The library at all locations will have adjusted hours in observance of Thanksgiving:
Wednesday 11/27: closing at 1pm
Thursday, 11/28 & Friday, 11/29: closed
Library operations will resume on Saturday, 11/30.

The library's temporary locations are at the Beech Street Center and the E.C. Benton Library. For more information, including hours of operation, please click here.

Library Latest–November 6, 2020

Get to know the story behind the competition in these selections of great sports writing.

Sum it up by Pat Summit | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Where nobody knows your name by John Feinstein | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Dream Team by Jack McCallum | request the book | OverDrive eBook | hoopla eAudio
Football for a buck by Jeff Pearlman | request the book | hoopla eAudio
The baseball codes by Jason Turbow | request the book
Orr: my story by Bobby Orr | request the book | OverDrive eBook
The role I played by Sami Jo Small | request the book 
Scribe by Bob Ryan | request the book | OverDrive eBook
The captain class by Sam Walker | request the book
Pedro by Pedro Martinez | request the book | OverDrive eBook


Library Latest–November 3, 2020

The Library is closed today because of the election so we invite you to check out these digital titles related to the US Presidency!

You never forget your first by Alexis Coe | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
The gatekeepers by Chris Whipple | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Assassination Vacation | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
The residence by Kate Andersen Brower | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eBook | hoopla eAudio
Harry Truman’s excellent adventure by Matthew Algeo | hoopla eBook
Team of rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
In the president’s secret service by Ronald Kessler | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
Presidents at war | watch on kanopy
Secret history of Air Force One | watch on kanopy


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Library Latest–October 30, 2020

It’s not too late to pick up a horror movie for Halloween!

Get out | request the Blu-ray
It | request the Blu-ray
Psycho | request the DVD
A quiet place | request the Blu-ray
Poltergeist | request the Blu-ray
Us | request the DVD
The silence of the lambs | request the DVD
Texas chainsaw massacre | request the DVD
The grudge | request the DVD
The invisible man | request the DVD

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Library Latest–October 27, 2020

Learn something new with one of our Great Courses titles! Courses are broken up into 30-minute sessions so you can go at your own pace without having to search for a convenient stopping point.

The science of flight | request the DVD
Change and motion: calculus made clear | request the DVD
Great music of the 20th century | request the DVD
Polar explorations | request the DVD
Brain myths exploded | request the DVD | book on CD
The American Civil War | request the DVD 
The story of human language | request the DVD
Life in our universe | request the DVD

You can now pick up your holds inside the building. For more information including policies, procedures, and hours click here.

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Library Latest–October 23, 2020

Taking a walk but still want to listen to an audiobook? Checkout one of our playaways, each player runs on a AAA battery and can be used with your own headphones!

Heroines of Mercy Street by Pamela D. Toler | request the playaway
Me & Patsy kickin’ up dust by Loretta Lynn | request the playaway
24 by Willie Mays | request the playaway
The girl in the glass box by James Grippando | request the playaway
If it bleeds by Stephen King | request the playaway
Run to the finish by Amanda Brooks | request the playaway
The starless sea by Erin Morgenstern | request the playaway
28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand | request the playaway

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Library Latest–October 13, 2020

Find something new to add to your rotation of recipes with one of these cookbooks from our new nonfiction section!

Week light by Donna Hay | request the book 
Rustic French cooking made easy by Audrey Le Goff | request the book
Modern country cooking by Annemarie Ahearn | request the book
No gluten, no problem pizza by Kelli Bronski | request the book
Tasty pride by Jesse Szewczyk | request the book
The real Japanese Izakaya cookbook by Wataru Yokota | request the book
Lands of the curry leaf by Peter Kuruvita | request the book
The couple’s cookbook by Cole and Kiera Stipovich | request the book

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Library Latest–October 6, 2020

Introducing the Belmont Public Library’s new LP collection! Reserve these albums and many more!

Reserve the albums featured in today’s post by clicking on the link next to the title:
Licensed to ill by The Beastie Boys | reserve the LP
Divide by Ed Sheeran | reserve the LP
Revolver by The Beatles | reserve the LP
Weezer by Weezer | reserve the LP
Janis Joplin’s greatest hits by Janis Joplin | reserve the LP
Tapestry by Carole King | reserve the LP
Hot fuss by The Killers | reserve the LP
A night at the opera by Queen | reserve the LP
The great Otis Redding sings soul ballads by Otis Redding | reserve the LP

If you’d like to browse our entire LP collection, click here.

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Library Latest–October 2, 2020

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month by reading one of these selections from Latinx authors!

Request the titles from today’s post:
The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz | request the book | en espagnol | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Fever dream by Samanta Schweblin | request the book | OverDrive eBook
My time among the whites by Jennine Capó Crucet | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Ordinary girls by Jaquira Díaz | request the book | OverDrive eBook
The sound of things falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Dominicana by Angie Cruz | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
The affairs of the Falcóns by Melissa Rivero | request the book | OverDrive eAudio
Love in the time of cholera by Gabriel García-Márquez | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio

Click here for more information on National Hispanic Heritage Month

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Library Latest–September 29, 2020

Participate in Banned Books Week with these selections from the American Library Association’s list of the Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019!

Titles from today’s post:
The house of spirits by Isabel Allende | request the book | book on CD | large print | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eBook | hoopla eAudio
The curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Nineteen minutes by Jodi Picoult | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
The handmaid’s tale by Margaret Atwood | request the book | book on CD | large print | OverDrive eBook
The glass castle by Jeannette Walls | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Beloved by Toni Morrison | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Nickel and dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio

Click here to read the ALA’s full list

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Library Latest–September 25, 2020

Celebrate National Comic Book Day by checking out one of these titles from our Adult Graphic Novel collection!

RX: a graphic memoir by Rachel Lindsay | request the book
Indeh: a story of the Apache Wars by Ethan Hawke and Greg Ruth | request the book
V for vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd | request the book | OverDrive eBook | hoopla eBook
Daytripper by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá | request the book | hoopla eBook
Hark!: a vagrant by Kate Beaton | request the book
Going into town: a love letter to New York by Roz Chast | request the book
The handmaid’s tale by Margaret Atwood and Renée Nault | request the book
Cook Korean!: a comic book with recipes by Robin Ha | request the book

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