Library of Things Online Catalog Browse through the items in our Library of Things on our website. In addition to the different categories of things and loan rules, you can also check the availability of lawn games and library equipment. When you have figured out what item you would like and when, give the Reference Desk a call at 631-581-9200 x5 to make a reservation.
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Make sure to register for:
Wednesdays, October 6, 13, 20 & 27
6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Grades 11-12
Fee: $100 per person
If you plan to take the SAT this Fall, this is the course for you! A New York State certified Math and English teacher will help prepare you for the exam by reinforcing specific skills and test-taking strategies. Practice questions will also be presented. Registrants are required to bring a copy of the College Board's Official SAT Study Guide (2020 edition, ISBN: 9781457312199) with them to the first class. Please bring your library card and a $100 non-refundable check, made payable to Jason Bernstein, when you register at the Reference Desk. Please note that 15 teens need to be registered for this class to occur.
Adult & Young Adult programs for the week of September 12, 2021:
In-person, online, and telephone registration for September and October Adult and Young Adult programs is ongoing. Programs with a fee are non-refundable and must be registered in-person.
We have begun to return to in-person programming. Only those otherwise noted will be virtual.
September 13, 20, 27, October 4, 18 & 25, 9:30 a.m.
Fee: $18
Jamie helps you start off the week with meditation breath work and gentle yoga postures and stretches.
September 13, 20, 27, October 4, 18 & 25, 5:30 p.m.
Kim guides you through this traditional yoga practice. Please bring a mat or towel.
September 7, 14, 21, 28, October 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2:30 p.m.
Fee: $24
While seated in a chair, Joy will help participants engage in weight bearing activities using dumbbells and resistance bands.
Wednesdays, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Stop by the library to join others that share your passion while you work on your current sewing project. Please bring your own supplies. Instructors may be available. Registration is not required.
September 8, 15, 22, 29, October 6, 13, 20 & 27, 10:00 a.m.
Fee: $24
Join Adrienne in experiencing the benefits of yoga. Improve flexibility, strength and posture.
Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
We provide the room, you provide the game: canasta, mah jongg, bridge or any game you love to play!
September 9, 16, 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21 & 28, 6:00 p.m.
Fee: $24
For those of you who cannot make our daytime yoga classes, we are now offering another evening class with Jamie. If you have always wanted to experience the benefits of yoga, give this class a try.
Friday, September 17, 2:00 p.m.
Raya and the Last Dragon
Follow Raya and Sisu, the last dragon of Kumandra, on their quest of finding all the pieces of a magical gem to restore the land to its previous, peaceful form.
Rated: PG; 114 min.; 2021
Starring: Kelly Tran, Awkwafina
Do you like to knit or crochet? Whatever your passion, gather and socialize with others who share your interest, and perhaps pick up a few tips and tricks as you work on your own creations! Please bring your own supplies. Instructors may be available. Registration is not required.
Thursday, September 16, 6:30 p.m.
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small town, but the similarities end there. At school, Connell is popular and well liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life changing begins. Now a hit series on Hulu.
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
Sponsored by the poet Pablo Neruda to flee the violence of the Spanish Civil War, a pregnant widow and an army doctor unite in an arranged marriage, only to be swept up by the early days of World War II.
Access:
Borrow or place a hold online for the book, large print book, or audiobook or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
Afterlife by Julia Alvarez
Reeling from her beloved husband's sudden death in the wake of her retirement, an immigrant writer is further derailed by the reappearance of her unstable sister and an entreaty for help by a pregnant undocumented teen.
Access:
Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
Draws on the author's mother's story in a tale set in a turbulent 1960s Dominican Republic, where a young teen agrees to marry a man twice her age to help her family's immigration to America.
Access:
Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia
A sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter's fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born.
Access:
Borrow or place a hold online for the book or large print book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
Hades, Argentina by Daniel Loedel
A medical student in 1970s Buenos Aires must decide how far he's willing to go for his childhood crush and the group of insurgents she's joined as more and more people like her are disappeared by an oppressive military junta.
Access:
Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Shares the story of the author's relationship with an abusive partner and how it was shaped by her religious upbringing, her sexual orientation and inaccurate cultural beliefs about psychological trauma.
Access:
Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
Daytripper by Fabio Moon & Gabriel Ba
Presents key moments in the life of Bras de Oliva Domingos, a Brazilian writer and sometime journalist, and the son of a prominent author, as if each episode would turn out to be the day in which he was about to die.
Access:
Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A reimagining of the classic gothic suspense novel follows the experiences of a courageous socialite in 1950s Mexico who is drawn into the treacherous secrets of an isolated mansion.
Access:
Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
The Book of Lost Saints by Daniel Jose Older
Visited by an ancestral spirit who would have him unearth family secrets from the Cuban Revolution, a young Cuban-American embarks on an investigation marked by ghostly helpers, a new love, a murderous gangster and changes in his sense of identity.
Access:
Live-brary.com has an eBook. Borrow or place a hold online for the book, or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
Undocumented by Dan-el Padilla Peralta
A Princeton University salutatorian describes his experiences as an undocumented immigrant youth in New York City, relating his efforts as a scholarship student in a private school that sharply contrasted with his street life in East Harlem.
Access:
Live-brary.com has an eBook. Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
Fruit of the Drunken Tea by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Follows a sheltered girl and a teen maid, who forge an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both amid the violence of 1990s Columbia.
Access:
Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
A wedding planner left at the altar? Yeah, the irony isn't lost on Carolina Santos, either. But despite that embarrassing blip from her past, Lina's offered an opportunity that could change her life. There's just one hitch: she has to collaborate with the best (make that worst) man from her own failed nuptials.
Access:
Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
Appointed to the Supreme Court in 2009, Sonia Sotomayor became the first Latina to achieve this high judicial office. My Beloved World offers a moving portrait of her gritty South Bronx neighborhood and her extended Puerto Rican family, as well as details of the many challenges she has faced during her formative years and early career.
Access:
Borrow or place a hold online for the book or large print book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez
Bogota resident Antonio Yammara reflects on a mid-20th-century uprising between Pablo Escobar's drug cartel and government forces that trapped Pablo's community in a nightmarish existence and culminated in a friend's murder.
Access:
Live-brary.com has an eBook. Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
JobNow provides various tools to help with every step of the job search including live resume assistance, career planning, live career coaching, live interview preparation, and free live workshops.
VetNow supports veterans and their families with navigating the VA bureaucracy, providing academic tutoring, and assisting with employment transition.
To access JobNow and/or VetNow services:
- Visit livebrary.com and click on Jobs & Careers
- Select Jobs & Careers once more and then choose from JobNow or VetNow
- Sign in with your library card
Live online help for both JobNow and HelpNow is available every day
from 2:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Remote Printing at East Islip Public Library
You can use your personal computer (laptop or desktop), tablet and smartphone to print to the library's printer from anywhere. Visit www.eipl.org/print for instructions on how to upload or email your documents. Once received, we will hold on to the print job for 72 hours for you to come in at your convenience.
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