On the eve of the Civil War, three American businessmen launched an audacious plan to create a financial empire by transforming communications across the hostile territory between the nation’s two coasts. In the process, they created one of the most enduring icons of the American West: the Pony Express. Daring young men with colorful names…
In the 1920s, the Osage found themselves in a unique position among Native American tribes. As other tribal lands were parceled out in an effort by the government to encourage dissolution and assimilation of both lands and culture, the Osage negotiated to maintain the mineral rights for their corner of Oklahoma, creating a kind of…
Not Your Mama’s Book Club November 2018: After Death Communication
From the desk of Leslie West, Adult Services Librarian.
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Bossypants Book Club (October 2018 Selection): The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Book Overview Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward,…
Not Your Mama’s Book Club: October 2018 Paranormal Phenomena
From the desk of Leslie West, Adult Services Librarian.
Ball Home Canning Products are the gold standard in home preserving supplies since l884. The trademark jars are on display in stores everywhere. The experts at Ball have written a book considered to be the “bible” of home preserving. As nutrition and food quality becomes more important, home canning and preserving has increased in popularity…