Library Blog
What Movies Matter to You?
In the new free film series Movies That Matter, the Library’s film czar, Robert W. Butler, has programmed 20 films he deems essential to film literacy. They range from Citizen Kane to Snow White.
The Changeling by Philippa Gregory
With the first book in her Order of Darkness series, Philippa Gregory sets a tale of romance, intrigue, and Inquisition in the startling and delightful ambiance of pre-Enlightenment Europe.
January First by Michael Schofield
By the time January Schofield is two years old, she can do multiplication and division problems, knows the periodic table by heart, loves to read, and has imaginary friends that tell her to hurt herself and others.
Library Interview: Jamal Joseph
“It’s been an incredible journey.” That’s how Jamal Joseph describes his life, and nobody is likely to contradict him. He speaks about his memoir Panther Baby on Friday, September 21, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. at the Plaza Branch.
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
In The Paris Wife, Paula McLain re-imagines the marriage of Ernest Hemingway and Hadley Johnson as wildly romantic and bleakly tragic -- and in doing so, makes us want to read more Hemingway.
