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.
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Sudden Traveller
By Hall, Sarah
2019-10 - Custom House
9780062959225 Check Our Catalog
" Hall is] beloved by readers for her gorgeous lyricism and ability to delve into unexpected and illuminating tales of what it means to be human. -- Stylist (UK)
Featuring her signature themes of identity, eroticism, and existential quest, the stories in Sarah Hall's third collection travel far afield in location and ambition--from …More
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Snowdrift
By Tursten, Helene
Translator Delargy, Marlaine
2020-12 - Soho Crime
9781641291606 Check Our Catalog
When a new lead breaks in the cold case that has long haunted Swedish Detective Inspector Embla Nystr m, the truth she's been seeking about her best friend's disappearance may finally be revealed--if it doesn't kill her first.
One winter night, 28-year-old Detective Inspector Embla Nystr m receives a phone call that sends her reeling. It's been fourteen years since her best friend …More
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An Inconvenient Woman
By Buelens, Stéphanie
2020-09 - Scarlet
9781613161906 Check Our Catalog
Sloane Wilson left the LAPD to work as a "sin eater," a contractor for hire who specializes in cleaning up inconvenient situations--situations which, for whatever reason, are better handled outside the law. Like, for example, an ex-wife who stalks her former husband, throws paint on his door, and makes vague, violent threats to his new wife. A domestic dispute like that can get messy …More
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NYPD Red 6
By Patterson, James
Author Karp, Marshall
2020-12 - Grand Central Publishing
9781538703014 Check Our Catalog
At the most lavish wedding of the season, the most brazen kidnapper in New York City takes "Here Comes the Bride" as an invitation.
Reality star Erin Easton's "Wedding of the Century" may have a cable crew documenting every extravagant bridal detail, but when "Airhead Easton" disappears from the reception, it's no diva turn. Her dressing room is empty but for a …More
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A Pretty Deceit
By Huber, Anna Lee
2020-09 - Kensington Publishing Corporation
9781496728470 Check Our Catalog
4th book in Verity Kent series
"A historical mystery to delight fans of Agatha Christie or Daphne du Maurier."
--Bookpage
In the aftermath of the Great War, the line between friend and foe may be hard to discern, even for indomitable former Secret Service agent Verity Kent, in award-winning author Anna Lee Huber's thrilling mystery series.
Peacetime has brought little respite for Verity …More
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Back Bay Blues
By Colt, Peter
2020-09 - Kensington Publishing Corporation
9781496723420 Check Our Catalog
Theft, greed, and corruption collide in Peter Colt's hard-edged new mystery featuring Vietnam veteran turned Boston P.I. Andy Roark.
1985, Boston. In Vietnam, Andy Roark witnessed death and horrifying destruction. But for the soldiers who made it back alive, there are other casualties of war--the loss of tenderness, trust, and connection. Still feeling adrift …More
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The Street
By Petry, Ann
Introduction by Jones, Tayari
2020-01 - Mariner Books
9780358187547 Check Our Catalog
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR TAYARI JONES
"How can a novel's social criticism be so unflinching and clear, yet its plot moves like a house on fire? I am tempted to describe Petry as a magician for the many ways that The Street amazes, but this description cheapens her talent . . . Petry is a gifted artist." -- Tayari Jones, from the …More
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In a Holidaze
By Lauren, Christina
2020-10 - Gallery Books
9781982123949 Check Our Catalog
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
One Christmas wish, two brothers, and a lifetime of hope are on the line for hapless Maelyn Jones in In a Holidaze, the quintessential holiday romantic novel by Christina Lauren, the New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners.
It's the most wonderful time of the year...but not for Maelyn Jones. …More
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The Glass House
By Colin, Beatrice
2020-09 - Flatiron Books
9781250152503 Check Our Catalog
Beatrice Colin's The Glass House is a gorgeously transporting novel filled with turn-of-the-century detail and lush blooms, about two women from vastly different worlds
Scotland, 1912. Antonia McCulloch's life hasn't gone the way she planned. She and her husband, Malcolm, have drifted apart; her burgeoning art career came to nothing; and when she looks in the mirror, she sees …More
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The Last Days of John Lennon
By Patterson, James
With Sherman, Casey
With Wedge, Dave
2020-12 - Little Brown and Company
9780316429061 Check Our Catalog
The greatest true-crime story in music history, as only James Patterson can tell it.
With the Beatles, John Lennon surpasses his youthful dreams, achieving a level of superstardom that defies classification. "We were the best bloody band there was," he says. "There was nobody to touch us." Nobody except the original nowhere man, Mark David Chapman. Chapman once worshipped his …More
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Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
By Ben-Ghiat, Ruth
2020-11 - W. W. Norton & Company
9781324001546 Check Our Catalog
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin--enabling her to predict with uncanny accuracy the recent experience in America. In Strongmen, she lays bare the blueprint these leaders have followed over the past 100 years, and empowers us to recognize, resist, and prevent their disastrous rule in the …More
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The Power of Adrienne Rich: A Biography
By Holladay, Hilary
2020-11 - Nan A. Talese
9780385541503 Check Our Catalog
The first comprehensive biography of Adrienne Rich, feminist and queer icon and internationally revered National Book Award winning poet.
Adrienne Rich was the female face of American poetry for decades. Her forceful, uncompromising writing has more than stood the test of time, and the life of the woman behind the words is equally impressive. Motivated by personal revelations, …More
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Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present
By Gosden, Chris
2020-11 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
9780374200121 Check Our Catalog
An Oxford professor of archaeology explores the unique history of magic--the oldest and most neglected strand of human behavior and its resurgence today
Three great strands of belief run through human history: Religion is the relationship with one god or many gods, masters of our lives and destinies. Science distances us from the world, turning us into observers and …More
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Unsinkable: Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett
By Sullivan, James
2020-12 - Scribner Book Company
9781982147631 Check Our Catalog
In the bestselling tradition of Indianapolis and In Harm's Way comes a thrilling and vividly told account of the USS Plunkett--a US Navy destroyer that sustained the most harrowing attack on any Navy ship by the Germans during World War II, that gave as good as it got, and that was later made famous by John Ford and Herman Wouk.
More than the story of a single, …More
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How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays
By Laymon, Kiese
2020-11 - Scribner Book Company
9781982170820 Check Our Catalog
A revised collection with thirteen essays, including six new to this edition and seven from the original edition, by the "star in the American literary firmament, with a voice that is courageous, honest, loving, and singularly beautiful" (NPR).
Brilliant and uncompromising, piercing and funny, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America is essential reading. …More
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Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany
By Wyllie, James
2020-11 - St. Martin's Press
9781250271563 Check Our Catalog
Nazi Wives is a fascinating look at the personal lives, psychological profiles, and marriages of the wives of officers in Hitler's inner circle.
Goering, Goebbels, Himmler, Heydrich, Hess, Bormann--names synonymous with power and influence in the Third Reich. Perhaps less familiar are Carin, Emmy, Magda, Margarete, Lina, Ilse and Gerda...
These are the women behind the …More
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Stop Avoiding Stuff: 25 Microskills to Face Your Fears and Do It Anyway
By Boone, Matthew S.
Author Gregg, Jennifer
Author Coyne, Lisa W.
2020-11 - New Harbinger Publications
9781684036059 Check Our Catalog
Afraid? Do it anyway The 25 microskills in this little book will help you stand up to your fears, so you can live the life you really want.
To fear is to be human. But fear can also keep us stuck living lives that are stale, stagnant, or downright miserable. Fear leads us down paths that feel more safe, but that deep down we know are wrong for us. The good news is that you …More
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The Aftergrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Grief
By Edelman, Hope
2020-10 - Ballantine Books
9780399179785 Check Our Catalog
A validating new approach to the long-term grieving process that explains why we feel "stuck," why that's normal, and how shifting our perception of grief can help us grow--from the New York Times bestselling author of Motherless Daughters
"This is perhaps one of the most important books about grief ever written. It finally dispels the myth that we are all …More
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150 Glimpses of the Beatles
By Brown, Craig
2020-10 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
9780374109318 Check Our Catalog
A distinctive portrait of the Fab Four by one of the sharpest and wittiest writers of our time
If you want to know what it was like to live those extraordinary Beatles years in real time, read this book. --Alan Johnson, The Spectator
Though fifty years have passed since the breakup of the Beatles, the fab four continue to occupy an utterly unique …More
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Light for the World to See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope
By Alexander, Kwame
2020-11 - Houghton Mifflin
9780358539414 Check Our Catalog
From NPR correspondent and New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, comes a powerful and provocative collection of poems that cut to the heart of the entrenched racism and oppression in America and eloquently explores ongoing events. A book in the tradition of James Baldwin's "A Report from Occupied Territory," Light for the World to See is a rap session on race. A lyrical …More
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The Big Three
By Holley, Michael
2020-12 - Hachette Books
9780316489942 Check Our Catalog
New York Times bestselling sportswriter Michael Holley tells the inside story of how Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett joined together to form the most dominant team in basketball and lead the Boston Celtics to their first championship in more than two decades.
The first of "The Big Three" was Paul Pierce. As Boston Celtics fans watched the team retire Pierce's …More
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Inventing Equality: Repairing the Constitution in the Aftermath of the Civil War
By Bellesiles, Michael
2020-10 - St. Martin's Press
9781250091918 Check Our Catalog
The evolution of the battle for true equality in America seen through the men, ideas, and politics behind the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments passed at the end of the Civil War.
On July 4, 1852, Frederick Douglass stood in front of a crowd in Rochester, New York, and asked, "What to the slave is the Fourth of July?" The audience had invited him to speak on the day celebrating …More
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Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Conquered the World
By Burgis, Tom
2020-09 - Harper
9780062883650 Check Our Catalog
A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year
"A must-read for anyone wanting to better understand what has already happened here in America and what lies ahead if Trump is reelected in November.... A magisterial account of the money and violence behind the world's most powerful dictatorships." -Washington …More
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Coastal Blues: Home Decorating Ideas Inspired by Seaside Living
By Hayden, Sally
Author Whately, Alice
2020-06 - Ryland Peters & Small
9781788791472 Check Our Catalog
Coastal Blues is a magnificent celebration of shoreside homes around the globe, offering decorative inspiration for all of us who love the ocean or dream of living by the sea.
Covering homes from as far apart as the Bahamas and Denmark, authors Sally Hayden and Alice Whately begin by looking at the essential components of the coastal look--color and texture, materials, furniture, …More
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A Good Bake: The Art and Science of Making Perfect Pastries, Cakes, Cookies, Pies, and Breads at Home: A Cookbook
By Weller, Melissa
Author Carreno, Carolynn
2020-11 - Knopf Publishing Group
9781524733438 Check Our Catalog
From the James Beard Award nominee, a comprehensive baking bible for the twenty-first century, with 120 scientifically grounded recipes for sweet and savory baked goods anyone can master.
A very good combination: Baking science all of us can understand and a splendid collection of recipes. . . . A baker's must " --Dorie Greenspan, author of Dorie's Cookies and Everyday …More
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Radical Intuition: A Revolutionary Guide to Using Your Inner Power
By Chestney, Kim
Foreword by Moses, Kim
2020-11 - New World Library
9781608687145 Check Our Catalog
Radical Intuition reveals an all-new understanding of intuition and how to use it to live an extraordinary life. This practical guide will teach you to go beyond thinking and discover higher awareness with the power of intuition -- a revolutionary force at the threshold of a new era of consciousness. Kim Chestney gives clear guidance for tuning in to your own process of insight, backed by …More
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Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town
By Ash, Lamorna
2020-12 - Bloomsbury Publishing
9781635576153 Check Our Catalog
From an adventurous and discerning new voice reminiscent of Robert Macfarlane, a captivating portrait of a community eking out its living in a coastal landscape as stark and storied as it is beautiful.
Before arriving in Newlyn, a Cornish fishing village at the end of the railway line, Lamorna Ash was told that no fisherman would want a girl joining an expedition. Weeks later, the …More
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Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941
By Allport, Alan
2020-11 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780451494740 Check Our Catalog
A sweeping, groundbreaking epic that combines military with social history, to illuminate the ways in which Great Britain and its people were permanently transformed by the Second World War.
Here is the many-faceted, world-historically significant story of Britain at war. In looking closely at the military and political dimensions of the conflict's first crucial years, Alan Allport …More
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Mastering Bread: The Art and Practice of Handmade Sourdough, Yeasted Bread, and Pastry
By Vetri, Marc
Author Kopp McWilliams, Claire
Author Joachim, David
2020-10 - Ten Speed Press
9781984856982 Check Our Catalog
From a master of the artisan bread movement comes a comprehensive guide to making incredible bread at home, featuring more than 70 delicious recipes
"Here, finally, is the one bread book that every cook needs on their kitchen worktable."--Andrew Zimmern, host of Bizarre Foods
The Vetri Cucina Bread Program began over a decade ago and has been part of the American …More
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The Iconic American House: Architectural Masterworks Since 1900
By Bradbury, Dominic
Author Powers, Richard
2020-10 - Thames & Hudson
9780500022955 Check Our Catalog
Some of the world's greatest architects, including Walter Gropius, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, have used their talents to create groundbreaking innovations in American residential architecture over the past 120 years. Though wide-ranging in style, these houses share a remarkable sensitivity to site and context; appreciation of local materials; experimentation with form, …More
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Abstract Art: A Global History
By Karmel, Pepe
2020-11 - Thames & Hudson
9780500239582 Check Our Catalog
In his fresh take on abstract art, noted art historian Pepe Karmel chronicles the movement from a global perspective, while embedding abstraction in a recognizable reality. Moving beyond the canonical terrain of abstract art, the author demonstrates how artists from around the world have used abstract imagery to express social, cultural, and spiritual experience.
Karmel builds this fresh …More
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Music for the Dead and Resurrected: Poems
By Mort, Valzhyna
2020-11 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
9780374252069 Check Our Catalog
In her book of letters to the dead, the prize-winning poet Valzhyna Mort relearns how to mourn those erased by violent history.
With shocking, unforgettable lyric force, Valzhyna Mort's Music for the Dead and Resurrected confronts
the legacy of violent death in one family in Belarus. In these letters to the dead, the poet asks: How do we mourn after a century of …More
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Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House
By Maddow, Rachel
Author Yarvitz, Michael
2020-12 - Crown Publishing Group (NY)
9780593136683 Check Our Catalog
The knockdown, drag-out, untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixon's White House, and reset the rules for crooked presidents to come--with new reporting that expands on Rachel Maddow's Peabody Award-nominated podcast
"Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz expand on their riveting podcast to create a work both scholarly and disturbing in its parallels to current …More
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Bland Fanatics: Essays
By Mishra, Pankaj
2020-10 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
9780374293314 Check Our Catalog
A wide-ranging, controversial collection of critical essays on the political mania plaguing the West by one of the most important public intellectuals of our time.
In America and in England, faltering economies at home and failed wars abroad have generated a political and intellectual hysteria. It is a derangement manifested in a number of ways: nostalgia for imperialism, xenophobic …More
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Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life
By Stadler, Gustavus
2020-10 - Beacon Press
9780807018910 Check Our Catalog
Dismantles the Woody Guthrie we have been taught--the rough-and-ready rambling' man--to reveal an artist who discovered how intimacy is crucial for political struggle
Woody Guthrie is often mythologized as the classic American "rambling' man," a real-life Steinbeckian folk hero who fought for working-class interests and inspired Bob Dylan. Biographers and fans frame him as a foe of …More
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How Not to Diet Cookbook: 100+ Recipes for Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss
By Greger, Michael
2020-12 - Flatiron Books
9781250199256 Check Our Catalog
From Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM, the author of the New York Times bestseller How Not to Die, comes a four-color, fully illustrated cookbook that shares the science of long-term weight-loss success.
Dr. Michael Greger founded the viral website Nutritionfacts.org with the aim to educate the public about what healthy eating looks like and connect them with …More
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World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
By Nezhukumatathil, Aimee
Illustrator Nakamura, Fumi
2020-09 - Milkweed Editions
9781571313652 Check Our Catalog
A Barnes & Noble 2020 Book of the Year Finalist
A Kirkus Prize Finalist for Nonfiction
A Southern Book Prize Finalist
An NPR Best Book of 2020
An Esquire Best Book of 2020
A BookPage Best Book of 2020
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2020
A Wall …More
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The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist
By Amore, Anthony M.
2020-11 - Pegasus Crime
9781643135298 Check Our Catalog
The extraordinary life and crimes of heiress-turned-revolutionary Rose Dugdale, who in 1974 became the only woman to pull off a major art heist.
In the world of crime, there exists an unusual commonality between those who steal art and those who repeatedly kill: they are almost exclusively male. But, as with all things, there is always an outlier--someone who bucks the trend, defying the …More
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The Invention of Medicine: A History from Homer to Hippocrates
By Fox, Robin Lane
2020-12 - Basic Books
9780465093441 Check Our Catalog
A preeminent classics scholar revises the history of medicine.
Medical thinking and observation were radically changed by the ancient Greeks, one of their great legacies to the world. In the fifth century BCE, a Greek doctor put forward his clinical observations of individual men, women, and children in a collection of case histories known as the Epidemics. Among his …More
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Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy
By Brody, Leslie
2020-12 - Seal Press (CA)
9781580057691 Check Our Catalog
In this inspiring biography, discover the true story of Harriet the Spy author Louise Fitzhugh -- and learn about the woman behind one of literature's most beloved heroines. Harriet the Spy, first published in 1964, has mesmerized generations of readers and launched a million diarists. Its beloved antiheroine, Harriet, is erratic, unsentimental, and endearing -- very much like …More
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Sylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel
By Holmes, Rachel
2020-12 - Bloomsbury Publishing
9781408880418 Check Our Catalog
On the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the definitive biography of suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst-political rebel, human rights champion, and radical feminist ahead of her time.
Sylvia Pankhurst fought militantly for a woman's right to vote, inspiring movements around the globe. But the vote was just the beginning. A talented artist, a free-spirit, a visionary, Sylvia was seen …More
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The Book of Moods: How I Turned My Worst Emotions Into My Best Life
By Martin, Lauren
2020-12 - Grand Central Publishing
9781538733622 Check Our Catalog
The Happiness Project meets So Sad Today in this "hilariously witty, unflinchingly honest" book from Words of Women founder Lauren Martin, as she contemplates the nature of negative emotions -- and the insights that helped her to take control of her life (Bobbi Brown).
Five years ago, Lauren Martin was sure something was wrong with her. She had a good …More
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Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity
By Palmer, Frances
2020-10 - Artisan Publishers
9781579659059 Check Our Catalog
"Roll-up-your-sleeves advice on throwing pottery, growing dahlias, cooking her tried-and-true recipes, and everything in between."
--Martha Stewart Living
"Suited to any type of creative, offering up lessons on inspiration and creativity that are sure to bring out your inner talent."
--House Beautiful, Best New Design Books
What makes a …More
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The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science
By Falk, Seb
2020-11 - W. W. Norton & Company
9781324002932 Check Our Catalog
Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. But the so-called Dark Ages also gave us the first universities, eyeglasses, and mechanical clocks. As medieval thinkers sought to understand the world around them, from the passing of the seasons to the stars in the sky, they came to develop a vibrant scientific …More
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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 Braille Writing, Learn mealtime skills, Sensory Scavenger Hunt!
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.
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Hours & Contact Information
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Email: vhpl_mail@clamsnet.org
Staff Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 AM - 5 PM
Contactless Pickup Hours:
Monday-Saturday, 12 PM - 5 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/.
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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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