HOLIDAY BOOK-TIQUE Saturday December 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Looking for a holiday gift?
Come to the Holiday Book Sale! NEARLY NEW Books HOLIDAY THEMED Books STOCKING STUFFER Books DAVE LEONE’s book, “Maloney Stadium Moments” PHILLIPSBURG AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY publications BAKED GOODS FREE GIFT WRAP
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Holiday Hours
The library will close on December 24, 25 and 26 for the Christmas holiday. We will close at 5:00 p.m. on December 31 and all day on January 1. Our catalog, eBooks, magazines and databases will be open for business 24-7, the same as always. Happy Holidays!
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A Year of Reading Dangerously Tuesday December 9 at 7:00 p.m.Join our classic book club in a discussion of Lysistrata, the uproarious sex comedy by Aristophanes. Part of our year-long series exploring classic banned books. Multiple copies of the book are available for reserve. See the Coffee, Tea & Classics website for more information.
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Book Forum Wednesday December 17 at 1:30 p.m. The book club with no assigned reading. Share light refreshments and talk about whatever you have been reading lately.
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Film Screening: The Harmonists Thursday December 18 at 7:00 p.m.Joseph Vilsmaier (Stalingrad and Brother of Sleep) directed this fact-based German musical drama about a popular barbershop sextet in Nazi Germany of the '30s. As their fame increases, the authorities, who object to the Jews in the group, pressure them to perform National Socialist material. Barry Manilow's stage musical Harmony is based on this same music group. Rated R; 97 minutes. The public is invited to stay for a brief discussion after the film. All films in this series are recommended for adults. For more information, call the library at 908-454-3712. Partial funding is provided by the Warren County Cultural and Heritage Commission. Movie License # 196808001
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Happy Bookers Discussion: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion Wednesday January 28 at 7:00 p.m. Read-out-loud laughter begins by page two in Simsion’s debut novel about a 39-year-old genetics professor with Asperger’s—but utterly unaware of it—looking to solve his Wife Problem. Don Tillman cannot find love; episodes like the Apricot Ice Cream Disaster prevent so much as a second date with a woman. His devised solution is the Wife Project: dating only those who “match” his idiosyncratic standards as determined by an exacting questionnaire. His plans take a backseat when he meets Rosie, a bartender who wants him to help her determine her birth father’s identity. Multiple copies of the book are available for reserve. See the Happy Bookers website for more information.
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The Custom of the Country
by Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton's second full-length work is a scathing yet personal examination of the exploits and follies of the modern upper class. As she unfolds the story of Undine Spragg, from New York to Europe, Wharton affords us a detailed glimpse of what might be called the interior décor of this America and its nouveau riche fringes. Selected by Deb Messling, reference librarian.
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The Hawley book of the dead : a novel
by Chrysler Szarlan
When an intruder sabotages a stunt weapon used in her family's world-famous Las Vegas magic act, igniting a devastating tragedy, Reve fears for the safety of her children and flees to a Massachusetts forest where she reconnects with a former love and learns her family's mysterious past. Selected by Maureen, circulation staff..
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Big little lies
by Liane Moriarty
Follows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated. Selected by Miss Louise, children's librarian.
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All the light we cannot see : a novel
by Anthony Doerr
A blind French girl on the run from the German occupation and a German orphan-turned-Resistance tracker struggle with their respective beliefs after meeting on the Brittany coast. Selected by Deb Messling, reference librarian.
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Blood magick
by Nora Roberts
When Branna O'Dwyer and Finbar Burke succumb to their forbidden love, the evil that has haunted their families for generations threatens their family and friends, but Fin's power, loyalty, and heart may be the answer to defeat the evil Selected by Valerie, circulation staff.
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