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What We're Reading November 2012
Thanksgiving Day kicks off a month of celebrations. May we suggest a movie, tips from Martha Stewart on Thanksgiving prepartions, a history, music to sooth, and a story about family.
Planes, trains and automobiles [videodisc] by Paramount Pictures
Martha's classic Thanksgiving [videodisc] by [presented by] Marth Stewart Living Omnimedia
Mayflower: a story of courage, community, and war by Nathaniel Philbrick
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Great Book Adaptations on Turner Classic Movies
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Murder Will Out November 2012
Murder Abroad…
A nail through the heart: a novel of Bangkok by Timothy Hallinan
Scare the light away by Vicki Delany
A small death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson
Death's autograph: a Dido Hoare mystery by Marianne Macdonald
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Behind the Music
Promoters,musicians,songwriters,recording studios...all these people behind the scenes.

Hüsker Dü: the story of the noise-pop pioneers who launched modern rock by Andrew Earles
Here, there and everywhere: my life recording the music of the Beatles by Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey
Lonely avenue: the unlikely life and times of Doc Pomus by Alex Halberstadt
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Canton Seniors Book Group November 29, 2012
The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine
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Murder Will Out: Mystery Novels Survey
If you prefer paper, the Mystery Novel Survey ballot is available near the Mystery stacks. You can pick up an entry for the gift card drawing at the Adult Help Desk (across from the Check Out Desk). The survey will run October 22 through November 5.
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What We're Reading... October 2012
Mrs. Adams in winter: a journey in the last days of Napoleon by Michael O'Brien
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Older Adults October, 2012
AARP online retreat "5 Weeks to a New Life" without leaving home. The five webinars focus on marriage, money, and personal growth.- Login to comment
Murder Will Out, October 2012
So damn lucky by Deborah Coonts
Skating over the line by Joelle Charbonneau
Cake on a hot tin roof by Jacklyn Brady
Sacrilege: a thriller by S.J. Parris
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Book Club Choices: November 2012
The perfect book for a book discussion is one that's not too easy, not too hard, that will hold the interest of a diverse group of readers and will also inspire a lively discussion. For additional book club resources try the Canton Public Library's Book Club in a Bag kits.
The fatal shore by Robert Hughes
The sparrow [kit] by Mary Doria Russell
The situation in Flushing by Edmund G.
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If You Like Tana French try...
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Happy Anniversary, Aunt Agatha's Bookstore
Hey, mystery lovers! Aunt Agatha's Bookstore, featuring new and used mysteries, detective and true crime, will celebrate its 20th Anniversary on Wednesday, October 3 from 4:00-7:00 PM. Mystery lovers attending their open house will have an opportunity to meet well-known authors such as Steve Hamilton, Louise Penny, Sara Zettel, Deborah Morgan, Loren D. Estleman and more. Aunt Agatha's is in Ann Arbor at 213 S. Fourth Avenue. For more information call 734-769-1114.- Login to comment
Book Club Choices: Banned Books
If your book group is looking for a reading challenge--each of these books has been challenged by a parent or a community. This year marks the 30th Anniversary of American Libraries Association's Banned Books Week, September 30 - October 6, 2012.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ; preface and notes by Matthew J. Bruccoli
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Murder Will Out November 2012
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Time was, Time is… September 2012
It's back to school for millions of students this month. What's happening in our classrooms?
Creating innovators: the making of young people who will change the world by Tony Wagner
Lunch wars: how to start a school food revolution and win the battle for our children's health by Amy Kalafa
Boys and girls learn differently!: a guide for teachers and parents by Michael Gurian

