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Nerd Nite is Tonight! Friday, Nov. 8, 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Z & M Twisted Vines, 620 Cherokee, downtown Leavenworth Join us for a fun, imaginative yet informative night! Appetizers provided; beverages and other food available for purchase. Tonight's topic: Dastardly Dictators and Ruthless Rulers - "Napoleon: A Great, Bad Man" presented by Mark T. Gerges, Ph.D., Associate Professor, U.S. Army CGSC
- "Mao, the Killer Chinese Librarian" presented by Joseph G.D. (Geoff) Babb, Ph.D, Associate Professor, US Army CGSC
- "Ruthless, but not as bad as Mao: Stalin" presented by David W. Mills, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, U.S. Army CGSC
- "Tojo: The Dull and Nerdy Warlord" presented by Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Professor U.S. Army CGSC
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The Library will be closed on Monday, Nov. 11 for Veterans Day.
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The Library will close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27 and will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28 and Friday, Nov. 29 for Thanksgiving.
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The great alone
by Kristin Hannah
When her volatile, former POW father impulsively moves the family to mid-1970s Alaska to live off the land, young Leni and her mother are forced to confront the dangers of their lack of preparedness in the wake of a dangerous winter season. By the best-selling author of The Nightingale.
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The Underground Railroad : a novel
by Colson Whitehead
The award-winning author of The Noble Hustle chronicles the daring survival story of a cotton plantation slave in Georgia, who, after suffering at the hands of both her owners and fellow slaves, races through the Underground Railroad with a relentless slave-catcher close behind.
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Leavenworth Public Library
417 Spruce Street
Leavenworth, KS 66048
913-682-5666
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