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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn

When Amy meets Nick, it’s love at first sight. Something out of a movie. Magical. And, maybe, deadly.

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Coming Soon: A Digital Learning Lab for KC Teens

Andrea Ellis

Equipped with a planning grant from the MacArthur Foundation, the Kansas City Public Library and Science City are plotting a digital media "learning lab" for teens in Union Station. Check out our progress!

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Four Books for Olympic Readers

American Shaolin

Armchair athletes the world over are glued to television/ computer/smartphone screens soaking up the quadrennial celebration of the Olympic Games in London.

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Thomas Mallon Presents Watergate on August 9

Watergate by Thomas Mallon book cover

Non Fiction is good when it comes to facts. Fiction is most effective when it comes to feelings. These truths come up frequently in Watergate, Thomas Mallon’s novel about the political scandal that brought down a president.

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5 Reasons to Help the Library Get Google Fiber

Google Fiber

The Kansas City Public Library could become one of the first public libraries in the nation to provide customers a free connection to Google’s cutting-edge high-speed fiber optic network. But we need your help to get it.