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Castlegar & District Public Library May 2022 |
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Summer Reading Club Coordinators The Library is seeking two coordinators to foster a love of reading, spark creativity and provide an activity rich opportunity for children this summer. Read full job posting HERE. The 2023 Summer Reading Club theme is: |
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Friends of the Castlegar & District Public Library Book Sale Friday, June 2nd and Saturday, June 3rd, 10 am to 4 pm.
Something for everyone. Sales by donation. In the library basement. Please bring a bag or box. We have a limited supply! |
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Lungfish : a novel
by Meghan Gilliss
Squatting in the former home of her deceased grandmother on an uninhabited island off the coast of Maine, Tuck, along with her spirited young daughter, relies on the island for sustenance and answers, living moment-by-moment through the absurdity, beauty, paranoia and hunger that shoots through her life.
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The book of Otto and Liam by Paul GrinerMay and Otto Barnes have a perfect life: she an engineer, he a freelance artist, new friends in a new town, and a bright, 8 year-old boy. But their world is shattered when their son is wounded in a school shooting and his best friend killed, and, while Liam fights for life, hoaxers begin to harass Otto, trying to force him to admit the shooting never happened.
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The shadow murders
by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Faced with their toughest case yet, made only more difficult with COVID-19 restrictions and the challenges of their own personal lives, Department Q, led by Detective Carl Mørck, investigates a series of“accidental” deaths over the span of 30 years that may be the work of a violent serial killer.
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Righteous prey by John SandfordWhen a mysterious vigilante group known only as "The Five" starts targeting the very worst of society, using their unlimited resources to offset the damage done by those they've killed, Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers are called in to investigate?--and destroy?--this virtually untraceable group.
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Dilemmas of free expression by Emmett MacfarlaneFree expression is under threat. Social media and 'fake news,' misinformation, and disinformation have prompted governments to propose new forms of regulation that are deeply challenging to free expression. Hate speech, far-right populism, campus speech debates, and censorship consistently make headlines in Canada and abroad. This book offers appraisals of ways to confront challenging moral issues, policy problems, and controversies that pay heed to the fundamental right to free expression.
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For thousands of years, and as recently as three generations ago, it was common practice all over the world to collect wild food; knowledge of what, when, and where to forage was a necessary part of daily life. Today, there is a desire to learn how to forage once again for health, economy, and pleasure. Diego Bonetto shows readers how to engage with wild food sources through identification guides and with twenty recipes for food and remedies. It's time to reconnect with the stories of our ancestors and care for local ecologies while transforming our neighbourhoods into edible adventures.
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This naked mind: nicotine : the science-based method to reclaim your health and take control easily by Annie GraceIn This Naked Mind: Nicotine, Annie Grace and William Porter combine their trusted approaches to overcoming problem drinking--science-backed, habit-breaking systems that have worked for thousands--to vanquish tobacco addiction. Annie and William uncover the subconscious beliefs about smoking that keep us addicted to it despite its well-known costs. With thought-provoking questions and exercises that will spark clarity, this essential book will help you jumpstart your no-smoking journey easily and heal your brain and body"
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WhaleFollows the story of an obese and reclusive English professor who began binge eating after tragic events as he tries to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.
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Women talkingFollows a goup of women in an isolated ultraconservative Mennonite colony who face the trauma of realizing that they have been drugged and raped by men from their community.
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Banshees of InisherinThe friendship of two men suddenly ends when one of them abruptly begins ignoring his lifelong friend.
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Fabelmans
A coming-of-age story of a young man fascinated with filmmaking and its power to distill the truth about the world around him
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Regular Hours Monday & Tuesday - 10 am - 6 pm Wednesday & Thursday - 10 am - 8 pm Friday & Saturday - 10 am - 5 pm Sunday: Closed Closed Monday May 22 for Victoria Day |
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