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Great Reads for the Fourth of July
1775: a good year for revolution by Kevin Phillips
Bunker Hill: a city, a siege, a revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick
Our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor: the forging of American independence, 1774-1776 by Richard R. Beeman
Desperate sons: Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the secret band of radicals who led the colonies to war by Les Standiford
Washington's spies: the story of America's first spy ring by Alexander Rose
Thomas Jefferson: the art of power by Jon Meacham
1776 by David McCullough
Murder Will Out
Let It Burn: An Alex Mcknight Novel by Hamilton, Steve — Join Steve Hamilton, Edgar Award winner, at Aunt Agatha's on Friday, July 5 at 7:00 PM to celebrate the release of his newest book Let It Burn.
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Teen Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Legend by Marie Lu
The girl of fire and thorns by Rae Carson
Poison study by Maria V. Snyder
Shadows on the moon by Zoë Marriott
Brightly woven by Alexandra Bracken
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Sleuth It: Dead & Done II
Historical mysteries let the reader be picked up and be transported to different times and places. A good story is a painless way to get into the period, and, if it features a unsolved crime or two, give a look at history’s darker underside.
A free man of color by Barbara Hambly
A test of wills by Charles Todd
Crocodile on the sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Hawkwood: a Regency crime thriller by James McGee
Murphy's law: a Molly Murphy mystery by Rhys Bowen
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Escape with an eBook This Summer!
Read on your laptop, phone, tablet or eReader! Read on the beach, in the park, on the plane or any place you may go! Our library's free eBooks can be checked out for up to 3 weeks, and they will be automatically returned to the collection when expire! No overdues or fines!
Read the Book and Watch the Movie
Eight men out: the Black Sox and the 1919 World Series by Eliot Asinof
Shoeless Joe [sound recording] by W.P. Kinsella
Books that made us laugh
Stuff white people like: the definitive guide to the unique taste of millions by Christian Lander
A walk in the woods: rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
All I know about animal behavior I learned in Loehmann's dressing room by Erma Bombeck
Eat less cottage cheese and more ice cream: thoughts on life by from Erma Bombeck ; illustrations by Lynn Chang
America (the book): a citizen's guide to democracy inaction by written and edited by Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Javerbaum ; writers, Rich Blomquist ... [et al.] ; additional material, Samantha Bee ... [et al.] ; with a foreword by Thomas Jefferson
New Books on the History Shelf
America 1933: the Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the shaping of the New Deal by Michael Golay
Antarctica: a biography by David Day
Finding Florida: the true history of the Sunshine State by T.D. Allman
The guns at last light: the war in Western Europe, 1944- 1945 by Rick Atkinson
Here is where: discovering America's great forgotten history by Andrew Carroll
Hitler's charisma: leading millions into the abyss by Laurence Rees
A journey through Tudor England by Suzannah Lipscomb
10 Off-beat Films About Food
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Big night [videodisc] by Rysher Entertainment presents a Timpano production:
Determined to drum up business and foil his Little Italy rival, Secondo concocts a rumor that bandleader Louis Prima will dine at his restaurant that very night, sending chef Primo into a frenzy. Will it be the finest night of his career, or will it be a financial disaster? Will Louis Prima actually come to dine? With wonderful performances by Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub, it's worth viewing this film just to see the dinner's masterpiece timpano.
2. Toast [videodisc] by W2 Media Inc, BBC, and Screen WM present ; produced by Faye Ward ; written by Lee Hall ; directed by SJ Clarkson:
England's reputation for terrible food may be deserved if this film, based on food writer Nigel Slater's memoirs, can be believed. Nigel's mum may have served meals from boiled tins, but he and his dad adored her. When she dies and her place in his father's affections is threatened by their gastronomically adept cleaning lady, Nigel enters into an unofficial culinary contest with his late mother's rival.
Time was...time is July 2013
The Americans: the national experience by Daniel J. Boorstin
America, a history in art: the American journey told by painters, sculptors, photographers, and architects by W.G Scheller
The photograph and the American dream, 1840-1940 by Foreword, William Jefferson Clinton ; American notes, Charles Dickens; essays, Stephen White and Andreas Blühm
Eyes of the nation: a visual history of the United States by Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; with Alan Brinkley
Witness to America: an illustrated documentary history of the United States from the Revolution to today by Stephen Ambrose & Douglas Brinkley, [editors]
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