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.

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Library Latest–September 22, 2020

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September 22 is National Voter Registration Day! Check out these library resources about voting rights!

National Voter Registration Day logo

Thank you for voting by Erin Geiger Smith | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Slay the dragon | request the DVD
Give us the ballot by Ari Berman | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
Women will vote by Susan Goodier and Karen Pastorello | request the book
The fight to vote by Michael Waldman | request the book | OverDrive eBook | hoopla eAudio
On account of race by Lawrence Goldstone | request the book | hoopla eBook
The woman’s hour by Elaine Weiss | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio

For information on how to register to vote, visit the Belmont Town Clerk’s page.

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–September 18, 2020

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Enjoy these titles from our new fiction section!

The last passenger by Charles Finch | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
Death in Avignon by Serena Kent | request the book
Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Walk the wire by David Baldacci | request the book | book on CD | Playaway | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
A hundred suns by Karin Tanabe | request the book | large print | OverDrive eBook
Dragon bike edited by Ellie Blue | request the book
A man by Keiichiro Hirano | request the book
A beginning at the end by Mike Chen | request the book | OverDrive eBook
The authenticity project by Claire Pooley | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio

 

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–September 15, 2020

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Checkout these titles from our new nonfiction collection!

The Baja California cookbook by David Castro Hussong and Jay Porter | request the book
This is Ohio by Jack Shuler | request the book
Olympic pride, American prejudice by Deborah Riley Draper and Travis Thrasher | request the book
Girl decoded by Rana El Kaliouby | request the book
Pilgrimage to eternity by Timothy Egan | request the book | OverDrive eAudio
Until the end of time by Brian Greene | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Talk to me by James Vlahos | request the book
You’re not listening by Kate Murphy | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
These fevered days by Martha Ackmann | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Voyage of mercy by Stephen Puleo | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio

If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items click on the link to the catalog and place your hold. 

 

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Library Latest — September 4, 2020

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It’s never too late in the grilling season to learn a new recipe! Check out these print and eBooks today!

Request the print copy!
The garden and the grill by Karen Adler and Judith Fertig | request the book
The big-flavor grill by Chris Schlesinger and John Willoughby | request the book
Michael Symon’s playing with fire by Michael Symon | request the book
Cool smoke by Tuffy Stone | request the book

Borrow from hoopla right now!
Fish grilled & smoked by John Manikowski | hoopla eBook
Simply grilling by Jennifer Chandler | hoopla eBook
Total grilling manual by Lisa Atwood | hoopla eBook
Italian grill by Mario Batali | hoopla eBook


If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items click on the link to the catalog and place your hold. 

 

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Library Latest — August 13, 2020

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Go back in time with these historical fiction novels!

A mountain landscape with text reading "For Adults: Standalone Novels" above four book covers.

Standalone Novels for Adults:
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen | request the book | large print | OverDrive eBook | hoopla eBook
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline | request the book | book on CD | large print | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras | request the book | large print | OverDrive eAudio
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders | request the book | book on CD | large print | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio

A beach landscape with text reading "For Adults: Series Starters" above four book covers.

Series Starters for Adults:
Katherine of Aragon, the True Queen by Alison Weir | request the book
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn | request the book | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
Aztec by Gary Jennings | request the book

A prairie landscape with text reading "For Teens, part 1" above four book covers.

For Teens, part 1:
The Silence of Bones by June Hur | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina | request the book 
Inventing Victoria by Tonia Bolden | request the book | OverDrive eBook
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio 

A rocky landscape with text reading "For Teens, part 2" above four book covers.

For Teens, part 2:
The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf | request the book
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian | request the book | book on CD | Overdrive eBook | Overdrive eAudio | hoopla aAudio
When the Ground is Hard by Malla Nunn | request the book
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio

If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items click on the link to the catalog and place your hold. 

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Library Latest — August 11, 2020

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You don’t have to go far to find some great wordsmiths. Check out these titles by local authors!

Text on a blue and teal background reads "Adult Nonfiction & Memoir" above four book covers.

Adult Nonfiction & Memoir:
A girl walks into a bar by Rachel Dratch | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Hammer head by Nina MacLaughlin | request the book
The accidental billionaires by Ben Mezrich | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Townie by Andre Dubus III | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio

Text on a pink background reads "Adult Fiction" above four book covers.

Adult Fiction:
The stars are fire by Anita Shreve | request the book | book on CD | large print | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
The third son by Julie Wu | request the book | hoopla eAudio
The murder list by Hank Phillippi Ryan | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Election by Tom Perrotta | request the book

Text on a yellow background reads "Teen Fiction" above five book covers.

Teen Fiction:
In the neighborhood of true by Susan Carlton | request the book | OverDrive eBook | hoopla eBook
Landscape with invisible hand by MT Anderson | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork | request the book
Contagion by Erin Bowman | request the book | OverDrive eAudio
The arrival of someday by Jen Malone | request the book | OverDrive eBook

Text on a green background reads "Kids Fiction" above five book covers.

Kids Fiction:
Rosy and the secret friend by Margaret McNamara | request the book | OverDrive eBook
What’s the big idea? by Stephen Krensky | request the book
Dragonslayer by Tui Sutherland | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
The case of the stinky stench by Josh Funk | request the book | OverDrive eBook
The art of Eric Carle by Eric Carle | request the book

If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items, click on the link to the catalog and place your hold. 

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Library Latest — August 5, 2020

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Go beyond the stereotypes with these books by authors with disabilities.

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Adult Nonfiction & Memoir: 
The world’s strongest librarian by Josh Hanagarne | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
The princess diarist by Carrie Fisher | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Look me in the eye by John Elder Robison | request the book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Haben by Haben Girma | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio

Text on a silver background reads "Adult Fiction" with four book covers.

Adult Fiction: 
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler | request the book | graphic novel | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio|hoopla eGraphic
Borderline by Mishell Baker | request the book | OverDrive eAudio
The kiss quotient by Helen Hoang | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
So lucky by Nicola Griffith | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio

Text on a bronze background reads "Teen Nonfiction & Memoir" with four book covers.

Teen Nonfiction & Memoir:
Soul surfer by Bethany Hamilton with Sheryl Berk and Rick Bundschuh | request the book | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eAudio
We should hang out some time by Josh Sundquist | request the book | OverDrive eBook | hoopla eAudio
Funny you don’t look autistic by Michael McCreary | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Strangers assume my girlfriend is my nurse by Shane Burcaw | request the book | OverDrive eBook

Text on a gray metal background reads "Teen Fiction" with four book covers.

Teen Fiction:
For a muse of fire by Heidi Heilig | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eAudio
Lying out loud by Kody Keplinger | request the book 
Unbroken: 13 stories starring disabled teens edited by Marieke Nijkamp | request the book | OverDrive eBook
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eBook | hoopla eAudio

If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items click on the link to the catalog and place your hold. 

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Library Latest — August 3, 2020

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Escape the heat with these beach reads! 

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For Adults: 
Summer longing by Jamie Brenner | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Big summer by Jennifer Weiner | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
The identicals by Elin Hilderbrand | request the book | book on CD | large print | Playway audiobook | OverDrive eAudio
Get a life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio | hoopla eBook | hoopla eAudio
Do you mind if I cancel? by Gary Janetti | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio

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For Teens: 
The vanishing deep by Astrid Scholte | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
This one summer by Mariko Tamaki | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Hearts, strings, and other breakable things by Jacqueline Firkins | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Nantucket blue by Leila Howland | request the book 
Lumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, and Brooklyn Allen | request the book | OverDrive eBook | hoopla eBook

Text reading "For Kids" above five book covers on a background of beach rocks.

For Kids:
The camping trip by Jennifer K. Mann | request the book
Saffron ice cream by Rashin Kheiriyeh | request the book
Accidental trouble magnet by Zanib Mian | request the book 
To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Greenberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
The season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio

If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items click on the link to the catalog and place your hold. 

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Library Latest — July 30, 2020

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Check out these titles by Native, Indigenous, and First Nation authors! 

Louise Erdrich
The night watchman | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Future home of the living god | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eAudio
LaRose | request the book | book on CD | large print | hoopla eBook | OverDrive eAudio

Joy Harjo
An American sunrise | request the book
Conflict resolution for holy beings | request the book
Crazy brave | request the book

Stephen Graham Jones
The only good Indians | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Mongrels | request the book
Mapping the interior | request the book | OverDrive eBook

Leslie Marmon Silko
The turquoise ledge | request the book
Ceremony | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Almanac of the dead | request the book

If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items click on the link to the catalog and place your hold. 

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Discover more Native, Indigenous, and First Nations authors in this post on the library’s Facebook page: 

Library Latest — July 20, 2020

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Explore the US and beyond with these travel biographies!

An open road in the desert with a brilliant blue sky and text reading "Across the US" and four book covers.

Across the US:
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio  
Spirit run by Noé Alvarez| request the book | OverDrive eBook
The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck | request the book | OverDrive eAudio 
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck | request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio

A sepia-toned photo of vintage suitcases with text reading "Beyond the US: part 1" and four book covers.

Beyond the US, part 1:
In a sunburned country by Bill Bryson | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
From here to eternity by Caitlin Doughty | request the book | book on CD
Barbarian days by William Finnegan| request the book | OverDrive eBook
The tenth island by Diana Marcum | request the book

A sepia-toned photo of vintage suitcases with text reading "Beyond the US: part 2" and four book covers.

Beyond the US, part 2:
The cat who covered the world by Christopher S. Wren | request the book
Running in the family by Michael Ondaatje | request the book | OverDrive eBook
From scratch by Tembi Locke | request the book | OverDrive eAudio
Adventure divas by Holly Morris | request the book

A mountain range at sunset with text reading "Nature and Survival: part 1" and four book covers.

Nature and Survival, part 1: 
Love with a chance of drowning by Torre DeRoche | request the book
Sole searching on the Appalachian Trail by Sam “Sam I am” Ducharme | request the book
Mother of God by Paul Rosolie | request the book
That wild country by Mark Kenyon | request the book

A mountain range at sunset with text reading "Nature and Survival: part 2" and four book covers.

Nature and Survival, part 2:
Into thin air by Jon Karkauer | request the book | large print | OverDrive eBook
Wild by Cheryl Strayed| request the book | book on CD | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Up by Patricia Ellis Herr | request the book
438 days by Jonathan Franklin | request the book |  book on CD | OverDrive eAudio

Colorful hot air balloons against a clear blue sky with text reading "Travel for Teens" and four book covers

Travel for Teens: 
No summit out of sight by Jordan Romero with Linda LeBlanc | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
The American Dream? by Shing Yin Khor | request the book
You can never find a rickshaw when it monsoons by Mo Willems | hoopla eBook
Diary of a Tokyo teen by Christine Mari Inzer | request the book

If you’d like to request the physical copy of any of these items click on the link to the catalog and place your hold. 

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