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Pearl's Pick's for May
Check Pearl’s Picks every month for great books personally recommended by Librarian Action Figure heroine and NPR commentator, Nancy Pearl.
Readers can’t get enough of her recommendations while bookstores and libraries offer standing room only whenever she visits. Since the release of her best-seller, Book Lust in 2003 Nancy Pearl has become a rock star among readers and the tastemaker people turn to when deciding what to read next.
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BookLetters: Canton Public Library's BookLetters offers lists of reading suggestions including book awards and New York Times bestsellers. In addition to featuring a new author each week, on BookLetters you can find out more about your favorite authors.
Would you like to regularly receive reading suggestions via email?
Sign up and have e-mail newsletters with reading suggestions sent to your mailbox.
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Bookmarks : Looking for reading suggestions? Want to know what the Canton Public Library staff is reading? Do you enjoy listening to audio books? Read all of John Grisham or Janet Evanovich? Check out our printable bookmarks.
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BookPage: It is the mission of this resource to recommend the best books for readers of all types, whether you're interested in literary fiction or romance, history or science fiction, cookbooks or children's books. The focus is on new releases and reviews are for the general reader -- the true booklover always on the lookout for recommendations on what to read next.
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Fave5: Fave Fives are lists of five suggested titles — books, audiobooks, music CDs, films and documentaries, even CD-ROMs, or any combination thereof. Lists are created by library staff and library customers too! |
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Pearl’s Picks: Monthly reading recommendations from
Nancy Pearl, a rock star among readers and the tastemaker people turn to when deciding what to read next. Having worked as a librarian and bookseller in Detroit, Tulsa, and Seattle, Nancy's knowledge of and love for books is second to none.
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Staff Recommendations: Canton Public Library Staff offer you some of their favorite Fiction, Nonfiction, Audiobook & Movie Picks. |
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Book Club-in-a-Bag: The Canton Public Library's Book Club-in-a-Bag provides everything your group needs for a great discussion…all in one easy kit!
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Book Discussion Guide Database: A must for bookgroups! Here you'll find information and discussion questions for hundreds of book group titles.
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Book Discussions: One thing that people like to do almost as much as read a book is to talk about it. That's one reason the Canton Public Library offers opportunities for groups of all ages to get together.
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Books by Mail Service: Books by Mail is a service provided to Canton residents who are physically unable to the library due to a permanent or a long-term illness or disability, or seniors (65 and older) without a way to get books. Through this service, books are mailed directly to your home at no charge. For more information go to the Books by Mail application page. |
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eBook and eAudiobook Collections: Access to popular fiction and nonfiction titles to read online or download to your home computer and onto many PDA devices. Download and listen to audiobooks on most MP3 devices or burn to CD.
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Email Book Club: Join our Email Book Club and start reading books in your email! Each weekday, you will receive a five-minute portion of a book. By the end of the week, you will have read two or three chapters.
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How to Start a Book Club - in 7 Easy Steps: Starting your own book group? We can help. An informative How to Start a Book Club - in 7 Easy Steps guide was created especially for you by Canton Public Library Adult Services Librarians. Download the pdf version here or stop by the reference desk and ask for your free copy.
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Book Discussion Guide Database: A must for bookgroups! Here you'll find information and discussion questions for hundreds of book group titles.
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Books & Authors: The definitive online source for what to read next. |
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Books in Print for Patrons: Easy browsing and searching for books, audiobooks, and video titles.
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Lit Finder: Roth Publishing's one-stop site for full-text poems, stories and essays. |
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Literature Resource Center: Access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline.
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Novelist: Your best guide to fiction. |
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Magill Databases: Information on over 1,500 notable authors; the source for reviewed critical analyses and brief plot summaries of the most studied works in the history of literature.
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Michigan Authors and Illustrators: A database of information on authors and illustrators born in Michigan, living in Michigan, or who have written books about or set in Michigan. |
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