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Happy Labor Day - Library Closed
Monday, September 4, All day
The library will be closed for the Labor Day holiday. Be safe everyone!
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Staff training day - Library Closed
Saturday, September 9, All day
Library staff will be in training and meetings all day. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Events held at (unless otherwise noted): The Garden Home Community Library Annex 7306 SW Oleson Rd Located across the street in the Garden Home Marketplace shopping center - 2 doors down from the Bulldog Deli. Look for the yellow garden gnome outside the door.
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Books & Beer with Heather & Nick WHEN: Fri., Sept. 1 @ 7 pm Enjoy beer plus a discussion. Selection: Drown by Junot Diaz. A book of stories set in the Dominican Republic and in New Jersey. Limited copies available.
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Tuesday Night Nourishment Book Group WHEN: Tues., Sept. 12 @ 7 pm Quirky and delightful, Nina George’s book focuses on Jean Perdu, owner of the Literary Apothecary, a floating bookshop. When a new tenant in his apartment building sets in motion events that force Jean to re-evaluate his past, he finds himself floating off down the rivers of France in search of lost love, new love, and friends he didn’t know he needed. Check in library for availability.
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Film Night: Black & White Film Night WHEN: Fri., Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. Director: Darren Aronofsky Rated: R. Running Time: 84 minutes The third of three films in our Black and White film series is Pi, a psychological thriller starring Sean Gullette. The film earned the Directing Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the Gotham Open Palm Award.
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Writer’s Workshop: How to write a non-fiction book proposal
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How to write a non-fiction book proposal Ledy by author Maggie Stuckey WHEN: Tues., Sept. 26, 6:30-8:30 PM Stuckey, the author 11 nonfiction books, will discuss how to write a non-fiction book proposal geared toward traditional, royalty-based publishing. Not a lightweight class, come prepared to fully engage. Includes Q&A time.
Register at 503-245-9932.
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Nerd Night: Trivia for Adults WHEN: Tues., Sept. 5, @ 6:30
A fun and informal evening that is anything but easy. I recommend bringing or joining a team to increase your chances and breadth of knowledge.
Prizes for highest and lowest scorers. Winning individual or team gets WCCLS swag.
Questions include current events, music, and more.
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Library After-Hours: Trivia Night WHEN: Sat., Sept. 9, 5-7 pm Special location: West Slope Library – 3678 SW 78th Ave We’re partnering with our friends at West Slope Library to throw a special after-hours Saturday trivia night. Five new sets. Come compete and find out who knows the most trivia. There will be prizes!
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Garden Home Board Game Night WHEN: Weds., Sept. 13 from 6 - 9 pm
Come enjoy classic and/or new board games with other enthusiasts. Bring your own or play those (changes monthly, and/or as requested) brought by the event leader, Peter.
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Crafternoon Tea! WHEN: Weds., Sept. 20, 2-4 pm
A new regular event! This group will meet every third Wednesday of the month.
Bring your own handcraft project (knitting, crochet, needlepoint, macramé, etc.) to work on, and enjoy the company of fellow craft enthusiasts! All levels are welcome.
Tea is provided.
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Creativity Uncorked WHEN: Thurs., Sept. 28, 6:30-8:30 PM
Limited to 25 participants. Registration required - Call 503-245-9932. Looking for a fun way to do introduce yourself to painting? Then a painting party is perfect for you! This class is open to people of all levels where you can either follow along with the painting being instructed, or make your own masterpiece.
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The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn
In 1947, pregnant Charlie St. Clair, an American college girl banished from her family, arrives in London to find out what happened to her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, and meets a former spy who, torn apart by betrayal, agrees to help her on her mission.
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Tears we cannot stop : a sermon to white America
by Michael Eric Dyson
A call for change in the United States argues that racial progress can only be achieved after facing difficult truths, including being honest about how black grievance has been ignored, dismissed, and discounted
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Two years eight months and twenty-eight nights : a novel
by Salman Rushdie
A modern fairy tale by the award-winning author of Midnight's Children is set in a world of religious dominance where mystical acts and supernatural abilities shape a war over control of Fairyland. Reprint. A New York Times best-seller.
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Me before you
by Jojo Moyes
Working for wheelchair bound Will, who was injured in a motorcycle accident, Louisa struggles with her employer's acerbic moods, but upon learning of his shocking plans for his future, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living
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My side of the mountain
by Jean Craighead George
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship
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The shell seekers
by Rosamunde Pilcher
Set in England between World War II and the present, this epic novel details the connections that bind the Keeling family together over three generations and the family's frailties, strengths, passions, and joys
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Winter solstice
by Rosamunde Pilcher
Five people buffeted by life's difficulties come together at a rundown estate house in Northern Scotland during a revelatory winter solstice
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The Martian : a novel
by Andy Weir
Stranded on Mars by a duststorm that compromised his space suit and forced his crew to leave him behind, astronaut Mark Watney struggles to survive in spite of minimal supplies and environmental challenges that test his ingenuity
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The book thief
by Markus Zusak
Living with a foster family in Germany during World War II, a young girl struggles to survive her day-to-day trials through stealing anything she can get her hands on, but when she discovers the beauty of literature, she realizes that she has been blessed with a gift that must be shared with others, including the Jewish man hiding in the basement. Reprint.
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State of wonder
by Ann Patchett
A researcher at a pharmaceutical company, Marina Singh must step out of her comfort zone when she is sent into the heart of the Amazonian delta to check on a field team that has been silent for two years--a dangerous assignment that forces Marina to confront the ghosts of her past. 300,000 first printing.
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The dead lands : a novel
by Benjamin Percy
A post-apocalyptic reimagining of Lewis and Clark's epic journey is set in a world decimated by a superflu and nuclear fallout, where two explorers investigate rumors of an area of growing crops, plentiful rain and a dangerous rising army. 50,000 first printing.
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Mink river : a novel
by Brian Doyle
Looks at the lives, loves, and losses of the residents of the village of Neawanaka, Oregon
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The art of racing in the rain : a novel
by Garth Stein
On the eve of a faithful canine's death, Enzo takes stock of his life while recalling the sacrifices, unexpected losses, and person struggles of his would-be race-car driver human, Denny, in the latter's efforts to retain custody of his daughter. 300,000 first printing. Reprint.
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Lab girl
by Hope Jahren
A memoir by an award-winning paleobiologist traces her childhood in her father's laboratory, her longtime relationship with a colleague, and the remarkable discoveries they've made both in the lab and during extensive field research assignments
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Behind the scenes at the museum
by Kate Atkinson
A family saga chronicles a century of life as four generations of Yorkshire women move through two World Wars, coronations, secrets, heartbreak, and happiness, all seen through the eyes of Ruby Lennox
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People of the book : a novel
by Geraldine Brooks
Offered a coveted job to analyze and conserve a priceless Sarajevo Haggadah, Australian rare-book expert Hanna Heath discovers a series of tiny artifacts in the volume's ancient binding that reveal its historically significant origins. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March. Reprint.
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It ends with us
by Colleen Hoover
Falling for a stubborn but sensitive neurosurgeon after a youth spent working hard to earn an education and start her own business, Lily is frustrated by his aversion to commitment before reconnecting with a first love from the past she left behind. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author. Original.
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The history of the ancient world : from the earliest accounts to the fall of Rome
by S. Wise Bauer
A sweeping, historical overview of the ancient world links historical events from Europe and the Middle East to the coast of China, offering an in-depth geography of how the events occurred, detailed timelines, an analysis of cultural interconnections, profiles of key figures, and a study of literary, artistic, cultural, political, economic, and social institutions.
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Master and commander [sound recording]
by Patrick O'Brian
First in the series. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin form a friendship in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Life aboard a man-of-war in Nelson's navy is described
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The Flintstones
by Mark Russell
"Fred and Barney reunite for Mark Russell's modern take on Hanna-Barbera's most famous stone-age family! This new series starring the first family of Bedrock (and civilization, really) tells the story of who we are and why we do what we do as if it all began with Fred, Wilma, Barney, Betty, and the rest of the citizens of Bedrock. Shining a light on humanity's ancient customs and institutions in a funny origin story of human civilization, Mark Russell (PREZ) blends modern interpretations with Hanna-Barbera's classic character's, bringing a breath of fresh stone-age air."
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Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city
by Matthew Desmond
A Harvard sociologist examines the challenge of eviction as a cause of poverty in America, revealing how people are forced from their homes and reduced to cycles of extreme disadvantage that are reinforced by legal systems
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Most wanted
by Lisa Scottoline
Using a sperm donor to conceive when she learns that her husband is infertile, a happily pregnant woman is shattered to learn that a man arrested for a series of brutal murders is the biological father of her baby. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Betrayed. (general fiction).
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Look again
by Lisa Scottoline
When reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a "Have You Seen This Child?" flyer in the mail, the child looks exactly like her adopted son, Will, which prompts Ellen to launch an investigation that ultimately threatens both of their lives
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Small great things : a novel
by Jodi Picoult
Hesitating to treat the newborn of a white supremacist couple who has demanded that a white nurse assist them, a black nurse is placed on trial in the tragic aftermath and is aided by a white public defender with whom she begins questioning their beliefs as the case becomes more racially charged. By the #1 best-selling author of Leaving Time.
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Archie giant comics blast
by Inc. Archie Comic Publications
Collects 480 pages of iconic Archie tales in one amazing volume that follows America's favorite redhead as he navigates the pressures of American teenage life in the awkward, charming and hilarious ways that fans have come to know and love. Original.
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