Have you ever read something that took you somewhere, only to look back and realize the experience has changed you completely? “Wadia man” Ajay is in the driver’s seat after a car jumps the curb in 2004, killing five laborers, one pregnant. He says he works for Gautam Rathore, the vehicle owner. Rewind 13 years.…
March is Women's History Month. Join us in celebrating the vital role women have played in our collective history. Attend a program, choose your next great book, or check out a podcast episode. You can also explore and learn more through research databases and other blog posts. Programs & Activities History Matters: LHS Women's Athletics…
This February and beyond, join us in celebrating and honoring the triumphs, struggles, and achievements of African Americans through US history. Attend a program, choose your next great book, or read staff reviews. You can also explore and learn more through research databases and other blog posts. Programs & Activities Children's Craftivity: Ndebele HutsDROP IN…
The Bookies are back just in time for Thanksgiving with some stellar November reading selections all about families. This is an edited version of November's Bookies Live Facebook event. Follow the library on Facebook to catch future Bookies Live. In This Episode Alice Hoffman, The Book of Magic Laura Dave, The Last Thing He Told…
If you've ever had trouble reading a literary "classic," maybe you'll want to try one in a graphic novel form. We've got graphic adaptions of fiction, nonfiction, and some good collections of works your English teacher would be thrilled to see you read.Click on the title below to find the book in our online catalog.…
Readers' Advisor Jo Hansen joins Nate to talk about a handful of great books coming out over the next few months. Jo also shares ways you can subscribe to library newsletters so you won't miss out on other interesting books coming soon. Mentioned in this episode Inland by Téa Obreht The Water Dancer by…
Jo is back on the podcast to help us review the year 2018 in books. She shares highlights from our annual Favorite Fiction/Nonfiction booklets now available online and at the Reference Desk. We talk about the titles that topped the national best-of lists along with the unique reads our staff couldn't stop raving about. This…
Popular Services Librarian Jo Hansen shares her thoughts on John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany, a novel she read for the first time as part of PBS's The Great American Read. We talk about why she selected this novel out of the 100 finalists, her favorite Owen Meany quotes, and why it should be…
Mary Shelley aficionado Emily Stensloff joins us on the podcast to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein's publication. We talk about Shelley's life, her feminist/anarchist upbringing, the differences between Frankenstein the novel and the idea of Frankenstein in popular culture, and why this 1818 book is Emily's all-time favorite. Check out Frankenstein from the library…
Mark Russell is the author of DC Comics' re-imagined version of The Flintstones, one of our favorite comics here at the library. And yes, we are talking about the Yabba-Dabba-Doo Hanna-Barbera TV characters. Russell and illustrator Steve Pugh's version of Bedrock is a newly established Stone Age civilization just beginning to construct things like economics,…
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