[box type="1" class="rounded-5 shadow" width="600"] Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America, 1492-1830 by J.H. Elliott reserve now! This epic history compares the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, from Columbus’s arrival in the New World to the end of Spanish colonial rule in the early nineteenth century. [...]
[box type="1" class="rounded-5 shadow" width="600"] The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson reserve now! In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for [...]
[box type="1" class="rounded-5 shadow" width="600"] Still Life with Elephant by Judy Reene Singer reserve now! Neelie Sterling never did listen well--she sometimes missed things. She was happy when Matt, her veterinarian husband, told her he was getting a collie; she liked dogs. He meant colleague, to help with his busy practice. The problems start [...]
[box type="1" class="rounded-5 shadow" width="600"] The Philosopher's Kiss by Peter Prange reserve now! Paris, 1747. Betrayed by God and humanity, Sophie moves to the seething capital of the kingdom. To survive, she works at Café Procope, the meeting place for freethinkers and revolutionaries. Against her will she falls deeply in love with one of [...]
Please note the following date/time changes for upcoming library programs: Phoenix Writers – September meeting date will be Monday, September 12, 7:00 – 9:00 PM Social Networking Workshop on the 4th Saturday of the month (August 27 ONLY) will be held from 2:00 – 3:00 PM Write a Convincing Resume on the 4th Saturday of the [...]
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[box type="1" class="rounded-5 shadow" width="600"] No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club: Diary of a Sixtieth Year by Virginia Ironside reserve now! Marie Sharp is heading toward sixty and is just fine with it. She’s already had plenty of excitement in her life: sex and drugs in the freewheeling sixties, career and [...]
[box type="1" class="rounded-5 shadow" width="600"] Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind reserve now! An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's indulgence in his greatest passion—his sense of smell—leads to murder. In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant [...]
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[box type="1" class="rounded-5 shadow" width="600"] The Lord of the Rings (series) by J.R.R. Tolkien reserve now! One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the [...]
