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New | Murderers and Their Crimes | Thefts, Conspiracies, and Financial Crimes
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… IndieBound … A mix of current and classic selections, as well as the newest titles. … New The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: … including works by Goya, Gainsborough, and Rubens, as well as Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid by the mysterious …
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July-September 2021 Issue
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… A Black woman who is desperate to have a baby contacts a well-known Harlem family to get a piece of caul (a baby’s … who share a love for film, literature and music, as well as a deep vulnerability due to the racism they’ve … Antiquities . In 1949, a retired lawyer returns to live in his old boarding school, which has been converted …
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Khurelbaatar and Erdentuya's first visit to Alicia Ashman Library was just over a year ago. The couple had recently moved to Madison from Mongolia and hoped to apply for asylum.
They were first…
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… connected them to some legal and financial partners, as well as a translator, to get them set up with regular income …
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Mending
Home Repair
Bicycles & Cycling
Recycling & Reuse
Interested in other DIY pursuits? Take a look at our Gardening, Cookbooks & Food Writing, and Birding …
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… not only the objects we are repairing, but ourselves as well. Hikaru Noguchi's Darning: repair, make, mend Hikaru … dirty guide to a clean home: housekeeping hacks you can't live without Melissa Dilkes Pateras Melissa Dilkes Pateras … for components, and where you can economize creatively. Live to ride: finding joy and meaning on a bicycle Peter Flax …
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Time Travel | Alternate Histories | Parallel Universes & Alternate Realities
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… funeral, Chloe finds her mother unaccountably alive and well. And it's no longer May; she's been transported back in … identity. Available to download: eBook and Audio How To Live Safely In a Science Fictional Universe Charles Yu … valid dog named Ed, and using a book titled "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe "as his guide, Yu …
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January - March 2017 Issue
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… take part in an idealistic experiment in which they live for two years in a sealed artificial ecological system … novel is a fictional history of an English town, as well as a story about a brother and sister who grow up in a … despite being moved to a tiny attic room, he continues to live with grace, generosity, and dignity. Tremain, Rose. The …
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Best of the Best | Next Level | Another Level | Nonfiction
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… they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of … and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white, Christian America struggle and … span of her extraordinary life, full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love the only …
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April - June 2022 Issue
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… life experiences who meet on an Amtrak train in 2019, as well as ancestors of those passengers, living in the 1850's. … protect him, but when he reaches adolescence, he goes to live with his uncle and cousin, and gradually comes to accept …
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Learning to Grow into Our Second Act: Preparing to be Older and Wiser is a six-week series taking place at Sequoya Library that examines how older adults can navigate the challenges of mature…
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… of the end of life, and how we can use tools to ensure a well-lived and satisfying “Second Act.” The sessions will be … the senior citizen club. This program is part of the Live Well @ Your Library initiative. Learn more about wellness opportunities at the library at madpl.org/live-well . … Growing into Our Second Act …
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… related to broadband, WiFi, and device access, as well as digital literacy, workforce skills, and older adult … digital literacy classes to low-income individuals who live permanently in the U.S. Lussier Community Education …
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The Best | Very Good | Good
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… which books are going to be talked about most this summer. Well over 200 books were mentioned. The best of the best are … of their new London billionaire owner, Xavier Darling, as well as that of Shelly Carpenter, the wildly popular …
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Middle Grade Titles | Middle Grade Short Stories Collections | Popular Middle Grade Horror Authors | YA Titles
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… vampires, twelve-year-old Serwa Boateng is sent to live with her aunt and cousin in Maryland, but the aspiring … childhood friend, but she soon realizes all is not well at Lovelace House and must unravel its secrets before … one extended Cherokee family across the centuries and well into the future as they encounter predators of all kinds …
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There are lots of different ways to browse magazines at Madison Public Library. See below for great local, national and international magazine titles.
Digital Magazines:
Flipster
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… format. You'll see back issues that span many years, as well as the latest issues of each title. Start browsing with … x 1996-Present Text only 2021-Present 2019-Present Eating Well 2017-2022 2017-2022 x x Elle x 1994-Present Text only …
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Madison Public Library uses the Language Access Plan, breaking down linguistic barriers for all visitors.
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… of the Language Line program, patrons can now access live interpretation services in over 240 languages, including … equipped with two sets of headphones to initiate a live interpretation session through the Language Line app on … Plan has helped Madison Public Library in other ways, as well. The City provides free translation services to City …
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… non-fiction books, and history periodicals as well as thousands of historical documents, including photos. … including a full collection of Wisconsin Blue Books, as well as materials from all University of Wisconsin campuses …
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January - March 2025 Issue
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… addict, and murderer. Bayard, Louis. The Wildes . This well-researched novel, about the life of playwright Oscar … in the late 18th century to study with the witches who live there; in the present day, her grand-niece, also … her Nigerian father and her English mother, is sent to live with her English family after her mother and little …
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Find out about Madison's neighborhoods, community organizations, local history, and more.
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… including a full collection of Wisconsin Blue Books, as well as materials from all University of Wisconsin campuses …
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… when a bully's prank lands shy Virgil at the bottom of a well and Valencia, Kaori, and Gen band together in an epic … Wrong. Miles has a secret. He's actually Spider-Man. Well not THE Spider-Man but A Spider-Man. Pretty much the … Halloween costume, and girls. Did we mention girls? Ok well maybe just one girl. But when Miles accidentally …
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… airships, Anlei must summon the courage to be the hero; to live the life she has always dreamed of. 2019 Secrets of a … get in trouble--as two desperate young women know all too well. Cinder Marissa Meyer As plague ravages the overcrowded … the old house is having a strange effect on the women who live there, especially Miranda's own mother. Miranda studies …
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Pandemic Fiction | It’s the End of the World: Government Gone Wild, Genetic Engineering, and More Messed-Up Societies | After the Apocalypse: Climate Change, Nuclear Fallout, and More Ways…
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… from deadly disease-carrying ticks. Those within the zone live safe lives in a society controlled by a common fear. Few … crumbling city of Los Angeles far behind them. They now live in a shack in the wilderness, working side-by-side to … a hereditary trait that causes her to feel others' pain as well as her own, flees northward from her small community and …
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Non-fiction Titles
Fiction Titles
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… But what impact does this have on physical and mental well-being through their teens and beyond? It's an … Hannah doesn't want to be a hero - she just wants to be well. But what does "well" even look like? It's Hannah's first year away at …
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… in English (PDF) and Spanish (PDF), updated in 2024, as well as a list of links on their Community Resources web page … about local food pantries and free meal sites, as well as nutrition program information, including FoodShare …
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October - December 2015 Issue
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… the globe, focusing on the members of the expedition, as well as the indigenous peoples they met on their trip. …
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July - September 2023 Issue
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… struggling with the loss of his wife and children, as well his memory, is called upon to assist in the … affair. Downloadable audiobook Halperin, Hanna. I Could Live Here Forever . In this star-crossed love story, a lonely … 36 years of marriage, an Indian-American woman decides to live her own life and divorces her husband, causing confusion …
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The Madison Writing Assistance program, run through UW Madison Writing Center, partners with the Madison Public Library to offer writing assistance to residents of all ages in the Madison community.…
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… including many Madison Public Library locations as well as various neighborhood centers - and served nearly 300 …
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