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Castlegar & District Public Library January 2024
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Extended to January 31st, 2024 Bring newly purchased (or handmade) hats, scarves, mittens, gloves, socks, etc. to the library for the Giving Tree. All items will be donated to the Community Harvest Food Bank.
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Extended to January 31st, 2024 1 non-perishable food or personal hygiene item = $2 off of fines. Please note that this does not include lost library items. All items collected will be donated to the Community Harvest Food Bank.
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Friends of the Library Winter Book Sale Friday, January 19th: 10 am to 4 pm Saturday, January 20th: 10 am to 4 pm Books are for sale by donation. There will be: non-fiction, fiction, mystery, children's and youth, DVD's, and more!
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Vox Books for Kids VOX™ Books are the world's first audio books that live in print books. The permanently attached VOX Reader transforms an ordinary print book into an all-in-one read-along. No need for computers, tablets, or CDs—children simply push a button to listen and read. Come and check out our new collection of Vox Books! The library currently has 7 titles available for loan.
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Aranet 4 CO2 Sensors Aranet4 is an innovative battery-powered CO sensor with an e-ink display. The device also measures temperature, relative humidity, and atmospheric pressure.
Use your smart devices to remotely access the current and historical measurement data and adjust the configuration of the Aranet 4 device. The library currently has 4 sensors available for loan.
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by Debra Magpie Earling Raised among her people, the Lemhi Shoshone, the young Sacajewea is fierce and bold, growing strong from her relationships to the non-human world. When her village is marauded by enemy raiders, Sacajewea is stolen and then gambled away to Charbonneau, a French Canadian trapper and trader. Heavy with grief, Sacajewea learns how to survive at the edge of a strange new world. When Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery arrives, Sacajewea knows she must cross a vast and brutal terrain with her newborn son, the white man who owns her, and a company of men who wish to conquer the world she loves.
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The Journey after the Crownby Andrew MackieNineteen-year-old identical twins Violet and Daisie Chettle can hardly believe their luck when they are recruited as maids on newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II's royal ship. It's just the ticket they need away from cold, grey London and the tension that's been brewing at home since the tragic loss of their parents. But the 1954 royal tour to Australia, is a far cry from the glitz and glamour they had imagined. Life below deck is hard-work, and whilst Violet is prepared to keep her head down and be seen and not heard, Daisie has her sights on doing everything she can to hang up her apron and mingle above deck -- even if it means leaving Violet behind. But as Daisie begins to win royal favour, she receives a letter from London. The sisters can't outrun their past any longer... Violet has committed an unspeakable act of betrayal that will change their relationship forever. With their positions on the tour hanging in the balance, have the sisters ventured too far from home to ever find their way back? Set against the stunning backdrop of Queen Elizabeth's first royal tour with Prince Phillip prepare to be swept away with this upstairs-downstairs drama.
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by Robert Dugoni Agreeing to look into the disappearance of investigative reporter Lisa Childress twenty-five years ago at the behest of Lisa's daughter, Detective Tracy Crosswhite reopens the potentially explosive investigations Lisa was following, which pushes her loyalties to the limit when she makes a shocking discovery.
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Vivvy Bouchet, daughter of a known psychic, was ten when she saved a boy's life by making an impossible prediction. Now she's an astrophysicist in Texas, devoted to science, but the boy she saved has become a cop who continues to believe she can see things no one else can. When he begs for help on the high-profile cold case of a kidnapped girl, Vivvy steps back into the ocean of voices that once nearly drowned her. She is forced to team up with detective Jesse Sharp, a skeptic of anything but fact. When Vivvy becomes the target of a conspiracy theorist podcaster, she fights back with both her scientific mind and her inexplicable gifts, hoping to lure a kidnapper, find a child who haunts her, and lay some of her own ghosts to rest
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The Little Wartime Library
by Kate Thompson
In 1944 London, librarian Clara Button creates an underground library and shelter, but, as the war drags on, finds her determination to remain strong in the face of adversity tested to the limit when it may come at the price of keeping those closest to her alive. Original. 75,000 first printing.
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This book is a blueprint for those who may not fit the image of a "traditional" runner-that is, someone who is larger in size, less athletic, out of shape, or dealing with any kind of health issue that slows them down-to feel empowered to lace up their shoes and embrace the body they have right now.
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by Jill Weber, PhD Overcoming Stress-Induced Brain Fog offers quick solutions you can put to work right away, including exercises based in awareness, mindfulness and acceptance, and self-compassion. With these ten easily accessible tools, you'll find your way out of the haze toward clarity, improved memory, and a greater presence to enjoy life.
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As we enter a new, spiritually enlightened age, more people than ever are turning to the metaphysical world of crystal energy. Once-esoteric practices such as Reiki, acupuncture, and crystal healing are quickly becoming mainstream. From ancient shamanic headdresses to the quartz in your wristwatch, crystals have been in our collective consciousness since time immemorial. This book focuses on honing our relationship with various stones-and explores the relationships between the stones themselves.
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by Joan E. Strassmann
Many birders travel far and wide to popular birding destinations to catch sight of rare or "exotic" birds. In Slow Birding, evolutionary biologist Joan E. Strassmann introduces readers to the joys of birding right where they are. In this inspiring guide to the art of slow birding, Strassmann tells colorful stories of the most common birds to be found -birds we often see but might not have considered deeply before.
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What Would Gen-Z Do? : Everything You Don't Know About Gen-z But Should
by John Schlimm
When interacting with Gen-Zers, whether you be their parent, teacher, coach, relative, neighbor, or anything in between, the generational divide can seem larger than ever. What Would Gen-Z Do? will help you reach across the generational divide and learn how to navigate your relationships with Gen-Zers. In this guide to everything Gen-Z, John Schlimm, Harvard-trained educator and Gen-Z advocate, uses his extensive experience in working with the younger generation to offer some insight for anyone who’s navigating the Gen-Z universe.
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Unbroken : my fight for survival, hope, and justice for Indigenous women and girls
by Angela Sterritt
The award-winning journalist investigates cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, showing how colonialism and racism led to a society where she struggled to survive as a young person, relying entirely on her own strength, resilience and creativity along with the support of her ancestors and community to find her way.
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Secrets can be deadly in this suspenseful thriller about undercover Russian spies in 1980s Washington D.C. Phillip and Elizabeth Jennings seem to be a typical suburban couple, but they're actually lethal KGB agents plotting to bring down America. As the Cold War escalates, Philip and Elizabeth must take extreme measures to continue their mission to keep their true identities hidden. But when an FBI agent moves in across the street, they become ensnared in a pulse-pounding game of cat and mouse
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The turbulent life of a genius musician battling manic depression. A favorite with artists such as Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Beck, and many others, view the singer-songwriter-artist through his art and interviews, and in the eyes of his fans.
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Porridge: The Complete Series
Habitual offender Norman Stanley Fletcher (Ronnie Barker) is doing five years of porridge at HM Slade Prison. He passes away the time sharing his wealth of experience with his fellow inmates, particularly naive, young first-timer Lennie (Richard Beckinsale) whom Fletch takes under his fatherly wing.
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In Every Generationby Kendare Blake Return to Sunnydale in a brand-new series by New York Times best-selling author Kendare Blake, set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Frankie Rosenberg wasn't yet alive when her mom, Willow, her aunt Buffy, and the original Scooby Gang destroyed the Hellmouth and saved the world from the First Evil. These days, life in New Sunnydale is blissfully quiet. Frankie is just trying to survive her sophomore year at the rebuilt high school and use her budding magical powers to make the world a better place.But that world is suddenly plunged into danger when the slayer community is the target of a deadly attack, leaving the future of the line uncertain. Then Frankie discovers she's sort of freakishly strong. Oh, and there's something Willow never told her about her true identity.
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Ning enters a cutthroat magical competition to find the kingdom's greatest master of the art of brewing tea, but political schemes and secrets make her goal of gaining access to royal physicians to cure her dying sister far more dangerous than she imagined.
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Adele grew up in the shadows--first watching from backstage at her mother's Parisian dance halls, then wandering around the gloomy, haunted rooms of her father's manor. When she's finally sent away to boarding school in London, she's happy to enter the brightly lit world of society girls and their wealthy suitors. Yet there are shadows there, too. Many of the men that try to charm Adele's new friends do so with dark intentions. After a violent assault, she turns to a roguish young con woman for help. Together, they become vigilantes meting out justice. But can Adele save herself from the same fate as those she protects? With a queer romance at its heart, this lush historical thriller offers readers an irresistible mix of vengeance and empowerment.
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Saint : a novel
by Adrienne Young
After years of escaping deadly storms and gaining the reputation of being the luckiest to sail the Narrows, Elias's luck may have run out when he crosses paths with a young dredger from the Unnamed Sea, who tests his faith like never before
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Dark room etiquette
by Robin Roe
When he is kidnapped, 16-year-old Sayers Wayte must play the part his abductor has created for him, but soon the line between fact and fiction blurs, making him wonder if he can escape without losing himself entirely.
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City of the Dead
by James Patterson
When the dead start outnumbering the living, Hawk and her mother, Maximum Ride, team up to fight a war brewing in the shadows of the City of the Dead.
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