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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Skip to End of CarouselLearn 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.
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
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.
Fiction Books with Food
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A Pho Love Story eBook | audiobook
Number One Chinese Restaurant eBook | audiobook
Butter Honey Pig Bread eBook | audiobook
Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe eBook | audiobook
An African American Cookbook: Traditional and other Favorite Recipes eBook
Myers + Chang at Home: Recipes from the Beloved Boston Eatery eBook
The Complete Autumn and Winter: 550+ Recipes for Warming Dinners, Holiday Roasts, Seasonal Desserts, Breads, Food gifts, and more eBook
The Harvest Eating Cookbook: More than 200 Recipes for Cooking with Seasonal Local Ingredients eBook
The Soup Sisters: Over 100 recipes to Warm Hearts…One Bowl at a Time eBook
The Basics: A Really Useful Cookbook eBook
The No Recipe Cookbook eBook
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.
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The Little Book of Lykke: Secrets of the World’s Happiest People eBook | audiobook
The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments eBook | audibook
The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living eBook | audiobook
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life eBook | audiobook
Kintsugi wellness: The Japanese Art of Nourishing Mind, Body, and Spirit audiobook
Cozy: The Art of Arranging Yourself in the World eBook | audiobook
American Cozy: Hygge-Inspired ways to Create Comfort and Happiness eBook
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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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
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
Next week is World Water Week! Water is a vital resource here on Earth. Explore some of these books to discover more about the impact it’s had on history, the benefits it brings, to perils it causes, and our fragile relationship with this precious liquid that makes up 71% of the planet.
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The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to his White Mother eBook | audiobook
Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World eBook | audiobook
The Covenant of Water eBook | audiobook
Flesh and Bone and Water eBook | audiobook
Choppy Water eBook | audiobook
The North Water eBook | audiobook
Something in the Water eBook | audiobook
A Song Below Water eBook | audiobook
The Water Dancer eBook | audiobook
We Are Water eBook | audiobook
July is National Outdoor Month! Find time to do some exploring this summer whether it’s a just walk in the neighborhood, a camping trip, or an outdoors adventure, there is nature to discover everywhere.
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The Invention of Nature : Alexander Von Humboldt’s New World eBook | audiobook
On Trails: An Exploration eBook | audiobook
Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace eBook | audiobook
Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship eBook | audiobook
Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey through every National Park eBook | audiobook
Grandma Gatewood’s Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman who Saved the Appalachian Trail eBook | audiobook
Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America eBook
The River at Night eBook | audiobook
Bear With Me Now audiobook
June is Pride Month! Celebrate LGBTQ+ lives and histories by checking out some of these fiction and nonfiction books.
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Prefer eBook and eAudibook options. June is also National Audiobook Appreciation Month!
After Sappho eBook | audiobook
Your Driver is Waiting eBook | audiobook
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen eBook | audiobook
The Verifiers eBook | audiobook
The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes who Changed the World eBook | audiobook
Tomorrow will be Different : Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality eBook | audiobook
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments : Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals eBook | audiobook
We have Always been Here : A Queer Muslim Memoir eBook | audiobook
Dear Senthuran : a Black Spirit Memoir eBook | audiobook
