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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Win
By Coben, Harlan
2021-03 - Grand Central Publishing
9781538748213 Check Our Catalog
From a #1 New York Times bestselling author comes this thrilling story that shows what happens when a dead man's secrets fall into the hands of vigilante antihero--drawing him down a dangerous road.
Over twenty years ago, the heiress Patricia Lockwood was abducted during a robbery of her family's estate, then locked inside an isolated cabin for months. Patricia escaped, but so …More
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What's Mine and Yours
By Coster, Naima
2021-03 - Grand Central Publishing
9781538702345 Check Our Catalog
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick
"A once-every-few-years reading experience."--Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes
From the author of Halsey Street, a sweeping novel of legacy, identity, the American family--and the ways that race affects even our most intimate relationships.
A community in the …More
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Cloudmaker
By Brooks, Malcolm
2021-03 - Grove Press
9780802127051 Check Our Catalog
From the nationally bestselling author of Painted Horses, Malcolm Brooks returns with a soaring, spirited novel set during the summer of Amelia Earhart's final flight--a tale of American ingenuity and optimism set against the backdrop of a deepening Great Depression.
The summer of 1937 will be a turning point for fourteen year old Houston "Huck" Finn. When he and a …More
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2034: A Novel of the Next World War
By Ackerman, Elliot
Author Admiral Stavridis, James
2021-03 - Penguin Press
9781984881250 Check Our Catalog
From two former military officers and award-winning authors, a chillingly authentic geopolitical thriller that imagines a naval clash between the US and China in the South China Sea in 2034--and the path from there to a nightmarish global conflagration.
On March 12, 2034, US Navy Commodore Sarah Hunt is on the bridge of her flagship, the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul …More
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The Dating Plan
By Desai, Sara
2021-03 - Berkley Books
9780593100585 Check Our Catalog
Even with a step-by-step plan, these fake fianc's might accidentally fall for each other in this hilarious, heartfelt romantic comedy from the author of The Marriage Game.
Daisy Patel is a software engineer who understands lists and logic better than bosses and boyfriends. With her life all planned out, and no interest in love, the one thing she can't give her family is …More
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Raft of Stars
By Graff, Andrew J.
2021-03 - Ecco Press
9780063031906 Check Our Catalog
"A rousing adventure yarn full of danger and heart and humor." --Richard Russo
An instant classic for fans of Jane Smiley and Kitchens of the Great Midwest: when two hardscrabble young boys think they've committed a crime, they flee into the Northwoods of Wisconsin. …More
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How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
By Jones, Cherie
2021-02 - Little Brown and Company
9780316536981 Check Our Catalog
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
"Searing . . . In affluent Baxter's Beach, the gentry of Barbados maneuver around their servants with velvet gloves and steel nerves, exposing fault lines of resentment, love as ephemeral as a tropical breeze." (O Magazine)
In Baxter's Beach, Barbados, Lala's grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one-armed sister. It's a …More
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Red Widow
By Katsu, Alma
2021-03 - G.P. Putnam's Sons
9780525539414 Check Our Catalog
An exhilarating spy thriller written by an intelligence veteran about two women CIA agents whose paths become intertwined around a threat to the Russia Division--one that's coming from inside the agency.
Lyndsey Duncan worries her career with the CIA might be over. After lines are crossed with another intelligence agent during an assignment, she is sent home to Washington on …More
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The Other Emily
By Koontz, Dean
2021-03 - Thomas & Mercer
9781542019958 Check Our Catalog
Number one New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz takes readers on a twisting journey of lost love, impossible second chances, and terrifying promises.
A decade ago, Emily Carlino vanished after her car broke down on a California highway. She was presumed to be one of serial killer Ronny Lee Jessup's victims whose remains were never found.
Writer …More
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Double Jeopardy: A Stone Barrington Novel Book 57
By Woods, Stuart
2021-03 - G.P. Putnam's Sons
9780593188385 Check Our Catalog
57th book in Stone Barrington series
Stone Barrington faces down danger on all sides in the latest thriller from perennial fan favorite Stuart Woods.
Stone Barrington is settling in for a stretch in New York when he receives news that demands immediate action. An old family matter has unexpectedly resurfaced, and Stone must decamp to the craggy shores of Maine to address the issue head-on.
There, Stone finds that a …More
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A Question Mark Is Half a Heart
By Lundberg, Sofia
Translator Smalley, Nicola
2021-03 - Houghton Mifflin
9781328473028 Check Our Catalog
How deeply can you love when your heart is full of secrets?
A sweeping, propulsive family story about a woman learning to love, from the bustle of New York's fashion scene to a remote, windswept Swedish island, by the acclaimed author of The Red Address Book--"a love letter to the human heart" (Alyson Richman).
By age 50, Elin Boals has created for herself a perfect …More
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How Beautiful We Were
By Mbue, Imbolo
2021-03 - Random House
9780593132425 Check Our Catalog
From the celebrated author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers comes a sweeping, wrenching story about the collision of a small African village and an American oil company.
"A novel with the richness and power of a great contemporary fable, and a heroine for our time."--Sigrid Nunez, author of The Friend, winner of the National Book Award
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My Heart
By Mehmedinovic´, Semezdin
Translator Hawkesworth, Celia
Introduction by Hemon, Aleksandar
2021-03 - Catapult
9781646220076 Check Our Catalog
Intelligent, honest, and full of heart, My Heart is an intimate work of autobiographical fiction by one of ex-Yugoslavia's greatest writers about his family's experience as refugees from the Bosnian war--a timeless story of love, memory, and the resilience of the human spirit that has all the qualities one might seek in a friend (Etgar Keret, author of The …More
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Not Dark Yet
By Robinson, Peter
2021-03 - William Morrow & Company
9780062994950 Check Our Catalog
27th book in Inspector Alan Banks series
"Robinson is an author with amazing empathy, a snare-trap ear for dialogue, and a clear eye for the telling detail."--Michael Connelly
One of the world's greatest suspense writers returns with the 27th novel featuring the legendary detective Alan Banks in the mystery series Stephen King calls "the best now on the market."
When property developer …More
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The Lost Village
By Sten, Camilla
Translator Fleming, Alexandra
2021-03 - Minotaur Books
9781250249258 Check Our Catalog
A Most Anticipated Book Goodreads * Publishers Weekly * Crime Reads * Popsugar * Bookish
A Library Reads Pick
The Blair Witch Project meets Midsommar in this brilliantly disturbing thriller from Camilla Sten, an electrifying new voice in suspense.
Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the …More
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A Million Reasons Why
By Strawser, Jessica
2021-03 - St. Martin's Press
9781250241627 Check Our Catalog
A SheReads Most Anticipated Novel of 2021
Jessica Strawser's A Million Reasons Why is a fascinating foray into the questions we are most afraid to ask (Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author)--the story of two women who discover a bond between them that will change both their lives forever.
When two strangers are linked by a …More
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Every Vow You Break
By Swanson, Peter
2021-03 - William Morrow & Company
9780062980038 Check Our Catalog
A bride's dream honeymoon becomes a nightmare when a man with whom she's had a regrettable one-night stand shows up in this electrifying psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of Eight Perfect Murders.
Abigail Baskin never thought she'd fall in love with a millionaire. Then she met Bruce Lamb. He's a good guy, stable, level-headed, kind--a …More
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The Lost Soul
By Tokarczuk, Olga
Illustrator Concejo, Joanna
Translator Lloyd-Jones, Antonia
2021-02 - Seven Stories Press
9781644210345 Check Our Catalog
The only book in English for readers of all ages by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Olga Tokarczuk is a beautifully illustrated meditation on the fullness of life.
Once upon a time there was a man who worked very hard and very quickly, and who had left his soul far behind him long ago. In fact his life was all right without his soul--he slept, ate, worked, drove a car and even played …More
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The Consequences of Fear
By Winspear, Jacqueline
2021-03 - Harper
9780062868022 Check Our Catalog
16th book in Maisie Dobbs series
As Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens devastating repercussions for Britain's war efforts in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling mystery series.
October 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett, a message runner for a government office, witnesses an …More
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On Harrow Hill
By Verdon, John
2021-03 - Counterpoint LLC
9781640093102 Check Our Catalog
7th book in Dave Gurney series
When an old colleague comes to him for help solving the mysterious death of his town's most prominent resident, retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney must use all of his analytical skills to hunt a murderer who just might be killing from beyond the grave.
The idyllic community of Larchfield is rocked to its core when Angus Russell, its wealthiest and most powerful citizen, is found dead in …More
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Little Snow Landscape
By Walser, Robert
Translator Whalen, Tom
2021-03 - New York Review of Books
9781681375229 Check Our Catalog
A collection of previously unpublished short prose by one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century fiction.
Little Snow Landscape opens in 1905 with an encomium to Robert Walser's homeland and concludes in 1933 with a meditation on his childhood in Biel, the town of his birth, published in the last of his four years in the cantonal mental hospital in Waldau outside …More
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Eternal
By Scottoline, Lisa
2021-03 - G.P. Putnam's Sons
9780525539766 Check Our Catalog
#1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline offers a sweeping and shattering epic of historical fiction fueled by shocking true events, the tale of a love triangle that unfolds in the heart of Rome...in the creeping shadow of fascism.
What war destroys, only love can heal.
Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow up as the best of friends despite their differences. Elisabetta is a …More
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Russell Lee: A Photographer's Life and Legacy
By Appel, Mary Jane
2021-03 - Liveright Publishing Corporation
9781631496165 Check Our Catalog
The most prolific photographer of the Great Depression, Russell Lee has never been canonized for his iconic images. With this compulsively readable and definitive biography, historian and archivist Mary Jane Appel finally uncovers Lee's rebellious life, tracing his journey from blue-blood beginnings to intrepid years of activism and pioneering creativity, through the incredible body of work he …More
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We Need to Hang Out: A Memoir of Making Friends
By Baker, Billy
2021-01 - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
9781982111083 Check Our Catalog
In this comic adventure through the loneliness epidemic, a middle-aged everyman looks around one day and realizes that he seems to have misplaced his friends, inspiring him to set out on a hilarious and ultimately moving quest to revive old tribes and build new ones, in his own ridiculous way.
At the age of forty, having settled into his busy career and active family life, Billy Baker …More
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Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight
By Sweig, Julia
2021-03 - Random House
9780812995909 Check Our Catalog
A magisterial portrait of Lady Bird Johnson, and a major reevaluation of the profound yet underappreciated impact the First Lady's political instincts had on LBJ's presidency.
"An inviting, challenging, well-told tale of the thoroughly modern partner and strategist Lady Bird Johnson, whose skill and complexity emerge fully in this rich tale of history and humanity."--John Dickerson, …More
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Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain
By Vedantam, Shankar
Author Mesler, Bill
2021-03 - W. W. Norton & Company
9780393652208 Check Our Catalog
Self-deception does terrible harm to us, to our communities, and to the planet. But if it is so bad for us, why is it ubiquitous? In Useful Delusions, Shankar Vedantam and Bill Mesler argue that, paradoxically, self-deception can also play a vital role in our success and well-being.
The lies we tell ourselves sustain our daily interactions with friends, lovers, and coworkers. …More
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The Gospels
By Ruden, Sarah
2021-03 - Modern Library
9780399592942 Check Our Catalog
A remarkable and accessible new translation of the Gospels, destined to become a definitive edition of these canonical texts, from one of today's most respected translators of ancient literature
For millennia, the first four books of the New Testament have not only supported the central tenets of Christianity but have also proved to be formative texts for the modern Western world. …More
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This Is the Fire
By Lemon, Don
2021-03 - Little Brown and Company
9780316257572 Check Our Catalog
In this 'vital book for these times' (Kirkus Reviews), Don Lemon brings his vast audience and experience as a reporter and a Black man to today's most urgent question: How can we end racism in America in our lifetimes?
The host of CNN Tonight with Don Lemon is more popular than ever. As America's only Black prime-time anchor, Lemon and his daily monologues on racism and …More
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Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
By Zimmer, Carl
2021-03 - Dutton Books
9780593182710 Check Our Catalog
"Carl Zimmer is one of the best science writers we have today."
--Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
We all assume we know what life is, but the more scientists learn about the living world--from protocells to brains, from zygotes to pandemic viruses--the harder they find it is to locate life's edge.
Carl Zimmer investigates one of the …More
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Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
By Belew, Kathleen
2019-05 - Harvard University Press
9780674237698 Check Our Catalog
A Guardian Best Book of the Year
"A gripping study of white power... Explosive."
--New York Times
"Helps explain how we got to today's alt-right."
--Terry Gross, Fresh Air
The white power movement in America wants a revolution.
Returning to a country ripped apart by a war they felt they were not allowed to win, a …More
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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Early Plantagenet Queens: England's Medieval Queens Book Two
By Weir, Alison
2021-02 - Ballantine Books
9781101966693 Check Our Catalog
Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history chronicles the first five queens from the powerful royal family that ruled England and France for over three hundred years.
The Plantagenet queens of England played a role in some of the most dramatic events in our history. Crusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, seductive …More
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Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction
By Nijhuis, Michelle
2021-03 - W. W. Norton & Company
9781324001683 Check Our Catalog
In the late nineteenth century, as humans came to realize that our rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving other animal species to extinction, a movement to protect and conserve them was born. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the movement's history: from early battles to save charismatic species such as the American bison …More
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Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety
By Burns, David
2020-09 - Pesi Publishing & Media
9781683732884 Check Our Catalog
From the author who has sold more than 5 million copies of Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy comes a new and revolutionary high-speed treatment for depression and anxiety.
Based on 40 years of research and more than 40,000 hours treating individuals with severe mood problems. The goal is not just a rapid and complete elimination of negative feelings, but the development of …More
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Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
By Genova, Lisa
2021-03 - Harmony
9780593137956 Check Our Catalog
A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories, from the Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice.
"Using her expertise as a neuroscientist and her gifts as a storyteller, Lisa Genova explains the nuances of human memory"--Steven Pinker, Johnstone …More
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A Cat's Tale: A Journey Through Feline History
By Koudounaris, Paul
Author Cat, Baba The
2020-11 - Henry Holt & Company
9781250217721 Check Our Catalog
Fun, fanciful, and even informative.
--People
The first comprehensive history of felines--from the laps of pagan gods to present-day status as meme stars--as revealed by a very learned tabby with a knack for hunting down facts
Since the dawn of civilization, felines have prowled alongside mankind as they expanded their territory …More
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Eat Better, Feel Better: My Recipes for Wellness and Healing, Inside and Out
By de Laurentiis, Giada
2021-03 - Rodale Books
9780593138434 Check Our Catalog
Boost gut health and immunity with a delicious approach to wellness that nourishes mind, body, and spirit.
Get an inside look at Giada's approach to healthy, balanced living. In her newest book, Giada walks you through how to select food that can actually make you feel better and curate a personalized wellness routine to support a healthy mind and body. Find out how reconfiguring her …More
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The Immunity Cookbook: How to Strengthen Your Immune System and Boost Long-Term Health, with 100 Easy Recipes
By Llewellyn-Waters, Kate
2021-01 - Quadrille Publishing
9781787136793 Check Our Catalog
If we feel run down and we want to support our immune system, most of us tend to pop some vitamins. But an incredible 70% of our immune system is in the gut, so gut health is crucial in our defence against illness.
Is it possible to improve our gut health with simple changes to our lifestyle? Yes - with this essential recipe book from nutritionist and immunity expert, Kate Llewellyn-Waters. …More
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A Beginner's Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Misinformed
By Hakakian, Roya
2021-03 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780525656067 Check Our Catalog
A stirring, witty, and poignant glimpse into the bewildering American immigrant experience from someone who has lived it. Also, a mirror held up to America.
Into the maelstrom of unprecedented contemporary debates about immigrants in the United States, this perfectly timed book gives us a portrait of what the new immigrant experience in America is really like. Written as a guide for the …More
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Gods at Play: An Eyewitness Account
By Callahan, Tom
2020-09 - W. W. Norton & Company
9781324004271 Check Our Catalog
As a columnist for Time magazine, among many other publications, Tom Callahan witnessed an extraordinary number of defining moments in American sport across four decades. He takes us from Roberto Clemente clinching his 3,000th, and final, regular-season hit in Pittsburgh; to ringside for the Muhammad Ali-George Foreman fight in Zaire; and to Arthur Ashe announcing, at a news conference, …More
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Art Makers: Papier-Mache: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating More Than a Dozen Adorable Projects!
By Hand, Sarah
2021-03 - Walter Foster Publishing
9781633228924 Check Our Catalog
Papier mache is back--and not just for kids In this third book in the Art Makers series, artists of all skill levels, crafty families, and others will love learning to work with their hands to make and then create with papier mache.
The perfect tactile and environmentally conscious art form, papier mache uses simple, affordable, and recyclable tools and can be made easily at home. …More
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Renters' Rights
By Portman, Janet
Author O'Connell, Ann
2021-01 - NOLO
9781413328226 Check Our Catalog
Sooner or later it will happen ...
The landlord ignores your repair requests. Your roommates are once again late with their share of the rent. Your upstairs neighbors party all the time. The landlord won't return your security deposit. How can you deal with these problems--and others--or prevent them from happening at all? Turn to Renters' Rights if you need to …More
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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.
Martha's Vineyard library patrons now have free access the New York Times online. Simply click HERE and enter the code c59d2806040934a2. Create a username and password that you may use for your first login and for every future visit to the New York Times online.
Your code will give you unlimited access to articles for 72 hours. When your 72 hour access expires, simply return to the library website to activate a redemption code for additional 72 hours of access with your existing New York Times account.
Complimentary access to NYTimes.com is sponsored by the Martha's Vineyard Library Association.
More digital resources...
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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 Bunny Stuffy, Homemade Bunny Biscuits, Egg Rockets!
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
Call: (508) 696-4210
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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