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The Weekly Waitlist - March 29, 2020 - More eBooks!
Try these eBooks while you wait for The Hero, Dark Towers, Little Fires Everywhere, No Exit, or The Night Watchman.
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Romantic ebook retellings for teens and adults
Looking for a familiar story with a new face? Check out romantic retellings of classics, myths, and fairy tales, all available in ebook!
The Weekly Waitlist - March 29, 2020 - More eBooks!
Try these eBooks while you wait for The Hero, Dark Towers, Little Fires Everywhere, No Exit, or The Night Watchman.
Read Harder 2020: Books that take place in a rural setting
If you're taking on the Read Harder Challenge in 2020, here are some titles that fill the bill for books taking place in a rural setting.
International Day of Happiness
March 20 is the Day of Happiness & the theme is Happier Together, focusing on what we have in common, rather than what divides us.
Books Worth A Look! March 2020
Cool new titles, hot off the presses, picked by your PCPL Collection Development staff.
Crooked River is another cool Pendergast installment and I will continue to argue that they should drop the Gideon Crew books and focus here. In Crooked…
Read more of this comment about Crooked RiverHow have I never heard of this book before?!?! This, like the Harry Potter series, is a "children's book" only because of the age of one of the protagonists,…
Read more of this comment about The Amulet of SamarkandShort Stories by Women
Celebrate Women's History Month with a collection of short stories from 2019 by a female author.
The Weekly Waitlist: March 15, 2020
Are you waiting for The Poet, The Other Mrs, The Jetsetters, Where We Come From, or The God of Small Things? Try these!
Foundlings in Fiction
Orphaned, abandoned and misplaced, the characters in these stories find the courage and the wits to rise above overwhelming circumstances.
Pi(e) Day
Celebrate Pi, π, pie, and pizza pie. In the PI-oneering spirit, enjoy most in the comfort of home as ebooks, audiobooks, or streaming video!
National Book Critics Circle Award Winners
Of the seven awards, four were awarded to black women authors. How great is that?
Himmel Library Staff Picks for March 2020
Take a novel journey in fiction or non-fiction with one of these books recommended by a Himmel Library staff member.
If you're excited for Disney's Mulan...
Disney's releasing the retelling of Mulan on March 27! If you're like me and can't get enough of her story, you'll love these retellings.
Writers During the Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s was a golden age for African American and Black artists, writers and musicians.
Science Be Dammed
For Westerners, the big issue of the 21st century will be water. The great water source of the southwest is the Colorado River and its tributaries. In…
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