There is nothing more awesome than to look up and see thousands of stars spread across a dark sky. If we are able to be from light pollution, we can see about 2,000 stars if we look up from any place on earth on a moonless night. Astronomers think that there are trillions of stars…
Fall is here! Now is the perfect time to find a new book and we have SO many to choose from! Take a look at some of the books we are super excited about this month. Interested in reserving a title? Simply click on the title to be redirected to our online catalog Black birds in the sky…
Spooky season is upon us! The line between real and unreal begins to blur in the month of October. To learn more about the legends and beliefs that influence our interest in the horrible and occult check out books on strange phenomenons, frightful folklore, and horror history in Homewood’s nonfiction section. The Encyclopedia of Superstitions…
September 15th marks the first day of National Hispanic Heritage Month! Check out some of our titles written by Latinx authors to celebrate the wide array of cultures that make up the Hispanic and Latinx identity. Classics by Latinx Authors Ficciones “The seventeen pieces in Ficciones demonstrate the whirlwind of Borges’s genius and mirror the precision and…
Earthrise : my adventures as an Apollo 14 astronaut – Mitchell, Edgar D. – On February 5, 1971, Edgar Mitchell jumped off the last rungs of a ladder connecting him to NASA’s Antares spacecraft and landed with two feet on the Moon. Following the disastrous Apollo 13 mission, Mitchell was one of three astronauts to…
June marks the beginning of Pride Month in the US, a time when LGBTQ+ community members celebrate their identities as well as those that paved the way to increased visibility and acceptance of the LGBTQ experience. With June coming to an end, I want to encourage all allies and LGBTQ+ community members to remain bold…
