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Monday, December 25 The library is closed. Merry Christmas!
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Monday, January 1
The library is closed.
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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: Friday, December 1 @ 7 pm Enjoy beer plus a discussion. Selection: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde In a world where one can literally get lost in literature, Thursday Next, a Special Operative in literary detection, tries to stop the world's Third Most Wanted criminal from kidnapping characters, including Jane Eyre, from works of literature.
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Tuesday Night Nourishment Book Group WHEN: Tuesday, December 12 @ 7 pm In December our book group decides what to read for the next year. Bring 2 titles to “pitch” to the group; after everyone's shared we vote on what to read. Selections can be fiction, non-fiction, graphic novel, poetry or anything so long as it’s in book form. There's only one rule for book club: books must be less than 500 pages.
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Detective Film Night WHEN: Friday, December 15 at 7 pm Title: The Thin Man Director: W.S. Van Dyke Running Time: 93 minutes The third of three films in a series of detective movies! This month's film stars William Powell and Myrna Loy. "Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it." (IMDb) This film is not rated.
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Wreath making craft night WHEN: Wednesday, December 6 TIME: 6-7:30 pm Join us in welcoming winter with a festive wreath-making craft night. We will provide some basic supplies to create a simple but beautiful wreath to hang proudly in your home. Feel free to bring additional foliage or decorative pieces to add a personal touch.
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Free Swap WHEN: Saturday, December 9 TIME: 10 am - Noon Bring used giftable items (clothes, books, housewares, small electronics, small furniture) you no longer need and swap with other people.
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Record Swap WHEN: Saturday, December 9 TIME: 3-5 pm Looking to refresh your record collection and pass on some old favorites for others to enjoy? Join us for our first ever Record Swap! This is not a sale, but a one-to-one exchange. We’ll provide tickets for each of the records you bring to trade; each ticket gets you one new-to-you record.
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Winter Wonders: Exploration Stations, Music, and Hot Chocolate WHEN: Saturday, December 23TIME: 11 am - 1 pm Join us for a family-friendly afternoon community sing-along with hot chocolate.
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Tunes to get you into the seasonal spirit Get ready for the sing-along by checking out some of our seasonal CDs.
Prepping for a party? Check out some tunes (non-holiday or otherwise) to play in the background too. We have a wide variety from classical to punk and beyond.
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Nerd Night: Trivia for Adults WHEN: Tuesday, December 5 TIME: 6:30 pm
A fun and informal evening that is anything but easy. I recommend playing as a team (join one or bring your own) to increase your chances and breadth of knowledge. Questions include current events, music, and three other varying sets.
Prizes! Snacks! New players are always welcome. The more the merrier!
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Garden Home Board Game Night WHEN: Wednesday, December 13 TIME: 6 - 8 pm
Come enjoy classic and/or new board games with other board game enthusiasts. Each month features a new selection of games. You are also welcome to bring any you'd like to play.
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Crafternoon Tea! WHEN: Wednesday, December 20 TIME: 2-4 pm
This group meets 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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Sing, unburied, sing : a novel
by Jesmyn Ward
Living with his grandparents and toddler sister on a Gulf Coast farm, Jojo navigates the challenges of his tormented mother's addictions and his grandmother's terminal cancer before the release of his father from prison prompts a road trip of danger and hope. By the National Book Award-winning author of Salvage the Bones.
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The future is history : how totalitarianism reclaimed Russia
by Masha Gessen
The award-winning Russian-American journalist and author of the best-selling The Man Without a Face traces how within the space of a generation, Russia has succumbed to a more virulent and resistant strain of autocracy as demonstrated by the experiences of four prototype individuals born at the once-presumed dawn of Russian democracy.
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Far from the Tree
by Robin Benway
Feeling incomplete as an adopted child after placing her own baby up for adoption, teen Grace tracks down her biological siblings and finds herself struggling with the dynamics of being a middle child between an embittered older brother and an outspoken younger sister. 60,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Soccer in sun and shadow
by Eduardo Galeano
Presents observations and reflections on soccer showing both the tragedy and the triumph of the game throughout the years
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The revenge of analog : real things and why they matter
by David Sax
A lighthearted tribute to the historical and future role of analog technologies traces the renewal of interest in tangible goods from books to vinyl records, exploring how underreported trends in analog consumerism are reflecting how today's people think, shop and do business. 20,000 first printing.
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Wicked bugs : the meanest, deadliest, grossest bugs on earth
by Amy Stewart
"Wicked Bugs: The Meanest, Deadliest, Grossest Bugs on Earth is a middle-grade adaptation of Amy Stewart's Wicked Bugs that features profiles of the world's scariest, deadliest, and grossest bugs, from the most painful hornet to flies that transmit deadly diseases to millipedes that stop traffic, to "bookworms" that devour libraries. With its featured bugs organized by categories that match the upper elementary science curriculum, this humorous, fascinating, and seriously icky book will has color illustrations throughout"
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From the ground up [electronic resource] : the story of a first garden
by Amy Stewart
Describes how a dream of creating her first garden was transformed by hard work, determination, and difficult lessons into a beautiful plot of land and how a year of planting seeds, battling pests, weeding, watering, and composting changes her into an enthusiastic gardener.
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Miss Kopp's midnight confessions
by Amy Stewart
Deputy Sheriff Constance Kopp and her sister Fleurette defend the young women being brought into the 1916 Hackensack jail under dubious charges like waywardness and incorrigibility. By the author of Lady Cop Makes Trouble. 60,000 first printing.
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Lady cop makes trouble
by Amy Stewart
Constance Kopp, one of the nation's first female deputy sheriffs, fights back when a German con man threatens her position as a crime fighter and puts her boss, Sheriff Heath, at risk for breaking the law
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Girl waits with gun
by Amy Stewart
Living in virtual isolation years after the revelation of a painful family secret, Constance Kopp is terrorized by a belligerent silk factory owner and fights back in ways outside the norm for early twentieth-century women
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