth of …More

The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories
By Evans, Danielle
2020-11 - Riverhead Books
9781594487330 Check Our Catalog

"Danielle Evans demonstrates, once again, that she is the finest short story writer working today."--Roxane Gay, New York Times-bestselling author of Difficult Women and Bad Feminist

"Danielle Evans is a stone-cold genius." --Rebecca Makkai, National Book Award finalist for The Great Believers

The award-winning author of …More

Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind
By Pattison, Kermit
2020-11 - William Morrow & Company
9780062410283 Check Our Catalog

A rip-roaring tale, Fossil Men is one of those rare books that can be a prism through which to view the world, exposing the fabric of the Earth and illuminating the Tree of Life. --New York Times bestselling author Peter Nichols

A behind-the-scenes account of the shocking discovery of the skeleton of …More

Cast Iron and Frail: Women, Music, Love, and Fame Cast Iron and Frail: Women, Music, Love, and Fame
By Robinson, Lisa
2020-11 - Henry Holt & Company
9781627794909 Check Our Catalog

An intimate look at the lives of our most celebrated female musicians--and their challenges with fame--from a legendary music journalist

Over four decades, Lisa Robinson has made a name for herself as a celebrated journalist in a business long known for its boys' club mentality. But to Robinson, the female performers who sat down with her, most often at the peak of …More

Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence
By Saffitz, Claire
2020-10 - Clarkson Potter Publishers
9781984826961 Check Our Catalog

In her first cookbook, Bon App tit and YouTube star of the show Gourmet Makes offers wisdom, problem-solving strategies, and more than 100 meticulously tested, creative, and inspiring recipes.

"There are no 'just cooks' out there, only bakers who haven't yet been converted. I am a dessert person, and we are all dessert people."--Claire Saffitz 
…More

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
By Acho, Emmanuel
2020-11 - Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book
9781250800466 Check Our Catalog

An urgent primer on race and racism, from the host of the viral hit video series
"Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man"

"You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have." So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to address the systemic racism that has recently electrified protests in all 
…More

Big Dirty Money: The Hidden Cost of White Collar Crime Big Dirty Money: The Hidden Cost of White Collar Crime
By Taub, Jennifer
2020-09 - Viking
9781984879974 Check Our Catalog

How ordinary Americans suffer when the rich and powerful break the law to get richer and more powerful--and how we can stop it.

There is an elite crime spree happening in America, and the privileged perps are getting away with it. Selling loose cigarettes on a city sidewalk can lead to a choke-hold arrest, and death, if you are not among the top 1%. But if you're rich and commit mail, …More

One Life One Life
By Rapinoe, Megan
Author Brockes, Emma
2020-11 - Penguin Press
9781984881168 Check Our Catalog

Megan Rapinoe, Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion, has become a galvanizing force for social change; here, she urges all of us to take up the mantle, with actions big and small, to continue the fight for justice and equality

Megan Rapinoe is one of the world's most talented athletes. But beyond her massive professional success on the soccer field, Rapinoe has …More

The Sediments of Time: My Lifelong Search for the Past The Sediments of Time: My Lifelong Search for the Past
By Leakey, Meave
Author Leakey, Samira
2020-11 - Houghton Mifflin
9780358206675 Check Our Catalog

Meave Leakey's thrilling, high-stakes memoir--written with her daughter Samira--encapsulates her distinguished life and career on the front lines of the hunt for our human origins, a quest made all the more notable by her stature as a woman in a highly competitive, male-dominated field.

In The Sediments of Timepreeminent paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey brings …More

Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
By Townsend, Camilla
2019-11 - Oxford University Press, USA
9780190673062 Check Our Catalog

In November 1519, Hernando Cort�s walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That story--and the story of what happened afterwards--has been told many times, but always following the narrative offered by the Spaniards. After all, we have been taught, it was the Europeans who held the pens. But the Native Americans were intrigued …More

The Idea of the Brain: A History The Idea of the Brain: A History
By Cobb, Matthew
2020-04 - Basic Books
9781541646858 Check Our Catalog

An "elegant", "engrossing" (Carol Tavris, Wall Street Journal) examination of what we think we know about the brain and why -- despite technological advances -- the workings of our most essential organ remain a mystery.

"I cannot recommend this book strongly enough."--Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm
…More

The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
By Mars, Roman
Author Kohlstedt, Kurt
2020-10 - Houghton Mifflin
9780358126607 Check Our Catalog

A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast

Have you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk mean?
Or stopped to consider why you don't see metal fire escapes on new buildings?
Or pondered the story behind those dancing …More

Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War
By Brown, Vincent
2020-01 - Belknap Press
9780674737570 Check Our Catalog

A gripping account of the largest slave revolt in the eighteenth-century British Atlantic world, an uprising that laid bare the interconnectedness of Europe, Africa, and America, shook the foundations of empire, and reshaped ideas of race and popular belonging.

In the second half of the eighteenth century, as European imperial conflicts extended the domain of capitalist agriculture, …More

The Practice: Shipping Creative Work The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
By Godin, Seth
2020-11 - Portfolio
9780593328972 Check Our Catalog

From the bestselling author of LinchpinTribes, and The Dip comes an elegant little book that will inspire artists, writers, and entrepreneurs to stretch and commit to putting their best work out into the world.

Creative work doesn't come with a guarantee. But there is a pattern to who succeeds and who doesn't. And engaging in the consistent practice of its …More

The Digital Library is Always Open


While printed books, movies, audiobooks, and magazines are now available for pickup from Vineyard Haven Library, cardholders can continue to access our digital library for streaming video, eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, genealogy, and eLearning resources.

Access to most resources requires a Vineyard Haven Library Card and PIN number. Contact the library if you need assistance getting started with digital resources.

      

            

More digital resources...
 

Weekly Children's Room Newsletter




Our Children's Librarian Emily is sending out a new weekly email newsletter for families. To sign up, email Emily at elapierre@clamsnet.org, or just reply to this email and ask to be added to the children's email list. You can follow this link to view this week's issue: DIY Jigsaw Puzzle, Learn a New Game, Virtual Family Game Night

Weekly Children's Programs
Each week our Youth Services librarians create "Take & Make" bags filled with themed educational activities. Virtual Storytime and video tutorials on our Facebook and YouTube pages enhance the Take & Make bag activities. Bags are available for pickup weekly on Sundays from 3pm - 5pm (on a first come basis while supplies last). For more information, contact Emily our Children's Librarian! Teen "Take & Make" craft bags are also available weekly, Young Adult Librarian Jennifer can provide the details!

For program announcements follow our Kids & Young Adults Facebook Page, and check out our new YouTube channel. Books are now available from the library through contactless pickup, and eBooks are available through our digital library resources for kids.

Hours & Contact Information


Call: (508) 696-4210 
Email:  vhpl_mail@clamsnet.org 
Staff Hours:  Monday-Saturday, 10 AM - 5 PM


Contactless Pickup Hours:  
Monday-Saturday, 12 PM - 4 PM, & until 6 PM  Thursday

The Library Building is temporarily closed to the public. Contactless pickup of books, movies, CDs, magazines, and other library material is available 6 days a week. Items must be requested in advance. We cannot fill walk-up requests at this time, but we will do our best to fill same day holds placed by 2pm. Learn more: http://www.vhlibrary.org/contactless.shtml

For the latest information on library services and programs, visit our website http://vhlibrary.org/ or follow our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/vhlibrary/.

Programming at Vineyard Haven Public Library is supported by the Friends of the Library, the Bergman Foundation, and by bequests from Ruth Redding and Stephen C. Luce.
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