Now that 2024 has started, let’s take a look back at some great fiction and nonfiction books that came out in 2023. All of which can be checked out from the Library at the Beech Street Center (266 Beech Street) in Belmont.
Author: Logan Manchester
Library Latest- January 23, 2024
January 2nd was National Science Fiction Day! It’s not too late though to explore some of these science fiction books that have come out in the last year and enjoy watching some science fiction movies on Kanopy.
Science Fiction Books
Science Fiction Movies
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Library Latest- December 19, 2023
Looking for a new series to watch? Check out the many options available on Hoopla. All free with your library card!
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A Discovery of Witches Shakespeare and Hathaway Felix Sherwood
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The New Nurses Ackley Bridge Miracle Workers Restless
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Finding Your Roots Winter and Christmas in … Soundbreaking She-Wolves
Library Latest- December 5, 2023
As the days keep getting shorter, enjoy spending time inside watching some Short Films through Kanopy, all free with your library card!
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The Orchestra La Femme et le TGV Salam An Irish Goodbye
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Magnolia Bloom The Door Blueberry The Silent Child
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Library Latest- November 21, 2023
Learn some secrets from the library this November. Check out these titles on the secret lives or histories of various people, animals, and things through these ebooks, audiobooks, movies, and TV shows. All accessible through the links below and with a current Minuteman library card.
Library Latest- November 7, 2023
November is National Nonfiction month! Explore this wide genre and learn more about a variety of interesting topics with some of these books.
Prefer eBooks and audiobooks…
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World eBook | audiobook
What an Owl Knows: The new science of the world’s most enigmatic birds eBook | audiobook
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America eBook | audiobook
Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings eBook | audiobook
Africa is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent eBook
Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future audiobook
Thinking with your Hands: The Surprising Science Behind How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts audiobook
The Key to Creativity: The Science behind ideas and how daydreaming can change the word eBook
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around us eBook | audiobook
Library Latest -October 10, 2023
October is National Cookbook Month! Check out some of these books and the many other cookbooks in the library for some inspiration on recipes and good food as the days get colder.
Library Latest- September 12, 2023
September 12th is the National Day of Encouragement and it is followed the next day by Positive Thinking Day. Be encouraged and inspired by both days to start your Fall on an optimistic note. Check out these books featuring positive thinking philosophies from around the world.
Library Latest- August 8, 2023
Today is International Cat Day! Around the world cats are beloved occupants of our homes. This month read some books with cats featured as sassy magical creatures, mystery solving detectives, and emotional supportive side characters. Also discover more about the history of these animals and what we can learn from them.
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Prefer eBooks and audiobooks…
2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas eBook | audiobook
Death by Beach Read eBook |audiobook
Like Cats and Dogs eBook | audiobook
On Cats audiobook
Mala’s Cat: A Memoir of Survival in World War II eBook | audiobook
Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat audiobook
101 Amazing Facts About Cats eBook
A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life eBook
Library Latest -July 18, 2023
July is Disability Pride Month! Did you know that the first ever Disability Pride Day was held in Boston in 1990 the same year the Americans with Disabilities Act became a law? Explore more books about trailblazing activists and stories that center the lives of people with a variety of disabilities.
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Prefer eBooks and audiobooks…
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century eBook | audiobook
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space eBook | audiobook
We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation eBook | audiobook
Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body eBook | audiobook
What Doesn’t Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness – Lessons from a Body in Revolt eBook | audiobook
Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally eBook | audiobook
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice eBook | audiobook
Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life eBook | audiobook
The Kiss Quotient eBook | audiobook
Good Kings Bad Kings eBook | audiobook