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Happy New Year! We made it!
And phew! What a year it's been!!
With COVID and hurricanes....2020 will be a year that we would like to forget but will go down in history books! As Edith Lovejoy Pierce once said, “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.” If you're looking for an opportunity to start anew or trying to find a new start, let your library be your guide! We guarantee we have everything you need for a fresh start! Let's make 2021 a great one together.
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PICK-ME-UP | GRAB & GO CRAFTS! |
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A new kit every week! Contact-free pickup at the library entrance. SWING BY YOUR FAVORITE BRANCH AND GRAB A CRAFT OR TWO FOR YOUR FAMILY! |
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Click below for our online calendar! |
Click below for our official Facebook page! |
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Come visit us at one of our mobile pop-up libraries! We have books & movies to checkout, laptops to use with internet & printing capabilities, & giveaways while supplies last! Browse the pop-up collection, use the WiFi, & chat with your local library crew. We hope to see you there! Please note that all pop-up libraries are dependent on the weather and subject to location change or cancellation. |
NEW BOOKS ARRIVING AT YOUR LIBRARY! You can place a hold and have them sent to your branch! |
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"The Mystery of Mrs. Christie" by Marie Benedict
In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the carstrange for a frigid night. Her husband and daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away.The puzzle of those missing eleven days has persisted. With her trademark exploration into the shadows of history, acclaimed author Marie Benedict brings us into the world of Agatha Christie, imagining why such a brilliant woman would find herself at the center of such a murky story. |
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"All the Colors of Night" by Jayne Ann Krentz
North Chastain possesses a paranormal talent that gives him the ability to track down the most dangerous psychic criminals. When his father suddenly falls into a coma-like state, North is convinced it was caused by a deadly artifact that traces back to the days of a secret government program known only as the Bluestone Project. North knows his only hope of saving his father is to find the artifact. He is good when it comes to tracking down killers, but to locate the relic he's going to need help from a psychic who knows the shadowy world of obsessive collectors, deceptive dealers and ruthless raiders. ... With her reputation in ruins after a false accusation, antiques expert Sierra Raines is looking for a fresh start. She turns to the murky backwaters of the paranormal artifacts trade, finding and transporting valuable objects with a psychic provenance. |
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"Unsinkable: Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett" by James Sullivan |
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"Desert Oracle: Volume 1" by Ken Layne |
For the past five years, Desert Oracle has existed as a quasi-mythical, quarterly periodical available to the very determined only by subscription or at the odd desert-town gas station or the occasional hipster boutique, its canary-yellow-covered, forty-four-page issues handed from one curious desert zealot to the next, word spreading faster than the printers could keep up with. It became a radio show, a podcast, a live performance. Now, for the first time -- and including both classic and new, never-before-seen revelations -- Desert Oracle has been bound between two hard covers and is available to you.Straight out of Joshua Tree, California, Desert Oracle is "The Voice of the Desert": a field guide to the strange tales, singing sand dunes, sagebrush trails, artists and aliens, authors and oddballs, ghost towns and modern legends, musicians and mystics, scorpions and saguaros, out there in the sand. |
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"Trolls" and "Trolls World Tour" 2 DVD Movie Collection Trolls Bring home happy with DreamWorks Animation's Trolls - a musical adventure critics are calling "terrifically funny" (Owen Gleiberman, Variety) . When their village is invaded by the grumpy Bergens, two mismatched friends must work together in perfect harmony to save the day. Featuring hit songs performed by Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick and more, Trolls is the critically acclaimed, feel-great movie for all ages! Trolls World Tour Queen Poppy (Anna Kendrick) , Branch (Justin Timberlake) , and the rest of your favorite Trolls are back for another musical adventure that's bigger - and louder - than ever before! In Trolls World Tour, Poppy and Branch discover that their kingdom is only one of six musical realms - Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop, and Rock - that were once united in perfect harmony. |
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Upcoming Library Closures
Monday, January 18th - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Tuesday, February 16th Mardi Gras |
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Calcasieu Parish Public Library
301 W Claude Street
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605
337-721-7151
http://calcasieulibrary.org/
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