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06/04/2024 - 4:07pm

This Pride Month, explore the rich tapestry of LGBTQIA+ experiences with these new and exciting titles available at Mechanics' Institute Library!

  • Local history buffs will be enthralled by...

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05/28/2024 - 6:11pm

Douglas Adams, known mostly for his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books, also took a keen interest in wildlife conservation. Around 1989, he and a zoologist named Mark Cawardine collaborated on a radio documentary series for the BBC called "...

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05/24/2024 - 3:09pm

The Iliad / Homer; translated by Emily Wilson. 

I have a confession to make, I was not a classics major and I never read The Iliad or The Odyssey. A couple of months ago I tried to read a seminal 18th century t...

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05/17/2024 - 5:50pm

May is the annual celebration month honoring Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in America. May was selected as the honorary month for several reasons including commemorating the first Japanese immigrants to the United States in May 1943 and marking the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869, which involved the labor of mostly Chinese immigrants.

Our 3rd-floor di...

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05/17/2024 - 4:12pm

PRINT BOOKS

FICTION

Danielle Steel Never too late : a novel Fic Steel
Gabriel García Márquez Until August Fic García Márquez
Pär Lagerkvist The dwarf Fic Lagerkvist
Cecilia Rabess Everything's fine :...

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05/10/2024 - 5:33pm

EBOOKS

Ray Bradbury Chapbook for Burnt-Out Priests.
John Lithgow Drama : an actor's education
George Bernard Shaw The crime of imprisonment
George Bernard Shaw Bernard shaw on literature
George Bernard Shaw...

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05/10/2024 - 4:27pm

E-AUDIOBOOKS

Eugene O'Neill Anna Christie
Eugene O'Neill Desire under the elms
John Lithgow Drama
Cixin Liu The three-body problem
Mark Twain Who is Mark Twai...

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05/09/2024 - 2:35pm

Do you have a passion for puns and a knack for high-scoring words? Then dust off your Scrabble tiles and head to the Library for our exciting Game Night premiere on Tuesday, May 14th.

This fun, casual, and communal event is open to game enthusiasts of all levels. Whether you're a seasoned Scrabble shark or a curious b...

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