We are heading into the time of year when settling in with a good book can be an appealing proposition. Enjoy a feast of reading this season! Here's how: Browse PowerPAC, our online library catalog. The front page of PowerPAC highlights the newest items in our collection. Of course, you can also search for older material and you can limit your search to specific collections if you like. Without leaving your home, you can place holds on books, renew your materials, set up notification for new books by favorite authors, and even keep a log of every book you've checked out. Ask one of our librarians to show you the advanced features of this powerful discovery tool. Digital books galore! Our 3M Cloud Library offers thousands of eBooks and eAudiobooks. You will find current bestsellers as well as popular older titles and genre favorites. If you have tried borrowing eBooks in the past, please try again - the 3M Cloud Library makes borrowing fast and easy, and the wait time for books is not nearly as long. Need some reading suggestions? Subscribe to our Nextreads service, and get lists of new books in your favorite genres delivered to your inbox. Lists include Fiction A to Z, Historical Fiction, Biography and Memoir, and much more. Don't overlook the Forthcoming Books newsletter - you get a preview of the best-reviewed titles yet to be published, and you can request them before they are even in the library. Need MORE reading suggestions? Thanks to the generosity of the Friends of PFPL, the library subscribes to BookPage, a monthly magazine full of reviews, author interviews and feature articles. Pick up a copy at the library - it's free. MORE reading suggestions? Come to our monthly Book Forum - it's our book club with no assigned reading. Everyone comes to enjoy light refreshments and talk about whatever book they've enjoyed recently. Come away with a list of new books you may want to try. We meet every third Wednesday of the month at 1:30 p.m.
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PFPL will be closed in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 26 through Saturday, November 28. We will close at 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
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Gravestone Art and Symbolism Thursday November 12 at 7:00 p.m. Covers the progression and interpretation of early symbolism, from family burial plots to the elaborate rural cemeteries of the Victorian era, through to the Memorial Parks of the 20th Century. We discuss modern examples of memorialization and the techniques and skills of the early slate and sandstone carvers, and contrast with today’s techniques such as laser etching. Sponsored by the Friends of PFPL.
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Book Forum Wednesday November 18 at 1:30 p.m. The book club with no assigned reading. Share light refreshments and talk about whatever you have been reading lately. Come away with a list of new titles to sample!
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Happy Bookers Discussion: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Two meetings: Wednesday November 18 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. Multiple copies of the book are available for reserve. See the Happy Bookers website for more information.
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Film Screening: Home for the Holidays Thursday November 19 at 7:00 p.m. Claudia Larson (Holly Hunter) usually approaches family reunions with a certain trepidation, but as she prepares to fly from her home in Chicago to her parent's place in Baltimore for Thanksgiving, she is more apprehensive than usual. While her siblings and in-laws struggle to remain civil, their quite eccentric aunt Gladys (Geraldine Chaplin) arrives. Directed by Jodi Foster. Rated PG-13; 105 minutes. The public is invited to stay for a brief discussion after the film. All films in this series are recommended for adults. For more information, call the library at 908-454-3712. Partial funding is provided by the Warren County Cultural and Heritage Commission. Movie License # 196808001
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Save the Date: Classic Book Club Tuesday, December 8 at 7:00 p.m.Join our classic book club in a discussion of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. See the Coffee, Tea & Classics website for more information.
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Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption
by Bryan Stevenson
The executive director of a social advocacy group that has helped relieve condemned prisoners explains why justice and mercy must go hand-in-hand through the story of Walter McMillian, a man condemned to death row for a murder he didn't commit. Selected by Deb Messling, reference librarian.
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The Marvels
by Brian Selznick
Two stories, one told in pictures tracing the experiences of a mid-18th-century shipwreck survivor, and a prose tale about a 1990s youth who investigates mysteries at a relative's London house, become connected in unexpected ways. Selected by Valerie, circulation staff.
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Forbidden Fruit
by Erica Spindler
Follows three generations of Pierron women--Lily, a legendary New Orleans madam; her daughter Hope, a woman living a dual life filled with destructive passion; and her granddaughter Glory, who enters a forbidden relationship with a man who knows all of their dark secrets. Selected by Mariola, circulation staff.
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The killing lessons
by Saul Black
Investigating the latest victims of a pair of serial killers, increasingly unstable San Francisco homicide detective Valerie Hart investigates the murderers' only survivor, a traumatized 10-year-old girl. Selected by Barbara, technical services staff.
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Sticks and stones
by K. J. Larsen
Cat Deluca of the Pants On Fire Detective Agency is driven to clear her client's good name after her cheating husband turns up dead and she becomes the prime suspect. Selected by Ann DeRenzis, library director.
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Friction
by Sandra Brown
Petitioning to regain custody of his young daughter in the aftermath of a reckless decision, a Texas Ranger intervenes during the attempted assassination of an attractive judge, who he risks his life to protect when the gunman escapes. Selected by Lori, circulation staff.
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The solitude of Thomas Cave
by Georgina Harding
In the North Atlantic of 1616, the crew of an English whaling ship prepares to sail home, except for Thomas Cave, who has accepted a potentially deadly wager from his shipmates--to endure a winter alone on an Arctic island--and prepares for months of solitude, darkness, and harsh weather, with only his rations, shelter, and a journal. Selected by Norma, circulation staff.
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