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Book Recommendation

Book Recommendation

Donna says she really enjoyed reading Shanghai girls by Lisa See. “It is good historical fiction, engrossing and readable.” Catalog summary: May and Pearl, two sisters living in Shanghai in the mid-1930s, are beautiful, sophisticated, and well-educated, but their family is on the verge of bankruptcy. Hoping to improve their social standing, May and Pearl’s parents arrange for their daughters to marry Gold Mountain men who have come from Los Angeles to find brides. But when the sisters leave China …
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Leave a comment, win a book

Leave a comment, win a book

Leave a comment about books or our library and be in a drawing for a copy of Stephen King’s newest book, Full Dark, No Stars. The winner will be announced on March 22. The winner should have a valid library card for our system and will be chosen at random. Spam and filler comments are not eligible. announced on 3-23-2011 Book winner
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Book recommendation

Book recommendation

If you’re a monster and you know it by Rebecca Emberley Monsters sing their own version of the popular song that encourages everyone to express their happiness through voice and movement. Colorful digitally created monsters aren’t too scary for young children. They start out with “If you’re a monster and you know it, snort and growl” and encourage children to “twitch your tail” and “wiggle your warts.” It sounds like a fun time for children and adults as they read …
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Book club

Book club

A Long and Happy Life, by Reynolds Price, is a story of North Carolina rural life featuring Rosacoke Mustain as she grows into a young woman. The story examines themes of love, identity and birth. To think about while reading: The people in this novel live in a rural area with electric lights and telephones, but they possess not much more in the way of modern conveniences. How would the story have been different if they had the technology available …
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Book Recommendation

Book Recommendation

One of my favorite books, Jane Eyre, is being made into a movie again! Book Review I watched the clip from the movie that is included as part of this review and it looks like it is going to be every bit as good as the George C. Scott version that is my favorite.
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Book Recommendation

Book Recommendation

Recommendation: Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown is just hitting the NYT fiction best seller list. Description: “Unwillingly brought together to care for their ailing mother, three sisters who were named after famous Shakespearean characters discover that everything they have been avoiding may prove more worthwhile than expected.” The sisters’ motto; “There is no problem a library card can’t solve.”
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Book club reading “Three Junes”

Book club reading “Three Junes”

The Pember Book Club will be reading “Three Junes” this month. The debut novel of Julia Glass follows the McLeods, a Scottish family, throughout their lives and relationships. Its members are Paul and Maureen, and their sons: Fenno, and twins David and Dennis. At the opening of the book, Paul is on a tour of Greece, Maureen has died, and Fenno is running a bookstore in New York City. Some questions to think about while reading the book, suggested by …
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SALON collection growing!

SALON collection growing!

Nearly 50 eBooks have been added to SALS Virtual Branch in January.  There are now 200 eBooks available for free download on our website. You can check them out and download them for either 7 or 14 days. Usually there are only a handful available but you can get on a waiting list and will get an email when it is your turn to download the book. This works for nearly all eReaders but not yet for the Kindle. Adult …
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Download free eBooks and audios

Download free eBooks and audios

Follow this link to see if your eBook reader is compatible with our Overdrive digital download service. The Southern Adirondack Library On Demand (SALON) currently has 184 eBook titles available. You can also download audio books in several formats . You can check out and download the following types of digital materials at this website… Adobe® EPUB eBooks Adobe® PDF eBooks OverDrive WMA Audiobooks OverDrive MP3 Audiobooks To access these digital materials you need… A valid library card Internet access …
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New books added to SALON

New books added to SALON

Eight new e-books have been added to the SALON collection. Adult Fiction Damage by John Lescroart Death Until Dark by Charlaine Harris The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy L. A. Outlaws by T. Jefferson Parker Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris The Sentry by Robert Crais The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry Adult NonFiction Of Thee I Sing by Barack Obama and Loren Long Thirty-five libraries in the Southern Adirondack Library System use SALON so their patrons …
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Jon Katz to speak

Jon Katz to speak

Join us for a conversation with local bestselling author, Jon Katz. Jon just released a new book in October “Rose in a Storm: A novel” and will sign your copy if you bring it in. Reservations are not required.
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