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Every month there are new titles purchased for the Too Good to Miss collections at our libraries. If you're not familiar with TGTM (as we call it here in library-world), it's a special collection of…
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… Every month there are new titles purchased for the Too Good to Miss collections at … of popular books that are truly too good to miss. Some are new and popular titles, others are older titles that might … but are still great reads that deserve another look. New books are added to the collection monthly, and are …
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A week or so ago I saw a trailer for a new tv show and as it flashed across the screen in quick shots (as trailers do) it seemed so familiar and I thought, is it? Could it be? Yes it was. Starz …
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… A week or so ago I saw a trailer for a new tv show and as it flashed across the screen in quick … and I thought, is it? Could it be? Yes it was. Starz has a new show starting at the end of June about one of my favorite … and find out who did this to her or she can take on a new identity (set up for her by the erased Myfanwy) and move …
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… Mojo, China Daily, and more. US Newsstream . Includes the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Afro-American (D.C.) , and more, in addition to local Madison papers. New York Times Digital . Full access to articles on … on Washington, business, sports, movies, travel, books, jobs, education, real estate, etc... | more info » This …
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When Madison Public Library started curbside pick-up services for library materials in May, it was clear our community had missed us.
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… also miss the ability to just browse the shelves for new titles. However, Madison Public Librarians have come up … and through the mail. As of September, we have had 2848 new virtual library card applications for patrons to access … Library Foundation in April. Librarians have also created new online tools for better navigating the library catalog , …
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… browse recommended reads through our book lists or make new friends with our youth graphic novel club. For teens, … with some of these other ways your family can discover new things, explore online resources, and grow together at …
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Institute of Museum and Library Services Funding ThreatenedLast Friday evening, a new Executive Order was released entitled Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, which calls…
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… Library Services Funding Threatened Last Friday evening, a new Executive Order was released entitled Continuing the … remotely, including Consumer Reports, Newspaper Archives, New York Times Digital, Kanopy, and more. … … … … …
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Picture Books | Early Readers | Young Fiction | Middle Grade
More titles for Middle Grade and Teens
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… SCLS Beyond Bestsellers from Madison Public Library The New York Times Best Seller Lists Bestsellers from IndieBound … Frances Cha Jaime Kim 2024 While Doki settles into their new home in New York City, his twin brother Kebi struggles to adjust, so …
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April - June 2023 Issue
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… sister's suicide. Cauley, Kashana. The Survivalists . In New York City, an ambitious Black lawyer falls in love with a … mother-in-law is using a recent inheritance to move into a new upscale community while she fears that a choice she made … Margot. Scorched Grace . In this mystery novel set in New Orleans, a former punk rocker, who has become a devout …
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This little guide starts out as the career story of a young black art history major from private liberal arts women's college Smith. Kimberly Drew navigates academic coursework with…
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… Kimberly Drew navigates academic coursework with part-time jobs, internships and gallery opportunities while also … black art blog on Tumblr. She was at work at a new job as an assistant at a privately owned art gallery for ten days when Eric Garner was killed in the New York City borough of Staten Island and when about three …
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April - June 2017 Issue
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… multigenerational saga that begins in the early 1900’s, a new doctor comes to a tiny island off the coast of Sicily, … he assigns to act as the boy’s mother, as they travel to a new city where the boy is enrolled in a dance school. … novel about the lives of working-class people in Buffalo, New York, is made up of loosely linked stories, centering on …
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"Everyone knows this is a dangerous business, but between you and me, being a woman is a dangerous business, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise."
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… you otherwise." Thus we enter the world of Jane Smiley's new historical novel. And let me say; for a novel featuring a … to know Eliza Ripple and how she was navigating her new life and her explorations into the murders. Eliza had … decades older than her, she looked forward to starting a new life with him. She soon realizes that her supposedly …
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Alyssa Cole has become an auto-read for me since I discovered her Reluctant Royals series and this start to a new, tangential series, Runaway Royals, keeps the streak going. Though How to Catch a…
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… discovered her Reluctant Royals series and this start to a new, tangential series, Runaway Royals, keeps the streak … her goal. And the second is that this is the start of a new series of fairy-tale royal romances - which I'm pretty … arrived. The tradition in the country of Njaza is that a new King must be married before his coronation and Musoke is …
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… SCLS Beyond Bestsellers from Madison Public Library The New York Times Best Seller Lists Bestsellers from IndieBound … this is a tour de force that is certain to launch a new national conversation. Boots on the Ground: America's War … into the soft underbelly of Hitler's Fortress Europa, the new weapons of war come clearly into focus. All the Light We …
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I often read a fair amount of reading (understatement) over holidays and vacations but for this most recent bout of holiday days off I topped myself. Mostly because it's just been so darn cold! What…
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… and is thrilled when Alexa agrees to pose as his fake new girlfriend. And that's how it all starts. It sounds a bit … one sparkles. My other title in this vein is Jojo Moyes' new book about that indomintable Louisa clark, Still Me . … question is YES, yes, I did. Here Lou has taken a job in New York city working as a companion to Agnes Gopnik. Agnes …
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Poetry
Poet Memoirs and Biographies
Novels in Verse
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… SCLS Beyond Bestsellers from Madison Public Library The New York Times Best Seller Lists Bestsellers from IndieBound … artist who balances multiple worlds. The Breakbeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop Kevin Coval, … Crompton's coming of age in rural Pennsylvania and the New York City area in the 1970s and 1980s was anything but …
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Time Travel | Alternate Histories | Parallel Universes & Alternate Realities
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… SCLS Beyond Bestsellers from Madison Public Library The New York Times Best Seller Lists Bestsellers from IndieBound … woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in … Kin Stewart, suffering from memory loss, has started a new life, but when rescuers from the year 2142 finally …
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Madison Public Library has a variety of services for entrepreneurs and small
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… a Business Question … Related Resources … Consumer Info … Jobs & Careers … Cooperative Businesses … Digital Inclusion … … and racial disparities by creating living-wage union jobs. | more info » Neighborhood Business Associations … info » SCORE Madison Provides classes and counseling for new and existing small businesses. | more info » Small …
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January - March 2023 Issue
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… . After an immigrant from the Dominican Republic living in New York City loses her job, she enrolls in a program which … novel set in the 1880s, a Mexican cowboy is hired as the new sheriff of a Texas town where a series of gruesome … Tennessee in 1996, a teenage girl who is a writer and her new boyfriend, an artist, plaster their town with copies of a …
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October-December 2021 Issue
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… rock band become a sudden success at a music festival in New England, leading to a tour and romance with a big star. … Ramsey . A half-Black and half-Syrian boy, raised in New Orleans by his maternal grandmother, travels to the … becomes an intern at a prestigious literary magazine in New York, where he finds himself trying to choose between two …
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Goodman South Madison Library has been working with and supporting the Literacy Network for nearly 10 years to help improve language learning in the Madison community.
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… to work or job-related goals around applying for jobs or school. Accessing community resources is another … excited by all the things the library offers - it’s new information to a lot of them,” said Fabrizio. In addition … this past semester Tana Elias, Madison Public Library's new Library Director, attended Literacy Network’s 50th …
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April - June 2024 Issue
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… Belt town in Pennsylvania in the 1990's, a young woman, new in town, meets three men who work in their father's … Maura. Acts of Forgiveness . A Black journalist in New York City is called back to her Philadelphia home to help … years after his death; they struggle financially, at their jobs, and within their own relationship. Robinson, Roxana. …
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… our tutoring and educational opportunities. Books Adult New Readers : All Madison Public Library locations offer materials to help adult new readers improve their reading skills. These materials … and learning English as a Second Language (ESL) for adults new to this country. Library Databases Gale Peterson's Test …
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I’m a person who likes to read books that reflect what’s happening in my own life at the time. For example, having just changed careers and started a new job here at the library, I became interested…
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… For example, having just changed careers and started a new job here at the library, I became interested in other … the events of 9/11, she decides to make the leap into a new career as a war reporter. Ward writes vividly and … emotionally about getting her feet under her as a brand-new journalist in Moscow, Syria, and Iraq, giving the reader …
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If you thought Amy from Gone Girl, was devious, wait until you meet Jane. On the outside, Jane appears to be a mild mannered office assistant beginning a new job in Minneapolis.
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… appears to be a mild mannered office assistant beginning a new job in Minneapolis. In reality, Jane is a calculating sociopath using her new position to enact a revenge plot on Steven, a seemingly "nice guy" who doesn't realize that his new girlfriend is cleverly manipulating his life in order to …
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Raven Leilani's Luster wins The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize for best debut novel.
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… works in an administrative capacity at a New York publishing house while dreaming of a career in art. … in with a digital archivist and autopsist couple from New Jersey. The couple claims their marriage is an open one …
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