Did you know that the Friends of Miami Public Library have a shelf with hundreds of books for sale at the library? Come see what is available! All money spent on these books goes right back into our community, supporting the library and the incredible Imagination Library Program, which provides free books to children in Ottawa county each month! Want to contribute to the sale? You can donate gently used books, DVDs, Blu-rays, and audiobooks at Miami Public Library during business hours. Learn more about Imagination Library here: https://miamipl.okpls.org/kids-connection/ #Booksale #FriendsOfTheLibrary #CommunitySupport #ImaginationLibrary
Have you joined our "Let's Talk About It" Book Club? Our current theme explores Coming of Age in America, featuring the following titles: The Silver DeSoto by Patty Lou Floyd The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry Visit Miami Public Library to borrow a copy of the current book, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Then, come join us for a discussion at Miami Public Library on Thursday, March 27th at 5:30 PM, led by guest scholar, Brian Cowlishaw. "Books, services, and other materials for this series are provided by Let's Talk About It, a project of Oklahoma Humanities. Generous funding and support for this series was provided by the Kirkpatrick Family Fund and Oklahoma City University. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these programs do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or Oklahoma Humanities." #LTAI #LetsTalkAboutIt #BookClub #TheHeartIsALonelyHunter
There is still time to register for this month's adult reading challenge! Reading can take you anywhere! Join your community and read across America this month. Log your reading to earn badges and prizes throughout the challenge. Challenge will be completed after logging 600 minutes of reading. All reading counts! Register on the Beanstack app or at Miami Public Library. #AdultReadingChallenge #ReadAcrossAmerica #Beanstack #MoreThanYourGrandmasLibrary
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The long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale is on this week’s shelf along with a book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters who broke the story of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual abuses. Akin by Emma Donoghue A funny, heart-wrenching tale of an old man and a boy, born two generations apart, who unpick their painful story and start to write a new one together. At Death’s Door…
After the Flood by Kassandra Montag A tale set in an anarchic near-future America of mountaintop colonies surrounded by rising oceans finds an independent woman trading for supplies and information about the daughter who was stolen from her eight years earlier. Cold Storage by David Koepp A debut novel by the screenwriter of Jurassic Park follows the desperate mission of a Pentagon bioterror operative…
Serious topics are on this week’s shelf of new books including domestic violence, impeachment, and mosqitoes which have had a deadly impact on humanity through the ages, along with the latest from Louis Penny, Danielle Steel, and David Lagercrantz. The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri A beekeeper and his artist wife have their lives upended and must flee after war destroys their home…
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