The seventh installment of best selling books of the Twentieth Century as detailed in Publisher’s Weekly: * 1960 Advise and Consent, Allen Drury * 1961 The Broad Highway, Jeffrey Farnol * 1962 The Agony and the Ecstasy, Irving Stone * 1963 Ship of Fools, Katherine Anne Porter * 1964 The Spy Who Came in from … Read more
The following books will be featured at next week’s Dear Reader: Reality Check by Guy Kawasaki, business Home by Marilynne Robinson, fiction Deep in the Heart of Trouble by Deeanne Gist, good news I Am Not a Cop! by Richard Belzer, mystery White House Ghosts by Robert Schlesinger, nonfiction Pale Moon Stalker by Shirl Henke, … Read more
Story Time on Thursday nights will feature Tall Tales and flannel board stories. All children welcome with their caregivers.
The book club will be reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer. The Random House blurb about the book says: January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins … Read more
The sixth installment of best selling books of the Twentieth Century as detailed in Publisher’s Weekly: * 1950 The Cardinal, Henry Morton Robinson * 1951 From Here to Eternity, James Jones * 1952 The Silver Chalice, Thomas B. Costain * 1953 The Robe, Lloyd C. Douglas * 1954 Not as a Stranger, Morton Thompson * … Read more
The following books will be featured at next week’s Dear Reader: I Am Potential by Patrick Henry Hughes, audio No More Mondays by Dan Miller, business Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper, fiction Stand-In Groom by Kaye Dacus, good news The Pain Nurse by Jon Talton, mystery A Life in Twilight by Mark Wolverton, nonfiction Guardian … Read more
Join us on Saturday mornings for Fireside Story Time. Pat O, MaryLou O, and Robyn L will each host one of the story times in August. Anyone else who would like to volunteer some time to read to the children, please give a call to the library and we will work you in to our … Read more
The following new titles are available on the Salon website, our link to OverDrive audio books. Just click on the icon to the left of the blog that says “Download audiobooks OverDrive” for these and many more. If you’re reading by listening, let us know which title(s) you have enjoyed recently. Children’s e-audiobooks: The Lightning … Read more
Join us at the Pember Library when Ann Rich Duncan will read from the latest book in her Johnny Vic historical fantasy series. Johnny Vic’s Nautical Adventure features historical and scientific information about Lake Champlain. Duncan will also lead craft projects including creating a rubber ship for use as a game piece to play Johnny … Read more
The following books will be featured at next week’s Dear Reader: Subliminal Persuasion: Influence & Marketing Secrets They Don’t Want You To Know by Dave Lakhani, business Oxygen by Carol Cassella, fiction Living Water by Brother Yun, good news Death by Pantyhose by Laura Levine, mystery The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee, nonfiction Compromised by … Read more
The fifth installment of best selling books of the Twentieth Century as detailed in Publisher’s Weekly: * 1940 How Green Was My Valley, Richard Llewellyn * 1941 The Keys of the Kingdom, A. J. Cronin *1942 The Song of Bernadette, Franz Werfel * 1943 The Robe, Lloyd C. Douglas * 1944 Strange Fruit, Lillian Smith … Read more