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Around the world in seven reads

ByEdward Eggleston May 3, 2021

Want a no risk way to travel during the pandemic? Pick up a historical fiction novel from the Homewood Public Library! Transport yourself across the continents with these 7 picks from Library Tech Ella! The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich Your first destination is right here in the United States. Head to the Turtle Mountain…

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The Tyranny of Things. (E. S. Martin)

ByEdward Eggleston June 28, 2020

“We want so many, many things, it seems a pity that those simple Patagonians could not send missionaries to us to show us how to do without. The comforts of life, at the rate they are increasing, bid fair to bury us soon…” (E. S. Martin)