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A Well-Behaved Woman : a Novel of the Vanderbilts by Therese Fowler

This is a story of one woman’s struggle to overcome infidelity, chauvinism, and crippling loss in the midst of New York’s Gilded Age. It is a story of fortune lost...

Posted by on March 24, 2020

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Loyal: 38 Inspiring Tales by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh

Trustworthy. Compassionate. Brave. Unrelenting. These are the words which describe the four-footed helpers in the book Loyal: 38 Inspiring Tales of Bravery, Heroism, and the Devotion of Dogs by Rebecca...

Posted by on March 22, 2020

Kanopy Comedies!

Need a laugh? Here are 10 comedies you stream right now from Kanopy! If you need assistance with Kanopy or your account, please email [email protected]. What We Do in the...

Posted by on March 22, 2020

Adult Services: Best of 2019

Enjoy Westmont Public Library’s Adult Services Librarians favorite books we read in 2019! Full Throttle by Joe Hill My favorite story out of the anthology was “Late Returns”. In it,...

Posted by on March 17, 2020

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Diary of a Murderer by Young-ha Kim

South Korean author Young-ha Kim makes you feel like you’re walking on eggshells through his stories that seer with uncertainty, delirium, humor and the mundane. Of the four stories that...

Posted by on February 25, 2020

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Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You by Scotto Moore

A completely unknown band releases a track on Bandcamp. Our hipster music blogger narrator hears it and is compelled to listen again and again, stopping only to finally take a...

Posted by on February 18, 2020

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Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo

Marie Forleo, an award-winning TV and podcast host, wrote this no-nonsense guide to getting motivated into creating the life you’ve always hoped for. Marie learned this saying, “everything is figureoutable”...

Posted by on February 11, 2020

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The Witcher Omnibus by Paul Tobin

The various artists involved pencil and ink a dangerous world, but include colors and strokes which concurrently imbue a fairy tale aesthetic.

Posted by on February 4, 2020

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The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett is the godfather of hard-boiled detective fiction. A former real-life Pinkerton detective, he wrote Red Harvest, The Maltese Falcon, and The Thin Man over a span of 5...

Posted by on January 30, 2020

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Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran

Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead is an odd book. On the one hand, it’s grounded in a grimy, desperate post-Katrina New Orleans. Almost every character in the...

Posted by on January 28, 2020

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Bats: an illustrated guide to all species by Marianne Taylor

Do bats drink blood? How do they communicate? Do bats hibernate? A beautiful, highly readable non-fiction book with exquisitely detailed photographs of all species of bats. This book has everything...

Posted by on January 22, 2020

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Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory

Vivian Forest, a single mother with a busy career in social work, has the chance of a lifetime – a trip overseas to the Sandringham Estate in England with her...

Posted by on January 21, 2020

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The Shape of Night by Tess Gerritsen

Ava Collete is a food writer from Boston, looking to get away for the summer to finish her new book of historical New England recipes. It might be more fitting...

Posted by on January 14, 2020

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Snapshot by Brandon Sanderson

In the near future, the police of New Clipperton have new tool for fighting crime: they can recreate a facsimile of the entire city for a given 24 hour block...

Posted by on January 7, 2020

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Where To Go When: Unforgettable Trips for Every Month

We all have our dream destinations to visit on our bucket lists. But a good question most people ask is “when is the best time to go?” Part of the...

Posted by on December 31, 2019

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