The bill of the century: the epic battle for the Civil Rights Act by Clay Risen

The burning shore: how Hitler's U-boats brought World War II to America by Ed Offley

1177 B.C.: the year civilization collapsed by Eric H. Cline

Congo: the epic history of a people by David van Reybrouck ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett

The fight for the four freedoms: what made FDR and the greatest generation truly great by Harvey J. Kaye

Unreal city: Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the fate of the West by Judith Nies

Start your spring cleaning and help a good cause all at the same time!  The Canton Senior Center is looking for new or gently used handbags and jewelry for their 6th Annual Jewelry & Purse Sale.  Proceeds from this sale will support Canton's Senior Adult Program, which offers a variety of social, enrichment and service-based programs to Canton residents 55 and older.  Donations will be accepted in the Parkview Room of Summit on the Park Community Center until April 28. 

A boy named charlie brown (CD) [sound recording] by Vince Guaraldi Trio

Please join the Adult Contemporary Book Discussion Group on Monday, May 19 at 7:00 PM in the Purple Room to discuss:

Unbroken: a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand. On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Force bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared. The only survivor was the crew's bombardier, Lt. Louis Zamperini. His true story of endurance will take your breath away. 

The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History will be presenting their Science for Tomorrow: STEM Career Workshops here at Canton Public Library. These programs are designed to introduce middle school students to STEM careers, show them who scientists really are and what they do, and provide them with practical tools for navigating high school, applying for college and achieving those careers. 
Through a series of four interactive workshops, students will get to meet the U-M faculty or alumni who work in the STEM related fields every day.  They are also given tools to help them take charge of their educational future and given assistance in setting realistic goals to get them into STEM fields in college. 
The program begins with a U-M campus visit in Ann Arbor for each student and one caregiver.  A bus will leave from Canton Public Library at 9 AM on Saturday, April 26. After a visit to a working science lab, campus tour, lunch with faculty and students and presentations by U-M admissions staff, the bus will return to the library around 3:00 PM. 
The program continues for 3 more workshops at the Canton Public Library on the days and times listed below. Space is limited. Registration for the bus ride to Ann Arbor also registers each student for the remaining workshop sesssions at the library. 

Wednesday, April 16, 2014, 7:30 PM

• Call the Meeting to Order
• Call to Audience (5 min. maximum)
• Approval of Agenda
• Approval of General Meeting Minutes
• Communications
• Director's Report
• Committee Reports - Finance Committee
• Unfinished Business and General Orders
  • JJX Lease Renewal Counter-Proposal
• New Business
  • 2013 Audit Report
  • Proposed Revision - Capital Asset Policy
  • Proposed Revision - Credit Card Policy
  • Strategic Plan Update
• Call to Audience (5 min. maximum)
• Adjourn

Want to learn new professional skills for your job? Pursue new hobbies in your spare time? Let CPL help you with your lifelong learning. Our Learn4Life online courses offer you a wide range of highly sought-after classes that you can take entirely online, totally free of charge. April classes begin on April 16 and continue for six weeks. All you need is a valid Canton Public Library Card and Internet access to start learning! 

The dog stars [kit] by Peter Heller — Hig survived the flu that killed everyone he knows. He lives in the hangar of an abandoned airport with his dog, his only neighbor a gun-toting misanthrope. In his 1956 Cessna, Hig flies the perimeter of the airfield or sneaks off to the mountains to fish and to pretend that things are the way they used to be. But when a random transmission beams through his radio, the voice ignites a hope that a better life--something like his old life--exists beyond the airport. Knowing he will not have fuel to fly home, he follows the trail of the static-broken voice on the radio.